Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 726
Chapter 731

At this time, the first wooden stake, which was more than one foot thick, was sent to the gap. Unfortunately, there was no hammer, so the pile could not be driven.

Lin Heishan saw a big stone weighing two hundred catties beside the embankment, so he held the stone and smashed the stake into the gap. As more and more stakes were smashed into the gap, the gap widened again. likely to be greatly reduced.

At this moment, a group of people rushed to the scene with hoes and sacks under the leadership of village elders and village chiefs.

They obeyed Ran Ming's command and threw the whole bag of sand into the stake.

More and more disaster relief tools and personnel rushed to the gap, and after fighting for more than an hour, the gap in the Mengxian section could not be blocked, and Ran Ming also reinforced some seepage dike sections.

It's really cheating. Since the establishment of Shile, the Yellow River has entered a 30-year dry season.During the reign of the tyrant Shihu, he only cared about his own enjoyment and never managed the embankment of the Yellow River.Due to the small amount of rainfall during the flood season, there were no particularly serious floods.

Of course, there is another more important factor, that is, since Chang'an was established as the capital in the Western Han Dynasty, Luoyang was established as the capital in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei was established in Ye, and Sima's Western Jin Dynasty was established in Luoyang.

Because Guanzhong has not become an imperial capital, its population is relatively small.Without the over-development during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, soil erosion in Guanzhong was not considered serious.

It can also be said that before the Tang Dynasty, the 400 million people in Guanzhong were not vigorously deforesting, and the soil erosion in the middle reaches of the Yellow River was not too serious.

Although during this period, the population of Yongzhou was still not too large, and the ecological environment was not too damaged, but this time it was a super heavy rainfall. Even the rivers in Hexi, which is often short of water, surged, let alone the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Although Meng County kept the embankment, many villages were still submerged during the flood, not to mention farmland.

When Zhang Wen rushed over with his army after learning of Ran Ming's order, Ran Ming was sitting on the muddy ground like a mud monkey.Ran Minggui is the king of Qin, but there is nothing special about him.

"Your Highness, have some hot porridge!"

"Let's not be busy."

Ran Ming said: "Has the water been boiled? Everyone is not allowed to drink raw water, but must drink boiled water. We also arranged for the people to drink hot porridge. As long as there is one person who cannot drink hot porridge, he will die of thirst alone. I won't even take a sip!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Li Ye said, "The county magistrate of Meng County has already made arrangements. There are more than [-] shi of rice grain in the treasury of Meng County, enough for the people to eat within five days!"

Ran Ming just sat on the ground and started to drink porridge, but before Ran Ming had a sip, Zhang Wen arrived.

Ran Ming had no choice but to throw down the bowl and go to see Zhang Wen.

Like Zhang Wenwen and Dong Run, they have a stronger affection for Ran Ming than for the prince, but this affection is only good affection. As Ran Min's confidants and direct descendants, they will definitely not disobey Ran Min's intentions.

Without Ran Min's official edict, Zhang Wenwen and Dong Run would not have participated in the battle between Ran Ming and Ran Zhi for the heir apparent.

Zhang Wen quietly pulled Ran Ming and said: "Your Highness, why are you bothering! This matter is not thankful, the Yellow River embankment is saved, and the credit must be distributed to the magistrates, but if something goes wrong, the scapegoat will be blamed on Your Highness." back!"

"The Heluo area is the confidant of our Great Wei. If something goes wrong, our Great Wei will be seriously injured!"

Ran Mingdao: "This Great Wei was established by the emperor alone. His greatest wish is to let us Han people live a good life and no longer be bullied by others. The same is true for Gu, whether it is a barbarian or a flood, I can't bear to see this!"

Zhang Wen said: "Your Highness, you must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others. You must be careful over there!"

Zhang Wen can only talk about this, and Ran Ming will definitely understand.

"Ran Zhi!"

Ran Ming thought of all kinds of things about the prince, and felt tangled in his heart.

If Ran Zhi didn't use this opportunity to deal with him at this time, Ran Ming would naturally be happy to see it.

But if he really wants to deal with him, Ran Ming thinks it's a good thing.

What Ran Min cherishes the most is not his own reputation, nor his own interests, but the Han family, these compatriots of blood.

Everyone has their own bottom line, once this bottom line is touched, Ran Min will definitely take action.

In fact, just as Ran Ming guessed, Ran Zhi really wanted to take this opportunity to attack Ran Ming.

In order to eliminate this formidable enemy, Ran Zhi has lost his heart.

However, Donggong still has people who understand.

Especially when Ran Zhi proposed this idea, Pei Bi poured cold water on it.

Ran Zhi is a person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He even dared to assassinate Ran Min. Is there anything in this world that Ran Zhi would be scruples about?

In fact, it's not Ran Zhi's fault, it's Ran Ming's ability to cause trouble.

Ran Ming was named King of Qin, General of the Zhu Kingdom, and Protector of the Western Regions.

Even the Yellow River bursting its embankment didn't bother him.

However, Ran Ming quickly came back from Fulu without saying a word. Not only did he come back, but he also brought thousands of soldiers and horses with him.

One of the big taboos of the vassal king is to return privately without an edict, and to return with troops forcibly, which can almost be regarded as a crime of treason. Based on this alone, even if Ran Ming has ten lives, he is not enough to kill.

Ran Zhi's plan is to have a group of censors impeach Ran Ming.

Even if Ran Min wanted to shield Ran Ming, it would be difficult to silence everyone.

"Pi didn't mention anything else, but if you do this, His Highness will become the target of public criticism."

Pei Bi was a little anxious at this moment.

Attacking political opponents and taking advantage of the mistakes made by the opponent can also be infinitely magnified.

But it depends on what it is.Although Ran Ming came back with soldiers, he disarmed himself and didn't even carry a crossbow, shield or blade. Could there be such a rebellion?

What's more, King Qin didn't even enter the city, so he just guarded the embankment, and has been saving the dangerous embankment for three days.

Ran Ming shared food and lodging with officers, soldiers and flood-fighting people on the river embankment, and now many people have placed longevity plaques for Ran Ming in their homes.

Now Ran Ming is the living Bodhisattva of the people in the Heluo area of ​​Wei State. Whoever impeaches Ran Ming will definitely be scolded to death by those people.

Although the censor can hear the wind and play it, he can't be in the dark without a bottom line. After all, Ran Min is not a fool.

Ran Zhi was extremely frustrated and said, "Are you just giving up this great opportunity?"

Pei Bi said: "Impeachment still needs to be impeached, but it can be changed in a different direction!"

"Changing the other direction?" Ran Zhi thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "Sir, you mean to impeach him and take the opportunity to buy people's hearts?"

Smart counselors don't talk too much, it's the smartest choice to say half and leave the other half.

Pei Bi is such a smart person. He not only put forward his own opinions, but also allowed his own opinions to be implemented. At the same time, he also left room for the prince to use his imagination, and of course, he also had the opportunity to express himself.

"Prince wise!"

Pei Bi cupped his hands and said, "The King of Qin opened his private pockets and donated food and medicine for free. Especially when the embankment of the Chenliu section broke down, the King of Qin used his body to block the flood. If this is not intentional to buy people's hearts, what is it?" Buy people's hearts!"

Ran Zhi nodded, impeaching Ran Ming for violating the system is fine, impeaching him for buying people's hearts is also fine, but the only point of rebellion is too untenable.

Pei Bi said again: "His Royal Highness, this action must not be traced, otherwise there will be a catastrophe!"

Ran Zhi nodded, this time Ran Min moved a little too much.

The "deaf and dumb" have been dispatched continuously, and more than a dozen soldiers, tyrants and merchants have been shut down. Due to the heavy rain, Heluo's grain harvest must be in short supply today. Buy people by force.

At this time, Ran Min directly used the "deaf and dumb" to arrest all the soldiers, gentry, tycoons, and merchants who committed crimes against the wind. After being interrogated by the government, the direct participants were directly killed, and there were no males. The men who participated were also sentenced to three years or five years in prison according to their usual performance, and even the women were sentenced to beatings and servitude.

Tens of thousands of people were implicated by these dozens of tyrants, gentry, and merchants, and nearly a thousand people were beheaded.Ran Min used this bloody method to greatly deter those who wanted to do something wrong and plan to make money for the country.

Ran Min was even shirtless, and broke into the court meeting regardless of the obstruction of the speaker and the clerk.

Ran Min said to the important ministers: "Facts have proved that Chen Cangguan was just a false alarm, but we must not be careless now. This flood is also a test for our great Wei. My son is guarding the Yellow River embankment now. As a monarch, you must ensure that the interior is stable. You all know what to do, and whoever dares to commit crimes against the wind will be punished by the ten clans!"

Ran Min pointed to his broken arm, pointed to the wound on his body, and said, "The Kingdom of Wei was established by me and all my subjects. In order to establish our country, I have already lost a son and an arm. With 37 wounds on my body, for the hundreds of thousands of people in the Heluo area of ​​the Great Wei Dynasty, I will continue to fight this time. Even if I risk my life, I will keep the Yellow River and the hundreds of thousands of people in the Heluo area. "

Inspired by Ran Ming, Ran Min still decided to use troops to participate in flood fighting and disaster relief.It's not that Ran Min is not as intelligent as Ran Ming, it's just that there is no precedent for using the army to rescue disasters.

"Thieves pass like a comb, and soldiers pass like a grate." From this sentence, we can see that the ancient army did more harm to the people than the thieves.In history, there are not many armies with strict military discipline like Zhou Yafu's Xiliu Camp in the Western Han Dynasty, the Yue Family Army in the Song Dynasty, and the Qi Family Army in the Ming Dynasty.Basically, they are more bandits than bandits, and expecting them to rescue disasters is worse than harming the people.

Just like the Western Army at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Army was very capable in the Northwest, but followed Tong Guan to quell the Fangla Rebellion, and after reaping the benefits of raiding the people in the south of the Yangtze River, they performed very well in the defense of Tokyo and the defense of Taiyuan. Difference.

In fact, it's not that the Western Army refused to accept the suit, but because when the Western Army was in the northwest, they were too embarrassed to attack their fellow villagers.Even if you start, it won't be too much.

But when the guest army was fighting, they were robbing strangers, so naturally they would not be scruples.Losing the hearts of the people and losing the support of the people, the Western Army will be a tragedy.

In fact, there is another army in history with equally strict military discipline.

That is the Great Wei army formed by Ran Min based on the Ran family's begging army.

When he had no military rations, Ran Min did not lead his soldiers to rob the people of food, but distributed the military rations to the people. He took an infantry unit with less than ten days' supplies, and rushed to the main force of the Yan army, and he was eaten by the enemy. .

The Qin army trained by Ran Ming can do nothing wrong with the common people, and Ran Min's elite troops of the Great Wei can also do the same.

Ran Min took off his beloved armor and entered the military camp outside the city in light clothes.Because the five-color wolf smoke at Chencangguan was burning, the troops of Dawei Shesheng, Changshui, Tunqi, Yueqi, and Zhongbaijun all started their first-level combat readiness, and they could go out to fight at any time.

After receiving the news of Ran Min's arrival, generals Shi Yue, Zhang Ai, Cao Fuqu and others all came out to greet Ran Min.

For the soul who created the Great Wei Iron Army with his own hands, the battalion of tens of thousands of soldiers looked at Ran Min with fanaticism.

"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

"Soldiers are free from courtesy!" Ran Min shouted: "My loyal and fearless soldiers, I will take you to fight a battle. Our people in Heluo are about to be hit by floods, so I will take you to fight. Scourge!"

"War against natural disasters!"

All the soldiers let out a roar that shook the sky.

For these soldiers, Ran Min is their soul and belief in their hearts.No matter what they do, as long as Ran Min takes the lead, they will follow.

The messenger rode his horse galloping in the camp, roaring as he rode his horse, "Your Majesty has an order to fight natural disasters!"

Naturally, these soldiers didn't know about fighting natural disasters, but they would do it when Ran Min gave the order.This has nothing to do with strength, and it has nothing to do with winning or losing. Even if they lose, they will remain the same as before.

(End of this chapter)