Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 491 Too many boys and girls is a big problem (fifth watch)

Chapter 495 Too many boys and girls is a big problem
In the East Palace of Yecheng, Ran Zhi was not happy at all, but worried.

Ran Zhichong said with a wry smile to the servants of the East Palace: "My younger brother, King Jiaodong, is about to win the victory and return to the court. Now he has made great military achievements, although he has aroused the fear of the emperor, but once he enters the city and becomes a minister, I am afraid that countless scumbags will be thrown under his door. When he is fully fledged, the crown prince of this palace may not be guaranteed!"

Almost at the same time as Ran Ming revealed his heart, Ran Zhi no longer concealed it, and put the battle for the heir apparent on the agenda of the Eastern Palace.

Xi Ma Liu Jiao said: "There is a strategy, which can break Jiaodong King's arm."

"Oh!" Prince Ran Zhi said, "Please tell me, Liu Qing!"

Liu Jiaodao: "King Jiaodong's No. [-] counselor, the former Prime Minister of Jiaodong Wang Meng, is a talented person who allows both literature and martial arts. It can be said that the King of Jiaodong has achieved today's achievements, and this person is indispensable. Your Majesty now appoints Wang Meng as the grand master. Wei Duzhi Shangshu (the predecessor of the Ministry of Households), now Jiaodong King is about to take the post of Lu Shangshu. If Wang Meng is appointed as Duzhi Shangshu again, Jiaodong King will be like a tiger with wings. His Royal Highness may wish to transfer him out of Yecheng. His Majesty also praised Wang Meng for both civil and military skills. Now This Liaodong is initially set, and we need a talented person with both civil and military skills to sit in Liaodong and guard the frontier for our Great Wei. The king of Jiaodong does not have too many generals. Jing Zhan, Liu Jian, and a new recruit Xue Tao, His Highness can guard against Jin For the reason of the dynasty, I ordered the third general to be under the command of the general who conquered the south, and defend the land for the great Wei to resist the Jin!"

At this moment, Pei Bi, who joined the army, said: "Bi has a plan, which can solve His Highness's big trouble once and for all!"

Pei Bi didn't wait for Ran Zhi's permission, so he said directly: "The king of Jiaodong will return to the court soon, and His Highness can apply to His Majesty to welcome the return of King Jiaodong. At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can bring dozens of dead soldiers raised by Bi's mansion Among the dead men in Bi's mansion, Duan Hongshi, the youngest son of Duan Kan, and the Xianbei warriors of Duan Bu are among them. The King of Jiaodong will definitely not be prepared when he returns with honor, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can take the opportunity to get rid of this confidant. Besides, Duan Hongshi is the one who is scapegoating. , His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can stay out of the matter, and can also secure the position of the Crown Prince."

As soon as Pei Bi's words came out, everyone in the hall felt chills down their spines, and they all looked at Pei Bi with strange eyes. They didn't expect that Pei Bi, a frail scholar, would have such a vicious mind.

Liu Jiao's plan to transfer the confidant generals of King Jiaodong to expand Jiang Gan's strength, although it was a bit low-handed, but in the end it was done to defeat the Jin Dynasty. Although it was a bit insidious, it was still acceptable.Transferring Wang Meng away and cutting off Ran Ming's arm, although a bit villainous, it is not unacceptable.

When returning home with honor, taking the opportunity to kill the heroes of the Great Wei, this is not a lowly act, but despicable and shameless.

Ran Zhi didn't think too much, he said to Pei Bi: "Pei joins the army, does anyone recommend someone to be the Prime Minister of Jiaodong!"

"Pei Canjun has someone to recommend as Jiaodong Prime Minister!" As soon as Ran Zhi's voice fell, there were bursts of buzzing in the Yin'an Hall of the Eastern Palace.The servants of the East Palace who were present were all the elites of the major gentry clans and elites in the officialdom. How could they not understand what Ran Zhi meant.

Ran Zhi told them with practical actions that he planned to adopt Pei Bi's strategy, and Jiaodong Kingdom was a reward for Pei Bi.Originally, Jiaodong State was the poorest place in Wei State, but Ran Ming adopted the policy of using the sea to support people, develop the sea, and develop industry and commerce. Now Jiaodong State has become the richest county in Wei State.

Jiaodong State not only owns the huge profit-making industries under the name of Ran Ming, but also has the largest shipyard in Wei State, which even the Eastern Jin Dynasty is ashamed of, and a steel plant that can produce 50 jin of refined steel per day.Although 6000 jin sounds like a lot, it is actually not much. The daily output of steel is only [-] tons, and the annual output is less than [-] tons. [-] tons or even [-] tons.However, at this time, Ran Ming needs more than [-] million steel craftsmen and more than [-] slaves to produce non-stop around the clock to barely reach a daily output of [-] jin.

Hand over the Jiaodong Kingdom to the Pei family. You must know that the rise of the Pei family was in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. At this time, they were far from becoming a first-class wealthy family.Everyone present understands that if the Pei family is allowed to hold the Jiaodong Kingdom in their hands, the financial resources of the Pei family will be comparable to those of the Seven Sects and Five Hopes in just over ten years.This is also Ran Zhi's sincerity. Ran Zhi acted with facts and told them that as long as these scholars can help him, the benefits will be great.

People in the world often say that merchants value profits over righteousness. In fact, the most important people who value profits over righteousness are the gentry.During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang established the imperial examinations, promoted poor officials, dug the Grand Canal, and developed Jiangnan, which greatly shook the foundation of the gentry, so the gentry all over the world turned against Yang Guang.However, Ran Ming reused poor people, opened schools, and cultivated poor people, which also greatly damaged the interests of the nobles.

American politics is a seesaw game played by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, and the behind-the-scenes masters of this game are the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family.Of course, in ancient China, dynasties changed, especially during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.Seeking to usurp the throne is also a political game played by the major clans.For example, in the 36th Route Anti-king at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong was secretly supported by the Wang family of Taiyuan and the Zheng family of Xingyang. Of course, Li Mi was supported by the Li family of Longyou, and Li Yuan was secretly supported by the two Cui.Don't look at the fact that the 36th road anti-king is unique and brilliant in history. In fact, it is just a secret struggle between the seven schools and five schools.In the end, the Cui family won this battle. In order to support Li Yuan, the Cui family gave Li Yuan at least more than 170 million yuan, 170 billion yuan.Of course there are other items too.In terms of purchasing power, the price of grain during the Zhenguan period in the early Tang Dynasty could be converted into 4.5 to 5.2 yuan per penny in the Tang Dynasty. Cui's political donations were equivalent to nearly [-] billion yuan.

Li Yuan's victory in the Tang Dynasty was actually a victory in logistics and money.Others are anti-Wang Xiangren, but they have no money in hand, so how can they buy people's hearts?
Now that Ran Zhi is on the throne, it is obviously beneficial to these noble families of the Wei state. Naturally, they fully support Ran Zhi for their own interests.When Ran Zhi used the ownership of the King of Jiaodong as a bait of interest, these noble families began to collectively exert their strength.

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Soon, Ran Zhi received a report that more than [-]% of the ministers supported him, and at the same time wrote a letter to impeach Ran Ming for "supporting soldiers and self-respect, and having the heart of disobedience." reason.After receiving the news, all the subordinates of the Eastern Palace congratulated Ran Zhi one after another.

Not to mention, Ran Zhi felt a little smug in the face of all kinds of flattery and compliments.

Instead of being as excited as the others, Pei Bi felt a little bad.

Ninety percent of the courtiers supported Ran Zhi, which was a bit high.Although Ran Ming has no experience of serving in the court, he is not really a loner.

As Sikong Tiaoyou's grandson-in-law, at least Yushitai will not follow Ran Zhi to rectify Ran Ming. In addition to Yushitai, there are menxia provinces, and those business officials can even be regarded as Ran Ming's part.Of course, Ran Ming's connections in the military cannot be erased no matter what. What is very surprising now is that not only Menxia Province and Yushitai, but even officials with military backgrounds have written to impeach Ran Ming.

However, these impeachment memorials can be said to be varied. Some impeached Ran Ming to compete with the people for profit, annex land, and crazily amass money.There is also the impeachment of Ran Ming for collaborating with the enemy country.Some people also impeached Ran Ming for robbing civilian women, almost turning the Jiaodong Palace into a concentration camp for widows.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Pei Bi clasped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness, I'm afraid I'm going to miscalculate this time!"

"Oh!" Ran Zhi said a little strangely: "What's your opinion on joining the army?"

Pei Bi said: "His Royal Highness, if you were His Majesty, what would you do if you were facing a Crown Prince who was favored by everyone and supported by all the ministers?"

Ran Zhi is not stupid, on the contrary he is very smart.After Pei Bi's reminder, he understood a truth at this moment, that is, too much is too much, and prosperity must decline.

Ran Zhi said: "Pei Canjun thinks, what should I do now?"

"Don't stop, don't accept the chaos!" Pei Bi made a gesture of wiping his neck, and said, "Cut the mess quickly, this is the simplest, most direct, and most effective way."

Ran Zhidao waved away all the subordinates of the Eastern Palace, leaving only Meng Yi and Pei Bi, and then said quietly: "This time our elite troops from the Great Wei Dynasty have returned home, King Jiaodong is full of good men, Duan Hongshi may not be so easy to succeed!"

Pei Bi nodded and said: "Pi also knows that this move may not be easy to achieve, but no matter what, His Highness the Crown Prince must not be involved in this matter this time.

Soon, news spread in the palace that Ran Min bestowed Wang Zhi as General Liewu. Not only that, the Luan Guard Army was expanded from 2 to [-].

This news is like adding a ladle of water to a boiling oil pan, almost boiling the whole country of Wei.The memorial to the impeachment of Ran Ming by more than 600 officials is just the most inconspicuous wave among them.

Ran Wang's title will also be sealed, the key is that her Liewu general is a fourth-rank miscellaneous general, usually the plus sign of the prefect or governor.Could it be that Ran Min used Wang Zhi's reward to show something special?

"Women are generals, and women serve in the army." This unprecedented move made countless officials speculate on Ran Min's real intentions.

In fact, Ran Min just took this opportunity to solve the shortage of human resources in Wei State.

Since Zhao Shihu was the most famous tyrant in history, during his reign, wars were frequent, conquests prospered, extortionate extortion, no production, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the people suffered unspeakably.

A catty of gold is only worth two buckets.In fact, during Shi Hu's reign, the price of rice was much more expensive than Emperor Huidi of Jin's rice and stone ten thousand qian, one gold was ten thousand qian, and one stone was ten dou.Because Shi Hu was afraid that the Han people would rebel against his rule, he slaughtered a large number of Han adult men. Even if Wei Guo was established for five years, the sequelae of Shi Hu's period have not completely disappeared.Wei State not only had a large population decrease, but also had more boys and girls.The male to female ratio is almost one to three.

Some people may ask, how good are boys and girls? One man can marry more wives, which is a good solution to this problem.In fact, in ancient China, the issue of wives and concubines was not as simple as modern people imagined.

(End of this chapter)