Chapter 1151 Tianwei Xuanhe
The transportation of the Yelang River is more lively than that of the Chishui River. The water and land are connected, and there is a lot of traffic. Countless grains, salt, tea, cloth, etc. are constantly flowing.
"Tian Canjun, has this place been so lively before?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.
Tian Yangming shook his head.
"Look at these, what do you see?"
"The subordinates have seen the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty!" Tian Yangming said.
As a descendant of the most powerful Tian family in central Guizhou today, Tian Yangming is different from Xie Zhaoluo and other families. Although they are all Han Chinese, the Xie Zhao family entered Guizhou since the Han Dynasty. Already barbaric. But Tian's is quite different.
During the Sui Dynasty, Tian Zongxian, Tian Yangming’s grandfather, was originally from Hezhou, Longyou, and lived in Lantian County. Later, he was recommended by Prime Minister Su Wei as the governor of Qianzhou. , changed his surname to Tian, and was the ancestor of the Tian family.
Therefore, when Tian Yangming met Qin Lang, he once claimed to be the queen of Chen Guo with the surname GUI.
The Tian family entered Qi, and later seized the country of Qi Kanggong with the surname Jiang, and listed it as a prince. It was called the Tian family on behalf of Qi in history. Later, the Tian family was destroyed by Qin Shihuang, and the Tian family moved to various places. The surname of East Hubei and West.
After the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Tian family lived and intermarried with barbarians.
There are many barbarian chieftains of the Tian clan in the southwest. In fact, they all claim to be the descendants of the Tian clan of Qi State. The Tian clan of Sizhou is also said to be the successor of the Jingzhao Duling Tian clan who entered the customs. The emperor sent his general Tian Rong to reject Emperor Guangwu's troops in Jingmen, and later Tian Rong retreated into Guizhou.
The later Fulingman, Youyangman, and Lizhongmantian clans were all passed down in one continuous line.
In the Sui Dynasty, the Tian clan occupying the north of the Wujiang River was the Mantian clan of Fuling. Later, the Sui Dynasty conquered the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the south, and after defeating the Man of Fuling, they specially selected Tian Zongxian, who was also from the Tian clan, as the governor of Qianzhou. meaningful.
And Tian Zongxian also relied on his identity as a fellow of the Tian clan. After coming to the central Guizhou area, he quickly won over the Fuling Man Tian Clan, and also brought together several other Tian Clan Man, and took the initiative to marry them back to the clan. .
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Tian Zongxian claimed to be the general manager, according to the land of the fifteen prefectures.
In the fourth year of Wude, Tian Zongxian submitted a table to Datang. At that time, Gao Zu named Tian Zongxian as the general manager of Qianzhou, and then ordered his son Tian Weikang to be the governor, and ordered him to lead the army to attack Xiao Mian's Tanzhou. Tian Weikang led the army to defeat the five prefectures of Xiaoxiao.
Later, Zhang Dazhi, a native of Yuzhou, rebelled. Xue Jingren, the governor, abandoned the city and left. Zhang Dazhi invaded Fuzhou.
In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Tian Zongxian died of illness and received a generous gift from the imperial court.
Tian Weikang served as the governor of Qianzhou.
Qin Lang went to Guizhou Xuanfu before, and transferred Tian Weikang as the governor of Sizhou.
So it is said that Tian Zongxian and Tian Weikang and his son have guarded Qianzhou for 60 years from the second year of Kaihuang in Sui Dynasty to the 16th year of Zhenguan today, after two dynasties and four emperors.
Sixty years is not a long time, but it also allowed them to stabilize their power.
The Tian family father and son were originally outsiders, but because they belonged to the same clan as the local tyrant Fulingman leader here, they also became the new leader of the Zhutian clan.
Therefore, sometimes the Tian family also claims to the outside world that he is a thousand-year-old tyrant, and there is still some reason.
Qianzhou was originally Fuling County in the Han Dynasty. Emperor Xian of the Later Han Dynasty divided it into four counties, and when it arrived in Shu, it was changed to a county. After Yongjia in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the land was confiscated into the barbarians. After 256 years, until the fourth year of Baoding of the Yuwen family in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Tian Enhe, the commander of the Fuling barbarians, attached the land to Fengzhou. Ten years later, it was changed to Qianzhou.
It has actually been two hundred and eighty years since the Qianzhou area fell into the hands of the barbarians during the Yongjia period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and then Tian Zongxian became the governor.
The Tian family and his son ruled for another sixty years.
However, because of Tian Zongxian's special status and means, the Tian family is quite special in central Guizhou. On the one hand, he is naturally close to the Central Plains court. He served in the middle school for a long time, and later when the world was in chaos, he called himself the general manager.
After being attached to the Tang Dynasty, he still had to continue to rule, and after Tian Zongxian died, Xu Zi inherited his father's business.
On the other hand, the Tian family married with the Fuling barbarian Tian's clan, calling themselves a family, and then used the same reason to unite several other Tian clan's barbarians. It has a rare foundation in central Guizhou.
Their father and son have been in central Guizhou for decades, and they are indeed deeply supported by the local barbarians, which is why they have been able to guard the place for sixty years.
Because of this, as the third generation, Tian Yangming, like his father and grandfather, is more pro-Tang, and compared with Xie Zhao and other tyrants who have been in Guizhou for thousands of years, his vision is also bigger.
Xie, Zhao, Luo, etc. come to see this Yu Bodao, and they may sigh that this is a road of gold and silver. The endless flow of merchants and the endless transportation of goods are all wealth.
It can forcibly lower the price of salt several times, it can import salt several times, it can import food and cloth in a steady stream, and it can supply tens of thousands of soldiers who entered Guizhou without extorting money from the people in central Guizhou. Horses can also maintain a larger number of immigrants, which all demonstrates the strength of the imperial court.
So the Tian family, located in the area north of the Wujiang River in central Guizhou, was originally the family that was most attacked by the court, but they never made any big moves.
Even when Qin Lang asked Tian Weikang to be transferred to Sizhou Governor, he didn't resist at all.
At that time, the Tian family owned the land of fifteen prefectures. Later, Tian Weikang pacified the chaos in Yuzhou and won two more prefectures. However, in the past few years, the imperial court has changed the territory and adjusted the Tian family's territory several times. No matter how it is changed, the Tian family has always expressed compliance. .
With this respect, the Luo family in Shuixi, the Xie family in Shuidong and others once mocked the weakness of the Tian family, saying that since Tian Zongxian died, the Tian family had no successors.
But they didn't think about it, Tian Weikang was ordered to lead the army to attack Xiao Xian, and he was able to capture five prefectures and four towns in a row. If Yuzhou rebelled, he could also capture two prefectures in a row. How easy is it?
He just sees a little farther than ordinary people. He doesn't just stare at the place in central Guizhou, but can see the Central Plains beyond Central Guizhou, and he knows the strength of the Central Plains.
During the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Tian family father and son could close their doors and be the emperor of the land, and separate the country from one side, but once the Central Plains were unified, they would never dare to have any more delusions.
It can be said that the attitude of Tian and his son has a great influence on the attitude of the entire Guizhou tyrants towards the court.
"The emperor has always remembered your Tian family's contributions to the Tang Dynasty. The emperor also saw Tian's loyalty during the turmoil in central Guizhou." Qin Lang looked at Tian Yangming and said slowly.
Hearing this, Tian Yangming couldn't help breathing short of breath.
"If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded, and if you have done something wrong, you will be punished. The saints have always rewarded clearly. The Tian family is loyal and worthy of praise."
"It is the will of the sage to grant Tian Weikang Si the Duke of the State, the governor of Feizhou, and his eldest son Tian Yangming Feizhou Bing Cao to participate in the military, and his second son Tian Zhaoyang Zuo Yiwei!"
Feizhou is located in the south of Sizhou, later known as Sinan, leading two counties, the place is very small. It was merged into Sizhou before, but this time it was specially set up again, the purpose is to appease Tian.
Deliberately made Feizhou the Tian family's feudal state, but even though it was a feudal state, the Tang's secular governor was quite different from the Tian family's previous separatist side.
Among other things, the imperial court tossed the territory controlled by the Tian family from left to right, dismantled it today and merged it tomorrow, and now there are only two big states, Qianzhou and Sizhou, and the rest are mostly merged or abolished. , or merged into other states.
Anyway, Tian Zongxian and Tian Weikang originally operated in Qianzhou for nearly 60 years, but now they have been moved to Sizhou upstream. Fuling and Yuzhou in the west, which are on the east bank of the Yangtze River, have long been included in Shannan West Road. Shizhou in the north is included in the Hubei Road.
Qinzhou and Nanzhou to the west of Dalou Mountain have also been drawn out, and Bozhou has long become a bridgehead for the imperial court to focus on.
Yizhou also appointed another official.
"The saint originally planned to appoint you as the governor of Qianzhou, but he only considered that you are still young and have no meritorious qualifications. He was afraid that it would be difficult to convince the public, so he first appointed you as Feizhou soldier Cao Canjun and then trained for a few years. Qianzhou sent officials from the court. In terms of management, there will be no objection to the title of governor of Qianzhou after the young master has made real achievements in Feizhou in the future."
Tian Yangming understood in seconds.
The Tian family used to have the largest territory among the tycoons in central Guizhou. At one time, it was connected to the Yangtze River in the west, the Yuanjiang River in the east, the Neijiang River in the south, and the Qingyi River in the north.
But now the imperial court intends to leave only Sizhou and Feizhou to the Tian family. In fact, Feizhou was demolished from Sizhou. There are only two counties, which will be the Shifeng prefectures of the Tian family.
Tian Weikang served as the governor of Sizhou, but he was appointed as the governor of Feizhou.
The court's exchange condition for Feizhou Shifeng was to ask the Tian family to completely hand over Qianzhou.
Before coming, his father had a long talk with him. The father and son had an in-depth conversation about the future situation in central Guizhou. Tian Weikang was old, and Tian Yangming was mature. Although the two were worried about the violent changes in central Guizhou, But I also think that I can only accept it calmly and actively obey.
The Cuan family in the east of Dian is the best example. With the current power of the Tang court, not to mention that the Tian family has only been operating on the Fuling River for 60 years, even if it has been operating for 600 or even 1,000 years like Xie Zhao and others, they will resist Not the court.
Just one Yubo Road shows the powerful ability of the imperial court. Although central Guizhou is remote, the imperial court can still easily import countless salt and grain supplies, and can easily maintain an elite army of tens of thousands of people stationed for a long time.
So if the Tian family really can’t see the situation clearly to fight against the Central Plains, then the imperial court can easily send 100,000 or even 200,000 troops into Guizhou to fight, and they are not afraid of any logistical supply problems at all.
This is the most terrifying thing. When the high mountains and dangerous waters in central Guizhou can't affect the supply and transportation of the imperial court, then who has the ability to fight against the imperial court's army?
Although it is always unwilling to hand over a sixty-year-old foundation like this, but the general trend is such that one cannot go against the trend.
One Siguo Duke, one world-appointed Feizhou Inspector, and one Sizhou Inspector, can be regarded as a good appeasement to the Tian family.
"The Tian family swears allegiance to the saint!" Tian Yangming didn't dare to hesitate at all, otherwise he was really afraid that the happy God of War in front of him would completely wipe out the Tian family if he turned his back on him. He had no doubts that the other party had such abilities.
(end of this chapter)