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

Chapter 189 The first year of Qin Wangzheng [st update, please subscribe]

Zichu's voice was full of reluctance and regret, but before he could express the breath in his chest, a feeling of powerlessness penetrated his whole body.

His hands hung weakly on the bed, and there were countless gold stars blooming in front of his eyes.

Everything before Zi Chu's eyes began to blur and then became clear. What happened in the past appeared before his eyes again, and his life was floating like a revolving lantern.

Waves of crying seemed to come from his ears, and the crying he heard changed from clear to blurry.

Finally, Qin Wangzichu closed his eyes.

Ying Zheng stood aside and watched this scene with a little pain on his face, but not much grief. He didn't spend much time with Zi Chu.

Zichu was the city of Handan that King Zhaoxiang left in the forty-fourth year. Yingzheng was born a year after he left Handan City.

It was also during the period of King Xiaowen that Ying Zheng returned from Handan City. When he returned, Zi Chu was busy fighting for the throne with Prince Xi.

After that, it was the era of Prince Chu of Qin. It was easy for Ying Zheng to meet Zi Chu, but it was difficult to develop a relationship with Zi Chu.

Chen Yu and Chen Zhong stood aside, looking at the scene in front of them, sighing faintly, and then completely suppressed the emotions in their hearts, and then said softly: "I will see you, Your Majesty."

They led the ministers in the palace to meet the new King of Qin.

Ying Zheng stood there, looking at everyone with a complicated expression. He closed his eyes, and a breath seemed to burst out of his chest. Is this taking the throne? Is this the attitude of King Qin?

He opened his eyes gently, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

King Qin Yingzheng!

"No need to be polite."

At this moment, we officially entered the first year of Qin Wangzheng!

After hurriedly handling Zichu's funeral matters, Qin fell into silent sorrow again.

In less than ten years, the State of Qin has accepted the death of three Qin kings. This is an extremely sad and unacceptable thing for the people of the country and the royal family.

Why were the second generation of Qin kings so short-lived?

The people of Qin don't know, but they all hope that the new King of Qin can support him for a while. Qin will no longer be able to bear the collapse of another King of Qin in the short term.

Zichu's funeral was not a grand affair, and the people of the country did not mourn him for too long.

This was Zi Chu's last act of mercy.

It was also the kindness shared by these three generations of Qin kings, and it was these "kindnesses" that prevented Qin from falling into "disaster" again after falling into "sadness".

You should know why the death of ancient kings, especially those during the Warring States Period, was a major event, even a major event that could affect the capital of Guizhou?

Because the head of Guizhou needs to pay tribute to the king, and a series of labor, entertainment, etc. are prohibited.

It can be said that the death of a king will cause a country to fall into a period of stagnation for at least one year. Therefore, countries where kings die one after another will soon decline. People in this era call this " God's punishment."

Qin was not like this.

King Zhaoxiang, King Xiaowen, and even the current King Zhuangxiang, all three kings used the original number of "days for years" as an example, using three days for three years, and did not delay spring plowing and other matters.

Therefore, the handover of Qin was not so chaotic but seemed orderly, and everything in the country was still being implemented in accordance with Qin laws.

This made several other monarchs looking at Qin feel disappointed.

Even the King of Chu was a little disappointed. He thought that Zi Chu, who wanted to live so desperately, would follow the advice of the "Alchemist" and make riots after his death, and re-introduce the "human sacrifice" system.

If you ask why the "King of Chu" is so clear, it is because the "alchemists" around Zichu, Zichu's "mother" Mrs. Huayang, and the alchemists around Xia Ji are all from the Chu State. After all, the Chu State has been It is the base of these "superstitions".

There are many more mountain gods in the Chu Kingdom than there are in the Central Plains.

As for the elixirs in the hands of those "alchemists", they also came from the hands of the King of Chu, or in other words, from the royal family of the King of Chu.

This is the truth behind the death of "Zi Chu".

Of course, the King of Chu did not want to kill Zi Chu, he just wanted Zi Chu to get closer to the Chu Kingdom.

This short year passed in continuous rain.

A new year is coming.

This year is the first year of the Qin Dynasty.

The heavy rain also attracted the attention of Chen Yu, Chen Zhong, and even Chen Su who was far away in Guandu.

Guandu

Chen Su and Chen Xue, who was standing next to Chen Su, had a somewhat solemn look on their faces. They raised their heads and held umbrellas in their hands: "If it rains like this again, I'm afraid there will be waterlogging at the beginning of the new year."

Chen Xue's hand holding the umbrella slightly stretched out of the umbrella, and he said softly: "Waterlogging is not terrible, but Qin State does not pay much attention to water conservancy in the country. This is the most terrible thing."

"If it continues to rain."

Chen Xue was silent and did not continue to speak. He turned his head, looked at Chen Su beside him and said, "Nephew Su, I want to go to Xianyang City to meet the King of Qin."

Chen Su looked at Chen Xue without saying anything. After a moment, he said, "Uncle, you want to build a canal project for the Qin State?" Chen Xue nodded slightly: "Back then, my father had great attainments in "farming". Everyone thought that I would follow in my father’s footsteps and follow the path of farming, but I never thought that I would be immersed in water conservancy.”

There was a smile on his lips: "I have gained the trust of my senior brother. He felt uneasy when he saw the heavy rain, so he wanted to enter Xianyang with me."

Chen Xue shook his head slightly: "Now that Han has been destroyed, Han has already become a part of Qin. The late king handled Han very properly, so senior brother no longer resents Qin and is willing to serve as an official."

Chen Su was slightly shocked. He did not expect that Chen Xue's senior brother would be willing to join the Qin Dynasty as an official. Now he had no reason to stop his fourth uncle from going to Xianyang.

So he pondered for a moment and then said: "That's fine, Fourth Uncle, just go."

"Just remember not to get too involved in government affairs."

Chen Xue nodded. He knew why his nephew was worried about him. Although he was older and more senior than Chen Su, his temperament was not as "exquisite" as the nephew who was the head of the family.

"I will."

He held an umbrella and slowly looked at the misty mountains and rivers in the distance.

"I haven't learned much from my father's talents, but I want to be like my father and do more for this place of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in Guizhou."

The fourth year of King Zhuang Xiang's reign passed in the midst of continuous heavy rain. Along with this heavy rain came disasters reported from various places.

In the first year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, King Qin Yingzheng ascended the throne.

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, since he had not yet been crowned, the government affairs were still managed by the ministers appointed by the late king.

They are: An Guojun, right ministers "Chen Yu" and Wu Anjun, Taiwei "Chen Zan" and Wen Xinhou, left ministers "Lu Buwei" and Shangqing, generals "Meng Yu", "Wang Jian" and "Li Mu" ", as well as the "Thirteen Ministers" who are responsible for state affairs.

The State of Qin once again entered an era in which the capital of the "literary" and "military" officials was the Chen family.

Different from the previous "An Guojun" Chen Ye period, during the Qin Dynasty, there was no "Chen Ye" who was "general affairs", and Chen Perk was just an ordinary "minister who assisted the country" like the others.

After enfeoffing the ministers who were auxiliary to the country, King Qin Yingzheng respected "Mrs. Huayang", the mother who gave birth to his father and son Chu, as the queen mother, "Xia Ji", the biological mother who gave birth to Chu and his son Chu, as the queen mother, and his own biological mother "Zhao Ji" "For the Queen Mother.

After receiving the enfeoffment, Mrs. Huayang and Xia Ji were directly in the palace, staying behind closed doors all day without seeing anyone.

Xia Ji's reaction is still anyone's guess. After all, Han has been destroyed and Han Bo is very satisfied with his current life.

But Mrs. Huayang's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations.

Her influence on Zi Chu and the current King of Qin Ying Zheng is very huge. It is even said that Ying Zheng may not listen to Zhao Ji's words, but he will never refute Mrs. Huayang's words.

Mrs. Huayang stayed behind closed doors, which dealt a huge blow to the forces of the Chu family in the DPRK.

They began to doubt and speculate.

Is it possible that Ying Zheng exposed something in front of Mrs. Huayang?

But no matter how they tried and tried to find Mrs. Huayang, no one seemed to be missing.

In the harem

Mrs. Huayang and Xia Ji were sitting together, and their lives were still very beautiful.

Neither the previous Qin Prince Chu nor the current Qin King Ying Zheng treated them badly, and they did not even restrict them from raising one or two "face leaders" privately. Of course, at this age, these two kings and queens also I am focused on taking care of my old age, and at most I can just chat with my friend to cheer myself up.

Other things are a bit out of control.

Xia Ji raised her head, looked at Mrs. Huayang hesitantly and said, "How come you really stay behind closed doors and don't come into contact with the forces in the court?"

She seemed a little puzzled: "The Kingdom of Chu is still there, don't you want to be able to return to your hometown one day?"

Mrs. Huayang took a sip of tea and smiled: "I am already this age, and I have stayed in Qin for much longer than in Chu. I don't know where my hometown is."

She said meaningfully: "At our age, all we want is to spend the rest of our lives peacefully and live day by day."

"Any other ideas?"

Mrs. Huayang patted Xia Ji's hand: "I know, Zhao Ji came to see you, but you must remember that she can be confused, but you can't."

"You are just the grandmother of the current King of Qin, but not his biological mother."

"She did many things that the queen could turn a blind eye to, but you can't."

Xia Ji's heart suddenly became cold. She looked at the smiling Mrs. Huayang in front of her, and suddenly understood why Mrs. Huayang called her here today. It turned out to be for this matter.

She sighed: "Don't worry, I will send Zhao Ji's people back tomorrow."

"I can rest assured to grow old together with you in this palace."

In the first year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, Xia.

Chen Xue and his senior brother came to Xianyang City. His senior brother was called "Zheng Ze". Of course, he also had a more famous name.

"Zheng Guo".

(End of this chapter)