Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1088 Don't Let Me Down

Chapter 1098 Don't Let Me Down
This open letter, in fact, not only has one in Wang Meng's hand, but the full text has been published in major newspapers and periodicals. The purpose is to tell the soldiers of the whole country that not only will Wei Guo not disarm immediately, but will increase investment in the military field. The country maintains a strong fighting capacity.

The Huaxia nation has never been a nation that rests on its laurels, and the territory of China has never been so large.At that time, the Huaxia people living in the Central Plains had Dongyi in the east (now in the Shandong area), barbarians in the south, Di in the north, and Rong in the west.It can be said that there are enemies on all sides, surrounded on all sides, like an iron wall.For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has always fought against fate at the most dangerous time, and Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were all like this.During this period, China was able to assimilate barbarians, and barbarians were able to assimilate China.The advent of the great era of the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States provided opportunities for the Chinese nation's civil and foreign wars.In other words, the period of internal unification of the Chinese nation and external expansion began.

At this time in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Ran Ming came. He brought the lucky Chinese people from the ruins of the Wei Kingdom, and began to expand. He restored the six northern states of the Wei Kingdom. The state of Wei, the state of Wei is also not satisfied, and the journey of the state of Wei is just the beginning to eliminate Liang, Qin, Jin, Shu and many local separatist forces.After regaining the Western Regions and swallowing the Indochina Peninsula in the south, Wei State began to show its fangs to the world.

In fact, war has never had anything to do with fairness.Regardless of the Han and Tang Dynasties, when the barbarians were at their most powerful, all barbarians were ministers. However, when Huaxia was weak, the surrounding barbarians would also show their fangs and come up to bite Huaxia.So Ran Ming will not be polite at this time.

Liu Che and Yang Guang are also expanding, but he is unwilling to share the benefits of the war. As a result, the people are getting poorer and poorer, and naturally no one wants to do it with them.But Ran Ming will share the dividends of war.The state of Wei got the two prefectures of Ting and Chu, and there are more than [-] coal mines that are easy to mine. It is estimated that there are more than [-] large and small coal mines. A large amount of coal was discovered, and the price of coal in Wei State immediately fell by [-]%.For the item of coal alone, the people of Wei State can indirectly obtain nearly [-] yuan of charcoal fire money.

Of course, the war dividends are not just coal and precious metals, but Anxi's army conquered the west, defeated the Heda Empire in a series of battles, and won millions of horses alone, and directly swallowed the money accumulated by the Heda Empire for hundreds of years.The soldiers who participated in the war were rewarded, gambling money and fields, and the people who did not participate in the war could also get cheap cattle, horses and sheep, as well as various seized materials.Ran Ming used the money obtained from the Heda Empire to compensate the people for education and medical convenience.

Especially in order to increase the population and improve the quality of the population.Now that Wei Guo goes to school, each student can get one catty of milk for free every day, and three catties of free meat every month.This is the national welfare that Ran Ming brings to the people.Not to mention the benefits directly seen, there are many huge groups of people who benefit indirectly.Merchants can obtain more and wider raw materials and a larger consumer market, and scholars can obtain more and higher opportunities to be officials.Artisans also increased their income due to the increase in job opportunities.These are the benefits that Ran Ming brought to the people of Wei State.

With a larger territory, the people can obtain more living space. Although it is not difficult to completely avoid land annexation and narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, it can at least ease this contradiction.

"The north wind blows the ground and the white grass breaks, Hu Tian blows snow in August, suddenly like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom..." After passing Jincheng, the Anxi official team led by Anxi Governor Wang Meng began to understand what It's called the new wind and cold.Although entering Jincheng in early winter at this time, the temperature is very low.Walking in the wild, the cold wind is like a knife.

Fortunately, the down jacket invented by Ran Ming is light and effective in keeping warm.Especially gloves and hot water belts, it reduces the bitter cold of the journey.When we arrived in Jincheng, there happened to be soldiers from eight prefectures. Because they were transferred from the Zhenxi Army military area, they marched directly with Wang Meng and his party.As a result, nearly 2 people marched mightily towards Anxi.

Ran Bin and Ran Yun followed Wang Meng, but they didn't receive any preferential treatment, and they didn't even see Wang Meng's face.When they first left Yecheng, each of these officials still had a good appearance, but when they arrived in Jincheng, they almost all turned into mud monkeys.On Ran Yan's body, it was written that Zhang Liangjun is the master. This is just a seventh-rank assistant official.Belongs to one of the officials of the prefect.

So Ran Tan lived in a tent with eight other officials.Sleeping on the wooden board, Ran Tan was very cold.Hearing the thunderous snoring and smelling the dizzy smell of sweat, Ran Tan finally fell asleep exhausted.

"Liu Bin, Liu Bin is going to wake up soon!" After shouting more than a dozen times in a row, Ran Bin didn't respond. An official stepped forward and touched Ran Bin's forehead, which was actually very hot.

Ran Bin fell ill.

In the Imperial Study Room of the Imperial Palace in Yecheng, candlelight flickered, and Ran Ming sat quietly, like a statue.The state of Wei has already laid the foundation of the country. As long as there are no major internal problems, it will not be overthrown or eliminated.What Ran Ming is most worried about now is the issue of heirs.

As an emperor, in fact, it is not necessary to be educated and rich to be talented.As for Kang Mazi, who is proficient in Western learning, algebra, geometry, astronomy, medicine, and poetry, as well as literature, governance and martial arts, he is actually a joke in itself.As an emperor, as long as he has management skills, it is enough.Of course, the concept of the emperor governing the country has penetrated into the bones of everyone in this era.Whether right or wrong, those who dare to resist the will of the emperor really need a lot of courage.

Ran Ming has already formulated a complete mechanism for the appointment and removal of cabinet prime ministers for Wei Guo. This mechanism is not like the Ming Dynasty.In fact, this system is not appropriate, it can be said that the development is deformed.How can an official who hangs his book bag all day long to win the Jinshi examination and has been in the Imperial Academy for more than ten or twenty years have the ability to manage a country?Even the talents who stand out in political struggles are the kind of three-beat officials.Of course, the formulation of the Tang Dynasty was just the opposite. No prefectures or counties were allowed to enter the pavilion. This point can cultivate a large number of pragmatic talents.

In order to better manage border states and integrate ethnic groups, Ran Ming delegated the best talents to counties and counties in border states. Officials in Wei's cabinet must have experience in border states.In the selection of Ran Ming's next prime minister, Xie An was originally seated in Chang'an, but Chang'an was considered a border state of Wei at that time.This time, letting Wang Meng transfer to Anxi is actually giving Wang Meng a chance to practice himself.After all, in history, Wang Meng was known for being good at handling ethnic conflicts and educating the people.

Ran Ming has already arranged a path for Wei officials to advance. If he wants to be in the cabinet or become a minister, he must first endure hardships and go to Bianzhou counties to practice.This policy can also be regarded as appeasing those border state officials.As an emperor, as long as he selects and appoints a qualified prime minister, it is enough to govern the country well.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the essence of management is managing people and managing directors.Especially in managing people, as long as he has the insight to know people, is useful to people, has the power to drive people away, has the heart to tolerate people, and can convince people with virtue, he is a good emperor.Although Liu Bang was ignorant, he was able to create a great era because Liu Bang possessed these five points.

Now, whether it's Ran Yan or Ran Yun, Ran Ming doesn't see any specialties in them.Only when Ran Ting was in Nan'an County, he showed the power to drive people away and the virtue of subduing people.Ran Ming didn't register the crown princes, and didn't open a mansion for them, because he had better tempered them.

Almost 30% of the officials selected to take office in Anxi this time were young officials under the age of 40, only a dozen officials over the age of 50, and none over the age of [-].Ran Ming's intentions were quite obvious.He is doing his best to train and promote a group of young officials, hoping that they can take over from the older generation as soon as possible, and even more hope that they can support the future of the Great Wei Imperial Army together with Wang Meng.

Ran Ming asked Ran Bin and Ran Yun to go to Wang Meng's side, in fact, he wanted Wang Meng to take a closer look, who could be in Wang Meng's eyes, Ran Bin or Ran Yun.Once neither of them is the ideal candidate for the prince, then Ran Ming has no choice but to start a backup plan, ordering the younger princes to participate in the prince cultivation plan.

The state of Wei is famous for its fast-paced style of conduct and style. No matter how complicated the terrain is, infantry marches are always eighty miles a day unless they encounter irresistible factors.These officials marched together with the government soldiers, and the daily journey was still eighty miles.Fortunately, riding is a compulsory subject for officials in Wei State, and there is no shortage of horses in Wei State now, so these officials can still ride instead of walking.

Although the cold wind was howling west of Jincheng at this time, road construction was still in full swing here.Wei Guo annexed the five counties in Hexi, and began to build post stations and beacon towers.In the hinterland, ten miles is a pavilion, but here, fifty miles is a pavilion, and a hundred miles is a town.

The town is a reserve system of the Wei Nationalist Army, and there is no military salary at ordinary times.Only during the period of participating in military training, the imperial court will give a certain amount of food subsidies.Although all the officials of Wei State have horses to travel, but walking west of Jincheng is the Tengger Desert, where the climate is dry and the wind and sand are strong.Many officials are miserable.In fact, it is true. It is a kind of enjoyment for the cavalry to trot for three to five miles, and it is tolerable to ride for a hundred and eighty miles, but from Yecheng to Jincheng, it is a full two to three thousand miles. Fat, and several grooves were shaved on the smooth face.There were even three or four officials who actually left with their seals on their seals, preferring not to be an official of the State of Wei, but to go back.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was a good talk to abandon an official by hanging a seal or refusing to grant it.However, in Wei Guo at this time, as long as you dare to refuse the award, it means that you are unwilling to be an official for the rest of your life.Even if you want to take the scientific examination, you will lose your qualifications.

Everyone else was miserable, only Leng Ping in the team couldn't help being happy.He was originally a hereditary tenant of the He family in the south of the Yangtze River, but because of his handsome features, he became the bookboy of Yingqi, the third son of the He family.In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the so-called book boys not only had to accompany their masters to dance and write, but also to sleep.Leng Ping, who had already been miserable, took part in the imperial examination because he knew a little bit of literacy with He Yingqi. As a result, his results were not satisfactory, ranking more than 300.Appointed as the head of Shude County Bo (the city of Kotaro was renamed) to the city of Kulāb, 140 kilometers southeast of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. )
The point is that Shude County is said to be just a small county with more than 1000 households and more than [-] people.So his boss is just a small official of the ninth rank, and he is stepping on the tail of the official.But who would have thought that Cao Rong, the prime minister of Bapin County, fell ill when he passed Chencang, and immediately asked Wang Meng for leave to return to his hometown to recuperate.Wang Meng dismissed Cao Rong's official position, while Leng Ping made a mistake and was promoted to a higher rank without even taking up the term, becoming the magistrate of Bapin County.

When entering Changsong County, Wei Jingkun, the magistrate of Qipin County, couldn't bear the hardships, so he left with his seal.The county magistrate abandoned his post, and Leng Ping, who was originally the third in command of Shude County, was promoted to the number one in Shude County.

Fellow villager Liu Man said sourly: "Brother Leng is really lucky, now you can save ten years of struggle."

Officials in Anxi have an evaluation period of five years. It takes five years to be promoted from chief Bo to county magistrate, and another five years to be promoted from county magistrate to county magistrate.In order to take care of Anxi officials, generally as long as they get above average in the evaluation, they can get promoted.

Leng Ping said: "Luck, luck, pure luck!"

Liu Mandao: "Why don't I have such good luck? If our Wang Xianzun quits his job, maybe I can save five years of fighting like Brother Leng!"

Leng Ping suddenly saw Liu Man's immediate superior, County Magistrate Wang Han.Wang Han, who was born as a butcher, stretched out his legs and kicked Liu Man's ass, and said with a smile, "you should give up your heart. We have been butchers in the royal family for generations, and there has not been a single official in eight lifetimes. Jinshi Jidi, appointed as the magistrate of Dehui County. My father killed sixteen pigs in one go, and set them up for three days. If I dare to abandon my official position, as long as I go back, my father will definitely discount all three of my legs!"

Leng Ping actually had the same thoughts, not to mention being promoted to Shude county magistrate, even if he was a ninth-rank master Bo, he would never go back.Being someone else's book boy, on the surface, he has no worries about eating and drinking, and has unlimited scenery, but in fact he is infatuated with self-knowledge.

Liu Man looked at Liu Bin who was trembling in a ball and said with a smile: "Brother Liu (Ran Bin's pseudonym), your body is too weak. If you really can't hold it, you can go back. I think your family is good. This is a salary of a few stones."

Liu Ting, the seventh-rank assistant official, is two ranks older than Liu Man's eighth-rank county magistrate.In Liu Man's eyes, he was very envious.From the seventh-rank assistant officer, the working place is in the county, and the sixteen counties in Anxi are all changed from the capitals of the larger countries among the more than [-] countries in Central Asia.The conditions are better, unlike this Dehui County, which is said to be on the bank of the Panchi River, which is more than [-] miles away from Shule.

Ran Ting lay on a cart loaded with luggage, looked at the blue sky, and suddenly yelled: "Even if I die, I won't go back."

Wang Han, who was born as a butcher for generations, deeply sympathized with Ran Bin's words.The butcher is also one of the lowly families in ancient times. Although there is no shortage of oil and water at ordinary times, it is also a lowly family.If it wasn't for the emperor's kindness to break the family restrictions, he would have no chance of changing his destiny except for the promotion path of joining the army.The world is hot and cold, and people are warm and cold. Wang Han has seen more than anyone else. I think Wang Han is also a man of seven feet, with a good appearance, but the Chen family in the county is a noble family, and even an ugly daughter with a lame leg is unwilling to marry him.Just after Wang Han was appointed as the county magistrate, the Hongnong Wang family actually wanted to transfer Wang Han's family into the genealogy.Of course, Wang Han knew very well that the only reason why the Hongnong Wang family liked him was because he became an official.It is a potential stock.You must know that the Hongnong Wang family would not take a look at him at ordinary times.

No one knows what Ran Tan thinks in his heart.But he himself is very clear.Before leaving Ye, Ran Ming specifically explained to him and Ran Yun: "This time in Anxi, there will be hardships and difficulties. As a child of the Ran family, don't let me down."

As a descendant of the Ran family, Ran Tan is very aware of the sadness of the Ran family.The Ran family has been the captain of the Han Dynasty and the general of Yamen for generations.In the chaos of Yongjia, Ran Long organized a begging army composed of tribes and folks as the main force, and was under the control of the begging commander Chen Wu.When Ran Long was defeated and died in battle, Gaozu Ran Zhan was only 12 years old and led the Ran's begging army to continue fighting.Ran Zhan was defeated and died, and his grandfather Ran Min raised the banner of Ran's family.Although Ran Min didn't die as early as Ran Zhan, he put Ran Ming into the army cruelly at the age of 12.Ran Ming's status today is almost all due to him killing him with a knife and a gun.The country of the Ran family is dripping with blood. As the children of the Ran family, their responsibilities and obligations make them unable to back down.

At the beginning, the Ran family only needed to take care of [-] plays, and the [-] disciples had enough food, clothing, housing and transportation.But now, they are shouldering the safety of the world, so that millions of people in the world have clothes to wear and food to eat.

Ran Tan said: "Don't talk about the cold, the wind and sand, even if there is a knife in the sky, it will never stop my determination to go to Anxi to take up the post."

"Good man, enough man!" Wang Han said: "Looking at Brother Liu's age, it seems that he hasn't married yet, right?"

"The Huns are still alive, so what is your home?" Ran Tan said, "Since he came to Anxi, he made Anxi his home. Where is not his hometown?"

"Brother Liu, are you going to settle down in An'an's family?" Wang Han said: "It's natural to settle down and take root, but you can't find a nonsense when looking for a wife. It won't work either!"

In this era, the Han people are still arrogant.You ask Han men to go to brothels to taste exotic bearded women, and they don't have the burden.But asking them to marry Hu Nu as their wives would kill them.Procreation of descendants, blood inheritance, Chinese children are very important.Some wealthy merchants in the Western Regions usually brought a large amount of dowry property to Wei State to find a son-in-law.Not to mention that some nobles don't like them, even ordinary people, unless life is difficult, they will never marry Hu Nu as wives.Even if the government has an order, they turn a deaf ear to it.Taking concubines did not resist. Ran Ming did not force China Merchants Bank to do so. After all, the tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years cannot be changed overnight.

Ran Yan said with a chuckle: "Of course I marry a woman from the Han family. How can I pay so much attention to taking concubines! Besides, it is not that there are no children of the Han family in Anxi. It is said that there are tens of thousands of children in the Han family in Anxi, and there will definitely be more in the future." , it shouldn't be difficult to find a woman from the Han family as a wife!"

Wang Han said with a smile: "Besides, there are no barbarians now. Anxi is the king's land of Wang Wei, and all the tribes in Anxi are the people of the Great Wei, and they are all Wei people!"

Ran Yan nodded and said: "This is the truth. Just when we left Jincheng, those Xianbei people with blond hair and blue eyes spoke official Chinese more fluently than some of us. It is estimated that even now, those Xianbei people still remember themselves. They are Xianbei people, and after two or three generations, they will become the real descendants of the Han family!"

(End of this chapter)