Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 323 Huaxia Nine Clothes
Chapter 326 Huaxia Nine Clothes

Therefore, Wang Meng put forward the idea of ​​restricting the power of the gentry, and he did it slowly.

Wang Meng plans to proceed in three steps.

The first is to accumulate strength.

In order to avoid the opposition of the gentry, one-third of the quota for the establishment of official schools and the training of talents was allocated to the outstanding children of the gentry, and the other third was the children of the meritorious generals of the Wei State.

The last third are the children of Wei Jun martyrs.

Regardless of the children of martyrs or the children of meritorious service, their parents fought bloody battles and even gave their lives for Wei Guo. Wei Guo gave them very generous treatment accordingly. Their glory and wealth were all given by Wei Guo. Then share the glory, if Wei Guo perishes, they will have nothing.Therefore, they will be loyal to Wei Guo.He will not be like the children of the gentry, regardless of everything for the benefit of the family.

Secondly, let Ran Min come forward to set up a charity house to gather and train the witty and quick-witted orphans of Wei State, train them to read and write, train them to fight on the battlefield, and train them to be loyal to the king and serve the country. Ordinary children from poor families.The emperor did this to show the image of a benevolent monarch. If they objected, they would not allow the emperor to be a holy monarch. From the perspective of Confucian benevolence, righteousness and morality, it is untenable!

The last is to increase the power of Sikong's Yushitai, starting from the current assessment system, detailing the responsibilities of officials, and adopting an accountability system. For crimes of dereliction of duty, corruption, bribery, and oppression of good people, they will be dealt with more severely in advance.

After reading these, Ran Ming felt very emotional, Wang Meng's train of thought unexpectedly coincided with his.Wang Meng is now the Prime Minister of Jiaodong. He is on the same level as the prefect of Shangjun, and has even greater power.

Wang Meng handed this letter to Ran Ming, the purpose is to let Ran Ming write a letter to Ran Ming, and give the credit to Ran Ming.

Ran Ming shook his head, Wang Meng didn't seem to understand what he meant, what he had to do now was to hide his strength and bide his time, and restrain his edge.

Next, Wang Meng raised a more serious issue, that is, the ethnic issue.

Ran Min finally won the world by expelling the Hulu and holding high the banner of righteousness.However, the ethnic conflicts in Wei State are also very serious, especially when he mentioned the prisoners of Wei State.

Since the Yongjia Rebellion, the Han people have been enslaved and slaughtered by the Hu people like pigs and dogs. Now that the Han people are in power, ordinary people don’t have the pedantic way of repaying grievances with virtue like the scholar-bureaucrats, but repay their grievances directly.

The total number of captives was as high as 16. In less than a year, more than half of them died. Some of these captives were tortured to death by the officers and soldiers of the Wei army, and some were revenged by the people.In short, other Hu people living in Wei State also lived in dire straits.

Especially the elites of the gentry, they relied on their status and domestic servants, armed their servants, acted recklessly and lawlessly.They wantonly attack the Hu tribe, and dare to openly rob the Hu tribe of their property in broad daylight.

Wang Meng pointed out: "The beauty of clothing is called Hua, and the greatness of etiquette is called Xia. Huaxia is not measured simply by blood, but by geography. Those who enter Huaxia wear Han clothes and use Chinese as their language. , taking Han etiquette as the standard of conduct, and those who are friendly to Chinese culture can all be Chinese people. However, Chinese people who came out of the land of China and separated from China can certainly be called barbarians.”

Ran Ming knew that Wang Meng relied on rationally stabilizing the ethnic issues of the former Qin Dynasty in history to make the former Qin stronger. At this time, he finally showed his ultimate move.

"The Debate between Hua and Barbarians," Ran Ming murmured, "Huaxia Jiufu? This is really interesting!"

In "Zhou Li·Xiaguan·Zhi Fangshi", "It is to distinguish the state of nine clothes: Fang Qianli is called Wangji, and the so-called Wangji can also be interpreted as Jingji, which is the place around the royal city. The Zhou Dynasty divided the surrounding area of ​​the royal city The region is divided into nine levels, which are Hou, Dian, Nan, Cai, Wei, Man, Yi, Zhen, and Fan. The so-called "barbarians" and "vassals". "It all comes from this.

The debate between Hua and Yi in the earliest period was based on the Zhou system of nine uniforms as the standard, and geographical distance as the basis for closeness.

However, Wang Meng did not copy the nine-service system of the Zhou Dynasty, but proposed his new nine-service concept, dividing the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty into two, namely Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou currently occupied by the Wei State Sizhou is the root, and Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Jiaozhou occupied by the Jin Dynasty are the base, Liangzhou occupied by the Liang State is the base, and Liang State’s Western Regions Protectorate is the extension.

Wang Meng's idea is that the territory owned by Wei State is the root, which is already owned, and the territory occupied by Jin and Liang is something that Wei State must have in the future.

In fact, Wang Meng did not comment on the other places other than the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty. According to the tributary system of the Han Dynasty, they were divided into nine services: Ze, Wei, Fan, Man, Yi, and Zhen.Like Yan State and Dai State, the tribes who are friendly to Wei State can be called Ze, while those who are hostile are Wei. Fan, Man, Yi, Zhen and Zhou system are basically the same.

Wang Meng is not a simple Confucian official. To be precise, he is a Confucius and Mencius with his right hand and a butcher knife with his left. He is a Confucianist and a legalist.

In Wang Meng's philosophy, the root, base, and extension are the three internal services, which are the territories that Wei State must embrace.And Zelei must be pulled, and Wei must be conquered by force to remove those who are hostile to Wei.

In the new debate between Hua and Yi, Wang Meng pointed out that geography is only a part of it, and the most important thing is ideology.

Those who are close to China, those who hate China,
enemy!Those who are pro-China will be given various preferential treatment, while those who hate China will be punished.

Then Wang Meng put forward his own opinions on ethnic conflicts.

The State of Wei should divide the ethnic groups into three classes instead of treating them equally.The first class is nationality, the second class is naturalized nationality, and the third class is barbarian nationality.Based on the four-year household registration statistics of Wei Guo Yongxing, the Han nationals registered in the register of Ji, You, Bing, Yan, Qing, Luo, Yu, and Sizhou are the nationality, and the naturalized nationality is the later Jin and Liang countries. The refugees who flocked to the state of Wei, as well as the Hu people who were friendly to the state of Wei and were Sinicized, were counted as naturalized, while the tribes of the Hus within the Wei state and the tribes outside the Great Wall were considered as barbarians.

Wang Meng pointed out that under the rule of the State of Wei, only citizens with nationality can engage in politics, join the army, teach and educate people, receive education, and enjoy all the treatment of the nationals of the State of Wei.

Different from the four grades established by the Mongols, Wang Meng's ethnic hierarchy is more flexible. He proposed that whether it is nationality, naturalization or barbarian nationality, it is not permanent.Regardless of whether they are barbarian or naturalized, as long as they uphold the Wei state, accept the legal governance of the Wei state, and make outstanding contributions to the Wei state, they can be converted to nationality.

Those who have great inventions and outstanding achievements in the field of Gewu, those who stand up when the security of the Wei State is threatened, and those who advance and retreat with the Wei State, such as Hu Yanqun and Jin Suizeng recruited by Ran Ming and their trilogy , can be granted nationality.

Similarly, as a national, if you betray the interests of the Wei state, betray the emperor, collude with the enemy, capitalize on the enemy, or act as a traitor, such a person will also be labeled as naturalized or even barbarian.

Ran Ming is a nationalist, he is very disgusted with foreign worship.

Wang Meng knew what Ran Ming liked, and he also knew what Ran Min liked. Both father and son were nationalists.Therefore, to do what he likes, Wang Meng stipulated that barbarians and naturalized people cannot enjoy the same treatment as the Han people in the country. Otherwise, how to reflect the superiority of the Han people, the Han people outside the rule cannot enjoy the same treatment as the Han people inside the rule. Otherwise, how to reflect the superiority of the people within the rule?
For the Han nationality, the concept of culture is more important, and the sense of identity is the most important, and the blood relationship can be second. With a sense of identity, a blonde with blue eyes can also be recognized as a Han. Without a sense of identity, a pure Han blood can also be recognized as a barbarian.

Especially Han people who have no sense of identity with Han people and Han culture, like the eight major families of Shanxi merchants in the late Ming Dynasty, and Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng, the three traitors, can they be considered Han people?What they did far surpassed the barbarians.Traitors kill their own comrades more ruthlessly than devils.

Seeing this, Ran Ming laughed excitedly: "Well, there is such a benign mechanism that discards the dross and takes the essence. The elites of all ethnic groups are continuously naturalized into Han, and the scum of their own nation is continuously demoted away, so that the flow of water will not be corrupted."

Ran Ming was even more emotional. In fact, the Tang Dynasty, the most powerful in history, did this. For example, Qu Tutong was a member of the Kumo Xi family, Gao Xianzhi was a member of the Goguryeo tribe, and Ge Shuhan was a member of the Tuqi Shi Geshu tribe. people.In fact, apart from An Lushan and Shi Siming, who were indulged by Li Longji and raised tigers, many famous generals in the Tang Dynasty were of Hu blood.

The Tang Dynasty was proud of its military achievements, regardless of its origin and bloodlines, which led to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Ran Ming felt that Wang Meng's words were like a slap in the face, which awakened Ran Ming.

Ran Ming spread out the paper and wrote down his opinions with a pen.Further improve Wang Meng's opinion.The first is to restrict the rights of naturalized and barbarian nationality. The key point is to propose a code of conduct for those who have nationality. If they have a wrong stand, wrong bottom, or do things that endanger the Han nationality, they will be mercilessly removed. It also hurts the family members and loses everything they have. This allows everyone to maintain a sense of crisis. They will not think that they deserve everything they have now, and lose gratitude.

"Those who betray the country and the nation! The crime is like treason, and the three clans will be punished! People of the same clan will be confiscated of their nationality, and their naturalized nationality will be expelled. The barbarian nationality will be removed, and they will be engraved with stones and erected.

For the gentry, Ran Ming also proposed an assessment system. As long as they are morally corrupt, bully the good, and dereliction of duty, they can be deprived of their gentry status, dismissed from office for life, and classified as civilians.

In ancient China, it was because of a competitive mechanism without good opportunities that the organization was bloated and the work efficiency was low.There is also Song Taizu's imperial decree not to kill scholar-bureaucrats, which actually caused the root of the Song Dynasty's subjugation.

Because of this life-saving talisman, as long as the scholar-officials do not rebel, they will not die. No matter how serious the corruption is, they will be demoted at most, so they have nothing to fear.The Tang Dynasty also agreed with the naturalized Hu people.There is no assessment method to settle accounts after the fall, so the barbarians have developed a capricious and capricious character.

(End of this chapter)