The order of Wei Marquis Wei Feng was like a strong wind coming from the capital Anyi, and soon swept across the vast land of Wei.

For those lands that were originally subordinate to the Wei State, the laws formulated by Prime Minister Li Kui have been implemented for decades, and the county system has been implemented since the Jin State.

Now Wei Hou Wei Feng's comprehensive implementation of the county system is just a formal promotion to various places through a written system that they are already familiar with.

Although nobles from all over the country were inevitably dissatisfied with Wei Feng's move, they were not unacceptable.

However, among the lands that now belong to the Wei State, there is an exception. This is the Qindong land that originally belonged to the Qin State.

In fact, this land that originally belonged to the Qin State did not have a county system.

More than twenty years ago, after Qin Gong Ying Shixi returned to Qin from Wei, he implemented a series of measures aimed at strengthening his authority and gathering strength to resist Wei. The establishment of a county system was one of them.

Qin Gong Yingshi Xi first chose to establish counties in Pu, Lantian and other strategic places, and then established counties in the relocated capital of Yueyang. This move greatly consolidated his power as a king.

However, Qin Gong Ying Shixi's move to establish the county system and strengthen his authority was not without resistance, and the main source of this resistance was the old Qin family who had lived on this land for generations.

In order to unite the power of the entire Qin State and jointly deal with the powerful Wei State in the east, Qin Gong Yingshi Xi gradually slowed down the pace of his reforms.

This is why during the more than twenty years since Qin Gong Ying Shixi ascended the throne, the Qin State had only established a few counties, and most of them were in border areas.

To this day, although the land of Qindong that originally belonged to the Qin State has fallen into the hands of the Wei State, in fact it is the old aristocratic families who really control it.

Wei Marquis Wei Feng's order to comprehensively implement the county system has obviously violated the interests of these old families. It can be imagined that a storm has gradually brewed in the seemingly peaceful land of Qindong.

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Wei State, the land east of Qin, Yueyang.

In the study room of a seemingly ordinary mansion in Yueyang City, three middle-aged men in dark robes were discussing something.

As the original capital of the Qin State, the former Yueyang City could be said to be crowded with dignitaries, if not all.

At that time, every famous family in the Qin State would buy a mansion in Yueyang, and they would always pay attention to the happenings in this core place of the Qin State.

However, as the Qin State suffered disastrous defeats in Hexi and Qindong, it finally had to move the capital from Yueyang back to Yongcheng, and even Yueyang was ceded to the victor Wei State;

Seeing that the situation was not favorable to them, most of the aristocratic families who originally lived in Yueyang City reluctantly gave up their interests in Yueyang and chose to move west to Yongcheng with Qin Gong Ying Shixi and others.

Of course, not all the old families chose to leave, and some of the old families stayed because they were unwilling to give up their own interests or did not believe that the Wei State was going on a killing spree in Qindong.

Among the old families who chose to stay in Yueyang, there are three most powerful families, namely the Pi family, the Yu family and the Sang family.

Speaking of the origins of these three families, we have to trace back to the three important ministers during the Qin Mugong period hundreds of years ago, Pi Bao, Yu Yu and Gongsun Zhi.

First of all, let's talk about Pi Bao. His father was an important minister of the Jin Kingdom. He and Rick once killed Xi Qi, the son of Li Ji, in preparation for the return of Prince Chong'er to the throne.

It was just that Duke Mu of Qin at that time was tempted by the promise of land west of the river by his son Yiwu, and chose to support his son Yiwu in ascending to the throne of the Jin Kingdom. This was the Duke Hui of Jin in history.

Duke Hui of Jin was never one to keep his promises, but he broke his original promise just after he took the throne, and even sent Pizheng to deny Duke Mu of Qin's important territory.

After Pizheng arrived in Qin and met with Duke Mu of Qin, he informed Duke Hui of Jin that he was unwilling to keep his promise, and advised Duke Mu of Qin to re-support Prince Chong'er, who was currently in Di State, to return to the country and succeed to the throne.

What Ling Pi Zheng didn't expect was that what he said to Duke Mu of Qin was leaked to Duke Hui of Jin, which led to a murderous disaster for him.

After Pi Zheng was killed by Duke Hui of Jin, his son Pi Bao fled to Qin. This is the Pi clan of Qin today.

In addition to the Pi family, Yu Yu, an important minister at the time of Qin Mugong, also came from the Jin Dynasty.

When the Jin State reached the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a civil strife in which the small sects replaced the large sects. This civil strife laid deep hidden dangers for the final demise of the Jin State.

The name of this civil strife was Quwo Daiyi, and Youyu was a descendant of a large lineage of the Jin clan whose territory was in Yicheng.

After Quwo replaced Yi, Youyu's ancestors went all the way to the northwest, lingering on the land occupied by the Rong tribe.

When it came to Youyu's generation, Youyu, who was deeply trusted by King Rong, was sent as an envoy to the Qin State where Duke Mu of Qin was on the throne.

After a conversation, Duke Mu of Qin soon learned about You Yu's talents, so after using some means to alienate the relationship between him and King Rong, You Yu stayed in Qin from then on.

Youyu also lived up to the trust placed in him by Qin Mugong. Relying on his familiarity with the Rong people, he made great contributions to Qin's conquest of Xirong.

After Yu's death, his descendants who stayed in Qin were divided into two groups. One of them, the Yu family, stayed in Yongdu, while the other Yu family moved to Qindong.

Compared with Youyu and Pibao, two important ministers from the Jin State, the ancestor of the Sang family, Gongsun Zhi, the last of the three families, was actually from the Qin State, and even came from a noble family of the Qin State.

In his early years, as a member of the Gongsun branch of the Duke of Qin, he traveled to the State of Jin and thus possessed considerable talents.

At the invitation of Prince Ji of the State of Qin, Gongsun Zhi returned to the State of Qin and became the teacher of Duke Mu of Qin.

It is said that it was Gongsun Zhi who saw Baili Xi's talent, and that's why he got the doctor Wuxi who was later exchanged for five sheepskins.

Because Gongsun's branch was named Zisang, his descendants took Sang as their surname, which was the last of the three families.

Gently putting down a piece of sheepskin with writing on it, the head of the Yu family, who had always had the highest status among the three families, opened his eyes full of sorrow.

"Now the Marquis of Wei is planning to implement the county system throughout the country. This is obviously a bad move!"

"Since the Marquis of Wei is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

Just as the voice of Yu Kai, the head of the Yu family, fell, a somewhat impatient voice immediately sounded from below.

Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw Pi Zhan, the head of the Pi family, with an arrogant expression on his face at this moment.

"The worst case scenario is that we and the other three families will join forces to dedicate this land of Yueyang to the Qin State, and we will be able to return to the old family of the Qin State..."

"Confused, totally confused!"

Before Pi Zhan finished speaking, he was met by Yu Kai's face full of anger and his merciless roar.

"You are just thinking about making trouble. Have you ever thought about whether we and the other three families are capable of dealing with the tens of thousands of troops stationed by Wei State on the border to defend Qin State, and whether we are capable of dealing with the Hexi Army established by Wei State?

camp?"

"Maybe we have just launched an attack, but within half a day tens of thousands of troops will besiege Yueyang. Do you think we are the Duke of Qin who had tens of thousands of troops at the beginning? How many days do you think we can hold out?"

"You fool, answer me, huh?"
Chapter completed!