Song Shou, the prefectural office was full, and the marshal of the Lingnan Road of Zhouguo, and the King of Xiyang, Yuwen Wen, were meeting with the governors and prefects of Anzhou, Huangzhou and Yuezhou. Of course, if Anzhou is not like that, this Huangzhou is not like that of Anzhou, this Huangzhou is not like that of Huangzhou.

As the chief supervisor of Huangzhou, Yuwen Wen was also the governor of Huangzhou. At this time, he saw the governor of Huangzhou (Lingnan) who was present, and he joked in a very funny way, which made the atmosphere in the venue relax. The governors and prefects who had just arrived in Song Shou saw that Yuwen Wen was so approachable and talked too much.

Ning Mengli, the governor of Anzhou and the prefect of Song Shou, was born in the Ning clan of Anzhou. Of course, he inherited the position of Anzhou Governor. In addition to Song Shou County, there are also Song Guang County and Anjing County, and the prefect is also here under Anzhou.

To the east of Anzhou is Yuezhou, and the prefecture is located in Hepu County. Ning Xuan, the prefect of Hepu, is the younger brother of Ning Mengli, and the real nameless governor of Yuezhou. This time, he brought several prefects in the prefecture to Song Shou to visit the new "governor" in Lingbiao.

In addition to Hepu County, Yuezhou also had Fengshan County, Bailiang County, Longsu County, Dingchuan County, and Bao County. For various reasons, the prefects of Fengshan County, including the three counties, accompanied Ning Xuan, and Song Shou.

Then there is the Huangzhou Governor who is completely in a very good position. Huangzhou on the Lingbiao is located in the southwest coastal area of ​​Anzhou and has only one Ninghai County under its jurisdiction. Therefore, the Huangzhou Governor also served as the prefect of Ninghai and went to the meeting alone.

Although these governors and prefects were serious officials, they were actually chiefs from local or nearby areas, and the cave master was hereditary, which was the so-called "local officials" in later generations. As for the so-called "rift officials" appointed by the Jiankang court, none of them were.

Lingbiao is also called the land of smoky and smoky, but compared to the long-standing East, Xihengzhou, Guangzhou and other places, Anzhou, Huangzhou and Yuezhou are more like land of smoky and smoky. Although Hepu County in Yuezhou was included in the Central Plains since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Hepu County was full of Lili tribes at this time, and foreign officials had no foundation and could not suppress them at all.

Therefore, after Ning Mengli, the governor of Anzhou, sincerely surrendered to the new court, the officials of Yuezhou and Huangzhou followed the crowd when they saw this, and dared to go to Song Shou with confidence to pay a visit to the "Governor" of the new court.

But this takes time to travel, so after Yuwen Wen arrived in Songshou, the meeting could not be held immediately. He was not idle and sent someone to teach the local officials and civilians in Songshou County, Anzhou how to cultivate terraced fields.

He also visited Songshou County to investigate the potential of large-scale sugarcane planting. He had a discussion with Ning Mengli for several consecutive days and asked about the overview of An, Yue and Huang, so Yuwen Wen can now talk to you about some substantive issues.

First, he once again emphasized that the new court would continue the "convention" of the past. As long as officials of various prefectures and counties are willing to surrender to the new court, then the officials will be responsible and the days will not change much in the near future.

The reason why it is not in the near future is that the court has its own opinions and Yuwen Wen cannot stay in Lingbiao forever, so it cannot guarantee that the court's personnel appointments to the various prefectures and counties in Lingbiao will remain unchanged in the next few years or even more than ten years, and will still be the hereditary of father passing through son and son passing through grandchildren.

This is true, and everyone here understands it very well. However, Yuwen Wen can ensure that the rules in the Lingbiao area will not be significantly changed when the regime is handed over. He is willing to discuss with officials from various prefectures and counties, which makes them feel relieved.

The ridge of the Lingbian Panyu in Guangzhou is very far from Jiankang. The 6th Route is nearly 2,000 miles away from the water route, and the sea route is much farther away. From Songshou in Anzhou to Fanyu, the 6th Route is nearly 1,200 miles away. If you want to go to Yecheng, the capital of Zhou Kingdom, the distance is probably more than 5,000 miles.

In the future, distance produces beauty, but in reality, distance will only increase the sense of alienation.

The officials of An, Yue, Huangzhou, Lishang, and the cave masters had a sense of unfamiliarity with the Jiankang court, not to mention the Yecheng court that he had never heard of before. At first, it was normal for him to hear that the Chen army was defeated and the Zhou army took over Fanyu, and it was normal for him to have doubts.

Now the commander of the Zhou army, King Yuwen of Xiyang, came to Song Shou of Anzhou in person, and promised them in person that everything would be the same. The scene was not convincing, but since the grandmother of Feng Xian of Gaoliang, Chen Fozhi of Chen of Chen of Longzhou, and Ning Mengli of Ning of Anzhou all believed in Yuwen Wen's guarantee, then everyone had no doubts.

When facing Yuwen Wen's questions, there are questions and answers instead of excuses. From everyone's sporadic remarks, Yuwen Wen also summarized the overall situation in the An, Yue and Huang Sanzhou areas.

The four words describe it as "unbearable".

This does not mean that life is difficult or that there is no source of income. On the contrary, the coastal An, Yue and Huangzhou rely on the sea to eat the sea, especially the pearl and sea salt trade, but the profit is large.

Hepu County in Yuezhou produces pearls. Hepu pearls have been famous in the Central Plains since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Ning family has occupied a huge share of the Hepu pearl trade and does not lack gold and silver. There are salt fields on the beach, and the sea salt produced is sold to the inner six regions, which is also a huge profit.

The so-called "unsuffering" refers to the fact that these three states are on the edge, especially An and Huangzhou face the continuous invasion of the Xiyuan barbarians, which makes the government and the people suffer. Because if you are not careful, your family will be destroyed.

What is Xiyuan Man? Then we have to start with what is "Xiyuan".

To the west of Anzhou are mountains with countless caves and many small plains among the mountains. This western area is very wide and is collectively called "Xiyuan" by the states on the ridge. There are no prefectures and counties set up by the Central Plains court in the Xiyuan area.

This does not mean that there is no one living in the mountains, hills, caves, and plains of Xiyuan. On the contrary, countless uncultivated lie tribes are scattered among them, collectively known as the "Xiyuan Barbarians".

The Xiyuan Manchus only have the chiefs, and the chiefs have no monarchs, and they are not as civilized as the Liliao clans in Jianzhou, Longzhou, Gaozhou, Shizhou, Luozhou and other places near Guangzhou, and it is basically difficult to communicate. Anzhou and Huangzhou organized the people to open up land and immigrate, and were often plagued by these "Xiyuan Manchus" and were miserable.

Anzhou is better, but Huangzhou is in trouble, so there is only one Ninghai County. In addition to the provincial capital and the county capital, there are only two cities of Haiping and Yushan, which are located within a certain distance from the suburbs. If it is farther away, the power of the government will be beyond reach.

And the sea level and Yushan Mountain are like two small boats, jogging in the endless harassment tide of Xiyuan Man, and there is a possibility of sinking at any time.

Anzhou is not much better, with three counties under its jurisdiction, Song Shou, Song Guang and Anjing. However, Song Shou, Song Guang and Anjing are all three cities, along with some villages in the suburbs. The total number of registered households is only a few thousand. Faced with the pressure of Xiyuan Man from time to time, he is already in a state of great suffering.

Yuezhou, located east of Anzhou, is also facing pressure from the uncivilized tribes in the territory. Except for the city where the county seat is located and the surrounding areas, the government cannot control other places at all.

People who were renovating land were attacked from time to time, villages were burned, oxen and farm tools were stolen, and they were tossed and tossed. There was still so much farmland, and the food was not enough to feed more people, so they had been living a hard life.

Yuwen Wen came to Anzhou and encouraged everyone to open land and plant sugarcane and cultivate terraced fields to grow rice. That is to expand the territory of the government in An, Huang and Yue. In fact, the three places have been trying to expand their territory for hundreds of years, so they are inevitably inseparable from friction and conflict with Xiyuan Mansheng.

One punch can't beat four hands, not to mention that the Xiyuan barbarian tribes are as numerous as cows. The problem cannot be completely solved by force alone, so there must be both soft and hard methods.

Therefore, the officials of An, Huang and Yuezhou County, represented by Ning Mengli (actually the local wealthy chiefs, Li Shuai, and the cave master were hereditary), hoped to get strong support from the new imperial court. To put it bluntly, I hope that the new imperial court can continue to implement the system of "local people governing the local area" and not change it.

Take the Ning family in Anzhou as an example. Ning family has settled in Lingbiao for hundreds of years. When it was the time of Liang and Chen, Ning Mengli's father Ning Kui was appointed as the governor of Anzhou. In order to protect his own foundation, Ning family naturally cared about the safety of Anzhou.

It's very simple. Anzhou is in and Ning's family is in. Ning Mengli, who took his son and father, led his troops to attack those ignorant Xiyuan barbarians all year round, but he would also interact with tribes that were willing to live in, which is the so-called use of both soft and hard.

But if the court sent officials to be the governor of Anzhou, the person might not have thought about Anzhou early. In order to transfer it from this remote area as soon as possible, it is conceivable that he would use any means to make political achievements. He would either use force against all the Xiyuan barbarians indiscriminately, or take advantage of the situation, and finally force the other party to stand opposite the government.

These officials from other places, if something happens, they can even pat their butts and leave. The mess left behind can be cleaned up by the locals who are from Ning's family. However, cutting trees is easy to plant trees but not easy. Anzhou has a weak foundation and cannot withstand such troubles, let alone Huangzhou.
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