Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1037
Chapter 1045

This time, the Wei State Mission has made remarkable achievements from the Roman Empire. Not only did more than a thousand companies establish joint ventures with the Roman Empire, but they also opened the Maritime Silk Road, removing the intermediate links. new vitality.

On the sixth day of September, the Wei State Mission took more than 7000 talents of all kinds from the Roman Empire, who should not be political prisoners of the Roman Empire, and set off on their way home.At this time, tens of thousands of people in the Roman Empire began to leave their homes to send off the Wei mission.On the way back to the mission of Wei State, the emperor of the Roman Empire took Count Emmason, the co-consul of the Roman Empire, as the mission.

The city of Ye in the State of Wei has entered autumn. Although the severe drought in the north has caused a major loss in grain production in the State of Wei, as many as 47 counties and nearly 34 counties have reduced production by 140%, and as many as [-] counties have reduced production by half, or even as many as [-] and seven counties of the thirteen counties had no crops, and more than [-] million people were affected. It is said that such a disaster would at least lead to starvation. The lowest, at least there is no incident of mass starvation.

Ran Ming hardly intervened in the cabinet's government affairs anymore. He often went to the Royal Academy of Sciences to visit the development of Wei's artillery and guns. Regarding Ran Ming's performance of not doing his job properly, the Prime Minister of the cabinet also repeatedly advised, "Your Majesty should be diligent in government affairs, and now Your Majesty is curious about skills, this is putting the cart before the horse."

"This is not putting the cart before the horse, but it is related to the long-term stability of our Great Wei!" Ran Ming said: "Nowadays the horses in Mobei dare not go south, because they are afraid of our Great Wei's iron cavalry. Now the Great Wei's soldiers are invincible in the world, but this This situation is not abnormal. Whether it is the Western Regions or Mobei, although the barbarians have been suppressed by us in the past few years, it is always impossible to kill all the weeds. One day, they will still grow into a new serious problem So what I have to consider is how to maintain the deterrence of our great Wei force for a long time."

When Wang Jian heard this, he was suddenly sad.Although the Wei State has a standing army of one million, as time goes by, the combat effectiveness of the Wei State Army is rapidly deteriorating, especially the Imperial Guards stationed in Yecheng, and there are still officers above the company commander of the Imperial Guards. Combat experience, but most of the recruits have never seen blood.As an imperial prime minister who is familiar with classics and history, Wang Jian is actually very aware of an unsolvable vicious circle in all Chinese dynasties, and that is the problem of the degradation of the army's combat effectiveness.

When Cao Wei established the country, Cao Cao could also lead Cao Jun to fight in the north and south, and fight all over the world. Although there was a defeat in Chibi, generally speaking, there were more victories than defeats.But in the last years of Cao Wei, most of the army was unbearable.Not only the Cao Wei army, but the Jin army is also the same. When Emperor Wu of Jin established the Jin Dynasty, the Jin army destroyed Wu Zhubei, and they were invincible all over the world. But at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, [-] Jin troops were besieged by [-] Huqi When it is empty, no horse will return.

Now the state of Wei oppresses the Hus very severely. Once the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Wei army is seriously degraded, and the Hus accumulate strength, if they retaliate, it will be a bloodbath.In Wang Jian's view, this is an unsolvable problem.However, Wang Jian felt that Ran Ming did not show any worry, as if he had a perfect plan.Immediately said: "What's your opinion, Your Majesty?"

Ran Ming said: "To solve this problem, unless."

"Unless what?" Wang Jian asked puzzled.

"Unless I can abolish the martial arts of barbarians!" Ran Ming laughed.

"How is that possible!" Wang Jian suddenly wanted to say that Ran Ming's fantasy, but he stopped talking when he thought of Ran Ming's identity.

"Why is it impossible?" Ran Ming said, "Do you know this thing?"

"Fire gun?" Naturally, Wang Jian had heard about the recent invention of the Institute of Arms Research of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Ran Ming pointed to a guard and said, "Bring a target!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard quickly brought in an archery target.Ran Ming looked at the archery target, and immediately aimed at the archery target with a "bang" gunshot, and the smoke cleared, leaving a small hole the size of a thumb on the archery target.Ran Ming said: "The martial arts of the barbarians is because they have been honed in the harsh environment to be strong, infinitely powerful, and extremely vicious. If we have muskets, even a child can shoot. In a short distance, a child It is also possible to easily kill a strong barbarian, so in this case, wouldn't their martial arts be equal to being abolished?"

However, Ran Ming was also a little dissatisfied with this pistol. The caliber of the pistol made by Wei Guo was about 30mm. The key point was that it was too heavy, weighing almost five catties. The effective range was only [-] meters, and the cost was too high. Two crossbows can be made with one hand gun, which made Ran Ming no longer have the idea of ​​fully equipping the troops. However, Ran Ming still rewarded the craftsmen of the weapons research institute and encouraged them to make improvements.

Ran Ming believes that through hard work, Wei State will definitely be able to enter the age of firearms. As long as they are equipped with firearms, the Hu people will lose their advantage in force, and the huge disparity in the number of Han people will make it impossible for them to defeat the Han people.

Wang Jian didn't understand Ran Ming's intentions, but Ran Ming was willing to delegate power, and he was also willing to continue. After all, it was a wonderful feeling to hold the power of a country.

Zhongchang Attendant You Yigong sent Wang Jian out of the palace, and then returned to Ran Ming. Seeing that Ran Ming was drowsy, he hesitated for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, there is one thing that you may be interested in!" Then You Yi asked again Explained: "The servant just heard about this, and something not big or small happened in Jiaodong."

As soon as You Yi said this, Ran Ming's face turned cold instantly. He disliked that eunuchs were an open secret. You Yi has always been very responsible, which made Ran Ming very relieved, but today You Yi touched Ran Ming's secrets. Bottom line, eunuchs interfere in politics, this is the way to create chaos.

"The thing is like this." You Yi hesitated there for a long time, and then said: "Your Majesty, Jiaodong is the place where His Majesty hid his residence; because the exhibition was held earlier, there are many factories there, but this is also very important to the local people. have had an impact on their lives.”

"It's not a certain influence, but a great deal." Ran Ming said in a deep voice.

Indeed, in order to expand its power, it vigorously developed various industries, and this will inevitably cause great troubles to the local environment and other aspects.And now, the problem really has come out.Is it polluting the environment?We must know that during the Industrial Revolution, London was the world's famous fog capital.You Yidao: "In the countryside west of Buqi, this kind of problem is indeed a big problem. The machines work all night, making it difficult for the local people to fall asleep."

"Focus on the point, point on the point!" Ran Ming said a little impatiently.

"Yes, as early as half a year ago, a coal mine collapsed in Huang County, Jiaodong County, and more than 100 miners were buried in the mine!" You Yi said: "At that time, the largest shareholder of Huang County Coal Mine, the Long Family, made compensation. If one dies and misses work, the compensation will be [-] yuan.”

"How generous, a human life is only worth [-] yuan." Ran Ming said: "This is the price of a slave. The victims were Han people? It's been more than half a year, why haven't I heard of this?"

You Yidao: "Among them, 27 people are the people of Huang County in the Great Wei Dynasty. This is the problem. This coal mine was discovered by His Majesty at the beginning. Although Long Wen was in charge of the specific management, His Majesty is the largest shareholder. His Majesty is still there. It has [-]% of the shares, and the Huang County Government also owns [-]% of the shares, while Long Wen only has [-]% of the shares in his hands."

Ran Ming was immediately angry, actually Ran Ming could have guessed it without You Yi saying it.Because this coal mine has Ran Ming's private property, the local government must choose the traditional officialdom philosophy and cover it up after the process.

Not only the local government is covering the cover, but even the Royal Secret Service and the Ministry of Supervision.All the law enforcement agencies of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yushitai, and Dali Temple either chose to pretend to be deaf or dumb, or ignored them.It was only at this time that Ran Ming felt afraid. He had a lot of property under his name. Although Ran Ming promised the cabinet and the subjects of the whole country in various places that the Ran family in Wei State did not need state support, but this was worse than letting the state provide support.Once it's started, isn't there lawlessness down there?
With the economic development of Wei State, the inflation is getting worse and worse. If [-] yuan was a lot of money ten years ago, now almost any skilled craftsman can easily earn [-] yuan, except for eating and drinking every year.The price of a slave is hard to buy for [-] yuan nowadays.

Due to the lack of compensation in the coal mine, the family members of the victims of the mine accident naturally refused to comply. Later, a family member of the victim surnamed An petitioned with his family, and was arrested by the county magistrate of Huangxian County by several yamen servants. However, a young son named An Yanqing escaped. The youngest son named An is only 11 years old this year and is a student in Huangxian County School.Huangxian Qixue's instruction was very sympathetic to what happened to An Yanqing's family.He hid An Yanqing privately at home while collecting evidence of the mine accident. As a result, he did not know how the news leaked a month ago. The Huangxian County Xuejiao and An Yanqing were arrested on the spot and ordered by the magistrate of Huangxian County. For treason.Huangxian Jiaoyu is a fellow villager of Zhongchang Shi Youyi, so this matter has reached Ran Ming's ears.

Hearing this, Ran Ming's face turned livid: "It's really lawless. I have already ordered three times and five trials to pay attention to safe production. Now that there is a mine accident in Huang County, not only did not properly handle the aftermath, resettle the families of the victims, but even set the families of the victims For the crime of treason? Where does the little magistrate of Huang County have such courage?"

"The seventh-rank official under the prime minister's family, after all, that coal mine has three parts of His Majesty, so!" You Yi sighed softly: "Don't talk about the county magistrate of Huang County, even Jiaodong County (after Ran Ming ascended the throne, Waste Jiaodong State, changed to Jiaodong County) prefect, even the Qingzhou Governor Department dare not lift the cover!"

"Yes, I have shares in that coal mine, so the management of this coal mine is self-consciously superior." Ran Ming fell silent. The flower in the mirror, like the moon in the water, has never been realized.

If it wasn't for the fact that this coal mine had Ran Ming's shares, Ran Ming believed that the county magistrate of Huang County would not only not help the coal mine cheat, but would deal with it severely. No one backs away.

From the perspective of the world, the Han people are the best to manage and fool, as long as they give food and tiles.Basically, it will never be reversed in a lifetime.But don't touch their bottom line, that is, don't smash their pot.Don't peel off their tiles once you touch the bottom line.When the bottom line of survival is challenged, it will burst out with terrifying fighting power, and will solve problems by hurting itself and its opponents.Even, it is his own life.

If the Huangxian Coal Mine is just an exception, it is not terrible. If it becomes a common phenomenon, the crisis will be fatal.Among the ancient four peoples, scholars, peasants, businessmen, and craftsmen were the weakest, because ancient China was an agricultural society, and the working class was a very weak group.With Ran Ming's business revitalization, the working class of Wei State is also expanding rapidly. Now after the industrial and commercial tax, it has contributed more than 10% of Wei State's tax revenue, and Wei State's workers have also increased from the initial few hundred thousand to sixty. The 700 million people almost reached the proportion of more than half of Wei's young and strong population.

As a person of later generations, Ran Ming is very aware of the energy of the working class. Once they erupt, they will have greater energy than the peasants' rebellion, because the workers are organized, coordinated, and have strong discipline and restraint. They can be said to be a paramilitary Organizations, as long as they are armed, they are an army.

Ran Mingsui ordered Wang Jian, Xie An and other cabinet ministers to go to Taiwu Palace to discuss matters. Ran Ming was not angry about this matter, and he also acted very angry, but there was deep sadness in his eyes.

"The barbarians ruled the north and treated us Han people like two-legged sheep. They killed and beat us if they wanted to. Those barbarians touched the bottom line of our Han people, so we couldn't survive anymore. So the father raised the banner of righteousness and raised the banner of righteousness. Overthrew the rule of the Hu people and established the Great Wei Han family!" Ran Ming slammed his hand heavily on the imperial case, and then his voice suddenly rose an octave: "Some of our officials always don't understand this truth, thinking that they It's the officers, they represent the government, so they can do whatever they want, and they can cover the sky with one hand! Locally, they are the emperors. Anyone who opposes their will will be defeated by them. In the end, they are the ones who are finally beaten. , and then the one who gets knocked down is our imperial court."

Cabinet Prime Minister Wang Jian and Xie An didn't understand what Ran Ming was referring to, but these were all human beings, and from Ran Ming's few words, there was something wrong with the officialdom.Xie An's head turned quickly. He knew that another round of political purges by Ran Ming was coming, but he didn't know which family member would be the unlucky one this time.

Ran Ming said: "The mining accident happened, and the mine suffered heavy losses. Maybe it is because we are unable to compensate the families of the miners who died. If the mine fails, what about our government? We usually collect taxes from these industrial and mining enterprises. If they are unable to compensate the miners, we will The government must take responsibility. From now on, as long as there is a mining accident, the amount of compensation must not be just 3000 yuan. In my opinion, [-] million yuan, [-] million yuan is far from enough. Human life is too big, although Fines are not the only purpose, but they are an effective means of management. Only by increasing the severity of penalties can companies be forced to pay attention to safe production and the lives of miners."

"Yes." Wang Jian cheered up.Responded loudly.

Wang Jian is a traditional bureaucrat and a traditional politician. In fact, he can't see Ran Ming's emphasis on business, but his idea is to take strict measures against businessmen.It's just that Ran Ming used to protect the merchants, so he didn't dare to act recklessly. With Ran Ming's imperial decree, Wang Jian would definitely make those merchants lose their skins.

Five days later, the headline on the front page of the latest issue of "Great Wei Empire Times" was obviously Ran Ming's real-name article "The phenomenon of cover-up in officialdom." Ran Ming wrote in the article: "There are some officials in our Great Wei, and something is wrong here Hurry up and cover here, if there is a problem there, quickly find something to cover it, and do everything possible to prevent others from knowing. Wait until it can’t be covered, and the stench is coming out. It’s too late to save it! At that time, the common people have already taken it The knife is reversed.

Someone told me that those officials in Huang County did not have the problem of money and power transactions. They are innocent and not corrupt officials.But I told him.Such officials are more hateful than corrupt officials!Either you don't collect money, or you are innocent. Anyone who harms the interests of the common people is not a good official!A mediocre official who does not seek his own government in his position will harm a county if he manages a county, and harm the people of a county if he manages a county.If you manage a country, you will harm all people in the world. "

Although Ran Ming's articles were plain and simple, they inspired scholars all over the world, because Ran Ming couldn't tolerate black sheep in the officialdom.Ran Ming ordered the cabinet to send an imperial task force to Huang County to deal with the accident.At the same time, Ran Ming made adjustments to the royal family's shareholding and management issues. Ran Ming completely gave up the right to manage the company, and diluted his holdings, retaining only a small number of shares.Moreover, no one is allowed to use the royal family to deceive others, otherwise they will be severely punished.For officials who take advantage of the tricks, they will be punished without promotion or removal for three years.

In fact, the Huangxian incident was also a new round of internal cleansing by Ran Ming. If the officialdom could not maintain a positive atmosphere, it would be easy to quickly decay and degenerate.This would be very fatal for a country.

This round of cleansing shocked the Wei Kingdom very much. In July [-], the era of the Yellow Emperor, Ran Ming issued an imperial decree, and the imperial court will hold two major exams.

The first exam was officially held in September, and it was aimed at all the scholars of Wei State, and Xie An was the chief examiner.

The second exam is for incumbent officials. This exam does not test the Four Books and Five Classics, but only the practice of officials at all levels. Those who are barely qualified will be demoted and retained, and those who are not qualified will be dismissed.

(End of this chapter)