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Chapter 345 A Shameful Thing

Liu Yan's reasons for supporting Ran Min are a bit complicated.

One is that Liu Yan needs Ran Min to continue to persevere. The life and death of Ran's Qin State is not only related to one surname and one country, but to the overall situation of the world.

The second is that Liu Yan is planning for the future in advance, and no one ignores the opportunity of Ran's Qin State. Even if Ran Min, the king, is not grateful when he extends his help, don't the subjects under Ran Min's command have the slightest sense of gratitude?Some ordnance can be exchanged for the goodwill of a country, and the sale is very cost-effective no matter how you look at it.

The third is that Liu Yan is showing his strength to all parties in the world. He only needs to know how to shout. It is not wrong for me to go through a hard battle. I have just defeated more than 50 enemy troops and can still support others. If you are afraid, don’t beat me. idea.

Before Ran Min raised his troops, Liu Yan and the others had been holding the shield for three years. During the period, they said they were sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. If the Han Dynasty hadn't persisted, wouldn't Liu Yan be defeated? Affect other countries or forces?

There is a saying that the more you fight, the stronger you are, which refers to the morale and vigor of the army. Shijie Zhao Guo has not been able to win, so naturally the morale and morale will continue to weaken, and vice versa.

Shijie Zhao State is still the largest and most prestigious country in the east. Although some parts are defeated again and again, the ones who lose are not Jin people, Zahu, Qiang and Di people. The Jie people have not been harmed at all. Don't dare to underestimate it.

The second largest territory in the East is Xiao~chao~ting in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Previously, all parties recognized the status of Xiao~chao~ting Zhengshuo, but Murong Yanguo opened the way. Murong Hao refused Xiao~chao~ting's Zhengshuo status Afterwards, Xiao~chao~ting's status in the eyes of the world plummeted, and there was a tendency that a phoenix would not be as good as a chicken.

The countries of the Eastern Main Continent are arranged as follows according to their territorial area: Shijie Zhao Kingdom, Eastern Jin Dynasty Xiao~chao~ting, Zhangshi Liangguo, Murongyanguo, Tuobadaiguo, Hanbu, Lishi Chenghan, Goguryeo, Ranshi Qin, Baekje, Silla.

In terms of national power, the ranking is not very good. It is generally accepted that the Han tribe, which has only risen for a short time, is a little weirdly strong in terms of productivity and economic strength, or... so strong that it is unreasonable.

At present, everyone wants to know who is in charge of the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty. No one thinks that it is Ji Chang who is in the open. After all, Ji Chang has always been more inclined to military affairs than civil affairs.Tian Shuo, who has been in charge of civil affairs, has received the most attention.The rest of Lu Yi, Cai You, Sang Yu... and a large group of people, no matter how they look at it, they are more inclined to the military.

"Another goal of Li Xian's visit to Qingzhou is to observe the civil affairs plan there."

Ran Min was sitting on the king's throne, and on both sides of the hall below were kneeling kneeling members of the Ran family and the Qin Kingdom.

Today is the grand court meeting of Ran's Qin State. At the beginning, Sikong Tiaoyou announced a good news, saying that Liu Yan agreed to support the ordnance.

As for the Dachaohui, as long as the officials in the capital are of sufficient rank, they must be increased.Regardless of the small size of Ran's Qin Kingdom, the country's situation is not good, and the development is even worse. However, as a kingdom, although the sparrow is small and complete, there are all kinds of officials.

Of course Ran Min is the king. At this moment, he is wearing a black uniform with some red lines and gorgeous patterns embroidered with gold threads.He wears a crown on his head, but it is not the nine crowns of the princes and kings, but the twelve crowns of the emperor (emperor).

The current mianfu is not embroidered with any animal patterns, and the Chinese nation has not yet begun to worship the fantasy animal "dragon".At present, there are more types of totems in China than imagined, and the ones that are used more often are birds, such as black birds or phoenixes.For example, the Qin Dynasty chose Xuanniao, while the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties chose Jinwu.The dragon represents the Son of Heaven since the Ming Dynasty, and the pattern on the flag began with "My Great Qing Dynasty". It is considered that the national totem cannot be determined until the Celestial Dynasty.

Above the main hall, on the right is the generals group headed by Taiwei Shen Zhong and General Jiang Gan; Liu Yi and other civil servant groups.

Song Bin, the servant of the Huangmen, stayed under the steps near Ran Min in the main hall, and Ma Yuan, the school captain of Changshui, stood beside the door.

Speaking of which, the bureaucratic system of Ran's Qin State is really far more complete than that of Liu Yan. As long as he followed Ran Min and his confidantes were all sealed up in official positions, it is that Ran Min seemed a bit stingy in terms of titles. It is also the practice of wanting to engage in the practice of not being knighted without military merit.

After Ran's Qin State entered Guanzhong, the strategy adopted was that those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish.Guanzhong has long been a mixed state of Qiang, Di, Jin, and Hu, among which the Di people have the largest number.

The Di people regarded Guanzhong as their territory, so how could they easily obey Ran Min? They and the Qiang people who were also in Guanzhong took the lead in rebelling against Ran Min's rule.

The cleansing in Guanzhong spread to Zahu and Jin people, which was caused by the plundering formed by Ran Min’s army when they cleansed the Di people and Qiang people. If there is oppression, there will naturally be resistance. Then, when Ran Min first entered Guanzhong, for Guanzhong The people in this group don't have much deterrent power, and the result is that the whole pass has been in a state of chaos.

It is extremely difficult to restore people's livelihood under the chaos of war, and the former fertile field has long since disappeared with the abandonment of Zhengguoqu.Not only the Zhengguo Canal built in the Qin Dynasty, but also the Weishui Canal, Baiqu Canal, Chengguo Canal, Liufu Canal, Lingzhi Canal, etc. built in the Western Han Dynasty, etc. There are nearly ten irrigation systems, which have long since collapsed with the Eastern Han Dynasty destroyed or abandoned.

It's not bad to expect the Hu people to destroy, but you must not expect the Hu people to be able to build. Don't even think about thousands of miles of fertile fields. It's good to hope that there will be no ruins everywhere.

The Guanzhong that Ran Min got was really a land full of ruins, and the whole Guanzhong was built when Liu Yao (the former Han of the Huns) established Chang'an as his capital, making Chang'an look like a city. The situation in other places is the same as that of most of the Central Plains. Prosperous cities and villages have been turned into ruins, and the former mulberry fields have become pastures overgrown with weeds.

"Your Majesty..." As Sikong, Tiaoyou had to say some words, even though those words sounded extremely ugly.He straightened his waist and saluted in Ran Min's direction, and said: "After entering Guanzhong, we have always collected excessive taxes from our rulers. The young and old are used for military service, and the corvee is used for farming. The support of the people for us has been declining again and again. , Your Majesty has to be cautious."

It is always said that taxes are paid, but taxes and taxes must be separated.

Fu talks about military service and corvee service, that is, contributing people and effort, this is Fu.

The tax is mainly based on the head tax. After the adult, each person needs to pay how much food or money every quarter or every year, and then there is the commercial tax and the tax of salt and iron.

There are probably less than 12 households in Guanzhong who obey Ran Min’s rule. It’s hard to say how many members each household has, but Ran Min’s requirement for them is that each household must have at least one young and strong man who accepts Fu. Used as a soldier.He also asked the families under him to send extra people for corvee labor. For example, more than [-] people were conscripted for labor activities in the construction of Chang'an Palace City.

In terms of taxes, the head tax is of course a must. The other is the military tax and the family insurance tax. Every quarter is a bucket of grain or equivalent money.In terms of commercial taxation, there is a policy of ten taxes and one tax, while salt and iron are officially owned.

It is absolutely not too much to describe Ran's Qin State's rule over Guanzhong as tyranny, but Ran Min was purely forced.

In fact, if history had not been changed by Liu Yan, Ran Min would have done the same thing after raising his troops, even too late. As a result, Ran Wei would have perished in less than three years, and under Ran Min’s rule, Ran Wei had only ordered Someone listened, and the rest deviated successively. (historical facts, not slander)

Of course Ran Min knew that this way of ruling was wrong, but what could he do!If there is no recruitment, there will be no source of soldiers and labor, and if there is no large amount of recruitment, where will the money and food be used for conquest.For their ruling team, governing the hearts of the people is far less important than survival, as long as they can survive and compensate the people under their rule in the future.

"We must make it clear to the head of Guizhou under the rule that the only way to eliminate the barbarians who are unwilling to surrender is to defend Tongguan and Xiaoguan..." Ran Min did not show his helplessness. He is a true man of iron and blood, and then he is a king , No matter what you have to look dignified: "Hold on, everyone must hold on!"

Tiao You was silent for a while, and he pulled himself together before he said: "Your Majesty, the old man from the country has already persuaded the country, but... once the blood is gone... I'm afraid I can't just use words."

Shen Zhong stepped forward at the right time, and after saluting, he said: "Your Majesty is in Guanzhong. The pre-Qin used the method of farming and warfare. The King of Han can use it, and so can your Majesty."

There are endless voices of approval in the hall. Everyone knows that the morale of the people can never be weakened. Empty words and white teeth can temporarily move the hearts of the people, but long-term dedication without any return will make people shrink back. I don't know if anyone will listen.

What is even more embarrassing for the Ran family and the Qin State is that if they are the only force in the north of the Yangtze River that represents the Chinese Miao people, it is justifiable to shout slogans such as survival must be resisted, shouting the hatred of Hu and Han, etc., but Qingzhou still has Is Liu Yan a power?

Liu Yan is about to establish a country and call it Han. Compared with Ran Min, Liu Yan called out to restore the glory of the strong Han, and continued to promote the concept of protecting the Han people.

Ran Min only raised the army in the third year after Liu Yan shouted to restore the glory of the Han family and protect the Han people. He made a remedial action, which was to draw Zhang Jun into an alliance. As a result, Zhang Jun demanded that Liu Yan must be added. The so-called "Three Kings Alliance" appeared.

Now that Zhang Jun is aggressively expanding into the Western Regions, he has clearly refused Ran Min's request for reinforcements, but Zhang Jun has been continuing to provide food and grass to Ran's Qin State.

In the eyes of Ran Min and others, the reason why Zhang Jun did not cut off the aid of food and grass is not without reason. It is nothing more than to allow Ran's Qin State to continue to support it. It is Zhang's Liangguo.

Similarly, Liu Yan's agreement to support the ordnance seems to Ran Min and others to have the same starting point as Zhang Jun's, which is to allow Ran's Qin State to continue to support it, and to use Ran's Qin State as a shield.

Under that state of mind, things are accepted, but gratitude is avoided.Can't blame Ran Min and others, after all, it's really a relationship of mutual use, there is no favor or kindness in it.

"Is it too late to do that now?" Ran Min doesn't know how to be pretentious and doesn't like to be pretentious. He is a person who has his own opinions: "Then, after we do that, how long will it take to see results?"

Tiaoyou was instantly embarrassed.

The system of farming and warfare is of course a useful system, but there is no good environment to resume farming in Guanzhong, where the war is raging.The attraction of the military merit system is also purely incalculable. After all, it is one thing to obtain a title, but it is another thing to obtain a title. If it cannot be sustained, the Qin State of Ran's family will be destroyed. Is there any country that will recognize Ran? Is it the title of Qin State?
What's more, after thinking about it, it is really difficult for Tiaoyou to support the welfare issues brought about by the military merit system. Any rank of title has the official needs to give feedback, such as slaves, land, houses, money... Except for Ran's Qin Kingdom Except for the lack of land for the time being, everything else is lacking.

"I can only... I can only..." Tiaoyou couldn't speak, and said with a blushing face, "For the time being, I owe...on credit..." and couldn't continue.

Tiao You's straight waist softened, and his head was also lowered.

The hall fell into a terrible silence, almost everyone lowered their heads, and those who did not lower their heads closed their eyes and meditated.

"The widow, the king, is probably the most useless king in history." Ran Min didn't use a question: "The grain and grass depend on the borrowing from the Liang State, and the military equipment depends on the donation from the Han State. Now even the soldiers can only pay on credit first. ", he said the tiger's eyes turned red, as if he didn't want to be found, he raised his head slightly, and the beads of the crown looked cold on his face.

"How about..." Zhang Qian's voice was rather abrupt, and he was surrounded by the crowd when he just said two words.He took a deep breath, smiled bitterly and said, "Looking for a loan from the King of Han?"

The wealth of the Han Dynasty is absolutely famous in today's world. Not only is the army's weapons and armor excellent, but it is also the only force in all the countries in the East that uses bed crossbows and other equipment wantonly.The military can best reflect a country's financial strength, followed by productivity and technological strength. The military is well-equipped. It is really unreasonable to say that the rear is poor. After all, everything complements each other, especially the ordnance that is extremely dependent on logistics.

Ran Min's cheeks twitched a few times, but he remained silent.He has been thinking about the words Liu Yan asked Wang Meng, especially the sentence "Yan Chang heard that Min has the heart to restore the glory of the strong man, do you still hold this thought?".After thinking about it, it was definitely not easy for Liu Yan to ask such a question, but it was also weird and ridiculous to be solicited by the king.

[Now the widow is the king, Liu Yan hasn't said he is a widow! ] Ran Min was extremely bored, of course he knew it was a way to ask Liu Yan to borrow money: 【Liu Yan will borrow money?Even if you can borrow it, how should you pay it back?Or... not to pay? 】

……Dividing line……

Honor would like to explain very sincerely that there is nothing to discredit Ran Min, and everything is described based on the historical materials found.

In addition, a chapter is [-] words, and for those who are honorable and shameless, a chapter of [-] words is divided into two chapters, which are also called two chapters.The two updates of [-] words in one chapter will be done after the Spring Festival. Recently, they are all one chapter.

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