Chapter 166: Great Power Reconciliation
The new country is not only economically developed, but also thriving in national strength. The policy was changed again, and the folk literati often gathered to discuss state affairs, and jokingly claimed that the new country was a country with a big brocade robe, because no matter how it was changed, the position of the brocade guard would always remain the same, as if it was an iron-clad yamen.
For such a high-powered organ, if it were not for Lu Bing's personal supervision and Wei He's dedication, and the rationality of his own self-regulation, it would be difficult not to go wrong, which is a criticism that Lu Bing is worried about, but it is also a matter of last resort. The road has to be walked step by step, and the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, although Jinyiwei has his defects, and if he develops in the future, he will definitely have too much power, and the slightest loophole will cause an accident because of people's selfishness, but now it seems that he can't move at all, and it is an indispensable organ.
In addition to the maintenance of the brocade clothes and guards and the official treatment, the military and political powers in various places were separated. That is to say, these original feudal officials were either only in charge of the army or only in charge of the people, and could not be in charge of more. For example, today's Lu Xun commands the armies of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Wusi and Tibet, which is called the Southwest Military Region. Lu Yi, on the other hand, let go of the military power, handed it over to Meng Lin, and took over the southern region from the Yangtze River to Meng Lin's control. The inland river is still Han Sufa, and the entire north is also Li Xiang, which has not moved. Qi Shuhai is also only in charge of the army and not the people, and Tang Kekuan is still in charge of coastal defense military affairs. Lu Bing is very smart, the army is the foundation of the country, although the people's will is stable in the world, but the army represents the country's force and deterrence, and maintains the stability of the world, so no matter how it is changed, it must be put in the hands of its own people.
The rest of the civil affairs were all vested in local officials and were allocated by the central court of the imperial court. And so it goes. The separation of the military and the government, the power of the ministers of the DPRK and the central government increased, and the already strict emphasis on military force and light on literature began to move towards balance. The powers of cabinet ministers have also gradually increased slightly. After Lu Yi relinquished his military power, he was summoned to the capital to help Lu Bing assist in state affairs.
The sensitive politician smelled a hint of the saint's desire to make Lu Yan the crown prince, and Meng Xueqing was also slightly uneasy. But in fact, Lu Bing didn't think so, he just had some doppelgangers and lacked skills, and he had more than enough strength to do so, so someone had to help him. Meng Xueqing is talented, but Lu Bing really doesn't want Meng Xueqing to work like this anymore. There is a way to govern the country but it is slightly different from his own thinking, he can make up for each other, and he is a person who trusts him. Naturally, he wanted to transfer his son back to the capital. However, Lu Bing naturally found out what the ministers thought, he did not let Lu Yi enter the East Palace, and those who were not in the East Palace were not the princes, which made things confusing.
In the middle of November of the third year of the new national calendar. The Tatars were attacked by the Western Liang. Xiliang asked for help from the new state and asked for a ban on the sale of weapons to the Tatars. Lu Bing refused Xiliangzhi's request, and the relationship between the two parties changed slightly. The ministers expressed their opinions, and this was Lu Bingna's reconsidered. Since Xinguo is a big business country, as long as it abides by the law and does not become an enemy of the Lu family, it must not be turned away. What's more, although Xiliang was friendly with Xinguo and was an ally, Tatar also submitted to Xinguo and formed a good alliance with Qin and Jin. How can one favor the other and bully the weak and unite with Xiliang to annex it, this is an unjust and unjust act. Not to do it.
In addition, this time it was not the Tatars who took the initiative to invade Xiliang, but Xiliang did what they wanted for land expansion, which was really not a righteous war. As Lu Bing thought when he sold weapons, the more the outside world fights, the more weapons will be consumed, and the more opportunities the new country will have to make money. At the same time, once Xiliang annexed Tatar, it would inevitably lead to a situation of encirclement of most of the land of the new country, and once the two countries were to fight each other one day, it would be very dangerous, so it should be dismissed.
After several wars in Xiliang, the Tatars were not defeated due to lack of weapons, but after all, the national strength was not as good as that of Xiliang, so it was difficult to last, and it would fall into the upper hand in the future and be in danger, so they turned to Xinguo for help, hoping that Xinguo could reconcile the two sides. This is a major event, the Tartars in the northwest have always committed crimes against the country of our Han people, and they have always ended up in the destruction of the country of the Han people, killing hundreds of thousands of people at every turn, and harming countless people. Although the Han people also had a slight victory, it was all because of the weakening of the national strength of the internal struggle of the Tartars, which took the opportunity to start an incident and eventually achieved a great cause, and then there were not too many battles to defend the country, and the number of participants in the battle was often several times more than the enemy, and it was necessary to defend the territory with the strength of the country.
Now it is different, the establishment of the new country has changed the history of the same, and now these peoples who have invaded the Han people have turned to the Han people for help. Naturally, there are also people who have a small belly and chicken intestines say what to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, in order to avenge the revenge of history, the past is just a passing cloud, the original nature is the law of the jungle, there is no eternal hatred only eternal interests, if you hold grudges against each other, then there is no country that does not make enemies with the new country, so this kind of remarks is not enough. And most people are happy, proud of the country's strength today, and their hearts can't help but have a little more pride, it can be said that the Lu family gave the Han people a hard backbone, and the whole country respected heroism.
Xinguo is a multi-ethnic country, but it is dominated by Han Chinese, and Lu Bing's nationalism is extremely strict, but it also respects ethnic minorities, respects their customs and ways of doing things, and does not interfere too much, as long as it does not run counter to the basic national policy, it will appropriately relax the policy. And they are also proud to be part of the new country, and recently there is even a saying circulating in the country, claiming that the nation is unified, and the Chinese are collectively called, although this statement has not been officially recognized. For this kind of good things, the state does not hide it, through the guò Di Bao and the people's daily to publicize, the new country is relatively transparent, no matter the good or bad things will be published in the newspaper, triggering public discussion, this is Lu Bing's policy to inspire the wisdom of the people. For example, the previous retention of the Ming Dynasty, how to deal with Zhu Houxi's matter was publicized in such a way, and the effect was quite good.
Lu Bing thought that for such important matters that the people cared about, instead of deliberately concealing them, it would be better to expose them to the world, but there would be a lot less cranky thoughts and rumors. Moreover, people have developed a kind of credibility trust in the newspaper, and everything is true, so occasionally using it can be used as a guide to public opinion, which is really a good way to reassure the people. Of course, not all secrets will be published in the newspapers, although they are a few, but they are all earth-shattering events, such as the tax in the land of Bashu to Xiliang, no one knows. The brocade is a country, as a country with a big brocade as the skeleton. Secrecy couldn't be easier.
The ministers of the Xiliang Dynasty were angry at Lu Bing's refusal, and even Xia Dade frowned at this, and his third brother had to think differently. This time it's too shameless. And Lu Bing immediately took out the style of a great country and reconciled the two parties, he was holding back and ordered Lu Yi to supervise the country, which made the courtiers particularly shocked. The prince's assistant to the state is a harbinger of the throne, but Lu Bing still does not let Lu Yi enter the East Palace, which represents the identity of the crown prince, and now he is letting him supervise the country. Since ancient times, the crown prince can supervise the country, and no one can guess what Lu Bing is playing with one move, only sighing at the thoughts of the saint. It's something that ordinary people can figure out.
Lu Bing and Meng Xueqing led Yi Yi to Xiliang first, and the whole country was shocked, and words of dissuasion emerged endlessly, and now the relationship between Xiliang and Xinguo is delicate. At this time, it is natural to use the body of the saint to make Xiliang to Xiliang, which is not respectable. Meantime. In case Xiliang betrayed his treachery and harmed the emperor, it would be very bad. Lu Bing didn't think so, he had his own clever plan, and after a private chat with the cabinet minister, no one dissuaded him. Moreover, during the previous Bashu War, Lu Bing once said that he would personally visit Xiliang in the coming year and catch up with his second brother Xia Dade. Today's actions are nothing more than words to be believed.
Xiliang was also very shocked, and he couldn't understand Lu Bing's thoughts at all, could he really be so open-minded and defenseless? Xia Dade was thoughtful. However, Queen Xiangyun is extremely excited, after all, she has not seen Meng Xueqing for so many years, she and Meng Xueqing are called master servants, and they really have sisterhood, and they have grown up together since childhood. Now both of them are the mothers of a country, and they have a lot of common happiness and troubles, and it is precisely because of Meng Xueqing that they can get to know Lu Bing, so they are with Xia Dade, and they have gone through many generations to become the mother of the country. Xiangyun has a stomach full of things to say, and waits for the arrival of Meng Xueqing every day.
In addition to bringing the corresponding more than 1,000 elite guards and the team representing the country and carrying gifts, Lu Bing did not bring a large army to escort him, and he did not cross the border at all. But the Xiliang ministers who came to greet him were dumbfounded at first glance, Lu Bing really did not bring many people and horses, but those guards were too terrible, the skin exposed from under the armor was blue, it turned out that Lu Bing brought a strong blue race, with more than 1,000 people, the equipment was very well-equipped. Even if the new troops block it, the blue race is enough to fight more than 20,000 enemies, not to mention Xiliang, and it is not difficult for Bao Lu Bing to break out of the encirclement.
Not only that, it seems that Lu Bing did not trample on other people's territory, which is not only a respect for other people's territory, but also an implicit meaning of his own territorial sovereignty. It means that I will not set foot in your land, and your army will not want to set foot in our land in the future, respect is mutual, and everyone coexists in friendship, which is the consistent requirement of the new country for people and themselves, not a unilateral unequal demand.
This laid the foundation for future diplomatic affairs, and fundamentally eliminated the history of the caravan envoys of the former dynasty leading troops into the country. If you are the ruler of a country, how can a foreign mission usurp its own king? The sanctity of the land is inviolable, and those who commit crimes against us will be killed without mercy. The Han people are the people who are the most capable of implying deep meanings and doing such moral things, fortunately, the ministers of Xiliang are not stupid, understand this meaning, and can't help but spy on Lu Bing's cleverness, and Lu Bing does not take a large army to set foot in the land of Xiliang, there is a lot less friction, if Xiliang kills Lu Bing, who has very few guards, it will be laughed at by the people, it is unreasonable. Regardless of whether Lu Bing can escape or not, he will fall into the case of a new country that can be attacked by the whole country.
And the most surprising thing for the ministers was the air procession that covered the sky and the sun, with hundreds of hot air balloons, moving in the air under the scorching sun, not only did not set foot on the territory of Xiliang, but also shocked the enemy army, and played a role of lookout and protection. The hot air balloon in the sky carried nearly 10,000 people, and it could land and fight at any time, or pick up Lu Bing to escape, while Xiliang was helpless against the air soldiers. This made the Xiliang people who had never seen such a scene before, and only sighed that it was believed to be true by the people of Xiliang who were falsely rumored to be demonized, and at the same time shocked those manic people in Xiliang who were ready to conceal Xia Dade and were ready to kill Lu Bing in private, so that they did not dare to do it. A person with such a ability, a person who can make the warriors fly to the sky, no wonder can achieve such a great cause, and he is clearly a god.
Since the defeat of Changling, Lu Bing has taken precautions and prepared the empty fixed crossbow used by the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in the frontier and various cities. There are the most border passes, but even there are more than a dozen more planes on each city, which is enough to deal with air forces. Lu Bing learned from the pain and made improvements to the hot air balloon itself, first improving the fuel, blending to prevent explosion, and inventing a propulsion device for moving again after a pause and moving slowly, although it could not be maintained for a long time, but it could also give the hot air balloon some flexibility of maneuvering.
At the same time, the material of the balloon body has also been changed to a double-layer gas balloon, so that there is an extra guarantee. The surface material is coated with lubricating liquid, and it is extremely thick, and most of the general attacks will not break with a single stroke if they are not directly hit, and will deviate from the direction of flight from the lubricated liquid and fly away. And because the balloon itself is soft and double-layered, it can increase the variability and elasticity, and the balloon is more protective.
Of course, Lu Bingri has a lot of opportunities, and these things are not still invented by him independently. The Creation Bureau and the Inhuman Pavilion have worked together to create many new materials and improve the drawbacks of many aerial hot air balloons, and have added many ground weapons to enhance their combat effectiveness. Therefore, this time, Lu Bing seemed to be light and simple, without any precautions, and came to Xiliang to visit with benevolence and righteousness, but in fact, he made all preparations, which was equivalent to taking a large army directly into Xiliang. While considering his own safety and ensuring that he will not be harmed by the enemy, it is also a kind of military deterrence to Xiliang, which can be described as a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone. (To be continued......)