After a meal of wine, Fan Wenjin felt much more at ease.
Although Zhou Jun didn't say anything useful, Fan Wenjin had the ability to observe people's actions and felt that recruiting him back to the court this time should not fall into the category of killing the donkey.
It's just that he has been in charge of Liangzhou for a long time, and he is really reluctant to suddenly return the imperial edict to the court.
He is equivalent to the Tu Emperor in Liangzhou, and after so many years, it is inevitable that some feelings of reluctance will arise.
After entertaining Zhou Jun in the evening, while the wine was still strong, he came to the steward's house for a night tour. He looked at this and that, and sighed again and again, which made everyone in the room frightened.
The next day, Fan Wenjin, the general manager of Liangzhou, summoned his confidants to discuss matters.
I barely slept all night, shed some tears, made my eyelids swollen, and felt listless, which made my subordinates feel frightened.
Everyone knew that the imperial envoys had arrived in Liangzhou, and the news spread like wildfire that General Manager Fan had returned to the court. Looking at General Manager Fan's miserable appearance, everyone's heart dropped.
This is a bad rhythm. Suddenly, my mind was in a mess, and all kinds of ghost thoughts came out, but when I thought about Zhang Lun leading his army to station in the West Sea, Zhang Shigui, Ashina and Tong'o leading their army to station in Zhangye, Xue Wanjun was still alive.
The governor of the state is close by.
The will-o'-the-wisps in some people's hearts were extinguished as soon as they emerged. Today is different from the past, and the cost of causing chaos has become unbearable.
So everyone remained silent and lowered their heads, waiting for Fan Wenjin to announce the bad news.
Of course, even among Fan Wenjin's confidants today, there are no old Liangzhou people left. Most of them are Guanxi people who came to Liangzhou to work after Liangzhou was pacified, and there is no Qiang among them.
Speaking of which, this is Fan Wenjin's own credit. What he wanted at the beginning was to stabilize the situation in Liangzhou, and he could not rely on the natives of Liangzhou. Those guys have always been good at adapting to the wind. Who knows how troublesome it is.
Therefore, Liangzhou is now officially under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and no one can change it. Besides, Liangzhou has been in trouble many times over the years, and the Tibetan invasion in previous years has left Liangzhou with irreparable pain.
During this period, Liangzhou itself was no longer able to support itself politically, economically or militarily, which resulted in the inability of local forces to cohere or even survive.
The influence of the Central Plains imperial court has returned to Liangzhou. After several years of penetration, it has now reached every corner of Liangzhou and controlled all military and political affairs in Liangzhou.
This is not based on the will of Fan Wenjin and others, or the people of Liangzhou. This is the so-called general trend.
Fan Wenjin actually did a good job as the general manager of Liangzhou. He has been taking advantage of the trend and has not shown any signs of being arrogant or wanting to bargain with the court.
In the past two years, the changes in Liangzhou have become more and more obvious. The neighboring Tuyuhun tribes have received "hospitality" in Liangzhou. The imperial court sent some officials to each Tuyuhun tribe to teach them Chinese, publicize the court's policies, and select them.
A more "wise" leader.
A further step is to try to change their beliefs and customs. Starting last year, some well-behaved Tuyuhun tribes began to move back to the highlands in an orderly manner. Liangzhou had already sent people to the highlands to set up government offices to clean up the remaining Qiang people there. Dangxiang
tribe of people.
Most of these various strategies to control barbarians were proposed by Fan Wenjin, and he was also the first executor.
One of the things that Li Po admired most was that he allowed the Tuyuhun people to graze in the highlands, and then Liangzhou would exchange grain for the herdsmen's livestock every year, fundamentally controlling these untamable highland tribes.
When trade with the Three Kingdoms of Shannan begins, the highlands will be a must-go for business travelers. Once the trade routes are established, Datang's control over the highland tribes will be further strengthened.
This is on the same level as Li Jingshang's strategies to suppress the barbarians and Feng De Yixian's strategies to deal with the Turks, and was recognized by Li Po and the important ministers in the court.
Coupled with Li Po's strategy towards several small countries in the East China Sea.
Taken together, it is actually the overall diplomatic policy of the Tang Dynasty. Each of them is different and highly targeted, but they can also be adopted and learned from each other.
It is foreseeable that these strategies will not change significantly in the next few years.
Taking the northwest as an example, the situation has been improving. The rise of the Tibetans on the plateau has caused heavy damage to the tribes on the plateau, as well as the various tribes in Liangzhou.
It weakened the estrangement and hatred between various ethnic groups in Liangzhou caused by the war in the late Sui Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty managed it well, it would be much easier than in the pre-Sui period.
For Fan Wenjin personally, it should be said that his achievements in Liangzhou over the years are no less than any of the Conglong heroes. Apart from his lack of military exploits, everything else is blameless.
In one night, Fan Wenjin also thought clearly. He didn't have any false family background, but his merits were no less than others. He was always extremely respectful to the emperor and never had any intention of repeating himself.
If he is treated poorly and neglected after returning to the court, it shows that the people in the court have no vision and broadmindedness, so he does not need to hold on to anything, he can just resign and go back to Changping.
And with so many people watching, who would be willing to serve the imperial court wholeheartedly if a person like me who works conscientiously is not rewarded generously?
So there is no need to worry too much. Besides, Zhou Jun came here under the imperial edict and his attitude towards him also revealed a lot of problems. He was neither far nor near, but he would never offend him. Obviously he had some scruples.
This is actually the attitude of the court. What he needs to consider is not what bad situation he will face after returning to the court, but how he will deal with himself after the court rewards him heavily.
This needs to be discussed after seeing the emperor and seeing what his attitude is like.
This is the principle of being high in talent but not humble, being high in merit but not being humiliated...
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After thinking about this clearly, Fan Wenjin calmed down completely. He called his confidants over early in the morning and told them frankly about his return to the court to report on his duties.
Generally speaking, it is very clear. It only takes a dozen or twenty sentences for the subordinates to go from being physically tense and highly concentrated to relaxing.
For them, this is actually not bad news. General Manager Fan has been in charge of Liangzhou for some years, and sooner or later he will return to the court to receive rewards. This is a reasonable thing, and it is not as bad as everyone imagined.
After Fan Wenjin finished speaking, everyone began to express congratulations. Fan Wenjin smiled so hard that he had no intention of discussing any "big things" with these confidants.
Shi Yuwen Fuzang, the head of Liangzhou's General Administration Office, was the first to ask, "As the General Manager leaves office and returns to the court, what about the affairs of the General Administration Bureau... How should we maintain daily political affairs?"
This was said rather euphemistically, but it was the matter that everyone was most concerned about. They just had to ask clearly who would be the successor.
Fan Wenjin sighed secretly, but said in an orderly manner: "After I leave office, the General Manager's Office will be abolished. You don't have to worry about this. The imperial court will issue an edict soon.
You have served with me in Liangzhou and have made outstanding achievements. Every year in the official evaluation, you are all ranked first. You will be given important responsibilities in the future. Moreover, when I return to Chang'an to report on your work, you will also speak for me in Liangzhou.
You all have a bright future in the future. When you go to Chang'an to report on your work, don't forget that there is Fan Liangzhou in Chang'an..."
This chapter has been completed!