387 What is great
After an earth-shattering roar, Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Tan and Tian Feng were proud, and the solid Yijing City Gatehouse suddenly became a part of the morning mist, and the wide Yijing City Wall was like a tooth that had been broken off after being subjected to a huge blasting force, and a large section was missing, revealing a large number of dwellings in the city.
After the hustle and bustle, the disgraced Tian Feng pushed away the soldiers who were silent in fear, trotted to the edge of the city wall fracture zone and leaned over to watch, and then shouted anxiously, "Quick, go down to the city, plug the gap for me." ”
Only then did the Yuan army regain their strength, and hurriedly went down to the city to build a human wall with their bodies, intending to block the church army from the city.
However, the city gate collapsed, and there was no danger of the city pass, Tian Feng's subordinates only had less than 10,000 people, and facing the 80,000 church army was simply a mantis arm.
Gao Shun's infantry army followed, further expanding the entrance to the cave, and opening up a direct passage into the hinterland of the city with the Chinese army led by Luan Yi.
Tens of thousands of church soldiers and horses flocked into the city, a group of Yuan soldiers were in chaos, and the city lord Tian Feng was about to escape from the west gate, but was captured alive by Yu Bansheng, who came from the inquiry.
After the capture of Yijing, Luan Yi was overjoyed. As for the reason for the joy, it was not just because there was another city, but because of the capture of Tian Feng and Fu Zhi.
Therefore, after pacifying the war in the city, he immediately asked the two people to be escorted up, and politely saluted the two, "Mr. Tian, Mr. Fu!" I fought with the enemy before, and there were many offends, so I hope for Haihan! ”
Seeing Luan Yi in person on this occasion, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu knew what Luan Yi wanted to do without thinking about it! With a cold snort, he tilted his head to the side. "Luan Thorn Shi should dispel his thoughts! We will not surrender until we die. If you want to kill, you have to listen to it. ”
Luan Yi's smile did not change, and he waved his hand and said: "This time, I called the two of you not to surrender the two, but to give the two of them a chance to atone for their sins!" ”
"Atonement?" Tian Feng snorted coldly, and said that Luan Yi wanted to give him a trumped-up charge if they had worked under Yuan Shao's account. "Tell me, what sin do I have?"
"I ask you, what is heaven? What is the greatness of the world? Luan Yi asked rhetorically.
"This ......" Tian Feng didn't know the reason for Luan Yi's question for a while, and he was afraid that he would answer Luan Yi's way casually, so he didn't dare to answer easily.
Luan Yi took the initiative to reveal the answer, "The ancients created words: one horizontal among people thinks it is big, and the biggest thing in the world is people!" The big one is the sky, and the two people are the sky, so the ancients are people-oriented. What is a human being? Not the emperor, not the king, not the prince, not the prince...... The people of Li are also! The people are the real heavens, and they are the beings that are bigger than the emperors, princes, and princes. The people are the vast and continuous sea, and the princes and princes are just a drop in the ocean. ”
He glanced at Tian Feng and Fu Zhi, "The two of them read the book of sages in vain, learned the etiquette first, and did not seek benefits for Yuan Shao for that little bit of foolishness, but did not want to give back to the people of Li, so they were called sages." ”
Tian Feng was furious when he heard this, "Nonsense." We are also dedicated to the people. ”
"Dedicated to the people?" Luan Yi snorted coldly, "The two of you first helped Yuan Shao to wreak havoc in Hebei, and then helped Yuan Tan to pass through Youzhou." As a result, it is not easy for scholars to study, and most of the official eunuchs are occupied by the family lords, and it is difficult for the poor to have a bright future; There is little grain in the peasants' homes, and most of the fields are swallowed up by the powerful, and the life is difficult; The craftsman had no craft, but he could not find a way to survive, so he had to live in Henan, work in the diocese, and could not return to his hometown several times a year; Businessmen often encounter evil people who bully and dominate the market, the market is in a bad situation, and there are many bankrupts. The two of them committed such evil deeds but still did not repent, and tried in vain to hinder the people of Hebei from entering the diocese, and like the people of the diocese of Henan, they lived a life of 'the cultivator has his land, the worker has his own industry, and the scholar has knowledge', competing with the 'great world'. As everyone knows, Mencius has a cloud that 'water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat', and to confront public opinion is to oppose the will of heaven, and today's defeat is the best witness. ”
Tian Feng and Fu Zhushi were speechless. Even they have to admit that the standard of living of the people of the parish is far higher than that of the people of Hebei, and in the past many years, they have tried more than once to try to change this situation and make the life of the people of Hebei a little better. But how could many wealthy families in Hebei get in the way, and Yuan Shao lacked enough courage to make drastic reforms and wipe out the wealthy families, which made many plans end in failure, and the lives of the people not only did not improve, but under the intensification of the wealthy families of the world, they became more and more miserable under the consumption of continuous wars.
In this regard, they are indeed a little sorry for the people of Hebei. They once wondered how Luan Yi could properly solve many problems such as gate valve power grabbing and stealing. After much thinking, it became clear that Luan Yi's method of controlling the gate valve was both simple and effective - religion. As we all know, the world aspires to immortality, and this is especially true of the family gate lords who have countless fields and are rich enough to rival the country. Luan Yi took advantage of their psychology and took advantage of the unique charm of Our Lady's Church to easily draw them into the church. He also used endless means to continuously weaken the power of the clan gatekeepers.
For example, Luan Yi withdrew from the personal savings business in the church in the first year of the Holy Yuan and opened the exchange of paper money vouchers to the diocese.
At first, the gatekeeper, who had a large amount of gold and silver, felt that it was more convenient to carry and keep the holy vouchers than gold and silver, so he stupidly sent all the money in his hand to the church in exchange for a stack of holy vouchers.
They didn't think that their act of exchanging hard currency for holy certificates would be tantamount to tying themselves to the big ship of the church. In the future, everything will be controlled by the church, if they are willing to be obedient citizens of the church, then the holy certificate in their hand is the money to buy things, if they try to fight against the church, the church can turn the paper money in their hands into waste paper overnight, leaving them with nothing in an instant.
For another example, Luan Yi is engaged in education in the diocese. There is a 12-year education model at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, of which the first eight years of education are free and compulsory, and all expenses are borne by the church. Nominally, the students are cultivated talents, and most of the students who graduate work in church institutions. But in reality......
As we all know, the current educational resources of the Han Dynasty are mostly monopolized by the wealthy families, and due to the scarcity of knowledge, the official positions are also mostly occupied by the big families. Just like the current Hebei, how many people from the long history to the county order have no background? The reason why Yuan Shao did not dare to attack the Shi clan was that he was afraid that officials from the Shi clan in Hebei would take advantage of this to resign, which would lead to the collapse of Hebei's administrative system.
However, Luan Yi's great education has broken this balance. The children of your scholar family don't want to be better officials, I have talents on hand that I have cultivated, waiting to take your place at any time. If the children of the family do a good job, it's fine, if you don't do it well, I will send someone to take you down the next day.
In this way, the children of the family not only acted recklessly, but in order to keep their official positions, they could only do their best to follow Luan Yi's instructions, and did not dare to slack off.
With such competitive pressure, the political affairs of the diocese are clear, and the people naturally live and work in peace and contentment.
Luan Yi saw Tian Feng and Frustrated Confession bowed his head and frowned, pondering silently, and then knew that his head drinking stick had achieved the expected effect, and then his tone changed, and he threw out the "sweet dates" that had been prepared a long time ago, "Both of them are great talents in the world, and the reason why they went astray was because they were misled by Yuan Shao. Now, if you want to join the Church in accordance with the will of the people, and help me to let the people of Hebei and even the entire Han Dynasty live a rich life like the people of the diocese? ”
The frustration directly refused on the grounds that "loyal ministers do not care about the two masters".
"How can Mr. Fu be so obsessed. Mr. Han Lu is a courtier of the Han family. I have said it first, who is respected by the world? The people, too! The people are endowed with power, and the people are endowed with power, and it is not he Yuan Shao who should be loyal to, but the people of the Han Dynasty! ”
Luan Yi was speechless when he spoke. At this time, he pulled out his precious world map from the drawer. In the past, he had used this map to persuade countless captives to surrender, and he tried and failed. This time, he sacrificed it again and explained the future plans one by one: let the people of Dahan live a happy life; The expansion of territory far exceeds that of the Western Regions; Let the world tremble when it hears the name of China......
Such a grand feat is something that individuals will salivate when they hear it, and Tian Feng will not be an exception. Under the strong incitement accumulated by Luan Yi's long-term mission, they quickly stepped into their roles from the initial rejection, staring at the map and listening with relish.
Luan Yi's words stopped abruptly when he reached the pulse, and he shook his head fakely, "It's a pity! They didn't want to do this with me. Hey......"
"Hey...... Don't put it away! Tian Feng was hung up with an appetite, and he was about to take a closer look at the topographic map of the world, and go to see Luan Yi fold the map and put it away. Such a big thing, who doesn't want to do it, show me the map again. ”
"Oh?" Luan Yi opened his mouth in a fake way, "With Mr. Tian's meaning, I am willing to vote for the church." ”
"Yes, yes!" Tian Feng nodded again and again, like a child who saw candy.
Luan Yi put the map in his hand, and asked Fu with a smile, "What does Mr. Fu mean?" ”
He saluted respectfully and said, "Where Tian Yuanhao goes, I will go!" ”
Luan Yi was overjoyed, "Why worry about the big thing with the help of the two!" Immediately, Tian Feng was temporarily sealed as a farewell, and he was frustrated as a military advisor and left the wine under the tent to obey orders.
The capture of Yijing is equivalent to opening the southern gate of Youzhou. Luan Yi only stayed in Yijing for three days, and then pointed his troops to the hinterland of Youzhou-Yuyang.