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

Chapter 203 Chen is in action [Please subscribe]

"If your Majesty continues to be allowed to go on like this, the efforts of the previous kings of Qin will be ruined!"

Wang Wan said this sincerely and without any selfish motives, and his merits were not enough to become a vassal king, so he simply felt that the enfeoffment system was suitable for today's Great Qin.

After hearing what Wang Wan said, Chen Zhong sighed helplessly and told Wang Wan the content of his conversation with Ying Zheng yesterday.

As he spoke, he observed Wang Wan's expression.

When Chen Zhong finished talking about what happened yesterday, Wang Wan sat there in silence with his head lowered, with a hint of helplessness in his voice.

"So your Majesty actually thinks so?"

Wang Wan sighed and said: "It's just that I'm still worried. In fact, the king can implement the enfeoffment system first and then implement the county system, right?"

Chen Zhong looked at Wang Wan and asked, "But when is the right time?"

"We predict that in fifty years, after two or three generations, it will be suitable to implement the county system, but after all, this is just our guess."

This is the problem this new dynasty will face.

The words that followed were not finished, but Wang Wan guessed what was behind them, that is, could Ying Zheng live to fifty years later?

So Chu Land, a village in the mountains somewhere.

So far, the longest-lived Qin king in the past dynasties is King Zhaoxiang.

Chen Zhong pointed at himself, then pointed outside and said: "Even I can't guarantee that if the Chen family really becomes king, then when any of your majesties wants to wipe out the kingdoms again in the future, the Chen family will Will the country resist?"

The Tweeting Order can only be said to limit the power of the feudal country, but it does not restrict other contents.

"That's alright, just take it one step at a time."

There was a hint of peace on Chen Zhong's face.

"Besides."

Chen Zhong looked at Wang Wan and said, "Think about it, except for His Majesty, the first emperor who unified the world, will the next emperor be able to suppress the world with such majesty in fifty years?"

"His Majesty."

After a moment of silence, he said, "Prime Minister Chen, there seems to be some movement on the Confucian side recently."

Wang Wan listened to Chen Zhong's words, and the look on her face became even more silent.

After Chen Zhong pondered for a while, he said softly: "Fifty years, can you and I live until that time?"

The smoke rising from the kitchen slowly stood in this mountain village. Some figures walked out of the mountain village and walked into an open space.

Wang Wan looked at Chen Zhong and whispered in Chen Zhong's ears: "It seems that the Confucians are not satisfied with what you have done, so they want to do something to deal with you."

Even in the early Han Dynasty, the system of prefectures and states brought huge problems to the Han Dynasty.

My father can seal the country, can't I grant it to my son?

Implementing the system of counties and counties may have consequences. Implementing the enfeoffment system will overturn all efforts. The efforts of the Qin State in the past two hundred years will be like fiction.

Wang Wan wanted to say something several times, but finally kept her mouth shut. Then she sighed quietly and decided not to talk about these things anymore.

Which emperor can endure it? Which prince can endure it?

Therefore, the feudal state is endless.

Because once the "county system" has a beginning, it will never end.

Can you persist until that time?

Chen Zhong said earnestly: "What's more, if at that time, there is another dispute in the world and Qin once again destroys the princes, wouldn't it be the same as today?"

"I didn't get any more information, but they seemed to be well prepared this time."

He immediately smiled and said, "I would also like to know how they want to deal with me."

"At that time, the world will be divided into various kingdoms. If someone is not careful, I am afraid that the old events of the past will happen again."

"What about others?"

If the system of counties and counties is implemented in parallel with the feudal system, then there will definitely be endless troubles.

How can the black bird soaring in the sky care about the chirping bird?

He didn't care.

When the Han Dynasty was established, it learned from the lessons of the Qin Dynasty and implemented the "prefecture-state system", which was a system that combined the prefecture-county system and the feudal system.

"And it's still a very huge probability."

But King Zhaoxiang only ruled for fifty-five years and lived to be more than seventy years old. Now Ying Zheng is nearly thirty years old and has been in charge of Qin for more than ten years.

This is a dead end.

This is a suture monster.

Chen Zhong raised his eyebrows slightly, with a little curiosity on his face. He wanted to know how Confucian was going to deal with him.

The Rebellion of the Seven Kings is one of them. Even during the period of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, there were many "kings" who came back.

Until later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the "Tianfa Order". This impeccable conspiracy was an effective measure to restrain the county system. However, even so, princes and kings often rebelled after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, that's exactly what happened.

He had the advantages of both systems as well as the disadvantages of both systems, which even became one of the reasons for the collapse of the Han Dynasty in the future.

The leader is a middle-aged man who looks strong and strong, it is Xiang Liang.

When the Qin State destroyed the Eastern Chu State, Xiang Yan foresaw his failure in advance. After all, the Chu State was no match for the Qin State during its heyday, let alone now?

So he ordered Xiang Liang to take his youngest legitimate son "Xiang Ji" and a group of Xiang clan members to hide before the Qin army surrounded Dong Chu.

After the fall of the Eastern Chu Kingdom, Xiang Liang took these people to the mountains to live in seclusion.

Their wish is still to overthrow the Qin Dynasty!

But now it seems far away.

Xiang Liang looked at the young children beside him with a somewhat calm look on his face. He didn't know whether he and others could successfully restore the country, but he knew another thing.

That is, they will persist in doing this seemingly hopeless thing until everyone is dead.

"Yu'er, you must remember the hatred of the country and the family!"

He gritted his teeth, and his tone was fierce and bloody: "My Xiang family will fight Qin until death!"

Of course, there are many "escapees" like the Xiang family. They are all nobles. When they are used to the nobles being able to exploit the heads of Guizhou, and suddenly become the heads of Guizhou, these people have a hard time. So the hatred in their hearts was jumping like flames.

They want to restore their country.

And there must be some people following them in their hands. Even in the capital of Guizhou, not all of them are "smart" and know what kind of life is good for them.

These are the waves hidden under the new dynasty.

In the first year of the First Emperor's reign, in the first year of the establishment of this dynasty, many systems were implemented at once, and some changes occurred in the official system, but there were no major changes.

Because the previous Qin kings have almost changed it.

They are still the "Three Dukes", the Prime Minister, the Yushi doctor, and the Taiwei, and the three divisions are the "Taishi", "Taifu" and "Taibao". Among them, the first three official positions belong to the "real power positions", and the last three official positions belong to the "conferred titles". ".

After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, except for the existing "hou", "An Guojun" and "Wu'an Lord", the first emperor Ying Zheng did not intend to add other monarchs and princes.

Therefore, the "Third Master" is a similar title, but it only has the title of title, but no real estate or real power.

Under the Three Lords and the Three Divisions, there are the "Sixteen Lords" expanded from the "Thirteen Lords". In addition to the normal Nine Lords, there are also the Xianyang Xuegong Mountain Chief, the Mountain and River Envoy, Sikou, Seven people, including the Army Sima, the Zhongche Fu Ling, the Black Ice Terrace Envoy, and the Iron Eagle Guard Ling, are collectively called the Sixteen Ministers.

The affairs that these sixteen ministers are responsible for are different, but they are somewhat intertwined.

For example, Sikou and Tingwei have somewhat overlapping official positions. This is to restrain each other and balance the power of the imperial power.

Of course, those with the same rank as the Sixteenth Minister are "prefecture guards". After the reunification of the Qin Dynasty, the prefectures and counties were re-divided. This division was mainly to disrupt the previous "regional distinctions" between prefectures and counties. Let the heads of the six countries of Guizhou in the past be mixed together, and they will not be able to form a cohesive and stable force.

There are a total of twenty counties in the world, and the county guards of these twenty counties are on the same level as those with the "two thousand stones" of the sixteen ministers.

It coincides with the number of thirty-six Tiangang.

Under these thirty-six "two thousand stones", the official system became complicated and slightly confusing again. What was implemented was an official system in which "salary" and "official position" were in parallel.

Some are based on "official position", while others are based on "salary".

After the official system was clarified, two major events that should be taken for granted were naturally put on the agenda.

One: sacrifice.

Second: Divide the ministers into enfeoffments.

The major events of the country are only sacrifices and military affairs. Qin unified the world and swept the world. Of course, these great achievements must be sacrificed to tell God and the ancestors of Qin.

So this is a top priority, but this matter cannot be rushed.

Because there are no old rules to refer to for hundreds of years, you must be cautious and cautious.

The second is to divide the ministers into confederations.

This enfeoffment does not refer to the enfeoffment of the enfeoffment system, but the enfeoffment of "rewards". After all, the Qin State was able to unify the world and establish this majestic empire, which was also due to the contributions of many ministers.

And there must be a name on the first page and the first line of this merit book.

Chen.

In the first year of the First Emperor's reign, in winter, the twelfth lunar month intersects with the first lunar month.

Because a suitable sacrificial etiquette has not yet been discussed, this year's sacrificial ceremony is just the same as in previous years, except that the ancestors are first sacrificed, and the Qin State has completed the great cause of unifying the world.

Once the appropriate etiquette and time have been chosen, the sacrifice will be held again.

After the sacrifice, the First Emperor Ying Zheng began to reward the ministers. As expected, the first person to be rewarded was Chen.

No one doubts this.

Regarding this, this is recorded in the history books of later generations.

"In the first year of the First Emperor's reign, he added the title of "King of An" to Chen Ye, the ancestor of the Chen family, Duke of An Guo, "King of An" to Chen Shen, the ancestor of the Chen family, Duke Wen'an, and the title of "King of Wen'an" to the ancestor of the Chen family, Duke Jing'an. "King Jing'an", Chen An, the ancestor of the Chen family, was named "King An", Chen Shou, the ancestor of the Chen family, was named "King Shou'an", and Duke Wu An, the ancestor of the Chen family was named "King Wu'an"."

"The seven cauldrons were cast to bestow the Chen family, and this was to tell the world that the Chen family was the "family of princes" and that they were the only "kings with different surnames" in the Qin Dynasty."

"Later, Chen Su, the current head of the Chen family and Lord of An Guo, was granted the title of "Dong of An Guo" and allowed him to inherit the throne regardless of his status."

"The son of the Chen family, Chen Zhong, the Prime Minister on the right, was granted the title of "Marquis of Zhong'an" and allowed him to inherit the throne."

"The son of the Chen family, Lord Wu'an and Taiwei Chen Zan, were named "Gong Wu'an" and allowed him to inherit the throne."

"Chen's luck is as good as ever."

This is the record in the history books about this award for the Chen family. If we use four simple words to describe it, it would be "the most honorable and favored". No family can cover up the glory of the Chen family.

There were many more titles after that, but none of them were called "Kings", let alone "Kings", not even "Dong".

Only Li Mu, Wang Jian, and Meng Yu got a "Chehou" position.

Even these three positions of Chehou cannot be "hereditary and irreplaceable".

But Meng Yu, Li Mu, and Wang Jian were not jealous, some were just deeply envious, but they also knew that Chen's contribution to the unification of Qin was too great!

The family has been in the court of Qin for five consecutive generations, working hard for the unification of Qin, and they have many entanglements with the Qin royal family.

Starting from King Huiwen, the kings of Qin for five consecutive generations were disciples of the Chen family!

It is also appropriate to have such honor.

Such honor also made some mice hiding in the dark start to feel jealous, but they did not show it at this time.

When the sacrifice is over, this sealing is considered complete.

Among the positions of the three princes, the right prime minister is still Chen Zhong of the Chen family, but the left prime minister has been changed to "Wang Wan". In addition, the imperial censor has become "Feng Quji", and the Taiwei is Chen Zan is still in charge.

There are four of the Three Dukes. Isn't this an agreed upon rule?

But everyone once again saw a problem. Among the three masters, the Chen family actually had half of them!

This has to be said to be a bit scary.

The original left prime minister Lu Buwei resigned from office and returned to his hometown. According to his statement, "I have reached the age of knowing my destiny and just want to survive at home."

Ying Zheng did not retain the leftist prime minister who resigned, which made Lu Buwei feel relieved.

At the beginning, the object of his "unusual goods to live in" was "Zi Chu". Zi Chu was Ying Zheng's father. No matter how he was "Zi Chu"'s benefactor, he regarded it as a commodity after all.

Who knows if Ying Zheng will hold a grudge?

Furthermore

The death of the First Emperor's mother can be said to be directly related to him. If he hadn't sacrificed a brainless Lao Ai, how could Zhao Ji have come to this point?

Therefore, Lu Buwei resigned decisively.

After he returned to his hometown, he immersed himself in the "Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals" written by the "Zajia", and later became a "Lüzi" in the post-Philosophy era, and the Zajia also became somewhat famous.

Chen Mansion

Chen Zhong, Chen Zan, Chen Su, and Chen Zheng were sitting together, looking at each other's faces with a hint of silence and caution on their faces.

After a long time, Chen Zhong sighed quietly.

"Chen's honor and favor are too much!"

PS: The beginning of this volume is very difficult to write. Today, I will take my break next Sunday. It will be easier to write once I smooth it out. I will definitely update more.

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