A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 217 Wang Pu makes a move, Wei Yang chooses

When Huai State announced that next year would be the first year of AD, a major event also happened in Wei State. Wei Hou Wei Jian, who had been in charge of Wei State for 16 years, died of illness suddenly, and his posthumous title was Wei Wuhou.

Wei Wuhou inherited Wei Wenhou's hegemony. For more than ten years, he has conquered east and west, making Wei's territory bigger, but Wei Wuhou did not inherit his father's vision and heart. As a result, although Wei State reached its peak in his hands, But he also fell out with Han Zhao and offended other surrounding princes and states.

What's worse, because he didn't set up a prince during his lifetime, he died suddenly, which caused the princes to compete for the throne.

In the country of Wei, it was divided into two forces for a while, one supported Wei Ying, and the other supported Wei Huan, and the two sides directly fought in Wei State.

Because Wei Ying occupied Yecheng and Shangdang, he won the loyalty of a large number of Wei military soldiers and became stronger. However, Wei Huan was defeated, so he had to send his confidants to ask Zhao Guo and South Korea for help.

Zhao Guo and South Korea have always been worried about the strength of Wei Guo and wanted to weaken Wei Guo. This time, the contest for the crown prince of Wei Guo can be said to be a godsend opportunity. Zhao Guo and South Korea immediately decided to send troops to help Wei Huan.

The innate skills of Sanjin since its establishment broke out again.

With the support of South Korea and Zhao Guo, Wei Huan's strength soared, and after joining forces with Han Zhao, he quickly defeated Wei Ying.Wei Ying was besieged in the isolated city and was about to perish. At this time, the conflict between Han and Zhao also broke out.

South Korea wants to divide Wei State into two and completely weaken Wei State's strength, while Zhao State wants to support Wei Huan, who is close to Zhao State, to ascend the throne.

Originally, among the three Jins, South Korea was the weakest. If Zhao and Wei were to form an alliance, what would happen to South Korea?Maybe the combination of the two countries will directly carve up South Korea.

South Korea and Zhao Guo refused to give in to each other. Seeing that Wei Huan and Zhao Guo joined forces, they were about to forcibly annex Wei Ying without South Korea. Seeing that the situation was not good, South Korea immediately joined forces with Wei Ying.

For a while, the people who watched the three Jins together vertically and horizontally were dazzled, and there was even a feeling of chaotic war among the kingdoms of Zhou and Zhou.

In the end, it was Wei Ying who was superior, defeated Zhao Guo and Wei Huan, and succeeded Weihou.It's just that although the state of Zhao was defeated, the strength of the state of Wei was also weakened by this civil strife.

The infighting among the three Jins made both Qin and Qi breathe a sigh of relief.After all, if the three Jins continue to unite, it will be a huge pressure on both Qin and Qi.

Now that Sanjin has collapsed playing on his own, this is rare good news for them.Especially Qin State, after hearing that Wei State was weakened, immediately took advantage of Wei State's time to look around, and quickly implemented reforms in the country in order to strengthen the country.

At the same time, the civil strife in Wei once again led to the loss of a large number of talents, while Qin State fully supported the reform, and the act of giving talented people high officials and generous salaries attracted a large number of talents.

It is not enough to rely on only one person in any country's reform, and a large number of officials are required to carry out the reform.This turmoil in Wei State caused a large number of Legalists to go to Qin State.

With the arrival of these legalists, the speed of Qin's legal reforms was rapid, and Gongsun Yang's system was rapidly advanced.Strict laws make the common people of Qin have no choice but to join the army except farming.

In order to reduce the people's sense of resistance, Gongsun Yang ordered that all Confucian classics be burned, and Confucian students were prohibited from spreading theories among the people.

After the implementation of these laws and regulations, Qin people were really uncomfortable at the beginning, but after a few years, there appeared in Qin State "the road does not pick up relics, the mountains have no thieves, and the family has enough people."The people are brave in public battles, but timid in private battles, and the township is in great order.

This situation does not mean that the world is governed, but that the laws of Qin are so strict that the people dare not go beyond the rules.

This kind of strict law made it very difficult for the hidden guards of the Huai State to act. After Wang Pu knew about it, he felt that he should find something for the Qin State, and immediately ordered: "Qin's laws are strict, and those nobles must not be used to it." , Presumably the prince is also the same, you send people to investigate one or two, and then report anonymously."

"If Gongsun Yang insists on the reform, he must follow the laws of Qin compiled by him. The prince's crime is the same as that of the common people. If he really dares to punish the prince, then the reform will naturally be carried out quickly, and no one will dare to stop him. But if he dares not punish the prince At that time, those Qin nobles will immediately follow suit, and his reform will become a dead letter."

"Your Majesty, if he really punished the Crown Prince of Qin, wouldn't we be helping them after the reform of Qin was completed?" A junior from the public office next to him asked subconsciously.

Wang Pu smiled slightly: "So what if the reform is completed? If Gongsun Yang really does it, it doesn't matter whether we push it or not. But if he really dares to punish the prince, what should he do when the prince ascends the throne in the future? The prince will let him go. ?”

"If he is not punished, Qin's reform will naturally become a joke. If he is punished, when the crown prince ascends the throne, he will naturally find him to settle the score."

"Doesn't he like harsh punishments and heavy punishments for minor crimes? Let him taste the taste of self-destruction. If you prosper with this, you will die with it!"

After receiving the order, the dark guards immediately monitored the prince of Qin secretly, and soon discovered that the prince had indeed violated the laws of Qin.

Immediately, the dark guard recorded the news, and then threw himself into Gongsun Yang's mansion anonymously.

Gongsun Yang frowned when he saw the content on the bamboo slips. After seeing the content on the bamboo slips, the doorman next to him immediately said: "Mr. Zuo Shu, the prince is the heir of the country and cannot be punished. If you punish those guards, the prince will be treated as a prince." have no idea."

"No!" Gongsun Yang immediately refused: "The nobles must know about this matter. If you let it go lightly, the new law will immediately become a joke. Don't even think about implementing it in the future."

"But the crown prince is the heir apparent of the country, so according to the law, he must be punished with punishment."

Gongsun Yang thought for a moment and said: "The prince broke the law, and the prince's teacher will be punished. This time the prince broke the law, and his master didn't advise in time, it is his teacher's crime!"

Gongsun Yang sent people to investigate the crimes committed by the prince, and it was exactly as it was on the bamboo slips. Immediately, Gongsun Yang brought people to the prince's mansion and arrested the guards directly.

The prince who heard the news came quickly and wanted to let Gongsun Yang release him, but Gongsun Yang pushed him back directly.Such disrespect to the prince made the prince's face very ugly.But the stolen goods were obtained at the same time, there is no denying it, so I have to admit it.

Just after he thought the matter was over, Gongsun Yang said again: "The prince knew about the crime but did not deal with it. He should be punished according to the crime. But the prince is the prince of the country. If the prince broke the law, his teacher taught him not to speak, so he should be punished." !"

"Come here and punish the prince's two teachers!"

"Er dare!" The prince's face changed greatly when he heard Gongsun Yang's words, and he immediately shouted sharply.

Those soldiers did not dare to step forward for a while.

"Are you going to violate the military order!" Gongsun Yang's cold words sounded, and the expressions of these soldiers changed, and they immediately stepped forward and tied up the two masters of the prince and took them away.

(End of this chapter)