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

Chapter 95 Emperor Zhou [Second update, please read and collect]

In the twelfth year of King Huiwen, the State of Qin sent envoys to "Gong" to pay homage to the Emperor of Zhou.

This was the first time in decades that a powerful country sent serious envoys to the emperor's land to pay homage to the Emperor of Zhou.

Emperor Zhou felt vaguely uneasy.

What does Qin want to do?
  People all over the world are also a little uneasy. What is Qin going to do?
  No one knows what Qin wants to do, but everyone is looking forward to what Qin will do to break its reputation for benevolence and righteousness.

In the twelfth year of King Huiwen, when the envoys "Su Qin" and "Zhang Yi" were still on their way to pay homage to the Emperor of Zhou, Chen Ye angrily issued a petition against thieves. The main targets of the petition against thieves were Su Qin and Zhang Yi. .

In the same month, the king of Qin also expressed angrily that Su Qin and Zhang Yi were falsely claiming to be envoys of the state of Qin, and they were not envoys of the state of Qin.

Many talented people in the Qin State and many people in the Xianyang Palace also debated. The usual debates only lasted about a day or two, but this time the debate lasted for more than two months. It's never over.

The theme of the debate is very simple, it is the actions of Su Qin and Zhang Yi.

As the debate continued, the silent war between Su Qin, Zhang Yi, and Chen Ye also continued to spread. As the war spread without gunpowder, the topics of their debates gradually spread.

Su Qin and Zhang Yi wanted to ask the Emperor of Zhou to confer Qin as king, but Chen Ye did not agree, and even the king of Qin did not agree.

But many people in the country agreed with this matter and felt that Qin was already strong enough.

The three countries of Chu, Qi, and Wei were able to declare themselves kings, so why couldn't such a powerful country as Qin become king?

Moreover, the Qin State asked the Emperor of Zhou to grant him the title in a serious manner, instead of pretending to be the king like Wei, Chu, and Qi. What arrogance did Qin have?
  Everyone was debating this matter crazily.

At first, people all over the world were arguing about whether Qin's act of proclaiming himself king was an overstep.

Gradually, the topic of debate among people all over the world became: if barbarians like the Chu State could arrogantly claim to be kings, and Wei and Qi could also arrogantly claim to be kings, then why couldn’t a powerful country like Qin, which respected the emperor of Zhou, not Being canonized as king?
  After that, people's argument gradually changed to "Isn't it just what everyone expects a benevolent and righteous country like Qin to be crowned king?"

After that, people's debate became "What kind of changes will Qin bring to the world after becoming king?"

In the end, people no longer paid attention to the fact that Qin became king, but began to gradually discuss whether the other countries would follow Qin's claim to be king, and how to deal with the arrogance of those countries.

When people all over the world were discussing the matter the most, Su Qin and Zhang Yi came to "Gong" and met King Zhou Xian.

King Zhou Xian was sitting in the main hall, and the surrounding decorations were very complicated and gorgeous.

He looked at Su Qin and Zhang Yi, who were standing in the audience respectfully and a little perfunctorily, and sighed quietly in his heart.

This day has finally come.

From the very beginning when Qin State began to respect him and pay tribute, he knew that Qin State must have a purpose, and this purpose was probably to become king.

After all, there is no free meal in the world.

It has been more than thirty years since the Qin State resumed the tribute ceremony that was carried out dozens or even hundreds of years ago.

Over the past thirty years, the tribute paid by the Qin State has led to the tribute paid by other countries, making his life and the Zhou royal family's life much easier, and has even now almost returned to the same situation as at the beginning.

In addition to royal power and strength.

The noble life did not corrode King Zhou Xian's wisdom, but made him smarter.

He clearly knew that these were the rewards paid by Qin State in advance, and they would one day be taken back.

King Zhou Xian's voice was calm: "What are you two gentlemen doing here?" His voice was filled with charity, like an ordinary old man.

Su Qin and Zhang Yi looked at each other with respectful expressions: "I see the Emperor."

"I have come here today to ask the emperor to grant my king the title of king!"

The two stood there, although they were saluting, their waists were straight.

King Zhou Xian didn't say anything, he just sighed quietly: "Okay."

These two words shocked Su Qin and Zhang Yi. They thought they were going to use coercion and inducement, and they were ready to sacrifice their reputations for Qin.

But what they didn't expect was that things went so smoothly.

Seeing their shocked expressions, King Zhou Xian laughed out loud. He looked at Su Qin and Zhang Yi and said, "Why, isn't this what you want?"

"I agree."

He smiled and said: "Among the countries in the world, only Qin can bear the reputation and status of "king"."

"It has been more than thirty years since Duke Xiao resumed paying tribute. During these thirty years, because of Qin, all the countries in the world no longer pretended to be deaf and dumb, but followed Duke Xiao's actions and resumed paying tribute."

"Duke Xiao is a benevolent and righteous king who respects etiquette!"

"Now, Ying Si has inherited his father's reputation for benevolence and righteousness. Not only has he resumed paying tribute, but he also pays homage to Gu every year. This is something that many kings in the world cannot do."

"Ying Si did it."

King Zhou Xian looked very emotional: "Such a benevolent and righteous country and such a sage king can only be seen in the classics of ancient sages. What's the point of such a king conferring him the title of king?" What surprises people?”

He looked at Su Qin and Zhang Yi calmly: "After returning, I will report to the king of your country and tell him that on the day of the alliance meeting, I will go to Guandu in person."

"Combine him as king!"

"You cannot refuse this matter! If you refuse, you will be disobeying the emperor's order!"

King Zhou Xian's words were somewhat firm, and he had already decided to do something for Qin at the last moment.

Anyway, Bangzhou was falling apart in his hands, and he could hardly hold on to his last dignity.

It was the State of Qin, Duke Xiao of Qin, and now Ying Si's tribute that gave Bang Zhou his last dignity. With the State of Qin like this, how could he not reciprocate the favor?

Of course, this is also related to the current world situation.

If no country in the world pretends to be king at this time, and no country oversteps its authority, even if Qin does this for another thirty years, the Emperor of Zhou will not be moved and crown Qin king.

But now Bangzhou's "ritual" has collapsed. There are already three kings in the world, and he doesn't care about one more.

After Su Qin and Zhang Yi left, King Zhou Xian even had a slight smile on his lips.

He looked into the distance and murmured softly: "This world, please be more chaotic."

"In the forty-fourth year of King Xian's reign, the Qin envoys came to Gong to discuss the affairs of the Emperor of Qin. The Emperor sighed and said: "The benevolence and righteousness of Duke Xiao and the virtues of King Huiwen are worthy of the title of king! ", said that he would go to the alliance meeting in person and confer the title of King of Qin. - "New Warring States Book·The First Annals of Zhou Dynasty""

(End of this chapter)