sweeping the world

Chapter 545 Ran Min wants to make trouble

The mansion newspaper is a kind of information dissemination that the central government notifies officials from all over the country. There will be no gossip, let alone any entertainment. If there is a page on it, it is definitely confirmed news.

Before Liu Yan reestablished the Han Dynasty, there was no Di Bao. He created Di Bao because he believed that there should be an authoritative information channel to convey correct information to officials while not allowing some specious news to survive.

The new issue of Di Bao was sent from Xiangguo to all parts of the country. Most of the content in it was about recent events in the country. Most of them belonged to the news of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Taiwei Office, but one of them could not be ignored.

The Prime Minister's Office wanted new policies, the Imperial Palace wanted reforms, and the Taiwei Office also had its own demands. Liu Yan felt that a new era of reform had suddenly begun, but one of the most important elements was missing. That is, people, officials, and nobles all have laws to restrain them, but there is no issue about what the king should obey.

In the past, the only thing that restrained the king was for the sake of the country, the country, and the country. It relied entirely on the king's personal moral values ​​and sense of responsibility. Even the royal family (royal family) did not have clear laws to restrain it.It has been said for countless years that "princes who break the law are guilty of the same crime as the common people". Ever since Qin Xiaogong during the Shang Dynasty (Shang Yang), in the subsequent history, only members of the royal family (royal family) who failed in political strife will get what they deserve. punishment.

Holding the mansion newspaper in his hand, Li Tan seemed confused and angry, he was stunned for a long time and said coldly: "Who deceived the king?"

A part of "Historical Records Biography of Shang Jun" was mentioned in the Di Bao, which talked about Qin Xiaogong Ying Quliang's elder brother Yingqian who was punished by cutting his nose and face for breaking the law, and then Ying Quliang's son Ying Si He was exiled for breaking the law.Liu Yan personally commented on it, clearly saying that Qin's ability to sweep through the Eight Wastes and Liuhe originated from this, and its unswerving adherence to the legal system, and there was no distinction between high and low or blood before the law.

It is certainly true that Shang Jun's reforms helped Qin become a powerful country. Later dynasties also affirmed the importance of Shang Jun's reforms, but it is rare to mention that members of the royal family who violated the law were dealt with as they should.It is not that there is no record in history, but that the past dynasties have selectively forgotten it, especially after Yingzheng exercised centralization.

Liu Yan's attitude is obvious. Whoever breaks the law should be punished accordingly. He seems to be reaffirming that the Han Dynasty is a country ruled by law and shocking everyone in the world. "Everyone who breaks the law is guilty of the same crime".

In a general sense, no one is willing to be bound, the difference is whether there is that strength to get complete freedom, and it can even be said to exercise privileges unscrupulously.People with a little bit of power are like this, shouldn't the king who owns the entire country be?

Li Tan's anger came from confusion. The first thing he thought of was not that Liu Yan wanted to create a set of shackles to restrain himself, but that he guessed that someone was bewitching him.

The others were shocked and speechless. Being a "good guy" king is not necessarily a good thing. Being a king should actually have two-sided principles. For example, you should treat your own people as warm as the spring breeze, and treat your enemies as cold as winter. Same coldness.If the king who rules the country has always been a "good guy", the ministers and unions will not push forward, let alone talking about it. There will definitely be powerful ministers in the country, and then the government will always fight against the outside world. Shouldn't we fight back?

Tiao You thought of another level and said, "Those stubborn bitches who refuse to change will be in trouble."

What needs to be said is that the current "sluts" are not used to insult women, but are aimed at some groups that do not make sense and are not afraid of being killed.

The Han Dynasty has always been facing a big problem. The resistance of the old aristocratic families, powerful people, and powerful families after the emergence of the new order. Some of them were blatant armed resistance, and more were obedient on the surface but secretly making small moves.

"Oh?" Li Tan asked eagerly, "Are you targeting those bitches?"

Tiao You said matter-of-factly: "Of course it is."

In other words, the king will be punished for breaking the law. Isn't it a signal to seriously warn those who are stubborn?
No one would have thought that Liu Yan valued a sound legal system, let alone understand his true thoughts.He really wants to have clear laws to bind the king and the royal family. He must start from him, lead by example, and continue to the kings of the future generations.

There are loopholes in the inability of a country's laws to restrain the king. Since the king is not within the scope of supervision and control by the law, then asking the dignitaries and the people... no matter how you look at it, it will plant the seeds of "revolt" and encourage those with conditions and ability. People with strength will fight for the throne where they can do whatever they want.

The Qin Empire followed the rule of law, but the phenomenon of human rule still existed. In fact, by the time of King Qin Huiwen, the laws enacted by Shang Yang had already been poached. By the time King Qin Zhuangxiang won over Chu, it was actually facing collapse. In other words, the law began to look at the face, no Furthermore, there is really no distinction between class and rank.

Secondly, there is indeed room for trade-offs in the punishments of the Qin Empire. They should not cut off parts or chop off limbs at every turn. It is too cruel to maim people, and a lot of the country's labor force is just gone.

The laws of the Han Dynasty did not include cutting, beheading or tattooing, and all non-death sentences were punished by reform through labor.Re-education through labor has its own time limit and location. The most severe form of re-education through labor is currently on the big island of Yizhou, and some people have already tasted it.

It should be said that most of the newly rising nobles in Han Dynasty are relatively clean. Most of them have almost nothing and can reasonably obtain it through struggle. They are obviously gloating about the king's disposal of the old group of those who have gained.

Ran Min, who was far away in the eastern part of Bingzhou, received official documents and residence reports, looked at them for a while and threw them aside.

Ran Min's current status is a bit embarrassing. He is currently the only general who is better than San Gong. It is too difficult to go to war due to his high status. He has an army under his command but has not established a shogunate.

Ran Min doesn't care about land rewards for giving birth to children, or the Taiwei Office's proposal to increase rewards for meritorious officers and soldiers. Only the information that Liu Yan wants to restrain himself can make him think for a while. , Then focus all your attention on thinking about how to make a big event.

"Dingxiang is constantly moving, still transferring supplies and people?" Ran Min didn't establish a shogunate, so there was no history of marching commanders. The person he asked was Li Kuang: "Can you confirm Shihu's whereabouts?"

Li Kuang replied: "All the news shows that Shi Hu is still staying in Dingxiang."

They are only 130 miles away from Dingxiang. They are marching along the Hutuo River in a water and land march pattern. There are a large number of manned fleets sailing on the river, and the cavalry is marching along the south bank.

At present, Ran Min has three armies and [-] county and county soldiers under his command, one of which is the Huben Army that had previously retreated to Xiangguo to rest, and one of the other two armies belongs to the imperial guard system.And this army of the imperial guards was mobilized after being ordered to approach Dingxiang.

The current size of the Huben Army is 7000. Because it is equipped with armored cavalry and is equipped with [-] auxiliary cavalry, how else would the Huben Army maintain its armor, raise war horses, and wear armor in wartime? It would be a problem. Anyway, These things can't be done by yourself.

The "army" of the Guards is not like the War Army, which has a fixed personnel structure. The minimum number of an army is 5000 people, and the maximum number is no upper limit, but according to convention, it does not exceed 2 people.

"General..." Li Kuang looked a little sad, "Do you really want to directly kill Dingxiang?"

That's right, Ran Min really wants to start a big war. He currently has a total of nearly [-] main battle troops, and the number of cavalry in them is [-]. If you include the auxiliary cavalry who can attack, the number is [-]. five thousand.

Ran Min believed with great certainty that the cavalry could use short-distance mobility to fight or retreat if they wanted to, and there were nearly [-] infantry troops to support them, so they could definitely fight a tough battle.

"He is also a hero who has gone through six or seven years of bloody battles. He can't be timid, right?" Ran Min was not joking, he really doubted Li Kuang's courage: "Your Majesty asked me to do something easy. I think we can fight, you If there is any objection, it can be impeached after the war."

Faced with such a boss who can't have fun together, Li Kuang feels embarrassed and distressed all the time.Even if he knew that Ran Min's character was like this, he couldn't accept being considered timid, so he said immediately: "The last general is only offering necessary opinions, not being timid!"

Ran Min's response was to twitch the corners of his mouth, but whether he sneered or not is for Li Kuang to understand.

In fact, Ran Min just wanted to provoke Li Kuang and those who were hesitant.If he wants to do something big, it is obvious that he is not going to Dingxiang to make a false shot, but intends to use the combined 20 troops on hand to fight against Shi Hu's more than [-] or even hundreds of thousands of troops.

From the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the state of fighting more and fighting less was changed from the end of the second year of Yuanshuo to the beginning of the third year of Yuanshuo.From the third year of Yuanshuo, the Han army has repeatedly outnumbered the enemy in terms of strength, even if it is less than the enemy, it would not be too exaggerated, but as the main force of the battlefield... that is, the number of soldiers has not been that much That's all.

When calculating military strength, each country has its own statistical method. For example, when the Han Dynasty calculates its military strength, it is actually only combat troops, but the enemy country at war with the Han Kingdom will include combat troops, auxiliary troops, servant troops, slave soldiers, and civilians. .This led to the phenomenon that the Han army thought that it only dispatched tens of thousands of people, but the enemy said that the Han army had tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

The Han State should be one of the few countries that never "claims". Other countries obviously only have tens of thousands, but they always increase the real number by several times or even dozens of times. 50, and then Murong Yanguo only dispatched 15 in the confrontation with the Han army but claimed to be 30.

Ran Min was full of intentions to make a big fight, because he was very sure that only less than [-] troops would provoke Shi Hu at first, then Shi Hu would definitely go crazy.In this way, Ran Min successfully attracted Shi Hu to lead the army to fight, disrupting Shi Jie's plan to retreat to the grassland.

If Shi Hu accepted the challenge, Ran Min guessed that the number of troops in Shi Hu's hands would not be less than 20... In other words, Shi Hu would do his best to recruit young men to join the battle, which would create a rare opportunity to complete the Han Dynasty. The country has a long-standing strategy to eliminate Shi Jie's vitality.

"This is the best strategy for me to use myself as bait." Ran Min could imagine how much Shi Hu hated him. The last battle in Puyang was an example. He said, "What you have to prepare is to fight a war." An unprecedented war.”

None of the main generals took a boat, and they marched on horseback along the way. Ran Min waited until he was within a hundred miles of Dingxiang before summoning the generals to discuss matters.

After hearing the plan, each general had his own expression, and no one was timid.Most of them fought against Shi Jie Zhao's army more than once. After winning too many times, they had long lost their respect for Shi Jie. On the contrary, they were looking forward to participating in such a big battle.

"The general can be sure that Shihu will definitely fight, and the scale of coming will not be small." Ran Min sat on the horse with a golden knife, smiling a little ferociously: "Everyone has always wanted to kill Jiehu, This time, I will definitely have a good time."

Everyone was discussing matters on the side of the avenue, and the background was the cavalry extending to the two horizons and the densely packed fleet on the river.Such a picture would make one's blood boil, and after listening to Ran Min's bewitching words, some people were already panting.

"It's just..." Ran Min still smiled ferociously, dragging the end of the sound, and asked later: "Do you have the courage to use the troops at hand to fight at least 20 enemy troops first, and wait until the reinforcements behind come?" arrival?"

As a general, how could he be cowardly? Besides, everyone was really not afraid, and each of them began to be impassioned.

In fact, it was not completely without confusion. After Ran Min said those words, everyone including Li Kuang had come to their senses.They knew that if they followed Ran Min's thinking, they could really attract Shi Hu to lead an army to fight, and then it would be a long-awaited battle for Han.

[General Hussars really has a big heart! 】Looking at Ran Min, who is full of wisdom beads, Li Kuang thought a little speechlessly: 【Attracting stone tigers to fight, establishing a hussar shogunate and bringing the North Squad and East Shogunate under its command must be one of the goals! 】

The current conquest of the northern shogunate is aimed at Shijie Zhao, and the conquest of the eastern shogunate is to deal with Murong Yan. Once Shihu really fights, the situation will definitely heat up, and the importance of the war will increase again and again. At that time, the various armies must be To form a corps, if Ran Min, a hussar general, happens to be on the front line, there is no doubt that Ran Min will gain command of the corps.

Ran Min was only conducting necessary communication, and would report to the Xiangguo Center regardless of whether the generals present had any objections.He made up his mind that even if the Central Committee objected, he would proceed as planned, and the Central Committee would never just watch as more than 8 troops were annihilated, which would be equivalent to dragging the entire country into it.However, he has enough confidence that Liu Yan is not a timid king, and he is very sure that the center will not object to this battle plan.

(End of this chapter)