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Chapter 465 Ran Min is still Ran Min
The king's tour is generally for deterrence, that is, to calm down some restless people, and then to appease the local people.

Under normal circumstances, a strong king would go on tour once every few years, to see his country with his own eyes, on the one hand, and on the other hand, to show his control.

There are many kings who like to go on tours in history, but relatively few are remembered. Those kings who can be specially remembered at least made indelible contributions to China, such as Ying Zheng, the first emperor of China, and the Western Han Dynasty. Liu Che, the Emperor of Xiaowu in the period, and Yang Guang, Emperor of Sui Dynasty in the Yang-Sui period, the three kings worked hard to create more living space for the same Miao people in the expansion of territory.As for those wild boar-skin emperors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who liked to go to the south of the Yangtze River to play with women, such as the guy who didn't do any shit and dared to claim that he was perfect, let's not talk about it.

In addition to the powerful kings who like to go on tour, the founding king must also go on tour frequently. Only a king who inherits his father's business and has no ambitions will be willing to stay in this small world of Miyagi.Usually, the kings who have been nesting in Miyagi have a hard time doing things that are beneficial to the nation. It's not that they are unwilling or unwilling, it's just that their vision is so narrow.

There is one thing in common between the pre-Qin period and the Western Han Dynasty in cultivating heirs to kings, that is, the heirs should not be caught blind.

Since Qin Xiaogong, the kings of the Qin State have continued to let their successors suffer hardships among the people, so that the successors have a thorough understanding of the people. When formulating national policies, they are not completely at the mercy of their ministers, but have their own opinions. This is a way of cultivating successors. It really made the Qin State produce a lot of wise monarchs in succession.

The cultivation of princes in the Western Han Dynasty was not as rough as that in the pre-Qin period. The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty always let the princes go out of the palace more often. The younger and more frivolous and absurd the prince, the more he was liked by the emperor. It was not until Liu Che's prince, Liu Shi, that the training method was broken.Facts have also proved that a prince who has etiquette deep in his bones will not be liked by the emperor, and Liu Ju was forced to rebel.What the emperor likes is not the absurdity of the prince, but the fact that the common people can understand what kind of country they are going to govern when there are many heirs, and they will not let the officials say whatever they want.

What the king saw with his own eyes was far more intuitive than the description in the memorial. Liu Yan had read the memorial before and saw that various places were recovering, but he didn't know if he could believe the recovery method even if the description was detailed.He set off from Linzi to Weijun, and it took him two months. Although he still had a rough look, he had a more direct impression.

The season is about to turn into summer. During the two months, the Han Kingdom did not do much other than focus on farming in various places and continue to prepare for war.Not only was the Han Dynasty under Liu Yan's rule, but other countries basically did the same thing, that is, continue to prepare for war and pay attention to farming.

Compared with other counties and counties that Liu Yan saw, Wei County seemed more desolate. It was the elite part of most of the foreign races concentrated in Wei County before. Racial vendettas were far more intense in Wei County than in other places. Uncleaned corpses can be seen.

Ran Min came from the front line of Hukou Pass to meet Liu Yan thirty miles south of Yecheng.

The Han army on the northern front is currently in a confrontation with the Shijie Zhao army. The main confrontation location is within the jurisdiction of Shangdang County, one is Huguan, and the other is Hukouguan.

In fact, according to the administrative division of Shijie Zhao State, Shangdang County is part of Bingzhou.Shi Hu didn't want to hurt the vitality of the Jie people, so he repeatedly avoided the war and wanted to consolidate and live in Bingzhou and Shuozhou. Huguan and Hukouguan in Shangdang County were specially managed.

According to the map, Huguan and Hukouguan are hundreds of miles apart. They are both located in the northwest of Taihang Mountains. Behind the two places is a relatively flat terrain.Due to the existence of Jiuze, a large lake, and many tributaries in the surrounding water system, the Hu people deliberately created barren conditions all the year round, and the water and grass in most parts of Bingzhou are very rich, which is a good place for nomads to graze.

Bingzhou was a large state when Shijie was divided into Zhao Kingdom, including Shangdang County, Wuxiang County, Taiyuan County, Yongshi County, Pingyang County, Dingxiang County, and Yanmen County, covering a very wide range.

Not to mention Shuozhou, the land is the entire Hetao area. The prefectures and counties established by the Han family were basically abandoned, but a Shuofang county unit was reserved by Shijie.

After the Han army went northward, it took about two-thirds of the territory of Shangdang County. There are not many places that can stop the Han army from continuing to go northward from Shangdang County. The importance of Huguan and Hukouguan is also highlighted. Hu had to use some Jin ministers and generals. After all, the Hu people were really not that good at pass defense.

"I have tried several attacks but failed." Ran Min looked very energetic, and didn't seem to think much about Liu Yan's coming in person. After reporting some situations, he began to talk about how to continue to compete with Shijie Zhao Guo: "garrison Hukou Pass is Yinong, a cunning and treacherous person. Hukou Pass is guarded by Zhang Jack, not to mention the generals for generations, and he is also very good at defending the pass.”

That is to say, Ran Min, who still thinks about attacking in the winter when non-combat casualties will be very serious, but a more traditional general thinks about how to avoid non-combat casualties.

According to information, the Shijie Zhao army stationed at Huguan has [-] soldiers, with about [-] Jie people as the main force, and the rest are from Qiang, Di, Zahu, and Jin.

The Shijie Zhao army defending Hukou Pass had only 16 at the beginning. After Ran Min personally arrived, Shi Hu increased his troops. The current defenders of Hukou Pass are as many as [-], and there are [-] Jie people alone.

The main purpose of Liu Yan's visit to Wei County this time is to beat Ran Min, so as not to make him get carried away and create some embarrassing situations where the two sides are so embarrassing to the point of life and death.Before he met Ran Min, he didn't know how many people mentioned that he should be careful, and his inner thoughts would inevitably be slightly influenced.After he met Ran Min, Ran Min saw that there was nothing abnormal except that he was too excited, and the surveillance personnel did not report any doubts. It would be a lie to say that he was not relieved. .

Miao Song, who was standing aside, felt relieved when he saw Liu Yan's expression.Ran Min originally wanted to greet him with great fanfare, but he persuaded him to stop. If tens of thousands of strong troops really appeared, the scene would be huge, and the consequences would definitely be difficult to predict.

Since Ran Min led the expedition to the west and went north, he first entered Wei County and took Yecheng, and then conquered Guangping County and captured Xiangguo. The honor he deserved is enough. After all, he successively captured the two most important cities of Shijie in Zhao Kingdom. Zuo Geng, whose title has also reached No.12, is much higher than those who followed Liu Yan in the early days, and is definitely the one with the highest title in the Han Dynasty.

What this No.1 title of the Han Dynasty did was a little brainless. Facing some local people who came to vote, it can be said that they never refused. million) to 11.Although the act of enlisting local young and strong soldiers was approved by the king and the central government in advance, Ran Min's actions were too grandiose and unscrupulous, and it would be abnormal not to be suspected.

Because of Ran Min's character, even Jiang Gan, Miao Song, Liu Yi, Dai Shi and others who are his retainers don't know where to start persuading, and then they know that persuasion is useless, all they can do is He urged Ran Min to restrain himself in some details.

"Taking people into soldiers is to feed them." Facing Liu Yan, Ran Min bluntly mentioned that General Zhengxi's shogunate has too many troops, and he didn't seem to think much about it. He said one thing: "The chaos caused by the vendetta is too great. The output of the people has been completely cut off, and there is no way to release grain for no reason, so as to find a way for them to survive and collect it for their own use, and then they really need manpower.”

Liu Yanhui mentioned it bluntly, because he knew that Ran Min couldn't understand the oblique words, and how he would be understood if he didn't talk about it, I'm afraid it would be useless to say it.He still appreciates Ran Min's military talents, and because of some special reasons, he doesn't want to develop to the point of killing a donkey, so it's really necessary to talk about it.

Facing the king's blunt questioning, Ran Min told the truth nonchalantly, while the expressions of the people listening beside him kept changing.

For example, Ji Chang and Sang Yu felt mixed emotions when they saw Liu Yan's attitude towards Ran Min. They had a very bad impression of Ran Min, and they were not less wary whether it was openly or secretly.

Jiang Gan, Miao Song, Liu Yi, Dai Shi, and some of Ran Min's retainers had more exciting expressions on their faces. There were shock and joy in their eyes amidst the constant changes, because they saw that Liu Yan didn't have much interest in Ran Min. Tendency to kill.

"Speaking of which, why don't you release food?" Ran Min didn't know if he was really stupid or fake, and said, "The people are a bit miserable. They used to eat tree bark and grass roots, and some didn't even have to eat soil (Guanyin soil), so they should kill Hu. The decree was issued, and they desperately killed the barbarians in exchange for food, and only by robbing barbarian food can they live more comfortably."

Ethnic vendettas within the Han territory were strictly controlled, but the area that was originally under the jurisdiction of Shijie Zhao State was completely out of control. Even now, vendettas still occur. The difference is that before the Han army entered, it was the Hu people who killed the Jin people for fun. After the Jin people became Han people, they caught the barbarians and killed them for fun.

The Hu people in the Central Plains are all rich, and they cannot lack food at home or grazing livestock. After the Han people re-emerged, it is one thing to vent their long-standing resentment. It is the new Han people who exchange their heads for meritorious deeds, supplies and robbery. main job.

Liu Yancai will not answer why the food is not released. There is a part of the reason for the system. Killing the barbarians in exchange is already a measure, and besides, there are corvee labor to provide food and drink.

"The mutual hatred among the Hu people is also very serious?" Liu Yan was more interested in this, and asked: "They keep fleeing to the outside of the Han territory, and killing each other is not uncommon, right?"

"Your Majesty is right." When Ran Min said this, his eyebrows beamed with joy: "After killing each other, a lot of barbarians came to ask for rewards with their heads, and I selectively agreed to some..."

Previously, there were nearly 300 million Hu people in Sizhou. From August and September of the third year of Yuanshuo to April of the fourth year of Yuanshuo, there were basically no Hu people in Sizhou. Apart from the fact that the more than 300 million Hu people died due to the revenge of the Han people, in fact, most of the Hu people killed each other during their migration. No matter how they died, there must be 200 million dead.

Sizhou is the state with the largest concentration of Hu people. This is a matter determined by the national policy of Shijie Zhao State. For example, there are millions of people living around Xiang State, and nearly one million people lived in Yecheng at one time.The rest of the Hu people, such as Jizhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Shuozhou, do not live together like Sizhou, but are scattered everywhere.

"It's a pity that they escaped." Ran Min saw Liu Yan's brow raised, and said naturally: "We can only relieve our hatred by killing ourselves. We must kill more people to restore our courage."

When it comes to the heart of bravery, the re-explosion of hemorrhagic Han people is really a bit fierce. The territory controlled by the Han army is full of sounds of killing Hu, and the local people in places not controlled by the Han army are also killing Hu after their riots. At present, there are still people Take the head to Han to exchange for rewards.

The reason why the center recognized Ran Min's military expansion was mainly because he didn't want to attack the bloody bravery of the people. The war between the Han people and the aliens would continue, and it didn't know how long it would last. It is better for the people to be brave than cowardly.

Walking and chatting all the way, Liu Yan came to the outside of the city of Ye, and what he saw was a dense crowd outside the towering city wall.

Yecheng is a big city, and it is the second city that Shihu attaches great importance to. After repeated strengthening, the height of the city wall reaches five feet. There are corresponding chapters and pavilions outside the city.

When Wang Qi approached, thousands of people had been shouting and cheering, waiting for Liu Yanzhen to come and glanced at them. They didn't know who took the lead, and then they all bowed to the ground.

Kneeling in front of the king was initiated by the first emperor, or before the Qin Dynasty, it was bowing with the head bowed.The first emperor did this to deter the survivors of the six countries and to strengthen his majesty, and the subsequent emperors continued this system.

Liu Yan didn't want to do anything that would destroy customs, and making people awe-inspiring was something that rulers would do.Facing the dark crowd, he watched silently for a long time, then waved his hand before moving on.

Yes, there is no need for Liu Yan to speak publicly to the people. It's not that he is not close to the people, but some behaviors cannot be done by the king.In addition, the king really cherishes the people, and it is not just a matter of showing off. When governing the country, it is right to think more about the people.

The king's chariot disappeared in the city gate, and the cheers began to resound through the sky and the earth again.In fact, the common people did not see Liu Yan's true face, what they could see was the king's flag, and then the accompanying guards and others, even if it was just this, it was enough for them to brag to their children and grandchildren.

The Guards are composed of Imperial Guards and some meritorious disciples. They definitely have a majestic aura and will not disappoint the people who see it.

The city wall of Yecheng is high enough, and correspondingly, the base is also wide. The thickness of the city wall should be about six feet. Looking into the city from the city gate, the most striking thing is the group of palaces that can be seen at a glance... …

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