Chapter 80

"Since the Emperor signed the Weishui Alliance with the Turks three years ago, Yunzhou City has not suffered major invasions, but small groups of Turkic cavalry have been harassing us constantly."

"In order to claim credit from the imperial court, the governor captured strong men viciously, hoping to make great achievements on the battlefield."

"Erhu was forcibly captured into the military camp at that time."

"But that governor only knew how to talk on paper, letting our garrison fall into heavy encirclement several times, resulting in countless deaths and injuries."

"We old fellows also fought to the death to repel the enemy repeatedly."

The old man explained to Qin Mu in detail.

But Zhangsun Wugou's face became uglier and uglier.

Truly reckless!

How could the imperial court let such a good-for-nothing be a governor of a region?

"Old man, since you repelled the enemy, that counts as a great achievement."

"Especially for wounded soldiers like Erhu, there should be a pension, right? How did you end up living in such a place?" Qin Mu asked the key question again.

Zhangsun Wugou also hurriedly listened.

This was also the question she cared about most.

"Sigh!"

"Benefactor, don't mention any pension!"

"I can't guarantee other places, but in this Yunzhou City, even if your whole family died on the battlefield, you wouldn't see a single cent of silver!"

"Last time, several of our disabled soldiers went to the government office to ask how to settle down, but they didn't even get through the door before being beaten out."

"That governor said that it is a great honor for us to be born in the prosperous Great Tang, and wanting a pension is simply ungrateful."

The old man shook his head and sighed repeatedly.

"Simply unreasonable! What kind of bastard governor is this?"

Changle couldn't listen anymore, her little face flushed red with anger.

"Girl, you can't say it like that. This governor is said to be a descendant of an aristocratic family in the capital, coming to Yunzhou just to accumulate achievements. In less than a year or two, his family will say a few good words in the imperial court, and he will be able to rise to the top."

"The lives of us common people, to powerful people like them, are they not like ants?"

Another older sister holding a newborn baby chimed in.

The crowd around also nodded silently.

"Old man, now our Great Tang has reformed many advanced technologies, and the supply of money and grain is endless; at least you won't go hungry, right?"

Zhangsun Wugou snatched the words and asked.

She never dreamed.

That under the prosperous Great Tang, such huge darkness would be hidden.

Shocking!

"Bullshit!"

"What new technology, anyway, we haven't seen anything in Yunzhou City."

"If the few benefactors go for a walk on the street and look carefully, you will understand; our Yunzhou City has long been short of food."

"We only have two shops in Yunzhou City, all operated and controlled by aristocratic families. If they don't release grain, we will have to starve to death." A big man with a broken arm complained in a muffled voice.

No need to guess, he must also be a soldier who was injured on the battlefield.

Zhangsun Wugou was completely speechless.

She knew what to say.

If it weren't for this experience, perhaps she would never have imagined it in her life.

The prosperity of Changancheng was just a facade.

And the power of the aristocratic families, with various reforms, gradually became stronger, even strong enough to control frontier strongholds like Yunzhou City!

So.

The people who benefited most from all the reforms were not the common people, but those aristocratic families, those powerful nobles!

After I don't know how long.

Qin Mu's group finally walked out of the street.

Along the way, Zhangsun Wugou was silent in thought.

She already understood why Qin Mu brought her to this place.

It was to let her see all this with her own eyes!

And as for why Qin Mu was called a benefactor by them, Zhangsun Wugou had already guessed some of it.

Probably Qin Mu had long sent people to establish his own forces here, and to adopt and provide relief to war orphans, as well as those injured by war.

As for the purpose.

No need to guess, she already knew.

It must be some preparations made for attacking the Great Tang in the future.

This child...

His schemes are truly unfathomable!

While Zhangsun Wugou was shocked by Qin Mu's city, she was also full of disappointment at the rotten power of the aristocratic families in the Great Tang.

Behind the vermilion gates, meat and wine go to waste; on the road, there are bones of the frozen to death.

It is not false at all!

This Empress of the Great Tang had seen through it.

The so-called reform.

It was just a development that did not touch the interests of the upper class!

The lowest common people were still in deep water.

Is this the so-called prosperous Great Tang?

"Hehe!"

Zhangsun Wugou gave a bitter laugh.