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

Chapter 85 Chen Shen’s path forward [Second update, please collect and read]

By the time Chen Shen arrived at the palace, Zhou Xian Wang Ji Bian had already calmed down and could not see anything.

He sat there, maintaining his glory as the emperor as before, even though everyone knew that the current Emperor Zhou had no glory.

After the ceremony, King Zhou Xian looked at Chen Shen, feeling suddenly agitated in his heart.

After he retreated, he walked down the steps and walked in front of Chen Shen. At this time, King Zhou Xian didn't look like an emperor, but more like a normal middle-aged and elderly man who was powerless.

"Mr. Chen, I have something unclear, please teach me."

At the age of over fifty, he already knew his destiny, but King Zhou Xian seemed to have lived a very confused life. He held the hand of the young man in front of him, hoping to get some salvation from the young man's words.

"Does Bangzhou still have a way forward?"

Listening to King Zhou Xian's question, Chen Shen stood there with a look of helplessness and exhaustion on his face.

Is there a way forward for Bang Zhou?

Chen Shen himself didn’t know.

He set out from home to travel around the country, and it was about to be his third year. During these three years, he watched the vicissitudes of the world and the people in troubled times, and his confusion was no less than that of King Zhou Xian today.

The world is in such turmoil, how can the people be so innocent?
  Looking at the silent Chen Shen, King Zhou Xian seemed to understand something. He stood there without saying a word, just crying quietly.

Palace
  The surrounding oil lamps are burning, and some green smoke slowly flies from the oil lamps into the sky. The sound of the chimes around them seems to be echoing in a trance, but if you listen carefully, you can find that there is actually no sound at all.

It was so quiet inside the palace that people could hear a pin drop.

Chen Shen sat there with a dazed look on his face. He recalled his conversations with King Xian of Zhou Dynasty during the day, his conversations with the king of Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and what he had seen and heard along the way over the past two years.

"Clap-"

The book in his sleeve slipped out at some point. This is the volume that Chen Shen has been carrying close to him since his departure. It is also Chen Shen's favorite volume.

There is nothing complicated in the book, but it is very simple.

This is a volume of essays.

The content of his father Chen Ye's essays is very simple, even a little boring. It is nothing more than what he did during a certain period of time and then recorded it.

Unknowingly, Chen Shen opened the bamboo slip in his hand again and looked at the ordinary and boring things recorded on it.

He fell into a trance as he watched. The emotions that agitated during the day seemed to slowly sink to the bottom of the lake in his soul again, and he regained his composure.

One hand was stroking the bamboo slips, while the other hand was curled up in his sleeve.

Chen Shen closed his eyes and thought about his future.

Before setting off, he just wanted to make a name for himself.

But what about now after departure? What does he want?

Ideas slowly appeared in Chen Shen's mind. He wanted to make the world settle down quickly. He wanted to let the people of other countries live the same life as Qin. He wanted to make the world stable and the wars to stop. .

With the war going on, how can there be any peaceful days in the world?
  He wants to stop the people from being displaced, and he wants to accomplish what he wants to do according to his heart.

Chen Shen knew that his brother was asking for a [name], but what about him?
  After a moment, Chen Shen smiled fiercely.

What he wants is peace of mind.

After thinking about this, Chen Shen suddenly smiled. The aura of his whole body seemed to have changed a bit. It was not as gentle as before, but it seemed like there was a layer of dust covering it. Today's Chen Shen looks like a night pearl shining with light. Although the light is not strong and dazzling, it is still there to attract attention.

"Ugh."

"It's just that my father may have a headache."

Chen Shen knew that his father had always wanted him to inherit the Chen family and become the head of the Chen family, but what the head of the family wanted was stability rather than following his own heart.

The rise and fall of a family is actually like the rise and fall of a country. The head of the family or the king must learn to be ruthless.

He scratched his head: "But I have solved so many problems for my father on weekdays. Now it's my father's turn to worry about me, right?"

Chen Fu
  The moment Chen Shen wanted to understand everything, Chen Ye got a prompt from the system.

[The fate of family members has changed dramatically, please check back in time. 】

Chen Ye was not surprised. He had expected this when Chen Shen left home to travel around the world to study.

Seeing Chen Shen's change, Chen Ye was not only not angry, but instead held his hands and laughed.

He knew what Chen Shen was thinking, but in fact Chen Shen's idea was wrong.

The inheritance of a family, or the inheritance of an aristocratic family, is different from the continuity of a country.

Although the inheritance of aristocratic families also needs a helmsman, as long as the helmsman is not stupid and knows how to leave some backup, it will be fine.

After all, a country cannot escape. If it is gone, it is gone. It is very difficult to build it from scratch.

But the family is different. Unless everyone in the family is exterminated, as long as any member of the family escapes, the family can be established again if there is a slight chance.

The true heritage of a family is movable and intangible.

For example, ancestral precepts, family management, firm beliefs, even knowledge and wealth can be regained, but the acquisition of these intangible things takes time to wash away.
  So in fact, Chen Ye didn't care about Chen Shen's changes and choices, and even supported them.

Because even if he wants to build a thousand-year-old family, he doesn't want to build a spectator who only knows how to avoid continuation in times of crisis.

No matter what other aristocratic families are like, Chen must have his own persistence and belief.

This is Chen!
  Only after passing such a test and understanding this can Chen Shen truly become the next head of the Chen family!

Otherwise, even if Chen Shen is still made the head of the family according to the legitimate eldest son, Chen Ye will continue to control the power of the Chen family until someone new who can take charge of the Chen family appears, or Chen Shen can quickly find the third generation of the Chen family. Educate yourself after a long time.

The expression on Chen Ye's face was almost joyful, and he said outside the room: "Bring me my wine!"

"I won't stop until I get drunk today!"

The spring of King Huiwen's ninth year arrived under such circumstances.

The war between Qin and Rong Di had almost no suspense, and there was no doubt about victory. Under the auspices of Zhang Yi, Rong Di signed an alliance with Qin.

The covenant stipulates that Rong Di must donate a certain number of cattle, sheep, and horses to Qin every year, and the leaders of Rong Di must bow their heads.

Of course, new figures also appeared in this war that attracted the attention of the world.

Chen's youngest son, Chen Zhan.

(End of this chapter)