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The gentry of Lujiang Prefecture were already waiting outside the city gates, and after seeing off batch after batch of occupiers, they welcomed a new batch of occupiers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but this group of occupiers seems to be different from the previous two batches, His Majesty the Emperor's red man and horse, the king of the northwest who has made great achievements, and the vanguard of foreign expansion, this series of names makes a businessman and gentry feel that maybe the continuous war and chaos in this period of time may come to an end. Although starting from the Taiping Rebellion, after experiencing the rule of the Lin family, even the Lang family was in charge for a short time, and the three families did not make much changes and adjustments in policy, but the frequent wars still brought a lot of harm to Lujiang.

The trade routes were interrupted from time to time, the siege war damaged the city, and the interruption of water transportation, which inevitably affected the normal life of the gentry of the people in Lujiang.

The Northwest officials in charge of receiving did not adopt a policy of unified takeover, and almost all the ordinary officials retained their original jobs, and everything seemed to have changed except that the interior department was taken over by officials sent from the Northwest. The officials appointed by the Lang family had disappeared when the Lin family took over the management of Lujiang, and the officials of the Lin family also automatically gave way with the withdrawal of the Lin family's army, all these changes did not seem to have brought much confusion and inconvenience to the situation in the city of Lujiang Mansion, which shows that the gentry in Lujiang City are accustomed to this situation of changing the banner of the king at the head of the city.

But there are many people who are eager to look forward to the new master, in the period of time when the Taiping army entered the Lujiang River, the exile of many aristocratic landlords left a lot of things that can be used for the Taiping army's collection and auction, and the Taiping army without exception confiscated these things for auction, and some people who have some special relationship with the Taiping army are naturally beneficiaries in this regard, but with the end of the Taiping army's rule in Guanxi, Lin Lang's two families have entered the master, and the forces attached to these two families have also come forward one after another, and the continuous changes in the strength of Lujiang City have also made many changes in the economic interest pattern of the various forces in Lujiang City, taking advantage of the new master's ownership, everyone hopes to take this opportunity to have a conclusion.

For a while, there was an undercurrent surging in Lujiang City, and all forces were trying their best to use their relationships to gain the favor of the new master, hoping to get a spoonful of soup in the upcoming benefit distribution war.

The Lin family army in Hanzhong has obviously accepted the reality that it is impossible for them to control Hanzhong City anymore, and the huge losses caused by the continuous fierce battles have made them the end of the strong crossbow, completely relying on a habitual surname to resist the crazy attack of the Lang family's army, the commander himself believes that if the emperor [***] is two days slower, I am afraid that this Hanzhong City has changed hands. The arrival of the imperial army relieved them of the danger of being overhanged, and handing over the defense of Hanzhong City to Situ Jun was a result that they could accept, at least it was far better than handing it over to the Lang family or the Northwest Army, after all, the Lin family had already had a very deep exchange of opinions with Situ Jun, even if there was no reason for this, it was better for the emperor to control it than another evil neighbor who was spying on Hanzhong - Li Wufeng in the northwest.

Therefore, when the Lang family's army began to withdraw from the periphery of Hanzhong Fucheng, the Lin family also sent envoys to discuss the ownership of Hanzhong and the fate of the remnants of the Lin family's army in Hanzhong City together with the envoys sent from the northwest. Everything was carried out in a peaceful and friendly atmosphere, the representatives of the Northwest agreed that the Lin army would return to Sanjiang through the Lujiang River, and the representatives of Situ Jun's side also promised to hand over the six northwest towns of Hanzhong Prefecture to the northwest side for temporary control and management according to the original proposal, but the northwest would not garrison troops in these six towns, and the control of Hanzhong Fucheng and the remaining twelve towns would be handed over to the new Hanzhong City Warden appointed by Situ Jun through the Imperial Administration Bureau, and the two sides also agreed that the post of Guanxi County Warden would be temporarily vacant, and the issue of the six towns of Hanzhong would be discussed by both sides after the situation in Kansai stabilized。

All in all, everything passed in this slightly calm October, whether it was Bashan and Lujiang taken over from the northwest, or the change of banners in Hanzhong, everything seemed so calm, as calm as everything was in the first place. But there is an undercurrent brewing in the calm, and many people are expecting some kind of change to break out of this dull situation. Of course, this does not mean that all this is unchanged, the economic policies of Bashan and Lujiang have changed as those merchants wished, the unification of tariffs, the adjustment of commodity taxes, and the repair of the road from Bashan to Lujiang, this series of changes have made the merchants see new hope, but it is not as wonderful as imagined. First of all, there is no preferential treatment in the northwest in the tax rate, although the tariff is unified, but this only refers to the tariff unification with the northwest region, and the goods in Kansai are more exported to the interior of the empire than to the northwest, which has not changed much, and the reduction of the commodity tax has made the merchants ecstatic, but compared to the northwest, it still seems much higher, which has disappointed the forces of all parties in Lujiang.

The large-scale repair of the road between Bashan and Lujiang is not so much for the development of commerce and transportation, but more importantly from a strategic point of view. Between the empire and the Baling Mansion controlled by the Maqi Khans, the geographical location of the Lujiang River is too remote and distant, and this is precisely its vital place, this is a tentacle, a tentacle stretching to the south of the empire, it can clearly feel the pulse of this big granary in the south of the empire, and it can also touch the body of the Lin family, one of the three major domains, and it can even pull the bow and arrow to make the Maqi Khan feel the chill from the northwest, in short, its location is too important.

Wu Feng naturally knew the important surname of the location of Lujiang, so he did not accept the suggestions of some people below to immediately carry out restructuring in Lujiang, firstly, the foothold in Lujiang was not stable, and secondly, the situation within Lujiang was indeed complicated, whether it was the Taiping Sect or the Lin family, there were a large number of remnants of forces in Lujiang, and the military occupation could not remove all the intertwined hidden forces, which Wu Feng knew very well, even if the Lang family occupied Lujiang in this short period of time, their spy forces began to infiltrate into Lujiang, and combined with the original forces in the darkness to maintain the existence of the Lang family here, Of course, all this information was provided by the intelligence department, mainly by the Gu family, for Wufeng.

The Maqi Khans have not forgotten this place as much as the empire, since the Maqi Khans occupied Baling, the number of Maqi Khans who infiltrated into the Lujiang River from Baling has gradually increased, although many of them are normal business activities, but there are also a large number of hidden spies, who use various occupations in Lujiang as a cover to continuously develop and consolidate their presence here. Even during the control of the Lin family, the anti-espionage forces of the Lin family failed to wipe out these Maqi Khans, not to mention, many businessmen have seen the strong strength of the Maqi Khans, thinking that the Maqi Khans may be the masters of the future of Lujiang, so they spared no effort to marry the Maqi Khans, which made the incognito power of the Maqi Khans in Lujiang greatly protected. The empire retains considerable strength in the Lujiang River, which is inherently fair, and the empire with a good foundation is still a symbol of orthodoxy in the eyes of the local gentry, whether it is the Lin family or the Lang family, it is difficult to win their full recognition, let alone the Taiping sect and the Maqi Khan.

Maybe his own intervention will break this delicate situation, but Wu Feng doesn't intend to do so immediately, he needs a while to find out the details of the situation here in Lujiang, and make a thunderous plough-like sweep to completely clear these complicated forces. But in order to achieve this goal, the strength at present is obviously insufficient, and it is necessary to set up a force in Lujiang that knows the root and knows the inside story to help him, but it is a pity that the strength of the Bashan Gu family in Lujiang is still weak, and it seems that he still needs to find another helper who can serve him.

There are many candidates, and there is no shortage of forces to express their allegiance to the king of the northwest, everyone knows that it is not someone else but him who can call the wind and rain in Kansai now, Situ Jun is just a figure on the bright side, and he is the real person in charge who controls the power of four of the six prefectures in Kansai.

"My lord, the matter of Kansai should not be delayed for too long, it is better to make a decision early, especially Lujiang, this situation seems to be unclear now, I am worried that it will be difficult to completely integrate Lujiang into our northwest by relying on the army alone. Seeing that his boss seemed to be a little absent-minded, and seemed to be undecided, Gu Quan, the director of intelligence who had been waiting to give instructions, couldn't help but suggest: "My subordinates have already drawn up several goals, and I have also discussed them with Lord Diao, hoping that my lord can determine one or two of them, and use their power to quickly integrate Lujiang and sweep away those rebel forces." ”

After not speaking for a long time, Wu Feng lightly put a letter presented to him on the table, just playing with the Xuanyu paperweight in his hand, those who are familiar with Wu Feng know that this is the festival to make the adult think about the problem, Gu Quan is no exception, can only patiently wait for the decision of the boss.

"Gu Quan, do you think now is the best time to launch?" After a while, Wu Feng put down the paperweight thoughtfully, and replied slowly: "Slowly speaking, I am only in charge of the Northwest Provinces, and the name is not right, and now that the empire is in this state, there are no more people to interfere with me, otherwise the pressure of public opinion alone will make us unbearable." The Lujiang River is still relatively stable now, although I know that it is not calm down there, but is it necessary to pick it up now?"

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