Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 976

Chapter 983
Ran Ming, on the other hand, detailed the responsibilities of cabinet members, and each cabinet member was responsible for one piece alone. In this way, the first and auxiliary ministers (officially called the prime minister, and some called him the prime minister) can take charge of the overall situation, and other cabinet ministers can also work in their respective departments. Within the scope of authority, he used his fists and feet, and his upper and lower bodies were like arms and fingers.

At first, Ran Ming planned to put all the six ministers into the cabinet, and then add the chief assistant. This is seven cabinet members. However, because China is a feudal society in history, and Wei is a capitalist society of industry and commerce, the social system is different, so originally The six-part framework cannot meet the needs of the country.

However, Ran Ming did not set up 26 ministries like the later celestial dynasties, but [-] ministries, except for petroleum, chemical, aerospace, railway and other departments, and Ran Ming did not set up the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The so-called Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still called Honglu Temple, and the director of foreign affairs is the Minister of Honglu Temple.Although the Wei State also needs diplomatic work, Ran Ming's purpose is to put the military first, act if he refuses to accept, make diplomatic concessions, and never use diplomatic means to solve problems that can be solved by military.

What aspect.What sophistry, it is all based on the fact that a strong country has strong diplomacy, and a weak country has no diplomacy.Admitting that you talk about breaking the sky, diplomacy can't bring real benefits and territories.

Therefore, Ran Ming held this cabinet system, which is neither like the cabinet of the Tang Dynasty nor the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, but a cabinet system that evolved on the basis of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.Ran Ming continued: "The chief minister of the cabinet, the chief minister can be nominated by the emperor, and elected by the prefects, governors, and officials above the level of the chief minister. There are currently 320 votes in the whole country, plus four votes for the governors of the four Nanyang towns. If there is more than half of the votes in the election, they can be directly elected, and if there is no majority, they will be appointed by the emperor. As for the cabinet members, the chief minister of the cabinet is responsible for forming the cabinet, and the nomination of cabinet members will be reviewed by the emperor and the Kaiyingge scholars."

Ran Ming's introduction contained too much information, and the minister couldn't digest it for a while, especially what is Tianying Pavilion?Ran Ming also introduced: "This Tianying Pavilion bachelor, I plan to be a Duke or higher of Wei State, and all the dukes and above are concurrently Tianying Pavilion bachelors."

Marquises in Wei State are overflowing, but there are no dukes. In addition to Ran Min’s 48 duke titles when he founded the country, there were seven in the Ming Dynasty. There are 55 members in Tianying Pavilion.Having said that, everyone understands that power has not been delegated, but is within a circle.Ran Ming coughed and said, "The first and auxiliary ministers do not have the right to nominate Prime Minister Lu and Prime Minister Marine. The Prime Minister, Prime Minister Lu, and the chief of staff are directly appointed by the emperor. The promotion and examination of military officers are managed by the Ministry of National Defense's merit examination department."

The main reason for doing this is to avoid the formation of nobles and inferiors. Throughout the dynasties, the Ministry of Officials was in charge of the appointment and removal of officials all over the world, and the appointment and removal of military generals was actually in the hands of civil servants. In this way, for their own future, military commanders had to bow their heads to civil servants. A situation where culture is high and martial arts are low.

Ran Ming hated this phenomenon very much, especially when Ran Ming saw in later generations that Han Qi killed his subordinates without saying a word in order to suppress Di Qing in history.He also said a famous saying: "Donghuamen is a good man who rolls his name." Ming and Song Dynasties, in fact, have one thing in common, that is, the country regards soldiers as slaves, so we can't blame soldiers for not working for the country.Ran Ming felt bitterly the lesson that the combat effectiveness of the army was deteriorating due to the low status of the warriors and guides, so he deliberately raised the status of the warriors, fully grasped the power of command of the army, let the army form its own system, and did not allow civilian officials to pass the control The way of promotion to lower the status of warriors.Moreover, he has bestowed honorary titles on high-ranking officials in the army many times in order to give them more confidence to maintain their status.

He is not afraid that the warriors will cause chaos after giving them a high status, because he knows that as long as the hearts of the people and the army are on the side of the court, no one can succeed in rebellion, and very few people will take risks-and if the hearts of the people and the army are lost, even if the warriors do not If there is chaos, how can the dynasty survive?
In fact, Ran Ming believed in one sentence more, in this world, there has never been a minister with great achievements, only an incompetent king.Just like the great ancestor of the Celestial Dynasty, he never directly fought any battles. With so many generals in the Celestial Dynasty, who would dare to oppose him?As for the descendants not being able to support the wall, no one can blame others. Even if all the generals in the world are abolished, there are still foreign enemies. The northern nomads all bowed their heads and obeyed orders when the Han nationality was strong, but once the Central Plains dynasty showed signs of weakness, They will rush forward like wolves that see blood.Regarding this point, Ran Ming believes that the basis for maintaining the system is not military chaos, but the inaction of the court.The fundamental reason for the formation of the feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty was the corruption of the court bureaucrats. A large number of poor people had no chance to succeed, so they attached themselves to the feudal towns and fought against the central government.

If we want to maintain a clean and effective operating system, we must start with the system and strengthen transparent management so that corruption has nowhere to hide.After being caught for corruption and accepting bribes, they immediately ransacked the family and exterminated the family. In this era, it is not like the later generations. If you want to make money and go to a foreign country, there is no way.

Having said that, all the ministers present understood that the chief assistant can be said to be the prime minister, while the cabinet members are the left and right servants. Although the names are different, their responsibilities are the same.The prime minister cannot also be in charge of the military, otherwise where will the emperor be?Besides, Shoufu has the right to nominate the cabinet, and holds both personnel and financial powers in his hands. This power is already strong enough.Such a reform, in fact, the ministers also very much agree with it, changing the six to seventeen, so that there are eleven more ministers, 22 ministers, and 48 directors, which is equivalent to adding 81 high-ranking officials. location, so everyone is happy.

Wang Jian said: "Your Majesty, this is the imperial power."

Ran Ming waved his hand and said: "Human energy is limited. I am a human being, not a god, and I will be tired and exhausted. People will also get older. How wise was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he was young, and he had far-sightedness, but In my old age, I am also stupid. I entrust state affairs to ministers to maintain the country's operation, so that I can have a good rest, and I can also leave this land of Jiuchong and go out to see my great rivers and mountains."

"Your Majesty sees thousands of miles away, I can't wait!" All the ministers were overjoyed when they saw Ran Ming delegate power so easily and voluntarily.

The battle for the throne is very bloody, and it is also the root of the turmoil in the world. Everyone wants to be the emperor and enjoy the fun of being the emperor.However, this is also a curse. Once the dynasty changes, the fate of the royal family will be very tragic.Except for Liu Adou, few people can die well, especially Aixinjueluo, that is simply against the sky.Ran Ming delegated the power to the chief minister, and controlled the military power himself, and he was not afraid that the chief minister would want to be the emperor, and power came out of the barrel of a gun. No matter how powerful he was, he was no match for a gun or an army.

At this time, the secretary Lang Xi Bijiang held a large stack of documents and handed over all the documents to the ministers present.These documents are the written documents of the responsible cabinet system formulated by Ran Ming and Wang Meng, which clearly and detailedly state the authority and responsibilities of the newly established ministry, as well as the prerequisites for the prime minister.

Ran Ming is not like the Ming Dynasty who made non-Qing noble civil servants enter the cabinet, and non-Hanlin officials were not allowed to enter the cabinet. In fact, Qing noble civil servants used the pavilion, which itself is a very big loophole. It sounds very nice, but in fact, those Hanlin A bachelor is either the number one scholar or the second place in the list, and his prose and poems are all outstanding, but he will definitely be at a loss for local governance and state management.

Ran Ming's conditions for joining the cabinet are very strange. First of all, it is clearly stipulated that those who are not officials in border areas are not allowed to join the cabinet.This point is a system that Ran Ming came up with after thinking about it. First of all, the governance of the outer border areas in the past dynasties of China was not in place at all. Like North Korea, it was already under the jurisdiction of Lelang County during the Han Dynasty, but it has been passed down for thousands of years. In the end, In the Ming Dynasty, it became independent, not to mention the counties of Jiaozhou. No matter how large the occupied territory is, if there are no suitable talents to manage it, it still cannot be Sinicized.

Therefore, Ran Ming specifically pointed out that the conditions for joining the cabinet must be at least one term as an official in Bianzhou and an excellent official in the school.The scope of border states is actually very wide. For example, in the state of Wei, You, Bing, Ying, Bing, Qin, Liang, Ning, Guang, and Jiaozhou belong to border states. Officer, manage the frontier.In this way, the Sinicization of Wei's border states and counties will be accelerated, and the results will be very remarkable.

If you want to join the cabinet, you should go to Bianzhou. Bianzhou has made great contributions and is easy to achieve results, so you have the conditions to join the cabinet.If you don't make it right, you can become the first assistant in the world, which is no less powerful than the prime minister in the Han Dynasty.

Although the conditions in Bianzhou are poor and the climate is harsh, it will be very difficult, but compared with the great future, this hardship is not unbearable. A five-year term is a term. As long as you are in Bianzhou and pass the school exam, you can do it It is much easier to advance to one level than the Central Plains states and counties.

Ran Ming was lazily lying on the back of the dragon chair, quietly looking at the ministers, looking forward to their opinions, but it was a pity that these ministers were extremely excited at the moment, completely immersed in delusions about the future.This responsible cabinet system took Ran Ming too much effort. Even though he is a time traveler who stands on the shoulders of historical giants, it took Ran Ming several years of hard work to organize and formulate this system. It can be said that after the second year of Kaiyuan , Ran Ming had this plan.

From every condition, even every word has been carefully deliberated by Ran Ming and his staff.

On the surface of the Hooghly River (one of the tributaries of the Huan River) in the Gupta Empire, a huge fleet suddenly appeared.This fleet consists of more than 100 large and small warships.The Wei State Expeditionary Army issued an ultimatum to the Gupta Empire, asking it to prepare 3000 million shi of grain for the Wei State.Of course, this ultimatum was directly ignored by the Gupta Empire.As Napoleon in the history of ancient India, Samadhara Gupta also has his own dignity.

The Gupta royal family has Guishuang blood. Like China, this Guishuang country is also a traditional land power. In their strongest period, they could organize tens of thousands of cavalry for large-scale campaigns. Of course, this is different from nomadic cavalry. They But more than 100% of the heavy cavalry.As Samadhara Gupta, who has the noble lineage of Guishuang, he is also very conceited. Even if the navy of the Gupta Empire fails, they still have more than [-] million troops and powerful cavalry elites. On the sea, you Wei Kingdom Seris People are tough, but once you land on the ground, you are not enough to watch.

In the Gupta Empire, there was no rule that the two countries did not cut off their envoys. There were more than 100 envoys sent by Chen Yong, but more than [-] envoys were killed, and the rest were sent back directly with their noses cut off.Chen Yong was furious, but he didn't raise his troops because he didn't know the land strength of the Gupta Empire, so he organized an advance detachment, led by Liu Laozhi, and led three infantry battalions to the Gupta Empire.

Under the leadership of the guide, Liu Laozhi's troops finally came to the mainland of the Gupta Empire, but they had to not go upstream along the Huan River, because Liu Laozhi knew that once they were surrounded by the Gupta Empire's heavy troops, their troops would be defeated. If it doesn't work out, it will be folded in the Gupta Empire, so Liu Laozhi chose a Hooghly River and went up the river.There was no resistance along the way, and they easily broke through more than a dozen manors of the Gupta Empire, grabbed more than 40 shi of grain, and filled the fleet's transport ships.When Liu Lao gave the order to return, he suddenly received a report from the scouts: "A Gupta army is coming!"

Liu Laozhi said: "How far is the distance and how many people are there?"

The scout said: "There are about 5000 to 2 horses. There are more than [-] cavalry and more than [-] infantry. I haven't seen any elephant troops. At this time, we are still [-] miles away. There are not many infantry and cavalry. Spread out, but come slowly!"

Liu Laozhi pondered: "Are there any follow-up troops of the Gupta Empire around?"

The guide said: "It should be gone. Licata originally had no garrisons, only Sudonuti's city-state has more than 3 troops."

Xie Xuandao: "General Liu, why don't you let the last general try the quality of the Lu people of the Gupta Empire?"

As Ran Ming's brother-in-law, Xie Xuan's officials are merciless, and they are all obtained by virtue of military exploits.Now, thanks to his contribution to suppressing the aborigines' rebellion, Xie Xuan was promoted to be a lieutenant of the infantry battalion. Under his command, he has a battalion of soldiers and three aboriginal auxiliary soldiers of the thousand-man squadron.

"That's it," Liu Jianzhi said, "That's fine, if we go back like this, don't say you are not reconciled, even the general will feel extremely guilty."

Following Liu Laozhi's order, the entire fleet began to mobilize, and the ships carrying the infantry began to approach the shore. Since the Hooghly River did not have a special dock, Wei Guo needed to take a centipede boat to land, and the draft was extremely shallow. The centipede boats were packed together to form a simple trestle bridge, and a large number of soldiers boarded the river bank through the trestle bridge.

The sound of the "dong dong" war drum started, and the sound of the war drum was an order. Ordinary people would only feel excited when they heard the sound of the war drum, but the soldiers of the Wei army could hear different meanings.As the drums sounded and the flags were waved, teams of Wei State infantry battalions with swords and shields were in front, bowmen were behind, and spearmen raised their spears. Move forward slowly, although the pace is not fast, it can give people a sense of urgent oppression.

In less than a stick of incense, the first unit that landed completed the assembly, and then in less than two quarters of an hour, the entire battalion also became an assembly.

Xie Xuan drew out the horizontal knife, waved forward and shouted: "Great Wei Wansheng, go forward!"

"Bang!" All the soldiers took a step in an orderly manner. After making such a move, the already tense team suddenly burst into murderous aura.The entire infantry was divided into eight thousand-man divisions, three of which marched forward in a herringbone shape, while two divisions served as a reserve force. As for the three Madura and Javanese native auxiliary soldiers, they followed behind. Transport supplies behind.

The distance of thirty miles is not considered short, but for the cavalry, it is only two quarters of an hour.After advancing for nearly two quarters of an hour, Xie Xuan's troops finally encountered the forward scouting cavalry of the Gupta Empire.In front of a Gupta scout cavalry of more than 100 people, Wei Guo continued to advance.The Gupta Empire cavalry captain murmured: "How can there be such soldiers and horses in the world, how can there be such soldiers and horses?"

Florinanda is now 43 years old. Before he was born, the Nanda Dynasty had been annihilated by the Gupta Dynasty. As one of the princes of the Nanda Dynasty, Florinanda lived his whole life. It was very rough.Although Flory was brave in battle, wise and brave, but in the Gupta Dynasty, he is now only a Sena, and if converted to the rank of later generations, he is only equivalent to a deputy battalion-level officer.But if all of Florinanda's military achievements are fulfilled, he should at least be promoted to a full-time officer now.

From the age of 13 with a shield and a long spear, Florinanda started to join the army. He fought with Samadhara Gupta's expeditionary army and fought against Syria's Sirius and Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty and Seychelles. As for the Lucian Empire, as for those small states, I don't know how many there are.Since Chandragupta raised troops and defeated the Nanda Dynasty, Danananda, the Nanda Dynasty has completely become history.As the royal family of the Nanda Dynasty, Flory was not killed, but served as a soldier. More than 20 years of fighting life has allowed Florinanda to fight almost all the city-states of the entire Gupta Dynasty.

Having participated in hundreds of thousands of battles, Florinanda's combat experience cannot be said to be rich. However, no matter how rich the combat experience is, Florinanda has never seen such an army.There were more than 100 steps away from the soldiers in the front row of the opponent. We saw layers of Wei Guo's spears, daggers, and spears. Although the speed was not fast, they were neat and orderly. , so oppressive that it is impossible to breathe.

As far as the cavalry of the ancient Indian army is concerned, it can be regarded as a wonderful cavalry army. Their cavalry is equipped with only two weapons, one of which is a special-shaped shield and one long spear. Moreover, in the history of ancient India, the cavalry of ancient India stood out in the civil war. But in foreign wars, they were all instantly killed by the enemy. Facing the cavalry of Alexander the Great, the ancient Indian cavalry was directly killed by an instant, and facing the white Xianbei, they lost even more.

Of course, the time when the ancient Indian cavalry really developed was during the Japanese War. The most famous ones are the Rajput cavalry and the Sikh cavalry. The fact of being hacked.In fact, the military power of ancient India was similar to that of the late Ming Dynasty. It was basically a bad era. There was no worst, only worse.

Although the Gupta Dynasty annexed a huge territory by force, the army of this Gupta Dynasty is also very strange. Although the Gupta longbow has a range of more than 300 meters, this kind of longbow is far and light, and basically does not have the ability to penetrate armor. For enemies without armor, the power of Gupta's longbow is naturally quite powerful. Obviously, when encountering a steel monster like Wei Jun who is armed to the teeth, their longbow can't move.As for its main armor, it is of course even more strange, because it is only considered half armor, which only protects the abdomen, and is made of leather. Only a few officers and the central army can have it. Like the city-state army, basically there is no armor.

A Gupta cavalryman said in surprise: "They...they...all put on armor, like iron armor. The people of Seris are so rich!"

(End of this chapter)