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

Chapter 382 "No one is born superior"

Guandu City

This world-famous city has always attracted the attention of people all over the world because people who can decide the world situation live here.

Guandu Chen family.

It is rare for a family to have a city named after them.

But there are families in the world who are capable of doing such things, such as the Zhao family of Shangdang, the Qin family of Guanzhong, the Yuan family of Runan, and the Yang family of Hongnong.

But even the four most prominent families in the world, when they proudly and proudly refer to their own clans, have to add a "prefix", because although their surnames are noble, they are not noble enough to be the only one in the world.

But the Chen family of Guandu is different.

You said that I was from the "Chen family", so there is no need to add a prefix, others will also know that you are from the "Guan Du Chen family".

This is because other "Chens" in the world are not qualified to represent themselves by simply saying their surname. Even other Chens in the world do not dare to say they are "Chens" because of the "Guan Du Chens". They only dare to say they are "Xiao Clan".

This is the Chen family, this is the Guandu Chen family.

And now, it is winter of the third year of Tiantai.

Almost all the people in the world who could decide the situation began to move towards this magnificent city. They had all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, but the expressions on their faces and the emotions they retained were all sad.

Because the "master" of this city is critically ill.

Liu Bei of Chang'an, Cao Cao of Langya, Zhang Jiao of Dayu and other people who might only meet in this life when one side is destroyed, met at the gate of Guandu this time, and none of the three expressed any opinion about it.

Everyone who came today has only one identity, that is, old friends of "Chen Zhulou".

"Donglin has always been in good health, why did he suddenly fall seriously ill?"

The person who spoke was Cao Cao.

He discovered something wrong in this matter with a strange intuition, but he could not find any reason why Chen Zhulou did this.

Liu Bei thought for a moment and then said, "My uncle seemed to have done the same thing back then."

"It's just that the reason why my uncle did this was to clean up the court in order to deal with the "change in the aristocratic families", but why did Dong Lin do this today?"

He was a little bit unable to understand.

The corners of Zhang Jue's eyes twitched slightly. He could guess something, but he was not really sure, so he just kept his mouth shut and watched the two people's guesses become more and more deviated.

Smart people are like this sometimes, they think a lot.

What is the purpose of Chen Zhulou?
Zhang Jue raised his head and looked at the mansion in the distance, with a deep look in his eyes.

He recalled the time when Chen Zhulou traveled around the world with him. Sometimes when a family is in trouble, one has to consider this "aristocratic family". Even if the Chen family dominates the world, there are some things that cannot be done.

Or perhaps it was simply that Chen Zhulou was unwilling to do so.

Even though this actually doesn't have much impact on the Chen family.

Because smart people always think a lot and worry a lot.

Chen Mansion
Chen Zhulou was lying on the bed, looking a little sick. Liu Bei and others were sitting around him, their eyes full of worry.

"Donglin, you..."

After Liu Bei saw Chen Zhulou's appearance, he no longer had any doubts. Chen Zhulou looked very pale and it seemed as if he would not live long.

Chen Zhulou just coughed lightly, then smiled and said, "It's just a serious illness."

He raised his head and looked towards the sky: "In fact, Bian Que has already checked for me. I won't survive this winter."

"I'm very surprised that you can come this time."

Chen Zhulou chuckled: "But, this is probably the last time we three will meet."

Liu Bei just sighed quietly.

Chen Zhulou was younger than both of them, but no one expected that Chen Zhulou would be the first to die of illness among the three. This was truly a sad thing.

In the winter of the third year of Tiantai, on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.

At daybreak that day, snowflakes began to fall to the ground like flying goose feathers. In just half an hour, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, and the white snow covered everything.

Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Zhang Jue and others stayed in Guandu for five or six days. During this period, they were not idle, but were "observing".

Observe Guandu City, observe the Chen family, and observe everything during this period.

The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, noon.

A piece of news came out from Chen's house and quickly reached the ears of these three people.

Chen Zhulou died of illness.

The news came so suddenly that everyone was caught off guard.

Chen Zhulou

The Chen Zhulou who was famous all over the world, the Chen Zhulou who was said to be able to influence the situation in the world, the Chen Zhulou who was praised by Chen Zexi and Chen Guangde as "I am a firefly, facing the east like the sun and the moon", just passed away quietly like this?

Liu Bei and others did not believe this, but they saw Chen Zhulou's body in Chen's mansion.

That was definitely Chen Zhulou, and Chen Zhulou was definitely dead.

In accordance with Chen Zhulou's wishes before his death, Chen's people chose "cremation" and invited some spectators.

Amid the raging flames, Chen Zhulou's body, along with the dry firewood beneath him, turned into wisps of green smoke that rose straight up.

Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Zhang Jue stood in the crowd, and everyone was watching the death of King An.

Chen Zhulou was not the king who died most quietly among all the kings of An Dynasty. During the period from Emperor Guangwu to the two current emperors, many kings of An Dynasty died even more quietly.

but.
Liu Bei and others always felt that something was wrong.

"Dong Zhuo" standing in the crowd smacked his lips. He subconsciously glanced in the distance, which was the direction of Linjing City, where Jia Xu was.

He muttered quietly in his mind.

"Wenhe's guess turned out to be so correct?"

"What a surprise."

The third year of Tiantai, winter.

The news of King An's death spread throughout the world, and people mourned for the king of the Chen family.

It seems that Chen Zhulou did not do much when he was alive, but in fact his existence itself is a contribution.

It is because of the existence of King An that the world is peaceful.

Now that King An has passed away, some people are beginning to get restless.

The fourth year of Tiantai, spring.

The new head of the Chen family has been selected. The previous King An, who was also the legitimate heir to the Chen family, did not accept the position of head of the Chen family at this time.

Instead, it was another person, Chen Guangde, who was known as the "flawless jade", who became the head of the Chen family.

This has also attracted the attention of many people, and some people even secretly speculated whether there is some dirty tricks involved.

However, the change of the head of the Chen family did not cause much turmoil. After all, the authority of the Chen family no longer relied solely on one head.

The fourth year of Tiantai, spring.

After Chen Zexi accepted Chen, three imperial awards came one after another, as if to prove that he was the orthodox one.

In Chang'an, the Han Emperor Liu Min posthumously conferred the title of "King Zheng of the Kingdom" on Chen Zhulou, conferred the title of "King Wen'an" on Chen Zexi, the head of the contemporary Chen family, and conferred the title of "King An" on the eldest son of the contemporary Chen family, who was also Chen Zhulou's son.

This was the second time in Chen's history that there were two kings coexisting.

The titles bestowed on Langya were almost the same, but Liu Xie was obviously more capable of handling things than Liu Min. He not only conferred the title of "King of Zhenguo" on Chen Zhulou, but also posthumously awarded him the title of "Grand Master" and included him in the Temple of Civil and Martial Arts.

From then on, Chen Zhulou became the first person to enter both the Civil and Military Temples at the same time, but not the last.

The emperors of later generations have posthumously conferred titles on the ancestors of the Chen family and the contemporary heads of the Chen family. Entering the civil and military temples is as easy and casual as having a meal - of course, this only applies to the Chen family.

When facing other noble families and other heroes, these people were more ruthless than each other.

As for Dayu, it is even more interesting.

Zhang Jiao posthumously conferred upon Chen Zhulou the titles of "King Guardian of the Kingdom", "Imperial Teacher", and "Yuan Tianshi" of Dayu, and posthumously conferred him the title of "Daluotian Xuanmiao Zhenguo Zhenjun", ranking fifth among the gods worshipped by the Taiping Dao.

This is an existence second only to the Supreme Leader and the Three Pure Ones, on par with the Four Imperial Gods, and even above the Five Elders.

Many titles were given to the contemporary heads of the Chen family, and naturally Chen Zhulou's eldest son "Chen Wuwei" was not forgotten.

This year passed with one title after another, and at the end of the year, a major event happened.

Many countries in the Western Regions seem to be unable to tolerate it any longer.

After seeing the now turbulent Central Plains through the "Silk Road", they seemed to finally develop some "fearlessness" and began to become excited.

They want to regain the glory of their ancestors.

The fourth year of Tiantai, autumn.

The countries in the Western Regions united and formed a coalition. They wanted to take back the "freedom" that had disappeared for many years.

While Liu Bei and many other forces had not yet reacted, Xiliang and Guandu Chen suddenly "linked up". Chen Zexi put on armor and went into battle personally. Dong Zhongying of Xiliang sent troops as deputy general, and with "Lü Bu" as the vanguard, they attacked the countries in the Western Regions.

The outcome of this war came faster than expected.

In just seven months, the alliance of Western Region countries collapsed.

In other words, it was not just a direct collapse. Instead, when Chen Zexi led his troops to the Western Regions, after only one battle, some of the allied countries directly contacted Chen in secret and expressed their willingness to submit.

Chen was not the kind of person who would repay kindness with grievances. Although he agreed to these people's requests to surrender, he made some demands.

Want to surrender?

can.

take money.

Arrest someone.

The fifth year of Tiantai, the fifth month of summer.

This war, which should have been a grand one, ended very hastily. The countries in the Western Regions paid the price they deserved. At the border of the Central Plains, there were many more "slaves" on the Great Wall. These people worked diligently and hard to build the Great Wall.

At this point, Chen's reputation once again spread throughout the world.

The fierce general "Lü Bu" under Chen's command was also famous throughout the world.

Changan
Liu Bei couldn't help but exclaimed: "It turned out to be that captain."

When Chen first entered Chang'an City, Lu Bu was appointed as one of the Eight Commandants of the Western Garden and was a colleague of Liu Bei.

"I never thought he would be so brave."

According to the records in the declaration of war, this fierce general led the vanguard into the battle and killed the enemy general with a single move. That general from the Western Regions became somewhat famous.

"An arrow can pierce the heart from a hundred steps away. If such a skill can be used by our Han people, it would be a great thing."

Liu Bei felt a little regretful.

Zhuge Liang, sitting on the side, was a little worried.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I really want to give it a try against such a brave general, but I don't know if I have the chance."

Generals such as Zhang Fei and Ma Chao also felt like trying something new.

Liu Bei sighed. As long as this brave general did not surrender to him, there would be a war between them sooner or later, unless such a brave general was willing to be trapped in Guandu City for the rest of his life in the hands of Chen Zexi.

He shook his head slightly and said, "What we need to consider now is Meng De's letter."

Liu Bei narrowed his eyes, tapped his fingers, and made a decision.

"Next summer, maybe."

"The sooner the world returns to peace, the better it will be for the people."

In the sixth year of Tiantai, April of summer.

The heavy rain poured down, as if to wash away all the filth in the world.

A major event happened in Hongnong.

The "Yellow Turban Rebellion" that had been suppressed revived again. In Hongnong, a man who called himself "Zu Tianshi" claimed that he had received revelations from heaven. He led the local people who were exploited by the "Yang family" and many local tyrants to rise up.

Coincidentally, a few days before this incident broke out, another major event also happened.

The two Han emperors of Chang'an and Langya jointly issued an edict to attack Dayu, claiming that Dayu was a rebel.

On the Chang'an side, there were three generals leading the army: Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao; on the Langya side, there were three generals leading the army: Xu Huang, Yu Jin and Xiahou Dun. Each of them led an army of 100,000, totaling 200,000 troops to encircle and suppress Dayu.

The army set out, bringing with them countless storms and heading towards Dayu!

The great change known in history as the "Turning Point of the Three Kingdoms" began to brew and then broke out at this time.

It was an uprising called the "Later Yellow Turban Rebellion".

It was pouring rain. A man whose face could not be seen stood there, his clothes all wet by the rain.

The robe was wet and stained on his body, making him look a little disheveled.

In front of him stood countless people.

These people held their own weapons in their hands, and their eyes were filled with fanaticism and scarlet anger.

"The aristocratic families have been oppressing us for hundreds of years!"

"In the past, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang started an uprising as common people. Later, General Zhang Jiao rose up in rebellion. What about us?"

He laughed loudly, and the weapon in his hand flashed in the rain, reflecting bright light.

"We are not waiting for anything else, just to teach those high and mighty families a lesson!"

A fierce look flashed across the man's face.

“Let them know.”

"No one is born superior!"

"No one can trample on anyone else!"

"Today, you and I fall."

"In the future, there will be thousands and thousands of you and me who will step forward!"

(End of this chapter)