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

Chapter 55 Time flies [[-]st update, please collect and read]

Chen Ye sat in the study, holding the classics in his hands.

Before he became a father, he always felt that there was not such a heavy burden on him, but after becoming a father, he suddenly found that everything in the world seemed different.

He shook his head with a smile and put down the book in his hand.

Qin Xiaogong and Shang Yang both sent congratulatory gifts, and many colleagues in the court also learned the news and came to congratulate him.

After much hesitation on the name of the eldest son, he finally decided on "Shen", Chen Shen.

Chen Ye hopes that his eldest son will be cautious and considerate in the future. These two words also come from the Book of Songs·Yanyan, which means "ultimately gentle and kind, Shu Shushen." "

After finally deciding on the name of his eldest son, Chen Ye wrote the name on a letter and sent it to the palace and Shang Yang's mansion.

In the year after the alliance, he had fewer and fewer opportunities to meet his teacher.

Today, Chen Ye is still a Sikou, and Shang Yang is still made by Daliang. The entire Qin State continues to become stronger in the hands of Shang Yang, but what follows is constant war and accusations against Shang Yang from the outside world.

The citizens of Qin seemed to be increasingly dissatisfied with Shang Yang, but this was of no use.

The new aristocrats who emerged with the reform, and those who gained the benefits of the military title system, all spoke out to support Shang Yang. In their hearts, it was Shang Yang who opened up this upward path for them.

Although Qin's laws were strict and wars were frequent, they were extremely lucky to be able to support their families and obtain a title that they could hardly imagine before.

Are other countries better off?
  This is the common question of all Qin citizens.

However, when the traders who went to other countries came back, the people of Qin were even more fortunate. In other countries, the upward system was basically hereditary or liked by the king.

With such a system, how can Qin’s military merit system be so transparent?
  Therefore, amidst such satisfaction, Qin Lu still played his role, and had already played tricks in Shang Yang's hands.

He listened to Chen Ye's opinions and set different categories of laws into different categories. Although Qin's laws were still increasing, they only added some general outlines.

These general outlines cannot be easily changed, so the regulations are very strict.

During this period, Meng Ke came to Qin for the second time.

Because Qin's power gradually grew stronger, and the people of Qin did not resist this "harsh" law, this made Meng Ke very curious.

In the spring of Qin Xiaogong's twelfth year, Meng Ke came to Qin again with a group of his disciples, and had a friendly talk with Qin Xiaogong.

No one knew about the detailed discussion except Qin Xiaogong and Meng Ke.

People just know that after this conversation, Confucian disciples seemed to gradually begin to enter the Qin State, but they still did not become officials of the Qin State, and were more like a kind of "visitors" and "travelers" who stayed temporarily.

The stay and changes of Confucianism made people all over the world look at them with some eyebrows, and with the changes of Confucianism, the other schools in the world also began to hesitate.

Maybe Qin is also a good choice?

After all, even Confucianists, who had previously spread rumors such as "Confucians will not enter Qin", have broken the original rules and entered Qin.

There seems to be nothing wrong with them entering Qin?
  As a result, there was a wave of enthusiasm for entering Qin all over the world.

Shang Yang, Chen Ye and others were not affected at all. After all, no one could shake their status.

On the contrary, Qin Xiaogong was very proud and happy.

Because this symbolizes that he has governed the country very well, and this excellence can also be shown off when he goes to meet his ancestors. Time is still like spring water, and time gradually passes without realizing it.

In the first month of the thirteenth year of Duke Xiao, King Xian of Zhou sent people to deliver sacrifices and other sacrifices, which symbolized Emperor Zhou's recognition of Qin.

Duke Xiao of Qin followed the advice of Chen Ye, Shang Yang and Confucianism, went out of the city gate to wait very respectfully, accepted the reward from the Emperor of Zhou outside the city of Yueyang, and paid tribute to the Emperor of Zhou in accordance with the original etiquette.

This alleviated the current embarrassing situation of Emperor Zhou to a certain extent.

After all, even the last land of Zhou Dynasty had been entrusted to him. During the war between the various countries, tributes had long been stopped. The life of Emperor Zhou was already very tight.

And perhaps feeling the goodwill of Qin Xiaogong, King Zhou Xian also continued to release his goodwill.

Although there is nothing practical, just some verbal appreciation, these appreciations are already very important to Qin.

This represents [Li]'s recognition of Qin.

As the praise of Emperor Zhou spread, as Qin Xiaogong's reputation for benevolence and righteousness spread, and as Qin's power continued to grow, Qin's status among the countries also improved again.

In the spring of Qin Xiaogong's fifteenth year, Qin Xiaogong held an alliance meeting in Guandu.

This time, almost all the countries in the world participated in the alliance. Even Emperor Zhou came to join in the fun and showed his recognition of Qin.

Wei, Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi and other countries all praised Qin. The kings of Wei and Qi came forward for the second time to ask Duke Xiao of Wei and Qin to honor the name of the overlord.

Qin Xiaogong still refused.

In his opinion, what's the point of becoming an overlord if you can't be the king?

This name will only bring burdens to Qin, but cannot bring actual benefits to Qin.

When he was unable to satisfy his own selfish desires, Qin Xiaogong was very humble and calm, saying that Qin was just a small barbarian country. How could it surpass the Central Plains countries and become the overlord?
  This was an overstepping of etiquette and an offense, and he would never dare to do this.

After this alliance meeting, Qin Xiaogong's reputation for humility spread even further, and almost everyone was praising him.

Even Meng Ke praised Duke Xiao of Qin a lot, saying that a monarch like Duke Xiao of Qin was really a virtuous monarch recorded in the classics!
  How could Qin not become powerful with such a wise and famous monarch?
  Therefore, the talented people in the world wanted to enter the Qin State and show their talents.

In the autumn of Qin Xiaogong's sixteenth year, Chen Ye's fifth son was born. This child was also born to Princess Youning and was his legitimate second son. He named him [Zhan], which was taken from the Book of Songs· "Looking at the sun and moon, I think about it for a long time" in the majestic childishness.

In the eighteenth year of Duke Xiao of Qin, the three kingdoms of Wei, Wei, and Zhao once again joined forces to launch an attack on Qin. At this time, Chen Ye's eldest son Chen Shen was already eight years old.

Chen Ye did not participate in this war. On the contrary, Shang Yang participated in this war beyond everyone's expectation, and because of the Warring States Period, he was granted the title of [Shang]. It was from this time that Shang Yang could truly be called [Shang Yang]. ].

Before this, Shang Yang's real name should be [Wei Yang], [Gongsun Yang], or even [Ji Yang].

Because of the honor of being granted the title of Shang Land, Shang Yang has always been called Shang Yang.

Time flies by, and in the blink of an eye it’s the winter of Qin Xiaogong’s [-]st year.

Chen Ye looked at himself and Qin Xiaogong who were getting older, and feeling the tense atmosphere in the country, he couldn't help but sigh while standing in the courtyard.

You Ning sat next to him and put on his shirt as usual.

"Why are you so sad, husband?"

(End of this chapter)