Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 755
Chapter 760

The Huaxia Business Alliance did not discount Ran Ming's order because of Ran Zhi's coup. More than 50 million shi of rice and grain were transported to Wei State, and the first batch of [-] shi of grain was shipped to Luoyang on the day Ran Ming was registered as the prince.

Ran Min has already had experience in how to use the people's hearts. Ran Min will not be stingy with the food that Ran Ming gets, especially the poor people. When a family throws two bags, those people who have benefited from the benefits immediately shouted, "My Emperor, Shengming."

Ran Ming was named the crown prince and entered the court to train in government affairs.At the court meeting, Ran Ming bluntly pointed to the reasons for the collapse and destruction of the past dynasties, and finally removed other reasons to find out the most fundamental reason, which is the uneven distribution of land. , Occupying [-]% of the land, they believe that the unrestrained annexation of land by wealthy and powerful families is the root cause of the collapse of the dynasty.

Great Wei now has a lot of land and a small population, so there is still time to save it. If after 50 years, after the population multiplies, the land is not enough to distribute, then it will be too late. It is suggested that the land should not be divided indefinitely now, and at the same time point out the harm of dividing the countries In the Han Dynasty, the enfeoffment of the kings caused the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms, and the enfeoffment of the kings in the Jin Dynasty caused the chaos of the Eight Kings.

Take Qin State as an example. Qin State has seven counties, and the entire Qin State has more than [-] soldiers and horses. If Ran Ming needs it, he can raise at least [-] soldiers and horses within a month. This is the root cause of the turmoil.Returning honors and honors, the land can not be divided on a large scale, and the land can only be distributed to the self-cultivating farmers.

Ran Ming raised the most important point, that is, too little land output.With the same cost, you can actually do more.

Wang Meng listened to Ran Ming's passionate speech above, his face was full of sorrow, Wang Meng secretly muttered in his heart, "Master, little ancestor, you have offended all the nobles in the court!"

Ran Ming wanted to weaken the power of the noble family and also wanted to stop land annexation. This political point of view was correct.But it was not suitable for Ran Ming to bring it up at this time.

Although Ran Ming had already been established as the crown prince of the Wei Kingdom by Ran Min, the crown prince was not the emperor after all, and if he offended everyone, he would not be able to continue as the crown prince.

Cutting off a person's fortune is like killing one's parents. This is a death feud. Wang Meng never imagined that Ran Ming would faint at this time.

Before Wang Meng had time to remind Ran Ming, Ran Min who was sitting on the dragon chair suddenly stood up and shouted, "Shut up!"

Ran Min pointed at Ran Ming, and didn't catch his breath for a long time.Ran Min made two works in three steps, and his fingers were almost on Ran Ming's forehead, "The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have made great contributions to the Wei State and the country. Convince the public?"

"Father, my son is terrified!" Ran Ming said calmly: "Father, my son didn't say no to reward?"

Ran Ming turned around and cupped his hands at Manchu Wenwu and said: "Ministers, as we all know, things are rare and expensive, and now our Great Wei has more than [-] people with the title of Marquis or above in the pass, which is obviously overwhelmed."

"During the reformation of the regime, the titles were conferred indiscriminately in just two years, making prominent officials and nobles a despised abuse of duty during the period. When the regime was reformed, the Chang'an City Ballad sang: .Rotten sheep stomach, riding captain.Rotten sheep's head, Marquis of Guannei. "(Both Zhonglang Jiang and Qi Duwei are central-level officials who are "bigger than two thousand stones", which is a portrayal of troubled times)"

"Although the title of our Great Wei Dynasty is not as good as that of the Gengshi Dynasty, it greatly surpasses the more than [-] people who rewarded earls and above when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty. Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty (Liu Bei) established the Kingdom of Shu because it was orthodox after the Han Dynasty, so it is completely Copying the system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but because of the small size of the land, the title of "county marquis" is seldom "county marquis", and most of them are "township marquis" and "ting marquis". "Marquis of Wuxiang", Zhao Yunzhong's guard army and General Zhengnan were also sealed at Yongchang Pavilion. Guan Yu was a former general, and the fake Jieyue was also stopped at Hanshou Pavilion. It can be proved. In fact, the honor of titles is different from others. Scholars are high and low, if everyone in Yecheng is a prince, then the marquis is as cheap as dirt!"

Ran Min and all the officials were lost in thought.In fact, Ran Min was indiscriminately conferring titles at the beginning, just like the Gengshi regime, his power position was not stable, so in order to win people's hearts, he had to grant a heavy title.

More than 4000 marquises will definitely be a heavy economic burden for Wei.In fact, Ran Ming did not give an example. According to the incomplete rule, more than 2000 princes were conferred during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Hong Xiuquan period. Later, Hong Xiuquan's princes could be easily obtained even by butchers. Since things that are easily obtained, naturally will not be taken seriously.

Wang Meng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

And the ministers of the Wei State also felt that it was taken for granted, because the titles of the Wei State, except for Liu Qun, Lu Chen, Liu Xiu and a few founding fathers who supported Ran Min to succeed to the throne, were all obtained by the generals.In the environment of the state of Wei, where the military is noble and the culture is cheap, those civil servants wished that Ran Ming would propose a nobility proposal.

As for those generals, they were secretly relieved. Wei Guo only granted a king with a different surname, and that was Qi Wang Li Nong, but Li Nong and his three sons were all killed by Ran Min, and their titles were also removed.People like Dong Run, Zhang Wen, and Ji Wei are almost at the peak of military generals. They are already the princes of the state, and it is obviously impossible for them to be promoted to kings. In history, there is no good end for kings with different surnames.If they were demoted at this time, there would be room for them to make further contributions in the future. Ran Ming was giving them a chance to continue their political lives.

Ran Min felt better when he heard this.Ran Min said: "What is the crown prince's opinion?"

"Report to Father!" Ran Mingdao: "After Han Gaozu Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, he made an oath: "No one can be named a king unless he has the surname Liu, and no one can be named a marquis unless he has military merits." Cherish. (The "Hou" here refers to the No.19 and No.20 two most noble titles in the Qin Jue [-]th rank system.) If the title can only be obtained by military merit, it is too unfair to civil servants. Both civil and military For the community, they are like the two legs of a human being. It is not enough to emphasize martial arts over literature, and it is also impossible to emphasize civility over military affairs. Therefore, it is necessary to implement both civil and martial arts and perform their duties, which is the fortune of the community and the common people. ! Therefore, my son, please discuss Lord Reform!"

Ran Ming's words were not said out of the blue, but after careful consideration.Although the Marquis in Guannei didn’t have food, they did have an annual salary. For example, in the Qin Dynasty, the Marquis’ salary in Guannei was 30.75 shi (600 kg per shi in the Qin Dynasty), but it rose to [-] shi in the Han Dynasty. The system of the Wei State basically followed the Han system. There are more than [-] marquises in Guannei who have no food and fiefs.Even if counting the marquis and dukes with food towns and fiefdoms, the annual salary of the Wei State to the nobles alone is more than [-] million stones of grain.Of course, even when the treasury of Wei State was at its most abundant, there was not so much food, so money, cloth, firewood, gold or silver, wine, meat and other items were generally used.

More than 600 million shi of grain, if all the nobles do not receive salaries, it will be enough for Wei to fight a moderate-scale war, which is also a great burden for Wei.What's more, these nobles all have the privilege of tax exemption, and Wei's expenditure will be passed on to those self-cultivating farmers. If it weren't for Ran Min's constant adoption of war to support war, coupled with Ran Ming's business-promoting policy, and a large amount of commercial tax supplements, I am afraid that Wei's financial crisis has already appeared.

If a country wants to develop, it can run faster and farther only by throwing away its burdens and moving forward with light packs.However, this is a headache. If the title system is completely abolished, then who will work for Wei Guo?In fact, Ran Min had already thought about what Ran Ming was worried about, but Ran Min couldn't stop dealing with those heroes who had shed blood for the Great Wei.

For unexpected things, Ran Min will be inexplicably alert.After Ran Min thought about it, he thought of why Ran Ming proposed the reform of the title and military merit system at this time.Ran Ming was actually afraid of himself, he was afraid of himself.In the final analysis, Ran Ming's move has the same effect as Liuhou Zhang Liang, but the purpose is to tarnish his name and reduce suspicion.Ran Min said: "What's your opinion, dear friends?"

Now that the crown prince wants to reduce his title and reform military merits, it actually has little influence on this civil servant, and he has no interests involved.If you insist that there is, there are only advantages, not disadvantages.Although the military officials are noble, they do not have much power in the court. Except for a few military officials who are qualified to go to the court, most of them are generals who lead troops outside. I also know that Ran Ming is suppressing the military officials openly, but secretly Protect the military officials.

This suggestion was beyond Ran Min's expectations.No matter civil or military, everyone supported Ran Ming's suggestion, even Wang Meng felt incredible.

Ran Min murmured: "Don't all the lovers need rewards?"

Ran Ming smiled and said, "Father, it's not that the ministers don't want rewards, but the rewards are not what they want!"

"What is the explanation for this!" Ran Min was even more confused at this time: "I only know that if meritorious service is not rewarded, and faults are not punished, the government will not be strengthened, and the country will fail!"

Ran Ming pointed to Ji Zhen and said with a smile: "General Ji, I have a question to ask you, please answer it seriously!"

"This time to calm down the rebellion and crusade against non-officials, the general should be the first meritorious service. According to the system, the meritorious service should be recited." Ran Ming said seriously: "If there are two kinds of rewards, one is to increase food for [-] households, and fake festivals. Yue, and the other is the soul-devouring spear used by Yucifuhuang, may I ask which one will General Ji choose?"

Shiyi is not the same as a feudal state. It just collects the taxes that 500 households need to pay every year and then transfers them to the reward recipients. Theoretically, this number is not too big.According to the normal tax system of the State of Wei, if there is no natural disaster, a household needs to pay about 3000 yuan, and even if there are [-] households, the annual income is only between [-] million and [-] million yuan.This is a monetary reward.As for the fake Festival Yue, fake means agent in ancient times, not true or false.

"Jie" represents the identity of the emperor, and all envoys who hold the festival represent the emperor's presence, symbolize the emperor and the country, and can exercise corresponding powers.If the general is "false festival", he does not need to ask for instructions from the left and report to the right in wartime, and he can directly kill soldiers in his own army who violate the military order.Among all the authorization methods of the king, the specification of "Fake Festival Yue" is extremely high.Possessing the power of "false Festival Yue", not only can behead soldiers who violated military orders at will, but also can go out on behalf of the monarch, and have the power to kill festival generals.

Just like the "fake Festival Yue" of General Anbei, he not only has the right to dispose of the generals and soldiers of the four prefectures of Bing, You, Ying, and Ping who do not obey the military order, but also has the right to directly launch counterattacks without asking for instructions. The power to go to war with dozens of surrounding tribes or countries including the Northern Han Dynasty, Goguryeo, Buyeo, and Samhan.

Ran Min believed that Ji Li would not underestimate the power of this "false Jie Yue", because with this power, Ji Li could hold the largest army of the northern frontier army in his hands.

However, Ji Li replied without thinking, "I choose to accept the Soul-devouring Spear held by His Majesty!"

Ran Min's jaw almost dropped in shock. Although his Soul Eater Spear was made by Yan Hu, a famous craftsman of Tianwaifei Iron Sutra, it took three years to forge it, and the labor cost was more than five hundred gold. It can be more than a thousand gold, but it is far less than the value of "fake Festival Yue".

Ran Ming didn't seem to see Ran Min's astonished gaze. Ran Ming turned to Cui Yue and asked, "Cui Shijun also contributed a lot this time. If the father rewards Cui Shijun, how should he reward him?"

Ran Min pondered for a while and said: "Jin Situ, ennobled as Marquis of Pingyang, eats thousands of households!"

It was fair for Ran Min to do so, no matter what thoughts Cui Yue had in mobilizing the scribes' wits, they still contributed a lot.Everyone knows that Cui Yue's health is failing, and there is not much time left. If there is no accident, General Situ will be Cui Yue's biggest official.

(End of this chapter)