Ma Jiamen: I was forced to fight for supremacy

Chapter 200 Gongsun Yang

After a feeling of weightlessness, Ma Zhan and Zheng Xiaoqiao appeared in a desolate and dilapidated mansion.

It was late autumn, and the big tree in the courtyard, which was originally lush and leafy, began to wither.

It seems to represent this family, from its former prosperity to its current decline.

After exploring the mansion, the two found that everyone else in the house had moved out.

This is perfect, the two of them finally have a place to live.

Ma Zhan found the ancestral hall in the courtyard. After pushing open the dilapidated door, he saw the densely packed tablets covered with dust.

Judging from the number of rankings, it can be confirmed that this family must have been a large family in the past.

Gongsun, Princess of Wei.

Ma Zhan identified the owner of the courtyard from the ancestral hall and changed his and Zheng Xiaoqiao's names.

Wei State, Wei Yang, Gongsun Yang.

I'm borrowing the original name of the legal sage Shang Yang for now.

Zheng Xiaoqiao, Gongsun Qiao.

From then on, the two of them called each other brother and sister and regarded themselves as descendants of the royal family of Wei.

Fortunately, Ma Zhan found a room full of bamboo slips in the princess's family.

Without paper, bamboo slips were the earliest books.

Only nobles could have preserved so many bamboo slips.

The brother and sister lived in seclusion, working hard in the sea of books.

This is an era of great upheaval, with unified dynasties falling apart, wars raging among the people, and constant fighting.

The various forces annex each other and the strong prey on the weak.

More than twenty vassal states coexisted in the world.

After seeing the names of several countries and the names of the princes, Ma Zhan was basically confirmed. This was the template of the Warring States Period in the previous life.

Ma Zhan continued to flip through the bamboo slips. She wanted to confirm which period the Warring States Period in this fairy world was in.

He deliberately found records about the Qin State.

Fei Zi, the patriarch of the Ying clan, was made a vassal of the King of Zhou and given the land of Qin because of his skill in horse breeding.

More than a hundred years later, Duke Xiang of Qin was rewarded with the title of vassal for his meritorious service in escorting the King of Zhou, and was granted the land between Mount Qi and Fengshui.

From then on, the State of Qin became one of the vassal states.

Several generations of Qin people fought bloody battles and struggled to survive and develop under the siege of the Western Rong.

It was this kind of environment that made the Qin people brave and aggressive, and the country closed and backward.

Located in the west, the barbaric and backward Qin State was not recognized by the eastern countries.

The name of the barbarian country also comes from this.

For hundreds of years, the Qin State only produced one powerful princess.

For more than three hundred years thereafter, the political situation was chaotic and the national strength was weakened.

The bamboo slips record that after the State of Wei took away the Hexi area from the State of Qin, there was no more record.

Probably due to the family's decline, no subsequent collection of books was collected.

Ma Zhan and Zheng Xiaoqiao began to contact intellectuals from the outside world many times as impoverished aristocrats.

From then on, the two of them became members of the scholar-official class.

Duke Xiao of Qin had already ascended the throne, and Ma Zhan and Zheng Xiaoqiao had already arrived in Qin, waiting for his order to seek talents.

This secret realm is basically a replica of the Warring States Period in the previous life.

Social resources are all controlled by the nobles.

To search for opportunities and the remains of the elves in this vast world, one must be a powerful force.

The only shortcut to organizing your own power is to rely on a powerful monarch.

If you want to gain the monarch's complete trust, you must become a successful reformer and enhance the country's strength.

During the Warring States Period, no reformer could be as successful as Shang Yang.

While waiting for the call for talent in Liyang City, the 24-year-old Zheng Xiaoqiao asked Ma Zhan:

"Why did we come to Qin instead of other powerful countries?"

Ma Zhan looked at the beauty before him, who was so beautiful that the moon and flowers would be ashamed of each other, and replied:

"Because Qin was backward, it did not have a complete and sound system.

I brought it a more civilized system, and only it was willing to accept it.

Duke Xiao of Qin is powerful and has a strong desire for reform. Only he can withstand the pressure from the nobles. Only then can I carry out the reforms and gain more power for our benefit."

After ten years of living together day and night, their identities changed from brother and sister to husband and wife.

Whether this was a dream or reality, there was now one more person in Ma Zhan's heart.

Before the two of them saluted, Ma Zhan confessed to Zheng Xiaoqiao.

There is always someone in his heart who is irreplaceable.

Zheng Xiaoqiao recalled that because of Tang Anru's offensive words, Ma Zhan pulled the trigger of the crossbow without hesitation for the masked girl.

She is a favored daughter of the Tang Dynasty and she has her own pride.

After being together for a long time, she realized that Ma Zhan was not perfect and had many shortcomings.

For example, intermittent greed for money and lust, occasional laziness and so on.

What's more, he has another woman in his heart.

But it is these alternating advantages and disadvantages that make up the man in her heart.

There was a horse battle in the mansion of Marquis Qingshui, and the Lord of Qingshui was a cavalryman.

She told Ma Zhan that after leaving the secret realm, they would never see each other again.

This is the fourth year since the two of them met. Ma Zhan's frequent displays of wisdom and courage make Zheng Xiaoqiao more and more reluctant to leave this secret place.

Zheng Xiaoqiao knew that the talent displayed by Ma Zhan was just the tip of the iceberg.

It's not that she hasn't thought about it. If she returns to Tang, she would like to be the woman behind him.

Finally, Qin Xiaogong issued an order to seek talents, offering the most generous treatment.

"Among my guests and ministers, if there is anyone who can devise a brilliant plan to strengthen Qin, I will give him a high position and divide the land with him."

Finally, after waiting for ten years, Ma Zhan met Duke Xiao of Qin. Duke Xiao of Qin also waited for Gongsun Yang.

During their first meeting, Ma Zhan talked to me about the imperial way and how to implement benevolent policies.

During the second meeting, Ma Zhan told me about the kingly way and how to educate the people with virtue.

After two unrealistic measures to govern the country, the pragmatic Qin Xiaogong was no longer interested in the imperial way or the kingly way.

He couldn't wait to ask about the governing measures that would enable him to realize his ideal of a strong country.

During the third meeting, Ma Zhan talked about the art of building a strong country with hegemony as its core.

This deeply attracted Qin Xiaogong. The lecture on horse fighting lasted for several days.

The way to make a country strong that Ma Zhan talked about was reform.

By reforming the legal system, we will quickly become a strong country.

Duke Xiao of Qin was impressed by the blueprint for reform outlined by Ma Zhan.

With the mutual understanding and tacit understanding between the two, the reform of Qin State began.

Before implementing the laws prepared in advance, Ma Zhan followed Shang Yang's example and used the method of setting up a tree to gain trust in order to improve the government's credibility.

Ma Zhan completely copied the decrees issued by Shang Yang's reform in the previous life.

"Order the people to form groups of ten and five" and establish the law of "collective responsibility".

Military merits are rewarded and private fighting is prohibited.

Issued an order to reclaim grassland and develop agriculture.

Implement a small family policy.

Once the decree was issued, it caused a strong backlash from the aristocratic group.

With the powerful Duke Xiao of Qin as his backer, Ma Zhan used his lightning-fast tactics to directly attack Prince Si.

Make sure every law is implemented.

Zheng Xiaoqiao witnessed Ma Zhan's wisdom and strength with his own eyes.

One night a year after the new law was implemented, Zheng Xiaoqiao took off the jade pendant that Ma Zhan carried with him, stroked his face gently, and said.

"After we leave, please keep a place for me in your heart."