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

Chapter 231 The remnants of the old era [Please subscribe]

Meng Tian was stunned for a moment, then stood and said with a respectful look on his face: "Thank you very much."

Although the doorman at this door is just a small doorman, he is the Shangdang Zhao family, that is, the former doorman of the royal family, a third-rank official in front of the prime minister, let alone someone who serves the royal family?
He stood at the door and adjusted his robes, then took a deep breath and walked towards the door.

At the door, Meng Tian paused again. He turned back and glanced at the sky behind him.

The sky is still vast and blue, just like it was when he was activated by the First Emperor, just like when Emperor Wen stood on the throne and scolded Fang Qiu.

The world has not changed, but the people living in it have changed.

The Zhao family's residence is very simple, and there is no trace of the place where the royal family with the surname Ying once lived. Perhaps this is the best life for the children of the Zhao family today.

Along the way, Meng Tian saw many former clan children. Originally, they should have lived a high and luxurious life in the palace or within the clan, but now most of the children he saw were very diligent and frugal, and some even had no followers around them. No.

But the strange thing is that the expressions on the faces and the mental outlook of these disciples are much better than when they were in the clan.

This is something that puzzles Meng Tian.

Perhaps everything in the old era should indeed be swept into the pile of old paper, but the ending of Qin should not be so absurd.

This is Qin!
"My lord! I obey your Majesty's order!"

He said solemnly: "Great Qin is now retreating to Hangu Pass. Although it has temporarily lost its position to dominate the world, it still has the power to spare. As long as the young master returns and invites Prime Minister Chen to come out, Qin will definitely be able to swallow up the world again!"

He looked at Meng Tian and said in a deep voice: "Meng Qing, please go back first."

This is the ending that Qin should have.

He suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and put it on Meng Tian's shoulder: "Meng Qing, please go back first. I will return to Xianyang City immediately after leaving the affairs of the clan to my brother-in-law!"

He will sit on the high throne, bring the remnants of the old era like him to clear away the obstacles in the way, and then exit the stage of history with glory and splendor.

"How could Uncle Zheng's world and Brother Fusu's world be so ruined by that bitch Hu Hai?"

But at this moment, Ziying suddenly smiled dumbly.

He smiled and said, "Sit down."

Maybe it was because the wind was too comfortable today, or maybe it was because I had seen too many documents in the past few days, or maybe the sincerity in Meng Tian's voice, who was kneeling on the ground, was too heavy.

He remembered the correspondence he had exchanged with Chen Ju a few days ago, and also recalled the discussions and disputes between the two about the world.

At this time, Ziying was thinking calmly.

In his words, Ziying was no longer called "Master", but "Your Majesty".

Meng Tian looked at the young man standing there with a long sword in his hand and sharp eyes. The suffocating breath on his face and heart finally came out!
This is the descendant of the Qin royal family!
These are the people of Emperor Qin!

"This is an ending worthy of Great Qin!"

He didn't want to fight for the world.

Meng Tian became excited as he spoke. He looked at Ziying in front of him and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please return to the palace!"

Is it really a good thing for Ziying to become the fifth emperor?

When Meng Tian heard Zi Ying asking him to go back, he originally wanted to say something, but he suddenly reacted. Zi Ying called him General Meng before, but now calls him Meng Qing. What does this mean?
It means that Ziying accepted his request!
He raised his head suddenly and saw Ziying, who was sitting there, standing up with endless calmness on his face. He stood on the edge of the pond with his hands behind his hands, and then whispered in a low voice: "Chen Xiang will never leave the mountain again." , this time the Qin State can rely on no Chen family, only us remnants of the old era."

"Even if the Qin State is to be destroyed, it will still have the backbone of the old Qin people and die in the battle with the endless high spirit of Qin."

"If I'm not wrong, the general has convinced everyone in the court to let me go back and be the fifth emperor?"

Ziying turned around and looked at Meng Tian: "Meng Qing is unwilling to give in, and I am also unwilling to give in."

perhaps
Is his obsession wrong?
Maybe he stood here for too long. Ziying finally reacted from his deep thoughts and raised his head to look at Meng Tian: "General Meng?"

So Ziying came out.

Meng Tian sat across from Ziying a little awkwardly, with a somewhat flustered look on his face. His hands were slightly grabbing the corners of his clothes, hesitating as he didn't know what to say.

Meng Tian nodded slightly. He raised his head and saw Ziying's calm eyes that seemed to see through everything. He exhaled to calm down the embarrassment and uneasiness in his heart.

He looked at Zhao Hui silently: "It's just that from today on, everything in the Zhao family will be handed over to my brother Hui. I have no connection with the Shangdang Zhao family anymore."

Is this Mr. Ziying?
It's not that Meng Tian has never met Zi Ying, it's just that at that time, Zi Ying was noble and luxurious, but not as comfortable as he is now. He could feel that Zi Ying, who was attached to the mountains and rivers, seemed to be happier than before.

In the meeting hall
Zhao Hui's expression was filled with worry: "Brother Ziying, do you really want to go back?"

Will the world that has been fought over by successive kings and sages of the Qin Dynasty and six generations of fierce warriors be absurdly destroyed by Hu Hai's stupid hands?
He wanted to give Qin a decent ending.

He began to question his purpose for coming here.

Ziying was the first to speak: "General, are you here to invite me back?"

“When we meet on a narrow road, fierce tigers fight.”

"It's just a repeat of what His Majesty the First Emperor did back then!"

Ziying smiled and said, "Brother, there is no need to persuade me, I have already made my decision."

"Yes, sir."

This confusion reached its peak when Meng Tian saw Zi Ying. He looked at Zi Ying, who was sitting among the landscape pavilions with a chessboard in front of him, leisurely and contentedly, with a confused look on his face.

Qin already belongs to the old era. The new era has arrived, and everything in the old era should be swept into the pile of old paper.

"The ministers of the Qin Dynasty are still here, and the swords in their hands are still sharp. They should follow the example of Lord Wu'an in those days and calm the world and unify the world for His Majesty the First Emperor!"

Ziying sat there, looking at Meng Tian calmly. After a long time, he sighed quietly, with a bit of sadness in his expression. His eyes turned to the pond in the distance, where waves were rising.

Ziying closed his eyes and said: "Xiang Chen has helped us a lot, and even created a lot of mist to confuse the world. And with the Chen family's evidence, the Shangdang Zhao family, a family that moved here thirty years ago, will not cause any confusion to anyone." doubts."

He opened his eyes, held Zhao Hui's shoulders and whispered: "No matter what you hear, no matter what happens to me in the future, or what happens to Qin, you are not allowed to take the Zhao clan out of the mountain!"

"You must remember firmly that the Shangdang Zhao family is an in-law of the Guandu Chen family, and has lived in Shangdang for more than thirty years!"

"It has nothing to do with the surname Zhao Ying of Qin State."

"Remember?"

Zhao Hui lowered his head with red eyes: "I remember it." Ziying smiled. He turned around and looked in the distance: "The agreement between the ancestors of King Zhaoxiang and the Chen family came true. You saved my Zhao family lineage."

After making an agreement with King Zhaoxiang, the Chen family has been thinking about how to preserve the Qin Emperor's lineage and prevent others from discovering it when they have no foundation.

More than thirty years ago, Chen allowed some people to live in Shangdang disguised as "Shangdang Zhao".

If someone comes to Shangdang to check on the Zhao family, they will not be able to find any problems. They can only find out that the Zhao family in Shangdang moved to Shangdang from Hedong thirty years ago and has been living here ever since.

It has been passed down to Zhao Hui's generation, which is already the third generation.

The servants and daily life are all normal, except that there are not many direct descendants of the Zhao family, and they seem to have few descendants, so they have been living in seclusion, and not many people have seen them.

Most of the royal children brought by Ziying lived in seclusion and rarely showed up. Few people knew them. Most of them were still young children. When they grew up, they naturally became the legitimate "Shangdang Zhao family". ".

This is a "game" that has been laid out for more than thirty years and cost a lot of effort.

In the end, this game did protect the direct lineage of the Ying family, allowing them to survive safely and continue to pass on.

Guandu
Ziying was wearing a plain robe and sat opposite Chen Ju, with a somewhat peaceful expression on his face: "Sir, you probably didn't expect that I would make such a decision."

Chen Ju smiled and said, "I really didn't expect it."

He shook his head slightly: "But when I see you now, I can firmly believe that your choice is the right one."

Ziying asked in a low voice: "Sir, do you think I can lead the Qin Dynasty again and unify the world?"

Chen Ju was a little silent. He avoided the question and just said: "What does it matter if you can unify the world? Will your Majesty return to the Shangdang again if I say no?"

Ziying chuckled: "Of course not."

His expression was firm: "I want to give Da Qin a decent ending. The best way for a general to die is to die on the battlefield, and Da Qin's destruction must be spectacular."

"Even if your body is shattered to pieces, that's the case."

"I am Da Qin's last sacrifice!"

Chen Ju put the teacup in Ziying's hand: "I don't know whether your Majesty's decision is right or wrong, but my Chen family's ancestral motto is, "You should look up to the sky, bow to the earth, and have a clear conscience." This sentence I will also give it to Your Majesty today."

"May your Majesty be able to move forward courageously."

Ziying drank the tea in the cup in one gulp and smiled while stroking his hands: "Then I will accept Mr.'s good advice!"

After Ziying left, Chen Ju sat in the tea room, looking in the distance and sighing softly.

"Chen may not be able to save Qin, but she should save the world."

On the last day of the fourth emperor's first year, the people of Qin heard the best news so far.

General Mengtian found the young master Ziying, and the young master Ziying was willing to return to Xianyang City.

The fifth emperor came here with great emotion!

Changed the name to "Wu Lie".

In the first year of Wu Lie, the fifth emperor Ziying ascended the throne and ordered the world. The county guards within the Qin State and some county guards in the Chu region completely obeyed, and the Qin State gathered together again.

The people of Old Qin did not completely give up on Qin at this time, they were still willing to die for Qin.

When Ziying announced the conscription, many soldiers who had returned home in the past drove over again. They returned to the army they loved and fought side by side with their brothers who had fought side by side with them in the past!

The old Qin and Jiujiang fought against the national calamity together!
This is Da Qin! This is the old Qin people! These are the soldiers of Qin!
For a moment, the impassioned singing echoed across the land again, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms who heard the singing once again felt the fear of being dominated by Qin.

The old Qin and Jiujiang fought against the national calamity together! Jiujiao Lao Qin, restore our rivers and mountains!
There will be no truce until the blood is shed dry!

There is the Great Qin in the west, which is rising like the sun. The country has been hated for hundreds of years, and the vicissitudes of life are hard to put down!
The world is in turmoil, how can we find peace and tranquility! Qin has sharp men, who can compete with him?
In the summer and July of the first year of Wu Lie, the fifth emperor Ziying stood on a high platform and launched an attack on the remnants of the old Zhao Dynasty!

The soldiers of the Qin State, who had once conquered all the invincible opponents in the world, once again crushed the remnants of the old Zhao with invincible power, and the city of Handan once again surrendered to the iron cavalry of the Qin State.

But this time, the fifth emperor Ziying did not give the Handan County Governor any chance.

massacre!

The fifth emperor Ziying used his impassioned and bloody murderous intent to frighten the remaining nine forces. Is this the Great Qin?

Even without the Chen family, is Da Qin still so powerful and unstoppable?
Zhangtai Palace
Ziying smiled with an expression on his face. He looked at the memorial in front of him with a very peaceful look on his face.

Compared with the fear of other people in the world, Ziying's own family knew their own situation.

The soldiers of Qin State are indeed still sweeping the world, and they are indeed unrivaled and unstoppable, but that is because these soldiers have already conquered the world once back then.

They are all veterans, how could they not be brave?

While those people were afraid of the Qin soldiers, they forgot and did not dare to inquire about the Qin soldiers, so they ignored this point.

If you use a more fantasy language to describe the Qin State at this time, it would be "burning your essence and blood to fight for the last time." If you use a more conventional language to describe today's Great Qin, it would be "returning to the light."

The country of Great Qin skipped the stage of middle age and went directly to the twilight years of old age.

It was like a man holding a long sword standing under the afterglow of the setting sun, looking at the vultures in the distance that wanted to pounce on his body and roaring angrily: "I will fight with you!"

"You won't lose if you kill one, but you will gain blood if you kill two!"

He smelled of blood, but he stood upright.

Ziying sighed quietly, footsteps sounded outside the hall, and Liu Bang slowly walked in, his expression respectful and surrendering.

He admired the young emperor.

It had only been three months since he came back, but he had convinced the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty with his talents and knowledge, and made the world move in the direction he wanted. Isn't this enough to make Liu Bang admire him?

But Liu Bang had a little confusion on his face. He didn't know what Ziying was calling him to do.

Is there something important?

He walked into the main hall, looked at Ziying, lowered his head and whispered softly: "Your Majesty, I wonder why you called me here for something important?"

PS: This is the ending I wrote for Da Qin, the real ending. Even if you have to die, you must die standing! Also want to die vigorously! Ziying's posthumous title has been decided, Emperor Wu Lie of Qin!
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