Xuande

Chapter 229 Xuande, do you know Liangzhou?
Later in the day, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liang Xiahou and other subordinates ate and drank wine together, and then went to the wounded barracks to personally deliver meals to Dong Juan, greet him with care, and convey his care for him as the most warm man in the big man.

After finishing the work of delivering warmth and returning to the military tent to rest, the soldiers suddenly reported that Gai Xun, the prefect of Hanyang County, had come to visit.

Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, remembering that he and Zhang Wen met Gai Xun during the day, but the two of them didn't have much communication, it was nothing more than pleasantries.

Now Gai Xun came to visit him personally, so why?
Liu Bei didn't know, but considering his future plans and the prestige of Gai Xun and his family in Hanyang County and Dunhuang County, he felt that it was very meaningful to have a good relationship with Gai Xun.

So he warmly received Gai Xun.

Gai Xun came to visit Liu Bei with a jar of good wine, and when they met, he enthusiastically praised Liu Bei, saying that he admired Liu Bei's achievements and knowledge very much, and thought that Liu Bei was able to achieve such achievements at a young age, which was really admirable to him.

Liu Bei was also unequivocal, and his business exchanging hype meant that Gai Xun was the number one loyal man in Liangzhou, the only loyal and brave man who could relieve the court from disasters.

The two exchanged cups and cups, you came and went, boasting to each other, those who didn't know thought they were old friends for many years.

After drinking for three rounds, Gai Xun finally expressed his true thoughts through a little bit of alcohol.

It turned out that he came here to ask Liu Bei a question.

They don't understand Liangzhou at all, and they don't want to understand Liangzhou. They have an astonishing ignorance and misjudgment of Liangzhou, and they are unwilling to understand Liangzhou deeply because of their deep arrogance.

"Xuande, what do you mean?"

"There are Gao Shi, but they neither understand Liangzhou nor are they willing to understand Liangzhou, so they don't have any good strategies against Liangzhou. In their eyes, Liangzhou is the bad debts and debts of the imperial court. They try their best to It would be ridiculous to get rid of Liangzhou."

They formed an unshakable stereotype of Liangzhou, preconceived that it is a hopeless chaotic zone, so they implemented a stock-raising attitude towards this place, and then tried their best to reap the benefits, and they left without caring about anything.

Such second-class citizens have been treated for a long time, so that not only the Luoyang court does not want Liangzhou, but Liangzhou almost does not want the nationality of the Han Empire.

When Liu Bei heard this question, he realized Gai Xun's meaning in the next instant, and gained some insight into something very interesting.

From some of the actions of Song Xiao, who was the governor of Liangzhou before, we can see the arrogance and ignorance deeply engraved in the bones of the officials of the Guandong gentry towards Liangzhou.

People from Liangzhou are still rarely able to serve as magistrates in prefectures and counties in the core areas of the Central Plains. They can only serve as magistrates in remote areas, such as Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Yangzhou. duty.

On the other hand, officials from the Central Plains can easily serve in Liangzhou, domineering and domineering, and Liangzhou people have to kneel and lick their faces with embarrassment.

This is not surprising, as it happens in every state.

Liu Bei smiled.

He believes that Liu Bei's status in Luoyang, as well as his teacher-student relationship, his answer to this question is representative.

The Liangzhou people themselves did not intend to betray the Luoyang court from the very beginning, and even most of the Qianghu tribes were unwilling to blatantly oppose the imperial center.

"It's very simple, Mr. Gaifu, there are high-ranking scholars in the Luoyang court, but at the same time, they also have a deep arrogance and disgust towards Liangzhou and Liangzhou people. This kind of emotion makes them disdain to understand Liangzhou at all. , To improve Liangzhou, their thoughts are very simple, just let Liangzhou fend for itself, don’t disturb them, that’s fine.”

A high-level intellectual educated by elites can misjudge Liangzhou's form to the point of absurdity, which shows what kind of sense the entire Han Empire has for Liangzhou.

Good things can't be found in Liangzhou, and bad things are the first to go to Liangzhou.

"According to Xuande, are there any high-ranking scholars in the Luoyang court who can really propose good strategies for governing Liangzhou?"

Gai Xun took a deep breath.

But in Liangzhou, due to decades of regional discrimination, there are very few central factions, and there are particularly many local separatists, and the central faction cannot get core important positions in Luoyang, and cannot promote the policies of the Luoyang court. Tilt resources to Liangzhou.

Even if it was a full-scale rebellion this time, only the Xianling Qiang tribe was deeply involved. Most of the other Qiang tribes stayed out of the matter and watched the situation. They didn't want to be involved in this kind of thing, for fear of being settled by the Han army.

On the surface, he was asking if there was any capable person in the imperial court who could restore the court's proper governance of Liangzhou, but in fact he was asking whether the imperial court still cared about Liangzhou.

Of course there are local separatist forces in Liangzhou, but it is not always true to say that Liangzhou has no central faction forces. For example, Huangfusong is a typical central faction.

Liu Bei understood Gai Xun's near despair, so he put down his wine glass and sighed deeply.

This kind of thing has existed widely in every subsequent era.

Even in the information age, the deep arrogance and ignorance of economically developed regions towards underdeveloped regions is still an important reason hindering development and exchanges.

Hearing this, Gai Xun was desperate at first, then suddenly felt something was wrong, and suddenly raised his head to look at Liu Bei.

It can be said that except for Liangzhou people who understand Liangzhou people, people in most parts of the Han Empire do not understand Liangzhou and are unwilling to understand it.

If this is the case in the information age, how could the classical Eastern Han Empire during the Qin and Han First Empires be free from customs?

Liangzhou can only get worse and worse, with no hope of improvement in sight, and the vicious circle continues all the time until the final outbreak.

According to past experience, Gai Xun is also a central faction, and he is really willing to think about Liangzhou and pay some things that others are not willing to pay.

With a loud noise, Luo Yang collapsed.

Some people's arrogance and ignorance are completely engraved in their bones, and they regard the dividends brought by the times as the dividends brought by their own blood, so as to be superior and take an arrogant attitude.

But officials from Liangzhou do not have this ability.

Different from the local separatist forces, the central faction has more or less ways to go to the central government to become an official, while the local separatist faction does not. Most of them can only hang around in Liangzhou for a lifetime, and cannot go to Luoyang or other places. local officials.

"Xuande, if you put it this way, can I think that you are different from those high-ranking scholars in the Luoyang court?"

Officials from other prefectures, especially Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Jizhou, are often able to promote court policies to tilt resources toward their hometowns, so that their hometowns can get better treatment and tax benefits.

Moreover, at its root, the failed governance strategy of the Eastern Han Empire on Liangzhou and the inhumane behavior of officials sent to Liangzhou from other places were also important driving forces that led Liangzhou people to increasingly deviate from the Luoyang court.

This question is actually quite level.

Did the imperial court still treat Liangzhou as a state of the Han Dynasty?
Are the Liangzhou people still part of the big man?

That being the case, where can any high-ranking scholar propose any good strategy?

"I am indeed different from them. It may have something to do with my coming from Youzhou, which is also a border area."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "But in the final analysis, I have a different opinion from other people. I don't think Liangzhou is a place of all evil. I don't believe that the territory that heroes such as Emperor Xiaowu and Wei Qinghuo Qubing worked so hard to open up is meaningless. .”

Gai Xun looked at Liu Bei completely differently.

"Xuande, do you know Liangzhou?"

(End of this chapter)