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

Chapter 153 Fame requires blood [Second update, please subscribe]

The flames in the stove gradually burned everything, and slowly the smoke of smoke began to float into the air.

Ying Ji closed his eyes and was thinking about Chen.

The first trial ended. He didn't get any benefits, but Chen didn't get any benefits either. One advantage he had over Chen was that he could keep testing, while Chen didn't have many opportunities.

This is the prerogative of the "King".

"Father, how should I treat Mrs. Chen?"

In fact, Ying Ji was not that afraid of Chen. There were two reasons why he dealt with Chen.

First, he was afraid that as the power of the Chen family expanded, he would learn from the "Tian family" of Qi, or learn from "Jin". Whether the Tian family replaced Qi or the "three families were divided into Jin", the kings of the Warring States period were afraid and terrified.

They were worried that their ministers would become the Tian family and become the next three Jins.

The more powerful the country, the more worried it is.

Secondly, Ying Ji wanted to take back the dispersed power. What Legalism advocates is the establishment of a unified dynasty with feudal autocracy, but who is the autocracy? There is a king.

Today's Qin ministers have too much power.

Chen's proportion in it is also too large.

Ying Ji sighed again and suppressed all the thoughts in his heart. At this time, he should not think so much. He needed to wait for an opportunity, waiting for a suitable opportunity to get all the power in Chen's hands back. .

Wen'an Junfu

After Chen Shen came back, Chen Shou took the initiative to give up the mansion and asked Chen Shen to change it to "Wen'an Jun's Mansion". He himself had already found a mansion on this street next to Fan Ju's mansion. Bought it.

In fact, he didn't even need to buy it. It had always been vacant. The owner even took the initiative to find Chen Shou and said that he wanted to give it to Chen Shou as a "New Year's gift."

Chen Shen has returned to the position of right prime minister, and Chen Zhao, who left at the beginning, will also come back.

When the Chen family returned to its peak again, there was an endless stream of people in front of the Chen family's mansion again. People came from far away places. After entering Xianyang City, the person who saw them first was not the King of Qin but the right minister of the "Chen family" .

Chen Shen, as always, thanked guests behind closed doors and saw no one.

He knew that when he was strong, even if he did not see those people, those people would not dare to be enemies with Chen at this time.

Just like when the Chen family was in decline, these people all wanted to step in and step on him.

Inside the mansion.

Chen Shen and Chen Shou were sitting face to face. Behind them hung a series of copybooks left by Chen Ye in the past. The handwriting on the silk was very elegant and elegant. Even the heavy small seal script could not affect the artistic conception of the words.

"Brother, what do you want to do when you return to Xianyang this time?"

Chen Shou looked at Chen Shen, his hand holding the tea cup trembling slightly.

Chen Shen lowered his head and drank the tea in his cup. He couldn't help but sigh and said silently, "I don't plan to do anything."

"The previous counterattack was also forced. I wanted to let the king know that the Chen family was not another minister. Shang Yang did not have the strength and power to resist the King of Qin at the beginning, but the Chen family was different."

"If the king really wants to make things happen, then Chen wouldn't mind using the same force to fight back."

"Now that the king knows about it, Mrs. Chen is not going to do anything."

He turned his head and looked into the distance: "Things in the court need to be taken care of a little bit. I won't stay in Xianyang City for too long."

Chen Shen was silent for a moment and then said, "You won't stay too long."

Chen Shou was stunned. He looked at Chen Shen and said, "Brother, what do you mean?"

Chen Shen smiled slightly and said softly: "This departure was due to unexpected circumstances. Our king has not yet become a "mature" king, so he did not dare to take a gamble. After all, his time in charge was too short."

"In more than ten years, when the king has gradually gained control of the power in the court, it will be time for you and me to leave."

His expression was not gloomy, and the light outside even fell on his cheeks, making them look a little brighter.

"At that time, although the Chen family will not all evacuate the Qin court, they will definitely take away most of the active forces and bring them to Guandu, where the late king and our king chose the place for the Chen family to stay. "

Isn’t this the purpose of having a fiefdom that covers almost a county?

Chen Shou lowered his head and turned the cup in his hand: "I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill my brother's wish."

He seemed to have put something down, with emotion in his voice, and looked into Chen Shen's confused and horrified eyes as he said, "The imperial doctor said that I still have two years."

Chen Shou is not too old, even about five years younger than Chen Shen.

Today, Chen Shen has reached the age where he knows his destiny. Chen Shou, who is younger than him, is now in his forties. Although he cannot be said to be in his prime, why do he suddenly say that his time is running out?

"Fourth brother?"

Chen Shou was not surprised by Chen Shen's reaction, he just shrugged his shoulders, just like one afternoon that year when he opened the study door and saw his brother who was studying inside, with a faint smile on his face, which was very gentle. , peaceful.

"A few years ago, the imperial physician ordered that my body was empty, like a dead tree. If there were no accidents, it would have happened in the past two years."

He lowered his head and added tea to Chen Shen while saying: "Originally, it might have disappeared two years ago, but in the past few years while living in Xianyang City, the king learned from the imperial physician that my health was not good, and he has been sending people to deliver supplements. Come and hang."

"But even if we take all the supplements in the world, our destined life span cannot be changed."

Chen Shou's voice was low and deep, like a piece of mist in the dark night, or like a speck of dust floating in the air.

He just said: "I have already made an agreement with the king. After my death, I don't need to be given any honors, and I don't need to be buried with him. Just let me be buried in Guandu."

"Your Majesty agrees."

"As for future generations, I have already said that."

"I want my group to move to Guandu and pass quietly."

Chen Shou raised his head, looked at Chen Shen and said, "Brother, many of my children are not up to par, none of them are promising, and most of my grandchildren are mediocre."

"I just want them to live their lives in peace."

"I hope that after my death, brother can fulfill my wish."

Chen Shen sat there, he actually didn't know what to say, because he didn't expect Chen Shou to suddenly tell him about his body, nor did he expect that Chen Shou's body had reached such a state.

After a long time, Chen Shen sighed and said, "That's fine."

"Since you have made your decision, I will not interfere."

He looked at Chen Shou and this younger brother who had been gentle and gentle since he was a child: "Now that I am in Xianyang City, the king will not force you to stay anymore. Why don't you go to Guandu?"

"In the remaining two years, let's take care of ourselves in the fiefdom."

Chen Shou burst out laughing when he heard this. This was the first time he laughed so energetically: "My brother and I thought of going together."

He said: "The school my brother opened a few years ago is quite interesting."

"I'll take over when I get back."

Chen Shou said with a hint of ridicule: "What is this? The predecessors planted seeds, and I have to harvest them? Hahahahaha!"

"My brother has taken advantage of you without being polite!"

Chen Shen looked at Chen Shou who was smiling happily and remained silent for a while. He didn't know what he should say to disperse the dark clouds above his head.

It was at this moment that he suddenly realized.

He is no longer young, his brothers are no longer young, and even his son is no longer young.

Yes, not young anymore. His eldest son, Chen Zhao, was born in the eleventh year of King Huiwen. The following year, King Huiwen became king and became a new emperor. Sixteen more spring and autumn years later, it is now the first year of King Zhaoxiang.

Now, another fifteen years have passed during the reign of King Zhaoxiang!

His eldest son Chen Zhao is now thirty and one years old, and even his youngest son "Chen Zan", who was adopted by his fifth brother Chen Zhan, is now thirteen years old.

of course

Chen Zhao's eldest son, "Chen Su", the fourth generation of the Chen family, and his second son "Chen Mu" are already about ten years old.

This is because Chen Zhao raised his children late.

The second son of his third brother Chen An was already eighteen years old at this time, about to be crowned, and the youngest son Chen Per was nine or nearly ten years old.

Time flies by like water. In the blink of an eye, the fourth generation of the Chen family has reached the age of enlightenment and cultivation.

Chen Shen sighed again, time will eventually pass away.

In the mountains and wilderness.

Chen An took the two children to the foot of the mountain, looked at the simple house, and held his forehead helplessly.

His teacher has always been lazy and doesn't know how to take care of this place.

"teacher?"

"My junior brother and I are back."

Zhuang Zhou, who was sitting cross-legged on a stone in front of the room, opened his eyes and looked at the three people walking towards him. The expression on his face did not waver at all. He just nodded slightly: "Back?"

Guandu, somewhere in a field.

Chen Jing had a look of surprise on his face. He was about to go crazy with joy. He turned his head and looked at the silent person beside him, but he was obviously so happy that he was about to go crazy. He said, "Mr. Xu, we did it?"

Xu Ming, who was called "Mr. Xu", had a faint smile on his face that you couldn't see unless you looked carefully.

He tilted his head and said softly: "Yes, we did it."

When Chen Jing was young, he once heard his father casually say that if two crops were connected together, the advantages of the two crops might be combined.

He remembered that his father once said that the word was "grafting."

Chen Jing has been different from other brothers since he was a child. He does not like the things that other brothers like. He likes the fields and the smell and feeling of the earth. He wants to do something down-to-earth for the "Guizhou" people.

In the end, Chen Jing chose "grain".

He wanted to do what his father called "grafting" and see if he could produce new crops.

Now, although the increase in the yield of this crop is not obvious, it is indeed there.

Starting from nothing is always the most difficult, but going from something to more is a gradual process with visible gains.

The two looked at each other excitedly.

As if he had thought of something, Chen Jing coughed lightly and said, "Ahem, it's just that since this matter hasn't been completely done yet, we don't need to talk about it, right?"

"After speaking out, other countries were also frightened."

"Why don't you wait until it's completely done before informing the king and letting the many disciples of the farm family spread the word?"

Xu Ming nodded slightly. As the leader of a farm family, the reason why he stayed in Guandu was because when he was traveling before, he heard Chen Jing talking about "Chen Family" and was shocked by this idea.

Since then, he has been researching with Chen Jing in Guandu anonymously.

Chunhua has passed away, and it has been so many years now.

Zhangtai Palace

Ying Ji looked at Chen Shou, who was sitting across from him with a calm face and didn't say anything, but he said everything, his voice and mood became a little lower.

In fact, he still has some feelings.

It was just very weak, not enough to affect his decision.

"Teacher, are you going to leave me too?"

Chen Shou raised his head and looked at Ying Ji sitting opposite him. He knew in his heart that although Ying Ji was a naturally excellent king, he was actually more "forced".

Empress Dowager Xuan's partiality and King Huiwen's deliberate tempering made him afraid of losing.

It is precisely because of the fear of losing that he wants to "get". After gaining more power, he will no longer have to lose.

Chen Shou whispered: "The king has forcibly kept me here for five years."

He tilted his head slightly, looked at the setting sun in the distance, and sighed softly: "My time is running out, it's time to return to Guandu."

Chen Shou said in his usual gentle and teasing voice: "Guandu is the fiefdom of the Chen family, but now because my father and fifth brother are buried with King Qin, no one has been buried in the Guandu ancestral grave."

"I have surpassed my brother and father."

Ying Ji waved away the faint sadness in his heart and said softly: "Since the teacher also wants to leave, then let's leave."

His body leaned forward slightly; "It's just teacher, would you like to give me a final helping hand before you leave?"

As if he knew what Ying Ji was talking about, Chen Shou looked at Ying Ji and said, "Don't worry, the Chen family has no desire to seek hegemony and will not help other kings."

"Brother was just fighting back a few days ago, telling the king not to be too "willful"."

"After my death, my brother will resign again and return to Guandu within a few years. Only Zhao'er will stay in Xianyang City."

"When each generation in the future reaches an age, someone from the Chen family will come to Xianyang City to become an official, and this will continue until the Ying family no longer needs the Chen family."

Chen Shou lowered his head, blocking the light in his eyes.

"In this way, the king will have enough power and time to slowly eliminate the forces of the Chen family in the court."

"Chen will not resist."

Having said this, Chen Shou said in a playful tone as if he had thought of something: "But Mr. Chen will not sit still and wait for death."

After those four words knocked away the uncertainty in Ying Ji's heart, Chen Shou continued: "I hope the king will remember the oath he made back then."

In the sixteenth year of King Zhaoxiang's reign, Chen Zhao ended his travels and returned to Xianyang City to serve as a military commander.

In the autumn of the same year, the kings of Zhao, Wei and Han held an alliance meeting in Pingdu.

The three kings formed a blood alliance and decided to attack Qin.

They want to teach King Qin a little lesson.

After the alliance meeting, Lord Xinling, the younger brother of the King of Wei, and Lian Po, the famous Zhao general, commanded an army of 600,000, mobilizing almost all the young men of the three kingdoms.

They wanted to force Qin back in one battle.

In the Qin Kingdom, Bai Qi was eager to try. He wanted to become a Taiwei, which required military merit.

Fame requires blood.

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"In the autumn of the sixteenth year of King Zhaoxiang, the three Jin Dynasties formed a bloody alliance and the whole country attacked Qin. - "The Book of Qin·The Chronicles of King Zhaoxiang""

(End of this chapter)