Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 183 Rotating Gears [First update, please subscribe]

Chen Su stepped forward and saluted, his clothes neat and tidy.

"I've met the young master, I've met my younger brother."

Ying Zheng said quickly: "No need to be too polite, no need to be too polite."

Although Chen Su did not have any official position at this time, his father and eldest father had told him not to wait too long before he came.

Ying Zheng looked at Chen Su and said, "Before coming, my eldest father had an edict and ordered me to hand it over to Mr. Chen."

He took out the imperial edict from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Su: "There is nothing special in the edict. It just conferred the hereditary title of "Dong An Guo" to the Chen family."

hereditary! Title!

And it is the position of "Duke".

What an honor is this for Chen?

But Chen Su only looked slightly startled, and then said: "I accept the order."

It only took three short words to accept the edict, because Chen Su knew that if he did not follow the edict, the "King of Qin" sitting high in Xianyang City would probably feel uneasy.

He smiled and turned sideways: "Young Master, Brother Zhong, please."

A party of drinking that lasted all night long.

The scale of this banquet was not very large, let alone luxurious. There were only some disciples of the Chen family, Gong Zizheng, and the county governor of Guandu.

The county guard of Guandu only appeared briefly, toasted Ying Zheng with a glass of wine, and then left quickly. Because according to his status, he could not participate in the banquet, but he was the county guard after all, so Chen gave him this thin noodle. .

The food at the banquet was also very simple, and it didn't look like something eaten by a "noble" who had been glorious for hundreds of years.

There were not many waiters and dancing girls. Even the scale of the "dance" was in line with the etiquette used by the "king" in "Zhou Li". It looked a little messy and was obviously put together temporarily.

Because "Gongzizheng" represents "King of Qin", and King of Qin is "King".

Chen Su sat next to Ying Zheng and said with a smile: "I heard that the young master is coming to Guandu, so I improvised a dancer like this to dance for the young master. She rarely uses it on weekdays, so that the young master can laugh at it."

Ying Zheng was quite surprised. He looked at Chen Su and said, "Sir, when you are in the house on weekdays, do you rarely watch dances?"

Chen Su didn't hide it: "Not many people in the Chen family like this. Only one of my cousins ​​likes it. But he doesn't watch it all the time. He does it once every six months. We feel that we are keeping it. It was too expensive, so the dancers were called "official dances."

He did not take this as a humiliation, but rather as a calm person: "So, the girl who danced here was "borrowed" from the government office."

After hearing Chen Su's words, Ying Zheng was extremely surprised in his heart and on his face.

He originally thought that what he would see after arriving in Guandu would be an extravagant "aristocratic" family. Even if they were not "extravagant and enjoy themselves", he should be able to see the "luxurious and extravagant" background.

But I didn't expect that the Guandu Chen family would be such a "noble family"?

Ying Zheng sighed a little: "The Chen family is really a wealthy family, very different from the so-called "nobles" in Xianyang."

He pondered for a moment and then suddenly smiled: "I have often heard that a house from generation to generation is expensive but not showy, luxurious but not extravagant, its behavior is more important than appearance, and its heart is bigger than skin."

"This is the "noble family" that has been passed down from generation to generation."

"Among the many nobles in the world, how many families can afford this "noble family"?"

There was a look of emotion on Ying Zheng's face. He looked at Chen Su with an expression of admiration: "The Chen family has been passed down for four generations now. The descendants of the four generations are all important ministers of the court, and there have been many "gongs". Every generation has one or even several “state ministers”.”

"If the Chen family cannot be called an aristocratic family, then what other family in the world can be called an aristocratic family?"

Chen Su's expression remained unchanged, he picked up the wine cup and said, "Young Master is so complimentary."

At the end of the moon, the banquet had just ended. Ying Zheng was walking in the courtyard of the Chen family's residence. Looking at the surrounding environment, the drunkenness on his face dissipated little by little. He had not drank in the first place, but had just deliberately Pretend to be a bit drunk.

He wanted to take a look, what is Chen really like?

Walking slowly along the way, Ying Zheng had already dismissed the waiter who was following him. The Chen family was indeed a "gentleman's home". After Ying Zheng dismissed the waiter, no one followed him.

This is also Chen's confidence.

Even if no one follows him, there will definitely be no problem with Ying Zheng's safety.

Because no one dares to attack a member of the Chen family in Guandu.

The surrounding environment is very elegant, with some "bamboo" planted along the way, and the bamboos are all common varieties. Everything seems to be an ordinary "family house".

Ying Zheng, who returned to the house, lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.

He wants to go around Guandu tomorrow and see what Chen has done in Guandu over the years.

Zhangtai Palace

Zichu was sitting in the Zhangtai Palace, handling the government affairs at hand. His father, Xiaowen Wang Yingzhu, was sitting beside him. From time to time, he picked up a memorial and read it to see if Zichu was handling it appropriately.

In fact, Ying Zhu also knew in his heart that there was no problem with Zi Chu's handling.

He was just still worried.

He raised his head and looked at the moon outside the window. The candlelight in the hall became even more dim: "Zi Chu, you think Zheng'er will go to Guandu, but what will he see?"

Zichu put down the government affairs in his hands and looked very respectful: "Father, although Zheng'er is smart, if Mr. Chen deliberately conceals it, I'm afraid he won't be able to tell anything."

After saying this, he continued: "But for now, Chen is not afraid of what we know."

"So, what Zheng'er saw should be the true situation between the Chen family and Guandu."

Ying Zhu nodded slightly, and after a moment of silence, he spoke again: "You asked someone to send a letter to Guandu urgently. It must be delivered to Zheng'er."

"Ask him to come back at the end of the year." He must come back at the end of the year?

Zi Chu was stunned when he heard Ying Zhu's words, then raised his head and glanced at Ying Zhu as if he thought of something, but lowered his head in an instant.

He originally thought that like his father, he would need to endure many years before he could inherit the throne. Could it be that the day when he became King of Qin was not far away?

Guandu

Ying Zheng walked on the streets, feeling the customs and customs here in Guandu, and felt extremely emotional.

Chen's reputation in Guandu is very good. From time to time, you can hear some Guizhou leaders discussing what Chen has done this year, and you can also hear some quarrels, but the quarrel still involves Chen.

At this time, Ying Zheng was squatting in the corner, listening to the argument between the two women next to him.

The content of their quarrel was very simple and ordinary. It was about the family feud, but they were arguing. One of them actually said that if the argument continued, then go to Chen's door and ask Chen to intervene, and the other The woman had no objection or doubt, but seemed to be relieved.

Such trust made Ying Zheng a little curious.

He stepped forward and asked: "Two of you, just now you said that you would go to the Chen family's door and ask the Chen family to intervene?"

"I just came to Guandu. Isn't Chen a noble person? Will she still do these things?"

"And why do you trust Chen so much?"

One of the women looked at Ying Zheng's robe with some caution and restraint, but she finally said, "This must be a nobleman from other places, right?"

She said restrainedly: "At first, Chen didn't care about these things, but because there were some things that the government didn't care about, there was a fight between two villages, and they both violated the Qin law and were arrested. The old man in the village found Chen The head of the family, I don’t know what he said, but later the Chen family had someone to do these things.”

Ying Zheng stood there, listening to the woman talk about some trivial things in Guandu.

He didn't feel impatient, but instead extracted some key content from these trivial things.

First, Chen has deep control over Guandu.

Second, although Chen was not an official in Guandu, he still mastered many things that should be done by the "official yamen".

Third, the Chen family has a good reputation and can restrain the children of the clan. Although there are dandies in the clan, they will not harm the normal life of Guandu Qianshou. If a descendant of the clan violates Qin's laws or does something wrong, the Chen family will hand it over to the Yamen and will not intercede for him.

Ying Zheng stood under the sun, feeling its temperature.

Guandu was the fiefdom of the Chen family, but the Chen family still asked the court to appoint a "prefecture governor" to govern it. The county governor and the Chen family governed Guandu together.

This is a very special place.

At first, Ying Zheng didn't understand why Chen did this, but now after listening to what the woman said and everything he felt in Guandu these days, Ying Zheng suddenly understood.

This is Chen's purpose.

In the fifth year of King Xiaowen's reign, it was winter.

Ying Zheng, who briefly read books in the "Zhuoshen Building" for more than a month, finally embarked on his return to Xianyang City.

The gate of Guandu City.

Chen Su just stood there and watched Ying Zheng leave quietly. His hand unconsciously touched the "Qilin Jade" hanging on his waist. He raised his head as if looking at a certain place in the void. It seemed that there was something there. What people are the same.

"Does destiny lie with Gong Zizheng?"

From his observations over the past few days, Chen Su could see the domineering, intelligent, suspicious, and determined nature of the king in Ying Zheng.

Perhaps, the fate of Qin's unification will eventually fall on Ying Zheng.

Chen Su turned his head and walked towards the city.

But all of this has nothing to do with him. He just needs to continue in the "school" with peace of mind and train students. For other things, people of Chen Per's lineage are doing it.

Xianyang City, Zhangtai Palace

Although it was approaching late at night, the palace was still brightly lit.

Chen Yu, Chen Zhong, Lu Buwei, Wang Jian, Meng Yu, Bai Qi and many other people were in the palace, looking at the people on the bed with sadness.

At this time, Yingzhu has taken in more air and released less air.

He took the hands of Chen Yu and Meng Yu and looked at Zi Chu beside him: "Praise Zi Chu as the King of Qin and make Gong Zheng the Crown Prince."

"The country of Qin will be handed over to you."

It was night, and there were falling stars falling from the sky.

King Xiaowen Yingzhu, after ascending the throne for a short five years, left in the winter of King Xiaowen's fifth year.

Prince Chu became the new King of Qin.

Before his death, King Xiaowen ordered his son Chu to make his son Zheng the crown prince.

On this ordinary yet extraordinary night, countless Yin-Yang practitioners observed the celestial phenomena and came to a conclusion.

The light of the Ziwei Emperor Star began to shine brightly, and the energy among the world surged in a certain direction in Xianyang City. The Qin State began to show its majestic momentum of swallowing up the world.

The rut in destiny will eventually move forward along the path set by destiny, and the "click" sounds that have never fallen into the ears of people in the world will sound silently somewhere.

The gears of fate begin to turn.

The next day, the new year arrives.

this year for

The first year of King Zhuang Xiang.

(End of this chapter)