From the beginning of the game of power, I became the protagonist

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Feeling the poison in his body suddenly cleared away, finally getting rid of the intense pain that was like a thorn in his flesh, Gai Nie finally felt a sense of relief. He slowly nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Yi, for your help. I am deeply grateful."

"How can this be!"

Seeing that Chen Hui had eliminated the poison in Gai Nie's body in just a moment, both Chi Lian and Gao Yue couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, totally unable to believe what they saw.

"Two former princesses, this world is so big, it's not as simple as you think."

After continuing to inject a stream of inner alchemy power into Gai Nie's body to help him recover from his injuries, Chen Hui slowly turned his head and looked at the two former princesses of the Seven Kingdoms standing beside him.

In fact, Chen Hui originally planned to call her the Princess of the Fallen Country, but because he was worried about touching upon Princess Yu Su's sad memories, he changed his words temporarily.

That's right, Tuan... has lost its country.

Chapter 22: How to Destroy the Qin Dynasty

According to the original novel, half of the reason why King Tuan wanted to present Princess Yu Su to Emperor Qin was that he intended to let his daughter use her unparalleled beauty to disrupt the court order, or even assassinate the king.

The other half of the reason was that the Xiongnu had allied with the Rongdi and planned to send out an army of 100,000 to destroy his Tuan Kingdom in one fell swoop.

Therefore, in order to counter the pressure brought by the Xiongnu and Rongdi and find a powerful force to support Tuan, King Tuan reluctantly sacrificed his beloved daughter, his favorite Princess Yushu.

The two who are both in power and in authority refer to King Tuan and Queen Tuan.

He wanted to use the power of the Qin Dynasty to fight against powerful enemies, and he also wanted to disrupt the Qin Dynasty and profit from it. He wanted to take advantage of everything. I can only say that he deserved to die.

Unfortunately, this time Chen Hui suddenly appeared and sent King Tuan to death with a Barrett sniper rifle.

As a result, the marriage alliance with the Qin Dynasty failed, and the three princes in the country started fighting each other for the throne. How could the Xiongnu and Rongdi let go of this opportunity?

Therefore, less than a month after King Tuan's death, the two major tribes immediately launched a large army and destroyed the Tuan Kingdom in one fell swoop.

In other words, Yu Shu is now no different from Chi Lian and Gao Yue, and is also a princess of a fallen nation.

Although Yu Shu had already anticipated this situation, when Chen Hui told her the news, the beautiful princess was still heartbroken and couldn't muster up any energy for several days.

The destruction of her country and the death of her family were too great a blow to her.

But there is no way, this is the reality, and we can only use time to slowly heal the scars.

When Chen Hui revealed her identity, unlike Gao Yue who was merely sad, Chi Lian was immediately as if her reverse scale had been touched. Her eyebrows raised and she shouted, "Former Princess? What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Nonsense?"

Facing everyone's curious gazes, Chen Hui walked step by step towards the enraged Chi Lian, smiling leisurely and saying, "I'm talking about you, 'Liusha' Chi Lian, or the former Korean princess—Honglian."

"Shut up!" Hearing this old name that hurt her heart, Chi Lian could no longer suppress the anger in her heart, and she swung the chain sword in her hand towards Chen Hui regardless of everything.

The sharp chain sword is as poisonous as a snake or scorpion, and is full of deadly threats that can kill people.

It’s a pity that the difference in strength between them is too big, and Chen Hui is not in the low-health state like Gai Nie.

Therefore, no matter how fast the chain snake sword in front of him was swung, Chen Hui still walked leisurely in the garden and was not hurt at all.

"The princess of Han, whose country was once destroyed by Ying Zheng, is now working for the Qin State. I wonder if the King of Han and Han Fei would be so angry that they would open their coffins if they knew about this."

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!!!!!!!"

When Chi Lian heard this, he was completely defeated and acted like a madman. Chen Hui smiled slightly when he saw this and immediately drew out the Zhenwu sword.

Taking advantage of the moment when the other party was already in a state of confusion, he chopped the chain snake sword out of her hand with a heavy blow, and then placed the sword on the other party's delicate neck.

Looking at Chi Lian's eyes, which had revealed a hint of deadness, and realizing that his words had brought back sad memories for her, Chen Hui shook his head and moved his sword away. He smiled leisurely and said, "I want to see Wei Zhuang, right away."

"If you still want to see the Qin Dynasty fall one day, you'd better do as I say."

"Princess Honglian."

"..." Reaching out and touching his neck that had been frozen by the coldness of the sword, Chi Lian took a long time to slowly calm down his excited mood.

Next, Chi Lian picked up the chain sword without saying a word, looked at Chen Hui deeply again, then turned around and flew away.

Really, he just left without caring about these snakes.

Forget it. I'm a little hungry after running such a long way. It's a good time to grill some snake gallbladders and see how the snakes in the world of "Qin's Time" are different from those in the world of "Yitian".

He did what he said. He saw Duanmu Rong and Gao Yue hugging each other to comfort each other, or Gai Nie meditating in the other side.

After shaking his head, Chen Hui stretched out his hand and called Jing Tianming, who had nothing to do, to help him kill the snake and extract the gallbladder.

Jing Tianming was quite happy about this because he was a little hungry.

I can only say that heartless naughty kids are so satisfying.

About half an hour had passed, and Chen Hui had already roasted more than a dozen snake gallbladders with Gai Nie, Duanmu Rong, and the newly arrived Master Ban.

Wei Zhuang, still as domineering as ever, arrived slowly with Chi Lian, Bai Feng and others.

"I'm here." Chen Hui didn't care about the coldness in Wei Zhuang's eyes at all. He pointed to an empty seat and said, "Come and sit down. I just baked these ten pieces. Come and try my cooking."

If someone dared to tease him like this, Wei Zhuang would pull out his "shark tooth" and chop it off without saying a word.

However, facing Chen Hui, the peerless swordsman who had once defeated him in one move, Wei Zhuang took a deep breath and sat aside as he was told. He took the grilled snake gall bladder handed to him by Chen Hui and put it in his mouth.

As for Gai Nie standing aside, I’m sorry I didn’t see him. My target now is Chen Hui.

"I heard from Chi Lian that you have a way to destroy the Qin State?"

After swallowing the snake gall in his mouth, Wei Zhuang didn't intend to waste any more time and asked directly.

"Haha." Seeing everyone looking at him, Chen Hui shook his head and smiled, "If you want to destroy a country, you must first understand what its greatest strength is."

As he spoke, Chen Hui glanced at everyone present and asked calmly, "Everyone here is a rare genius in the world. Who can answer this question for me?"

"The Qin army is powerful and invincible." This was Wei Zhuang's answer.

"Qin law is harsh and everyone is afraid of it." This was Duanmu Rong's answer.

"Emperor Ying Zheng of Qin is an emperor who will be remembered forever." This was Gai Nie's answer.

"You are all right, but not entirely."

Chen Hui took another bite of the snake gallbladder in his hand and explained as he chewed, "Or perhaps you're all missing the point. In fact, whether it's the powerful Qin army, the strict Qin laws, or the emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, who is considered the greatest emperor of all time, they are essentially derivatives of the same thing: 'Qin Zheng'."

"What is 'Qin Zheng'? It can be summed up in two words—farming and warfare!"

"To put it more clearly, the system pursued by the Qin State, centered around farming and warfare, was unparalleled in the world, unprecedented in history!"

Chapter 23: The Lifeblood of Qin - Farming and Warfare System

After swallowing the snake gallbladder in his mouth, Chen Hui continued to explain, looking at the thoughtful expressions on everyone's faces, "Over a hundred years ago, Duke Xiao of Qin, Ying Quliang, appointed Shang Yang as prime minister, completely changing the tradition of determining nobility based on bloodline and birth."

"Instead, it switched to a 'twenty-level military merit system' where 'beheading and knighthood are conferred.'"

"From now on, no matter whether you are born into aristocracy or grassroots background, as long as you fight on the battlefield and kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, you will have the opportunity to break through class barriers and rise from an ordinary citizen to a noble."

"As the saying goes, 'In the morning, you are a peasant; in the evening, you ascend the throne.' This was something that could only happen in Qin after the reforms, and it marked the beginning of the gap between Qin and the other six states."

"Why?" Duanmu Rong asked, somewhat puzzled. "Why, based on these alone, can Qin be more powerful than the other six kingdoms?"

"Because everyone is ambitious, Miss Duanmu." Chen Hui shrugged and said, "As long as there is a chance, who wants to be stepped on by others all their lives? Who doesn't want to be the one who is superior to others?"

"But in the Six Nations, whether you can succeed depends entirely on who your parents are."

"The children of nobles will always be nobles, and the children of commoners will always be commoners. No matter how hard you try, no matter how unwilling you are, it is difficult to break through this ceiling that presses down on your head."

"If the whole world were like this, it would be fine. But now the Qin State has suddenly appeared, telling those frustrated people that here, neither origin nor bloodline matters. As long as you are truly talented and willing to fight for the Qin State, you can be promoted to a high position, have a wife and children, and be blessed with wealth. How many people can resist this temptation?"

"If you treat me like a great man, I will repay you with a great man. The Qin conquered the six states by relying on this system and law that allowed for the recruitment of talents regardless of their background, and thus continuously attracted a vast number of talents from the six states."

"For example, Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Lü Buwei, Li Si, and many other generals who made great contributions in the war to pacify the six kingdoms."

"They weren't originally from Qin, but from the other six kingdoms. However, they were willing to work for Qin. To put it bluntly, it was because they wanted something that the other countries couldn't give them."

"In this environment, anyone who achieved merit by beheading someone could be immediately granted a title of nobility. Therefore, every Qin soldier scrambled for the lead, rejoiced at the news of a battle, and was invincible."

"In order to fully unleash this desire for war, the Qin State spent over a hundred years, with six generations of emperors investigating and addressing its shortcomings, transforming the entire nation into a war machine that prioritized efficiency over emotion."

"All resources are dedicated to the war effort, and everything else is completely abandoned."

Having said that, Chen Hui looked at the indignant Duanmu Rong and nodded, "That's right, this is why Miss Duanmu thinks Qin Fa is harsh."

"Because the Qin State was completely governed by military law, emphasizing that laws were as strong as a mountain and that orders were strictly enforced. They treated all citizens like soldiers. How could this not be harsh?"

"And when this enormous war machine is finally forged and completed, it will be able to maximize every resource in the country."

"A powerful monarch, standing on the shoulders of the six previous generations of monarchs, perfectly avoiding all their mistakes and omissions, almost becoming one with the war machine, emerged."

"That's the greatest emperor of all time, the First Emperor Ying Zheng, as Gai Nie mentioned."

Chen Hui wiggled his fingers at this point and concluded, "So, everything is based on the 'farming and warfare system.' Only when it is always functioning properly can we have a powerful Qin army, strict Qin laws, and a strong emperor who can bring all of these to their peak—Ying Zheng."

"Is this 'farming and warfare system' without any weaknesses and perfect?" Thinking of the tragic situation when his country was destroyed, Chi Lian, full of indignation, couldn't help but speak.

"Of course not, Princess Honglian."

He reached out and took a string of snake gallbladders, chewing them while speaking, "The 'farming and warfare system' is indeed powerful, but it has a fatal flaw that was born with it and cannot be avoided no matter what. Can you guess what it is?"

"The 'farming and warfare system' is a wartime law, and it can only be effective during wartime."

Chen Hui had said before that everyone here is basically a rare talent.

Therefore, after only a brief summary, Wei Zhuang immediately grasped the key. He nodded in sudden enlightenment and said, "But once war is gone, the 'farming and warfare system' will not be able to be maintained and will immediately collapse."

"That's right, Mr. Wei Zhuang."

Chen Hui praised the words and said, "Without war, we can't kill the enemy; if we can't kill the enemy, we can't take the enemy's head, and then we can't be knighted immediately, and we can't be the leader."

"When the Qin people, who had struggled for hundreds of years under the 'farming and warfare system', suddenly lost their only chance to break through class barriers, they could only live as untouchables from then on."

"Guess what they are thinking?"

"Is it the arrival of joy and peace?"

"I'm still so angry I want to kill someone!"

Seeing the glint in Wei Zhuang and the others' eyes, Chen Hui smiled slightly and said, "Why don't we use the two Zonghengs as an analogy."

"If you two were villagers from the same village, living next door to each other, your abilities would be similar. However, Mr. Gai Nie, because he was a few years older, was able to witness the Qin Dynasty's conquest of the six states and was able to earn a knighthood for his military achievements."

"Mr. Wei Zhuang was unlucky, as he was a few years younger. By the time he was old enough to go to the battlefield, peace had already arrived. From then on, he could only honestly farm at home and watch Mr. Gai Nie, who was once on the same level as him, wearing gold and silver and enjoying wealth and glory."

"Excuse me, Mr. Wei Zhuang, are you willing to do this?"

"Why should I be a commoner and Gai Nie an official?" Wei Zhuang said with a look of arrogance and dissatisfaction: "I am obviously older, so I should be the official and Gai Nie should be farming."

"Ahem, don't worry about these details." Seeing that several women around him had already chuckled at his words, Chen Hui spread his hands and said, "I just want to ask you if you are willing to accept it?"

"Of course I won't accept this!" Wei Zhuang replied firmly, "I'm not that much worse than Gai Nie. Why should I be inferior to him every time I see him? Why can't I be made a marquis right away?"

"Xiao Zhuang, actually I don't care who becomes the official." Gai Nie still had a poker face and reminded him lightly after hearing this.

"Gai Nie! Shut up!" Wei Zhuang had been dominated by this senior brother all his life. Seeing that he was at a disadvantage even when being used as a metaphor, he immediately felt a little defensive.

"Alright, alright, calm down." Seeing everyone around him about to grin, Chen Hui, who had been deliberately fanning the flames, said to himself with a smug look on his face, "It was just a metaphor. You two don't need to take it so seriously. Let's continue."

Chapter 24: Ying Zheng's Achilles' Heel: Impossible Reforms

After coughing lightly to clear his mind, Chen Hui continued, "If only one or two people feel resigned, then Ying Zheng can naturally ignore it."

"But if the entire nation, or even the millions of Qin soldiers, think this way, then Ying Zheng will have to consider whether he can still hold on to his position if he goes against so many people."

"Don't forget, if there were no war, it wouldn't just be the civilians who would suffer, the millions of Qin soldiers would also be victims."

"After all, if there's no war, it means they'll never be able to advance in their positions, and all their wealth and glory will be in vain."

"In other words, to appease the millions of Qin troops was to calm the pent-up anger of millions of citizens. Ying Zheng's only choice was to let the war continue."

"No matter where we hit or who we hit, we must keep fighting."

"As long as the war continues, the 'farming and warfare system' can be maintained, and the Qin war machine will not collapse."

Speaking of this, Chen Hui couldn't help but sigh, how similar the current Qin State is to the America of later generations, both of which must fight no matter what.

"I see." Gai Nie nodded slowly and said, "This is why Ying Zheng sent hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer Nanyue. He couldn't let the war stop, otherwise the empire would not be able to survive."

"But is war the only option?"

The kindhearted Duanmu Rong couldn't bear to see so many people suffer, so she asked, "Mr. Yi just said that this 'farming and warfare system' was also the result of Shang Yang's reforms over a hundred years ago. So couldn't Ying Zheng have made another reform and adopted a new method for promotion?"

"Miss Duanmu is kindhearted, and I admire her."