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

Chapter 208 "Crazy" [First update, please subscribe]

The plan is simple yet crazy.

If Ying Zheng wants to make everyone in the world truly Qin people, he has two ways.

One: it wears away little by little over time and is replaced over a long period of time.

The advantage of this method is that it is reliable, but the disadvantage is that it takes too long.

Does Qin still have so much time to digest all these people bit by bit?

Ying Zheng expressed doubts about this.

What's more, now he has chosen the county system, which has a slight "conflict" with the county system. No, it cannot be said to be a conflict. It can only be said to be "mutual wear and tear", or have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

It was precisely because of this that Ying Zheng chose the second method.

Rapid consumption and replacement.

Of course, there is a more thankless and laborious way.

If the first method is to wait slowly in the long river of time, waiting for people to grow old naturally, and then let new people appear in a peaceful, familiar, and unified Qin State, then this method is Human “intervention”.

So he chose the second method, hoping to use this method to quickly eliminate the "trouble" of Qin's use of the county system. It's not that he didn't trust his children, he just didn't want to leave these matters to others. hands.

That is "education".

He cannot let anyone see his "fear" and "cowardice". What he needs to show, and what Qin needs him to show, is indomitable vigor.

In fact, Zichu's death did not exceed Ying Zheng's expectation, because Ying Zheng knew that his father had been taking "elixir" since he was a child.

Perhaps out of the so-called father-son relationship, only Ying Zheng, Zi Chu, and Xia Ji knew about Zi Chu taking the "elixir". Of course, this matter was not concealed later, and many people knew about it.

Gradually, over decades and hundreds of years, education from generation to generation was assisted by the first method to completely transform people into Qin people.

But Ying Zheng is still worried.

Continue to wage wars, killing the previous generation in the war, and then use other means to breed the next generation in Guizhou.

But later, as he got older, his relationship with Zi Chu gradually became indifferent, and Zi Chu no longer took him to take the elixir.

But he knew that he had no other choice.

In the boundary between life and death, the regional distinctions of the past are not so obvious.

When Zi Chu died, Ying Zheng felt scared and frightened because he knew the cause of Zi Chu's death.

Standing in Zhangtai Palace, Ying Zheng let out a long sigh, with hesitation and confusion on his face. He didn't know whether his choice was right or wrong.

When Ying Zheng was young, he also took the "elixir" with his father.

But Ying Zheng couldn't wait, he really couldn't wait.

The Qin State has made unprecedented achievements that have never existed in ancient and modern times, so he, the "First Emperor", must bear such risks.

If you want to change the minds of people in the world, only these two methods are faster.

He also began to doubt his body

Of course, the result of the examination by the imperial doctor was good, and there was nothing wrong with his body.

In other words: war.

Only in this way can he be the "First Emperor".

The autumn of the second year of the First Emperor's reign came quickly. In this autumn, the huge empire that had just been unified and had been stable for two or three years began to spread some rumors. It seemed that the war did not stop like this, but might still continue. continue.

The fireworks of war made everyone in the world very scared, and everyone looked towards the direction of Xianyang City.

They hope that the King of Kings and His Majesty the First Emperor sitting on the high platform can tell them that the war is over and they don't have to go through the war again!

Xianyang City, Zhangtai Palace

Above the main hall, the ministers stood with dignified and solemn expressions on their faces. They all knew what was going to be said at the meeting today, but they were all afraid.

Li Si, Han Fei, Zhang Liang, Chen Zhong, Chen Zheng, Wang Jian, Meng Tian, ​​Meng Wu, Feng Quji, Feng Jie and others were all standing there. At this time, Da Qin was full of talents and the stars were shining brightly.

Ying Zheng sat on the high platform, his expression unchanged and he just asked softly: "What do you think of this?"

This is talking about the "Conquer Baiyue" proposed by Wang Jian before.

Everyone was silent. They all knew that this proposal seemed to be made by Wang Jian, but in fact it was not. It was the acquiescence of the person sitting on the throne. Who didn't know that Wang Jian listened to Ying Zheng's words the most?

Only Feng Jie stood up with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, now that the country has just been unified and the leaders of Guizhou have just lived a stable life, if we continue to launch a war at this time, will it arouse the war-weariness of the people?"

"Besides, it will only take two years for Da Qin to be unified now. Do we need to wait until later?"

Wang Jian took a step forward, with a cold voice in his voice: "Your Majesty, although what the imperial censor said is reasonable, the situation in Da Qin is not that bad now."

He turned his head and sighed and said: "The purpose of not stopping the war is that the military merit system cannot stop."

"The good fighting skills of the soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty originated from the military merit system in Shang Jun's reform. This is also the cornerstone of the stability of the world today. But if these cornerstones are broken, then the ordinary Guizhou head without this "step to the sky" may cause big problems in the long run! "

Wang Jian's eyes were filled with fatigue. That was why he agreed with the First Emperor's idea. He looked at Chen Zan who was standing aside with some melancholy: "At this time, Mr. Wu An is still here and can still suppress the group of people. What if it is Mr. Wu An?"

Chen Zan stood up and also agreed.

He said softly: "Your Majesty, my life span is only these few years."

"Let me finally do something for the sake of Qin and Your Majesty."

Chen Zhong stepped forward, looked at Chen Zan's back, closed his eyes slightly, and then expressed his support for this matter.

He raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng sitting at the top, with a hint of melancholy in his voice: "Your Majesty, I second your proposal."

After Chen Zhong agreed, the ministers were speechless again.

At this time, among the heavyweights in the court, Chen Zan, Wang Jian, and Chen Zhong all expressed their approval. Even if Feng Quji, his son, and Wang Wan all expressed opposition, the effect would probably not be very great.

What's more, Wang Wan also stood up at this time and expressed his approval of the matter.

He also knew that Qin's situation at this time was not suitable for any further delay.

Since the First Emperor didn't care about the centuries-old foundation and wanted to take a gamble, what if he, an old man like him, just took the gamble with the First Emperor?

The unification of Qin was the destiny of heaven.

Maybe God will help Qin again!

"I second the proposal."

With Wang Wan's statement, the matter was completely settled.

The autumn of the second year of the First Emperor passed so happily, and what followed was a bitterly cold winter. The granaries accumulated by the Qin State based on the private land system were gradually being consumed.

And that's not all the bad news this winter.

In the twelfth lunar month of the second year of the First Emperor's reign, it was the seventeenth day.

Chen Zhong, who has always been quite strong, fell ill.

This serious illness came very strangely and very quickly, like a heavy hammer hitting him directly, leaving this always strong old man lying on the bed, almost unable to get up.

After Ying Zheng heard about this incident, he was very nervous and sent several orders of imperial doctors to treat him.

But in the end the effect was not very great.

The spring of the third year of the First Emperor's reign came in the cold wind, but Chen Zhong stayed in that cold winter forever.

The right minister of Qin was once again vacant.

There was no time to grieve, and the first emperor's three years of spring plowing began.

After the unification of the Qin State, the number of government affairs in the world and the matters that need to be dealt with by the prime minister increased again, and this position cannot be vacant for too long.

Ying Zheng's original intention was to let Chen Zheng inherit this position, and the position of Sikou was once again given to Chen Zheng's son, or Chen Zhong's son or grandson.

But Chen Zheng refused.

He felt that his ability was not enough to serve as the right minister of the Qin Empire for the time being.

But in the end, he was not able to completely refuse, because Ying Zheng appointed "Wang Wan" as the right prime minister and Chen Zheng as the "left prime minister". The original position of Sikou was given to Chen Zhong's son, the fifth of the Chen family. One of the more outstanding disciples of the era.

In the same year, the disciple who served as Sikou and the "Shangzhuan" who served as Taishi Ling were assigned an important task by Ying Zheng.

"Revising history".

The history books of every dynasty and every country are one of the most important things in this country, so Ying Zheng handed over this matter to the people in the "Chen family" whom he felt more at ease with. In his opinion, the relationship between the Chen family and The Qin State was tied together, especially after Duke Xiao.

He did not ask Chen to beautify them, but only asked Chen to compile the history of Qin fairly and impartially.

Ying Zheng felt that there was nothing he could not write about.

Including two years ago, after he left Chen Zhongqi away, he personally went to Chen Zhong's home to invite his teacher.

That's not a big deal.

Time passed quickly like running water. In the autumn of this year, the Qin Empire officially declared war on Baiyue.

But Qin did not follow the old path of history, because "Chen Zheng" and "Chen Zan" were there.

Chen Zan and Wang Jian were the main generals, each leading an army forward. Their subordinates Li Mu, Wang Bi, Li Xin, Meng Tian and others were each deputy generals. Before the war broke out, they sent businessmen to Baiyue to inquire about information.

Ying Zheng even sent people from Heibingtai after many considerations.

He doesn't trust anyone but the people in Heibingtai.

This move also prevented the Qin State from conquering Baiyue three times. The Qin State was prepared to use all its strength from the beginning - this can be seen from the selection of generals sent by Ying Zheng.

At the beginning of the war, officials in Xianyang City also discovered some "subtle changes."

That is the biggest difference between Chen Zheng, the prime minister, and Chen Zhong.

(End of this chapter)