After appeasing Duan Ye, Wei Shuo's face was straightened, and after looking around, he made a final summary of the riots. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The whole thing has been investigated, and it is just that Su Zhen was bewitched, thinking that this investigation was specifically to make trouble for him, so he secretly instigated several fellow villagers to make trouble, trying to use this to put pressure upwards."

"It can be seen from this incident that the whole army still does not have a correct understanding of the purpose of the army reorganization."

"After you go back, you two must explain the intention of the whole army to the generals at all levels as soon as possible."

"Subordinates obey."

"However, although the matter of the riot has been clarified, Su Zhen's acceptance of a rich businessman's sacrifice of his daughter cannot but attract attention."

This is the focus of Wei Shuo's attention, and it can be seen through this incident that some people have extended their evil claws to the army.

Although the Hexi Army has not yet become a 'private army' in the hands of certain families and wealthy merchants, it has already shown signs of public and private use.

In this regard, Wei Shuo couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He never expected that the Hexi Army would fall so quickly, and at the same time, he strengthened his determination to organize the army.

A few days later, the matter of the Wei'an riot was dealt with, and Wei Shuo informed the whole army in the name of the Judge Advocate General's Office.

All 113 non-commissioned officers who participated in the riots were ordered to retire from the army, and if they were found guilty of other violations of law and discipline, they would also serve hard labor ranging from five to 10 years.

The rest, who did not participate, were also punished and confined for not stopping the crowd in time to maintain military order and discipline.

For this reason, Wei Shuo once again ordered the whole army to re-study the rules and regulations in the army.

In addition, many relevant personnel in the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion were demoted, and all of them re-studied the regulations in the army.

As for Duan Ye, who was concerned by the whole army, he was not heavily punished for this, and was only fined for half a year.

However, after this incident, Duan Ye can be regarded as having learned enough lessons, and from then on, he changed his past kindness and began to be strict.

The result of this kind of treatment made the whole army stunned, and many people thought that many people would be killed this time.

After all, in ancient times, this kind of riot fell in the eyes of some people as treason.

Through this incident, Wei Shuo finally showed the true intention of the whole army to the Hexi army.

No matter how Wei Shuo repeatedly assured and explained before, it was to no avail, and everyone was still worried, otherwise why would there be a riot in Wei'an?

Now, he took advantage of the Wei'an riot to express his dissatisfaction, so that the whole army has a great righteousness.

At the same time, he also punished everyone in accordance with the law, and took the opportunity to show the generals at all levels that the purpose of rectifying the army is only to eliminate the malpractices in the army, and it is by no means for the purpose of rectifying the people, still less will it be purged on a large scale.

In this way, the generals no longer have any doubts, and the whole army has become a matter of course.

In the following months-long reorganization, a total of 124 low-ranking generals at and below the rank of Dubo, 21 military commanders and commanders, and three high-ranking generals above the commander were ordered to retire and punished.

In addition, the Xiang army and the government soldiers together also discharged nearly 1,000 unqualified ordinary soldiers.

As a result of this large-scale training, officers and men at all levels have gained a deeper understanding of military discipline and military law, and the military style that had begun to be loose has been eliminated.

At the same time, Wei Shuo also took the opportunity to cut off the magic hands of the family, the powerful and the wealthy merchants who stretched out to the army, and greatly strengthened his control over military power.

Most of the generals who were heavily punished this time had unclear relationships with families, powerful people, and wealthy businessmen, and some even secretly leaked the secrets of the generals to outsiders.

While punishing the military, Wei Shuo did not let go of those heroes and families who dared to reach out to the army, and the punishment was very large.

Depending on whether the circumstances are serious or not, the most serious cases are sentenced to exile with the whole family, and the more serious ones are directly beheaded.

This massacre once again shocked the families, and also let the heads of the families know that the army is forbidden by Weishuo, and whoever dares to get involved will wash their necks and wait to be beheaded.

Since then, no one in the outside world dares to easily have private contact with the military, and no one in the military dares to leak the affairs of the military again.

The Hexi Army gradually isolated itself from the outside world and became a relatively independent system.

……

While Wei Shuo was busy reorganizing the army, Tao Qian had already embarked on the road of secret visits.

After talking with Wei Shuo, the ambitious Tao Qian took the document notice issued by the Metropolitan Protectorate and embarked on the road of investigation alone.

He hired a horse-drawn carriage and set off from Guzang to cross the entire Liangzhou all the way west, and finally to Gaochang, inspecting the people's livelihood in various places along the way, and publishing what he saw and heard in the future "Hexi Xunbao".

Sitting in the spacious and bright carriage, Tao Qian didn't feel a trace of bumps, and opened the curtains out of curiosity.

As far as the eye can see, a straight and wide cement straight road winds into the distance, and there is no end of the road in sight.

Hexi road traffic is so convenient, it has to mention the ongoing big 'one' traffic plan.

Since Weishuo entered the west of the main river, he spent a lot of money and manpower every year to renovate roads in various places, and also planned a cement straight road running through the east and west.

Starting from Gaochang, it followed the Silk Road all the way to the east, passing through Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Guzang, and then extending south to Shangqi this year.

After several years of intense construction, nearly eighty percent of the road section has been opened to traffic and completed, and only the section from Guzang to Shangqi in the south is still under construction.

Tao Qian had never seen such a regular road, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"What a miracle?! Otherwise, how could the road surface be as smooth and smooth as the surface of the water?! ”

The guide next to him listened and couldn't help laughing: "Mr. came to Hexi for the first time, and I haven't heard of cement is normal." ”

"Cement? What is cement? ”

The guide is a local, who knows everything about Hexi very well, and talks endlessly.

"Cement is a building material, invented by the School of Ink Engineering, which can be used to build cities, roads, bridges, houses, etc."

"This thing is the most magical, it starts in powder form, and after being stirred with water, it is placed in a cool place to dry itself."

"When it's dry, it's as solid as a rock, and it's not afraid of wind and rain."

"Since the ink engineering school made cement, every year the government will recruit young people to repair roads and bridges."

"So will not the people of all the lands be subjected to hard labor?"

"Hahaha, Mr. is too worried, most of them are protective and sympathetic to the people, and the government is not allowed to levy forced labor without compensation, and must pay for hiring."

"Take the road under your feet as an example, at the beginning, the government spent as much money as flowing water, and I can't count it."

"Most of it goes to pay employees, and there are countless people who benefit from it."

"Since then, the people of Hexi are no longer afraid of building roads and bridges, but regard the government's move as a good way to make money."

Listening to what the guide said, Tao Qian was stunned.

In his eyes, the conscription was one of the evil laws, but it was reformed by Hexi into a good people's behavior.

He has been at the bottom of the officialdom for many years, and he knows that the suffering of forced labor is an unbearable burden for the people.

During the period of labor, the people not only need to take care of their own food, but even if their lives are in danger, the government will ignore them, and the people can only consider themselves unlucky.

When he was in Jiangdong, Tao Qian once saw a young man die of hard labor, and as a result, his family had nothing to gain except to bring back a corpse.

No matter what Wei Shuo else did, his strong advocacy for the abolition of conscription alone was enough to make Tao Qian respect him.

From the guide's excited tone, Tao Qian deeply felt his heartfelt support for Wei Shuo.

At this moment, suddenly a huge carriage dragged by four horses galloped by, startling Tao Qian.

The guide didn't wait for him to ask questions, but took the initiative to explain.

"This large carriage, also known as the coach carriage, looks like a huge box with wheels, which usually requires four tall horses to drag and drive, and a public carriage like this can carry six to twelve people."

Needless to say, this must be Wei Shuo's masterpiece, since the appearance of the bus carriage, it soon became popular in Hexi.

It also made the carriage, a luxury means of transportation, no longer the exclusive property of nobles and officials, and quickly entered thousands of households.

"Is it expensive to take a horse-drawn bus?"

"It's not very expensive, after all, the government implements public transport and horse-drawn carriages to make it easier for ordinary people to go out."

"The toll standard mainly depends on the distance, like the one just past, mainly running between cities, and its cost will be more expensive than the bus in the city."

"But the people who ride in this kind of carriage are generally traveling scholars or businessmen from all over the world, and they don't care about this little money."

In this way, Tao Qian spent all his time talking with the guide, and through the exchange, he had a deeper understanding of Hexi, and also had more expectations for this unannounced visit.

Soon the carriage arrived at the station of Zhangye, and Tao Qianqian entered the city under the reminder of the guide.