Chapter 1152 Obedience to the king's righteousness
Qin Lang walked along the busy transportation line.
The road from Yuzhou to Bozhou is already very flat and open, and it is possible to carry an army of ten thousand people, cross the Dalou Pass, and go straight to Zunyi.
"During the Spring and Autumn Period, Bozhou was originally Yelang's Northeast Xiaojun Changguo Bieguo. After Qin unified the world, Bieguo was established as Bie County. In the sixth year of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, Tang Meng sent an envoy to Yelang and established Yelang as a county... ·”
Tian Yangming, who has happily accepted the post of Feizhou Bingcao, enthusiastically acted as a guide, pointing to the Zunyi City in front of him and introduced, "In the third year of Wude, Zangke County was changed to Jian'an County, which belongs to the current county. In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Langzhou was established on the north bank of the Wujiang River, with jurisdiction over six counties including Gongshui and Gaoshan. In eleven years, the original Langzhou was renamed Bozhou!"
"Fourteen years later, Gongshui was changed to Luo Meng."
Qin Lang pointed to the city wall in the distance, "From now on, Luomeng will be renamed Zunyi County."
"Zunyi!" Tian Yangming read the new name, but didn't understand the purpose of this name change for a moment.
"The name of Zunyi has two meanings. One, it comes from Shangshu Hongfan, without bias and without embarrassment, obeying the righteousness of the king, is the meaning of obeying the justice of the former king and governing the people."
Tian Yangming immediately exclaimed, "This is good, and we must obey the king's righteousness."
Qianzhong just had such a bad thing as the feudal prince's rebellion, so the emperor wanted to change the name of the county where Bozhou is located, which is very appropriate.
"I don't know, another meaning?"
"At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Gongsun Shu claimed to be the White Emperor in Shu. Cao Xiexian, the great surname of Zangke County, opposed it and sent envoys to Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, he was named Yilang. It also means supporting the Central Dynasty.”
"Ah, this is also good. The people of Zunyi have always supported the central government. Changing the name of Zunyi is worthy of the name."
Bozhou is the land of Zhang Shigui, the great general of Guoguo. It was very meaningful for the emperor to choose this confidant general to come here to guard it. Bozhou is originally the gateway to central Guizhou, close to Yuzhou and the Yangtze River. There is already a passage between Yuzhou and Bozhou, which can become a road after renovation.
Furthermore, the geographical conditions of Bozhou are very good. First of all, it is very steep. It is located on the southwest plateau, between Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan. barrier.
So as long as you guard the pass, you can retreat and defend, and advance and attack.
There are avenues connecting Yuzhou and Juzhou to the south quickly, but once the door is closed and locked, no one can open it.
Loushan Pass, Heishui Pass, Sandu Pass, Banjiao Pass, Yamen Pass, Sangmu Pass, Luomeng Pass, Dahong Pass, Laojun Pass, Wujiang Pass, Chashan Pass, Huangtan Pass, Banai Pass, etc. Sandaoguan City will be surrounded and protected by Bozhou, like a copper wall and an iron wall.
Banzhou is also rich in iron ore and copper resources, with amazing reserves, which are convenient for making weapons and casting coins. On the other hand, although Bozhou has Dalou Mountain in its territory, there are many fertile hills and dams, which are suitable for farming and planting, and are completely self-sufficient.
Such a place is simply a strategic treasure to garrison troops. The imperial court stationed an army here. Even if there is chaos in central Guizhou, with Bozhou in hand, it can also become a sea god.
A place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also has convenient transportation, and is not afraid of double economic and military blockades, and the Central Plains court is behind it, so it naturally becomes the first choice for deterring the central Guizhou area.
After the Yang family sent troops to attack Nanzhao in the late Tang Dynasty, they guarded Bozhou, which opened a history of more than 600 years for the Yang family to guard Bozhou.
When Qin Lang proposed to Li Shimin to implement the system of feudal feudalism in the borderlands, he was also inspired by the history of the Yang family in Bozhou. He believed that the history of Yang's town in Bozhou showed that this system was in the remote and backward areas. Still very useful.
It's a pity that Li Shimin is still stingy after all, and the secular system has completely lost its shape within a few years of implementation.
The Yang family guarded Bozhou and was able to pass it on for 600 years, relying on the privilege of saying one thing in Bozhou.
But Datang refused to give such power. The so-called feudal system is now completely out of character. Although it still has a lot of benefits, it is far worse than this kind of princes who can separate one side .
Actually, in Qin Lang's view, in such a remote area, even if the princes will become separatists in the end, it is actually not a disadvantage.
It's like the fact that after the Tang Dynasty experienced the Anshi Rebellion, the feudal towns were separated, but in fact, the Tang Dynasty could last for more than a hundred years, and it was entirely supported by the feudal towns. There are not only Heshuo separatist vassals, but also many vassals defending the imperial court, and vassals that provide taxes in the southeast.
If it weren't for the relative independence of the various feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty, the central government of the Tang Dynasty might have perished faster.
It’s like after the middle Tang Dynasty, Chang’an of the Great Tang Dynasty was invaded many times by foreigners, but it still persisted year after year, and lasted for more than a hundred years.
Especially in the remote frontiers, especially in the southwest, where barbarians are everywhere, these princes actually have more positive meanings. It is also the Ming Dynasty, the Duke of Qian’s Mu family guards Yunnan. Although it is not a feudal town, it actually functions as a feudal town The positive role of guarding is very helpful for Daming to stabilize the Yunnan-Guizhou area.
It's a pity that Li Shimin is reluctant.
Since this is the case, Qin Lang had no choice but to seek overseas development.
Entering Zunyi City, Qin Lang only took a rest here.
Although Zhang Shigui is the governor of Bozhou, but he is currently serving in the court, so he has no time to manage the fief. Therefore, the imperial court actually appointed an actual director of the governor of Bozhou. Zhang Shigui only pays taxes to Bozhou on a regular basis. By the way, we can give priority to mining the copper and iron mines in Banzhou. There are some wastelands around here for reclamation. Other than that, there is nothing special.
Zhang Shigui wanted to drag Qin Lang to his mine, workshop and manor to wait around, and wanted Qin Lang to participate in the development together.
However, Qin Lang is not interested. Although he also knows that Zhang Shigui intends to offer benefits, the technology of the copper and iron mine run by Zhang Shigui's family is indeed somewhat backward, and the management level is not enough, and the operation is very ordinary. The Qin family's team will definitely be able to bring it to a higher level, and the prospects are huge.
But now Qin Lang is fully shrinking the scale of industrial and commercial industries in the Central Plains and starting to transfer overseas. Although it is impossible for him to give up the industries in the Central Plains, the development of only one Luzon Island requires too much investment, not to mention that Qin Lang also Not only to develop Luzon, he also has layout in Liuqiu, Linyi and other places.
So the industries in the Central Plains are only doing those important things now, and they must give up some non-core businesses.
Qin Lang really has no interest in Zhang Shigui's mining and agriculture in Bozhou.
He only expressed that he was willing to borrow a few more professional stewards and master craftsmen from the Zhang family, as long as they cooperated.
Zunyi City, Bozhou, used to have very few residents. Since the Tang Dynasty came, especially after the Yubo Road became unobstructed, it has gradually become the northwest gateway of central Guizhou, a commercial port. At this time, Bozhou Zunyi was not only the county seat but also the state city, and there was also a Zunyi army stationed there.
The number of soldiers and civilians in the city has already exceeded 10,000. This is a rare prosperity in the southwest region. There are many houses and shops in the city.
This city is an important military town, and the Zunyi Army patrols frequently, and the investigation is strict.
There are salt warehouses, granary warehouses, cloth warehouses, tea warehouses and military warehouses in Bozhou City, which not only attract countless merchants and people, but also the confidence of the Zunyi Army.
Qin Lang made a tour and was very satisfied with the elite temperament of the Zunyi Army. He expressed his condolences on behalf of the emperor, and after giving some rewards, he left and continued southward to Dongning City.
After arriving in Dongning City, Qin Lang discovered that this city, which had just experienced a rebellion, was far less prosperous than Zunyi City in Bozhou, even though the residence of the Governor's Mansion in Dongning was also the center of central Guizhou.
Especially at this time, it was deserted, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were a little panicked.
After Qin Lang entered the city, he first read the reward edict to Du Xingmin and other meritorious officers and men, and then sent people to recruit Zhu Xie Zhuzhao and other powerful men in central Guizhou, as well as officials from various states and counties sent by the imperial court.
For the next month, Qin Lang will be meeting with officials sent by the imperial court in the central Guizhou region, local powerful surnames, and the leaders of the barbarian tribes in the mountains.
In the name of the Son of Heaven, coupled with Qin Lang's prestige, no one would dare not come.
Fortunately, Qin Lang didn't intend to start a killing spree, not only did he not, but he calmed down the crowd with a pleasant face, and many powerful and barbaric chieftains were rewarded.
The official rank was promoted, or transferred to a higher position, some even won the title of knighthood, and a few of them, like Tian Weikang, were granted the title of world governor or county magistrate.
However, Qin Lang also announced the order of the imperial court to further adjust the division of central Guizhou. A large number of small prefectures were abolished and reduced to counties, or several prefectures were merged into one. This made central Guizhou no longer the original dozens of prefectures. In such a chaotic situation, even state boundaries are mostly based on mountain and river terrain.
Only thirteen counties remained in the prefecture, but many new counties were added. The main ones were the original barbarian mountainous areas, and many counties were also set up this time.
Through this round of large-scale regional adjustments, another round of personnel adjustments in central Guizhou was also adjusted. Basically, those powerful people were transferred from their base camps to serve as governors or long-time Sima in other places.
These are not only relying on the prestige of the imperial court, but also relying on the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses guarding in central Guizhou. When Qin Lang discussed and drank tea with those tyrants and chiefs, Yuan Zhulin and Zhang Shigui also took the lead. Bing launched a round of Thunder Operation.
With the momentum of thunder, the tribal villages that jumped up and rebelled before were uprooted, and the heads were inserted one by one on the side of the post road, deeply shocking everyone.
The Xuanfu work was so smooth that Qin Lang didn't have much energy. Later, he simply handed over all the affairs to Zhang Shigui, the head of the Governor's Mansion, and then he just ignored it. After a few days of rest, he set off directly to the south.
At this time, Qin Lang's heart had already flown to Luzon overseas, and he didn't know what happened to Luzon now after a year.
(end of this chapter)