Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 65 Dilemma
Chapter 066 Dilemma

Yongxing three years, May 29th.

The scorching sun is in the sky, the scorching sun is like a fire!
Ran Ming was wearing a black bright armor standing on the platform of the general of the Wei army camp in Liaocheng!Eighteen cowhide drums were beating loudly, and there was a murderous aura in the sound of the war drums.

A hundred reserve officers selected by Ran Ming slowly entered the school field with neat goose steps!Ran Ming looked at the reserve officer's forward phalanx, and felt very proud. Although the reserve officer's forward phalanx was flawed, relatively speaking, it took only half a month of training to achieve such a result, which was quite impressive for Ran Ming. Satisfied!

The drums stopped, and a hundred reserve officers stood in a military posture.Ran Ming's sharp eyes swept across them slowly, and he roared loudly: "Gu's art of war originated from Wu Qi, a master of warring states art of war." "General", "Change", and "Encouragement" relied on these six articles to defeat Murong Ke, kill Murong De, kill Murong Army before the battle, and wipe out nearly [-] sections of the Xianbei Army. Today I plan to use my whole body of military art Give it to my disciples!"

Ran Ming's words set off a storm in everyone's hearts.Since ancient times, the art of war and various techniques have been kept secret.Even if it is passed on, it is passed on to sons and not to daughters. Confucius accepted disciples openly and eventually became a generation of great sages.Now that Ran Ming actually wants to accept disciples, everyone is very excited!All one hundred reserve officers will join Ran Ming's sect!
As the master of ceremonies, Lu Yan held the ceremony of accepting Ran Ming's disciples!

Ran Ming sat on the podium, and the hundred disciples below moved forward neatly.Lu Yan sang: "One kowtow, the sun, the moon, and the stars will last forever; two kowtows, master and apprentice join forces, and the power will shake the whole country. Three kowtows, the teacher's kindness will be remembered forever, and the merits will last forever!"

Then came the tea ceremony.As Ran Ming's eldest disciple, his surname is Chen and his name is Yong. He is 21 years old this year, and his height is seven feet six inches.A native of Shanyang, Yanzhou.Chen Yong seals the tea.

Respecting teachers is a traditional etiquette in China, and there are many details in it.First of all, the tea cannot be full, it can only reach two-thirds.Secondly, the tea should not be hot, it is better for the mouth.At the same time, the teacup should not be too big, or the master will die!
Chen Yong knelt down on one knee, raised the poured tea with both hands above his head, and kowtowed: "Teacher, a cup of tea, Master Sun Wu is one family. Master, master two cups of tea, the mighty army will revitalize China. Master, respect Three cups of tea, the shroud of horse leather shows off its talent!"

"Appreciation is a success!"

Ran Ming picked up a knife. This knife was prepared by Ran Ming for the reserve officer, and it was all made of fine steel.The handle of the knife is an open tiger's mouth style, which is very beautiful.Chen Yong took the horizontal knife and saw the inscription on it: "Ran Ming of the Great Wei Lecture Hall gave my apprentice Chen Yong!"

This is the sword bestowed by Ran Ming, and the idea comes from Jiang Zhongzheng's sword of later generations.

At the same time, Chen Yong's apprenticeship ceremony was completed, and then came the second disciple. The second disciple's name was Wei Feng, and his name was Dingguo.He is from Yiyang.He is the sixth grandson of Wei Yan, a famous Shu Han general in the Three Kingdoms period. He is 20 years old this year.Wei Feng and Chen Yong have the same etiquette.

Then came the third disciple, Liu Ke, from Changshan Zhending, and the fourth disciple, Guo Yue, from Dongxiang, Guangchuan.The fifth disciple, Zu Yan, is a native of Beihai.After all the disciples served tea, they completed the ceremony of apprenticeship, and then Ran Ming announced the teacher training.Ran Mingdao: "Now you are all disciples of the solitary sect. My sect is named Dawei Lecture Hall. Now I announce the first school motto. No excuses, absolutely obey!"

"The spiritual concept of the Great Wei Lecture Hall is solidarity and solidarity, united as one. Diligence and courage, faith and loyalty, one heart and one morality, and perseverance!"

Just when Ran Ming announced that Dawei Jiangwu Chang's "Serving the Country with Loyalty" was his school song.

The Xianbei civil strife in Duanbu in Guanggu City is also coming to an end. After a day and night of bloody battles, Duan Qinbu, who ran out of ammunition and food, suffered all casualties, and finally Duan Zhen broke through the last house!This is also thanks to Duan Qin's early preparations. The trilogy he brought to Guanggu City are all loyal to his direct line. Most of the soldiers died in battle and no one surrendered to the enemy.

Although Duan Qin's troops were wiped out, Duan Wei was not happy at all. In this battle, Duanbu Xianbei suffered another nearly 4000 casualties. Now all the soldiers and horses of Duanbu Xianbei combined are less than 1 horses.And what's even more exasperating is that Duan Qin and his dog-headed army division disappeared!

At the same time, the Wei Army's Canglang Camp and Su Jie Army rushed to Guanggu City. Wang Meng, Ran Feng, Hu Yanqun, Jin Cuizeng, Yang Le, Su Hu, Su Jue and other generals looked at the gate of the big city and looked around. High spirits.

The big banner with the word Ran in white characters on a black background flutters with the wind.

In front of Guanggu City, Duan Wei held the governor's seal in one hand and Duan Ni's head in the other, and said in a respectful voice: "The guilty minister Duan Zhen and the whole city people surrender to the Great Wei King!"

Five days later, Ran Ming led Lu Yan and others to Guanggu.

At this time, there was civil strife in Duanbu, Duan Wei killed his brother and seized the throne, and the news of the surrender of Xiancheng also spread. Other counties in Qingzhou saw Duan Wei surrendered, and they had no intention of resisting, so they immediately sent people to surrender to Ran Ming.

Of course, there are also dead pigs who are not afraid of boiling water, no bird Ran Ming!

Ran Ming has always liked to uphold that those who follow me will prosper, those who oppose me will perish, and those who do not surrender will be wiped out!In the middle of June of the third year of Yongxing, Ran Ming finally took control of 65 counties in the six counties of Qingzhou!
Duke Qi's mansion in Guanggu City is now Ran Ming's mansion, and changed to King Chu's mansion!
The front hall of the mansion used to be the banquet hall in Duankan, but now it has been changed into the Chu State Council Hall.At this time, the heads of the Chu King's Political Hall were rolling, but there was no sound!

Duan Wei was ordered by Ran Ming to be the Chief History of Qingzhou Governor's Mansion, and he was a fourth-rank civil official!The military officer is a tiger general!It belongs to the fourth grade.

However, the Huben Guards belonged to Ran Ming's Imperial Guards of the Chu State, and the main members were the personal guards trained by Jing Zhan. With Jing Zhan and a hundred of Ran Ming's disciples acting as military officers at the grassroots level, Duan Zhen did not have Ran Ming's order at all. Can't mobilize a single soldier!
Lu Yan was temporarily appointed by Ran Ming as the governor of Qingzhou, and also as the official governor of the Chu Palace.But Wang Meng is the Prime Minister of Chu State.Niu Shi was the general in charge of the state of Chu, Wei Meng was the general in charge of the prison, Ma Ying was the prime minister, and Xie Fei was the prime minister of Dushui.This is equivalent to the establishment of the framework of Chu's national defense industry, shipbuilding, water conservancy and other departments!

Wang Meng said: "Your Highness, in terms of topography, Qingzhou is in a good shape, and it is also a place for heroes to use their weapons. Your Highness can enter Yanzhou in the west, echoing Yecheng, overlook the Central Plains in the west, look down on Xu Yang, and connect Jizhou in the north. It can be said that it can be attacked. You can retreat and defend. However, at this time, Qingzhou is waiting to be rejuvenated, and I don’t know where His Highness should start?"

Ran Ming knew what Wang Meng meant as soon as he heard it, he must be thinking about his Guanzhong right, he never forgets to remind himself, entering Guanzhong, sit and watch the general situation of the world, just like Qin Shihuang, sweeping Liuhe.

Ran Ming said word by word: "Stop fighting, build good neighborliness, repair water conservancy, promote farming, start industry and commerce, Guangji animal husbandry, and recruit people from all over the world to settle in our Qingzhou territory."

Wang Meng glanced at Ran Ming appreciatively. Young people are all competitive. He is really afraid that Ran Ming's head will get hot, and he will come to attack Xuzhou in the south, and enter the Central Plains in the west, making enemies on all sides.

Wang Meng said: "Your Highness said great kindness. After the chaos, the people will feel at ease. If the palace can do this, it must be supported. In the chaos of great governance, whoever wants to cause chaos will be the common enemy of the people under His Highness. At that time, His Highness raised his arms. Huh, the whole people can also be soldiers. This is very good. However, the most difficult thing to conquer is the hearts of the people, especially now that there are not only the Xianbei in Qingzhou, but also the Xiongnu and Jie. Co-owners, it is difficult to get along with each other as easily as the people of the Central Plains. All kinds of entanglements and disputes arise, and if one is not careful, civil strife will arise. This must be guarded against."

What Wang Meng said is not wrong at all. Shihu massacred Qingzhou, killing the entire Qingzhou city to only 700 people, and then Zhao moved [-] households from Guanzhong, Yong, Liang and other places. Now Qingzhou is the most ethnic group in history. During the complicated period, the Han people accounted for less than half of the total population. If Ran Min united people by killing Hu, he might not be able to stabilize Qingzhou at all.Now these Zhu Hus have lived in Qingzhou for decades, they have already taken root in the local area, and their power is huge, if they want to use force to eliminate them, they will lose everything if they are not careful.

Ran Ming looked at Changshi who was engaged in Duan Wei, and said to him, "What is Duan Changshi's opinion?"

Duan Wei thought for a while and said, "Your Highness should use kindness and power to win over the leaders of the ministries, so that Qingzhou will stabilize in the fastest time!"

Wang Meng and Lu Yan also showed pensive expressions.However, those generals would never consider these issues, as well as Wei Meng, Xie Fei, and Ma Ying. Although they are officials, they are all talents in the technical field, and they are not good at internal affairs!

"This method is indeed exquisite, but it is not desirable!" Ran Ming said: "But once these leaders have a different opinion, their tribesmen will respond accordingly, and wars will arise. If these things are to be resolved, the only way is to find other ways Let's start, for the people of my Qingzhou, I plan to set up household loans, pay taxes, establish marriages, establish laws, promote Confucianism, Buddhism..."

The reason why family heads and tribal leaders have so much power is because they are above the law, and they can use tribal or family rules to rule everyone under them.In ancient times, many people could betray the monarch and the country, but they did not dare to betray the family easily, because betraying the family was the worst evil in the world in terms of etiquette and law at that time.

When members of the family break the law, they will not be dealt with by the government, but by family rules. Over time, the children of the family will be rude to the laws of the king and the country, and the tribe is the same.If there is no deterrent force in the heart, naturally there is no fear. If the head of the family or the leader gives an order, they will revolt in groups.

In fact, every family is like a small kingdom, and so is a tribe.

Ran Ming wants to slowly embody the rule of law. When the rule of law is greater than the rule of the family, the influence of the family power will gradually weaken.Taxes, no matter how low the tax is set, must be paid, so that the people will gradually understand that there is a higher power above their tribal leaders.Especially children and newborn babies in the future, knowing this from an early age, can subtly establish the position of the government in their hearts. Taxes should be collected directly to the households according to the household loan, bypassing the tribe.And the same is true of the rule of law, the family must not be allowed to dominate the law, and all those who commit crimes must be sanctioned by the government!

Lu Yan was secretly surprised when he heard what Ran Ming said.Ran Ming's methods are quite mild, and the tax collection is extremely low, which is within the range of the common people's tolerance. In this way, after Ran Ming stabilizes Qingzhou, there will be no noble family in Qingzhou who can compete with him.Even the Langya Wang family is the same.Duan Wei also clearly realized that Ran Ming used gentle means to strip the power of the leader.Without a powerful leader, the tribe will not obey you at all, and there is no binding force, so the tribal system will slowly decline!
Wang Meng was born in a poor family, he has no family concept, he said: "Your Highness's plan is very good, it will fundamentally solve the contradictions and disputes among the various clans, this is a good thing for the future!"

However, Ran Ming sighed and said: "This is easy to say, but it is very difficult to do it! I have offended the family by doing this alone. I am afraid that the children of the family will no longer be used by me. I did not do this alone. , I need people, I need a lot of talents, I need a lot of talents who are willing to obey my orders and be used by me. what……"

Wang Meng said: "Your Highness can issue a recruitment order!"

Ran Ming shook his head, "Cao Mengde has recruited talents three times, how many talents have he recruited?"

At this time, Wang Meng was silent. At this time, Ran Ming made up his mind that he must hold the imperial examination and recruit talents for himself!Immediately, Ran Ming promulgated the Chu Wang Decree, reaffirming the imperial examination, and setting up preliminary examinations in each of the six counties of Qingzhou, and the time was set on the first day of August.The first-time recruiters from each county were sent to Guanggu City to attend the re-examination at the public expense of Chu Wangfu.

Just when Ran Ming, a butterfly from another world, started flapping its wings, the butterfly effect finally appeared.

After occupying Chang'an in August of the first year of Yongxing, Du Hong, the horse riding Sima of Later Zhao, proclaimed himself King of Qin.His Sima Zhang Ju, a native of Fengyi County, launched a rebellion, and Yiqiu (Jingyang, Shaanxi) killed Du Hong, and claimed to be the King of Qin.Afterwards, Sanqin King Fu Jian took the opportunity to lead the Sanqin army into Chang'an, beheaded Zhang Ju, and unified Guanzhong!
On June [-]th of the third year of Yongxing, Fu Jian proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an, and his country was named Daqin.

During the period of the Five Hushuanghua, a giant beast began to appear on the stage of history.

At the same time, Zhang Chonghua, the mu emperor of the Xiliang Kingdom, died of illness, and the clan of the Xiliang Kingdom launched a large-scale civil strife for the throne.Zhang Yaoling, the son of Zhang Chonghua, who was only nine years old, succeeded to the throne.But the young Zhang Yaoling couldn't suppress those arrogant soldiers of Xiliang Kingdom at all.Immediately his uncle Zhang Zuo launched a coup, but the minister Zhang Guan who supported Zhang Yaoling defeated Zhang Zuo. Zhang Zuo withdrew from Gusu City and confronted the Xiliang King's Army!

Xiliang, which was at its peak in history, has entered a period of decline.

Yongxing three years on August [-]st.More than [-] candidates who passed the preliminary examination in the six counties poured into Guanggu to take part in the first imperial examination in Ran Ming's history.However, on the same day, Ran Ming received another imperial decree from Ran Min to send people back to Ye City!
Ran Ming was stunned, what to do, let's go back, but the situation in Qingzhou has just unfolded.If you don't go back, wouldn't it be an expression of rebellion, which will cause another turmoil in Wei State?Ran Ming was in a dilemma at this time!

(End of this chapter)