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

Chapter 128 "Return" [4k update, please subscribe]

Chen Shen came over in a hurry, but before he could reach Chen Ye's side, his words came first.

Chen Ye, who was lying on the bed, felt relieved.

He is not worried about Mi Bazi's "immortality".

Chen Ye waited for Mi Bazi to commit suicide not because he had no other way, but because he wanted to give Qin a dignity and Mi Bazi a dignity.

If Mi Bazi doesn't want to be decent.
  Then Chen Ye would give her a decent gift.

After all, he holds in his hand the edict given to him by the former king.

In this small room, everyone stood there.

Ying Ji is also there.

He looked at the old man lying on the bed, with an equally sad look on his face.

Chen Ye looked at everyone and seemed to have recovered a little. He said, "No need to be sad."

There was a smile in his eyes: "Death is not the final destination, it's just that I'm tired."

Chen Ye raised his hand with great effort, waved and looked at Chen Shen who was not far away. Chen Shen hurriedly walked to his father's side.

"Father."

Chen Ye touched Chen Shen's head and whispered: "That piece of jade"

Chen Shen quickly picked up the jade pendant from his waist. This was the [First Grade] prop, [Kilin Jade] that Chen Ye had obtained through a lottery before.

Chen Ye looked at the jade pendant, then looked at Chen Shen and said, "This jade is of great importance."

"From generation to generation."

"No one can be admired except by the head of the family."

"Remember?"

His voice was so low that others could not hear what they were saying. They could only see Chen Shen and Chen Ye talking.

Chen Shen nodded slightly, covering up all the sadness in his eyes.

Chen Ye looked at Chen Zhan, Chen Shou and other children standing aside. At this time, he felt a little guilty on his face. In fact, although he had taught these children over the years, he had not taught them much.

He is not a qualified father.

"After I leave, you brothers must love each other and not kill each other."

Chen Ye said softly: "This is a family motto and should not be abandoned lightly."

Chen Zhan, Chen Shou and others came forward, looking at their father who was still worried about them lying on the hospital bed, and said in unison: "Don't worry, father! We will definitely do it!"

This is the truth.

Although Chen Ye felt that he was partial to several children, he also felt that he was not a good father.

But in the eyes of Chen Zhan and Chen Shou, there is no better father than Chen Ye.

A slight smile appeared on Chen Ye's face, and the smile looked very dazzling on his pale face.

"Cough cough."

He coughed lightly and did not continue to explain anything.

Chen Ye once asked the system where he would go after his death and whether he could still interfere with real-life matters.

The system's answer is that after death, he will go to the "Peach Blossom Spring" to live or sleep.

At first, Chen Ye thought that the "Peach Blossom Spring" was the one recorded in "The Peach Blossom Spring" written by Tao Yuanming, but the system said it was not, but a place similar to the "soul space".

You can also call him "Utopia".

In short, it is an illusory place.

As for whether he can interfere with the real world, the system also gave him the answer.

Yes, but it must be through props extracted from the system.

Chen Ye looked at Ying Ji, who was standing not far away. He had a chance to dream after his death. Then he would just explain some things to Chen Shen in his dream. After all, some things should not be heard by outsiders.
  With this thought in mind, he waved his hand: "You guys, let's go."

"Don't crowd around me."

His voice was low: "I want to talk to the king about something alone."

When he said this, Chen Ye's spirit seemed to have recovered a lot, but people were not surprised at all, because they could all see that this was Chen Ye's "reflection".

Chen Shen and others were unwilling to disobey their father's wishes and immediately left.

Chen Ye slowly sat up from the bed, and Ying Ji quickly stepped forward and helped him up.

"An Guojun, why do you have to sit up?"

Chen Ye did not speak, but slowly said: "Your Majesty, you must be curious too."

"The late king left me a box that day. The contents of it are unknown to anyone except me."

"You must also be curious about what is in it, right?"

Ying Ji's expression changed. He looked at Chen Ye, but he didn't expect that Chen Ye would tell this matter.

After all, as long as he doesn't say it, no one can force him.

There was some doubt in his eyes: "Why are you talking about this now?"

Ying Ji sighed softly: "Actually, I'm not curious at all about what's inside. It's nothing more than a guarantee from my father to you and Mr. Chen."

This point is not difficult to guess.

Anyone who is not a stupid king can guess it.

Looking at all the kings and emperors in Chinese history, Ying Ji's wisdom can be ranked among the top fifteen - at least the top fifteen.

In the original trajectory, Ying Ji was the great demon king who swept through the Warring States Period.
  It dominated the other six countries in the Warring States Period for more than fifty years.

Is it possible for an incompetent person to do this?

Chen Ye smiled: "You are right, it is indeed some guarantee left to me by the late king."

"It's just that I don't want to keep holding this thing."

"I haven't taken it out before because I am still alive. If I take this thing out to the king, the king will probably want to beat the drum in his heart, so I let the king guess."

The drum in his heart?

Before Chen Ye took out the things, Ying Ji's heart was shaken. Could it be directed at him?

Chen Ye took out two pieces of silk from under the pillow.

Ying Ji could tell at a glance that this was an "Edict". It was at this time that Ying Ji realized why the two "Edicts" in the "records" had disappeared and no one could find them. 【Note 1】

It turned out to be at An Guojun's place
  Chen Ye didn't hesitate. After all, he didn't have much time left.

"Your Majesty, these two edicts are directed at the Queen Mother. Before leaving, the late king was worried that the Queen Mother would suffer from cholera and threaten your status. He was also worried that I would not be able to survive the Queen Mother, so he left this edict. .”

"This is the edict to depose the queen and order the queen mother to commit suicide."

Chen Ye handed the edict to Ying Ji. Ying Ji looked at the words on the silk with a little confusion on his face. He always thought that although his father doted on him, he preferred his mother.
  However, judging from this edict, it turns out that his father likes him more than his mother?

Chen Ye looked at another edict in his hand, and his voice suddenly became deeper: "And this edict."

"It's for Chen's self-protection." "It has only one function."

"Depose the king, choose a new king!"

Deposed king? Choose a new husband?
  For a moment, Ying Ji was stunned when he heard this. Did his father leave something like this to An Guojun?
  Chen Ye smiled, knowing that Ying Ji would be surprised.

Anyone who knew this would be surprised, so he didn't let anyone else be here, only him and Ying Ji.

"No one knows the existence of this edict except me."

Chen Ye handed the edict in his hand to Ying Ji: "There is actually no need for this edict to exist. I believe in the king and I believe in the Chen family."

At this time, Chen Ye spoke his inner words to Ying Ji very calmly.

"Your Majesty is not someone who would doubt the Chen family without any reason. If he doubts the Chen family, perhaps the Chen family has done something to displease Qin."

"And Mr. Chen is definitely not a "sour Confucian" who will just sit back and wait for death."

"If the king suspects Chen, Chen will complete his mission and leave and live in seclusion somewhere, right?"

"Therefore, the edict has never been taken out, nor has it been made known to others."

"I will return this edict to the king today."

Ying Ji took the edict from Chen Ye's hand with trembling hands, opened it and read the contents bit by bit.

The content is very simple, just like what Chen Ye said just now.

Destroy the king and establish a new king!
  After being silent for a long time, Ying Ji handed the edict in his hand back to Chen Ye, and Chen Ye smiled a bit in surprise: "My father naturally has his reasons for leaving this edict. How can I deal with this edict?" ?”

"I'll give it back to you."

"It's up to you."

Before Ying Ji could say the last word, Chen Ye threw the edict directly into the brazier not far away.

The coldness of winter caused Ta to raise a brazier in the house. The silk was burned as soon as it touched the flames. Some flames wrapped the edict in it, and then turned into some green smoke and slowly shot straight into the sky.

The ashes of the burned edicts in the brazier were mixed with the ashes of the burned wood.

Chen Ye laughed: "You let me handle it, this is my way of handling it."

"Why should this be left behind?"

"It's just causing trouble for the king."

"After I leave, no one in this world except you will know that such an edict ever existed."

Ying Ji asked in silence, "Why don't you keep him?"

"As long as I am in office, this edict can be Chen's protection."

"Guarantee that the Chen family will not decline."

Hearing this, Chen Ye just said a little boldly: "The descendants of future generations will naturally have their own path to walk. Do you want me, an old man, to go all the way? Then what do you want them to do? Why don't I just be Chen Ye?" ?”

He patted Ying Ji on the shoulder: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry so much."

"With all the people above the court, and the king's outstanding grace, he will definitely be able to do great things!"

After saying this, after seeing that nothing was left after the edict was burned in the brazier, even the ashes dissipated, and there was no smell of freshly burned things in the room, Chen Ye coughed lightly: "My time There aren’t many left.”

"Your Majesty, please invite some of my unfilial descendants to come back."

"I wanted to see them one last time."

With a complicated expression on his face, Ying Ji turned around and looked outside the room and gave instructions. Chen Shen and others soon came in.

They looked at Chen Ye lying on the bed, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.

This legendary old man is coming to the end of his life tonight.

Chen Ye smiled, not as if he was welcoming death, but as if he was welcoming something exciting.

He smiled gently: "I, Chen Ye, have written books, written biographies, and taken care of my family and country throughout my life. I have fulfilled the instructions of two generations of kings!"

"It can be said that he has a clear conscience when he looks up to the sky and bows down to the earth!"

"After I leave, don't make any extravagance."

"I hope Qin can - Chang'an."

Chen Ye's words became slower and slower, and in the end he seemed to have no strength. His eyes looked out the window with nostalgia, and his distracted eyes seemed to see something through everything in the room.

A revolving door of this life appeared before his eyes.

From the very beginning, he came to the State of Qin and gained Shang Yang's trust during the "migration of trees to establish trust", thereby solving the crisis of imminent "starvation".

Later, he succeeded in becoming a disciple of Shang Yang through "Dharma", and he finally had his own "Vote for Name".

This may seem like an unnecessary step, but in fact it is the most important step, because even if you have a "recommender", whether a monarch can see you depends on your "identity" and "teachership".

During the Warring States Period, those who could be received by various countries were without exception those who had distinguished teachers.

In the following ten years, he assisted Shang Yang in his reform.

The tyrannical "Shang Yang" who governed the Qin State by law was softened, which can be regarded as changing some of the fate of the Qin State in a corner of history.

Later, after Shang Yang left, he assisted the country, turning "King Huiwen" into the "King of Benevolence and Righteousness", making Qin's "king" very reasonable, and even being given by the Emperor of Zhou on his own initiative. Became "reasonable".

These are small but lasting changes.

The "Qin Wu King" in the middle, Ying Dang, was eventually lost to Chen Ye Butterfly.

Chen Ye seemed to see pieces of mist rising in front of him, falling into his eyes again, covering everything up.

He seems tired.

The slowly closing eyes and the disappearing hearing all illustrate this point.

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  When Chen Ye closed his eyes, his hands fell weakly on the bed, and Ying Ji also had a sad look on his face.

This pillar of the Qin Kingdom finally left.

Chen Shen, Chen Zhan, Chen Shou and other Chen Ye's children couldn't help crying. Even Chen Shen, who was always calm and unwilling to cry in front of outsiders, shed tears and his eyes were red.

"Father!"

The sound coming from inside the house was heard by everyone outside the house, and everyone fell into sorrow.

at the same time.

Chen Ye slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the hazy illusion in front of him, blinked, and touched his body.

It was like he came to life.

Everything in front of me is so beautiful, countless peach blossoms are blooming around, and the houses standing among the mountains and forests are more gorgeous than the palace.

This is the "Peach Blossom Land" and the place where he will stay in the future.

Chen Ye waved his hand, and all the surrounding scenery completely disappeared, becoming empty again.

This is essentially the "soul space".

He looked at his system panel, looking at his achievements in this life and the current Chen family.

[Family]: Fan’s surname Chen
  【Housekeeper】: Chen Shen
  【Ancestor】: Chen Ye
  [Tribe]: The second generation: Chen Shen, Chen Zhan, Chen Shou, Chen An. The third generation: Chen Zhao, Chen Jie, Chen You.
  [Inheritance time]: 53 years

[Political credibility]: 240
  [Reputation]: Qin (worship), Qi (respect), Yan (respect), Chu (respect), Han (respect), Zhao (respect), Wei (respect), Zhou (neutral)
  [Props]: Kirin Jade (top grade A), startling horse (medium grade Ding), amulet (bottom grade Ding), autumn rain (bottom grade Ding)
  [Luck value]: 4000
  [Number of dreams]: 2
  (End of this chapter)