Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 581
"The start of the Feng family is just the beginning of this time. I didn't expect to lose a minister. Wang Xu has managed Mocheng County very well!" Li Shimin's face was a little gloomy.

"Indeed. In the past two years, Wang Xu has been ranked first in the assessment of the Ministry of Officials. This year is his last year in Mocheng County. When he came back, the Ministry of Officials had planned to promote him to an official position, but who knows."

Changsun Wuji lowered his head slightly.

"It's simply lawless!" Li Shimin stood up from his chair: "This is a blatant attempt to oppose me."

"This can also show the urgency of the Feng family. Yichen sees if this means that Feng An is no longer able to survive. Otherwise, they would not be so blatant. You must know that the Taiyuan Wang family is also very angry this time!"

But Li Shimin shook his head: "According to the informant, Feng An doesn't have any illness. The reason why they dare to do this is very simple. They know that the emperor is far away from Lingnan Tiangao, and they think that I have no way to deal with them at this time. That's why they did this." .

As long as the people they kill are more important, then they can put pressure on me. The Taiyuan royal family has already submitted ten copies to let me send troops to Lingnan! "

"Then what should we do, Your Majesty?" Changsun Wuji looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"It's very simple!" Li Shimin looked in the direction of Dunhuafang: "Let Sizi go out."

The Liao people rebelled very frequently in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, these rebellions and riots were not entirely caused by the Liao people's unilateral reasons.In the Tang Dynasty, many officials who governed Jili Prefecture regarded themselves as the kingdom of heaven, and looked down on Liao people in their bones. When dealing with ethnic affairs, they often liked to adopt simple and brutal high-pressure methods, which aroused ethnic conflicts.

Therefore, after several incidents of Liao people's rebellion occurred, Li Shimin personally issued an edict to the officials who governed Jilu Prefecture, saying: "Liao Yishan is dangerous, and he should show his kindness and trust. Threatening him with military power, and being a parent?" After Li Shimin After repeatedly admonishing and severely dealing with a group of corrupt officials who oppressed the bureaucrats, the contradictions between the two sides eased, but the ease does not mean peace.

Most of the Liao people live in the mountains, and their economy is relatively backward. Once encountering local officials of the Tang Dynasty who colluded with the leaders of the Liao people and corrupted the law, they often broke out in resistance.

For example, in the 15th year of Zhenguan, when the governor of Changzhou distributed disaster relief grain and rice, the Liao people received less than half of the food in small buckets, and the other half was embezzled by the governor of Changzhou and the local leader of the Liao people.

Under the leadership of Shi Ai, the Liao people attacked the granaries in Changzhou, Zijue, and Tongzhou, looting the government's grain and rice, and the Tang Dynasty had to send troops to suppress it.The Jiannan Jiedu envoy personally recruited Shiai to surrender and dismissed the governor of Changzhou, so that the riot was quelled.

At this time, the governance of the Liao people in the Tang Dynasty was a dual governance model with a carrot in one hand and a big stick in the other. Administrative regions under the unified system were set up, and the areas where the Liao people lived were included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. This is of historical significance to the stability of the frontier areas and the expansion of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, some Liao people who lived with the Han people were gradually assimilated by the Han people and became members of the big Han family.Another part of the Liao people also broke through the limitation of the tribe and developed towards the road of forming a single ethnic group, gradually forming today's Gelao, Buyi and other ethnic minorities.

The Liao people also learned the advanced technology and culture of the Han people during the process of accepting the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Although there were some disharmonious factors in this cultural exchange, it was just a period of cultural acceptance and adaptation. The final result of the conflict is that the Liao people bid farewell to the history of slash-and-burn farming and embarked on a civilized society.

Of course, it's the end, and it's not the end at this time. At this time, the Liao people are under the control of the Feng family, and they are not honest, so Li You still needs to take action.
Dunhuafang. In the kitchen of Li You’s house, Li Xiang is sitting beside Li You, Li Jue and Li Heng are lying on Li You’s body, and Li Mingda is sitting on the other side. At this time, there is a small coal stove in front of Li Mingda, the coal stove A chicken soup dumpling was boiled on it. Li Mingda liked to eat this kind of hot dumpling very much. He scooped up the dumpling while gurgling and steaming.

The scene was very warm. Li Xiang and Li Jue, who had lived with Li You for several months, really fell in love with this uncle, because they could feel that Li You was really kind to them. carefree.

Although their father died, their father never gave them paternal love. Instead, after they came to Dunhuafang, Li You gave them a strong paternal love.

Especially Li Xiang felt very strongly. Sitting on the side and watching Li You tell stories to himself, his younger siblings and aunt, Li Xiang felt very happy. This is the image of his father he wanted.

"Is Liaoren bad?" At this moment, Li You looked at Li Jue and Li Heng and asked.

"Bad!" Li Jue and Li Heng quickly replied loudly.

Just now Li You told Li Xiang and the others about the killing of Wang Xu by the Liao people. When they heard that the Liao people had killed the ministers of the court, the three little guys were immediately filled with righteous indignation.

"Uncle Xiang'er must study hard and manage bureaucrats for the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xiang stood up and bowed to Li You, expressing his determination.

Seeing Li Xiang's sensible look, Li You smiled and patted Li Xiang's little head and said, "Xiang'er is the most obedient, you should study hard, and uncle will definitely give you the chance to manage the bureaucrats..."

"Yeah!" Li Xiang's small eyes lit up after receiving Li You's compliment.

Then Li You looked at Li Jue and Li Heng and asked, "Heng'er, Jue'er, are you two willing to contribute to the governance of Tang Dynasty?"

"Yes.!" Of course Li Heng and Li Jue raised their little hands high and answered loudly according to the answer Li You designed.

After Li Heng and Li Jue finished their answers, Li You on the other side looked at Li Mingda who was eating chicken soup dumplings and asked, "What about Sizi. Sizi, who has received the emperor's favor, must be the same as your nephew and niece. Are you willing to contribute to Datang's management of bureaucrats?"

"I don't want to."

Li You was taken aback for a moment, never expecting such an answer, Li You smiled bitterly: "Have you heard the news?"

"Are you a lobbyist?" Li Mingda ate another dumpling by himself.

"It's not a lobbyist, it can only be regarded as a person who does business with you. Let me tell you this, Lingnan I want that place. Although others don't look good, I think it's good.

The emperor also meant the same thing. "

"You're out of your mind. If you want Lingnan, where the mountains are high and the water is deep, and there are no fields and no land, only a fool would want..." Li Mingda frowned.

"Hehe.!" Li You laughed at this time: "You don't know, Lingnan is not a bad place, but if it can be used by me, I will make it the most prosperous country there. "

As soon as Li Mingda heard about Lingnan, he rejected it from the bottom of his heart. This is actually consistent with his cognition at that time. At that time, Lingnan was sparsely populated and wild grass grew. The reason why Lingnan became a place where many officials were exiled was because of its desolation.

Lingnan is the most southern part, and the Jiangnan area in the south is a prosperous place. Except for the Jiangnan area, other places were identified as "the land of the southern barbarians" by the ancients. The living environment is similar to the primitive life, the people in the "land of the southern barbarians" are rude and rude, and because of the stagnation of economic development, the public security is insecure and chaotic.

Lingnan is generally the place where demoted officials live, but many officials died on the way to Lingnan due to long-distance travel, fatigue and chaotic road security.

Officials who can reach Lingnan are generally disheartened, and they don't think about developing the place they are in, because they have not been reused by the state, so they have to muddle along.

Because of the inaction of officials, some poor people thought of going to the door to rob or revolt to attract the attention of the court. The uprisings were usually peasants and Lingnan natives who were injured in riots.

In ancient times, the imperial court seldom took care of these remote areas. As long as the riots were not big enough, the riots would stop sooner or later.

Moreover, people in the imperial court would not think about developing Lingnan's economy, thinking that it is only a part of the territory, and the wealth of its people has nothing to do with them, so it is better to develop a prosperous place.

The pattern in ancient times was like this: rich places are getting richer, the court pays more and more attention to rich places, and poor places are getting poorer because the court invests resources in rich places.

But is Lingnan really a barren land?

The answer is of course not. As early as the Warring States period, the land of Baiyue in the south of the Lingnan was an important trading partner of Chu State.In addition to "tea crystal", many luxury raw materials that were popular in the aristocratic circles of various countries at that time were produced in Lingnan.

For example, it is mentioned in "Zhun Nanzi·Human Training", "The emperor of Qin also benefited from the rhinoceros horn, ivory, jade, and pearls, so that Wei Tuju sent 50 soldiers."

Baiyue is not only rich in local resources, but also has considerable maritime trade with South and Southeast Asia because it is located near the sea.In recent years, the Baiyue stone tools unearthed in Taiwan, the Philippines and other places, as well as the bead string unearthed in Guangzhou that combines West Asian craftsmanship and ancient Indian agate, are strong proofs.

It can be said that the vigorous development of the handicraft industry in the Central Plains is inseparable from the support of Lingnan as a source of raw materials and a logistics transfer station.

There is also miasma, in fact, the so-called miasma, in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, refers to the poisonous gas in the mountain forest that is damp, hot and stagnant, which can cause diseases, and people often get malaria when they touch it.Because there are many mountainous forests in the south, it is hot and humid, and there are many mosquitoes, which has become a natural soil for malaria transmission.

Medical conditions in ancient times were very limited. In the face of a disease like malaria, most doctors could only fold their fists together and say "Excuse me, goodbye."

But Li You was different. Li You could go to modern times, and he could buy medicines for treating malaria, so miasma did not pose any threat to Li You.

Famous pearls, fragrant medicines, ivory, rhino horn, coral, glass, peacocks, war horses, etc. are all Lingnan specialties and will also become Li You's specialties.

(End of this chapter)