In the face of Ma Yuan's careful inquiry, Putiai said that what he knew was not very clear.

But even so, he knew that the contradictions between the emperor and the nobles and other powerful factions were not small.

The Kushan Empire was very large, it was not easy to rule, and it was impossible for the emperor to rule the entire land alone.

Moreover, the reason why the founder of the Kushan Empire was able to establish the foundation of the Kushan Empire was also because he was able to fight well and was supported by other powerful factions to establish this empire.

Therefore, in addition to the imperial officials, there are also some military generals and nobles in the territory of the Kushan Empire, whose lands are semi-autonomous, and their power is not small.

Even in the center, there are many nobles who hold actual power and are not as good as the emperor, but they still have power that the emperor cannot easily shake.

The emperor is the supreme ruler, but he is not the master of everyone, and the emperor also faces the clamping of the nobility and local powers.

Putiai also told Ma Yuan that the prestige of the current Guishan Emperor was not high, at least not as powerful as a certain emperor in the past, and if the emperor's prestige was not high, he would be easily constrained.

Because he didn't show his military ability, everyone didn't obey him.

Ma Yuan understood.

Emperor Kushan is very similar to the former Zhou Tianzi.

It is not quite the same as the warlord division at the end of the Han Empire, the warlord division of the Han Empire is already a split on the surface, and the warlord division of Guishan seems to be still rudimentary, and it can only be said to be at the political level, and there is no transition to the level of military struggle.

So it should be the feeling of the Western Weekend Period, the Period of King Xuan of Zhou and King You.

The Zhou royal family still has prestige and strength, and the power of the local princes is expanding, but it has not yet swelled to the critical point where a annexation war can break out.

Emperor Guishan naturally has real power, but of course this power cannot be compared with Guo someone.

Guo is the emperor immediately, but as long as the emperor is immediately, no matter what constraints he is subjected to, his prestige is there, and prestige is one of the sources of power, so the power of the emperor will not be weak.

At the moment, this Kushan Emperor does not seem to be like this.

To put it bluntly, the Kushan Empire was more like a joint-stock group at the beginning of its establishment, with the Kushan Emperor being the chairman of the board of directors, and the other powerful factions being members of the board of directors, each with their own forces and groups.

This is very interesting, a local power is relatively strong, and the central power is not enough to completely suppress the Kushan Empire.

Such a country cannot become a military opponent of the Wei Empire, which has completed the unification, if it really starts, regardless of the geographical location, Ma Yuan can be sure that the Wei Empire can be defeated.

Guo Peng's power and prestige were enough for his orders to be passed on to all corners of the world, and no one dared to disobey him.

And this Kushan Emperor may not be like this.

That's good, it's not dangerous.

After coming to such a conclusion, Ma Yuan was very happy, and he thought that his mission had been preliminarily completed.

And he also successfully promoted the iron pot here.

He and his caravan were stir-fried and stewed in an iron pot in the house where he lived, and he beckoned Putiai and other Kushan merchants to eat with him, and they were surprised to see the iron pot.

They were surprised by the novelty of this kind of tableware, which can be used for stir-frying and stewing, and after using it themselves, they said that it was very wonderful.

Then they realized that the iron pot was indeed a very useful thing for merchants or armies traveling far away, and that it might be more practical than fragile pottery.

After further learning that this iron pot was an important kitchen utensil used in the Wei Empire's army, the Guishan merchants were even more interested and rushed to buy it.

But Ma Yuan only brought 300 of them, and after being snatched up by these merchants, he invited them to go to the Wei Empire to buy them and sell them.

I have to say that at this level, Ma Yuan is a natural business expert.

After spending half a month in Lan Clan, the capital of the Kushan Empire, selling almost all the goods he had brought with him, purchasing some products that were only available in the Kushan Empire locally, and accumulating some Kushan gold coins, Ma Yuan chose to bid farewell to the Kushan Emperor.

He left the Kushan Empire and embarked on a journey back to the Wei Kingdom.

The Kushan Emperor sent his cronies to see him off, and gave him many precious gifts from the Kushan Kingdom as a symbol of his friendship with the Wei Empire.

Ma Yuan expressed his gratitude.

When he came, he came by himself, and when he returned, seven Kushan merchants followed Ma Yuan with their retinue caravan.

Together, there were more than 700 of them, and only 500 of them came with the horses, and a total of more than 1,000 men, as well as a large number of camels, horses, and carts, and it was evident that this was a large traveling caravan.

Ma Yuan never imagined that he could one day become a bridge between the two great empires, but in fact he was.

Crossing thousands of mountains and rivers to come to Guishan, and to take a group of Guishan merchants across thousands of mountains and rivers to go back, this kind of difficult and long-distance journey is really wonderful.

And to be able to learn about things that are not known beyond the surface of the country, this kind of intelligence should not be less valuable than commercial interests.

Perhaps his beloved Emperor Majesty liked this value even more.

Ma Yuan was very happy.

If Guo someone learns this news, he will definitely be very happy, because the essence of the Kushan Empire is a plate of scattered sand, the centralization of power in the empire is not perfect, it is only equivalent to the weakened Han Empire, and the construction of grassroots political power cannot be compared with him at all.

War is not a battlefield between two armies.

This is called war, not war.

War is a struggle for population and resources, as well as for living space and war potential, and when there is no generational gap in the scientific and technological level of the two sides, the competition is for mobilization and resource mobilization, and for the supreme commanders of the two sides to use the country's strength.

At this point, Ma Yuan felt that the world was so big that no one could compare with his beloved Emperor Majesty.

It is impossible for the Kushan Empire to compete with the Wei Empire, and even if it really fights, he is not afraid.

His Majesty the Emperor has been through a hundred battles and swept away the heroes, and it is not unheard of that an enemy who is even more powerful than this Emperor Kushan has not encountered, so what? Isn't it still His Majesty today who won the victory and established the Wei Empire in the end?

Ma Yuan's thoughts drifted to Luoyang City, thousands of miles away, with such thoughts.

Your Majesty the Emperor, what are you doing now?

You must be working day and night for the development of the empire, right?

I guess I'm frowning and thinking about the fact that the people of the empire can be fed and clothed, right?

Seriously, Ma Yuan really felt sorry for his beloved Emperor Majesty.

At this moment, Guo is indeed working hard, and he is indeed frowning and thinking hard.

What should we do with the more than 200 beauties of the Western Regions who have jointly paid tribute from the countries of the Western Regions?

This annoyed Guo someone.

The more than 100 beauties from the Western Regions who were sent to him by the Western Regions were sent to Luoyang, and the momentum was still quite large, so it naturally attracted some attention.

Previously, Cao Xiu sent thirty-eight beauties, which triggered Guo Peng's revision of the garrison policy.

Guo also sent their families to the Western Regions to reunite with them, so that the life of the garrison in the Western Regions would not be so boring, and at least they could have more children.

This policy was embraced by the army, and Cao Xiu expressed his gratitude to Guo Peng.

However, the countries of the Western Regions obviously didn't think that they had nothing to do, so in order to apologize to Wei Tianzi, they immediately searched for domestic beauties and sent them to Wei Tianzi, hoping that Wei Tianzi would not be angry.

When he learned the news, Guo Peng hadn't had time to enjoy the three exotic beauties he had fancied.

Because there are still a lot of things at hand, I haven't had time to go to the harem, and I occasionally go a few times to accompany Cao Lan or the concubines to sleep and talk, and there is no extra effort to open up new routes.

Therefore, they continued to let the senior palace ladies in the inner court who had more means to strictly re-educate them.

After the remaining dozens were re-educated by the inner court, they were rewarded by Guo Peng to the high-ranking officials and high-ranking generals he liked.

Guo Peng left three of the most pleasing to the eye, and the others were rewarded to important subordinates, so that they could also taste them, have an appetizer, and feel the care of His Majesty the Emperor for them.

Blessed to share.

There are still many ways for the emperor to win the hearts of the people, this kind of is very good, the effect is very good, the cost is very low, compared with political resources, it is cheap, especially cost-effective.

The subordinates who were rewarded went up to express their gratitude to Guo Peng.

This time, more than a hundred came at once, nearly two hundred, a large group of warblers and swallows, each with its own merits and appearances, and Guo was frowning and difficult to stretch.

Are these guys hoping that my body will be hollowed out so that I can die sooner?

Guo, who is no longer young, speculated with full malice about the thoughts of those small countries in the Western Regions, and became more determined to destroy them and annex the entire Western Regions as soon as possible.

If the small country in the Western Regions knew that Guo someone thought like this, he would probably cry.

They really didn't think so, they just wanted to make Guo someone happy.

Some of these beauties are not willing to enjoy themselves, and they endured heartache and sent them to Guo someone, just to please Guo someone.

Guo doesn't really understand, so since these beauties are here, they can't go back.

Otherwise, it would not be good for them to think crankily and cause chaos in the Western Regions.

It would be good to accept it, reassure people's hearts, and make them think that they have been forgiven by someone Guo.

Looking at these more than 100 exotic beauties, thinking about it, Guo someone, who didn't know what beauty was, used his own arbitrariness and prejudice to pass the three exotic beauties who were being re-educated.

Then from the new batch, I re-selected the two that looked the most pleasing to the eye.

It is worth mentioning that Guo still can't tell who is beautiful and who is not.

He didn't care if he was beautiful at all, his face was blind, he couldn't recognize it, and the reason why he chose it this way was because he looked at the edge of his eyes.

The waist is slender, the skin is delicate, fair and firm, the eyebrows and eyes are attractive, and the legs are long and thin.

The waist is not thin enough, the skin is not delicate and firm enough, the skin is not fair enough, the eyebrows and eyes are thin, the legs are short and thick, and there is no eye edge.

The standard of the Son of Heaven in the Celestial Empire is so simple and boring.

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