Chen Ke calmly picked up the wine in his hand, took a silent sip, and said with emotion: "It is indeed a wine that only Emperor Zhou could drink back then."
"The entrance is sweet and refreshing, like a clear spring in the mountains, like falling from the sky."
After putting down the wine glass, Chen Ke looked at Young Master Hui and said, "It's Ke's good fortune to be able to take a sip now."
"I just don't know why Lord Chuanyang called Ke here. What's the matter?"
Young Master Hui looked at the wine glass in front of Chen Ke and just smiled: "It's not anything big, I'm just a little curious."
He suddenly sighed: "I am now at the age where I can do whatever I want, and those Confucian brats are boasting that Confucius is a saint."
"But a saint can only live for these seventy-two years. I have already passed the age of a saint."
"After living for so many years, I have seen a lot of things."
"Chen Fengchang, do you know what is the most transparent truth I understand?"
Chen Ke shook his head slightly, with a look of futility on his face, but there was a touch of curiosity in his eyes, which happened to be visible to Young Master Hui.
"call--"
The surrounding wind was blowing constantly, blowing from the courtyard into the house.
Outside the house, some dead branches and leaves fell from the trees to the ground. When the wind blew, they were blown to unknown places.
Young Master Hui just sat there, looking at the big tree in the courtyard outside the door.
"This principle is that it is better to rely on yourself than anyone else."
"The most unreliable thing in the world is external force. Mountains will fall, but water will flow."
Young Master Huibie said meaningfully: "It is better to rely on external forces than to rely on oneself. When King Zhou first started, he also relied heavily on Bigan and Wen Zhong."
"He thought they were the most trusted ministers in the court, but later when someone tried to trick him, he trusted new people."
"Later, Fei Zhongyouhun also felt that as long as he relied on his slander, he could keep his glory and wealth, make King Zhou trust him, and gain unprecedented wealth."
Young Master Hui filled the glass of wine for Chen Ke in front of him, and then said with a smile: "But what will be the final result?"
"It's just a matter of death."
Gongzi Hui pointedly said: "On the contrary, Ji Fa and his son, who had always been loyal back then, resolutely chose to revolt after seeing the fate of Bigan and others."
"Chen Fengchang must know more about what happened later than I do."
"Ji Fa established the Zhou Dynasty for eight hundred years."
"Why do you think this is?"
Chen Ke just silently picked up the wine glass in front of him: "Master Chuanyang called me here today, is it just to tell me a story?"
He smiled and said, "If that's all, please understand that Chen doesn't have that free time."
Young Master Hui held Chen Ke's hand, with a little calmness in his eyes.
"Chen Fengchang, please be patient and don't be impatient."
He sighed and hammered his shoulder again: "Chen Fengchang is also a smart person, and he is also a rare and transparent person."
"I won't beat around the bush with Feng Chang anymore."
"Don't Feng Chang want to enfeoff? I vaguely remember that Feng Chang was the first to support the enfeoffment system."
Chen Ke glanced sideways at Chuanyang Jun, and a smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of his mouth.
"I thought it was something, but it turned out to be this."
"I said Mr. Chuanyang, you are so old, why do you still have to deal with these things?"
"You have no heirs. Even if you are enfeoffed from the country, will you be able to get rewards?"
Young Master Hui looked at Chen Ke without moving his eyes, but at this time he actually had no time or solution.
"The enfeoffment I made is not for myself, but only for the heroes who established the world with Your Majesty, and for the descendants of the Ying family."
There was awe-inspiring righteousness in his tone, like a declaration
People who talk about the righteousness in their hearts.
Gongzi Hui's tone sounded aloof, like a god overlooking the creatures in the world.
"The heroes and the clan members of the Ying clan have established this world with His Majesty, but now they cannot be enfeoffed. What's the reason?"
"Can a mere lieutenant be able to repay all these years of sacrifice?"
Young Master Hui spoke with great righteousness and indifference.
But Chen Ke just sneered: "What Mr. Chuanyang said makes people think that your sentiments are really noble."
"Let me ask you, what did these Ying clan members do when the world was unified?"
Young Master Hui was stunned, but Chen Ke continued to speak.
"If I remember correctly, there are a total of thirteen Ying clan members still alive today. Among these thirteen, no one's ancestors have made achievements, and no one's ancestors have made even a small contribution to the establishment of the Qin Dynasty."
Chen Ke stood up and looked at Young Master Hui with a cold expression.
"In the process of unifying the world, not only have you not made any contribution, but you have also hindered His Majesty several times."
"Tell me, what qualifications and dignity do you have to mention the enfeoffment system?"
After hearing this, Young Master Hui's face turned red. He looked at Chen Ke standing in front of him, but suppressed his anger.
"Isn't it a matter of course to entrust blood relatives to each other?"
"Will those county guards do their best to take care of the land of Great Qin? The only people in this world who can help His Majesty are those of us with the same surname!"
Chen Ke just sneered: "People with the same surname?"
"When the Emperor of Zhou divided the kingdoms, he thought of giving them to people with the same surname. In this way, Zhou Wan Changan could be protected."
"What about now? What about then?"
"At the beginning, those who were fighting for the world, those who sat back and watched the Zhou Dynasty perished, those who did not save the world, those who fought for the supremacy of the world, respected the emperor's banner, and sought their own interests, weren't they people with the surname Ji?"
Chen Ke looked down at the person in front of him and chuckled.
"So, how can you say such ridiculous things when you have learned from the past?"
"Besides, if your Majesty divides the kings into enfeoffments, can you ensure the peace of the world?"
He pointed at Young Master Hui and said, "Let me ask you, given the old practice of the Zhou Dynasty, are the kings who are enfeoffed at this time still the king of Qin?"
"Let me ask you again, you keep talking about benevolence and morality, and talk about morality and justice. If the world is in chaos again and the people in Guizhou are in dire straits, what will you do? Where will you be?"
"With your body already half buried in the loess, are you going to fight for the Qin Dynasty?"
"Or are you relying on your so-called "prestige" to make those tigers, leopards and wolves give up fighting for this piece of fat in the world? "
Chen Ke's eyes widened angrily as he looked at the old man sitting in front of him.
"Tell me, what can you do?"
Gongzi Hui just sat there. At this time, one person was standing and the other was sitting. The atmosphere between the two people formed a strange overlap.
"Tap tap tap——"
There was a sound of soft footsteps, and a figure walked slowly, with a calm look on his face.
That was also an old man.
The aura of this old man already has a bit of decay, which makes people think of a word when they look at it.
"Shaped like a dead tree."
"Ahem."
With the sound of footsteps and coughing, the old man walked slowly into the house.
He spoke softly: "Why should Chen Fengchang be angry?"
"Let's sit down and talk."
Chen Ke squinted his eyes, turned his head, and saw someone standing there, slowly coming in.
Sichuan Muhou.
He is one of the thirteen remaining clans that Chen Ke just mentioned. This one has an older status.
But he and Chuanyang
You are different.
Chuanyang Jun is what he is today because he took care of Ying Zheng when he was young.
This one is purely because his status is too high and his seniority is too high.
King Huiwen's posthumous son was of the same generation as King Zhaoxiang.
Judging by his age, Marquis Chuan Mu was born in the 14th year of Gengyuan. He is now the oldest person in the Qin Dynasty. He has survived several Qin kings.
Chen Ke smiled, sat down, looked at Duke Chuan Mu and said, "I really didn't expect that Duke Chuan Mu would actually intervene in this matter."
Chuan Muhou looked at Chen Ke as if he were a naughty junior.
Not paying attention to the sarcasm in his tone, he just smiled and said very kindly: "The left and right are just for the sake of future generations of unscrupulous descendants."
He sighed and said seriously: "Actually, I don't know why Chen Fengchang completely changed his position overnight."
"Are you really no longer willing to support enfeoffment?"
"Do you really not want your descendants to gain this world one day in the future?"
As soon as these words came out, even with Chen Ke's mind, his hands trembled slightly.
Chen Ke raised his head and looked at Chuan Mu Hou with sharp eyes: "What does Mu Hou mean?"
Chuan Muhou just said kindly: "What can this old man mean?"
"But if this enfeoffment is successful, won't your heirs be able to inherit your position?"
"Who can guarantee that your descendants and your country will not become the next "Qin" by then? "
"Perhaps one day, the remnants of Chen Fen VI will create a "Chen Family Zizheng" to unify this chaotic world again? "
Chuan Muhou raised his head and looked at Chen Ke.
Chen Ke looked at him, and could only see Chuan Muhou's cloudy eyes, and the child beads that seemed to have no light in them.
"Chen Fengchang, do you doubt me, or do you miss yourself?"
"Don't you have the confidence?"
"The Ying family can be unified today, why can't the Chen family be unified in the future?"
Chuan Muhou coughed lightly, and the decaying sound echoed in the small courtyard.
At this time, the wind and snow began to fall outside the house, and the dead branches and leaves continued to drift.
I don’t know when the big tree in the yard was planted, but now it looks like it’s rotten.
Is his rhizome bad enough to make it look like it's going to be completely rotten in the winter?
Chen Ke withdrew his eyes and looked at the wind and snow outside, and said in a deep voice, "Why did Marquis Chuan Mu test me?"
He changed his tone and just said: "What's more, what can I do even if I want to?"
Chen Ke's tone was a bit tired and self-deprecating: "You think too highly of me. What am I capable of? I'm just a chess piece in His Majesty's hand."
"Have you really seen the general trend of the world clearly?"
"Do you really understand what force prevented the enfeoffment?"
"Do you really understand and know who is unwilling to enfeoff?"
Chen Ke put the wine glass in his hand on the table again and said quietly: "If you don't know, then I don't mind telling you."
"If you knew this, how could you say this to me so confidently?"
Chuan Muhou and Chuan Yangjun immediately recognized the tone of Chen Ke's words, and immediately looked at each other and smiled.
Hoarse laughter came from Chuan Muhou's mouth.
He just said: "I know what Chen Fengchang is worried about, but why should Chen Fengchang worry?"
"No matter how powerful he is, he is just one person."
"There is no support from the clan behind me, and there is no support from the ministers around me."
"What else could he do?"
Chuan Muhou patted the table in front of him: "As long as Feng Chang supports us, we will naturally
Find enough people. "
Chen Ke shook his head and put down the wine glass in his hand again.
"My support doesn't matter, so Mr. Chuan Mu doesn't have to ask for my support anymore."
Chen Ke lowered his eyes, as if his clothes were drenched with dark ink, or like the shadow in the corner that blocked the dust.
"Muhou, don't worry too much."
Marquis Chuanmu's expression remained unchanged, he just looked at Chen Ke and said, "Of course we understand Chen Fengchang's thoughts."
"You said you would acquiesce, then we believed you."
"We will not force you to support us or help us. You can just stand and be a spectator, right?"
"This doesn't affect you at all."
"As long as you don't continue to attack the clan."
"When that day comes, you can stand by His Majesty's side as a loyal minister of 'His Majesty'. In order to restrain us clans, His Majesty will definitely want to find some power. "
"At this time, you, the loyal minister who has been standing by His Majesty's side, and the other important ministers will be divided into enfeoffments, and the territory will not be small."
Marquis Chuanmu said as if he didn't care: "Now that you have governed Penglaizhou so well, don't you wish that one day in the future, Penglaizhou will belong to you?"
He looked at the Kanyu map and said, "I heard that His Majesty's initial plan was to allocate all six coastal counties to you."
"I think Penglai's name is said to be an overseas fairy island, but how can it be achieved by six counties?"
"Nine digits, there should be nine counties in Peng Lai."
Chen Ke's expression moved slightly, and then he just looked at Marquis Sichuan Mu with an indifferent expression.
"How can I influence His Majesty's thoughts?"
He chuckled lightly, looked at Marquis Chuanmu and Chuan Yangjun and said, "If nothing happens, I will leave first."
"There are still things at home that Ke needs to deal with."
With that said, he stood up.
After passing the long corridor and walking through the wind and snow, they left.
After Chen Ke left, Lord Chuan Yang turned his head and looked at Marquis Chuan Mu sitting next to him.
"Do you really want to give him the nine coastal counties? The land of the Jin State back then was nothing more than that."
Duke Mu of Chuan just smiled: "When he has nine coastal counties, will he still be satisfied with being a king?"
"If he is not satisfied with being a king, the first person to have a dispute with him is your majesty. Is your majesty a good person?"
"After he has a different intention, Your Majesty will order us, King Qin."
"All the warriors of the Qin Dynasty were able to conquer the world in the past, can't they conquer the "Chen" country now? "
Chuanyang Jun was a little dumbfounded, he just said: "So you have this idea, but I don't know if Chen Ke will take the bait."
Young Master Hui knew Chen Ke quite well. How could Chen Ke not see such an obvious conspiracy?
If they see it, will things develop according to their wishes?
Marquis Chuanmu simply said: "This is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy."
"I'm betting."
"I bet Chen Ke will feel that he can withstand the attack of Great Qin. I bet Chen Ke will feel that he can hide it from our Majesty when the time comes."
"I bet Chen Ke has this ambition."
He silently looked at the road Chen Ke walked and said, "Are there really people in this world who have no ambition at all?"
"I do not believe."
"Everyone said they would not be greedy for power or imperial power, but the moment he truly had power, his heart quietly changed."
"I believe that under the temptation of such huge power, Chen Ke will choose to cooperate with us."
"At least he will choose to be a spectator."
Chuan Yangjun said with a smile: "When Chen Ke becomes a spectator, some people in the court will also become spectators."
"They have all become spectators, and in fact they have become our people."
"Everyone is opposing it. They feel that they are not opposing or supporting that group of people. In fact, they are already in the opposition camp."
"The saying that not everything has two sides is wrong."
"Things in the world are inherently black and white. Gray areas are originally black, but they have beautified them into gray."
Marquis Chuanmu also smiled and said: "Do you think the world doesn't know this truth? It's just that it is in their best interest to say it this way."
"How good was Zhang Zi back then?"
"Every bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit."
"He came here for fame and fortune, so why don't the rest of the world do the same?"
Chuan Muhou dragged his seriously ill body and looked at the snow falling in the distance: "It's almost the twelfth lunar month, and it's getting colder and colder today."
"Ignore Yingku and Yinglun for now."
"Let some other people take action after the new year, and also put some pressure on our Majesty."
...........
Chen Mansion
Chen Ke was sitting in the courtyard, blowing on the cup in front of him, with one or two tea leaves floating in the cup.
In front of him sat a very elegant young man. The young man sat there, and the wind and snow fell on his clothes, making them look even whiter.
"I said Fusu, what are you doing here if you have nothing to do?"
"I wonder if your teacher and I have been very busy lately? If you don't have time to come to my place for tea, why not hurry up and help your father handle some government affairs."
Fusu coughed lightly, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the literary and artistic aura on his body completely disappeared.
"Oh, sensei."
"I have been handling government affairs in Penglaizhou for a year. Can't I rest for a few days when I return to Xianyang?"
"Although my father is Teacher's best friend, I am also Teacher's disciple."
"How can the teacher be so cruel to his disciple, just to let him help his father handle some government affairs and liberate his father?"
Chen Ke just glanced at Fusu and raised his forehead helplessly: "Now that you are not used to it, when you ascend the throne in the future, will you have time to deal with government affairs?"
"Stop talking nonsense."
"Only by adapting to this situation now can you successfully take over Da Qin in the future and avoid causing turmoil in Da Qin."
When he looked at the government affairs in front of him, his laziness suddenly rose a little.
"Ahem."
"But, considering that you have worked hard for a year, I will allow you to take one more day off."
Chen Ke stood up and stretched.
He had a headache from handling official duties these past two days. There was no movement from Chuan Yangjun and Chuan Muhou yet, but Chen Ke's arrangements were gradually implemented.
At this time, we need to see who is more calm.
"Let's go, I'll take you to try the new dishes made by the chef. Now that we have the batch of spices Feng Jie brought back from the Western Regions, we can make more food."
When Fusu heard this, his mouth started to water.
He quickly stood up and followed Chen Ke towards the backyard.
In the room, heat continued to rise in the room.
It's obviously winter, but the room is as warm as spring.
"Teacher, have you placed an earth dragon in the house?"
"It's really comfortable."
Chen Ke said with a smile while eating the food on the plate in front of him: "Isn't your Yichun Palace also served with earth dragons?"
"Why did you come here today?"
"You can't really come to my place to be lazy, right?"
Fusu chuckled and said quickly: "There are a few things."
"Feng Ling has been waiting for the teacher for a long time. When will the teacher have time to take a look?"
"He brought back some messy things. Some of them he didn't even know what they were or what their functions were. He just brought them back because he had never seen them before."
"The other thing is the planting of some things. How to plant it in a large area?"
"Furthermore, my father has agreed to King Shang's request for an audience. He will allow King Shang to have an audience with him during the court meeting in the future."
"My father's intention is to meet Xu Shiling and King Shang in private before the meeting."
"After all, some things cannot be said in court."
Chen Ke understood what Fusu was talking about without being stunned, and nodded immediately: "Let's wait until tomorrow. I will take time to meet Feng Shiling tomorrow."
"I will also meet with Your Majesty King Shang."
At this point, the corner of his mouth raised an interesting look: "No more?"
Fusu said while eating, "It's gone."
Chen Ke shook his head: "Is it really gone?"
Fusu nodded: "It's really gone."
Chen Ke curled his lips and just said: "Aren't you curious, why did I go to the clan mansion that day?"
"Aren't you curious about what Marquis Chuan Mu and Lord Chuan Yang promised to me?"
"Aren't you curious, what do the two of them want me to do?"
"Aren't you curious about their purpose?"
Chen Ke looked at Fusu, smiled slightly, and then looked into Fusu's eyes.
Two pairs of dark eyes matched each other, reflecting each other's shadow.
"Aren't you and His Majesty curious?"
PS: Today is 6k~Tomorrow it will be 10,000~ If it is 10,000, I will post it in two chapters, one at 11 am or around 4 pm, and the other at around 8 pm or 10 pm.
