After the capture of Lanzhou, Zhang Xiaohuai, the real commander, retreated to the second line, and almost did not show up, but Cao Kun rushed to the front line, commanded the subordinates to rush to Hezhou, arrested Ma Anliang and others, and arrested Ma Fuxiang, Ma Qi's two Ma family, Ma Anliang After hearing the news of Lanzhou's defeat and the whole army, he couldn't bear the blow and was already dying!

In addition to arresting the Ma family, it is also necessary to restore order in Lanzhou and arrest those who are petty criminals.

The people of Lanzhou who were hurt by these not only did not have any opposition, but all applauded, these garbage and miscellaneous pieces brought them too much suffering, Lao Cao in line with the principle of rather kill the wrong than let go, wantonly launched a search, almost all the people who came to Lanzhou to respond to Ma Jiajun were arrested, all the people who had done evil deeds were shot, and the rest of the people should also be comprehensively educated in labor, simply put, they were treated as laborers, and used to build the upcoming construction of the railway from Lanzhou to Xinjiang Province.

The Battle of Lanzhou is a relatively peculiar battle, Zhang Xiaohuai and Cao Kun and others when they announced the results of the battle, they only said that more than 30,000 diehards of the Ma family army were annihilated, but in fact more than 70,000 people died.

But the princes of the world are not stupid, licorice shop to Lanzhou City, all are stained red with blood, and the battlefield that has not had time to be cleaned can smell blood ten miles away, and the Ma family army does not leave one up and down, and the number of deaths is conservatively estimated to be more than 50,000.

In less than a day's battle, 50,000 cavalry were eliminated, what kind of concept is this, even 50,000 pigs will take a lot of effort, not to mention 50,000 living Ma Jiajun cavalry, even if their equipment is backward, but Ma Jiajun's fearlessness is famous throughout the country, especially this time the air force was not dispatched to bomb, otherwise Ma Jiajun may not even be able to hold on for half a day.

Thinking of this, all the local princes felt a burst of cold air on their necks, the central government is really not something they can compete with, so it is better to honestly obey the arrangement.

In fact, Qiao Yu also rushed to Lanzhou from Outer Mongolia, Zhang Xiaohuai, Cao Kun and others all lined up to greet him, Qiao Yu was very satisfied with the effect of the Lanzhou Campaign, the plan to kill chickens and monkeys was completely realized, and most of the rebels in the northwest were eliminated, especially what satisfied Qiao Yu was Cao Kun's wisdom, so that he had a lot of trouble left, and he didn't have to bear the infamy, it seems that he should really reuse these old people in Beiyang, even if his talent may be insufficient, but he knows how to figure out his intentions and will do things!

It is even more comfortable to use, much better than those who are arrogant, thinking of this, Qiao Yu suddenly realized that it is no wonder that Huang Yanjing likes to use annihilation ministers in history, it turns out that the mystery is here, they have no edges and corners, they are comfortable to use, and they have a bad reputation, so you have to please you with all your might, only in this way can you keep their position.

When they are really stinky streets, they can easily take them off and replace them with another one that is better by the way, and they can also win the name of a Ming Jun, this is the so-called mystery of power, but in this way, it will be a pain for the people of the world.

As a character cultivated in the old era, the old man of Beiyang should know this situation very well, but he still can't resist the temptation of power and is willing to make that toilet.

"Cao Xunyue, Runnong, you fought a good battle, fought peace for the northwest and peace for the world, I want to thank you on behalf of the political axe!"

"Don't dare to be the prime minister's compliment, we just did our duty!" Cao Kun saw that Qiao Yu was very satisfied, and knew that his hard-working performance had been successful, and his heart suddenly relaxed a lot.

However, Zhang Xiaohuai's mood was not very high, "Prime Minister, the eradication of Ma Jiajun is only the first step in governing the northwest, and the next step is to vigorously rectify, especially to develop the economy, the people in the northwest are too poor and too backward, and it is precisely because they don't know the changes outside, so that these Ma Jiajun, the paradise of the emperor of the earth, if they can't be changed, I'm afraid the peace in the northwest is only temporary!" ”

"Well, what Runong said is right, I have ordered Minister Zhang Lan to formulate an education plan to fully implement compulsory education in the northwest, so that all school-age children can go to school to read and write, learn cultural knowledge, and change their destiny!"

Qiao Yu said that compulsory education has long been in the making, but due to the limited financial resources of the political axe, it has not been implemented, and now that he has obtained the tsar's gold, Qiao Yu can spend a lot of money again, and it is imperative to implement nationwide education, but now the number of teachers is still very scarce, and it cannot meet the needs of the whole country, and Qiao Yu said that it will be comprehensively promoted in the northwest, which shows that Qiao Yu should give priority to education in the northwest region, and gradually stabilize the status of the northwest in Qiao Yu's heart.

Of course, Qiao Yu didn't want to make the mistakes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty spent a lot of money to cultivate new-style talents, sent them to study abroad, and gave them high-ranking officials, as a result, these new-style talents all embarked on the road of anti-Qing, and the education in the northwest must be based on the implementation of sinicization, speaking Chinese, writing Chinese characters, learning Han etiquette, so that other ethnic groups can increase the sense of national identity and national belonging, so that they can establish a correct national concept from an early age, and avoid being used by forces with ulterior motives.

Qiao Yu is not a Han ist, the interests of ethnic minorities must be considered, they cannot be discriminated against, of course not discriminate against the minority, let alone overkill, become discriminatory against the majority, can not only consider the interests of the Han people, but in this country, there are more than ninety percent of the Han people, accounting for the vast majority, if you ignore the power of the Han people, then this political axe has no value in existence.

Zhang Xiaohuai heard that Qiao Yu had a plan, and he didn't say anything, but led Qiao Yu to inspect the army and go to the people's homes to condole.

However, Qiao Yu knew very well that the people of Lanzhou had suffered greatly during this period of time and urgently needed to be appeased, so accompanied by everyone, he walked through the streets and alleys, and went to more than a dozen people's homes in a row, some of the dead people in the family, some of the lost property in the family, and some families were frightened, Qiao Yu was all appeased one by one, without any shelf, and promised that the political axe would compensate, and Qiao Yu also announced a more exciting news, that is, the political axe is about to fully exempt the poor areas from agricultural taxes.

In the future, there is no need to pay the imperial grain and national tax, these people are almost stupid, since ancient times, it has been farming and paying grain, how can it be exempted, everyone seems to be a little skeptical, but when they know that the person who promised them is the prime minister, the most powerful person in the country, these people are very excited, it seems that the good day is finally coming.

In fact, there have long been plans to exempt agricultural taxes, but in addition to the southwest, the fiscal revenue of other provinces is mainly maintained by agriculture, if all are exempted, these provinces will be paralyzed immediately, so Qiao Yu is not in a hurry, and now with the progress of land reform, China's economic situation continues to develop, and the capital that was originally imprisoned by the tenant system has begun to flow.

A large number of enterprises and factories have been built, while the agricultural input has also continued to increase, the demand for chemical fertilizers, agricultural machinery, and agricultural tools has continued to grow rapidly, under this condition, the appropriate reduction and exemption of agricultural tax has become inevitable, according to the planning of the political axe, the first batch of areas that are fully exempt from agricultural tax include Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, these areas with relatively good industrial development, and also include the northwest, Mongolia, and the backward mountainous areas in the central part of the country.

The former is industrially developed, and the proportion of agricultural tax is already very small, and it can be completely exempted, while the latter is a backward economy, and the common people cannot eat or wear, so the exemption has become inevitable.

However, this plan still shocked many people, it seems that the times have really changed, and the good words of the common people are coming, Qiao Yu faced Ma Jiajun to kill chickens and monkeys, and on the other hand, he released the policy of exempting agricultural taxes.

With the support of the people all over the world, the support of all the people, and the strong guarantee of force, Qiao Yu's status and prestige have become more and more stable, and his prestige has reached an unprecedented height.

"Zhong Shan, you handled the affairs of the northwest very well, but there are still some noises!"

Saying that Qiao Yu sent several newspapers to Cao Kun, all of which were some negative news about the Battle of Lanzhou, many people criticized Cao Kun's brutal behavior, especially accusing him of indiscriminate killing of innocents, which faintly pointed the finger directly at Qiao Yu, although China's regime has changed now, but there are still many unwilling people who want to take the opportunity to make trouble.

Cao Kun read the murderous words on the newspaper, and suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice hole, these literati are really powerful, and this text is sometimes more terrifying than knives and guns.

"Prime Minister, I am guilty!"

"You're not guilty, and you're still meritorious! Those garbage should have been cleaned up, these literati and scholars' opinions, if they were pointed at, the country would have been finished a long time ago, but sometimes these criticisms can not be ignored, I think so, your northwest tour will exempt me, it is a punishment, you go directly to Yanjing, assist Jiang Baili to preside over the reorganization of the country's troops, from now on there will be no Beiyang Sichuan system, some are the national defense force, all are the country's army! ”

Cao Kun was not dissatisfied when he heard that Qiao Yu had won his Northwest Patrol Envoy, he had not officially taken office at all, and now he was gone, and he was not distressed, but the right to preside over the reorganization of the army was too great, and the reorganization nationwide involved too many people, and how many of them had to be replaced, once this right was mastered, then I am afraid that all the military attaches in the world would look up to themselves, where is this demotion, it is clearly a promotion!

Even if he is Jiang Baili's deputy, it is also a high authority, especially after he controls this right, and he can take proper care of the old man of Beiyang, then he will naturally become the new head of Beiyang, and his status and power are far from being comparable now, at this time, Cao Kun also understood, Qiao Yu is afraid that he will have to balance the power of the Sichuan system by himself to prevent Jiang Baili's power from being too great, it seems that he is already qualified to become a top chess piece.

"Thank you Prime Minister for your love, I will do my best to disappoint the Prime Minister!"

(To be continued)