Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 216 Share weal and woe
Chapter 220

Ran Ming, who had the same fate as Sima Pi, was feared by the prince because of his military achievements, so in terms of sending protons to each other, the prince and his party tried their best to facilitate this matter.

It is also because Ran Ming proposed the policy of equalizing the land, reducing the gentry's family soldiers and tenants, and he set up a private school in an attempt to break the gentry's monopoly on talents.

In this way, in addition to the prince's party in the court, officials from the gentry also strongly agreed to send Ran Ming as a hostage to Jiankang to fend for himself!

Ran Ming's strength in the court was almost blank. Except for Sikong Tiaoyou's opposition, nearly [-]% of the officials agreed with Ran Ming as a hostage!

After this, Ran Min hesitated instead!

Ran Ming's credit is in the eyes of seeing.

If it wasn't for Ran Ming's efforts to turn the tide, Ran Min's battle at Liantai would have been a disaster.Wei Guo will not have such a powerful side.

And seeing that Ran Ming was so knowledgeable about the general situation, Ran Min felt even more guilty!

Just as Ran Min thought of this, Ran Ming and Ran Yu, who were competing in the field, had already stopped.

Ran Yu said: "Second Brother Huang is so powerful, Yu is no match! Especially your technique of grabbing the blade with bare hands is even more subtle."

Ran Ming laughed loudly and said, "Brother Yu, you don't have to be depressed, as long as you practice martial arts hard, in the future, your achievements will surpass that of your brother, and you will become a world-renowned titan!"

Ran Yu was sweating profusely due to excessive physical exertion, and in order to cool off, he actually wanted to take off his leather robe.

Empress Dong said with concern, "Yu'er, don't do it. Hurry up and take a bath in the palace, don't try to be quick and get cold!"

"Yes, Queen Mother!" Empress Dong took six-year-old little Ran Yu to take a bath.

On the other hand, Ran Min opened his mouth, hesitated to speak several times, and finally said leisurely after a long while: "Father, go to the imperial study!"

Ran Ming felt sad, because he also knew that Ran Min wanted to clear up his doubts.

Although Ran Min walked calmly in the imperial garden.But he didn't know how to talk to Ran Ming.As a father, what Ran Zhi did made Ran Min feel helpless.The crown prince is the head, and since the ages, the head has been established and the son has been established.

But his second son is so capable.Not to mention that the crown prince was afraid of Ran Ming, even Ran Min felt that he couldn't see through Ran Ming. After thinking about it for a long time, Ran Min decided to be honest, and the father and son were honest.

"The Jin Dynasty has come, do you know about this?"

Ran Ming nodded: "I know this, and even guessed that the Jin Dynasty is planning to use the power of the Wei State to contain Huan Wen!"

"That's right." Ran Min entered the imperial study room, and there was a large sand table with an area of ​​nearly a hundred square meters in the imperial study room.The sand table clearly shows the actual territory and military deployment of each country.

Youzhou, Liaodong, and the Korean Peninsula controlled by the State of Yan are represented by blue, while the grasslands of Mongolia controlled by the State of Dai are represented by blue.The Yong, Shuo, and Guanzhong areas controlled by the Qin State are represented by purple, while the Qinzhou, Liangzhou, Liangzhou, and Western Regions controlled by the Liang State are represented by brown.Bashu, Jing, Xu, Yang, Jiang, Jiao, Hunan, Guang and other places controlled by the Jin Dynasty are represented by white.

In the middle, black is used to represent the state of Wei.

Ran Min looked at the big sand table, smiled meaningfully, pointed to the big sand table and said, "The situation in our Wei country is very good now. What should be the next strategic goal of our Wei country!"

Ran Ming thought for a while, and understood Ran Min's intentions a little bit. It seemed that Ran Min was going to take advantage of the invitation of the Jin Dynasty to come to a false way to attack Guo, and take the opportunity of destroying Huanwen to occupy Jingzhou and Yizhou.

Ran Ming showed a hint of understanding.

"In fact, our state of Wei should have a buffer with the Jin Dynasty!" Ran Ming said very meaningfully: "Huan Wen is an ambitious and courageous hero. As a barrier, this is the best candidate! Although the Jin Dynasty Powerful ministers are in charge, but the Jin Dynasty occupies the most prosperous Jing, Xu, Yang, Jiang, Jiao, Hunan, Guang, etc. under the jurisdiction of tens of millions of people, which is far stronger than our Wei State. And for decades, it has been Sit back and watch the wars in the world continue. Once the Jin Dynasty is freed, our Wei State will be in danger, even if we take a step back, we Han people will perish and kill each other again!"

Ran Min said: "But the Sima family occupies the name of righteousness in the world!"

Ran Mingdao: "Dayi, how the Sima family got this world, the emperor knows better than anyone else. The Sima family has occupied the country and has done nothing for decades. The world is home to the capable. We, the Ran family, do nothing." It will be better than the Sima family. Doesn’t the father want all the people in the world to have clothes to wear, food to eat, fields to grow, and security to rely on? The hearts of the people are righteous. As long as these pursuits of the people are satisfied, we Great Wei is like a country made of iron, which will remain unchanged for thousands of years!"

What Ran Ming has is the soul of future generations, and he believes in fist doctrine.

As long as you have enough strength, you are the orthodoxy of the world and the righteousness lies.Ran Ming never cared about the Jin Dynasty's attitude.

To put it bluntly, the Jin Dynasty was a giant with a bluffing appearance, but in fact it was already decayed.What made Ran Ming even more displeased was that the court of the Jin Dynasty was completely a decoration. The Eastern Jin Dynasty was coerced by generals and officials from the founding of the country in 318. Emperor Jin Yuan was forced to death by Wang Dun. Emperor An abdicated, and Liu Yufei killed Emperor An of Jin and Emperor Gong of Jin. In the 103-year dynasty lineage of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, power ministers controlled it for 59 years, accounting for nearly [-]%.

Therefore, although the Lord of Jin has the honor of the south, he is actually the same as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wei Shao.

For such a dynasty, Ran Ming has no reason to value him.

Besides, Ran Ming also understands that the current Eastern Jin Dynasty is actually Huan Wen's one-word hall.The ministers behind Emperor Mu of Jin could only make small moves in secret, and did not dare to resist Huan Wen openly.

Ran Mingdao: "Huan Wen is very ambitious, and he takes Wang Dun, the power minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, as his model. In fact, Huan Wen is also a bully and fearful person in his heart. In his eyes, the Xifu Army is his lifeline, and he values ​​the Xifu Army more than anything else. Erchen made him a big loss in Luoyang. Huan Wen has seen the strength of our Great Wei's army, and he will never be an enemy of our Great Wei again. On the contrary, he will try to improve relations with us. Of course, with Huan Wen's peace is a double-win situation. We can accept the peace with Huan Wen, and when necessary, we can support him in his pursuit of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In this way, Huan Wen is our southern barrier. As long as [-] soldiers are stationed at Luhun Pass, Luoyang Gather [-] troops and send a general to guard against Huan Wen, and we, Great Wei, will have no worries at all!"

Hearing this, Ran Min sighed: "Ming'er's foresight and foresight really make my father ashamed!"

Ran Ming didn't explain, but readily accepted Ran Min's praise!Ran Ming looked at the sad expression on Ran Min's face, and asked in bewilderment: "Has there ever been a major event in the father's dynasty?"

Ran Min sighed, and united the ministers of the court and the central government to boycott Ran Min, forcing him to cut down Ran Ming's vassal, forcing Ran Min to change his original intention.

Who is Ran Min?How could he swallow this muffled voice.Facing Ran Ming's question, Ran Min did not hide anything.Tell Ran Ming all this.

Ran Min said indignantly: "The gentry clans are deceiving people too much, I really can't swallow this anger! But, these gentry clans are in collusion, we still can't do without them now! What good way can we deal with them?"

The gentry family has controlled the political situation in China since the day it was born.

Even today, the rich and powerful can still be above the law.How many times the dynasty has changed, there are shadows of the gentry.It is very straightforward that the Wuhu Luanhua is the gentry annexing land without restraint, taking endlessly by force, and eventually evolving into officials forcing the people to rebel.

It is precisely because of these gentry aristocrats, for the benefit of their own family, they do not hesitate to sell the country and the nation.But it was also out of self-interest considerations that Fu Jian sent nearly a million troops from the former Qin Dynasty to the south to attack Jin, but was defeated by the Eastern Jin gentry.It was precisely because Yang Guang intended to eliminate the gentry, and was rebelled by the gentry, a powerful Sui Dynasty eventually collapsed.It can be seen that the gentry is powerful.

There is no dynasty with a thousand years, but a family with a thousand years.

In this land of gentry in China, the gentry cannot be separated at any time.Tang Taizong also saw the harm of the gentry, but he was unable to eradicate this cancer, and finally buried the Tang Dynasty.The Song Dynasty adopted a policy of tolerance and preferential treatment, but the vitality of the Song Dynasty was slowly corroded by the greedy gentry.The Yuan Dynasty did not grant privileges to the gentry, and did not satisfy the greedy appetite of the gentry, so that only the Yuan Dynasty became China's short-lived unified dynasty second only to the Western Jin and Sui.The length of a dynasty's survival depends directly on its policy towards the gentry, and damage to the interests of the gentry will arouse the resistance of the gentry.

The gentry can only be weakened, not eliminated.

Thinking of this, Ran Ming suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly had an idea.Ran Ming calmly said, "Why don't Father follow the example of Emperor Guangwu of Han?"

"Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu?" Ran Min asked suspiciously.

Ran Ming explained: "In the 15th year of Jianwu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to save the land. He re-measured the land and verified the household registration as the basis for correcting the cultivation, population and taxation. If this policy is implemented, the losses will be He is a powerful family member of the gentry. So at the beginning of the implementation of the policy, he was strongly resisted by the gentry, especially Qing, Xu, You, and Ji..."

Ran Min is not uneducated, when Ran Ming mentioned this, he began to react. "Ming'er means to use both kindness and power? Both suppression and appeasement?"

"Father is wise!" Ran Ming continued: "My Great Wei's world is hard-won, and it is even more inseparable from the meritorious soldiers who followed Father in the bloody battlefield. Most of these meritorious soldiers have already died. Why didn't the father entrust these meritorious soldiers and their family members as gentry based on the size of their past meritorious service, exempt them from taxes, give them the right to be officials, and let them become a new gentry, and fight against the old gentry? Most of these meritorious soldiers and their families are from poor families , as long as they have these interests, they will be grateful for the kindness of Wei. If Wei is prosperous, they will be expensive. Loss and loss. If they know how to protect their own interests, they will resolutely support the existence of Great Wei."

(End of this chapter)