Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 771
Chapter 776

Wang Meng said: "Your Highness does not know, the first batch of students of Fengle Academy have studied for four years, especially those who are proficient in mathematics, basically all of them can become teachers! Especially the three masters of the academy, they are all very talented and learned, not under the fierce .”

"Oh!" Ran Ming said, "Fengle Academy still has three masters, who are they!"

Wang Meng said: "The first of the three masters of the academy is named Cui Minghong. He is the grandson of Situ Cui Yue at that time. He was born in a famous family called Jizhou Prodigy. He has the ability of photographic memory, especially in mathematics, and has achieved extraordinary achievements."

"The surname of the three masters is Zhang Minggun. Shanggu Juyang is also from a family of officials and eunuchs. His grandfather Zhang Yi was the governor of Liaodong, and his father Zhang Zhuo was the governor of Changli County in Yan State. Yan Guo surrendered to Wei and settled down with his father Zhuo Laiye. Zhang Gun is an all-rounder , the handwriting is very beautiful, the eloquence is extraordinary, and no one in the academy can argue with him. Moreover, he is from the Han Dynasty in Liaodong, and his skills in riding and archery are very good. Every time the academy assesses him, he is a Liujia."

"It's just weaker than Cui Hong in arithmetic. If it wasn't for Cui Honggao's background, I'm afraid he would be the first of the three masters of the academy. Wei Jian of the three masters, was born in the Hedong Wei family, Shen Min is more wise, elegant and respectful of human relations!"

It's a pity that Ran Ming's knowledge of history is not very good. The three heroes mentioned by Wang Meng are all famous figures in history. Zhang Gun and Cui Hong are both important officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Baima Gong, and Zhang Gun was also the Minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who was named Taibao and posthumously named Wenkang Gong.

Even Wei Jian was the Duke of Guangling in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the governor of Bingzhou.

Ran Ming said: "Take some time and bring that three heroes to Ben Gong to meet!"

With the news that Ran Ming personally led and presided over the tax infringement case, the counties and counties in the Heluo area were greatly shaken.

It was Zheng Yi who got the news first.Zheng Yi is not the Zheng family of Xingyang. In fact, he was born in the Zheng family of Duyang, which is also one of the branches of the Zheng family of Xingyang.

Zheng Yi hurriedly summoned all the powerful and powerful people to discuss in secret.

Among them are Yiyang Ganchuo, Yanshi Wu Muzhi, Gongxian Chengkun, Mengjin Fanghuan and so on.

Duyang Zheng Mansion, after all the more than forty powerful and powerful gentry arrived, Zheng Yi said: "Everyone, have you heard about the fact that His Majesty sent the crown prince to enter Heluo this time?"

Gan Chuo nodded, he didn't look anxious like the others, but calmly said: "I've heard about it, it's been spread all over the place, it's hard not to know!"

"Brother Gan is very open!" Zheng Yi sneered.

Gan Chuo said: "So what if we can't see it away? What didn't happen has already happened. Is there a way for us to turn back now? In fact, this ending was already expected by Zheng Gong!"

Fang Heng was rather timid, and when he heard this, he said in disbelief: "Duke Zheng, you have expected this day?"

Because Fang Huan was timid, and his third son's daughter-in-law was Zheng Yi's niece, and because of his in-laws, he had to go forward and back with Zheng Yi, but now he regretted it to death. If he could be given a chance, don't He didn't care about twenty times the hidden tax.

Fang's is only a small place, but it owns more than 3000 mu of land.In terms of money and food, there is actually not much money.

"It was indeed within my expectation!" Zheng Yi said lightly, "It's just that Yi only guessed that there was such a possibility at the beginning, but this extremely unlikely possibility has become a reality, which is also beyond Yi's expectations. Unexpectedly. Our Majesty, Bi Yi's highest evaluation of him is even higher!"

"The highest evaluation?" Wu Muzhi was a smiling fox, and said with a smile on his face: "What is the highest evaluation that Brother Zheng has for His Majesty?"

"Humanity is a thief if you are old but not dead." Zheng Yi said: "This old man has lived to be 60 years old this year, and the emperor alone has seen no fewer than six. Liu Yuan and Liu Cong from the Huns, Shi Le, Shi Hong, and Shi Hu from the Jie people No matter, but they are all inferior to His Majesty. Your Majesty is as fierce as a tiger, wise as a demon, and greedy as a wolf. Since the beginning of the army, he has been invincible. Now if you set your sights on the Heluo area, you are destined to be troubled!"

Gan Chuo said: "Since Your Majesty defeated Murong Jun and recovered Heluo, the whole world has been named Ran, but the question now is whether our Majesty is a good thing or a bad thing for us!"

Zheng Yi looked directly at Gan Chuo, "Brother Gan, do you think it is our misfortune to meet such a powerful emperor, or is it our luck?"

Cheng Kun said, "What does Mr. Zheng think?"

Zheng Yidao: "It is a great fortune for the common people in the world to meet such a wise and powerful emperor. It may not be a good thing for us gentry and powerful!"

Gan Chuo said: "No, I don't agree with Brother Cheng's opinion, on the contrary, Chuo thinks this is a good thing instead!"

"Good thing!" Zheng Yi said with a sneer, "You really think that the current crown prince is a good friend? Have you ever forgotten that since his debut, when has this son not killed people's heads, and when has he not shed blood like a river? This The small ones may not be as vicious as the big ones!"

"Brother Zheng's words are wrong!" Gan Chuo said: "Although His Royal Highness is ruthless and poisonous enough, he is not unreasonable. On the contrary, he uses reason to open the way in everything, especially for my Huaxia lineage. I haven’t seen him do things that are ungrateful for profit. This should be your majesty and the prince, who are doing everything possible to unite our Han people. At the same time, they are also their shortcomings. Since he holds high the banner of the Han people, then we can also use it. This banner is used to restrict him, since he has shown us goodwill everywhere, then we accept his kindness, as long as we don’t leave any excuses for him to make a fuss, but we can use his power to expand our influence.”

"However, His Majesty's deadline has already passed, and we may have offended His Majesty and the Crown Prince thoroughly!" Zheng Yi said.

In fact, why didn't he know that this crown prince is different from His Majesty, because Xingyang did business with Ran Ming, not only did he get back his capital in the first year, but he also made a lot of money in the second year, especially the bank, which is like laying golden eggs hen.

"So what if you are offended?" Gan Chuo said nonchalantly: "Which one of us is not a big family, and which one is not full of children and grandchildren. There are a few unworthy descendants in the family, and it is not wrong to be blinded by these unworthy descendants for a while. impossible……"

Although Gan Chuo did not speak, the meaning inside was already understood.For the benefit of the family, it is not impossible to abandon one or two important children.To say a thousand words and ten thousand is to protect the family.Officials can be negligent for a while, even if something happens to the world, they are only jointly and severally responsible, and they don't have to take full responsibility.As long as the family can continue and develop, if the son is gone, it can be reborn, and if the daughter-in-law dies, she can remarry.

Ran Ming and Wang Meng decided to go to Fengle Academy to find out who Sanjie really is!

However, Ran Ming looked at Wang Meng's worried face, and said with a smile: "Sir, why worry, the tax infringement case is actually easy to solve. We gave the face, but they don't want it, so don't blame us for being ruthless!"

Wang Meng said worriedly: "But the gentry are the pillars of the country!"

"Pillar?" Ran Ming sneered, "I think it's more like moths. These gentry tyrants will only cling to the land and suck the marrow. When the country is in danger, where are they? When the country and the people need them, where are they?" What? When the Huns occupied the Central Plains, they turned around and became the subjects of the Huns and Han, oppressing our compatriots for the Huns. The Huns were defeated by the Jie people, and they turned around and became the Shizhao Kingdom again Even if Shi Hu is a cruel and heartless dog emperor, they still act as accomplices and lackeys? When the father established the Great Wei, they saw that the wind had changed, and they became my ministers of the Great Wei, but when our Great Wei At the critical moment of life and death, what did they do? We switched to the Eastern Jin Dynasty again. To say that they are family slaves with three surnames is to flatter them, and to say that they are chameleons is not bad!"

Although Wang Meng doesn't like gentry, he knows that they are still needed in the country's governance.Before Wang Meng could speak, he heard Ran Ming continue: "First of all, we need to confirm one thing, whether we are alone in the investigation of the tax infringement case. We are now fighting against the huge power group of the landlord, who is it? Who will support us? Or who will be against me?"

Ran Ming naturally knows that the change of the ancient feudal dynasty is actually a process of dividing the economic division. After the founding of the country, a large part of the gentry class attached to the previous dynasty will be overthrown, because the new country needs to learn from these gentry. suck blood.Use this blood to nourish the new gentry class.

Just like the Song Dynasty vigorously supported civil servants, it was because they were frightened by the separatist forces of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. As long as you choose the class of civil servants, you can use civil servants to control military forces.It was not that the emperors of the Song Dynasty believed that scholars were more loyal than martial artists, but that they knew that scholars were doomed to accomplish nothing, and even if they rebelled, they would not be as harmful as military generals.But what about the Ming Dynasty?The Ming Dynasty is a political system, since Chengzu was a weak feudal clan, especially after the Tumubao Incident, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had no feudal clan to rely on, and lost their honorable group. As a loner, the emperor had no strength to contend with the civil official group .

In this era, the land and taxes of the tyrants and gentry are their flesh, and it is actually very difficult for the imperial court to cut their flesh.However, at the beginning of the founding of the country, when the nobles were not the real gentry class, these nobles would help the emperor and cut flesh from the gentry, but in the later period, the early nobles established the immortal meritorious service for this country. Gentlemen, you have also grown into the gentry class. At this time, let them cut their own flesh, who would be willing?This is also why in history, the later the dynasty, the greater the loss of national finances and taxes, leading to bankruptcy.

After Ran Ming traveled through time, he realized that many things were too idealistic.The Han people are a great nation. Give them swords and they can become excellent fighters. It is true that one Han can defeat five Hus.Cheng Zu led the Han family to march, and also conquered Mongolia five times, causing the mighty Mongolian iron cavalry to flee in embarrassment.Give them tools, and they will be the best craftsmen in the world; let them learn, and they will become unparalleled sages; give them hoes, and they will be the best farmers in the world.Even if you do business, you can be as rich as an enemy.But such a nation just can't be an official, once an official, it will quickly become a scum.

There is no shortage of filial sons and virtuous grandchildren in China, but it is the most lacking of public servants who serve the country and the people.No one is perfect, and there is nothing Ran Ming can do. He can have an immortal family for a thousand years, but he cannot tolerate a dynasty that stands for a thousand years.

Zhang Gun is a Han from Liaodong, and there is a certain difference from the Han in the Central Plains. Yanzhao man, since ancient times, has a lot of pride. He is a descendant, so he is destined to work harder than anyone else.Zhang Gun's entry into Fengle Academy and Ran Ming's Academy did not mean to diversify his investment.It is precisely because Zhang Gun was placed by the family in an academy where the vassal king raised his power, serving as one of the family's future hopes.When Ran Ming's status and future were unclear, Zhang Gun felt abandoned when he entered the academy.

However, Ran Ming actually became the prince, the future heir to the country.He, Zhang Gun, also became a student of the prince from a penniless student.Every time I go home on vacation at the end of the month, Zhang's mother will circle around Zhang Gun like stars pretending to be the moon.Zhang Gong likes this feeling very much.But he knew that no matter how hard he worked, the most important thing was to quickly get into Ran Ming's sight.

Opportunities are always for those who are prepared, and Zhang Gun is such a person.After Ran Ming became the chief officer of the tax infringement case, Zhang Gun knew that his chance had come!

Zhang Gun found some powerful children from the Heluo area and spent money to treat them to drinks every day. From them, he got some valuable information, such as how much land each family has, how much output it has every year, and how much income it has.When did their families sell food, what kind of business they had, etc. Zhang Gun used these clues to find out what he needed.

Zhang Gun carefully compiled the report that he had spent several days, sleepless nights and food. He had read this report three times, almost every word, and every word was finalized after repeated deliberation.Zhang Gun also knew that Ran Ming liked vernacular, and he wrote this report in this vernacular style for the first time.

Fu Jian built Kangcheng, the capital of the country, in Kangyanchuan, and his vision was very unique.This is an important gateway for the three provinces of Sichuan, Qinghai, and Yunnan to enter Tibet. It is surrounded by the Hengduan Mountains and the Three Rivers. It is not only the weak point of Huanwen's control over Bashu, but also the work area where Tubo accepted the assimilation of Han culture earlier. The key point is, Here is rich in salt, and Fu Jian controls Kangyanchuan, which is also the lifeline for the survival of Tubo.

(End of this chapter)