Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1127 Conquest begins with culture

Chapter 1139 Conquest begins with culture

Ran Ming said again: "I just told you the reason for the demise of the Shang Empire. In fact, there is one thing I didn't tell you. The reason for the demise of the Shang Dynasty also involved seizing the heir. Qi, followed by Zhongyan, followed by Shoude, and Shoude is Emperor Xin. The eldest son Weizi Qi and Zhongyan were both concubines, so Emperor Yi passed on to the youngest son Shoude. Emperor Xin succeeded to the throne, and Weizi Qi did not Willing to fail, Taishi Jizi, Shaoshi Bigan and other ministers opposed Emperor Xin. In fact, this Weizi Qi was very bad and a big traitor. In order to fight for the throne, he formed an alliance with Zhou, the enemy of the Shang Dynasty, and acted as an internal response. In fact, God Xin also realized that the Grand Master and the Young Master were the greatest resistance to his reform of the Shang Empire, and they were also the best friends of his political opponent Wei Ziqi, so he imprisoned Ji Zi two years later, and Bigan died of old age. Xin thought that Wei Ziqi had lost his right and left arm, so it was nothing to worry about. He didn’t know, Emperor Xin only knew that Wei Ziqi was his political enemy and concubine brother, but he didn’t know that Wei Ziqi was collaborating with the enemy country. This Wei Ziqi not only offered Zhou Guo He invited soldiers and horses to attack the capital of Yin, and even used his status as the blood of the Shang royal family to instigate a rebellion against the 17 slave army that Emperor Xin hastily organized. As a result, Yin and Shang died in the first battle."

"Like Ran Zhi, you have the blood of your father on your body. In the eyes of the subjects of the world, the dispute between you and me is just a rivalry. They are grateful for the grace of the father's life and rebirth, and will not turn against the Ran family, but they don't care about the Ran family. Among them, who is in charge of the country." Ran Ming said in a deep voice: "If Ran Zhi's surname is not Ran, do you think he can organize tens of thousands of troops to penetrate thousands of miles of Wei territory? You really think that my father and I spent a dozen Is it a show to mobilize all the people to be soldiers? You may not know that our Great Wei now has more than 640 million households and a population of nearly 3000 million. How many weapons does the country have among the people? You definitely don’t know, but I I can tell you that the number of horse crossbows among the people is 340 million, and the number of crossbow bolts hidden among the people exceeds 900 million. There are no less than 600 million horizontal knives hidden among the people, and more than 120 million shields. As for spears and spears There are no more than a million. Even if we don’t mobilize the whole people, just the resistance organized by the people spontaneously can drown tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of troops with a sea of ​​people.”

What's more, Ran Ming built Wei into an industrial empire, and his mobilization ability in the industrial empire era surpassed that in the agricultural era by more than a hundred times.The state of Wei has more than four large prefectures with a population of more than 200 million, all of which are located in the east of Yecheng, such as Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou. Today, Qingzhou has the largest population with a population of 430 million, accounting for 780 of the total population of Wei. Fifteen out of every 150 million people.Qingzhou not only has a large population, but also has a larger population of young and strong workers. All registered craftsmen add up to more than 150 million people.These [-] million workers can even be assembled within half a month. It is definitely not possible to take up arms and fight in the field. If they defend the city and fight while fighting, they can be converted into millions in just two to three months. army.

What's more, Wei State did not completely prohibit slaves from becoming Wei State nationality.If slaves perform well, they can be converted to naturalized nationality, then to barbarian nationality, and finally to nationality.Of course, this time span is very long, and it will take almost one or two generations to successfully obtain the nationality of Wei.However, when a slave makes a major contribution, the examination period can be shortened, or even the examination period of [-] to [-] years can be skipped and converted directly to nationality.Now those self-motivated slaves in the Wei state are very much looking forward to slave rebellions. They help the Wei state court to put down the slave rebellion, and they will get credit for using their heads to reduce the probation period ranging from one year to several months.If they fought for the Wei state to the death, their descendants would also be granted the nationality of the Wei state one by one.The series of policies formulated by Ran Ming will not only prevent the slave army from becoming a burden to the Wei State, but also allow the slaves to become a huge help to the Wei State due to internal insecurity.

Of course, it's not that Ran Ming doesn't know.Later generations of the French Foreign Legion, the French Foreign Legion participated in the Mexican Expedition (French armed intervention in Mexico), the First World War, the Second World War, and the Algerian War, the Congo War, the Bosnian War, the Gulf War, etc. .In addition to war activities, the French Foreign Legion can also be seen in the peacekeeping assistance activities in Myanmar, the suppression of riots in Haiti, and the disaster assistance for the Indian Ocean earthquake.In this series of wars, the French Foreign Legion also made huge sacrifices, but the French Foreign Legion has never had to worry about the source of soldiers. For the soldiers of these foreign legions, a piece of French nationality is worth their lives in exchange.In this era, the nationality of Wei State is much more valuable than any American green card.At least Wei State will not attract investment immigrants, and only accepts the immigration of experts in the field of technology and scientific research.

Ran Yu was very surprised, "Brother Huang, you are fooling me."

"At this time, is there still a need for me to fool you?" Ran Ming said, "You have lived in Xiuwuhou's Mansion for two years, and those people outside have sent as many as 79 rescue operations to rescue you. There are more than [-] members in total. You are not too young. You can think about it. Is it because they are so desperate to save you out of good intentions? Or because they are loyal to each other? I can tell you without exaggeration, They are the ones who really want to use you as a pawn, they plan to use you as a banner to resist my tyranny, and call on everyone in the world to oppose me!"

Ran Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Huang, I'm just stupid, not stupid. Will I not be able to see their wolf ambition? Maybe I won't be able to see it in a day or two, but I will see it after a long time!"

"So what do you see? When people are knives and I'm fish, you can only be at their mercy." Ran Ming said: "When Ran Zhi rebelled and you rebelled, why did so many people support you? This country teaches you and Ran Zhi to govern, will you be better than me? In fact, the reason is very simple, not because you are better than me, but because they hate me too much, support you, success is a surprise, not successful, anyway It was our brothers who died, not them. They just lost a little money. To them, it was nothing more than a drop in the bucket. These gentry clans are all very powerful, and they have a deep foundation. Some families even came from It is left over from the Han Dynasty. This is something that our Ran family cannot have. Our Ran family declares to the outside world that we are descendants of Shizhe Ranzi. In fact, we are just ordinary low-ranking generals. Moreover, since ancient times, every reform Many of them succeeded, but often the law survived, and most of the people did not end well. I am the No. 1 reform law in the Wei State, and I moved their cheese. They must want to get rid of me and then quickly. In fact, Don't be afraid of death, death is just a journey for me, but I took over Ran's family from my father, once I take up this responsibility, it will be very difficult for me to let go, and I will live every day like walking on thin ice If the people are rich, the country will be rich, and if the people are strong, the country will be strong. No matter how strong the emperor or the prime minister is, it is just a mirage, and it is likely to collapse overnight. Only when the people are strong, can this country achieve true prosperity. Invincible. This is my mission and my responsibility."

"I just want to work hard to let the people restore the blood of the Han family, improve the quality of every commoner in our Great Wei, and let them learn to think, ranging from their own future to the future of the country. In fact, I am not against Confucianism, especially the Etiquette, benevolence, filial piety, honesty, and shame are the basic qualities of a good citizen. What I oppose is foolish loyalty, foolish filial piety, and foolish benevolence. To sum it up, they are foolish people. Foolish people do not refer to how much they read, but to their thoughts. , they don't know how to think, and they often listen to the wind and the rain. Although such people can use the rule, they will turn the people into docile sheep. Once the rivers and rivers suddenly change, they are cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. Once the chaos recurs again, Our Huaxia will have blood flowing into rivers, bones will be piled up, and the land will be thousands of miles away." Ran Ming pointed to Ran Yu and said: "I will pick up the responsibility on me, and I will not let go of the responsibility on you. I am walking on a single-plank bridge now. If you are not careful, you will fall into a place of eternal doom. Fourth brother, you have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Ran family and the Chinese nation."

Ran Yu said: "My brother has been wrong for too long, and I will never let the emperor down again. My brother will definitely protect the Fusang Continent from the Great Wei, and become the Fan Kingdom of the Great Wei from generation to generation. As long as the Ran family continues, the Fusang Continent will not be able to change its color." !"

"It's not a vassal state, but the first federal member state of the Great Wei Federal Empire!" Ran Ming smiled and said, "This is a political system I just thought of. I hope this system can be used to open the door to the world!"

Because, in fact, Ran Yu also knows that Ran Ming will not be able to control Xia, Shang, and Zhou Zhou for too long. After all, the so-called loyalty is just that the bargaining chips are not enough. Once Ran Yu, Ran Cao, and Ran Rui can outweigh Ran Ming, Then, whether it is the army or officials sent to the Fusang mainland, they will change their doors.The Fusang mainland is isolated overseas, and it takes three or four months to go back and forth even with the wind.But in this era, the self-control of sailing ships is very limited. As long as Honolulu, the main route on the route, is kept, the contact between Fusang mainland and Wei State can be cut off.

Moreover, the Fusang mainland is far away from the Central Plains, and the ethnic composition and customs are complex. It is certainly impossible to copy the policies and guidelines of the State of Wei, and it is necessary to implement characteristic local autonomy.Maybe in the future Xia Guo, Shang Guo, and Zhou Guo will not betray Wei Guo because they and Ran Ming are brothers, but what about their descendants?They will gradually lose their blood relationship with Ran Ming, and gradually lose their sense of intimacy.Once the interests disagree, they will part ways, or fight each other.

Ran Ming thinks about it carefully, and adopting the federal republic of later generations may be the only way for Wei to dominate the world.First of all, in this period, small nations and countries can be directly annexed, but large countries or superpowers cannot be conquered.For example, the Gupta Empire had a population of more than 3000 million, and the Roman Empire was even more fearful. Italy alone had a population of 2000 million, while Greece, conquered by the Roman Empire, had a population of more than 800 million, plus Asia Minor, Syria, and Armenia had a population of more than 120 million. Population, the entire Eastern and Western Roman Empire combined, the population accepts 5000 million people.Almost twice that of Wei Guo.Even if the Sasanian Empire had a smaller population, it had a population of about 840 million.

To conquer a country, especially a super empire with its own traditional culture and customs, one battle and two battles alone cannot solve the problem.Even if the country's main army is wiped out, the local people will still resist and keep resisting. In fact, it is impossible for Wei Guo to deal with guerrilla warfare effectively.Once the strong and the weak are replaced, the cost of Wei's conquest will be very high.But the federal system is different. Although the federal government loses certain local governance power, it can better save funds and strength.In particular, federalism has a fatal allure for small and medium-sized countries.The larger the country, the more powerful the military, and the greater the ability to resist the risk of natural disasters.Wei State's territory is now large enough, enough, even if there is no harvest at all, it can be supplied overseas so that the people have food to eat and clothes to wear.

As for armed aggression, that is even more ridiculous.From Chuzhou in the west of Wei State to Tingzhou, it is a full five or six thousand miles. In this era, it takes more than half a year for the army to march. If it is to attack and advance, it will definitely not be possible without a few years of effort.And even if all the first-line troops of Wei State were wiped out, they could still use its huge human resources to organize enough second-tier troops to resist.

In fact, for a huge empire like the Gupta Empire, which has more than 30 states, the Wei State can slowly weaken the strength of the Gupta Empire by absorbing its states.Like the Roman Empire, the Sassanian Empire, and the Gupta Empire, they can be gradually divided into member states of the Great Wei Federation.

Conquering the world by force is only for a while. No matter how big the territory is, if it cannot be effectively controlled, it is better not to, otherwise it will make the Wei Wei uncomfortable. Sooner or later, they will still be independent, because the power of the nation is bottomless. , use economy, culture, system to achieve unification, this is the kingly way.

The so-called centripetal force is actually taking into account the interests of all parties.

In September of [-] in the era of the Yellow Emperor, the Great Wei Federation Empire was formally established.The first batch of federation members included Wei, Xia, Shang and Zhou, a total of four countries.

In October, the Fusang mainland delegation and the member states of the Great Wei Federation, Xia, Shang, and Zhou, sent more than [-] officials, more than [-] craftsmen and skilled workers, and a total of more than [-] Wei royal dispatched troops. They took more than [-] large and small warships, and the fleet stretched for tens of miles, and set foot on the journey of Fusang mainland.

(End of this chapter)