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

Chapter 198 Before Success [First update, please subscribe]

King Qin Yingzheng's order quickly spread throughout Xianyang City, and everyone in the world heard about it.

Someone tried to assassinate the King of Qin. After the assassination failed, the King of Qin was furious and launched an attack on Qi State. This was a big deal.

There are only three countries left in the world now.

One is Qi, one is Qin, and the other is Chu.

An alliance was signed between Chu and Qin. It was just the end of the fifth year of the Qin Dynasty, and there were still five full years before the alliance between Qin and Chu would lose its effect.

Therefore, Chu State was not in a hurry.

But Qi State is anxious, or Qi Prince Cheng is anxious. He wants to protect the country, or protect his own status, so he cannot let Qin State continue to develop.

He saw the shortcomings of Qin.

The King of Qin was the biggest weakness of the Qin State, so he had people assassinate the King of Qin, but unfortunately it failed.

Qi State, in the palace

Prince Cheng of Qi sat in the main hall with a melancholy look on his face. He had imprisoned his father before, and then killed the "treacherous" minister Hou Sheng in the court, who was his father's uncle.

After that, they worked hard to change the current situation of Qi, but now it seems that everything has failed.

Qin's army marched on the road to attack Qi without encountering any obstacles. Qi's national power had long declined and became a third-rate country, even Chu could not compare with it.

What other ability can resist Qin's attack?

Therefore, the armies led by Chen Zan and Meng Yu were overwhelming, attacking Qi's cities like chopping melons and vegetables. Some cities even began to prepare for surrender before Chen Zan and other armies arrived here, and when Chen Zan and other armies had not arrived, they Zan's army surrendered immediately upon arrival.

The land that Prince Cheng of Qi could control continued to decrease, and finally only the capital of Qi was left.

And the biggest problem is that there are many determined "surrender factions" in Qi State. They want to surrender to King Qin in exchange for some "prosperity". Of course, they also know the fate of the "nobles" in Han, Zhao, Yan, and Wei, but they Don't care.

Being able to survive at this time is already the best "end", so what if we lose some money?

Their most precious thing is never money.

Therefore, when Chen Zan's army arrived in Qi, Prince Cheng of Qi still wanted to resist, but he was already captured by the ministers and even soldiers below.

What Chen Zan and others had to face were the ministers waiting at the city gate.

Meng Yu couldn't help but lament that the war to destroy the country sounded outrageous, but it didn't seem that outrageous. After all, it was too simple. It was so simple that it was hard to believe.

Not only Meng Yu felt this way, but also the officials of Qin State felt this way.

Isn't it supposed to be difficult to sweep across the world and dominate the world?

Why is it so simple at this time?

How long did it take for Qin to attack these five countries?

It doesn't seem like long

Everything seemed to fall into place, and all the enemies encountered fell apart, and they were no longer the enemies of Qin.

Of course, the price paid by Qin cannot be ignored.

From the time of Duke Xiao to the current Qin King Yingzheng, a total of six generations of monarchs in Qin have been working hard towards the same goal.

What about the monarchs of several other countries?

Whether they are fighting or enjoying luxury, how many monarchs of several countries can work so firmly and be willing to "endure" like the monarch of Qin? How many monarchs are willing to appoint "Chen" boldly and trustfully like the monarch of Qin?

And Chen also gave Qin the greatest reward. He helped Qin develop its strength step by step.

The monarch and his ministers are in harmony with each other, all of them have been virtuous monarchs for six consecutive generations, and the ministers in the court are also full of talents. What reason does the Qin State have not to win the final victory?

Of course, the Qin State has not won the final victory yet.

Because there is another country in the world. Chu State.

Chen Zan and others rescued the imprisoned King Qi in accordance with Qin King Yingzheng's will, and Qi King lived up to his high expectations and accused his son according to Qin's wishes - of course, even without Qin's hint, Qi King Will do the same.

Because he wanted to appease King Qin's anger.

Ying Zheng did not get angry, nor did he starve King Qi to death according to his original plan. Instead, he treated King Qi like Han Bo, Zhao Bo, and Yan Bo, named him Uncle Qi, and also received Qi Bo in the same way. Bo, accepted the talented people he recommended.

At the end of the fifth year of King Qin's reign, there were only two countries left in the world.

A Chu State and a Qin State.

The territory of Qin State expanded to an almost unbelievable extent, because he annexed the other six countries. The two huge countries in the north and south relied on the great rivers to form the dividing line and stood on both sides of the land of China.

Guandu

As Chen Su grew older, he began to feel a little unable to do many things. Two years ago, Chen Zheng's legitimate son was born, and he became the "eldest father".

Only Chen Su, who has reached this age, can understand his eldest father and his father's mood back then.

He still taught the students in the school normally every day, but he began to restrict their existence. He did not want to accept too many disciples, which would make the Chen family continue to grow.

This is not Chen's purpose.

When Qin unified the world, it was time for the Chen family to "get out".

When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked.

How could people in the Chen family not understand this?

Now that the world is about to settle down, when the last state of Chu is destroyed, who will the spears and weapons in the king's hands be aimed at?

No need to think about it, everyone in the Chen family can come to a conclusion.

They turned to the domestic "Chen family" because the Chen family was too big.

However, the closer this time came, the more cautious Chen Su, Chen Zhong, Chen Zheng, Chen Zan and others became, as they did not want the efforts of their ancestors to go to waste.

The sixth generation of the Qin Dynasty, Fen Liu, had just unified the world. Didn't the Chen family use the efforts of several generations to achieve today's achievements?

Although Mrs. Chen is not the king, she is not really willing to be the monkey who "kills the chicken to scare the monkeys". Of course, she is not willing to be the chicken that is killed.

In the sixth year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, he came slowly in such a lively environment.

Something happened at the beginning of the year that was not good news for Chen. Chen Xue fell seriously ill while building a water conservancy project. When he returned home, he could hardly speak.

Even though the King of Qin sent an imperial physician to treat him, he could not save Chen Xue's life.

What is even more irritating is that the King of Chu sent envoys to Qin.

They wanted to come to discuss "the alliance between Qin and Chu", or in other words, the King of Chu wanted to rule across the river with King Qin Yingzheng.

(End of this chapter)