Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 404 The Holy Driver's Western Tour of Chang'an (Part [-])
Chapter 408

When Ran Min and Liu Qun are together, they don't put on airs at all, they sit opposite each other like two friends.

Liu Qun said: "I came here today as a lobbyist, recommending talents for His Majesty!"

"Oh!" Ran Min thought of Xie An as a matter of course, but in Ran Ming's ears, he heard that Ran Ming recommended Xie An more than once, asking him to use Xie An again, but Ran Min had never seen Xie An's ability.

"Appreciate further details!"

Liu Qun said: "Now that His Highness is the Crown Prince, His Majesty should give him a chance to practice!"

Ran Min said: "What does Liu Aiqing mean?"

"Guanzhong, this is actually a very good opportunity!" Liu Qun said: "Although Liangguo has internal and external troubles, its strength is still there. Why don't your majesty see how the crown prince handles this incident?"

Ran Min fell into deep thought for a while, and suddenly there was a vague thread in his head: "I need to think about it!"

At this moment, Ran Min himself admitted that his internal turmoil broke out.

He thought of a possibility, a fact that worried him the most.Ran Min got up and looked for a few books in the bookshelf, flipped through them quickly, and suddenly Ran Ming saw that the Yingchuan Chen family had shipped a batch of goods to the Western Regions in mid-August.

Ran Zhi and Chen's conspiracy can be said to be perfect.

There is not a single flaw, but it is the absence of a flaw that is the biggest flaw.Ran Chen's purpose was to use money to lure a low-level general of the Liang army's frontier army to lead the Liang army to plunder the villages in Weijing, thus triggering the dispute between Liang and Wei.

If this is really an accidental and private act, the biggest flaw is that Liuheizhaizi Village does not have a lot of wealth for them to plunder, but it is most likely to attract the attention of the Wei Army Beacon Tower.

If the troops of the Liang army want to plunder the people, they must avoid the beacon towers. This is the most basic common sense.You must know that the ancient beacon towers are like a gun tower with no doors on all sides. The soldiers usually use ladders to climb up to perform duties. All beacon towers are often built in places with open sight. Even without binoculars, they can visually observe a radius of more than ten miles. movement.

And it is very difficult to touch the soldiers on the beacon tower without anyone noticing, unless you use Ran Min's "deaf and dumb" or Chu Suanzi's "shadow", or Xie Ai's "death" Shi", Ran Ming's "Sky Eye", or Murong Ke's "Golden Spear".

Among the Xianbei Murong tribe, the national totem they believe in is the phoenix, and the totem emblem created by the Murong tribe is like a golden spear blade.

After the failure of the Battle of Liantai, Murong Ke summed up his post-war experience and believed that a large part of his failure was due to the loss of their due effectiveness of their scouts and sentries. In the end, Murong Ke learned that it was not their Xianbei warriors who were negligent. Instead, Ran Min used his "Deaf and Mute" to quietly wipe out all the sentries along the way, causing the Yan army to lose the most precious reaction time.

Under the influence of this kind of special operations thinking, Murong Ke began to establish his own special forces, but his special forces are even more special, because Murong Ke gathered all the remaining top shooters "Condor Shooters" of the Xianbei tribe. The most notable feature of the carvings is that they are very skilled in archery. Each of them can use a three-stone strong bow, and they can hit the enemy from 150 steps away.Even if the scout team formed by Ran Ming could not take advantage of Murong Ke's eagle shooters.

However, the number of Murong Ke's "Golden Spears" is very small, only more than 100 people.

What Ran Min was most worried about finally became a reality, because in the "deaf and dumb" information, it was recorded in detail that the Chen's caravan carried gold, silver and jewelry worth about [-] gold.

Even if Ran Min doesn't understand economics, he knows that when the Central Plains supplies goods to the Western Regions, it will never ship expensive jewelry and gold, because the Western Regions don't lack these at all.

The goods they lack the most are tea, silk and porcelain from the Central Plains. Only these three goods are the most profitable goods on the commercial roads of the Western Regions.In the countries of the Western Regions, these things can be sold for ten times, or even dozens of times the profit.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. With Ran Min's ingenuity, it is not difficult to guess that the jewelry and gold transported by the Chen family is definitely not for trading, and it may be bribery.

Regardless of whether the Chen family is behind this matter or not, at least they are responsible.With this conclusion, the following conjecture is even simpler. Chen Xun's daughter is the concubine of Prince Ran Zhi, who can command the dignified Secretary of Agriculture (equivalent to the Minister of Agriculture in later generations) Chen Xun. Apart from Ran Min, I am afraid that only Prince Ran is wise!
Ran Min's heart was bleeding when he reached this conclusion, and he was even more disappointed with Ran Zhi.

Ran Min is the emperor and also a father. Every father protects his faults, and Ran Min is no exception. Even if he knows that Ran Zhi did this, he will not expose his faults.

"Actually, I don't want to stay in this palace!" Ran Min said seriously: "I am not a qualified emperor, in fact, what I want to be the most is a general, a general like Huo Huoqi, who will break the borders." Earth, Xiaoao battlefield is what I most want to do!"

Liu Qun is a traditional Confucian scholar. As a minister, he sincerely hopes that Wei Guo will last forever.

Needless to say, Ran Min's ability, in fact, what he is most worried about is the successor of Wei State. Qin II died, and Jin fell apart in just a few decades. In fact, the biggest reason is to find a wrong successor.

If Qin Shihuang let the emperor's eldest son Fusu succeed to the throne, the Qin Dynasty would not perish for the second generation. If Fusu succeeded, there would be nothing wrong with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.

Similarly, if Sima Yan hadn't let the idiot Emperor Hui succeed to the throne, Jananfeng wouldn't have been so easy to evade the emperor and act recklessly, and would not have caused the Eight Kings' Rebellion, and of course there would have been no chaos.

In Liu Qun's heart, Ran Zhi, as the first in line heir, must pass strict tests of ability and character. Only after passing the tests can Ran Zhi become the emperor.

Liu Qun originally wanted Ran Min to allow the prince to sit in Chang'an to test his ability to handle state affairs.She didn't expect Ran Min to say these words.

For a while, neither Liu Qun nor Xie An knew how to answer Ran Min.

Ran Min said with emotion: "If I were not the emperor, now I can ride Zhulong, gallop on horses, lead loyal and fearless soldiers to expel the Hulu, recover the whole territory of Youzhou, and recover the four counties of Han Dynasty (referring to the Han Dynasty in 108 BC After Emperor Wu conquered Weiman Korea, the four counties of Lelang County, Xuantu County, Zhenfan County, and Lintun County established in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula) will reappear the majesty of the Han Dynasty. I want to rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate and let Wanbang come to the court If this is the case, I won't have to listen to those ministers arguing in the hall, no one will bother you every day, and it will be much easier."

Xie An sighed in his heart, suddenly he remembered what Ran Ming said, the ideal is full, but the reality is too skinny.

If Ran Min wanted to regain Youzhou, regain the four counties of Han Dynasty, and rebuild the Protectorate of the Western Regions, with such military achievements, no emperor would tolerate him.A master of high meritorious deeds will not end well.

Xie An was even thinking that the two brothers Shi Zun and Shi Jian wanted to kill Ran Min after they came to the throne, probably because his military achievements were too great and his prestige in the army was higher than that of the emperor.In fact, Xie An's guess was right. In fact, it is the case. Ran Min led the battle independently at the age of 14. After the battle of Changli, Zhao's army was completely defeated. Ran Min's [-] troops returned without damage, which proved his outstanding ability. Later, Ran Min fought repeatedly on the northern border of Houzhao (at that time, in the northern Yan Dynasty, there were Dingling, Wuhuan, Fuyu and other ethnic groups who moved inward, and there were often rebellions, and Murong Xianbei often sent troops to the border). Repeatedly made outstanding achievements in battle.

In history, there are many generals who died because of their high achievements.

Liu Qun is also one of the heroes of Kaigong 48. In fact, he knew the inside story better. To be precise, Ran Min was forced to become emperor at that time.After Shi Jian ascended the throne in 48, the conflicts between the Hu and the Han gradually intensified, and the Hu people continued to set off riots and mutinies.Jie human rights nobles treat Han people like pigs and dogs, killing them wantonly.If the nobles of the Jie tribe just killed ordinary Han people, although these Han officials were dissatisfied, they would not have much resistance, but when they faced the threat of death every day, they would not do it.Therefore, [-] Han ministers including Situ Shenzhong, Sikong Langkai, Shizhong Luchen, Shangshu Liuqun, generals Hu Kui, Liu Xiu, Liu Qin and others supported Ran Min as emperor.

Liu Qun clearly knew that Ran Min had no desire for power, which was the fundamental reason why everyone supported him in the first place.Liu Qun said, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

Ran Min said: "I want to move to Chang'an, sit in Guanzhong, and order the prince to supervise the country in Yecheng."

When Liu Qun heard this, he became anxious immediately. He wanted to persuade Ran Min just now, but Xie An snatched him first, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Ran Min said: "Xie Qing thinks I can move to Chang'an?"

"Hey, it's true that the Tian family has no father and son!" Although Xie An didn't know why Liu Qun encouraged Ran Min to order the prince Ran Zhi to lead the whole army, the governor was about to discover the battle between Liang and Wei.However, Xie An knew that Ran Min was only in his prime of life now, and he was born as a general, and his physical fitness was far better than those deep palace emperors. This created a situation where the ministers were strong and the ruler was weak, and it also prevented the prince from getting involved in military power prematurely.

For Prince Ran Zhi, it is not a good thing to be exposed to military power too early.You must know that no one is willing to abdicate. The Chinese emperor abdicates, unless he is dead, or he is old, weak, and lacking in energy, or he is pulled down by others. Ran Min is in his prime, how can he easily delegate power?

But because of this matter, Xie An also saw that Liu Qun was a little childish sometimes, and at this time he showed his willingness to support Ran Zhi. Wasn't this flattering and killing Ran Zhi?
Xie An said: "Your Majesty is the lord of the Wei Kingdom, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. It is a normal thing to patrol the world. How can the courtiers object?"

Ran Min said: "This matter is settled. Next month, I and the Queen will tour the world and will stay in Chang'an with the capital for half a year. Why don't you follow along! It is enough for Ye to have Liu Qing to assist the prince to supervise the country!"

(End of this chapter)