Chapter 879: Lin Xiangru and Lian Po's descendants
Chapter 879: Lin Xiangru and Lian Po's descendants
Now, the attitude of the nobles towards Qin An is one of love and hate.
Love is that Qin An has brought great benefits to the nobles, and hate, that is, their status has plummeted, and they are on an equal footing with farmers, workers, and merchants.
There are only merchants, and their status is rising in a straight line, which also leads to all the merchants in the world worshipping Qin An as a god.
As long as Qin An says a word, let them do whatever they want.
But the nobles don't, they have to think not only about their own safety and reputation, but also about the whole family.
And the aristocracy also paid a lot of attention to reputation and status.
It's because they are nobles that they should be superior, but now they are on an equal footing with a group of people they look down on, where are they willing to be willing.
The unwilling nobles had an idea in their hearts, to change the dynasty and restore them to their original superior status, but they could not let them lose Qin An, a person who could bring them great wealth.
So some nobles began to think crookedly.
If in the past, funding those anti-Qin forces was a last resort and purely to form a good relationship, then now funding the anti-Qin forces is completely for their aristocracy.
How could Qin An not know their thoughts, although it was said that the construction of Handan City required the financial resources of the nobles, but it did not mean that the financial resources of the nobles were necessarily needed.
As long as Qin An is willing, he is fully capable of raising enough funds to build Handan City.
Now it depends on this group of nobles to do things from time to time, and if they don't do business, then they will directly confiscate all their property.
If you are in the current affairs, give them a business.
"I've said everything I have to say. If you don't want to stand up, then don't blame me for being ruthless." Qin An said again.
"Emperor." A nobleman said, "The villain is incorruptible, and the father is incorruptible. The villain can tell the emperor very responsibly that the Lian family has not done anything to fund the anti-Qin forces."
"My Lin family has not funded any anti-Qin forces." A nobleman said, "The villain Lin Chen has seen the emperor, and his father Lin is similar."
Qin An was stunned for a moment, and said, "Lian Po and Lin Xiangru are a pair of celebrities, as the generals and prime ministers of the Zhao State, they have left a lot of stories, as their descendants, don't you want to return to the country?"
"I don't want to." Lin Chen said directly, "After my father died of illness, he said that Zhao Guo could not be saved, so it was better to let him die."
Lian Ji said: "King Zhao didn't trust his father, and forced his father away, which finally led to the Battle of Changping being killed, which shows that King Zhao is not the master of Ming at all.
What's more, after my father left Zhao, King Zhao wanted to use us to force my father to return to Zhao.
In the end, my father didn't come back, and I heard that he was depressed, so King Zhao let us go.
In this case, does the emperor think that I will still help the anti-Qin forces?"
Hearing this, Qin An shook his head and said, "Although King Zhao is not the Lord of Ming, Qin Guo is also the murderer who indirectly caused your father's illness and death.
Don't you hate it at all?"
"Hate." Lin Chen said without hesitation, "But now that the general trend is coming, no matter how much I hate, I can't go against the people of the world.
If Daqin wants to die, it won't be bad for me to be an anti-Qin, and if Daqin wants to prosper, then it won't be bad for me to help.
Therefore, I did not participate in the anti-Qin movement, nor did I participate in helping the Qin, and the two of us just wanted to live our own lives."
"Don't you want your family to grow?"
"I didn't want it at first, but now I think about it." Lin Chen said again.
"Why is this?" Qin An asked curiously.
"Because of the Emperor." Lin Chen said.
"Because of me?"
"That's right. Lin Chen said, "Because the emperor has given us hope, let the people of the world see hope.
Before the emperor appeared, I don't see any hope for Great Qin, and I admit that the first emperor unified the six kingdoms and unified China, and this credit should be remembered by future generations.
But during the reign of the first emperor, he slaughtered at will
Killing, the harsh laws, the harsh government that is as fierce as a tiger, and the forced labor that has no return, all leave us with no hope.
However, just when everyone thought that after the death of the First Emperor, the anti-Qin forces in the world were all anti-Qin together.
The emperor appeared, and you were like a guiding light, guiding Great Qin to become strong and prosperous, and giving the people hope.
And this hope is even better than we imagined, ask yourself, the hope brought by the emperor is something that no country can give.
In that case, why should we oppose Qin and sabotage all this.
War together, there will be a lot of life, and when the time comes, everything brought by the emperor may disappear.
Who wants to see the good days they have so hard to have ruined?"
Qin An bowed his head and said, "What you said is very reasonable, the knowledge I brought is the knowledge of two thousand years later, even if it is placed in the later dynasties, it can bring them unimaginable benefits.
To put it arrogantly, just give me twenty years, fifty years at most, and rule the whole world.
If it is now, it is even easier, because in this era, many future countries have not yet formed states, they are all in the wilderness, and there are some barbarians, and they can occupy them by sending a few hundred people at will.
Then they are used as slaves, they don't resist at all, and when they see something magical, they think it's a miracle.
Maybe a bronze sword can make them a magic weapon.
And these countries have humiliated China for more than 100 years in later generations, and they stand in front of the Chinese people to show off their might.
We gave them the title of foreign lord, which can make us Chinese people dwarf forever.
Even if they kill the Chinese people, they will not be punished in any way, and the government will blame the Chinese people for resisting."
"What did you say?" Lin Chen suddenly became furious.
Although he only asks about political affairs and will not help anyone, it does not mean that he can tolerate the bullying of the people in later generations.
"It's a fact, and there's no way to deny it." Qin An said, "If you want to know, I can tell you some of the major events that happened in history afterwards.
Now, let me tell you definitively whether I want peace or war."
"Peace." Lin Chen and Lian Ji said at the same time.
Qin An nodded, then looked at the other nobles, and said in a deep voice, "What about you?"
The other nobles trembled, they felt Qin An's murderous aura, and immediately a nobleman stood up and said, "Peace, I want peace."
"We also want peace." The other nobles spoke.
Qin An nodded and said, "Okay. In that case, you will explain how you will help the 50,000 army.
Don't worry, I won't arrest you. But if you have anything to hide, then don't blame me for being unkind.
An army of 50,000 is attacking a city, which is not a trivial matter, and it may be a matter of time before the city is breached, so I may be caught.
But I don't want to be caught by them, so I'd rather die than obey, so I'll use all of you as a backing before I die."