Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 784 Problems Caused by Population Expansion

Chapter 789 Problems Caused by Population Expansion

Chapter 789

Due to the long-term war in Wei State, a large number of people were lost, especially in Bing, You, Ji, Shuo, Yong and other prefectures, there were a lot of fertile land abandoned, and Ran Ming felt distressed when he saw it.

Besides, there is not enough population to enrich the frontier, and there is no solution for a long time.The state of Wei is currently stationing troops in border towns on a large scale, with tens of thousands of elite troops at the border. Although tens of thousands of troops sound like a lot, the Anbei Army's tens of thousands of troops have to defend a border line of more than 3000 miles. , is simply not enough to watch.

Therefore, enriching the frontier population is the only way for Wei.God knows how long it will take to have a natural birth. Only with a huge population base can An Ding Bian Town be established.

"Oh, you don't know."

Zhou Huzi said: "A few months ago, Xiaosan and Xiaosi from the fourth uncle's family secretly went to apply for immigration, but the patriarch took them to find the fourth uncle, threatened to expel their ancestral home, and let Xiaosan and Xiaosi come back. Xiaosan and Xiaosi refused. The fourth uncle was so angry that he was half dead. The patriarch brought back Xiaosan and Xiaosi, and in the name of disobedience and disobedience, sank Xiaosan and Xiaosi into the pond. The bodies were buried at the east end of the village, and even the ancestral grave was not allowed to enter. .”

Some people have to ask, with less land and more people, and not enough food to eat, isn’t it a good thing to divide some of the people?The key point is who doesn't want to live a good life. If they all immigrate and leave, the per capita land will be [-] acres. How to reflect the patriarch's sense of superiority?Just like in the imperial capital of the later generations, a net worth of tens of millions is not considered rich at all, and he can barely live in a house, but once he reaches the second-tier cities below, he is a big local tyrant.But seeing people desperately squeezed into the imperial capital, who wants to go out?Even if they eat pickles in the imperial capital, they will not go to second-tier and third-tier cities to eat delicious and spicy food.

No one does not pay attention to the feelings of this country.

As for the patriarch as the ruling class, the beneficiaries of the interests naturally don't care about the life and death of the people below.The key is an opening. If openings are opened for immigration and work, people's hearts will be scattered. As long as people go out, they will naturally see the outside world, and the patriarch will not be easy to manage.In fact, this is the same as the closed-door policy of later generations.Do you think the emperor with braids is stupid?Silly?In fact, no one is smarter than them.

The reason why that hypocrite Kangxi closed the country is because he is afraid that people will see the outside world and the way other people live. The people can only be stupid but not wise.There is also the development of firearms. Not only did it not develop in the Qing Dynasty, but it went backwards, and it was directly labeled as evil.Because Kangxi knew that once firearms were developed, they would lose their advantage in riding and shooting with the Manchu Eight Banners.Although the early musketeers had no obvious advantage over the archers in terms of range, even good archers could beat the musketeers completely.However, there is a particularly obvious advantage of musketeers, that is, muskets can be mass-produced quickly, and a farmer can become familiar with muskets and shoot proficiently in a day.Three months can be trained to become an excellent musketeer.But for an archer, it takes three years.Coupled with the huge population base of the Han people, if Kangxi was a Han, he would never suppress the development of firearms, but he was a Manchu, so he naturally considered their ethnicity.

Similarly, the chief of the Zhou clan is not considering the interests of the entire Zhou clan, but the interests of him and some clan elders. As for the life and death of the clan, they don't care.

Hearing Zhou Huzi's words, Ran Ming began to reflect.In a small village like Zhouzhuang, there are countless patriarchs who are willing to lead their clansmen to live a good life in the entire Wei Kingdom. It's not that there are no, but too few.How to change this situation?
It's not that Ran Ming didn't think of it, but he knew that there was a long way to go.The reason for this situation in Zhouzhuang is not an accident, but because of traffic congestion and the ignorance of the villagers.

To change this situation, we must first improve roads, use expressways to connect all villages and towns, and then cooperate with popularization of cultural education, so as to achieve such a goal.

Ran Zhi and Ran Ziyi in Shengquan Town have received the news that Yang Yun bought two whale-class ships, both of which are large ships that can hold 300 shi.Yang Yun's trip was worthwhile, and even spent as much as five thousand gold to recruit more than 300 skilled sailors and helmsmen.Yang Yun's organizational skills are good. After all, he was the boss. Under his organization, there are not a few people in Shengquan Town who are willing to go to sea with Yang Yun. There are more than 1000 households with more than [-] people.

"My lord, why can't I bear it?" Yang Yun said with a smile: "Although Yizhou is a land beyond transformation, there are high mountains and dangerous valleys there, and it is the best place to hide soldiers. Even if a million soldiers hide there, it is difficult It was discovered. Especially the navy of the Jin Kingdom was basically lost, and Yizhou was left alone. As long as it is well managed, it will be the foundation of the emperor."

Ran Zhi said: "Is it just us? I am afraid that any local king in Yizhou can destroy us?"

"The earth kings in Yizhou are all loose sand. There is nothing to worry about." Yang Yun said: "Three hundred old minions who went to sea this time were lucky enough to buy fifty pairs of iron armor, one hundred crossbows, and three hundred steel knives. , [-] arrows and [-] shields, these equipments are enough for Yun to arm these old troops. If Yun’s old troops are against the elites of the Wei Dynasty, they will undoubtedly lose, but against those natives, they can definitely block ten by one."

Ran Ming actually doesn't like Yizhou, and he is not very enthusiastic about going to sea.But he also knew that this was the best way.

Yang Yun was different. Yang Yun was originally a bandit, and he was doing business without money. Things like being a pirate were simply familiar to Yang Yun.

"Yizhou's geographical location is very good. It is the only way for business travelers from the Kingdom of Wei. If we guard this route, we will let them go if we encounter powerful fleets. If the forces are weak, we will eat them. As long as you can gain a firm foothold in Yizhou, you can rely on the plundered goods to extend your business tentacles to the counties in Linhai County. The wealth will reach the sky. When the time comes, under the offensive of money, the gentry in Linhai County will be the main ones. used above."

Hearing this, Ran Zhi was excited inside. "Perhaps this is really a solution." Originally, Ran Zhi was worried that even if he occupied Yizhou, but the population was too small, could he count on those natives?But if he can covertly connect with the counties and counties in Linhai, then the situation will be different. He can use money to buy people's hearts, and use Jiangdong's children to achieve his hegemony.

In fact, Jiangdong is not all weak soldiers. The main force of Qi's army is from Jiangxi.It is also a very famous Hunan Army in history.There is also Danyang's powerful soldiers who occupied the main position in the cold weapon era in history, which can be recognized as a strong soldier.Especially in the Han Dynasty, Li Ling led [-] Danyang soldiers to attack the Xiongnu, and finally endured the siege of the Xiongnu's whole country, but the whole army was still not wiped out, and more than [-] people withdrew to the pass.From Xiang Yu to the early Jin Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, the Danyang soldiers were the ultimate infantrymen who could defeat thousands of troops.

At the end of October in the third year of Kaiyuan, Ran Zhi and Yang Yun led two whale-class sea-going ships, four Qianshi ships, and one flying boat. A group of more than [-] people could not go to sea.

In fact, the emperor is not omnipotent. Since the first emperor created the feudal system, from the system, the imperial power and the power of the prime minister have been restricted.Except for the Manchu Dynasty, when the ministers were regarded as slaves, the emperor really became a man of his word.

Although this time Ran Min saw that the patriarchs and elders of the local clan oppressed the clan without a bottom line, even though he also saw the disadvantages of this policy of the local clan.However, Ran Min didn't feel overwhelmed, and directly went into battle shirtless to implement reforms.

Not to mention Ran Min, even Ran Ming has this kind of worry.The transformation of the feudal aristocratic group into a bureaucratic group is actually not a good thing.Do you want fish not to eat bait and cats not to steal fish?This is simply impossible.Even if my celestial dynasty is under the banner of serving the people, has it truly served the people?And those representatives?Does it represent public opinion?Every time the National People's Congress, there will be various wonderful proposals, which are the so-called representatives.

Even Western democratic and free systems are polarized.If there is no privilege, if there is no superiority, if there is no discrimination, who will be an official?
As long as Ran Min dares to touch the cheese of the ruling class, such as clan elders and patriarchs, it is inevitable that the broad masses of the people will rebel against him.Who said that since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's sentence Wang Hou Jiang Xiang Ning has kindness.It is the gene of resistance injected into the Chinese blood.Where there is oppression, there is resistance.Don't believe in the so-called prosperity of "My Great Qing Dynasty". Even the so-called prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong does not mean that the real world is peaceful, but the resistance struggle is a little smaller.The beautification of Qingfen in Qing history is a mess. If you look carefully at the local county annals, it is not difficult to find records of the Qing Dynasty's resistance to taxes.

"My Great Qing Dynasty" used a very good political slogan, which is called never adding taxes.Perhaps this is the so-called benevolent government. In fact, it is people's ignorance of the ancient tax system.Taxes and taxes are actually two sets of systems. Taxes are collected from the national treasury, while taxes are collected from the emperor's internal treasury. These taxes are collected specifically for the emperor and the royal family's expenses.

In order to solve this phenomenon in Zhouzhuang, Ran Ming actually has no good solution.Do clans rule black?Black is indeed black, but this is reality.If you want to change this phenomenon, I am afraid that you can only follow the example of "My Great Qing Dynasty" and keep your hair but not your hair. If you keep your hair but don't keep your hair, it will kill people. Naturally, it can be enforced.Or follow the example of the Celestial Dynasty and use the mythical belief to forcibly break this imprisoned thought.Either way, though, the results are heavy.

The key is, does Ran Min have such a heart?Not to mention Ran Min, even Ran Ming couldn't do it.Any reform requires compromise and concessions. This thousands-year-old concept cannot be changed by anyone.Even if India has such a submissive character, the British Empire promoted freedom and democracy for India, and Ah San quit. Equality of inferior castes, how could it be possible to be equal to high castes? Ah San, who has never disobeyed the British emperor, suddenly created the master Instead, he became independent.

There is also a strict hierarchy within the clan. There is a natural gap between father and son. No matter how bad the father is, if you let the son rebel against him, unless the royal family is a pervert, ordinary people do not have this tradition at all.

In the early morning of the next day, Ran Min's expression was gloomy, and he went straight to the road, continuing his journey of private visits in microservices.This time, Ran Min wasn't in a good mood, so he took a quick look at it.Fortunately, there are not too many phenomena like Zhouzhuang.Because the phenomenon of Zhouzhuang is actually an accidental phenomenon, firstly, the geographical location is remote enough, and the flames of war are avoided, secondly, more tribes with foreign surnames have been absorbed, and thirdly, the patriarch's thinking is rigid and he has no sense of initiative.If it was other clans, they would never give up the opportunity to grow their clans. They would definitely allow their clansmen to get more official land and become self-cultivated farmers. After all, such patriarchs who are cruel to their clansmen are rare.

People are selfish, for the sake of the country and the people, the sophomores will definitely believe it, but every mature politician will not take him seriously.Things are selected by nature, the strong are respected, and the fittest survive. In the forest of nations in the world, this is an iron fact.

Don't think that your clansmen dare not rebel against the patriarch, if pushed to a certain level, your own sons will still rebel against Laozi.That's because the patriarch has not yet reached the time when the sky is angry and the people are resentful. Once this time comes, it will be the moment of his demise.

However, this also sounded the alarm for Ran Ming. Wei Guo is now at peace, and if Ran doesn't make a fool of himself, this era of peace will continue.Then the problem comes out, which will lead to population inflation.

(End of this chapter)