Chapter 046 Sibo Tian Yang, Guangdong and Guangxi Cen Huang
The Eight Prefectures... No, the yamen that oversees the censors is called the Chaoyuan, and the yamen that oversees the governor is called the Duyuan. It sounds good, and together they become the Duchayuan.
In Guilin, these "two courtyards" are right next to each other. It is a bit exaggerated to say that they are separated by a wall, but they are indeed on the same street. So after Governor Zhang returned to the capital courtyard with his subordinates, because Mr. Futai needed to recuperate and rest, there was
Some people can first register with Mr. Tai and make friends.
It can be seen here that the familiarity is coming, it is not old friends, and generally they do not dare to disturb them right away.
Gao Pragmatic had never been to Guangxi in this life, but he did have old friends. Hu Chui, the admiral of Guangxi's academic affairs and the right deputy censor of the capital, and Zhao Yumin, the chief envoy of Guangxi and his left counselor, were old friends.
Although these two men had not had many direct dealings with Gao pragmatism before, the relationship between officials in the Ming Dynasty was so magical - they all came to visit Gao pragmatism in the name of visiting "brother".
The children of the seat master and the room master, and their disciples can all be called brothers, regardless of their age.
When Gao pragmatically calls them, they can be either senior brothers or world brothers.
"Brother Gao Shi inspected a province at a young age. This is my first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. This holy family is like a mountain like a sea!"
"Haha, yes, Brother Gao Shi, you are the number one scholar in the Sixth Order, unparalleled in the world, and you are so important. I am afraid that you will join the cabinet and assist in government in the future? Brother Yu, I will ask you to take care of me in the future."
Gao pragmatism was naturally polite and courteous. After the two parties were seated respectively, the three of them talked nonsense about old news in Beijing, and then gradually got down to business.
After all, Hu Wei was the oldest and was the first to speak: "No one in the world is dissatisfied with Brother Shi's knowledge, but this place in Guangxi is somewhat different from other places. Although Brother Yu has only been in Guangxi for two years, he has been deeply touched by it.
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Gao pragmatically said: "I am young and ill-informed, and I am from the north to patrol the southern border. I don't know everything, and I feel deeply embarrassed. I am about to ask my brother for advice."
Hu Chui brushed his beard and smiled and said: "Brother, you have been kind enough to save my life. Please tell me where I dare to take it."
What he said was what happened two years ago. Although Hu Wei was only forty-five or six at that time, he fell seriously ill when he returned to Beijing to report on his work and almost died. It was Gao Pingshi who asked Li Shizhen to come over and pull him away from death.
He came back, that’s why Hu Wei said this. [Wufeng’s note: Historically, Hu Wei died in the seventh year of Wanli at the age of forty-six.]
Gao Pragmatic just smiled after hearing this and did not continue, because this interruption would interrupt the topic again.
Sure enough, after Hu Wei said this, he immediately picked up the topic and said, "In the final analysis, the Guangxi Rebellion only has two words: Tong and Yao (official history books of the Ming Dynasty generally use derogatory words such as "獞" and "猺".
(not used in this book). And these two words can be discussed separately. Tong people are mostly those who obey the rules, and Yao people are mostly those who cause trouble. Therefore, there are many chieftains among Tong people, while most Yao people are provocative."
Gao Pragmatic nodded, this is the so-called issue of ethnic integration and ethnic conflict.
However, his thinking was different from that of today's Ming people. In his eyes, not to mention children, Yao people, and even Mongolians were objects that could be assimilated, and there was no discriminatory mentality.
I dare not say that he will assimilate to the whole world, at least to assimilate to East Asia. He does not have any psychological barriers. As for whether he can achieve it, that is another matter.
Hu Wei added: "The Yao people's rebellion has existed since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Now the main areas of rebellion are probably in the southeast of Guangxi and the west of Guangxi. Most of these Yao people live in the mountains and forests. Sometimes they resist the emperor, go down the mountains to cause rebellion, and capture the state. The county is poisonous in all directions and has been deeply troubled by the past dynasties. Therefore, successive governors of Guangdong and Guangxi were always vigilant. If the Yao people rebelled, they would send out large armies to suppress them."
This Gao Pragmatic knows, and he also knows that the distribution range of the Yao people in Guangxi has been changing since the Ming Dynasty. In the early and middle periods of the Ming Dynasty, the Yao people mainly gathered in the eastern Guangxi area. But in the early Tatar period, the Yao people in western Guangxi were While the number of Yao people increased significantly, the number of Yao people in eastern Guangxi decreased day by day. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, almost all Yao people were distributed in remote mountainous areas throughout Guangxi.
The first and most important reason here is that compared to the Tong people, the Yao people are more obviously resistant to sinicization, and because of this resistance, it is easier to cause misunderstandings and confrontations, which then evolve into various conflicts. So there is nothing to say, and the fight begins. chant.
After being beaten, he was driven into the deep mountains and old forests.
It is said that in the earliest times, the population gap between Tong people and Yao people was not big, but in later generations, this gap has widened dramatically, and the population of Tong people (Zhuang people) has reached more than five times that of Yao people.
The reason why the Tong people developed better than the Yao people is mainly because they clearly accepted and supported the rule of the central dynasty while maintaining a certain degree of independence. Therefore, there have been Tong people chieftains for a long time, ruling the local area in a hereditary capacity.
In Guangxi, Zuojiang and Youjiang areas are the most popular.
It happened that Hu Zhui also mentioned this matter, and he said to Gao Pingshi: "The Yao people do not obey the king's changes, and they have always been able to subdue them. But the Tong people are much better. The major chieftain families generally still obey orders. For example, when the Japanese were suppressed in the south of the Yangtze River, Mrs. Wa who was in charge of Tianzhou and Guiyizhou led thousands of soldiers on an expedition to the south of the Yangtze River. She achieved quite a lot and was awarded the title of second-class lady."
Gao pragmatic smiled: "I know something about this."
Hu Wei nodded, but then became solemn and said solemnly: "But brother, please don't think that all the child chieftains are honest. I don't know if one-third of them are truly honest. The rest, Most of them just obey on the surface, and all kinds of subversion behind the scenes are absolutely indispensable. There are even some unruly people who are usually lawless. The children of the major families often fight internally because of inheritance and other matters. , or even attack each other, which is really a big disaster."
Gao pragmatic nodded and asked: "Who among the Guangxi chieftain families is the most powerful?"
Hu Wei and Zhao Yumin looked at each other and said at the same time: "Brother, don't you know the saying of 'Think of planting Yang in Tian, and Cen Huang in Guangdong and Guangxi'?"
Thanks to the "Bozhou Rebellion", one of the three major campaigns of Wanli, Gao Pragmatic knew about "Sibotian Yang", but he was talking about the Sizhou Tian family and the Bozhou Yang family.
The history of Tianjiashi Town in Sizhou can be traced back to the Sui Dynasty. In the second year of the founding of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty (582), Tian Zongxian was appointed as the governor of central Guizhou, and then ruled hereditary. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Tian family was separated into Sinan and Sizhou. Two divisions. So far, Sinan and Sizhou Tian's Xuanweisi are the two major chieftains among the four major chieftains in Guizhou.
Sizhou Tian's chieftain is one of the most famous chieftains in the history of central Guizhou. He has been hereditary for thousands of years and has a vast territory. "Si Bo Tian Yang" means that Sizhou is the world of Tian's chieftain, and Bozhou is the world of Yang's chieftain.
However, during the Yongle period, because of Sinan, a conflict broke out between the Xuanwei Division of the Tian clan in Sizhou over the cinnabar veins, which was known as the Battle of the Sandpit in history. This fatal internal strife became the perfect excuse for Emperor Yongle to solve the problem of the chieftains in Sizhou. He
The army was sent to suppress the situation, and the two chieftains Sizhou Tianchen and Sinan Tianzong were captured and brought to justice. They were executed in the capital the following year. As a result, the Sizhou chieftain no longer existed and the power of the Tian family was greatly reduced. However, the centipede insect died.
Despite the deadlock, the Tian family still retained the position of chief lawsuit officer.
Therefore, although there are many chieftains in Guizhou at present, the Yang family in Bozhou is the most prosperous, followed by the Shuixi'an family, Sizhou Tian family, and Shuidong Song family.
Gao Jingshi got to know these major chieftain families in Guizhou because of the Bozhou Rebellion, but Gao Jingshi from Guangxi didn't know much about them, so he really didn't have much impression of the "Guangdong and Guangxi Cenhuang" - maybe they were relatively honest.
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However, Hu Wei and Zhao Yumin seemed to be quite wary of this "Guangdong and Guangxi Cenhuang". They looked at each other, and Hu Wei still said: "By the way, after you take office, you will definitely patrol various places.
, but please be very careful when patrolling the Zuo and Youjiang areas, and try to avoid getting into grudges with chieftains Cen and Huang, otherwise..."