Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1109 Testing Weapons
Chapter 1120 Testing Weapons

Ran Ming had roughly read "History of Japan" in later generations, and once thought that Japan was a unified country.But in fact, when I came to this time and space, I realized that the so-called "History of Japan" was nothing more than a myth, and the so-called lineage of emperors and emperors was even more nonsense.

Moreover, the country of Wa does not represent the entire country of Japan in later generations.In fact, the so-called Wa country only represents the country of Xingmatai.The Xingmatai Country is just a small country in the northeast of Kyushu Island.Later, in the face of the invasion of the Gonu Kingdom, which has always been at odds with each other, Queen Himiko of the Xingmatai Kingdom sent an envoy, Nan Shengmi, to meet Wei Emperor Cao Rui.Emperor Wei gave Himihu a gold seal with a purple ribbon engraved with "King of Wei Wo", and several gifts including a hundred bronze mirrors.He also dispatched mediators to mediate the conflict between Xingmatai and Gonu, but Gonu ignored Wei’s mediation at all. During the ongoing war, Himiko (Auntie Amaterasu of Japan) died, and later Xingmatai established a male King, however, in the war against the dog slave country, the Xingmatai Kingdom was very unfavorable, and later changed "Taiyu" as the third king of the Xingmatai Kingdom, and Taihe sent envoys to the Eastern Jin Dynasty to seek help. In this era, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was originally its own It is hard to guarantee that it is impossible to intervene in the war between the Xingmatai Kingdom and the Dog Nu Kingdom. Seeing that it cannot get the support of the Jin Kingdom, the Xingmatai Kingdom has gradually lost contact with the Jin Kingdom. At the same time, the Xingmatai Kingdom has also lost ancient Chinese documents.

No matter how glamorous the records in Japanese history are, it cannot obliterate the fact that the so-called Xingmatai women's country and the dog slave country are actually a social form at the end of primitive society. The so-called war between the two countries is actually even more intense. The war between the two surnamed clans in the Central Plains.The Xingmatai Kingdom and the Dog Nu Kingdom have fought for 70 years, but no one has wiped out the other. As for the number of deaths in the war, it is a joke.In the 70-year war, the number of deaths on both sides was only tens of thousands, with an average of less than a hundred people per year, or even one death in three days. This scale of war may not have the number of casualties that an ordinary bandit village can impress at once.

In a relatively closed environment, this makes the Japanese people very good at enduring cold and hunger. Moreover, because there is no foreign invasion, the ecology of the entire four islands of the Japanese country seems to be still at the end of the primitive society, and it has not even entered the period of slavery. As for The feudal era is even more distant.

As for the war against Japan, they also did not receive the support of the civil and military officials and the military and civilians of the Wei State. First of all, the people of the Wei State in this era, because of a series of war victories, the national self-confidence is very strong, and the humility and kindness in the bones of the Chinese people are not at all. Will bully the weak, and secondly, in this era, except for Ran Ming, no one has seen the brutality and ferocity of the Japanese.Even Ran Ming proposed to attack the Wa country in the cabinet meeting, and all the cabinet ministers objected.Ran Ming wanted to establish a democratic cabinet, not the emperor's words, so he didn't force it.

However, Ran Ming still threw out the bait of the huge silver mine in Wa country, and used huge benefits to lure the cabinet to launch a war.However, the cabinet has offered to resolve the issue diplomatically.

"Is diplomacy useful? If diplomacy is useful, why do we need the army?" Although Ran Ming had this dissatisfaction, he still did not dispel the cabinet's positive attitude towards this matter.However, Ran Ming obviously ignored the real soft power of Wei State in this era.

Wei's cabinet proposed to meet with Xingmatai State Darui, who is an official at the central level whose main duty is to supervise and inspect local officials.In terms of level, it is equivalent to the second-rank official of Wei State.At this time, Xingmatai Kingdom, who was permanently stationed in Wei State and sought help from Wei State, was mostly named Kumano.

Wei State is not like other dynasties in Chinese history, they provided food and lodging to the envoys of the vassal state, and rewarded a large amount of gold and silver treasures when they left. Kumano asked his grandfather to ask his ancestors for help in Wei State, but there was no one in Wei State Pay attention to him, if Kumano, who has been in Wei for nearly three years, not only spent all his savings, but in order to support the face of Xingmatai, he had to let the members of the accompanying missions earn money in Wei, and the samurai performed chest breaking boulders on the street The twenty beauties from the Xingmatai Kingdom that were originally intended to be given to the emperor, except for the four who were left idle for Ran Ming, all went to sit on the stage to receive the guests. Finally, the Xingmatai Kingdom mission did not starve to death in Yecheng.

Kumano was overjoyed when he learned that officials from Honghu Temple in Wei had summoned him.

"The envoy of Fanbang will meet with your lord!"

Hearing the title of lord, the official of Honghu Temple was very surprised.This Honghu Temple official is just a nine-rank book and history director, and he is the least popular among the officials. Even the county magistrate and Zhu Bo are older than him.Now he is actually called Kumano as an adult.You must know that the term "adult" generally refers to princes, nobles and parents in ancient times. Only after the Qing Dynasty did it generally refer to officials. Bullshit.)
"Your Excellency, I am really ashamed of you! I am the Director of Books and History. My surname is Zhao, and the small characters are clear!"

"I've met Mr. Zhao!" Kumano still didn't change his address.He bowed and bowed in a very respectful manner.

Zhao Qingzhi said: "Ambassador Kumano, a certain representative of the Great Wei Honghu Temple came to inform Your Excellency that the conflict between the Xingmatai Kingdom and the Dog Nu Kingdom is irreconcilable, but if the Xingmatai Kingdom wants to win the support of the Wei Kingdom, it must show enough Sincerity!"

Xiong Ye said: "I don't know what the sincerity Mr. Zhao refers to? But if a small country can do it, it will definitely do it!"

Zhao Qingzhi said: "The old enemy of the Xingmatai Kingdom, the Gonu Kingdom, has made it clear that it will not accept Wei's mediation of conflicts, so in order to resolve the dispute between the Xingmatai Kingdom and the Dog Nu Kingdom, the only way for Wei to formally intervene in the war is. Wei will not easily launch a countermeasure In the wars of other countries, if Xingmatai officially becomes a vassal state of Wei, then we, Wei, have reason and principle to intervene in the war between Xingmatai and Dog Nu."

The vassal state of the Wei State is not the same as the vassal state of the Chinese dynasties. The vassal state of the Chinese dynasties is actually a nominal vassal state.However, Wei's vassal state has a certain price. First, the Wei Congress will station troops in the vassal state, which is called protecting the vassal state.The second is to retain the Wei State Concession in the vassal state. Wei State has the right to develop and use all the resources of the vassal state. Its internal affairs, military affairs, economy and diplomacy must accept the guidance of Wei State, and its culture must learn from Wei State.

Wei State currently retains not many vassal states, except for Puli Kingdom and Pandya Kingdom, the traditional Chinese Goguryeo, Buyeo, Silla, and Baekje have all become history.These countries and sites have all become part of the inherent territory of the Wei State, and are unified under the jurisdiction of the Anton Governor's Office.

As long as they become vassal states of the Wei State, these vassal states will lose their independence and autonomy. Responsible for helping to suppress and ensure the legitimacy of the royal family's succession.

Kumano, the envoy of Xingmatai Kingdom, decided the fate of Xingmatai Kingdom after only a moment's consideration, and agreed to become the third vassal state of Wei State. Heichuan Jinshan, Zhongshan Jinshan in Nishiyatsudai County, Heiguishan, Baoshan, Yuhatashan, etc. were unified and negotiated by Wei State, using 800 million stones of rice and 50 sets of old Wei State-style armor and old weapons that were eliminated , in exchange for [-] years of mining rights.

Honghu Temple actually negotiated the gold and silver mine resources that Ran Ming wanted, which was beyond Ran Ming's expectation.At this time, Ran Ming didn't realize at all how attractive the word "Wei Guo" is to the king of a small country.

The sons of the king of the vassal state and the children of the ministers and officials of the vassal state have the opportunity to study in the state of Wei or obtain the right of residence. Becoming a native of the state of Wei is their lifelong goal.From Ran Ming's point of view, the living conditions of the people of Wei State still have a lot of room for improvement at this time, but those vassal states don't think so. They feel that the people of Wei State are living in heaven.

That's right, it's in heaven.

Because there is no hunger, poverty, or cold in Wei State, no matter what the harvest is, Wei State will ensure that the people of Wei State have enough food to feed their stomachs and enough clothes to keep out the cold.In addition, various welfare protection laws of the Wei State have also begun to be promulgated. The "Disability Protection Law", which has been amended three times, officially began to be implemented on July [-], [-].In the "Disability Protection Law" of the State of Wei, no unit or individual shall discriminate against or persecute disabled persons.

Although becoming a vassal state of the Wei State would cause the king and ministers of the vassal state to lose some of their rights, the Wei State did not eat alone, but gave up some of its power.Among officials at the four levels of central, prefecture, county, and county in the vassal state, Wei Guo implemented the four-three-two-one policy.The so-called four-three-two-one policy clearly stipulates that among the first-level officials of the vassal state, Wei officials must account for [-]%, the prefectural governor must account for [-]%, and the prefect must account for [-]%. Counties only need to account for no less than [-]%.

Just like the Puli Kingdom of Wei State, its country also set up a cabinet of [-] ministries to accompany Wei State. Among the seven ministers in the cabinet, the Minister of Finance, Minister of Lu and Minister of Industry are Wei State officials. , There are also seven Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Officials, Ministry of War, Ministry of Punishment, and Ministry of Rites, which are Wei officials.Although officials from the state of Wei occupy some positions, there are still many positions reserved for Tamils ​​in the Puli Kingdom, especially at the county level. There are only [-] county magistrates in the [-] counties of the Puli Kingdom. He is an official of the State of Wei, but this can greatly take into account the feelings of the Tamil people.

Now, the country of Wa does not need to think so much at all, because there are examples of Puli Kingdom and Pandya Kingdom there. The prosperous Kametta family of the kingdom became the richest man in the Puli Kingdom.

Being an independent little king is so precarious, and it is far less beneficial than being a king of a vassal state protected by the state of Wei.As for national and national interests, in this era, there are not many people with complete national and national consciousness.

High efficiency is the characteristic of the court of Wei State. At the end of March [-], Wei State completed the negotiation with Xingmatai State. Xingmatai State was renamed Wa State and became the third vassal state of Wei State.

This army stationed in Japan was officially called the Yingzhou Army, and the general in charge of the Yingzhou Army was Zu Yan, Ran Ming's fifth apprentice.The Yingzhou Army has three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction, the No.60 Sixth Regiment, the 74nd Regiment and the 25th Regiment, two cavalry regiments, the 25th Cavalry Regiment and the 380th Cavalry Regiment. The Yingzhou Army has seven regiments, [-] battalions, and a total of [-] soldiers.

Using less than 3 people to implement the occupation of the entire Yingzhou, in the eyes of the Prime Minister, this force is too small.But Wang Jian didn't know that this Yingzhou army was Ran Ming's pure firearms unit. This army had a total of 98 54-style rifles and 75 [-]mm mountain guns.

In Ran Ming's original design, the development of Wei's artillery should follow the historical development trend, from the original primitive artillery to the Flang machine artillery, and the Hongyi cannon developed slowly.However, with the invention of rifles and bullets, the bottleneck restricting the development of artillery has actually disappeared.The main reason for the manufacture of the original front-loading artillery is that the iron quality is too poor and the barrel wall is thin, which cannot withstand the strong chamber pressure.However, Wei Guo's current steel technology is becoming more and more mature, and the quality of steel is getting better and better. Ran Ming found that Wei Guo already has the ability to cast the barrels of howitzers of later generations.

Ran Ming came up with the very famous design of the German Krupp 75mm mountain cannon. However, due to technical problems, Wei's 75mm mountain cannon was heavier than the original Krupp cannon.The 75mm mountain gun produced by Wei Guo weighs 540 kg, 140 kg heavier than the original gun, and has a range of 500 meters, which is 800 meters shorter than the original gun.

Although in later generations, the 75mm mountain cannon is regarded as the younger brother of the artillery family. In this era, it is undoubtedly regarded as a nuclear-weapon-level weapon.The mountain artillery can have a range of up to 500 meters, the best range is 400 to 400 meters, and the closest range is [-] meters. It can be said that the artillery gives Wei an absolute advantage in long-range suppression.

The state of Wei has already begun to reinstall hot weapons one after another, but none of the rifles and cannons of the state of Wei have passed the test of war, and Yingzhou is an ideal place to test the hot weapons of the state of Wei.

Although Ran Ming was not satisfied with the [-]-type rifle and the [-]-[-] mountain cannon, Ran Ming changed his outfit. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese was already inferior to that of the Wei army. When the army came, it was naturally considered fierce, but compared with Wei Guo's past, of course it was unbearable. Ran Ming wanted to use the Japanese to test the achievements of Wei Guo's hot weapons, and at the same time let the technicians observe the shortcomings of hot weapons on the battlefield and make corrections.At the same time, I also want to use the Japanese to temper this hot weapon force.

(End of this chapter)