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

Chapter 190 The war to conquer the country starts today [Second update, please subscribe]

When Ying Zheng learned about the arrival of "Chen Xue" and "Zheng Guo", he was very excited. He never thought that a member of the Chen family would become an official in the court.

"Teacher, what is Mr. Chen Xue good at?"

Ying Zheng rubbed his hands and was even ready to hand over the position of one of the "Thirteen Ministers" to Chen Xue.

Chen Zhong held his forehead helplessly, looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, what Uncle Chen Xue is good at is water conservancy. I'm afraid he won't be qualified for other things."

After sighing, Chen Zhong said again: "My uncle came here this time just because of the continuous heavy rains some time ago. Although the heavy rain finally stopped and the domestic waterlogging was not very serious, my uncle should have wanted to We need to build multiple water conservancy projects to prevent something like this from happening again, right?"

When Ying Zheng heard this, the excitement in his heart calmed down slightly.

He pondered for a moment and then said: "With Qin's current national strength, if it is possible to build water conservancy, I'm afraid..."

Chen Zhong nodded as expected by Ying Zheng: "Yes, if we want to build a water conservancy project, then the war to conquer the country needs to be temporarily stopped, and we can rest and recuperate, and work on it slowly."

He looked at Ying Zheng with a smile: "The king's health is much better than that of the previous king, so there is no need to worry about this matter."

Chen Zhong said eloquently: "In your lifetime, the king will definitely be able to sweep across Liuhe and unify the world. This unparalleled achievement will definitely not be lost."

Even though Ying Zheng is now a nineteen-year-old boy and will be crowned as the new ruler in three years, Chen Zhong still treats him as the young man he used to be.

The boy who hugged his thigh and shouted for candy.

With some nostalgia in his eyes, Chen Zhong warned: "Your Majesty, please do not be impatient. Many things cannot be accomplished in a hurry."

This is how Ying Zheng suppressed his inner anxiety. He is still a young man now, and he has not experienced those "sufferings" in history. Therefore, although he is still smart, he is much smarter than the original Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng. Different young minds.

Ying Zheng met Chen Xue and Zheng Guo in Zhangtai Palace. At the beginning, Ying Zheng just wanted to meet the son of Duke Jing'an and see what the other members of the Chen family were like.

But after the two men explained their ideas and talents respectively, when Ying Zheng looked at Chen Xue and Zheng Guo, he no longer regarded him as "the son of Duke Jing'an" or "the friend of the son of Duke Jing'an". Instead, they truly regarded the two as "Chen Xue" and "Zheng Guo".

"According to what the two gentlemen said, after these water conservancy projects are built, Qin's ability to deal with natural disasters will be greatly enhanced?"

“Even if it’s not a year of disaster, can these water conservancy facilities provide convenience for farmland and so on?”

Chen Xue nodded slightly, looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, that's exactly what happened."

He took out a scroll of bamboo slips from his arms: "When King Zhaoxiang was alive, he ordered Li Bing, the governor of Sichuan Province, to build the "Dujiangyan". At this time, although the construction of Dujiangyan was not completed, the benefits it brought were already very obvious. ”

"The Chengdu Plain has become a fertile wilderness, where the average yield per mu is two to three stones more than in other places."

"As time goes by, it has become a very important granary of Da Qin."

"Even last year's floods did not affect Shuzhong too much."

Ying Zheng listened to Chen Xue's introduction and was flipping through last year's memorial about Shuzhong in his mind. He was surprised to find a question.

The disaster in Shuzhong last year was indeed much smaller than that in other places!

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng looked directly at Chen Xue and Zheng Guo, who were sitting there, with a solemn expression: "The water conservancy affairs of Qin State will be left to these two gentlemen."

"As for official positions."

After he pondered for a moment, he looked at Chen Xue and Zheng Guo and said, "I will appoint these two as "Envoys of Mountains and Rivers" to be responsible for water conservancy matters. Their salary will be in accordance with the position of Thirteen Ministers, and their rank will be like "Qing". How about that?"

Chen Xue and Zheng Guo looked at each other and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

In fact, they don't care about the so-called official position. Those who really love Guizhou just want to bow their heads in the countryside and make profits for Guizhou.

The two only hope that the "disasters" caused by water in this world will be reduced, so that the Guizhou leaders can find a glimmer of hope under the ruthless floods.

This is the "innocent heart".

Even before the first year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, envoys from Chu State had already arrived in Xianyang City.

Their purpose is very simple, it is still to sign an alliance with King Qin

Only this time, the King of Chu and the nobles in the country were more alert. They wanted to sign a "ten-year alliance" with the King of Qin. They thought that after ten years, if the current King of Qin had not died, they would sign a "Ten-Year Alliance" again. alliance".

The previous two Qin kings taught Chu a great lesson.

Even if the Chu country has a great cause, it cannot withstand such pretentiousness.

When the Chu King's envoy came to Xianyang City, Ying Zheng, Lu Buwei, and Chen Per were sitting together in Zhangtai Palace, laughing loudly.

The Chu State is not all a bunch of fools. Some people have seen that the short lives of King Xiaowen and King Zhuang Xiang were mostly due to their own faults. After the Qin State has experienced such misery, it will never let such a thing continue. It will definitely Take good care of King Qin.

Therefore, someone within the Chu State suggested that they should still sign a "lifelong alliance" with the King of Qin.

But is Qin willing?

Naturally, Qin was unwilling, because this generation of King Qin could already see the hope of unifying the world.

But does Qin hope to reject King Chu at this time?

Of course it is not expected.

Because rejecting Chu's alliance invitation at this time is similar to telling the King of Chu that I, Qin, will fight you next.

Is Chu State next? really not. Therefore, Chen Yu and Lu Buwei took advantage of the power of the Chu clan in the DPRK and asked them to pass on false news. The body of King Qin Yingzheng was similar to his father.

Moreover, Lu Buwei used a lot of money to bribe the attendants around the King of Chu and the heads of the three major families, allowing them to speak a word or two from time to time.

So the Chu State wanted to sign a ten-year alliance with the King of Qin.

When receiving the envoy of the King of Chu, the King of Qin was furious and even asked the envoy of the King of Chu, "Are you cursing Gu, because you think being alone will also shorten your life?"

It has to be said that Ying Zheng has initially gained the majesty of King Qin.

Such a rebuke made the King of Chu's envoy kneel on the ground in fear, and did not dare to say a word.

When the King of Qin was angry, both the right minister Chen Per and the left minister Lu Buwei tried their best to admonish Ying Zheng. The envoy also recorded this kindness in his heart and deliberately concealed some things when he returned.

In the second year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, the King of Chu and King Qin Yingzheng signed a ten-year alliance, agreeing that the two countries would not attack each other within ten years.

When the King of Chu learned that the covenant had been signed, he drank happily and even held a banquet similar to the "Feast in the Wine Pool" of the ancient King Zhou.

The nobles and courtiers of Chu State had a great time at the banquet, which lasted for more than ten days.

However, the people of Chu State were eating the flesh of their relatives bit by bit in the ruthless disaster, thinking that the latter was the turf or even the soil on the ground.

People from Chu continued to sacrifice themselves in sacrifices.

Some villages in the mountains are still ignorant. They believe that "human sacrifice" can make the gods happy, see their suffering, and fulfill their wishes.

The internal polarization in Chu State became increasingly serious.

The first year of Qin Wangzheng's reign passed like water. Except for Chen Xue and Zheng Guo's plan to build water conservancy projects, which caused some discussions and waves, Qin State did not make any sound like a quiet "quail" .

The three remaining kings, King Chu, King Yan, and King Qi, slowly felt relieved.

Maybe the Qin State is already powerless at this time and cannot attack the world?

Even if I still have the ability in the future

That was for later.

King Xidu of Yan is already preparing to give up the throne to his son "Prince Dan". After all, he really doesn't want to be the king of the country's subjugation. Of course, if the Yan country is really destroyed, he will definitely rush to become "Yan Bo" ", he believed that his son would not compete with him for this position.

Because "Prince Dan" did not want to become Qin's minister.

In the second year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, he arrived as promised.

Qin's internal strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the other three countries are like meat put on Qin's lips. Qin wants to eat it, but it seems that it can't.

So I could only watch this happen.

The wise men had already seen the situation in the world at this time, so they all swarmed towards Qin.

A brand new country, a brand new dynasty!

If you don't join the Qin State at this time, when it has not yet unified the world, do you have to wait until the Qin State is unified before you beg for help?

In the spring of the second year of the Qin Dynasty, the earth dragon turned over and caused a great disaster.

In the autumn of the second year of the Qin Dynasty, the earth dragon turned over and caused a great disaster.

In the winter of the second year of the Qin Dynasty, heavy snow continued, serious snow disasters, and great disasters.

In the winter of the second year of the Qin Dynasty, waterlogging was severe. The four counties in the country were seriously affected, and the people almost lost their children.

This year was not considered a good year. Serious disasters occurred in three of the four seasons of the year. There was a saying that Ying Zheng was a "disaster star" and spread far and wide. This made Ying Zheng My mood gradually worsened.

In the spring of the third year of Qin Wangzheng's reign.

This is the year when King Qin Yingzheng will take office, and it is also the third year that King Qin Yingzheng ascends the throne.

In the three years since Ying Zheng ascended the throne, he has spent most of his time dealing with disasters.

In the spring of this year, King Qin Yingzheng's mentality collapsed.

Because "An Guojun" Chen Yu died in this season when all things should be revived.

In the same month that An Guojun Chen Yu passed away, or even just two days apart, "Xun Kuang", the head of the Xianyang Academy, also died in this spring.

Zhangtai Palace

Ying Zheng looked at Chen Zhong almost sickly, and said in a low voice: "Teacher, is Gu Zhen a disaster star?"

He wiped away his tears. At this time, he was not the King of Qin who dominated the world, but was just a pitiful "disciple" in front of his teacher.

"They said that it was because of my accession to the throne that the Qin State was in constant disaster. They said that it was because of my accession to the throne that Lord An and Xunzi were talented."

Looking at Ying Zheng who was crying continuously, Chen Zhong stepped forward and wiped away his tears: "Your Majesty, life and death are normal things. How can there be a saying that someone is a disaster star that affects the life span?"

"You are the King of Qin, so you should move forward courageously."

He looked at Ying Zheng with a smile and said softly: "This year, the king will take charge personally, so he will do some big things."

"The war to conquer the country has begun again."

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"In the second year of the Qin Dynasty, disasters have continued since Shang ascended the throne. There are messages from time to time saying: The king is the star of disasters and the source of evil, so the Qin country suffered disasters. Zhongan Gong entered the palace and said to the king: "This is false. The laws of nature are constant, so how can the king shorten the lives of others? ". So, the rumors stopped. - "The Book of Qin·The Chronicles of the First Emperor""

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