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At this time, they were in the royal city of the Loulan Kingdom, and even the royal palace of the Loulan Kingdom.
And in such a place, this King Loulan actually saluted like the prince of the Wei Empire, and even claimed to be a courtier.
Under such circumstances, the Loulan King didn't feel that there was anything wrong. Presumably, it was because after he saw Cao Ang, he was completely convinced by Cao Ang's unique and unparalleled aura.
This kind of situation caused him to have very complicated emotions in his heart, but in the end, such complicated emotions only had one feeling, and this feeling was the feeling that appeared in his heart now, surrender!
Regarding such a matter, after Cao Ang heard about it, he didn't say anything polite to him. He saw that Chang sat directly on the throne of King Loulan, and accepted King Loulan's worship calmly.
Afterwards, Cao Ang also said indifferently: "Anke, Loulan Kingdom is still very good under your governance. The Crown Prince is very satisfied with this situation!"
"However, according to my observation, the courtiers and officials in your Loulan Kingdom seem to be a little bit repulsive, even hostile to our Great Wei Empire!"
Cao Ang didn't hesitate, and directly told what he saw.
For such a situation, Cao Ang has nothing to hide at all. After all, all kinds of strength are stored here, so there is no need to worry about other problems at all.
Under such circumstances, King Loulan was shocked.
Immediately afterwards, he was also very flustered, and hurriedly said: "The Son of Heaven and His Highness the Son of Heaven are both people who have been destined by destiny. Although I am a remote barbarian, I have converted to Taoism now. What I must do every day is to study Taoist scriptures, I know that the destiny cannot be violated!"
"However... it's just some villains who want to go against the law and go against the sky for their own selfish interests. This..."
King Loulan was also very helpless about this situation. After all, he was old and most of the rights were no longer in his hands, so he couldn't control the situation.
After Cao Ang heard the words of King Loulan, he also nodded slightly, thinking in his heart.
Thinking about it, what King Loulan said just now should be true.
Based on the current situation of Loulan Kingdom, it is in a situation where King Loulan is a bit weak and those rich and powerful are relatively strong.
Coupled with the fact that King Loulan is old and weak, for him, only by completely surrendering to the Great Wei Empire can he have more benefits.
In comparison, even the latter directly surpassed the former. Being a comfortable courtier was much better than being a king in crisis.
After all, the former will not kill him, King Loulan!
In addition to such things, after Cao Ang entered the Loulan King City, he also discovered that there were many Taoist temples in the Loulan King City.
This situation also shocked Cao Ang a little. He really didn't expect that such a scene could be seen in Loulan Kingdom.
Such a scene also shows that the thoughts of the people in Loulan Kingdom have been influenced by New Taoism, and it seems that they are still very serious.
Such a situation has many advantages for the Great Wei Empire.
After all, this Cao Ang is the founder of New Taoism. Although he is not a national teacher like Zhang Lu, this is all done by himself after all, and it is extremely convenient to do something in the future.
In fact, such a situation is inevitable. After all, the spread of this new Taoism can be said to be very powerful, and this Loulan Kingdom is relatively close to the Great Wei Empire. Compared with other Western Regions that have fought, it must bear the brunt A country in the Western Regions influenced by Taoism!
Chapter 746 Status Quo
The premise of Envelope Taoism is to admit that this Chinese civilization is the authenticity of the world, that the emperor of China is the supreme in the world, and also believe in the saying that the divine right is bestowed by heaven, and destiny is in destiny.
But now, this King Loulan has become a believer in Taoism, and he is still a very devout believer. Under such circumstances, he naturally believes that the only dynasty in the world is the Great Wei Empire, which is the destiny of heaven. Convinced.
These situations are also entirely due to the spread of the new Taoism. If there is no new Taoism, these ideas in the countries in the Western Regions will not be converted.
Now the situation is more than half better, and Cao Ang is very satisfied with the situation and the result.
He worked hard to push Zhang Lu to the altar of Taoism, making him a national teacher, and even helped him establish a new Taoism, and even secretly used a lot of resources to support, train talents, and abolish him. Isn't the purpose of devoting so much energy to play a key role at this time?
But now, such a situation is simply too worthwhile for Cao Ang, and all the investment in the early stage seems to be very worthwhile now.
Now, with the help of this new Taoism, the Loulan Kingdom's hatred for the Great Wei Empire has been reduced by more than half, and the difficulty for the Great Wei Empire to recover Loulan Kingdom has also been reduced by more than half.
From this point of view, the effect of this Taoism has already begun to produce, and it is even much stronger than the picture Cao Ang had imagined before.
Cao Ang was very satisfied with this, and then he nodded and said: "Okay, since this is the case, then you don't have to worry too much, but the Great Wei Empire is not a barbaric Guo Jia, the reason why the prince wants to Coming to the Western Regions in person is for the construction of the Western Regions!"
"Only by building the Western Region well, making it flourish, and benefiting the local people, can we demonstrate the capabilities of our Great Wei Empire, instead of suppressing it by force and taking this Western Region country by force!"
After King Loulan heard Cao Ang's words, a touch of shock appeared in his eyes.
Before this, what King Loulan thought in his heart was that the Great Wei Empire would send heavy troops, and send these elite soldiers and strong generals to directly suppress it by force.
However, now that he heard the words of the Holy Prince, he, King Loulan, was relieved, and then he breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for the grace of the Holy Prince, the Prince has sharp eyes and insight like a god!"
King Loulan was very fortunate, fortunately, the Holy Prince was able to learn from it, otherwise, he would not be able to clean himself up by jumping into the Yellow River.
Afterwards, Cao Ang said again: "Bring over all the household registration information, land information, military information, and the rosters of those officials in Loulan Kingdom!"
King Loulan didn't dare to hesitate when he heard the words, and then said respectfully, "Obey!"
Immediately afterwards, King Loulan presented all the materials he had prepared.
After Cao Ang took these materials in his hands, he quickly glanced at the contents of these materials. Cao Ang was also very pleased with this situation.
The policies of the Great Wei Empire are very clear, and so are the policies on the Western Regions.
Regardless of the various materials, the arrangement is also very regular, not disorganized.
Although the countries in the Western Regions are relatively small, neither the population statistics nor the land statistics are complicated.
However, it is precisely because of the household registration policy of the Great Wei Empire that there is no need to waste energy in such a situation. You only need to take a look at it to know clearly.
Since the successful promotion of the household registration system, the management of the population in various places has become much easier, and it has also greatly improved the security of the country.
With a comfortable mood, Cao Ang also took the opportunity to read on.
After watching for a while, he could clearly see a frown above Cao Ang's brow.
The reason for this is that in this bathing area, the proportion of desert is too large.
Under such circumstances, crops such as rice and wheat have no way to survive, which will directly affect people's livelihood.
It is precisely because of this that the main source of food in some countries in the Western Regions is grazing.
However, grazing is no longer possible, because excessive grazing will also accelerate desertification.
Once the vegetation is destroyed, it will increase the erosion of water and soil, and once the soil is lost, it will naturally cause greater desertification.
This cycle continues, and eventually the green on the land of the Western Regions will become less and less, and the living environment in the future will become very harsh.
After the rise of Cao Wei's power, when the Central Plains dynasty had not yet changed, Cao Ang, in the name of this great man, continued to send envoys to the Western Regions to spread some potatoes and sweet potato crops suitable for planting on this arid land.
Such crops are used to supplement the local food, but considering better control over the Western Regions, and the arable land on the land of the Western Regions is very scarce.
Under such circumstances, the proportion of food crops will be greatly reduced.