For these southern tribes, if someone steps forward to help them plan a completely satisfactory future, then they don't mind following this person's leadership.
After all, after experiencing the peace and prosperity of the past, no one wants to live a life of eating raw hair and drinking blood, not to mention that this person has a similar background to them. Since Li Xingchen can treat the Ba people kindly and even resisted the Han and Xianbei people, naturally he will
We can be kind to these Nanzhong tribes who have obeyed orders since the Ji Han era.
Du Qi hurriedly stood up and said: "We have contacted the Nanzhong Barbarians to the south, the Wuling Barbarians to the east, and the Yue people to the southeast. Except for the little response from the Yue people, both the Wuling Barbarians and the Nanzhong Barbarians are willing to obey His Highness.
The craftsmen who were dispatched and assigned to Wang Hua, and more importantly, who followed our team into Nanzhong have discovered many mineral deposits. Therefore, my subordinates believe that we should establish rule over Nanzhong as soon as possible, at least to establish control as Ji Han did before.
The rule of important areas in Nanzhong will control the material transportation and economy of Nanzhong, and at the same time transform the people of Nanzhong tribes into our soldiers."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work, Du Qing's family. You have done a great job on this trip to Nanzhong. Are you interested in continuing to travel to Nanzhong in the future?"
Everyone present was slightly surprised. It cannot be said that Li Xingchen's contributions have always been generous, but in any case, Du Qi is from Ba people, and many Han officials still have a certain degree of suspicion towards Ba people at this stage.
This is not to blame them, mainly because since the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the distinction between Hua and Yi has become more and more obvious, especially the massacre of the Han people by the northern minorities during the Five Husties Rebellion period, which made the Han people, especially the southern Han people, naturally very hostile to foreigners.
It is a warning. People who are not from my race will have different intentions. No one believes that a person from another race will sincerely submit to the political power of his own race.
This concept did not change until the new national integration in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but at least now, people like Tang Yishun and Xiao Shilian are still wary of the Ba people.
When Li Xingchen said these words just now, his meaning was already very obvious, which was to let Du Qi serve as the governor of Bashu in Hanzhong. This meant that the southern part of Bashu was completely handed over to a Ba people. Not to mention the current relationship between Nanzhong and Bashu.
Whether Bashu is important or not, this means that Du Qi has officially entered the upper echelons of Bashu rule. Together with Li Xun, who also has a place in the army, and the rest of the Ba army, the eight tribes of the Ba people have obviously formed a powerful group.
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Li Xinchen's eyes were cold and he scanned the hesitant faces of the people. Li Xinchen didn't understand what they were thinking, but Li Xinchen had to change this idea from now on.
First of all, the origin of the Ba people is similar to that of the Han people, and many of them are even Han people who hid in the mountains to escape the war. If they are suppressed simply because of the difference in name, it will only lead to more conflicts.
Secondly, Li Xingchen had to face the fact that most of the land in the north is now under the rule of the Xianbei people, and even many Han people have accepted Xianbeiization. For example, Yang Jian has a Xianbei name - Puliu
Ru.
And this means that when Li Xingchen goes north in the future, he will naturally have to face many Xianbei Hans and Sinicized Xianbei people. How to integrate them into the whole, instead of blindly rejecting and killing them, is what Li Xingchen must consider.
For example, Changsun Sheng, who is currently developing the economy for Li Xingchen in the northwest, is a typical Sinicized Xianbei person. When Li Xingchen appointed Changsun Sheng, there were many voices of dissatisfaction behind him, but it turns out that Changsun Sheng is indeed suitable for this position.
What Li Xingchen wanted to do was to convert these people who were committed to the imperial court into useful Chinese people, rather than simply care about the differences between Hua and Yi.
Historically, some people have been held accountable for the crimes that the barbarians committed against China. This land, which has experienced three hundred years of war and blood, needs the common progress and development of all ethnic groups.
Isn't it because of this inclusiveness that the Tang Dynasty is called the Tang Dynasty?
In Li Xingchen's view, naturalizing foreigners is better than simply killing. What's more, to put it another way, for a civilization and ethnic group, the most painful thing is not being persecuted and killed, but not having this again.
The name of the nation. Of course, Li Xingchen would not say such dark thoughts.
Seeing Li Xingchen's cold eyes, Tang Zhengliang, Yao Cha and others who originally wanted to speak cleverly shut their mouths. In this case, the matter has been concluded, Du Qi gratefully and solemnly handed over to Li Xingchen:
"We will fulfill our mission."
Nodding slightly and letting Du Qi sit down, Li Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief and then said: "Although today is not a formal court meeting, there is one thing that needs to be discussed while everyone is here."
Everyone had heard the news before coming here. His Highness has been studying the administrative divisions of past dynasties since the New Year. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity today, he will definitely talk about it.
In fact, everyone is well aware of the chaos in the administrative divisions under Li Xingchen's rule. This is mainly because some of the land in Li Xingchen's hands belongs to the Southern Dynasties and some to the Northern Dynasties. There is also a piece of land in Shu that has changed hands several times. The Southern Dynasties and the
The administrative divisions of the Northern Dynasties had certain differences to begin with, but it was even more confusing when it came to the middle of Shu. So much so that when Li Xingchen came to Shu, the divisions of counties and counties in many places were all overlapping.
Especially in the land of Nanchen, there are still state capitals to be moved to, and the division of state capitals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty is relatively confusing. In many places, even a state does not have a county magistrate next to it, and a county does not have a county magistrate next to it, while some states
Because they are too small, there are no counties. Some counties are too large and are completely managed as states. Some counties are relatively small and no longer have counties within them.
For example, from Baidi City in southern Bashu to Luzhou, Linjiang County, Nanfang County and Bajun all belong to counties in terms of administrative divisions, while Luzhou and Hezhou should belong to states, but the fact is that Bajun has a larger jurisdiction than such a state.
It was even bigger, and Chuzhou, which Bajun originally belonged to, had already existed in name only when Li Xinchen entered Shu.
On the contrary, places such as Nannan County and Linjiang County were the size of a county in later generations, but they had the same administrative level as Ba County.
Regardless of whether these problems are due to historical legacy or special local conditions, they undoubtedly bring about very complicated problems when appointing officials, and it is even impossible to judge whether the governor of a state or the governor of a county is bigger or smaller.
It can be said that the three-level administrative structure of state-prefecture-county established in the Han Dynasty has been completely disrupted.
In order to temporarily solve this problem, both the Southern Chen Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty actually adopted the method of appointing governors. (To be continued)