Yang Jian looked at his daughter and was speechless for a moment.
This little girl is quite clever, but what makes him even more gratified is Li Xinchen's love for his daughter. Obviously, Li Xinchen and Yang Miao don't get along like the emperor and his concubines. The emperor is majestic and the concubines are respectful, the two of them stand together.
More like a loving couple.
This is enough to make Yang Jian, a father, happy. Nothing can make him happier now than his daughter's happiness.
Taking a sip of tea, Yang Jian smacked his lips: "Good tea, bitter at first and then sweet. It also has a mellowness that I have never experienced before. I didn't expect that Jiangnan tea has such a flavor."
"Daddy, don't you know," Yang Miao raised a finger and shook it, saying with a smile, "This is not tea from Jiangnan, but tea from Nanzhong."
"Nanzhong?" Yang Jian raised his eyebrows.
For him, who was born in Shandong and grew up in Guanzhong, Nanzhong is indeed a very distant geographical concept.
Even for the vast majority of northerners, Nanzhong is a barbaric land that exists in history books. Most people's impression of Nanzhong still remains on Zhuge Liang's southward expedition to conquer Menghuo, and that was already three hundred years ago.
That happened many years ago.
Three hundred years is enough to turn the world upside down.
The troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties were ultimately due to the migration of northern minorities southward, and the migration of northern minorities southward was due to the cold weather. The Little Ice Age affected the entire south of China from north to south, and the south was originally a barbaric land.
Like Nanzhong, there is Lingnan, but it is precisely because of the drop in temperature that the miasma gradually retreats into the mountains and forests, and large areas of land can finally be developed and utilized.
Chen Baxian was able to start his business because he made full use of the land in Lingnan.
However, the South Central side has not developed for a long time. This is mainly because the dynasties in the Central Plains are busy dealing with wars. Although the Northern Zhou Dynasty once captured Bashu, they did not continue to go south. Coupled with the obstacles of the mountains, this naturally
This resulted in the separation of Nanzhong from Bashu and the whole of China.
Historically, in the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao rose up near the Erhai Lake in Nanzhong and finally unified the Nanzhong region and became a small southern country independent of the central government. The main body of Nanzhao was the Wuman people. The emergence of Nanzhao depended on the Tang Dynasty.
support, but in the end three wars broke out between the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao. Both sides suffered heavy losses and benefited the Tubo and Han human rights minister Zheng Maisi.
Now Li Xingchen does not intend to give Nanzhao another chance to rise. Du Qi, who was ordered to join Nanzhong, is now using both soft and hard tactics, and finally established the Han Nanzhong administrative system dominated by Wu barbarians and supplemented by Han and Ba people. This administrative system is closely related to the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty.
The administrative system is the same, except that the local officials are mainly local Wuman people.
However, what Li Xingchen needed was a Nanzhong that would completely obey the orders of the central government. This was also to deal with Tubo, which was destined to rise after the demise of Tuyuhun. Historically, the Tang Dynasty had always been unable to reach an agreement with Nanzhao, which led to the
When facing Tibet, there were only extremely limited attack directions to choose from. Naturally, there was no way to consider Yunnan-Tibet, Sichuan-Tibet and other routes that would also occupy an important position in later generations.
It can be said that the main thing Li Xingchen is doing now is to prepare for a rainy day.
Preparing for a rainy day is not just talk.
Dahan now not only fully pulls Nanzhong closer to Jiangnan and Bashu in terms of administrative policies, but also provides strong support in economy and education. To the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry, Nanzhong is like an undeveloped land (
Harmony) women's land, the Ministry of Commerce hopes to transport goods from Nanzhong. These local crafts and rare items such as Pu'er tea tea bricks that Chinese people have never seen must be as expensive as Shu brocade and become the middle and upper class people.
Something to play with and appreciate.
At the same time, transporting goods from the Central Plains, Jiangnan, and Bashu can also quickly seize the vacant market in South China.
Moreover, it is not that the Ministry of Commerce has no ambition at all. The merchants of the Han Dynasty have become more and more courageous under the encouragement of Li Xingchen, and they want to move further and further, and the land beyond Nanzhong
, exactly what they yearn for.
Now from Lingnan to the south, there is Linyi State as a blocker. Although the Han Dynasty intends to mobilize troops against Linyi State in the short term, it is not known when it will take Linyi and establish a perfect rule. Therefore, from Lingnan
Naturally, the route directly south is not realistic, and Dahan's current shipbuilding technology is not enough to build a powerful enough sea ship, so it is also unrealistic to go directly by sea.
Therefore, Nanzhong, a land already in the hands of the Han Dynasty, seems to be a good starting point. Of course, Li Xingchen did not know that under his own promotion, history did not take shape until the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Ancient Tea Horse Road has now been included in the strategy formulated by the Han Dynasty Ministry of Commerce for Nanzhong.
It goes without saying that the Ministry of Industry is crazy about the rich mineral resources in Nanzhong.
The development of industry and commerce will naturally greatly promote the economic development of South China and at the same time greatly strengthen the connection between South China and the Central Plains, making it impossible for South China to develop independently from the Central Plains.
Of course, just economics is not enough, Dahan's Nanzhong Academy is about to be completed.
Nanzhong Academy is a project jointly funded by Chengdu Academy and Yuelu Academy. The two academies will jointly recruit teachers and students to Nanzhong Academy. Yes, it is the teachers and outstanding students of the academy who jointly bear the important task of establishing Nanzhong Academy.
This is also the first time in the history of Dahan. Although it is mainly because Dahan still lacks teachers who can teach and educate people, so it can only drag students to make up the numbers, but Dahan's determination to master Nanzhong has been fully demonstrated.
Moreover, educating barbarians is a very noble thing for people of this era. Coupled with the generous rewards from the court, it is indeed a good idea for those who want to continue to devote themselves to education in the future.
s Choice.
Even "Go to Nanzhong, go to the barbarian land!" has become a slogan that can be heard everywhere in several academies of the Han Dynasty.
Troubled times are originally a passionate era.
Conquering a land and educating a people is an exciting thing.
For those who want to make a name for themselves in troubled times, Nanzhong is the place where they shed their blood.
The Han Dynasty is now firmly binding Nanzhong through economic and cultural chains, and at the same time, it is not only Nanzhong that is being tied up and affected.
By developing Nanzhong, Li Xingchen actually wanted to strengthen the people's, especially the younger generation's, sense of identity with the land, the distance, and the country.
He will never forget those old photos of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China that he saw in another time and space. Most of the rural people were gray-headed and hunched over, respectful, or simply squatting there and frowning.