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

Chapter 441 Bloody Night (Part )
Zhang Annian pressed his forehead and stood up as if he knew nothing. He walked slowly towards the Qinzheng Hall.

The raindrops from the sky fell to the ground like huge pearls.

He asked softly, "Ying'an, how many years have you followed me?"

Ying'an lowered his head, the shadows covering his eyes, and he replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it has been twenty-eight years."

Twenty-eight years?
Zhang Annian sighed with emotion. He never liked to dwell on the past, but he couldn't help but mutter, "When I was still trapped in the palace, you were by my side."

"Back then, our situation was very grim. We were in the cold palace because we were not favored by our father. So everyone dared to step on our heads, and even deducted some of our usual meals."

"Cough cough cough-"

As Zhang Annian was talking, he coughed repeatedly. Ying'an walked up to him and patted his back gently.

"Back then, you were even willing to secretly inquire about the teacher's whereabouts for me, and finally helped me put on a show, won the teacher's eye, and finally successfully left the cold palace."

"It's been more than 20 years!"

Ying'an's voice also carried a hint of nostalgia: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"It has been more than 20 years since then."

Zhang Annian had a smile on his face. He looked at the sky filled with lightning in the distance and said softly, "I'm afraid this night won't end well. I realized before that Yang Jian and the others were going to do something, but I never thought that he would choose such a decisive way in the end."

Ying'an just looked at Zhang Annian's back, but had some questions in his mind.

Did Zhang Annian really not understand what Yang Jian wanted to do?

He didn't believe it.

But he didn't care.

He is just a dog of Your Majesty. He will lead Your Majesty to do whatever Your Majesty wants.

"Let's go."

Zhang Annian took one last look at the dark sky in the distance and the countless thunder and lightning in the sky, and finally walked resolutely into the deeper shadow.

outside the palace

A man walked slowly towards them holding an umbrella, with a somewhat indifferent expression on his face, as if he had not noticed those vicious people who surrounded the palace.

But none of the soldiers dared to make any move.

Because the person in front of him had a jade pendant hanging around his waist, a jade pendant that was glowing at this moment.

The soft light seemed even softer and brighter in the dark rainy night. The countless lights were like the moon in the sky. They had all seen this jade pendant on the body of the head of the Chen family.

The current head of the Chen family, King of Dayu Town, King of An, the most powerful man in the world, even the two who are currently engaged in a political struggle in the palace cannot compare to him.

Su Wei stood in the rain, watching the arrival of the head of the family with fear in his eyes.

Even if he has thousands of troops behind him, even if he seems to be alone with an umbrella now.

He walked forward, his face trembling with fear, but he was still reluctant to leave and said, "I pay my respects to His Majesty the King of Zhenguo. I wonder what His Majesty the King of Zhenguo is here for?"

Chen Zhan just glanced at Su Wei calmly: "What? Are you going to stop me?"

Having said that, he continued walking forward.

He didn't even look at Su Wei.

The land ahead of him, like Dayu controlling the floods, slowly opened up a clear boundary as he arrived.

This is also the reason why Su Wei is afraid.

If Chen Zhan said at this moment: "Follow me, the Chen family, to kill the thieves!" then they would immediately be defined as traitors who plotted treason. Not to mention 100% of them, at least 90% of them would immediately turn against us!

This is Chen! This is Chen Zhan.

Su Wei looked at the guards beside him and whispered, "Hurry up and inform the general."

He had not yet called that person "Your Majesty" because after all, he had not yet ascended the throne. The more time had come, the more careful he had to be and no mistakes could be made.

In the wind and rain, a man, holding an umbrella, walked towards the man-devouring palace.

Qinzheng Hall
Yang Jian stood in the hall where he usually stood, without going beyond the mark.

When Zhang Annian walked over, this was the scene he saw: Yang Jian had his back to the dragon throne, and his figure looked very majestic.

After hearing the footsteps, Yang Jian turned around, looked at Zhang An and said in a young voice: "Your Majesty, I, Yang Jian, pay my respects to you. Long live your Majesty—"

The praise was changed after Zhang Annian ascended the throne. The previous praise was changed to "Long live the emperor". After all, his own reign title was "Long live the emperor". Zan praised "Long live the emperor" in order to obtain immortality.

Zhang Annian ignored Yang Jian and walked step by step to the high dragon throne. Then he looked at Yang Jian and asked, "General Yang, why are you here to see me so late at night?"

Yang Jian looked at Zhang Annian with a gentle smile on his lips.

"Your Majesty, since you ascended the throne, you have appointed treacherous ministers, favored villains and alienated virtuous ministers, and the people of the world have become alienated from you."

He slowly recounted Zhang Annian's crimes, as if Zhang Annian had become an unforgivable person at this moment.

Yang Jian smiled and said, "So, Your Majesty, I feel that you can no longer sit on this throne. You are not worthy of it."

"You did not listen to the teachings of the prime minister, nor did you listen to the teachings of the previous emperor. Instead, you turned yourself into a weird person, and the policies you implemented were like the play of a naughty child."

"For the sake of the people of the world, I ask you to abdicate."

Zhang Annian looked at Yang Jian strangely: "General Yang, do you think I will agree?"

Yang Jian took out an imperial edict from his bosom and said, "You have no choice but to agree."

He smiled, but his hypocritical gentleness was gone. Instead, he became fierce and ferocious: "I have already prepared this abdication edict for you. If you behave yourself, then I may be able to give you a way out."

"What if you are not well behaved?"

Yang Jian laughed briefly and said, "I can only send you to death."

Zhang Annian raised his eyebrows, but he was not surprised or panicked at all. He just walked down and came to Yang Jian's side: "Oh? Then General Yang did a really good job."

"You said so, didn't you? Let it out."

Outside the hall, Chen Zhan slowly closed his umbrella and walked in. His body was not covered with much rain. He was just one person. His expression was very gentle and he looked like he was powerless.

but.
Yang Jian was still frightened. He even subconsciously took a step back. The arrogant look on his face disappeared like fallen leaves swept away by the autumn wind.

After glancing at Yang Jian, Chen Zhan looked at Zhang Annian and said, "Indeed, you did everything according to your majesty's wishes step by step. Your majesty's mind is indeed deep and cunning. He almost deceived me."

Zhang Annian laughed briefly but happily: "Since you know my thoughts, why did you come?"

He asked curiously: "Is it to maintain the supremacy of imperial power and divine authority?"

Chen Zhan said calmly: "The Chen family has never needed to maintain those things, because the Chen family can be upright without them - Your Majesty, I am here to fulfill the agreement between my ancestors and the Zhang family."

"I will take your Majesty's descendants away and settle them in Suzhou and Hangzhou." Chen Zhan seemed to be unaware of what he said: "From now on, there will no longer be the Zhang family of Dayu, only the Zhang family of Suzhou and Hangzhou."

Zhang Annian nodded: "Very good."

"Zhang was originally just a commoner family, but now it has become a large aristocratic family. This is already a very good thing. I naturally have no objection."

He called out in a low voice, and a man in black came out. It was the "Taoist soldier".

"Go, bring my two sons with you, and take them away. Also, take Zhang Chengren, Zhang Yun, Zhang Ping and others from the side branches. Follow the list I gave you before and take them away from this dark place."

"After completing this task, you will follow Chen from now on."

The man in black nodded slightly. As the current leader of the "Taoists", he naturally knew some "traditional practices". For example, after the collapse of each royal family, the "dark power" they controlled would disappear.

According to their investigation, these people were all classified as Chen.

Yang Jian was so frightened at this time that he was speechless. Naturally, he could not and dared not have any opinion on this. After Chen Zhan's figure disappeared in the hall, Zhang Annian looked at Yang Jian and smiled.

"how?"

"General Yang is confused?"

"I wonder what this means?"

Yang Jian's voice was a little hoarse. He looked at Zhang Annian, wanting to ask Zhang Annian to answer his questions.

Zhang Annian walked forward and came to a place where there was a chessboard.

He told Yang Jian a story from the beginning.

The story is about a young man who, after reading the classics left by the ancestors of the Chen family, discovered that the biggest thief in the world today was actually the emperor, but he became the emperor by accident.

The story of a young man who wants to change everything, but finds that he is inevitably turned into an "evil dragon" in the end.

The dragon slayer eventually becomes a dragon, which is something the young man cannot accept.

So, the boy made a decision.

He first had to leave a "seed" in the hearts of all people in the world, a seed of "nationalization of land". After planting this seed, he would quietly wait for it to sprout.

He wanted everyone to gradually realize that no matter whether nationalization of land would eventually evolve into the same evil as private ownership, under nationalization it would ultimately provide the people with a glimmer of hope.

He also wanted to let the next emperor know that only by doing so could he win the hearts of the people.

Secondly, he wanted to personally break the "sacredness" of the "supreme imperial power", because he knew that only when the sacredness of "the supremacy of imperial power" or "the emperor is sacred and inviolable" was broken, later generations would be able to realize the truth that "kings, princes, generals, and ministers are all born with different species".

So he planned to die at the hands of a minister, at the hands of an inferior, and he wanted to completely subvert the sacredness of the emperor.

From now on, people all over the world will inevitably realize one thing.

"Oh, so it turns out that the emperor can be killed."

With such thoughts, they will know that those who are said to be born rich and who can enjoy the wealth because of the hard work of their ancestors are nothing but flesh and blood like them!
What about the so-called third generations of officials, the so-called third generations of rich people, and even some so-called third generations, the so-called great aristocratic families?
It's just an ordinary flesh and blood body!
Under the guns and cannons, all living beings are equal.

As Zhang Annian was telling the story, he looked at Yang Jian's terrified face, and the distortion in his heart was released to the greatest extent. Finally, he looked at Yang Jian and said, "I know that my behavior is like opening an unpredictable door. In the future, perhaps the situation of a minister killing his emperor will become the norm."

"But so what?"

He laughed out loud: "I have never been an emperor, I have always been just a human being!"

There was anger in Zhang Annian's eyes.

"I will use my body to open up an unprecedented path for the people of this world. I want them to know that the so-called power and nobility are just within reach!"

"As long as they take up their weapons and resist, there is nothing they can't do!"

He held his head high, looking fearless.

Yang Jian opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end no sound came out. His voice was already hoarse.

At this time, Chen Zhan and a few others were slowly leaving the palace gate.

Su Wei and others looked a little confused. What happened?
They hurried into the palace.

Inside the Geunjeongjeon Hall
Lightning flashed across the sky.

When Su Wei, Xu Shi, and countless soldiers rushed to the Qinzheng Hall, they found Yang Jian sitting there with his hands shaking.

His hands were stained with blood.

Countless reds appeared more obvious under the illumination of lightning. On the ground nearby, the once high and mighty Emperor was lying on the ground. His golden robe was covered with red blood. The gold and red colors were intertwined together, and appeared particularly dazzling under the lightning.

A long sword was stuck in his chest.

The Emperor is dead.

A soldier screamed suddenly.

"Yang Jian killed your majesty!"

Yes.

At this moment, the soldier suddenly collapsed. This scene was too much of a shock to him!
He pushed through the crowd and walked in front of Yang Jian. The ferocity on his face disappeared completely, leaving only grief: "Didn't you say that you just wanted the throne and would not kill His Majesty?"

"Since ancient times, the Chinese dynasties have been passed down for thousands of years, and there has never been a minister who killed the monarch!"

"Yang Jian! You are the first one!"

He looked at his hands: "I'm the first one too!"

The soldier suddenly picked up the long sword on the ground, and then drew his sword to commit suicide.

"Bang--"

The sound is crisp and clear.

The faces of the soldiers around changed. They looked at Yang Jian, Su Wei, and the Long Live Emperor on the ground, and for the first time, an idea came to their minds.

"Yang Jian can kill the emperor, so why can't he kill us to silence us?"

Then the second thought came.

"Yang Jian could kill the emperor and become the emperor, so why can't we kill Yang Jian and become the emperor?"

Ambition is growing.

September 1st, the fourteenth year of Wansui.

The emperor died in the Qinzheng Hall.

There was a rumor at the time that Yang Jian murdered the emperor on a rainy night in the Qinzheng Palace.

(End of this chapter)