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

Chapter 211 The footsteps of fate [st update, please subscribe]

Silky raindrops fell on the ground, and in an instant countless thunders resounded in the sky.

The long team stood at the foot of Mount Tai with serious expressions. Ying Zheng himself raised his head and looked at the dark clouds in the sky, his eyes full of unknown expressions.

He looked a little gloomy in the rain.

Some people in the team sighed quietly, not daring to let the people around them hear them, and they didn't dare to let Ying Zheng hear them either.

"This is God's anger. He feels that Your Majesty is not worthy of being granted Zen status!"

Such words and thoughts are not only shared by one person. When a rumor starts to spread, there is often no way to stop it.

Unless you can immediately cut off the things that make them think that way.

Ying Zheng raised his head, his eyes filled with gloom and coldness. Could it be that God really felt that he was not worthy of being enshrined in Mount Tai?

But with such merit, who else besides him could be granted Zen status?

And at this moment, above the sky, the thunder and crow-gray lightning that originally resounded through the sky slowly dissipated for some reason. The gathering dark clouds also began to disperse, and a ray of sunshine seemed to appear somewhere in the sky.

What does Ying Zheng want to do?

His expression flashed, and Chen Zheng thought of some events in recent days, some changes in the court, and he seemed to have thought of something: "I don't believe it."

At this time, Li Si, who was standing next to Ying Zheng, held his hands and laughed, with a look of congratulation on his face: "Congratulations, your majesty, congratulations, your majesty!"

He turned around and walked back. At this time, the altar on Mount Tai was already fully decorated.

Chen Ye's hand gently knocked on the table, and he whispered: "Then, this bit of history has been changed again."

"I want to live forever."

"Come--"

Ying Zheng smiled dumbly, looked at Chen Zheng and said, "But I believe it."

When he said this, he couldn't help but look at Ying Zheng, with a hint of rebuke in his voice: "Your Majesty, when it comes to this, those alchemists you support in the palace..."

These three props had nothing to do with each other, but the rain that shouldn't have appeared at this time connected the three.

Class C will use the item [Feng Ming], Class D will use the item [Rain Drive], and Class D will use the item [Scorching Sun].

"How can fate bring all this back to the right track?"

There was indifference in his expression as he looked into the distance and stretched out his hand. The height above Mount Tai caused some dew in the air here.

Chen Ye chuckled and looked at some props stored in the system.

At this time, Chen Ye used props for the first time in these years, other than Chen's "Kilin Jade".

The five-color altar on Mount Tai had been prepared a long time ago. He could have directly enshrined it, but Ying Zheng thought he would be more respectful.

Li Si stood beside Ying Zheng, and the words he spoke made the anger on Ying Zheng's face slowly dissipate.

Chen Zheng frowned slightly. He looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, how can there be a real method of immortality in the world? Most of them are just deception."

On Mount Tai, the place closest to the gods according to legend, it takes endless courage to say such words, but Chen Zheng said so. His body was full of righteousness, and the sky was filled with clouds and waves. It was as if he was angry at what he said.

In the distance, seemingly from the direction of Xianyang City, there was an inexplicable cry. The sound was hard to describe. It didn't sound like any kind of bird.

"Man can conquer heaven!"

Over the years, Chen's opportunities to obtain luck points have become less and less, so he has not used the props in this system very much. He will only use them at some critical times to determine the success or failure of critical destiny.

Above Mount Tai

The clouds and mist were lingering, and everything seemed so "cold at high places." Ying Zheng and Chen Zheng stood in front, looking at the clouds and mist under the cliff. At this time, they were surrounded by ministers preparing to offer sacrifices.

Chen Zheng stood beside Ying Zheng with his sleeves rolled up, the expression on his face unchanged. Ever since he became the left prime minister, he had not maintained such a peaceful atmosphere with Ying Zheng for a long time.

Before he finished speaking, Ying Zheng waved his hand to stop Chen Zheng's words.

Chen Zheng raised his head, with an upright and majestic look on his face: "Heaven has its way. If there are immortals and gods, how can they watch from above the world suffer such a disaster?"

The look on Ying Zheng's face became even better. He squinted his eyes and smiled, and slowly walked towards Mount Tai with his hands behind his back.

"This is an auspicious sign!"

He pointed to the sky in the distance and the ray of setting sun and said: "When Your Majesty was consecrating Mount Tai, there should have been rain, but God was grateful for Your Majesty's kindness, so it dispersed the rain and made our Qin's sacred bird "Xuan" sing in Xianyang. , isn’t this a sign that God and destiny recognize my Great Qin’s performance?”

Does he believe it?

If Chen Zheng said it himself, he would definitely believe it.

At this time, many other ministers also reacted from the shock just now, and immediately came forward to echo Li Si's words, "Your Majesty, this is your destiny!"

Ying Zheng looked at the clouds in the distance and suddenly said: "Chen Qing, do you trust the gods and ghosts of destiny?"

"There is only "human" between heaven and earth. No matter how the so-called theories of gods and ghosts spread, I always believe in one thing."

This is indeed destiny.

But at this time, Chen was speculating on Ying Zheng's intentions.

He curled his lips, looked at the sky, and said softly: "The First Emperor is caught in the rain."

"Sure enough, it is the so-called "track" of history. Even if Mount Tai is enshrined so many years earlier, can't it stop this rain?"

It shows that Qin Nai is destined by fate! It shows that what he wants to do is right!

The group of people followed Ying Zheng's footsteps and slowly headed towards the mountains. At this time, in the peach blossom garden, Chen Ye slowly sat down.

After all, although there are not many "gods" in my family, I can still go to the "Peach Blossom Spring" to survive after death, and I can still have dreams after death. How can I say that it is not a method of gods?

Gradually, the rain and dark clouds slowly dissipated, leaving only the sunshine pouring all over the sky, seemingly free of charge.

There seemed to be a glimmer of dawn in the endless blackness that shone through the world. A ray of light poured out from it as if it were shattering the sky, like a waterfall above the nine heavens.

In the original historical trajectory, Ying Zheng should have gone up the mountain in the rain at this time, and then was well recorded in history by Confucians and historians. This also became one of the later symbols of Qin's "immorality".

"Boom-"

The sound of a bronze chime echoed between heaven and earth. Ying Zheng stood at the front. In the bronze cauldron that symbolized heaven and earth and was cast again by Ying Zheng specifically for this sacrifice, some green smoke slowly rose up. Yunxiao.

The sound of the chimes and the green smoke complement each other, as if someone in the sky is really watching here.

Ying Zheng stood at the front, wearing a black uniform, with a solemn and solemn face. The ceremony officer beside him recited the sacrificial prayers that had been prepared long ago, his voice rising and falling.

The three are intertwined, like making up a dream-like dream.

"boom!"

In the sky, a thunder fell at the right time. Thunder in the clear sky resounded through the sky, but Ying Zheng did not react at all.

He just stood in front of him silently, telling his "merits" and "merits" in a calm voice, which was the same as the prayer he had people write. Even though the first emperor's achievements were still written in front of him, what he wrote in the end was It’s not about praying for God’s blessing.

In his final choice, the First Emperor seemed to have chosen "people".

At the same time that Mount Tai was enshrined in Zen, other places in the world were also restless.

Some absconding nobles began to contact each other, and the county guards from all over the world were also very restless and wanted to "bet on both sides." Although the world seemed to be in the hands of the Qin State, and the Qin State's national power was still prosperous, but This doesn't stop them from hedging their bets, does it?

Among them, the leader, as destined, is still "Xiang Liang" of Chu State.

Even if the original Qin State did not cleanse the Chu State, the "Chu State" that the Xiang family split off was still destroyed by the Qin State, so there was even more hatred between the Xiang family and the Qin royal family.

In the original trajectory, the Xiang family still needed to use the name of regaining the "Chu Kingdom", under the banner of having descendants of the Xiong family, and respecting the original "King of Chu" as the king, in order to start a rebellion, but now? They themselves are the so-called "Chu royal family".

So if they want to "conspire", they don't even need to use their names. They are "kings" and one of the "Six Kingdoms" that was destroyed.

Guandu

Chen Su was sitting at home, looking at Chen Ju who was studying in front of him, his face became more worried.

He seemed to smell something like "storm is coming".

The world has only been peaceful for a few years, and is it going to be turbulent again?

Chen Su let out a long sigh, while Chen Ju sat there with his expression unchanged and continued to read with his head down. He knew what his eldest father was feeling, but he felt that these were just unfounded worries.

Chen Ju's eyes flickered slightly. The biggest difference between him and Chen Su and Chen Zheng was that he had no so-called deep friendship with Qin, so whether Qin fell or not was not important to him.

When Chen Ju was born, the Qin Kingdom had just been unified. He had never seen the troubled times before Qin's unification, so naturally he did not have too many emotions about the world after the unification.

I don't know what kind of turmoil it will be like if the world is once again in chaos.

People's thoughts and hearts are determined by their experiences. There is no doubt about this.

Chen Su sat opposite Chen Ju. He knew Chen Ju's mentality, but he did not intend to correct Chen Zheng because he did not know whether his and his son's thoughts were right or wrong. He could not judge Chen Ju's thoughts. The mentality is wrong, so I am unwilling to "correct" it.

Do everyone in the Chen family take the rise and fall of Qin as their own responsibility?

No.

People in the Chen family always keep in mind that the head of Guizhou and all the people in the world, and the prosperity of all the people is their "goal". They helped Qin to unify in the first place just because Qin had the best hope of unification and had been a wise king in all dynasties.

Whenever a faint king appears among the six generations of the Qin royal family, and wise kings appear in other countries one after another, the Chen family will also choose them.

This is not destiny, but "rule by man."

He looked far away in the distance, and there seemed to be a shadow cast over Xianyang City.

In the sixth year of the First Emperor's reign, which was the sixth year after the unification of Qin, the world seemed to have become very prosperous and prosperous.

At this time, Ying Zheng had already gone through thirty-six years.

He was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and like the "King Zhaoxiang" in history, his control over the court became more and more tight, almost reaching the peak of King Zhaoxiang. After all, he was the "First Emperor", so naturally Carrying the majesty and solemnity of unifying the six countries.

Last year, there were more and more disputes between him and Chen Zheng.

Chen Zheng became increasingly powerless.

But they can still maintain peace with each other. At most, they have different political opinions, so they can tolerate each other. Chen Zheng has also maintained peace and tolerance after being admonished by Chen Su and Chen Zan. state.

He did not want to conflict with the emperor.

Chen Mansion

Countless generals came to Chen's mansion in this not-so-warm season.

In the first month of the sixth year of the First Emperor's reign, the old man whose body had always been strong and healthy, making people think he could live for more than ten years, fell ill.

Perhaps this is the fate of military commanders.

At this time, Qin's war in Baiyue has not yet stopped, but it has already achieved remarkable results. As long as it takes another one or two years, Baiyue will be completely captured by Qin.

Chen Zheng was sitting on the edge of the bed. He held Chen Zan's hand with a sad look on his face: "Uncle, you."

Chen Zan just had a calm smile on his face. He stretched out his hand to hold Chen Zheng's hand: "Zheng'er, there is no need to be sad. I have no regrets in this life."

He was also a member of Chen's "Peach Blossom Land", so he knew that his death was not the end of his life, so he looked at Chen Zheng and said: "Death is not the end, everything is still far away."

Chen Zan patted Chen Zheng's hand: "I know that you have many ambitions in your heart, but they cannot be realized due to practical reasons."

"Do what your heart desires."

"A member of the Chen family has always been worthy of heaven and earth, and worthy of one's own heart. Now that my passing has given you this opportunity, you can find an opportunity to make it clear to His Majesty."

"It will be a good thing that Chen is gone, and His Majesty's fear of Chen will be greatly reduced."

There was hope in his eyes: "Go and explain everything clearly to His Majesty, and then you can help Da Qin move forward together."

After saying this, Chen Zan seemed to have spent all his strength, and his hands hung weakly on the bed.

The eyes of the surrounding generals were red, and their continuous cries spread throughout the Chen Mansion.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, and Ying Zheng's figure stood there with a look of confusion on his face.

In the first month of the sixth year of the First Emperor's reign.

The last Wu'an Lord of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Zan, died in Xianyang City.

Chen Zan's death was a huge blow to Chen Zheng, and he couldn't lift his spirits for almost a month or two.

In the sixth year of the First Emperor's reign, March 17th.

It was raining continuously in the sky, and it seemed like something bad was about to happen.

Han Fei walked to Chen's residence in a hurry, with a look of anxiety and anger on his face. He pushed open the door of Chen's study and looked at Chen Zheng, who was sitting inside with his clothes wrapped around his clothes. There was thunderous anger in his voice.

"Prime Minister Chen! Please advise His Majesty!"

The footsteps of fate sounded in response.

PS: I wish everyone a happy new year and all the best.

(End of this chapter)