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

Chapter 215: Never Regret [First update, please subscribe]

Upon hearing the news, the first reaction of everyone in the world was "impossible", the second reaction was "what trick is Mr. Chen playing again", and the third reaction was "huh?".

Chen was dismissed from office?

But this news is not the most explosive news. With Chen Zheng being dismissed from office, another disciple of the Chen family who was an official in the court and served as a Sikou also "resigned".

The two resignations seemed to have triggered a chain reaction.

Shang Qing Han Fei resigned from office and lived in seclusion in Xianyang City, no longer involved in worldly affairs without any reason.

"Zhang Liang", a minor official in the prime minister's palace, also resigned and lived in seclusion in Xianyang City, no longer involved in worldly affairs.

When these news spread together, people began to wonder, what kind of thing caused these people to be "dismissed" and "resigned" together?

People's curiosity and gossip can't be stopped, so people soon knew the reason.

The fluidity of news in the "shi" class is already very high. After all, who doesn't have one or two relatives and connections?

But when they knew the reason, almost everyone kept silent about it.

This is obviously not something that can be discussed.

After being reminded by the previous envoy of mountains and rivers and the great minister of agriculture, Wang Jian and others during the campaign in Baiyue did not miss the fertile land that could be harvested "three times a year", and Ying Zheng also made a decisive decision to transfer the "rewarded" military merit land. Arrived here in Baiyue.

Tingwei Mansion

For example, a very simple sentence: "In the land of Baiyue, rice is harvested three times a year."

This simply put the work of three people on Li Si alone.

After all, his son Feng Jie has already served as the imperial censor. If he also becomes one of the three princes, wouldn't the Feng family be more powerful than the Chen family in the past?

What is the fate of Chen today?

Although it is not too tragic, two important officials in the court have lost their positions.

Although the fiefdoms belonging to them have not been recovered yet, looking at the current attitude of the First Emperor, this does not seem to be a very distant thing.

Feng Quji had no complaints about this.

The Battle of Baiyue is over.

But - the pressure today is far more than that.

The War of Baiyue was launched not long after the First Emperor ascended the throne, and it has been two or three years now. For the Qin Dynasty, this was considered a "protracted" war.

If we want to say who was hurt the most by this wave of resignations and dismissals, it should be Li Si, who was Tingwei at the time.

In fact, it wasn't that he didn't dare to disobey Ying Zheng's orders. Who else in the entire court, except Chen Zheng before, dared to disobey the orders of the now increasingly majestic First Emperor?

And because of Sikou's resignation, Li Si is now not only responsible for Tingwei's affairs, but also for Sikou's affairs.

It is not an easy task to get the head of Guizhou in the Central Plains to leave his homeland, but sometimes as long as the right reasons are used, the impossible can become a reality.

Chen Zheng was dismissed from office, so the position of left prime minister must be filled by someone. In the footsteps of fate, Ying Zheng decided to let Li Si Lai temporarily assume the position of "left prime minister", which changed the original historical trajectory of the prime minister at that time. "Feng Quji" came to take the position of Tingwei.

Even if this "person" is the son of the famous Chen family, it is the same.

The benefits and disadvantages brought by this war are also obvious.

After all, even when facing the Six Kingdoms, Qin had never spent such a huge amount of manpower and material resources.

In fact, Feng Quji didn't even want to sit in the position of Tingwei, but he really didn't dare to disobey Ying Zheng's order.

The spring of the seventh year of the First Emperor arrived silently under such circumstances, and the spring of this year also brought very good news to Da Qin and Ying Zheng.

Originally, the revision of Qin's laws was a matter for Li Si, Han Fei, and Sikou to sort out together. However, at this time, Sikou and Han Fei resigned together, leaving only a lonely Li Si.

Isn't that seeking death?

The rumors in the world have not affected the operation of the huge machine of Da Qin. Just as that sentence said, the world can continue to operate as usual without anyone.

Just a simple and light sentence made many Guizhou chiefs doubtful. If the officials' words only made them tempted, then the surrounding "soldiers" couldn't wait to take their families to choose Baiyue land after they came back. Qian Shou was completely relieved.

"He can't harm himself, can he?"

"He can't harm his old mother, right?"

"He can't cheat his own brothers, right?"

In this thought, in the temptation of Baiyue's vast land, and in the court's promise to transform the land of Baiyue, some people from Qin and people from the past Six Kingdoms all carried their own bags. .

Guandu, Chen family.

There have been many twists and turns, and people have gone their own way.

Chen Zheng was sitting under the eaves, holding the bamboo scroll in his hand and flipping through it easily. His face was full of "happiness". Maybe he really felt happy after leaving the court.

Raindrops are constantly falling from the sky, and there is such a "gentle" rain in the Central Plains. This kind of rain is mostly seen in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

Rainwater continuously collects from under the eaves, and then washes into the pond under the "nave". There are one or two fish swimming in the pond from time to time.

Beside Chen Zheng, there was some white smoke rising from the teapot, and the hot breath hit his face.

He picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Listening to the rain, drinking tea, and unfolding papers, this kind of life is what Chen Zheng really yearns for. From the sixth year of the First Emperor to the eighth year of the First Emperor, it has been three years since Chen Zheng resigned.

In the past three years, he exceeded everyone's expectations. Not only did he not inherit Chen Su's "teaching" career, he also did not travel around the world to give lectures. He just stayed at home. Like a "hermit" living in seclusion among the Chen family in Guandu.

This made Ying Zheng, who was sitting high in Zhangtai Palace, a little confused. Is there such a person in the Chen family?

So unambitious?

Isn't it true that what one should really do after being dismissed from office is not to express one's ambitions?

"Tap tap tap——"

Footsteps sounded one after another. The sound was neither urgent nor slow, showing a person's mental state of neither being arrogant nor impetuous. This sound coincidentally coincided with the sound of rain in the sky.

The man's figure slowly emerged from under the eaves.

Since he has never been crowned, he now only briefly tied his hair with cloth and hairpins. He was wearing a green robe, with a piece of green jade hanging from his waist, making a jingling sound.

He has a handsome face and a calm expression. Although he looks about eleven or twelve years old, he already looks like an adult.

The attendants beside him also nodded slightly as they passed by, and they all said "Master" one after another.

What a pretty Zhong Lingyun.

He walked up to Chen Zheng, bowed and said, "Father."

Chen Zheng raised his head and looked at him, blinking: "Ju'er?"

"Why are you here?"

Chen Ju's expression remained unchanged. He took out a roll of silk from his sleeve, with a helpless look on his face: "His Majesty quietly sent an edict again, asking my father to return as an official."

This is already the third letter in the past few years.

Chen Zheng's expression remained unchanged. Chen always had a way to deal with such edicts, and it was the most effective way.

Not to mention how wonderful this method is, but Chen Zheng can pat his chest and say that there is no more effective method in the world than this method.

That is - dragging.

Yes, just drag it.

He stood up and put down the bamboo scroll in his hand: "Just drag it on. Just follow the previous precedent. Your Majesty did not really want me to go back when he issued this edict. He just acted like this because of the world situation and face." That’s all.”

Yes.

During the seventh year of the First Emperor's reign, affairs in the world had reached an extremely busy level.

But I don’t know why, even though the needs of grassroots officials have been somewhat filled, there are still very few people who can serve as ministers.

This is certainly understandable.

No matter what period of time, those who can become the Three Dukes and Sixteen Ministers are always the geniuses among geniuses and the outstanding among outstanding people.

Where is such a person so easy to find?

Chen Ju hesitated for a moment, then said, "Father, this time it seems to be different."

He said silently: "Your Majesty not only issued an edict, but also sent a secret letter."

Chen Ju handed the secret message in his sleeve to Chen Zheng, and then said softly: "This is the secret message. The person who sent it is "Black Ice Order" Dunruo. He said that this letter will eliminate you. No one can look outside."

"This is what His Majesty said himself."

"I'm afraid there's something important going on."

Something big?

Chen Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly. He took the letter and glanced at it, his expression suddenly changed.

He whispered: "Ju'er, you go back first."

After saying this, he looked around again and said softly: "No one can be here."

Of course Chen Ju understood the meaning of these words. Is this letter so important?

It was normal for him to leave, but what his father said next was to the "secret guards" in the Chen family. Naturally, the Chen family also had secret guards and dead soldiers. After all, how could such a large family not have one? Guard?

Although Chen Ye did not leave any training methods for so-called "special soldiers" at the beginning, Chen also summarized some from a few words.

The "Dead Soldiers" trained later may not be as good as the "Black Ice Platform", but they are similar.

After the only sound of rain was heard around him, Chen Zheng sat under the eaves, looking upright at the secret silk letter in his hand. The content written on it made him feel frightened.

Is this the true purpose of His Majesty?

Chen Zheng raised his head. He looked in the direction of Xianyang City and seemed to be shocked by the heart and ambition of "His Majesty the First Emperor".

"Your Majesty is like this, so what other ideas does Chen have for not cooperating with Your Majesty?"

He stood up, hands behind his back.

There was a slight whisper in his voice: "Even if I die, I will never regret it."

(End of this chapter)