Chapter 736

The advantage of man over other animals is not only in wisdom, but also in a variety of thinking brought by wisdom. Undoubtedly, pursuing good fortune and avoiding evil is a skill blessed by wisdom.

The Zhang family, who once ruled the northwest, was basically brought to Guanzhong by the Han state without running away. Even if the officials of the Liang state of Zhang family escaped, if they didn't have any special thoughts, they would naturally be able to appear openly for surveillance and control. If they wanted to do something harmful to the Han state, they had to hide and do it secretly.

All Zhang's family were taken away, which means that there are no famous and righteous flag bearers in the northwest. Those once important officials of Zhang's Liang country can be used as flags, but they really can't compare with Zhang's in weight.

It was only nine years since the establishment of the Han state, but in nine years, it not only unified the old land of Zhuxia, but also expelled and eliminated the Hu prisoners who once ravaged the Central Plains, but also killed into the grassland and captured the desert south.

The most glorious moment of Zhuxia's army was the closure of wolf juxu and Leshi Yanran.

Today's langjuxu mountain no longer has any special political status, but the Han army occupied langjuxu mountain and specially commemorated Huo Hushi there. The ceremony was recorded in detail, and the painter painted the whole scene separately. Later, with the permission of the Han center, some copied words and pictures were transmitted to the whole country, which greatly boosted the morale of the army and the people.

In fact, the location of Leshi Yanran is Yanran mountain. Compared with the wide spread of sealing wolf juxu, Leshi Yanran's deeds are deliberately suppressed. The reason is naturally that Dou Xian, who participated in Leshi Yanran, had a bad reputation. He was a foreign relative and famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, or a powerful minister. Later, he was positioned as a disorderly minister. How can we publicize the greatness and correctness of the rebellious officials? Leshi Yanran was suppressed and weakened by the government.

The Han Army has done all the things that were done by its predecessors, and even the Bing Feng is sharper than its predecessors. At least the ancestors really haven't done anything to destroy millions of people, but the alien destroyed by the Han army is not only the Jie nationality, but also the Koguryo, Baiji and Xinluo in the northeast, and even expedition to a foreign land tens of thousands of miles away.

On the sharpness of the military front, today's Han Dynasty is far superior to its predecessors.

On the strength of merit and virtue, the Han people who survived in the Central Plains should be grateful for rescuing the dawn people in the hands of Hu Lu.

The northwest is only a corner, with nearly one million people. Not all of the nearly one million people have to live with the authorities. Those who want to live with the authorities face 16 million people who are more than ten times their size and are grateful to the authorities.

It's always said that times make heroes. It's a way to follow the trend. There is no lack of examples of heroes making the situation, but the difficulty of the former is unknown. There is no shortage of capable people in the northwest, but their ability is far from being able to create the current situation.

"Those who feel hopeless will lie dormant." Xie Aiyou's data can show that since ran min appeared in the northwest, there have been fewer and fewer things. He could not judge whether it was good or bad and said, "at present, it is beneficial, but it is more difficult to eradicate."

In recent months, they have not eaten for nothing. In addition to eliminating and arresting a considerable number of disordered parties, they have confirmed the identity of many disordered parties. In addition to Zhang Dan and Peiheng, there are also important officials in Xiliang during Zhang Jun's period, such as song Cheng, Suofu, song Qin and so on.

Knowing who they are, we can arrange more targeted arrests. Before ran min arrived in the northwest, Xie AI and Li Kuang had arrested Suo Fu and Zhang Mao under the auspices of Xie AI and Li Kuang, and we also gained from the whereabouts of the other chaotic party leaders.

"We have reached the final stage of preparation for entering the western regions, and we should not expand it any more." Xie AI said that he had stepped forward and said, "but I don't know how to convince the Hussars general."

In the Han Dynasty, when facing ran min, he was easily confused, not only limited to one group, but also colleagues in the same system often found it difficult for ran min to communicate. However, compared with other non military forces, people who belong to the same system still like ran min more than hate him, which is determined by the same position itself.

Yangguan was named and established in the Western Han Dynasty. Hundreds of years have passed. Although Yangguan still retains its original name, its status has changed again and again with the change of history. The most obvious thing is that the buildings have been changed for several times.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Yangguan was established by expanding to the western region, observing the terrain and exploring the road. At the beginning of its establishment, it existed as a majestic pass. It was not only built along the mountain, but also selected a place not far from a lake. It is a flat terrain to the West and a flat terrain to the East. It is natural to choose a place with mountains to establish a pass.

Hundreds of years later, the terrain around Yangguan has not changed significantly. It should be flat and still flat. However, with the change of climate, many differences have taken place. For example, there is a green grassland on the East and west sides of Yangguan in the Western Han Dynasty. Now there are too many Gobi.

In the Western Han Dynasty, more than one Yangguan pass was built as a pass in the Far West. Yumen pass was also built more than 100 miles north of Yangguan. Both passes were equipped with Duwei. In addition to opening and closing the pass, the Western Han Dynasty also enlisted manpower to build the Great Wall. In the west, starting from Yumenguan, the city wall continued to expand eastward for thousands of miles, forming an concave fan to juyanze.

The Great Wall is a general name, which is the endless wall. The Great Wall from Yumen pass to juyanze was built at the latest in the Western Han Dynasty. Previously, the Great Wall was built along the Qiang valley water to the East. It is an irregular curved route, starting from the Qiang valley water to xiutuze.

According to the construction time, there is another great wall built earlier, that is, the Great Wall built at the Xiliang border, but from xiutuze to near Shenjie valley. This great wall is the shortest in length.

Not only did the pre-Qin countries love to build the Great Wall, but in fact it was built out of defense needs. In the Western Han Dynasty, three great walls were built in the northwest, which is enough to show that each time period should face different threats. The importance of these great walls in the Northwest has been reduced again and again. Not to mention 2000 years later, even in Yuanshuo 9, we can only see some ruins and bases, but we can't see large-scale wall sections.

By the way, even after 2000 years, the Great Wall people see is not the Qin Great Wall, but actually the Great Wall built after the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Great Wall was built by ramming earth, not brick and stone.

Yangguan pass is only a separate pass. It has never been preserved from the Western Han Dynasty to the present. It was built by the Liang state of Zhang, and it is still rammed earth.

Zhang Liangguo not only rebuilt Yangguan, but also repaired Yumen pass, including the original section of the Great Wall. That is, Zhang Liangguo's human and material resources are not as good as those in the Western Han Dynasty. The repair of the Great Wall is from Yumen pass to Mingze. The purpose of spending manpower and material resources to build and repair the pass and the Great Wall is of course out of necessity, that is, against the hostile forces in the western regions.

Ran min had long known that there were two important military towns and the Great Wall in the far northwest, but he came here for the first time. He walked all the way through the grassland and Gobi. A group of people looked extremely dusty. Before approaching the Yangguan pass, he could see a large camp from a distance.

As many as 170000 people have gathered in Yangguan. Apart from the original 10000 garrison troops and the 5000 soldiers brought by Li Kuang, the rest are people involved in marching into the western regions. The Garrison has its own garrison, and the soldiers brought by Li Kuang are mixed with those who are willing to make contributions.

"There are many people. How many can be used?" Ran min didn't greet Xie AI when he saw him. He asked the key and got the answer. He comforted his beard and said with a smile: "it's still very bloody."

Xie AI didn't have much contact with ran min, but he had some understanding of Ran min's personality. Before ran min asked questions, he said the situation in the most concise language.

Any nation has blood, but some are weaker. Some people don't know that they don't depend on the situation until they are destroyed. That's the different background brought by their own history, which makes each nation take different responses when they encounter difficulties.

How much courage people have and how much will they have to fight when they encounter difficulties. In fact, what their ancestors have done is very important. A nation without heroes in history has no example, and a nation with heroes and even many heroes in history will follow an example. This is why every country or nation has the importance of history, which is nothing more than what should be taken to deal with the difficulties faced by the younger generation.

Zhuxia does not lack a history that can become an example. Because of their living environment, people in each region can burst out much strength when facing difficulties. Generally, people with better life cherish their lives more, and people with difficult living environment are more resilient.

Northwest people are absolutely not lack of blood, that is, many times, blood is used in inappropriate places, such as the Xiliang army in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Xixia in the Southern Song Dynasty. However, most of the time, northwest people's blood is used as the foundation of national resistance and share with their compatriots in other regions. In difficult times, they do not hesitate to throw their heads and shed their blood to protect the country.

"Big men are like the bright sun. They are stubborn. After all, they are a few." Xie AI pointed out: "today is holy and ambitious. Who doesn't follow?"

Ran min is not stupid. He is quite straightforward in character. When he heard the meaning of Xie AI's words, he said with his mouth closed to reprimand: "you are the Minister of today and the imperial historian of the country. In everything, you should not live up to today's high expectations and focus on power and responsibility."

In the final analysis, ran min still thinks Xie AI doesn't handle affairs smoothly. There are so many things to pay attention to at special times. There is nothing that can't be solved by killing. If it is not solved, there must be not enough people killed.

Li Kuang had to stand up, salute respectfully, and said, "general, let's enter the camp first?"

Ran min then looked at Li Kuang, looked up and down like a survey, didn't say anything, and walked away.

"Family words have no other meaning." As usual, Liu Yi 'wiped his ass' for ran min and said to Xie AI with a little apology: "Xinting Hou, please don't take it to heart."

Xie AI showed a guilty look and whispered, "Ai scruples about the local party, but there are many dereliction of duty."

"As a son of man, who doesn't?" Liu Yi was very reasonable and said with a smile, "if not, why send a new tinghou to the northwest today?"

In many dynasties, it was a virtue recognized by all levels to be considerate to the people in their hometown. Even if the emperor knew that a minister was partial to his hometown, he would deal with it, but he would like it very much in his senses. He often dealt with it lightly and was more likely to reuse it later.

It's very clear that if even the people in my hometown can be ruthless, who still expects someone to feel kindness, and those who don't understand kindness will be afraid when they see it. So it sounds good to be selfless, but you can't get close to the emperor and your colleagues, so only the people who are destined to have little relationship will feel good.

Xie AI naturally knows what's going on, but since ran min was ordered to come back, it shows that he really screwed things up, otherwise he doesn't have to come back again.

Ran min entered the camp, but he didn't immediately find a comfortable place to rest. He strolled around the camp to see what goods came.

The population of Northwest China is close to one million. In addition to the old, weak, women and children, the number of young people who have died is only one or two hundred thousand, that is, they will not exceed two hundred thousand. Yangguan has gathered more than 150000, which can be said to be close to Yudu?

"General Hui, that's not the case." Li Kuang is responsible for the first batch of marching into the western regions, always grasping the facts: "fifteen thousands of people, sixty thousand of the registered residence in the northwest, and the rest from all over the country."

Ran Min said "well" and nodded to show that he knew.

"More than half of the 60000 northwest people were originally Liang Jun, and 70% had experience in battle." Li Kuang is actually the most satisfied with this group of people. He can use it almost after editing and practicing. It's not as troublesome as people with little experience: "the final selection will be given priority to those who have passed the battle, and 50000 people have been included."

Ran min didn't care how much Li Kuang included. He was very interested in asking some non military people. The topics he talked about were very miscellaneous. The most asked was why he came here, and the answers he got were more miscellaneous.

"Merit and fame can only be taken immediately. It can't be more sincere and reasonable." One of the passages in ran min's words is Liu Yan's "sending Deputy envoy Li to the official Army in Qixi", which is completely in line with the thinking of martial artists. He looked in a very good mood: "they are all heroes. If they are heroes, they should go to battle and win fame. They should live up to their dignity."

Li Kuang brought over 5000 soldiers, that is, 50000 people at most, which is the upper limit of 10 people under the jurisdiction of each Han army. He not only found a way out for the northwest people, but also did not restrict people from all over the country.

The state of Han attaches great importance to military merit. Whether there is military merit or not determines the social status. There is a system of county soldiers, but County soldiers mostly exist as garrisons, and it is not so easy to enter the field corps (standing army). This time, the authorities have opened a gap in the northwest. Isn't it a rush?

"Xie an's action in Xiqiang mountain is a little slow." Of course, ran min was led to the rest place behind him. He didn't feel that he needed to give anyone face, so he said, "there are many small countries in the western region, but there are no big countries. Can he withstand the impact of Han heroes?"

Li Kuang dare not ridicule Xie an. He can only respond with a smile.