sweeping the world

Chapter 653
"Those idiots are always clamoring for the military to spend, but they haven't seen the expansion of the territory in the past few years, and they haven't seen the threatening alien race disappear." Ran Min scolded all the civil officials: "Blind man, They are all blind!"

The military can only use two standing armies, which is a heavy shackle for any military leader.The two standing armies are [-] soldiers, and there will be attached county soldiers. However, the number of standing armies used is too small to do much. The use of less than [-] troops is considered by any military boss. A small fight.

The current number of marquises in the Han Kingdom has only just reached double digits. Under the national policy of not being granted the title of marquis without military merit, there are many military men who are eager to be granted the title of marquis for military merit.Those who are already marquises don't think that just being a marquis means they can get by. There is either a duke or no one would mind if their fiefdoms are bigger. Naturally, the more households under their command, the better. .

How did feudal cities and euphemistic households come about?Of course, it wouldn't be someone sitting at home and falling from the sky, it would have to be the brothers who caught the enemy and beat them for a while. The harder the beating, the greater the credit, and the more generous the reward will naturally be.

"What do you mean, the big man is no longer a threat?" Ran Min drank all the wine in the wine cup and slapped it hard on the case. The wine cup broke into pieces: "If you tell me, non-Han people are all a fucking threat. .”

Ran Min has been looking for books to read recently, especially loves to read history books.

History books are divided into biographies and national histories, and the other is the chronicles of emperors.Not everyone can read the history books about emperors. The same is true for national history, but biographies are not so particular.

Biographies are biographies of historical celebrities (ministers), which are divided into official and unofficial histories.Those who can leave biographies in history are all momentary heroes, who either made great contributions to the country and nation, or had a profound influence on a major historical event.

Chen Sheng was the first person to openly shout that "the Duke and the General Xiang Ning have the right kind". Regardless of the fact that he had been planning an uprising for a long time and found an overdue corvee to encourage him to rebel together, he had a major influence on major historical events. It has its own biographies.

In fact, according to Qin Law, there are levels of punishment for overdue corvee service. It does not mean that if you exceed the time limit, you will be beheaded.The Qin Code stipulates how severe the punishment will be for overdue punishment, and how many whippings will be carried out within a certain time limit. There is really no rule that overdue beheading will be carried out.Therefore, Chen Sheng said that if the corvee was overdue, he would be beheaded, which was a threat to coerce the people accompanying him to start a rebellion together.

Zhang Liang and Han Xin were recognized for their contributions to the country. Both of them had people specializing in biographies. Zhang Liang's "Biographies of the Marquis of Liu" was written by Zhang Liang, and Han Xin's "Biographies of the Marquis of Huaiyin" was the final one.

When writing biographies related to Han Xin, Sima Qian must have been extremely troubled.Han Xin was first canonized as the King of Qi, and later he was made the King of Chu. There were too many dark histories of the old Liu family. How could he become the Marquis of Huaiyin? There was even more dark history. There was no way to avoid the fact that Han Xin won two-thirds of Liu Bang's share. The fact of the territory cannot avoid the fact that Han Xin had such a tragic ending despite his great achievements. As a result, there are too many vague and unknown places in "The Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin", and tampering and embellishment are inevitable.

Because Liu Bang defeated Xiang Ji (Xiang family name, courtesy name Yu), the historical definition of Xiang Ji, especially if it was written by a minister of the old Liu family, is not fair.

In ancient times, not everyone could call someone by his cousin's name. Except for elders and close friends, calling him Xiang Yu was a form of contempt. Later generations would call the Overlord of Western Chu Xiang Yu. Even the official name was "The Chronicles of Xiang Yu". In fact, this is the biggest problem. insult.

Xiang Ji will be the Benji, which is a fact that the old Liu family can't change. Liu Bang was enfeoffed by Xiang Ji because he had the land of Hanzhong. Working.

There are not many biographies that Ran Min can see, and there are only so many biographies in the past, especially those of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, there are only a few that are worth writing about. Ran Min's favorites are those biographies that have a history of bloody battles with foreign races, such as "The Biography of Meng Tian" and "The Biography of Li Mu".

"In the pre-Qin period, all the Xia were enemies except the Rong people, the Di people, the Yi people, the barbarians, and the Yue people." Of course, Ran Min had not read the relevant history of the Xia and Shang dynasties. They would dig graves in this era. Being beheaded for no reason, but there is no archaeology, but there are many related legends.Regarding the records of the pre-Qin Dynasty, Ran Min read part of the "Book of Zhou", including the part where the Zhou Dynasty moved the capital under the force of foreigners: "Facts have proved that when all visible foreigners can be wiped out until none of them exist, Don't be lenient."

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the princes and kings entrusted by the Zhou family were actually relatively obedient. From time to time, the Zhou kings would order the princes and kings to dispatch troops and generals to suppress the surrounding foreign tribes.The Western Zhou Dynasty was forced to move eastward, not only because the princes and kings began to be disobedient, but also to say that "the beacon fire plays on the princes" is a politically correct argument, it is because the Zhou Dynasty's binding force and influence on the princes and kings has declined infinitely.

Nation and nation are always fighting for living space. If they are strong, they will grab more land for the multiplication of the ethnic group. If they are weak, they will naturally lose their territory and reduce the living space of the ethnic group or even be destroyed.

When later generations talk about farming peoples, there will always be arguments that farming peoples are non-aggressive, defensive peoples, sheep races, etc. In fact, those are bullshit!

During the Xia Dynasty, the Xia's living space was only a small corner of eastern Shandong. By the Shang Dynasty, they began to march into the area that would later be called the Central Plains. By the Zhou Dynasty, they entered a period of pioneering due to the wanton enfeoffment, and even more so after the Qin Empire established unification. Without stopping its expansion, the Han Empire occupied every piece of surrounding land that could be used for farming.

If we say that the farming people are not aggressive, those Rong, Di, and Yi who were wiped out to the point where no residue is left will cry to death again even in the underworld. The barbarians and Zhuyue who have been suppressed until they can hardly even breathe will definitely cry out. Whoever defines it that way is blind.

Later generations always talk about "battle nation", and when it comes to "battle nation", they will say it is a bear, probably because seeing a lot of bears and drinking too much alcohol makes them easy to go crazy!

To talk about a "fighting nation", a nation that has stood tall in the forest of the world for thousands of years has not been destroyed. It has gone through countless bloody battles from a corner of the country and established a dominant position. Its civilization has been at the pinnacle of the world for a long time. Zhuxia is more powerful than any other nation. You are qualified to say that you are a fighting nation!
No nonsense, since the beginning of Zhu Xia, countless races have been wiped out. Although there have been twists and turns, they have been passed down.Rome also experienced the destruction of its country and countless genocide, but only the Italians who were not Romans were proud of themselves, but in fact they were already in the coffin.

History is a foundation, and even if it is slightly behind, it can still be spurred on by the glorious deeds of its ancestors in the past generations, and it will soon stand at the pinnacle of the world's nations again.

Ran Min read the history books and felt that he had risen to another level. He would show off when he got the chance: "The best warrior in the Xia Dynasty is not dissatisfied with anyone. He is a man who is aware of the threat of alien races!"

The number one warrior of Zhu Xia that Ran Min mentioned was really not Meng Tian, ​​but Di Xin.

Emperor Xin was the king of the late Shang Dynasty who was defined by the Zhou Dynasty as "King Zhou", but he was not as unworthy as the Zhou Dynasty defined him to be. On the contrary, he was intelligent, knowledgeable, and talented. The prestige has the power to caress the beams and change the pillars.After he succeeded to the throne, he attached great importance to territorial expansion. He sent troops to attack the Dongyi tribes, conquered the Li tribe in the west, and expanded his territory to the coastal areas of Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian in later generations, which was more developed than before. The craziest Wu Ding is even more ruthless.

The most pertinent evaluation of Di Xin is "the person who caused the unification of China", but Di Xin was blackened by the Zhou family as a "tyrant" and has been black for 3000 years.Even the Taizu rehabilitated Emperor Xin. The sentence "It is wrong to regard King Zhou, Qin Shihuang, and Cao Cao as bad people, but King Zhou is actually a very capable man with literary and military skills." But it was clearly written in Mao Xuan. superior.

The king is successful and the bandits are defeated. Emperor Xin mobilized all his troops to the border to fight with the foreign tribes, but some princes and kings rebelled at home.Ji Zhou gained the right to rule. In order to emphasize his correctness, he must not slander Emperor Xin to death.In fact, what can be black is the system, that is, slavery. The problem is that Ji Zhou himself is also a slave!This is very embarrassing, so no matter what kind of person Di Xin is, just go to hell anyway.

"Those like this..." Huan Wen knew history better than Ran Min, and seeing that Ran Min had started to talk nonsense regardless, he nodded, "There is Emperor Shi."

When Emperor Xin was in power, the army basically fought against foreigners at the border, leaving only a very small number of troops in the hinterland.After the first emperor ruled the world, most of the army also fought bloody battles with alien races on the frontier, and in the hinterland, a small number of Qin people led the conscripts of the six countries.What Huan Wen was talking about was that the army fought bloody battles with alien races at the border, and the domestic rebellion was too late to mobilize to counter the rebellion.

Ran Min's expression froze when he heard this, and he froze obviously.

Everyone knows that aliens are a threat, but the premise is that the interior can be stabilized, or the aliens will be caught and killed, but the internal rebellion subverts the country. No one can bear the smearing of the bottom line.

With the "lessons learned from the past", all dynasties since the Qin Empire have basically arranged strong armies at the center and adopted a policy of strong branches and weak branches.When the central government does not move, even if there are frontier troops on the border, there will not be many in number, resulting in loopholes in the defense line and constant attacks by foreigners. Only when the situation is serious enough will the central army set off to fight.

Putting strong armies on the border to fight against foreign tribes, domestic rebellions continued for whatever reason. This happened in the Ming Dynasty after the Qin Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty also lost its country due to internal and external difficulties.

When it comes to reading, Huan Wen definitely reads more than Ran Min.Knowledgeable people have many ideas. He was reminding Ran Min not to be stupid and talk nonsense, such as advocating to Liu Yan that the border wall is thick and the hinterland is weak.

"The construction of internal affairs is a major matter and must be done." Huan Wen was reasoning, which made Ran Min very unhappy. He gave some reasons why internal affairs must be developed, but then he said from the perspective of a military man: " To stop fighting and turn to force does not mean to stop fighting, but to fight until the enemy can no longer carry weapons. The important affairs of the country are worship and military affairs. It is not advisable to resort to military force, but it is more dangerous to forget the war. Some people think that it is reasonable to stop at five standing armies. "

"Go spray it." Ran Min was full of encouragement: "What are you talking about here, go talk to the Prime Minister and others, use your reasoning to convince them, and reduce the obstacles to persuade the king."

Huan Wen was unwilling to talk nonsense, and explained: "The big man is short of food, and the local production alone is bound to be insufficient, and the food from the (Central South) Peninsula is not enough. After hearing what the general said about going out to plunder, the king was already tempted. We wait But it is necessary to choose a target, since you want to fight across the sea, you should always know how to go and how to fight when you go."

Most of them were people who had experienced bloody battles on land. Even if Huan Wen knew water battles, he was still on an inland river and no one knew anything about naval battles.

They heard Liu Yan talk about Ah San's history, the Peacock Dynasty and so on have long been ancient, and they noticed that the navy over there has never been weak.It is relatively clear that there is no condition to go to Ah San's territory by land. Cross-sea combat is more reliable than long-distance land travel. They have to discuss sea combat, but no one can say anything.

To get to Asan territory by land from the Central Plains, one is the plateau route, and the other is through the South Asian jungle.

The Han State included Bashu into its rule. The Shu land was connected to the plateau. The problem was that the army could not go up on a large scale. There were too few people who could adapt to the plateau climate. If there were too few, it would be impossible to carry out a large-scale invasion.It's difficult to get up to the plateau, and even if we explore a route into Asan's territory, it seems to be of no use.

South Asia is not much less difficult than the plateau. The density of primitive jungles is astonishing, and there are mountains and mountains everywhere. In the past, the most casualties of colonialism were not due to fighting with monkeys, but a large number of casualties caused by various natural environments.One hundred thousand troops marched in, and it is estimated that they had not yet entered Ah San's territory, and more than half of them were casualties. Given the low morale under this phenomenon, it was inevitable that they would give away their heads.

After all the calculations, the sea route is almost the only possibility to invade Ah San's territory now?But this is actually wrong. It is still possible to invade from the north to the south from the Western Regions, but if you start from the Western Regions, you have to gnaw down Kashmir first, and you have to gnaw hundreds of miles all the way to reach the Ganges River Basin.So, with the goal of robbing food, it is really relatively reliable to take a cross-sea landing operation.

"It's definitely right to figure out the route first." Xu Zheng had been listening silently, waiting for the point to be finally reached, and had to say: "The strait has been discovered, but the route has not yet been figured out."

Even if they figure out the route, it doesn't mean they can get through it. Chinese civilization emphasizes on knowing yourself and the enemy so that you can win every battle. Their understanding of Asan's side is limited to Liu Yan's occasional chats. Those cannot be used as solid evidence. They must first do something. Understand what countries are there, what the maritime power is like, and finally what to do after landing.

"Touch it, you can touch it vigorously." Ran Min took it for granted: "Strictly ordered, there must be a feasibility report within three months, and the chief officer will be cut off after the deadline, and a big reward will be given for completing the task!"

Ran Min felt that it was unnecessary to spy on Asan's countries and how powerful their land forces were. He firmly believed that as long as they were targeted, no one would be able to defeat them. The only difference was the price.

(End of this chapter)