Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 478 Envy, Jealousy and Hate (fourth update)

Chapter 482 Envy, Jealousy, Hate
The Three Terraces of Tongque, Jinhu and Bingjing were originally the places where Cao Cao, his wives and concubines and literati and poets had banquets and wrote poems. They were not only important buildings in the palace, but also strategically important places for military strategists.Ran Zhi didn't dare to order the opening of these three buildings.

Empress Dong put on a queen's guard of honor and went out of the city to appease the people.Worried that the people would have no food, Empress Dong made the decision and together with Ran Zhi ordered the activation of Ran Min's strategic reserve warehouse.

Although these proper resettlement measures made Wei Guo's important ministers think they were fooling around, it was precisely because of this that Empress Dong and Ran Zhi won a lot of popular support for Wei Guo.

The Chinese people are simple and conscientious, and they can clearly distinguish who treats them well. In fact, even if Murong Ke defeated Wei Guoping's Northern Army, he would not be able to conquer Yecheng.Unless he can slaughter all the soldiers and civilians near Yecheng.

Although Ran Min pre-stored a large amount of grain and grass, these grains and grass could not withstand the chewing of tens of millions of soldiers and civilians. In just over a month, most of the eleven grain and grass storage depots in Yecheng had been consumed.

"People's hearts are fluctuating, the situation is not good!" Ran Zhi looked at the daily statistics of grain and grass consumption data, feeling a headache.Dong Gong Zhan Shi and Pei Bi who joined the army said: "His Royal Highness, I have a strategy for your Highness to consider!"

Pei Bi knew that Ran Zhi was unwilling to give up this opportunity to win the hearts of the people, so he didn't come up with any idea of ​​sending troops to drive them away, or cut off the food supply for the people, but catered to Ran Zhi's wishes.

"First, the grain supply is rationed, and only one meal a day is distributed, so that the people do not need to starve to death, and can last longer. Second, order the Qingzhou Governor's Department to mobilize grain and various canned food to support Yecheng. Third. It is to restore the prohibition order issued by His Majesty earlier, no matter who it is, it is not allowed to drink or make wine."

Ran Zhi pondered and said: "The first and second issues are easy to solve, but the second issue is very difficult. Although there is a lot of grain in Qingzhou, there is not much in the official warehouse. The grain is mainly concentrated in several major grain merchants. I'm afraid they won't take it out easily!"

"Actually, the King of Jiaodong had a precedent for this matter. Why don't your highness borrow from those merchants first, and then return it?" Pei Bi continued: "If forced recruitment is adopted, it is easy to cause reactions from merchants and intensify conflicts. At this juncture, Wei Guo There must be no more trouble, it is better to take two steps, the first is to use the tax revenue of the next two years to borrow money from merchants at market prices.

Although Ran Zhi disliked Ran Ming, he did not deny that Ran Ming had a lot to learn.Ran Zhi was about to order Pei Bi to write out a plan for borrowing grain, and at this moment Yecheng cheered loudly, but the palace was too far away from the street, Ran Zhi couldn't hear anything clearly for a while, only felt that there was a commotion outside.Ran Zhi hurriedly ordered the guards: "Go outside and see what's going on!"

Not long after, the guard came back, not only he came back, but also brought a messenger who was almost collapsed, but his eyes were shining with excitement.

"Report to His Royal Highness, King Jiaodong led the Pingbei Army to defeat the Yan Army.

The King of Jiaodong first ordered the Jiaodong Army to attack Liaodong from the sea, took the lead in breaking through Longcheng, and captured Yan King Murong Ye, Zhongshu Ling Han Heng and other nobles of the King of Yan. The retreat of Murong Ke's troops died, and then the King of Jiaodong led our Great Wei Pingbei Army to start a bloody battle with the Yan Army. Ke, Murongchui and other officers and soldiers of the Yan army will surrender if they die! "

Upon receiving this news, Ran Zhi was stunned at first, then surprised, confused, angry, and unwilling...

In fact, Ran Ming deliberately pushed back the news. Ran Ming was accepting Murong Ke's surrender, so he carefully considered Wei Guo's question about Youzhou.

One of the biggest problems facing the state of Wei now is that the population is too small, and a large number of fields are barren. Now Jizhou, Luozhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Yongzhou, which are rich in the Central Plains, still have a lot of fields abandoned. root cause.Even if they wanted to immigrate, I am afraid that the Han people would not want to go to the bitter cold place outside the Great Wall of Youzhou.

Besides, because there is no cotton, quilts, and cotton clothes, even if they are forced to immigrate, the Han people have no way to survive in the land of Liaodong.

For the realization of complete Han rule in Youzhou, cotton is needed as a support, and it also needs to cooperate with the super ability of the Han people to Sinicize alien races.Right now, Wei Guo does not have these conditions.However, the nail of Yan State was pulled out, and Liaodong almost became a land of no owner. In time, I am afraid that Goguryeo, Buyeo, Silla, and Baekje will gradually become stronger, threatening the northeastern border of Wei State.

Let Xianbei continue to live in Liaodong, but now Xianbei has been beaten too badly by Ran Ming all at once, and the old, weak, sick and disabled are still not the opponents of the Tuoba tribe. Fat.

Originally, Ran Ming wanted to take advantage of the poor transmission of information in ancient times, imitate Ran Min, and then calculate the Dai State, weakening the strength of the Dai State as much as possible.Let the overall strength of the Murong Department and the Tuoba Department be almost the same, so that the Tuoba Department and the Murong Department can fight to the end.

Fortunately, Ran Ming had Wang Meng by his side, and Wang Meng advised Ran Ming, "Your Highness, Wei Guo is currently in troubled times. If you conceal the facts, you may be self-defeating, and the gains will outweigh the losses!"

Wang Meng's words are very reasonable. Both the Jin Dynasty and the Liang Kingdom are paying attention to the Wei army's battle in Jizhou. If the Wei Kingdom fails, no matter whether the Jin Dynasty, Dai Kingdom, or Liang Kingdom, they will definitely choose to make trouble. The soldiers of the three kingdoms of Jin and Jin launched a joint attack.

Ran Ming secretly said: "It's so dangerous, I almost shot myself in the foot with a rock."

In this way, although Ran Ming postponed the news of victory to Yecheng, the news arrived even though it was a few days late.

First of all, the messenger shouted outside the city of Yecheng that Wei Guoping's northern army had defeated the Yan army and captured the king of Yan, Murong Ye.

This is the biggest good news in the past few days. The news spread to every corner of Ye City in a very short time like wings. A feeling of sadness and unspeakable joy surged into people's hearts.

"Big Wei Wansheng"

"Long live Great Wei!"

"Long live Your Majesty!" The guard soldiers of Ye City raised their weapons high and roared hysterically.Various slogans floated one after another, resounding through the sky.

Victory is very wonderful. It can make a cowardly person brave, it can also turn a weak country into a strong country, and it can fully baptize an army.

In a moment, the whole city of Ye fell into a carnival.The uneasy emotions disappeared, and all kinds of negative influences disappeared, replaced by self-confidence and positive emotions.

"We are safe, Yan State is defeated, and Wei State is victorious!"

"The flames of war have left us, we are safe, we can go back to continue farming, look at today's snow, auspicious snow heralds a good year, next year's harvest should be good!"

"The Kingdom of Yan has perished, and even their masters have been captured. This is great, no one will bully us anymore!"

Contrary to what the people say,
"The army of Yan was defeated, and the country of Yan was destroyed." This is the third country that has been destroyed since the establishment of Wei. "The heads of those gentry clansmen opened their heads. The King of Jiaodong once again turned the tide and saved the Wei State. The rule of the Ran family of Wei State will definitely be stabilized. The rule of the Ran family of Wei State will become stronger and stronger, and Ran Min will return to Yecheng soon.

If Ran Min, an emperor who is diligent and caring for the people, comes back and sees the misery of these victims, how can it make them feel better.

When Cui Qian returned home, he immediately called the housekeeper and asked, "How much food is left in our house!"

The housekeeper said: "There are still three thousand stones in the mansion, but there are more than 7 stones in the farms and other courtyards outside the city!"

Cui Qian said: "Except for leaving enough food for the family to eat for a year, send all other food to the city!"

The housekeeper said: "Ah Lang is wise, the food supply is so high now that every bucket of rice is sold for [-] renminbi, this time I will definitely make a lot of money!"

"What a fart!" Cui Qian scolded angrily, "These grains are not for sale."

"Don't sell it!" The housekeeper was confused. "If not, it's safer to put it outside the city. There are too many hungry people in the city, so it's easy to loot it!"

Ran Min will not condone corrupt officials, and the punishment for corrupt officials is very severe, ranging from beheading to ransacking their families.But officials don’t need to be corrupt to get money. There are too many ways to use power for personal gain. Let me give you a little hint. Whether it’s doing business or merging land, this method is safe and can avoid getting notoriety.Direct embezzlement of public funds is the most stupid way.Cui Qian thought that when Ran Min came back, he saw that he used private food from his family to save the victims, and he must think that he was a good official who loved the people, and he might be happy to promote him.The more Cui Qian thought about it, the more excited he became.

"I don't sell grain today, so give it away for free! You make arrangements to transport the grain from outside the city into the city, and open ten, not three porridge sheds for me inside and outside the city."

Although the butler Gao Gao couldn't understand what Cui Qian did, he still did it.

China has never been short of smart people, and it is the golden rule of Chinese officialdom that what is good at the top must be good at the bottom.There were so many officials like Cui Qian in the State of Wei. As a result, in the evening of that day, there were no hungry people in Yecheng anymore. Tens of thousands of porridge sheds were densely packed, making the victims feel like celebrating the New Year.

Unlike the gentry, the merchants' confidence in Wei increased greatly at this time.Wei Guoran's regime can be stabilized.Their business will not be affected. As long as the Wei country restores peace and stability, it will not enter a period of rapid development. If we don't take the opportunity to expand production capacity at this time, when will we wait?
The gentry officials were busy putting on a show in Yecheng, while the merchants were busy robbing people.

"Hey, do you want a job to eat? Do you want a job that guarantees income in drought and flood?... Join us, our wages are high, and the contract is reasonable!"

When you encounter such a lobbyist, you don't have to be the buddies of the major merchants who are busy pulling people.

In Ju County, Ran Min marched non-stop all the way, and Ran Min ran to death three horses. At this time, the army of more than 500 people could keep up with less than [-] people, and more than three-quarters were left behind.

(End of this chapter)