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Chapter 136
Yan country.

This is one of the oldest states in Zhuxia. It was entrusted by King Su more than 800 years ago. The current capital of Yan State, Jicheng, was formerly the capital of Ji State, and it was also an ancient state more than 800 years ago.

The old scars on the city and the moss growing in the dark corners of the wall all bear witness to this vast history. Looking closer, there are many small potholes on the city wall, which were struck by blunt and sharp weapons In the ancient years, this city protected the Yan people from the blade of Rong Hu.

Among the kingdoms of Xia, Yan has always been an outsider.

Almost all major events among the Xia kingdoms have nothing to do with Yan State, and even the Ji Jiang alliance and Yan State are added.

For more than 800 years, the most glorious thing of Yan State is to attack Ronghu in the north and expand the land for thousands of miles, but the thousands of miles were directly given to him by Qi State.

Due to the lack of fertile land and sparse population, other countries have already wiped out the surrounding barbarians and started to fight for world hegemony. Yan is still in the version of suppressing Ronghu.

Back then, in order to repel Rong Hu, the nobles of Yan State chose to kill the monarch who insisted on going to war with Qi State. The reason was naturally not the so-called friendly relations between the two countries, but because the Hu people were a serious threat.

Over the years, with the help of increasing population and continuous natural disasters.

The Yan State finally temporarily wiped out the northern nomadic tribes such as the Shanrong, Donghu, and Linhu, which posed a huge threat to the security of the northern border.

Yan Guo finally has the energy to look at Zhu Xia and participate in the chessboard of world domination.

In the court, the contemporary Marquis of Yan was nearly forty years old, with a rough appearance unique to the Northland. After defeating Donghu, Marquis Yan uttered his bold words of ambition to the entire country of Yan.

"My lords.

More than 500 years have passed since the first hegemony of Duke Huan of Qi to the present, and Yan Guo has been suppressing Rong Hu for Zhu Xia, living like a savage in the northern border.

Behold our raiment, and the hides of wild beasts, and behold our crowns, and the bones of savages.

Go south and look at the countries of the world, Qi, Jin, Qin, Chuluo, wearing gorgeous clothes, and wearing the crown bestowed by the emperor.

Even if the state of Jin is three points, the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han are still powerful countries in the Central Plains. This is a kind of blatant discrimination against the state of Yan.

Even the country of Wu, which is located in the south of the great river and a land of barbarians, once defeated the capital of the state of Chu and shocked the Xia countries, but the state of Yan was ignored for 500 years.

My lords, can Yan Guo tolerate this kind of neglect?

Is it true that the country of Yan will live forever in the icy and snowy northern border, watching the countries of the Central Plains you sing and I will appear on stage?

Yan Guo is a nobleman with the surname Ji! "

When such righteous and awe-inspiring words were uttered, all the officials of the Yan Kingdom naturally shouted, "No!"

Yan Hou had a hearty smile on his face, "Now all the kingdoms of Xia and other countries are strong because of the reform.

The country of Yan is located in a remote area with a small population. If it wants to be strong, it also needs to recruit talents to reform.

Promulgating laws and recruiting talented scholars from all over the world can only propose strategies to strengthen the country, and they will not hesitate to reward them. "

The Marquis of Yan wants to reform, not only to strengthen the country of Yan, but also to strengthen the power of the monarch.

Among other countries, Qi's political system is already weird, and Qi's Legalism is a strange thing among the Legalists, so it has no reference value.

Zhao, Wei, Han, Qin and Chu all used the method of the Legalists of the Three Jin Dynasties. Without exception, the power of the monarch has been greatly improved. This is the result that Yanhou most wants to achieve.

However, the eyes of many nobles are full of coldness. Of course, the conservative nobles know that the reform will deeply affect their interests.

When the Wei State just reformed, everything was still being explored, and the Wei State nobles were eventually deprived of power step by step.

But now all countries are undergoing reforms. Although the emphases of the countries are different, they all lead to the same path. The system of Shiqing Shilu has been abolished in all countries except Chu.

For the old nobles, this is simply digging their roots, and the most important thing is to feel aggrieved.

The old aristocrats did not recognize the legalist idea of ​​the supremacy of the monarch. For thousands of years, the countries were ruled by nobles, but suddenly a group of people said that the country only needs a monarch, and does not need incompetent nobles.

If it is all for the purpose of allowing talented people at the bottom to have an upward path, why can't the seat of the monarch be chosen from among the talented people at the bottom?

Why is the blood inheritance of the king's position reasonable, and the blood inheritance of the nobleman's position is a moth that hinders the prosperity of the country?

Heaven gave orders to the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven gave orders to the princes, and the princes gave orders to officials, and now the princes want to take back their orders. This is the answer given by the Legalists.

Su Wang said that the emperor was ordered, which is indeed true.

But the princes are ordered by the emperor, and they really don't want to face. When you beat the emperor's face, I didn't see you being soft.

On a dark and stormy night, the Marquis of Yan was sleeping soundly in the court, dreaming that the Yan Kingdom, which had undergone reforms, would quickly become stronger and the army of the Yan Kingdom would go south.

Suddenly there was a loud noise waking him up from his sleep, he sat up angrily, and shouted angrily, "Who is making noise in the palace?"

"Oh!"

The door of the sleeping hall was kicked open heavily, and then a bloody corpse fell straight in. At this moment, Hou Yan finally heard the noises, the sound of swords colliding, and countless screams.

After decades, the courtiers of Yan State made another coup d'état!

Yan Hou's face turned pale in an instant, his whole body was limp, he couldn't lift a sliver of strength, his teeth were chattering, fear filled his heart, as for ambition, he had already thrown it out of the sky.

He could only keep muttering, "The guards in the palace are not so fragile, how could it be..."

A large number of torches outside the sleeping hall illuminated the entire palace as if it were daytime. The person in charge of the coup finally came in front of Marquis Yan, who was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yan!

After seeing Prime Minister Yan, Marquis Yan immediately said loudly: "Prime Minister Guo, are you going to kill the orphan?

Don't you worry about leaving a reputation of regicide in the history? "

There was no joy of victory on Yan Xiang's face. After all, he really needed to bear the crime of killing the king.

He didn't dare to kill the historian, so he was naturally in a bad mood.

So he said coldly: "My lord, the reason why the swordsmen meet today is because you want to reform. Isn't this your fault?"

Marquis Yan was about to say something to delay time, but he didn't expect the Prime Minister to know the law that too much nonsense will lead to accidents, so he waved his hand and left here.

Yan Hou's pupils were wide open, and he watched two big-armed soldiers approaching with blood-dripping swords. He wanted to ask for help, but was directly stabbed by the two men.

In the end, he fell into a pool of blood with a face full of unwillingness. The dream of reform and prosperity really became a dream, dissipating with the wind in the night wind full of blood.

A large number of old nobles who followed Yan Xiang cheered, "Guo Xiang, I really didn't expect to be able to kill the monarch so smoothly. After a new monarch is established, and then kill those nobles who agree with the reform, no one will dare to propose a reform." gone."

Horrific killings are indeed effective under certain circumstances. The old aristocrats are trying to deter those who want to reform in the country of Yan through killings.

But their thinking is too simple. The reform has never been about wanting to change or not wanting to change, but the development of productive forces must change!
To stay the same is to die, even the country of Luo is changing.

Although there is no large-scale reform on the surface, it is because the Luo State Office has been keeping abreast of the situation of Luo State folks in a timely manner.

During the 800 years, the policies of the middle school were adjusted little by little to adapt to the new national conditions.

The Luo Kingdom's reforms lasted for 800 years, and it is only now that it is stable.

The conservative aristocrats of the Yan Kingdom wished to stop the reforms through a massacre, which is really too whimsical.

A loud voice suddenly came from outside the palace, and Yan Ping was startled. What's going on?
Then a clear voice came, "The thief is trying to kill the king, immediately follow me into the palace and rescue the king."

Prince flat!
Everyone was shocked, how could he appear here?

The old-fashioned aristocrats were unwilling to give up their own interests, but Gong Ziping, who had the wish to strengthen the country in his heart, refused to agree.

Prince Ping had been waiting for this opportunity to wipe out the old aristocrats. When he learned of the changes in the old aristocrats, he immediately began to dispatch troops and prepare to come to the rear.

Regicide!

This is enough for Prince Ping to uproot the entire old aristocratic system. In the past, Chu State just shot arrows at the emperor's corpse, and let the new Chu Hou kill so many nobles.

The benefits that this man could get from a regicide, made Prince Ping's excited body tremble.

"Father, it is your wish to make the country of Yan strong and prosperous, and I will make it come true for you. In the nine heavens, you must protect my ministers and protect the prosperity of the country of Yan."

Those emerging nobles who hoped to abolish the Shiqing Shilu system and gain more political power followed Prince Ping and brazenly launched a war against the conservative nobles in Yan State.

This is a struggle for power. The students of the Legalists, Military Strategists, and Strategists have already seized power among the nations, and now it is the turn of the Yan Kingdom.

Yan Xiang soon realized that he and others seemed to be being used by the prince, and his face turned pale instantly, feeling a little embarrassed.

Prince Ping came with the real elite of the public office, and naturally the private soldiers of Yan Hou and others could not stop them. As the army pressed forward, the old nobles saw that the situation was over, and they wanted to escape one after another.

Prince Ping rushed into the bedroom and saw his father lying in a pool of blood. He rubbed his eyes, burst into tears instantly, threw himself on Marquis Yan and cried, "Father!"

He cried bitterly for a few times, and his voice became hoarse, and his courtiers cried together: "Prince, the king was killed by thieves, and now you are needed to preside over the overall situation.

If an accident happens to you too, can Yan Kingdom still have a future? "

The crown prince wiped away his tears, and said harshly: "Kill those rebellious villains, throw their flesh and blood on the wilderness, and let the beasts trample on them!"

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The success of Yan's reform was due to the fact that a large number of old nobles were killed in the coup. This form of killing the opposition before the reform had a profound impact on later generations.

After the reform of Yan State, an unprecedented power appeared in the north of Qi State, which caused immeasurable changes to the situation of the world. —— "Warring States Reform Collection"

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