Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1041 The truth is only within the range of the cannon
Chapter 1050 The truth is only within the range of the cannon

Ran Yun said: "Have you not seen the system of our Great Wei yet? If you want to become a prime minister, you must first have complete political qualifications, like the current prime minister Wang Jiangong, who used to be the Jinyang order. I worked for seven years, and then served as Taiyuan country (county) assistant, long history, and prefect, and finally went to Bingzhou Governor's Department. The experience of this tenure was another ten years, and 17 years of official experience, which allowed Prime Minister Wang to enter the center. Then there is the Zuo Cheng of Shangshu Province (the four grades, the rites of the six officials, correcting those in the province, impeaching the censors who are improper. The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Chief Zuo Cheng; the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry, and the General Secretary You Cheng Yan.) Prime Minister Wang served as Zuo Cheng for five years, and then was promoted to Shang Shu Pu She for three years. This was finally promoted to Shang Shu Ling of Shang Shu Province. Prime Minister Wang was promoted to Prime Minister of the Cabinet after 27 years as an official. These other tribes If people want to enter the center, they need to be officials at the local level for at least 15 years, and they need to be officials with outstanding achievements. Every step up, they need corresponding achievements. This process is very long. During this process, their concepts and Ideals change over time, too."

Yi Yin pondered: "If you take it slowly, maybe the harm will not be serious, but what if it changes suddenly?"

"Sudden change?" Ran Yun was stunned for a moment and said, "They don't have military power in their hands, how can they change suddenly?" When he said this, his heart suddenly jumped: "Military power?" But he was touched by what he said unintentionally.

"That's right, they don't have military power!" Yi Yin said: "This is where His Majesty is most wise and mighty. Now the administrative system of the Great Wei has gradually matured, and the military system has also matured. In the future, they will not be the disciples of the Son of Heaven, nor the Great Wei. The generals of the Royal Military Academy will never get ahead in the army, and no matter whether they are generals or sergeants, they will not betray His Majesty, so any conspiracy to overthrow Wei will have nowhere to hide."

After Yi Yin left, Ran Yun fell into deep thought.Ran Yun could imagine that Yi Yin's encounter was definitely not a coincidence, and it was possible that it was arranged by Ran Ming.The purpose is to test his mind and ideals, but Ran Yun feels that he is so stupid, and he has said so many things, if he says something that dissatisfies Ran Ming, the crown prince will be suspended.

Yiyin completed the transformation from a commoner to a scholar in the Royal Academy of the State of Wei, and the predecessor of the Imperial Academy of the State of Wei was the Qiming Academy founded by Ran Ming. , mathematics, engineering, law, shipping, business, industry, litigation, and geography all have specialties and their emphasis is not lower than that of literature and history.Students taught by this system, no matter what their grades are, at least their vision and thinking will not be rigidly traditional scholars.

In fact, Confucianism has also been misunderstood for thousands of years. It is not Confucianism that has brought disaster to the country and the people, but the ruling class of the Qing Dynasty, who have tampered with these theories and theories.Not only Ran Ming, but even all the people of insight in the Wei state know very well that this era is an era where the strong are kings, and benevolence, righteousness and morality will not be imposed on the natives and those aliens.Under the guidance of Ran Ming, Wei's ambition gradually grew into a towering tree. At this time, Wei's fangs were bared like a tiger and a wolf, and his eyes were greedy for one fat sheep after another around him.

The mainstream gentry in the Wei state are now fully enjoying the huge benefits of overseas colonies. Anyway, this era is also an era of global staking.It depends on who is powerful, quick to move, able to seize more land, and able to immigrate more people.

Although the aristocratic family has a fatal temptation to land, within the traditional sphere of influence of the 23 prefectures of Wei State, annexing land is a very risky thing.But for overseas territories, the imperial court chose to acquiesce, and even for overseas colonies, the imperial court fully encouraged the policy.

The elites in the Wei state also knew that under Ran Ming's population stimulation policy of encouraging births, without wars and natural disasters, the population would increase very quickly.In particular, the state of Wei has accumulated enough money and food to deal with natural disasters, especially the widespread drought in 4798 of the Yellow Emperor era. Under the timely rescue of the court, the state of Wei basically did not cause a large number of people to starve to death.Even if the population of Wei State exceeds 5000 million or even hundreds of millions in the future, Ran Ming has already expressed that there is no pressure at all.Anyway, there are too many lands outside of Wei, and the world is not a corner of the Central Plains. Even if it is just the Nanyang islands, 5000 million people who immigrated there are not too many.

Yi Yin said: "In recent years, there have been a lot of newborn babies in Wei. At least fifteen to twenty years later, the problem of manpower shortage in Wei will be well resolved. Although the natives of Nanyang and slaves from various countries are coming in, this situation It can greatly alleviate the problem of the shortage of manpower in Wei, but if this continues, if the wasteland in Wei is exhausted and the native slaves continue to immigrate, what will happen?"

Ran Yun said: "It will take at least ten years to reclaim the wasteland of the Wei State, right? Besides, even if we can reclaim the wasteland of the Jianghuai River in the Central Plains, hasn't our Great Wei occupied the land of thousands of miles in the Western Region?

Yi Yin said: "What if Tingzhou in the Western Regions is completely mined again?"

Ran Yun smiled and said: "It may be decades later. At that time, the general situation of the world will not know what it will be like. As long as we Dawei don't stop expanding our power, we will not be under pressure."

Having said this, Ran Yun suddenly understood the core of the problem.Land annexation is the direct cause of the demise of all dynasties, and every time the dynasties change, the population will drop sharply due to long-term wars. After the land is equalized, there will be no population pressure for tens of hundreds of years. However, when the population exceeds the capacity of the land, internal conflicts will arise. Erupted.To solve this problem, in fact, the past dynasties have not been able to solve it, because with the corruption of officials, the army also lost its combat effectiveness and the ability to expand the territory, so it had to wait for its demise.

If the army wants to maintain its combat effectiveness for a long time, it has to maintain the war uninterruptedly. It has not been baptized in war for tens of hundreds of years. No matter how elite this kind of army is, it is actually just like an embroidered pillow or the imperial army of the Song Dynasty.Let the soldiers have good promotion channels, and under such circumstances, military expenditures must not be reduced, and the status and interests of generals must not be suppressed.

Kangju Country Stone Town under the same sky,
In the Palace of the Sun God in Teotihuacan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, Tlaloc and the three chief priests of the Aztec Empire are having a headache.The reason is actually not complicated. Located in the southern part of the Aztec Empire, Tikal, a country established by the Mayans who had long-term friendly business relations with the Aztec Empire (Tikal is "Place of Voices" in Mayan) Or "Land of Tongues" (PlaceofTongues)), as early as 200 years ago, Tikal has established friendly relations with the Aztec Empire, so Tikal has achieved great success, so Tikal's national power has soared, Thus becoming the most powerful city-state in the Mayan world.

City-states and temples are the only relics left by the Mayans to the world. However, Maya is not actually a country. However, there is no obvious affiliation, and there is no common capital.Every city-state has its own king, called "kuhaaga", which means divine right.With the supreme right to rule the entire city-state, the king can make the laws of the city-state, but also deal with daily happenings, accepting local chiefs and dealing with disputes between ministries.

It is a tragedy for a nation and a country to have no unified thinking and values. When Columbus discovered America in 1492, the Indians had a population of more than 5000 million, but by 1970, there were only less than 80 Indians left in the entire American continent. .So the question is, where are the nearly 5000 million Indians?Are they all flying like birds?In fact, the Indians naturally cannot fly, and they all have a common fate, they were all killed.

These Indians were never a unified force.It is not a civilization with a unified culture and a unified ancestor.Unlike China, it started in ancient times.All the countries in the Central Plains recognized that they were both the inheritance of Emperor Yan and Huang.There is a huge sense of psychological identity.In the end, it can be slowly unified over a long period of time.This is China's great fortune, but the Indians lack these.But it is their unlucky misfortune.

Even in the most dangerous time, the Han people were massacred to only 400 million people, but under the leadership of Ran Min, the Han people rose up to resist, and after more than 200 years of bloody fighting, they finally achieved reunification and independence.Some people may say that the Western colonial army has advanced weapons, but during World War II, facing the same world-leading Japanese army, we also gained independence.This is the tenacity of the Chinese nation.

At this time, the American continent did not form a truly unified country. Even the well-known Mayan and Aztec empires left behind in later generations are in fact just the beginnings of a country, not a real country.

At this time, Kuhaaga of the city-state of Tikal was Jaguar Paw I. When he was king, Tikal was unprecedentedly powerful and began to initiate a war with the neighboring country Uaxactun. (Remarks, this war has been fought for 18 years in history, and finally Tikal won and annexed Ushaktun. However, during this period, although Tikal launched a war against Ushaktun, the war At the beginning of the war, Tikal did not go well, so Tikal wanted to ask for help from its allies, the Aztec Empire.

Tlaloc said, "I am not in favor of helping the city-state of Tikal. If Tikal successfully annexes Ushakton, their strength will increase greatly. At that time, the Aztec Empire, which is directly connected to Tikal, will Facing the threat of the Tikals."

The High Priest of the Moon God said: "Our Aztec Empire has not had a war with foreign countries for more than 1 days and nights. For the distant city-state of Tikal, it is too unnecessary to get involved in this war that does not belong to us. Even if Whether the city-state of Tikal wins or loses, it will not affect us."

The High Priest of the Feathered Serpent God objected: "The prosperity of the Aztec Empire is based on the friendly business relationship with Tikal. Once Tikal's request for help is rejected, it may affect the business relationship between the two countries. The economy of the Ztec Empire."

The high priest of the Sun God said: "As long as our Aztec Empire sends troops to help the city-state of Tikal, it is not in vain. We can conclude an alliance with the city-state of Tikal in advance and discuss the benefits that our Aztec Empire can obtain from the victory of the war. .Although we are not bordering Ushaktun, we can draw five to ten towns from Tikal close to the border of the Aztec Empire, and Tikal will get the entire town of Ushaktun. In this way, There are enough benefits for both of us."

The four giants of the Aztec Empire, Tlaloc and the High Priest of the Moon God opposed sending troops to form an alliance, while the High Priest of the Feathered Serpent and the High Priest of the Sun God supported the alliance and sending troops.The opinion of two to two was deadlocked.

Even when the Aztec Empire was at its strongest, it had a population of three to four million, but it only occupied a core area of ​​more than 400 square kilometers, which was almost the territory of a slightly larger county in the later Celestial Dynasty.It's just that the Aztec Empire has always lacked the courage and courage to expand abroad.

However, at this moment, when the two sides of support and opposition were arguing, suddenly an attendant ran in in a panic and shouted, "The big thing is not good!"

It turned out that a member of the Wei State expedition team went out to purchase food in an accident and was killed by a jaguar raised by the Aztecs. The members of the expedition team immediately quit after hearing the news.At this time, the expedition team had been holding back in the port for more than 20 days, and most of their bodies recovered. When they had nowhere to vent their anger, they heard that the Aztecs had killed their people with leopards, and they immediately took up weapons.

Although the Aztec Empire, like the Mayans, did not know how to manufacture wheels and vehicles, their bronze casting technology was good. The explorers of Wei State used the remaining goods to trade with the Aztecs and bought a batch of bronze armor. , at this time, the expedition had nearly 300 armed men.Such an armed force is naturally not enough in Wei State, but it is obviously not a small armed force in the Aztec Empire.

There was a conflict between the two sides. The Wei State expedition team knew that this was the territory of the Aztec Empire, so they decided to show their prestige, and scattered more than [-] Aztec Empire troops in the port with a quick charge.They beheaded nearly [-] Aztec soldiers and captured more than [-] soldiers.By the way, the explorers of the State of Wei, who were mainly anti-clients, occupied the empty port, took a large number of hostages, and forced the Aztec captives to make emergency repairs for the ships of the State of Wei.

Tlaloc was stunned when he heard the news, and the high priest of the sun god, who presided over the military force, was furious, and led two thousand troops from Teotihuacan to the port.

The Aztec Empire army mainly used bamboo crossbows and copper spears, but the shield configuration rate was very high. Almost 2000% of the soldiers had shields. The Aztec Empire standard shields were shaped like six-pointed stars and were made of hardwood. Made of copper skin.It took these troops three days to arrive at the port, but more than [-] Aztec imperial troops joined the fleeing broken soldiers, and gathered nearly [-] people in total.

Although the Aztec Empire was not famous for its force, in fact their army was not weak. The American continent at this time was completely different from the American continent of later generations. Dou, if he was really weaker, he would have died long ago.But what they were facing was the Wei State expedition team. Although this was not the Wei State army, it was an army composed of pirates, fishermen, and hooligans. Everyone regarded human life as nothing.So as soon as the two armies met, the members of the Wei State expedition team used ballistas to bombard the cannons, fired crossbows, and finally bombed them with grenades and burned them with incendiary bombs.

The means used by the Wei State Expeditionary Team are already similar to those used by the Western colonial forces of later generations. The only difference is that the muskets are not yet officially equipped.

Obviously, in just half a day, more than [-] troops led by the Aztec Empire were defeated by the Wei State expedition team, and even the High Priest of the Sun God became a prisoner of the Wei State Expedition Team.

During these 20 days or so, Ye Wuji has almost learned the language of the Aztec Empire. Although Ye Wuji still doesn't know some words, there is no big obstacle for him to make gestures and talk.In fact, the language vocabulary of the Aztec Empire was very scarce and easy to understand, which made it easy for Ye Wuji, who had a talent for languages, to learn it.

The High Priest of the Sun God said with a pale face: "Who are you, why did you invade our Aztec Empire?"

Although there were more than a dozen warriors beside the High Priest of the Sun God, but like the High Priest of the Sun God, all of these warriors turned pale with fright.At this time, although the number of the Wei State expedition team was small, they looked extremely sturdy, especially the armor wrapped in steel or bronze, and the heel blade that gleamed coldly, which made the prisoners of the Aztec Empire frightened and uneasy.

"We are the expedition team of the Great Wei Empire thousands of miles away, and we have not invaded your Aztec Empire." Ye Wuji said proudly: "You were the first to attack us, now you must give us a way to let us Satisfied confession."

The high priest of the sun god was furious after hearing Ye Wuji's threatening words.He almost roared, "Don't even think about it!" Before Ye Wuji could speak, Wang Ding said with an unkind expression, "If you don't give us an explanation that satisfies us, I have no choice but to express my regret!" Wang Ding charged directly. Ye Wuji ordered: "You can translate directly according to my words, and you are not allowed to change a single word."

Meng En couldn't stop shaking his head when he heard Wang Ding's words. At this time, the merchants in Wei State were too courageous. They even talked about robbery in such a straightforward and rightful way that they didn't hide it at all.Meng En shook his head aside and said, "We are the Wei expedition team, representing the imperial court, not pirates. Let's try to keep this kind of nonsense nonsense from now on!"

"Yes, yes, yes, from now on, stop talking nonsense and just do it!" Wang Ding gave a wink to a confidant next to him.This confidant knew, and fired a ballista shell at a big tree not far away. With the roar of the ballista, the ballista ball rolled and flew towards the tree.

There was a loud bang, and the big tree of Wankoushu was directly blown off.Another ballista here also threw the ballista incendiary bombs out, and with the sound of "bang" the clay pot burst, a sea of ​​flames with a radius of seven to eight feet was formed in an instant.Half of this sea of ​​fire is on a small river, especially the fire burning on the surface of the water, which lasts for a long time, which is indescribably weird.

Where had the High Priest of the Sun God seen this before? He had just been pissed off by Wang Ding, and before the attack started, the two ballista shells poured directly on his heart like a basin of cold water.

(End of this chapter)