Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1079 Fusion and Assimilation

Chapter 1089 Fusion and Assimilation
Being popular is Ran Ming's biggest advantage.

It is also the only proportion that he will greatly dilute the population of Hu people in Anxi Zhubu.What's more, the soldiers over 40 years old in the Wei Guojun, none of these people have experienced many battles. Even though the physical strength of the soldiers over 40 years old is not as good as before, they are much stronger than the recruits.

Even the government soldiers of the Wei state had better equipment than the original Jin army.

Of course, Ran Ming's founding of Wei Guofu was not simply to strengthen the defense of the frontier, but mainly to develop the frontier.The people of Wei State are not very enthusiastic about immigrants, but they are still very enthusiastic about letting them join the army to serve the country and be loyal to Ran Ming.

Ran Mingdao: "Jinglue, we Wei just conquered many places. The territory is huge and the land is sparsely populated. This time, the entire army of the Anxi Army can also take concubines in the local area. Because of the war, there are many orphans in Tingzhou and Chuzhou. Female widows, these orphans and widows, whether they are the soldiers of the 190th government under the command of the Anxi Governor, or the soldiers of the Anxi Army, you must sincerely comfort them."

"However, this is against the law of the country!" Wang Meng said: "Regardless of the common people, the national law has clear regulations on taking concubines, and common people are not allowed to take concubines unless they are over forty and have nothing to do. A scholar has one wife and one concubine. A public official has one wife and two concubines, and the maximum number of waiting is one wife and eight concubines."

The fact that ancient men were rich in beauty and happiness is actually a misunderstanding of the ancients by later generations.In fact, China has advocated the monogamy system since ancient times, of course, the Qing Dynasty is not counted. It was the era when the Han people were enslaved, and it was an era when the whole people were enslaved and their bones were lost.

Ran Ming pondered, "I will promote the reform of the Marriage Law."

"Your Majesty, I think this move will do more harm than good, so please be careful!" Wang Meng persuaded earnestly.Regarding sexual concepts, the most lenient dynasty is the Tang Dynasty, but there is no Tang Dynasty at this time.Therefore, the liberation of sex is still a matter of hundreds of years.If Ran Ming dares to change the marriage agreement that has gradually formed since the Spring and Autumn Period, he may be criticized by the government and the public!

"That's right!" Ran Ming nodded and said, "Of course I won't change the marriage law. Confucius said: "It's shameful to do what you want, so that you don't disgrace the king's life in all directions, you can be called a scholar.However, scholars did not distinguish between civil and military, so I want to formulate the standards for literati and warriors in Wei State, and all scholars have the right to take concubines! "

That is to say, as long as people who are strict with self-discipline, loyal to the emperor and patriotic can be called "scholars".It can be seen that it was not very difficult to become a scholar in ancient times.Ran Ming actually used the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son.In history, Confucius was the first person to put forward the concept of "scholar". In this era, although all schools of thought were developed simultaneously in the state of Wei, Confucianism was still the most influential among all schools, the undisputed number one.

Of course, Ran Ming put forward the code of conduct and norms for "scholars", so that both the government and the opposition will have nothing to say.Confucianism will certainly not slap itself in the face and refute Confucius' views.As for the various schools of thought, Ran Ming was willing to admit their status as "scholars", and they certainly would not object.

It is a Chinese tradition that scholars and common people are different.Since Chen Qun, Minister of Cao Wei of the Three Kingdoms, established the Nine-Rank Official Personnel Law, the confrontation between the gentry and the common people has become more and more serious.As the peak period of gentry politics, the energy of the gentry in Wei State was still very huge at this time.The gentry in this era and the powerless scholars who are not equal to the later generations, they all have the capital to overthrow or disrupt the world.

In the court meeting in mid-August [-] of the Yellow Emperor era, Ran Ming came to the cabinet. Everyone in the cabinet cheered up and looked at Ran Ming attentively. After all, Ran Ming was the emperor, and his opinion was of great importance.

Ran Ming said indifferently: "It is shameful to act on one's own, so that you can be called a scholar in all directions without disgrace to the king's life, isn't it?"

Once a word is said, no one in the cabinet will say anything.At this time, all schools of thought have not yet formally entered the Wei cabinet, so at this time, the Wei cabinet is actually all Confucianism or like Xie An's Confucianism and Buddhism. At this time, Ran Ming is promoting Confucius' ideas in the cabinet court , Confucian officials will naturally not object.Of course, none of the cabinet ministers was fuel-efficient, and they would never stand in a random line until they figured out Ran Ming's real intentions.

Ran Ming went on to say: "I also deeply agree with this statement, but scholars are different in civil and military. I think that the Great Wei needs to formulate a clear "scholar" law, what is a scholar, the duties and obligations of a scholar , and the difference between a scholar and a commoner."

After hearing this, Wang Jian was obviously relieved.Ran Ming had already made the ninth-rank official law full of loopholes, like a sieve, and now the ninth-rank official law in Wei State is simply a joke.However, Ran Ming actually wanted to revise the "scholar" law, so it must be for the need to maintain the rule of Wei Guoran's family.Doing so is obviously to protect the interests of the nobles in the world.While he breathed a sigh of relief, he also came out and bowed to Ran Ming: "My emperor is holy!"

Unlike Wang Jian's obvious relief, Xie An's face twitched involuntarily. He naturally knew that although the Ran family was also a gentry, they were the least popular gentry before Wei. However, Ran's gentry status can barely catch the gentry's tail.Xie An knew better that Ran Ming didn't have a good impression of the nobles.

The elites of the noble family and the rulers of the royal family are inherently opposed to each other, and there is no possibility of compromise with each other, and Ran Ming is not a person who can compromise at all.But Xie An knows that it doesn't matter whether he agrees with Ran Ming's opinion or not at this moment. Ran Ming is a very assertive person. As long as he decides to do something, he must have thought it through carefully, and he will never think about it. Once it's hot, it's decided.

Xie An said: "Your Majesty, this is a very important matter. I think this matter needs to be approved by the court before it can be decided to implement!"

However, Ran Ming was relieved. Although there is still a need for a court push to complete this procedure, but now, no one in the cabinet has objected. Even if they strongly oppose it, they can't find a reason. It's a done deal.You're done!
Ran Ming couldn't help jumping for joy, he was almost sure that the passage of the Scholars Law would most likely be completed in one go, and there would be no further disturbances.In fact, from the very beginning, both Wang Jian and Xie An fell into a misunderstanding. Ran Ming did not directly eradicate the gentry, but he was not willing to accept that the gentry's elites beat the imperial court to the detriment of public welfare.

"Things" are rare and expensive, and so are people.There is a popular proverb in later generations: "If you don't go to Beijing, you don't know the officialdom, if you go to Shanghai, you don't know how little money you have, and if you don't go to Guangdong, you don't know how to eat well!" In fact, as long as the quantity is large enough, anything is actually worthless.Just like someone in later generations often clamored that the government should make the United States pay back the money.If three trillion dollars of currency flows into China, it will not be happiness, but a huge disaster.I am afraid that at that time, the purchasing power of RMB was far inferior to the current Korean won.

According to the definition of Confucius, the Wei State has a population of nearly 2000 million, and I am afraid that there will be at least three or four million "scholars". If there are so many scholars, the scholars will become worthless.Ran Ming's further dilution of the influence of the noble family is actually not the most important thing, the most important thing is the population.

One woman can give birth to one child a year, and two women can give birth to two children a year.If there are 400 million more people in Wei State who can give birth to two children a year, the birth rate of Wei State's population can be increased by more than [-]%.What restricts Wei's external expansion is not insufficient combat power, nor is the supply line too far away, and transportation is too difficult, but the main factor is population.

If Wei had a population of 5000 million at this time, Ran Ming would swallow the Gupta Empire without hesitation; if it had a population of hundreds of millions, Ran Ming would march into America.If Wei State had a population of [-] to [-] million at this time, Ran Ming would not mind being the head of the earth.

It's a pity that Wei's population is really too small. If such a large area is sprinkled like pepper noodles, it's not expansion, but mindless madness.

When the overall situation was settled, Ran Ming was very happy physically and mentally. He ordered the eunuch to pass on the emperor's eldest son Ran Yun and the emperor's second son Ran Yun to accompany him for dinner.Ran Yun and Ran Tan were very excited when they got the news.As the crown prince of Wei State has been vacant for a long time, and Ran Yun and Ran Bin are getting older, both of them are also very eager for the crown prince.

Whether it is Ran Ming's banquet or family banquet, there is actually no obvious difference. Ran Ming doesn't like extravagance, let alone ostentation.Although he is the emperor, Ran Ming usually goes in and out of the palace with only Lin Heishan as his personal bodyguard and You Yi as his regular attendant.

After Ran Yun and Ran Yan had eaten, Ran Ming and his father and son went into the imperial study to chat.After talking about unnutritive homework for a long time, Ran Yun suddenly asked: "Father has arranged so many soldiers around, I'm afraid they are not just guarding the border?"

Ran Ming said: "After opening up the territory, the second step is to immigrate to the real border. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the Western Regions, he immediately started to do this. Although there was a lot of public dissatisfaction at that time, China has been able to own the Western Regions for thousands of years. The second turmoil was able to re-occupy the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, but it was all thanks to the immigration. I remember an old saying that said, "Where there are people, there is land, and where there is land, there is wealth! If you can't immigrate after expanding the territory In the past, this territory was all fake. Even if it is profitable for a while, it will not last long. Only by immigrating to the real side and turning the Hu into Han at the same time, can the western territory be stabilized in the future. And often the newly occupied land, They have a lot of nonsense. They are not reconciled to the Han people occupying their living land, and they will definitely reject the Han people. If they immigrate at this time, they will cause a lot of casualties like the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. , the surrounding Hus will not dare to resist, even if they resist, they will not be able to take advantage of it. As long as ten or twenty years pass, the original Han soldiers in each county will become two or even three. At that time, the Hu people It will gradually disappear, and our Great Wei border will be permanent!"

Wei Guo formally marched into the Western Regions. For Wei Guo, it was the homeland of the Kuangfu Han family. However, under this bright banner, it was the mottled blood and tears of various tribes in the Western Regions.Yu Wenyi integrated the Western Regions with an iron fist, and killed all the countries in the Western Regions that refused to obey his rule. On various battlefields against the Wei State.

Especially when Yu Wenyi escaped from the Western Regions, he engulfed all the tribes along the way.Although there are less than 30 people in Ruoda Tingzhou, and there are 5 to [-] Han people, as for the young and strong tribes of the Western Regions, there are probably less than [-] people.

But even for the 89 Hu Zhuqingzhuang, most of the Wei State recruited them as servants to follow the Anxi Army in the westward expedition. I am afraid no one can tell how many people will return by then.At this time, among the remaining population of Tingzhou, among the Zhuhu tribes, there were not even one young man in ten, and there were so many old and weak women and children left, there was really no place to make a fuss.What's more, at this time Wei State is in a period of rising national power, and all ethnic groups are moving closer to Wei State. They are proud of practicing Chinese customs, speaking Chinese language, and wearing Han clothes. Intermarriage, while civilizing, after one or two generations, they all become Han Chinese.

As for the issue of Chuzhou, it is more complicated than that of Tingzhou. The entire Chuzhou Governor’s Department was newly established. In fact, all counties and counties have very limited understanding of Chinese civilization, except for Tianma County (to solve the number of Soviet cities (now Dushanbe, Tajikistan). There is still a Han Dynasty adherent village with less than 5000 people, Zhaowu County (replaced with Kangju State and its southern Miguo.) At this time, Zhaowu County has small villages composed of forty or fifty Han people and mixed Han people. Less than [-] people. In fact, according to preliminary statistics in Chuzhou, there are only more than [-] people of Han Chinese or Han-Hu hybrids.

In fact, Ran Ming also knows that in Tingzhou's nineteen counties and 89 counties, with 89 prefectures, at most three or four generations can melt the blood of the Hu people in Tingzhou, but Chuzhou may not be enough for three or four generations. It will be a systematic, long-term huge project.

However, Ran Ming has always insisted that the expansion of the Wei state is not like the blind expansion of the Tang Dynasty. Although the process of the Tang army's expedition to the east and west was very smooth, it expanded its territory to Kangju and Taluosi in just 23 years.However, the political order of the Tang Dynasty did not catch up in time. Gao Xianzhi was defeated in Talas. Although the Tang army lost more than [-] cavalry in this battle, it did not harm the foundation of Anxi or even the entire Tang Dynasty.However, because of this battlefield, the Tang Dynasty lost more than [-] miles of land, with an area of ​​more than [-] square kilometers.

What Ran Ming wanted to do was not just the barbaric conquests like those of the Tang and Yuan dynasties. Such conquests were actually not difficult. You must know that at this time Wei Guo had fewer than 2000 million Han people, but there were more Mongols than the original Yuan Dynasty.Like Meng Yuan who carried out a series of genocide massacres, Ran Ming can also build a huge empire in a very short period of time.However, Ran Ming chose a slow and arduous path. Wherever the people of Wei went, the influence of Chinese civilization would go, and where Wei's army reached, the political order of China would be established.

Just like the Ye Tiao State in Lu Ye Poti (Java Island) in Nanyang, although the Wei State did not annex Ye Tiao State by force, it retained the Ye Tiao State's rule.However, due to the influence of Chinese civilization, the people of Ye Tiao Kingdom are very eager to merge the whole country into Wei State and make Ye Tiao Country a county of Wei State. There were dozens of armed uprisings last year alone. Ye Tiao The people of the country want to overthrow the rule of the Ye Dynasty and directly merge into the Wei State.Of course, the helpless King Ye Tiao also wrote a letter requesting to be merged into Wei, but Ran Ming was afraid that his appearance would be too ugly, so he refused to grant it.

Although Ran Ming's political strategy in Wei State was not brilliant, it is undeniable that Wei State's governance program is the most perfect governance in this era for a regime that is generally still in the primary stage of slavery society.Wei Guo's propaganda department actually didn't deliberately exaggerate, but it was precisely because of the lack of exaggeration that it attracted countless people from other countries or ethnic groups to yearn for Wei Guo.

Officials of the State of Wei want to take office, and they will be issued an oath by the Ministry of Officials, and then they must take an oath: "In order to maintain the prosperity and stability of the Great Wei Empire, to eliminate wars, eliminate hunger and poverty, so that all the people of the Great Wei can live forever, and those who are healthy Make use of its strengths, let the young and weak be nurtured, let the virtuous be promoted, let fairness and faith prevail in the world, and let subjects have just laws to abide by. I always keep in mind the concept of impartial law enforcement, and promise not to be corrupt and bend the law. Play favoritism and cheat, don't waste a penny, and strive for the prosperity and stability of the Great Wei Empire all your life."

Whether it can be done or not will not be mentioned for the time being, but the political slogans are well shouted, and countless people from foreign countries and ethnic groups who have been to Wei State linger and forget to return.The state of Wei was extremely prosperous at this time, and the national railway network currently under construction in the state of Wei was a very large project. The entire state of Wei was like a huge construction site, with steel and cement factories being built everywhere, because road construction required a lot of The craftsmen and slaves of the Wei State, although the slaves of the Wei State did not have wages, they still had to guarantee basic food and clothing at all times.Therefore, because of the construction of the railway, the vigorous development of heavy industries such as quarrying, metallurgy, and coal mining was promoted. At the same time, the huge army of craftsmen ate and drank every day and drove most of Wei's industries.In the state of Wei, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell the ready-made clothes or shoes and hats produced. The people of the state of Wei, who have gradually moved away from food and clothing and are moving towards a well-off life, will be ashamed to go out to meet people if they don’t add a few clothes a year.Who has the nerve to entertain guests every time there are several pieces of furniture that can be bought?Wei State's internal market is a huge market, which swallows up tens of thousands of supplies every day.

(End of this chapter)