"Did you hear that? Among the people who helped Li Rail's rebellion this time were Western Turks. ”

"The people of the Western Turks? Then Li Liang may be going to be big this time, those Hu people have always been desperate to fight in battle. ”

"Isn't it said that a few years ago, His Majesty snatched a large area of land from those Turks and established Yiwu County. If Li Liang's rebellion really succeeds this time, those lands are estimated to return to the hands of the Turks. ”

"I'm not worried about whether Iwu will return to the hands of the Turks. I'm still worried that if Li Liang's rebellion really succeeds, won't we have to pay those land taxes again like before? ”

"You shouldn't have to worry about this, hasn't our chief already led troops to suppress Li Rail, I believe we will definitely succeed immediately."

"Our chief personally led the troops to the battle? Oops, on the battlefield, there are no eyes for knives and guns. Don't let those nonsense people hurt our manager. ”

"Naturally, we don't have to worry about this, I heard people say that our chief is the god who came down to the world to overcome us who are miserable, how can the gods be injured by mortal weapons?"

"You're right, I've also heard people say that when Emperor Wen conquered Goguryeo, the price of rice in Jingshi increased nearly tenfold, and when our emperor conquered Goguryeo a few years ago, the price of rice in Jingshi also increased by about ten times. But you see, our chief manager sent troops west to fight Li Liang to quell the rebellion this time, but the rice in our county has hardly fluctuated. ”

"Hey, that's because you are not well-informed, this time the army went out, but there were also some rice merchants who wanted to hoard goods and raise the price of rice, but they were discovered in time by those officials who supervised the market and were fined and bankrupt. Only then did the merchants who suppressed the idea of raising prices ensure the stability of rice prices. Otherwise, how could those profiteers let go of this opportunity to make war profits? ”

"The officials you mentioned, I know them, they are people who do practical things, but they are a little too impersonal."

"It's not that they are unkind, I heard our general manager say that the law does not show favoritism, and the country's laws and regulations have drawn out the forbidden area. As long as we don't touch it, we can do anything else. However, if you touch the forbidden area of the law, you will definitely be punished. What does that mean that law enforcement must be strict, and violations must be prosecuted. ”

Such discussions appeared from time to time in the examination papers under Li Wenyuan's rule, and under the central idea of Li Wenyuan's innocence, some people also put aside the taboo of not talking about state affairs that had been fixed in their minds. He also began to express his opinions on current affairs in some public places, and because of the special geographical location of the Western Regions, merchants and caravans from various countries often passed by here. After feeling the gradual prosperity of the Western Regions and enjoying the relatively preferential tax policies of the Western Regions, some merchants chose to sell the goods that were originally sent to Beijing directly in the Western Regions, shortening the time to run businesses on the road.

At the same time, Li Wenyuan also encouraged the local merchants in the Western Regions to take over the goods of those foreign caravans, and then ship them to the Central Plains to earn the difference. As a result, many merchants not only sold the goods of those foreign caravans to the Central Plains, but some merchants even sold the specialties of the Western Regions to foreign countries. Although this kind of behavior has not been effective in a short period of time, Li Wenyuan firmly believes that as more and more people go out, the people under his rule will have a broader vision and become more inclusive and creative.

Inadvertently, Li Wenyuan unconsciously completed a certain sense of the Renaissance, which imperceptibly helped the people under his rule to break free from the shackles of nearly a thousand years. It was Li Wenyuan who gave the people under his rule the power that the rest of the rulers were reluctant to give. So that the peasants under his rule are united by his kindness, the merchants under his rule are united by his interests, and the army in his hands is united by his honor because of his honor. The vague concept of a country has taken root in the minds of all the people under Li Wenyuan's rule, waiting for it to slowly sprout.

Of course, that's another story. At this time, Li Wenyuan was still fighting on the front line, to seize the remaining four county governments for his title of governor of the Western Regions. Li Wenyuan's previous defeat of the Turkic cavalry was also published in the newspaper under Li Wenyuan's special instructions. Of course, under Li Wenyuan's deliberate control, the news published in the newspaper was consistent with the time when Yang Guang received Li Wenyuan's report.

Yang Guang was also very happy after getting the news. The direct approval of Li Wenyuan's application for the establishment of a so-called special zone in the Western Regions is equivalent to giving Li Wenyuan a legal affirmation of the establishment of a semi-autonomous government in the Western Regions. This also greatly stimulated those Guanlong nobles, who also wrote to the emperor to ask for the implementation of the so-called special zone under their rule, but they were all blocked by Yang Guang's understatement:

"If you defeat the cavalry of the Turks with the same number of infantry, then I will also grant you this special zone, otherwise you will not talk about it."

So those Guanlong nobles also sent their eyes to the Western Regions, wanting to know how Li Wenyuan defeated the Turkic cavalry with the same force. Under Li Wenyuan's deliberate suppression, the musketeers, who were still a novelty, were not wantonly promoted, but instead pushed all the achievements of this war on those Mo sword soldiers, which also stimulated those nobles to gradually promote the heavy armor and Mo sword of Mo sword soldiers among the government soldiers.

Zhang Juntai also felt that something was wrong with revealing that he had a sharp weapon against cavalry, and he was worried that it would form a big obstacle to his side when he was chasing the Central Plains in the future. Li Wenyuan was not worried about this, the weaknesses of these bulky iron cans were clear to him, but those nobles did not know that if he really faced his own army at that time, Li Wenyuan would be able to defeat them easily.

In addition to dealing with those Turkic prisoners of war and reporting to Emperor Yang Guang, Li Wenyuan also obtained detailed statistics of that battle: the musketeers did not die, and the only few wounded were also slightly wounded, which did not delay the next battle. But Mo Dao did have some damage this time. Among the cavalry of the Turks, there were many sturdy people, and more than a dozen Mo sword soldiers were injured by those Turkic barbarians with blunt weapons, and some even smashed the entire cuirass into the dent, so that the Mo sword soldiers suffered serious internal injuries and had to be forced to retire. In this regard, Li Wenyuan also felt quite regretful.

After all, there is no such thing as 100% perfect armor in this world, and even heavy armor cannot withstand the impact damage of blunt weapons. However, fortunately, under his rule, he has a complete set of welfare policies for retired soldiers, which makes him feel less guilty about the soldiers who retired or died on the battlefield due to injuries in this war.

(End of chapter)