Chapter 868 Painting Cake
Qin Lang sat on the stilted railing by the Qilu Lake, holding a piece of steamed buns in his hand to feed the seagulls. On the clear lake, countless red-billed seagulls danced like spirits.
Although Qilu Lake is not as big and beautiful as Dianchi Lake and Erhai Lake, it still attracts countless red-billed gulls from far away Siberia thousands of miles south to spend the winter here every year.
"These are really birds that live in the northern sea thousands of miles away?" Cheng Chumo of Tonghai Governor's Mansion directly fed the birds with beef jerky. He always felt incredible. How did these red-billed birds recognize their way? Want to run to this far-reaching inland wilderness?
Red-billed gulls are not afraid of people at all, and they are used to Qin Lang feeding here every day. They circled down, gently pecked away the food in his hand, flew up to the sky, and circled and tweeted their thanks after swallowing it.
"You don't know that migratory birds migrate. You have never seen seagulls, but you have always seen swallows. Every autumn, swallows migrate south for the winter, and then fly back in spring. Swallows migrate every year, and they can even be accurate. Do you remember whose house your own bird’s nest is in? Haven’t you noticed that the swallows that fly back home every year are still in the same nest?”
Old Cheng thought about it, and it really makes sense.
"These birds are really powerful, but I wonder why seabirds come to Yunnan?"
"Because there are large inland lakes such as Dianchi Lake and Erhai Lake here. Of course, the most important thing is because of the good climate here. Dianchi Lake is like spring all the year round. This is a treasure land. Don't look at the barbarians everywhere here. The barbarians eat bugs, but in reality It’s just that it’s too far away from the Central Plains, especially Shu and Guizhou, where transportation is inconvenient and there are many barbarians. The Yunnan Road with the Erhai Lake as the center is much better than many places in central Guizhou."
Qin Lang likes Yunnan. He has traveled to Yunnan several times before. This is a place where he still wants to come and never wants to leave. Although the Dianchi Lake in later generations has been destructively polluted, the landscape there is still It is refreshing, except that the ultraviolet rays are stronger, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Especially Kunming, the city of flowers is like spring all the year round.
In fact, when you think about it, the several dynasties established in Yunnan in history knew that this place was good. Nanzhao Kingdom, Dali Kingdom, etc., could fight against the unified dynasty of the Central Plains for hundreds of years in a corner. It can be seen that here Not only the danger of mountains and rivers, but also the benefits of farming and rich products.
Before Tang, from Han to Sui, the entire Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau was juxtaposed as one geographical unit, or called Nanyi, or Nanzhong, and Nanning.
The danger of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, coupled with the fact that Southwest Sichuan and Southwest Hunan were barbaric lands with inconvenient transportation. Therefore, the Central Plains Dynasty has actually been advancing southward, but the process is a bit slow.
It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that the land of Yunnan and Guizhou was truly brought under the direct control of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Yunnan can be regarded as another Bashu, with the dangers of mountains and rivers and the fertile land, but because Bashu is close to the Central Plains, it was annexed by the Qin State during the Warring States Period. After that, when the Central Plains were in turmoil, although local separatist forces often ruled the roost, But as long as the Central Plains are unified, it will be difficult for Bashu to become prosperous.
However, Yunnan is too far away. Although it started to build roads and bridges from the Qin and Han Dynasties, and marched into Yunnan and Guizhou, it was still beyond reach. More often, the system of detention was adopted to control the barbarians. This also made it possible in this place. The barbarian tribes ruled together.
Like many surnames in Yunnan and Guizhou, such as Meng, the Cuan family were all Han people who went south from the Qin and Han Dynasties, and then managed from generation to generation, and finally relied on the Central Plains, connected the barbarians, and dominated one side. The Cuan family even ruled the two Jin Dynasties. It has been more than 400 years .
In the final analysis, the foundation of this place itself is good.
Anyone who has been to Yunnan knows that although Yunnan does not have any large plains, nor does it lack large basins and plains like Chengdu, Yunnan has many lacustrine basins or small plains in river valleys, and there are many inter-mountain dams. It is not small, it can be regarded as a small basin and a small plain. In addition, there is plenty of sunshine and rain here, and there is little frost and snow, so this place is actually very suitable for farming development.
It's not like the places in Longyou Shuofang that are full of rocks and sand. They lack water and land. They mainly rely on grazing. It is difficult for the population to grow up, and they often face invasion and robbery by nomads. They often become battlefields between the Central Plains and the grasslands. .
"Saburo really wants to say it's so good, why hasn't any decent power developed in the Nanzhong area? Whether it's Dian Kingdom, Ailao Kingdom, Juding Kingdom, etc., it doesn't work." Cheng Chumo asked.
Qin Lang raised another piece of steamed bun and handed it to the seagulls hovering in the air.
"This is complicated to say, but it is also simple. Because of the lack of civilization and technology, my dynasty in the Central Plains was able to continue from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is the Han civilization. The inheritance of civilization has always allowed us to have a strong cohesion and centripetal force, so that our nation can continue to move forward. The ethnic group is getting bigger and bigger, so that we will not be destroyed by foreign invaders, and we can spare time to devote ourselves to the research of ideas and technologies. Therefore, we have the great ideological guidance of various schools of thought and powerful farming Manufacturing and other technological developments, as for the barbarians, most of them are always in chaos and disorder, they can't escape the bound circle..."
"It's different when we come here. Although Tonghai is located in the southeast of Yunnan, there is a very good condition here, that is, it leads to the sea of Jiaozhou. Under the management of several generations in the Central Plains, Jiaozhou is now more and more prosperous, so relying on Jiaozhou, Although this is still a barren inland area, there is a way out for development. We will immigrate Han Chinese again, bring our advanced farming and manufacturing technology from the Central Plains, build roads and bridges, build cities and trade, and this place will soon prosper.”
In Qin Lang's view, Tonghai Dudufu is worthy of vigorous development and has great potential for development.
If we really want to run this place well, it is difficult to say, but also simple to say.
Cheng Chu was silent and serious, listening attentively. For Qin Lang who is the same age, he no longer regards him as a friend who used to ride a bamboo horse to fight for the general in Wagang, he regards him as a teacher and friend.
"One thing is very important, that is, although we have to continue to immigrate Han people from the Central Plains, we cannot treat the barbarians here as enemies. If you set your position well from the beginning, then I can say that the governor of Tonghai The mansion is not far away. Although our army is strong in the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible for the imperial court to send too many troops to the Tonghai Dudu Mansion. It is even possible to cause chaos among the barbarians. In fact, the imperial court has no power to send too many troops from the distant Central Plains. , so this relationship has to be handled properly."
"However, people who are not of my race must have a different heart. After all, they are not the same people."
Qin Lang smiled, "Although the Cuan family is called barbarians, they are actually only Han people who came down from the Central Plains at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But why were they able to mingle with the barbarians and finally rule them? In fact, ruling and ruling , In the final analysis, it is actually a matter of attracting the majority of people and suppressing a small number of people."
He spelled out the core essence of rule.
"Look at the Tonghai Governor's Mansion. Not counting the places on the south bank of the Red River for the time being, let's say that the Jiangbei area is full of barbarians. There are tribes and races. There are thirteen large tribes, not to mention the small ones, so I say , although there are barbarians everywhere here, they are not all in the same group, which gives us an opportunity. Another thing, even if they belong to the same tribe, most of the barbarians live in villages or even adjacent to each other. And those who live there are often conflicted, even in a village, there are actually conflicts."
"The relationship between the headman and the villagers is often the relationship between the landlord and the tenant. In some tribal villages, the headman is even a slave owner. Many villagers have long been reduced to their slaves."
Cheng Chu listened thoughtfully.
"You mean to stir up their internal conflicts, and then we can stand above them?"
"That's right, of course, you have to pay attention to one thing, that is, we can't be the bad guys who fan the flames and sow discord everywhere. We have to have a purpose in everything we do, and the goal of the Tonghai Governor's Mansion is to represent the Tang Dynasty and bring the Nanzhong region Bring peace and stability, bring fairness and justice, we want to lead the people here to live a more stable and richer life than before, let them stay away from war, poverty and disease, let the weak not be bullied by the strong, let the lonely and poor The victims get help and assistance, so that they can become upright people, not savages..."
Cheng Chumo interrupted Qin Lang's passionate speech, "Sanlang, we in the Central Plains haven't been able to do this yet."
"What do you know, you have to have a goal in doing things, and you have to let the people see our goal, you have to learn how to draw a cake, even if the cake will not be eaten for a while, you have to draw it first, and you have to draw it Bigger, so that everyone will have motivation. Of course, what we are talking about is not a pie in the air. In fact, our Datang should represent these. This is our governance philosophy, so we must Tell the people."
"I suggest that you can send people to go around the villages to spread the propaganda, and send people to investigate the conflicts among the tribes, as well as some major cases accumulated in some places, organize manpower to investigate these cases, and deal with some cases In addition, we must actively deal with some barbarian villages that bully the weak, especially some bandits and horse bandits, so that we can win more hearts for us."
"Take out some of the land we have taken back, and distribute it to those poor barbarians. Of course, give priority to those barbarians who have been conscripted to unite as village heroes, so that they can have a closer relationship with us."
(end of this chapter)