Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 735
Chapter 740
Wei Guoyou, Ping, Ying, Bing, Ji, Yu, Yan, Luo, Si, Yong, Shuo, Liang, Qin, Liang, He, Sha, Qing seventeen prefectures, now only Jizhou governor, Yanzhou governor, and Sizhou The governor formally pledged his allegiance to him, but the attitudes of other counties were unclear.

Thirdly, Ran Zhi has only Liu Ke, Murong Li, and Jiang Gan in the military. Although there are many soldiers and horses, he has no handsome talents.

When Ran Ming's troops had no armor and no food, Liu Ke still dared to make trouble, but after Ran Ming returned to Qin State and joined Qin's soldiers and horses, Liu Ke withered.

Not to mention Liu Ke, looking at the generals of Wei Guo, there is really no general who has the courage to fight Ran Ming on the battlefield.

"Your Majesty! You can't fight anymore!"

Shang Shu Zuo Pu shot Pei Bi with a worried face: "Nowadays, Heluo floods are serious, and refugees are everywhere. If you are not careful, it will lead to civil uprisings. Besides, it may not be possible to win. If you win, it's okay. If you lose, I'm afraid it will fall short. what!"

Ran Zhi didn't answer, but handed a letter to Pei Bi.

Pei Bi took a look, his face became strange.This letter was written by Ran Ming to Ran Zhi, taking advantage of Zhang Ping's "deaf and dumb" and quietly placed it on Ran Zhi's desk.

This letter is very short, just one sentence.

"The society is the most important thing, and it is good to do it for yourself. It is born from the same root, so why is it too urgent to fight each other. If you are in great order, the country is strong and the people are rich, I will bow down to you. If you are not talented, and the people are not able to live, I will be king. Three years and a thousand days, will be determined Let's see."

Ran Zhi said: "I have only been sleeping for a while, and this letter has appeared on my desk. If they have malicious intentions, how can such a good head of mine exist?"

Hearing this, Pei Bi was shocked.He didn't know that the palace was so unsafe.Pei Bi's face was full of grief and indignation: "The guards of the Imperial Army last night deserve death."

Ran Zhi said: "You can't blame them. Maybe Pei Qing didn't know that the "deaf and dumb" under the father's hand was a force formed by Emperor Liezu Gao (Ran Zhan) with Ran's retainers during his lifetime. It is to protect the life and safety of the emperor. Although their number is small, each of them is a warrior who can stop a hundred, and ordinary soldiers can't stop them at all."

In fact, although "heavenly deaf and dumb" is powerful, it is far less powerful than what Ran Zhi said.It's just that they are in the palace, with their identities covered, they can come and go freely.

Ran Zhi sighed, "Fortunately, my surname is Ran, otherwise I would have died long ago!"

However, even so, Ran Zhi decided to exchange blood for the Imperial Palace Guards and Imperial Forest Army.If you want to govern the country well, you must first protect your own life.

After Ran Zhi bloodbathed all the officials in Donggong Yin'an, he did not continue the large-scale purge, but wooed him with kindness.

Anyway, Wang Cheng had plenty of money, and Huaxia Bank's treasury was quickly emptied.Those who should be promoted were promoted, and those who should be rewarded were rewarded. After repeated actions, the courtiers of Wei State began to be quiet.

However, this silence did not last long.

First of all, the newly appointed Zhongshu ordered Wang Jian to flee secretly, but was arrested and returned. Wang Jian, who had already torn his face, scolded Ran Zhi for his wolfish ambition.

Ran Zhi ordered the execution of his nine clans.With Wang Jian being executed.The Wei courtiers once again strongly rebounded, but Ran Zhi did not compromise.

Sikong Tiaoyou was furious, he was imprisoned, Tiaoyou took silent resistance, he died of hunger strike.

Zhang Gan also hanged himself at home, along with a large number of gentry officials.

Of course, they were not so loyal to Ran Min, they just didn't like Ran Zhi.After all, Ran Min was not dead, how could a child who had never fought a war be Ran Min's opponent.

As long as Ran Min takes a breath, he can make a comeback.They also know that Ran Min is not a mean and ungrateful person, they died for Ran Min's observance, and Ran Min will definitely not treat them badly in the future.

Under the influence of this kind of thinking, the number of officials in the state of Wei has been greatly reduced, and more than one-third of the top officials committed suicide.

Ran Zhi was going crazy. Seeing that the gentry didn't cooperate, Ran Zhi became cruel.You don't want to be an official. There are too many people in the world who are willing to be officials. If you don't cooperate, I will find someone else to be an official.

In fact, the gentry and the powerful are two groups that coexist side by side.At that time, official positions were divided into pure and turbid, and upright officials could only be held by gentry, while poor people could only be turbid officials.

Of course, this upright official has nothing to do with honesty and integrity, it just refers to a prominent and noble official position.The poor family served as dirty officials, and the so-called dirty officials certainly did not refer to corrupt officials.It refers to low-status, heavy-duty official positions.

Ran Zhi asked dirty officials from poor families or powerful backgrounds to replace those clean officials who were vacant from the gentry, so as to maintain the normal operation of government affairs.

Now the gentry couldn't sit still anymore, and they began to compromise with Ran Zhi.

Ran Zhi won his first victory against the gentry.

Ran Zhi didn't dare to slack off either, he personally took charge of the Yellow River flood relief issue.

However, Ran Zhi is not short of food and money for the time being, because when Ran Zhi is cleaning up political enemies, he has adopted the strategy of ransacking the family and killing the grass and roots, so the money obtained by just ransacking the house is more than that of Kaiyuan, which had the highest income during Ran Min's administration. In the first year, it will be [-]% more.

Now the palace of Prince Qin is gloomy.

The family of the three concubines, Liu Mo and Stripe, have all undergone great changes, and they shed tears every day, suffering unspeakably.

The state of Qin is located in a frontier fortress. It has been more than two months since Ran Zhi staged a coup and ascended the throne. Everyone went from waiting and watching to gradually disappointed. Ran Min might not be able to come back.

Ran Min's illness has long been cured, but his heart disease is still very serious.

In the gazebo, Ran Min was lying on a soft chair with a white tiger skin covering his legs, and Ran Ming's two sons, Ran Yun and Ran Ting, were playing beside Ran Min's legs.

Suddenly, Ran Min looked up and found that the sky was suddenly full of white snow falling, heralding the arrival of severe winter.He looked at the snowflakes falling outside the pavilion, but his mind was spinning rapidly, trying to recall the little things that happened to Xiang Xi and Ran Zhi when he was young.

Now it is October of the second year of Kaiyuan, and there are still two months left, which is the third year of Kaiyuan.

No, Ran Zhi has already changed the Yuan, and it will be the first year of Hongzhi in two years.

When Ran Ming heard Hongzhi's reign name, he felt a little unbelievable.Hongzhi is the reign title of Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang, the ninth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It lasted for 18 years and was called Hongzhi Zhongxing in history.

Ran Min has come out of vulgarity, but Ran Min still can't let go of it.

In fact, this also understands that Lao Tzu's things can be given to you, and you can only want them if they are given to you, and you can't take them away if they are not given to you.If you take it away, it is treason.

But Ran Ming persuaded Ran Min to sit and watch Ran Zhi perform.

Today, Xie Ai, Zhang Ai, Shi Yue, Murong Chui and Murong Ke all continue to be loyal to Ran Min, to be more precise, they are loyal to Ran Ming.From the west of Tongguan, including Guanzhong, Hetao, Shuo, Yong, Qin, Liang, He, Sha, and the Western Regions are all under the rule of Ran Ming.

Although Ran Min was still respected as emperor by Ran Ming, and the year name was still Kaiyuan, in fact, the state of Wei had split into Eastern Wei and Western Wei.

In terms of area under the rule, Ran Ming's territory is not smaller than Ran Zhi's, but the population and national strength are far behind.Ran Min became more and more confused about Ran Ming's attitude. Ran Min believed that Ran Zhi had the ability to stabilize the political situation, and unless he stepped forward now, it might be possible to restore it.

However, as most of the officials during his administration stayed away from the central government or stepped down, his prestige has gradually decreased.If Ran Zhi is given more time, the chances of Ran Min and Ran Ming returning to the Central Plains will become increasingly slim.

As far as time is concerned, for Ran Ming, the longer the time, the more unfavorable he is.

Ran Min didn't understand Ran Ming even more. Ran Ming just ordered his apprentice Chen Yong to be the captain of Tongguan, and led [-] Qin troops to station in Tongguan. Except for other things, Ran Ming must have done nothing.

Did Ran Mingming really think that the danger of Tongguan would ensure their real safety?

There is another big problem, that is, the population under Ran Ming's rule, the Han people are less than one million now, while the Wei State has a population of more than six million, and Ran Ming only accounts for one-sixth.

With this population, even if Ran Ming wanted to expand his army, he would be able to recruit a maximum of 10 people.If it is militaristic, it will affect agricultural production. 10 horses can protect themselves at most, but it is far from enough to return to the Central Plains.

The cold snowflakes fell on Ran Min's face and instantly turned into drops of water. No one knew whether it was tears or snow water that flowed down Ran Min's face.

After Ran Ming was silent for two months, Ran Ming finally made a move.

Yecheng, an ordinary restaurant.

Two diners are drinking each other.At some point, there was a thick newspaper on the table.

"Brother Lu, when did you buy the newspaper?"

"Huh? Brother Zhang, where did I buy it? I thought it was you who bought it. Oh, come and read this newspaper!"

"What happened to the newspaper? What's new? Is His Majesty coming back?"

"Shhhhh, be careful! Don't talk about government affairs. You'll know it when you read it."

"The production process of green salt...is this true?"

"It should be true! My brother is in the green salt business, and has personally been to the salt field in Qingzhou. Although I don't know the details, but judging by the appearance, it is probably the same as the one on the picture!"

"Didn't it mean that we can also dry the salt ourselves?"

Another person said: "Look at the following, there is also the brewing method of Immortal Drunk."

Sure enough, everyone was boiling.

The tools used by Ran Ming to earn money are actually the advanced technologies invented by later generations.

Such as rice paper, Qingzhou sea salt, highly distilled wine, canned food, including white sugar, chemical printing and dyeing (Rainbow brocade), of course, cement, high-mix furnace steel-making, hydraulic mechanical stamping, car sales technology, etc.

Although Ran Ming's monopoly of these technologies can benefit him, it hinders the progress of technology.Therefore, Ran Ming disclosed all these technologies, and published the technical principles, process flow, and of course the precautions of these technologies in the special issue of "Ming Pao".

Not only was it released in the territory of Wei State, but also as many as [-] copies were released in the territory of Jin Dynasty.

A total of [-] newspapers have used the special channels of Sky Eye and Sky Deaf and Dumb. These patented technologies have all become worthless waste overnight.

As we all know, the monopoly price in a monopoly market is higher than the complete market price. In layman's terms, monopoly means huge profits.Oftentimes monopolies try desperately to erect barriers to prevent alternative products from entering the market.

When the unique technical advantages of monopoly products are lost, it means entering the era of complete market.

Compared with the monopoly market, Ran Ming understands it better and prefers the complete market.

The so-called monopoly usually controls production capacity within the market saturation line, which is the law of hunger sales, such as domestic Xiaomi mobile phones.Regardless of salt production or printing and dyeing, the threshold of core technology is not high, and the amount of investment is not too large. Ordinary local rich people have the ability to build printing and dyeing workshops, and ordinary coastal people can make sea salt by themselves.

Ran Ming naturally knows the pros and cons of monopolizing the market, because of the huge profits of monopoly, those monopoly merchants will not bother to save energy and reduce consumption, so monopoly also means a waste of resources.

Huge profits also make the gap between rich and poor more obvious.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ran Ming completely opened up the technology, allowing the monopoly market to directly enter the fully competitive market.

In this way, the industrial scale of each monopoly industry will expand rapidly. In order to compete for the market, there will definitely be a price war, and it will be the common people who will benefit in the end.It can also promote the development of industrial innovation and technology.

Of course, Ran Ming still has one more point, which is to make Wang Cheng feel a little bit blocked.

(End of this chapter)