Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1036 Transactions that cannot be refused

Chapter 1044 An Undeniable Deal
Of course, not all the tribes of the Northern Han Dynasty could not survive, and the place five hundred miles south of the North Sea (now Baikal Lake) is one of the best grasslands in the entire Mobei, with water and grass, and fertile soil. Liu Kuren More than 100 pastures, large and small, have been established there, but these pastures are owned by the core tribes of the Northern Han Kingdom. As for the affiliated tribes of the Northern Han Kingdom, there is no such opportunity.

Do not suffer from poverty, do not suffer from widowhood, but suffer from inequality.This principle applies not only to the Han people, but also to the tribes in Mobei.

In the [-]th year of the Yellow Emperor's Era, Taishiling of Taichang Temple in Wei State experienced abnormal weather. From the first month to April, even Ye City in Wei State had only two rains less than four fingers in three months, which made Taishi Ling Very frightened.Astronomy and calendar science belonged to the category of royal private schools in ancient times. The only duty of these people was to serve the emperor. The Taishi ordered Jiang Ji to write to the emperor, "There is little rain in the north, and we are afraid of drought and famine!"

Ran Ming didn't dare to be careless, and immediately instructed the cabinet: "Pay more attention to observation, and allocate grain from the south to the north in advance!" As early as March, when the spring plowing period was delayed, the government of Wei State began to send 39 people to the 460 counties affected by the drought in the north. A total of [-] million shi of disaster relief food was distributed in [-] counties.Although more than half of Wei's grain-producing areas in the north will be affected this year, no one died of starvation due to the drought.

However, although the drought has had a great impact on the Wei State, the people of the Wei State have been exempted from corvee and low agricultural taxes in recent years, so that the farmers' ability to resist risks has greatly increased. Wei State Law stipulates that the price of grain in the disaster area shall not exceed [-]% of the usual price. Shang took advantage of this to make a lot of money, but it would not be unacceptable to the people.

From Bingzhou Daijun to Yunzhong, Shuofang, Yongzhou and other places, the benevolent light of Ran Ming, the holy county, is spreading everywhere.Even if the state of Wei was doing disaster relief, it did not directly distribute food to the people for free, but ordered the government to organize the people to start projects to benefit the people in various places, such as expanding or repairing official roads and ditches, or recruiting young and strong people to enter the railway construction site for construction , In this way, the people not only get life-saving food, but the government reduces expenditures, not to mention the simple people who are only government-registered disabled people who have lost the ability to live independently, or members of the military and martyrs will receive priority free relief.

However, the Northern Han Kingdom was ignored by Ran Ming and the ministers of the Wei Kingdom. Often the ruling class of the previous dynasties would not care about the feelings of the people, but to show the so-called celestial mind, they would not only pardon the barbarians who committed heinous crimes, but even ruthless people. Under Japan's heinous crimes, the Chinese government also waived the claim.It's ridiculous, this kind of tolerance will not be appreciated by their wolves, on the contrary, they will laugh as stupid.

But Ran Ming was not blindly tolerant like most of the rulers. In fact, Ran Ming did not kill all the tribes and clans of the Northern Han Dynasty.Regarding the issue of the Mobei Zhuhu, Ran Ming once held a court meeting to discuss this matter. "Mobei Huma is easy to defeat and difficult to annihilate!"

It’s not that the state of Wei does not have information about the state of Mobei and the state of Han. Because Wei’s trade is isolated, all aspects of the state of the North Han are very backward. They don’t know how to make steel. In order to turn the limited steel into knives, the state of the North Han now The iron armor and even the arrows that were originally equipped were generally melted, and wooden spears or long spears were used instead of knives if they could not afford it, and the arrows were replaced by hardened bone clusters.Although their Northern Han cavalry also had leather armor, they had absolutely no chance of winning against the Wei cavalry. The gap in the cold weapon era was actually made up by countless numbers.

The armor of the Wei army can ignore the arrow clusters of the Northern Han army, and the horizontal knife can even directly cut off the opponent's crude knives. appear.Once the army of the Northern Han Dynasty was broken into pieces and gradually retreated, the Wei army would look at Hu Xing and sigh.

In the end, Wang Meng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Railways, offered advice to Ran Ming: "The annexation of Mobei cannot be ended in one or two battles. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty organized an army of as many as 70 (mostly civilian husbands) to expedition to Mobei, Although the Xiongnu were defeated in the two conquests of Mobei, they still persisted for decades, and it was not until Emperor Xuandi, the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that the Xiongnu split up."

Ran Ming then thought of the flourishing martial arts in the Tang Dynasty. Although Li Jing chased the Turks at night, he did not destroy the Turks. It was precisely because the environment in Mobei was too harsh that the Han people could not survive here. A fire pit, plus a down jacket can change that.Mobei is dry and rainless, and there is almost no output from farming, not to mention that grazing is not the strong point of the Han people at all.As long as there is a strong wind in the cold winter, whether you go to 20 troops or [-] troops, you will die without a place to die if you don’t retreat. Just like Moscow is Russia’s natural barrier, the weather is actually a natural barrier in Mobei.

Ran Mingdao: "Jing Lue means that political division is required for this?"

"Otherwise, politics and religion are actually going on at the same time!" Wang Meng said, "Nowadays, the Buddhist sect in the Great Wei Dynasty is miserable. Why doesn't your majesty order the Buddhist sect to go north and cross the Mobei?"

Hearing this, Ran Ming couldn't help laughing.Just one birth law in Wei State made Buddhists pay taxes until they died. This is simply a curse against Buddhism. Buddhism has no countermeasures. You must know that Taoism can marry and have children, but monks and nuns have children. For example, breaking the meat precept is even more unacceptable to believers, so not only can Buddhism not expand in Wei, but it is shrinking day by day. From Wei to Jin, there are more than 900 temples in the world, but now there are more than [-] temples. It is only kept slightly lower by one-third, and as for the number of monks and nuns, it is reduced by as much as [-]%.At this moment in Buddhism, although Ran Ming did not adopt the tyrannical method of killing the Buddha like Emperor Wu did, he easily forced the Buddhism into a dilemma.

Ran Ming knew that due to the characteristics of Buddhism, the more difficult the conditions, the more fertile ground for survival.At this time, a large number of elites almost transferred from the Buddhist sect of Wei State entered Mobei to convert the people of Mobei.

Sure enough, as Wang Meng expected, when Buddhism entered Mobei, it was warmly welcomed by the people of Mobei. This was a policy used by the Qing Dynasty to weaken Mongolia, and it was implemented more than 300 years in advance.

Although Ran Ming's kindness and warmth did not enter Mobei, the warmth brought by the Buddha has ushered in here. There is a clear difference between Buddhism and Han Buddhism in its propaganda method, that is, Buddhism karma, with the improved Buddhism entering Mobei, this allows the people of Mobei to understand the cause and effect relationship, knowing that they have committed too many murders in their previous lives, so they must bear the bitter fruit in this life.If they want to be free, as long as they believe in Buddha devoutly in this life, they can be reborn in a wealthy family in the next life, and then they can get real liberation. Otherwise, they will have to endure the suffering of reincarnation for nine lives.

The Han people who grew up in the affluent Central Plains probably find it difficult to understand: With hope for the other world, many sufferings in the world, such as hunger and cold.Such as disease, however, the people of Mobei have a great spiritual resonance for the so-called Buddhism, and then they all know the compassion and greatness of the Bodhisattva, and those unbearable sufferings have become bearable.

With the introduction of Buddhism, a large number of Mobei people began to believe in Buddha, and gradually fewer and fewer Mobei people smuggled into Wei State, which caused Wei State to lose many strong coal workers.

At this time in Constantinople, far away in Rome, the results of the talks with the mission were not as expected. It can be said that the strength of the Holy See of the Roman Empire exceeded Chang Wei's imagination, which made Chang Wei a little dissatisfied with the Roman Empire.

Chang Wei said to Augustus, the deacon of the Roman Empire, expressionlessly: "Your Excellency, the deacon, the attitude of the Roman Empire will make the Great Wei Empire very disappointed."

"Unfortunately, Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the system of the Roman Empire is obviously different from that of your Great Wei Empire. Your Majesty the Emperor of Wei is the supreme person of your Great Wei Empire, but in our Roman Empire, God is the supreme. The second is God's agent in the world, His Majesty the Pope, and the last is our emperor's turn." Augustus said: "Our great Majesty Jovian has actually done his best, and the will of God's agent is inviolable. !"

"Your Excellency, Deacon, you should understand that Helena Constantine of the Roman Empire is now the imperial concubine of our Great Wei Empire. As one of the most honorable people in the Great Wei Empire, have you considered what will happen to her if you anger her?" Chang Wei Said: "The way Wei Guo expresses his anger will exceed your imagination. Even God can't stop the will of our Great Wei Empire. God can't control Great Wei!"

Augustus didn't say a word. In fact, he was very worried that the Wei Congress would declare war on the Roman Empire. You must know that the Roman Empire at this time is like a terminally ill patient, and it really can't stand the toss.However, he was also very angry with the people of the Holy See. Although these Neo-Platonists and Greeks are the enemies of Christianity, as long as they are extradited to Wei, it is actually no different from killing them. people are unwilling to compromise.Could it be that the Roman Empire couldn't hold on?What good will it do for their Holy See?
After leaving the Consulate of the Roman Empire, Chang Wei had no choice but to regretfully say to Cicero: "The Roman Empire is unwilling to compromise. It seems that Wei really has no way to complete His Majesty's mission!"

"Actually, I have already guessed that, let those arrogant Holy See compromise, unless God is resurrected!" Originally, Cicero also believed in God, but as Cicero obtained the title and nationality of Wei, he also changed. My own belief has become a loyal follower of Laojun's sect.

At this time, Chang Wei said: "Our Great Wei Empire, in fact, will not easily declare war with the Roman Empire. After all, the Roman Empire is too far away from our Wei State, and on the sea, our Wei State and the Roman Empire cannot directly confront the Roman Empire through the sea." So this time, His Majesty the Emperor must be disappointed."

"Actually, it doesn't need to be like this, maybe I can still have a chance!" Cicero said: "The Romans are currently short of living supplies. If the Wei Mission can dispose of our excess food and medicine at a low price, we will Maybe win the friendship of the Romans?"

When Chang Wei and Cicero were discussing countermeasures, Augustus told Jovian about Wei's possible declaration of war on the Roman Empire, and Jovian said worriedly: "This is really worse. Isn't it self-defeating to set up an enemy like the Great Wei Empire?"

Augustus said: "Military force can solve temporary problems, but cannot solve the root cause. Force is only a means to achieve one's own goals. Don't worry, Your Majesty, Wei State may not declare war on our Roman Empire, although our Roman Empire may not We can defeat the State of Wei, but in fact we have absolutely no need to have any grudges with the State of Wei? To put it bluntly, whoever does the shit will wipe his own ass. There is no need for His Majesty the Emperor to take the blame for the Holy See!"

Jovian is a military emperor. In terms of political methods, he is completely inferior to Augustus, who has been immersed in politics all his life. In fact, Augustus saw it very clearly. He said loudly: "Actually, the Holy See is not monolithic. Their own interests, but their own goals are achieved, and their own contradictions are revealed. What we have to do? Is to look at the contradictions of the Holy See with a cold eye, grasp these contradictions, and break them one by one to achieve our own goals. That's the best policy."

"What should we do?" Jovian still didn't quite understand what Augustus meant.

"There is only one seat for the Pope, and there are many people who want to be the Pope!" Augustus said, "As long as we leak the news that the Pope has offended Wei Guo this time, which caused Wei Guo to be furious, and properly create Wei Guo There will be war with our Roman Empire, and the news that our Roman Empire has no chance of winning is leaked, then we can sit back and watch the Holy See attack each other!"

Hearing this, Jovian seemed to be enlightened, but he knew very well that Augustus's political method, the ability to turn passivity into initiative, was something he could never learn in his entire life.

The so-called public opinion is actually not the real public opinion, because the power of the people is too weak, and there is no real way to express it, so the so-called public opinion is actually just a means for politicians to attack their political opponents.In the eyes of politicians, any weakness of the other party can be turned into public opinion.At this time, the Roman Empire did not want to go to war with Wei, but once someone chose to go to war, it would be against public opinion.Even the pope cannot go against the will of the people.

There is a very prominent contradiction within the Roman Empire, that is, the contradiction between the Holy See and the imperial court. This contradiction is even far more intense than the struggle between imperial power and power in all Chinese dynasties.Looking at the wise old man in front of him, Jovian shivered and understood what he wanted to do.

"The Holy See's interference in politics is a very irritating thing." Augustus seems to have seen through Jovian's inner struggle: "But I think if someone is willing to do something, then it won't be a problem." The problem, the only thing to consider. It is only time. Moreover, we are facing a golden opportunity, once we miss it, we will regret it!"

Jovian and Augustus finally reached a unified intention, borrowing the pressure from the envoys of Wei to challenge the Holy See.

The Roman Empire was a tough empire. The Roman Empire was not afraid of the threat of war, and the Romans were also not afraid of war.However, for the people of Constantinople who are far away from the threat of war, the long-term war with the Persian Empire has caused a severe shortage of supplies in Constantinople. Even the nobles here cannot enjoy sufficient food. Days are more embarrassing.Almost all Roman people believed in God, but that didn't mean they were willing to starve for God.

For the people of the Roman Empire, the most important thing is not to support the Holy See unconditionally, but to eat, work, make money, and support their children just like the Chinese!As the diplomatic work between the Roman Empire and the Great Wei Empire had serious differences due to the extradition of political prisoners, a series of commercial cooperation between the Kingdom of Wei and the Roman Empire and commercial cooperation that must have been signed or reached a cooperation intention were completely interrupted. They were originally exhausted by the war. The exhausted Roman Empire is in urgent need of commercial cooperation from the State of Wei, the factories jointly built by the Romans and the Seres, the large number of business opportunities and employment opportunities brought about by the commercial cooperation with the Seres, all of this now , but all have become bubbles.

The employment opportunities that could have been obtained were suddenly lost, and the food, tea, various delicious canned foods, medicines, silk, and living materials that could have been obtained from the Seris people were suddenly cut off.It's messed up, everything's messed up!The Roman Empire was in chaos and panic.

But the only thing that comforts the Romans is that the current pressure from Wei is only criticism.The main spearhead is still aimed at the stupid pope.Like the common people in China, the people of the Roman Empire did not care about political struggles. For them, whether it was Christianity or Neo-Platonic philosophy, they were all spiritual food, but they could not fill their stomachs. No loaf of black bread is practical.

As the incident worsened, and the Roman Senate secretly fueled the flames, this put the Holy See at the forefront. Not to mention the pressure within the Holy See, the pressure from the people made the Holy See unable to bear it.After all, the Holy See is not afraid of pressure from the Roman Parliament, the imperial court, and even the emperor, but it cannot ignore the voices of believers from within and from the bottom.

The Holy See split instantly. The Roman Emperor and the Pope were not hereditary, but elected. Therefore, Pope Watuhadin was impeached and deposed by the Cardinal. In this new Pope, Cardinal Lu Tesido became the new Pope of Rome.Unlike Watu Harding's toughness, Lu Tesido advocated flexible handling of political prisoners of the Roman Empire. In his argument: "The extradition of the Greeks and Neo-Platonic Philosophers to the State of Wei is actually a good thing for the Roman Empire. With the departure of believers, their influence will gradually disappear, and our Christianity will become the unique state religion of the Roman Empire, and God will become the only God!"

Lu Tesido went on to say: "Our Holy See also wants to maintain the prosperity and stability of the Roman Empire. On this point, the interests of our Holy See are consistent with those of the Empire, so we must obtain the support of the Sereses. Bishop Philip, as our Representatives of the mission to the State of Wei must resume negotiations with the State of Wei as soon as possible, and once we obtain materials and friendship from the State of Wei, our Roman Empire will have a chance to defeat the Persians."

On August 63, 20 in the era of the Yellow Emperor, after four rounds of difficult negotiations, the State of Wei and the Roman Empire reached a total of 30 cooperation items centered on four basic principles. The State of Wei will provide the Roman Empire with 500 Ten thousand sets of armor, 200 horizontal knives, 150 crossbow machines, and 20 million crossbow bolts are very large military purchases in this era.At the same time, the Roman Empire ordered [-] million sweaters, [-] million down jackets and [-] down sleeping bags for individual soldiers from Wei.

(End of this chapter)