1155. Dig the gate

Lingnan is now the entire Lingnan Road, the Tang Dynasty for the unification of Lingnan is a peaceful means, and has not experienced the war, Ren Gui, Feng Ang and others, who were entrenched in Lingnan back then, saw that the reunification of the Tang Dynasty was imminent, and they also took the initiative to annex Lingnan, so that Lingnan was saved from war, which is still very meritorious for this, but the consequences of this are also very serious, that is, all kinds of forces have been preserved and continued.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, in order to appease these forces entrenched in Lingnan, they were all trying their best to appease, just ask not to rebel, as long as you say that you are the territory of the Tang Dynasty, in order to appease the local strength, many governors' mansions were specially set up, you must know that the power of the governor's mansion / governor's office is very large, the military and political power of the governor's office is completely the local emperor, the military and political grasp of it, and because of the long distance and inconvenient transportation, the issuance of government decrees does not even need to ask the imperial court, and the imperial court decree cannot be issued to all parts of Lingnan.

As a result, large and small semi-independent kingdom forces were formed, such as Li Xizhi, the governor of Guizhou, Feng An, the governor of Gaozhou, Ning Changzhen, the governor of Qinzhou, and so on. It has completely become a family power independent of the imperial power.

For this reason, Li Shimin has also done many measures since he ascended the throne, such as the strong removal of one or two capitals, the abolition of the powers of the governor, the dispatch of officials to govern, etc., the warm water boiled frog weakened the strength of Lingnan at that time, but Li Shimin's strength provoked several rebellions of Yuezhou assassin Shi Ning Daoming and others, and sent people to attack and surrender again halfway through, well, boss, I'm joking, don't take it seriously, if it's in the Central Plains, this will definitely have to be exterminated directly for you, and the rebellion can still be a joke? But first, he confessed his mistake, and second, he couldn't get over the mountain, how could this not give Li Shimin a headache.

If you want to take care of him, he will give you a jump, find you unhappy, you go to fight him, the mountains are high and the road is far away, it is not easy to come and go, and it takes countless manpower and material resources to pacify Lingnan by force. Regardless of him, Lingnan is nominally unified, but in fact it is chaotic and independent, which makes His Majesty the Emperor above the imperial power how can he tolerate it, therefore, when it comes to Lingnan, Li Shimin is unhappy.

Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and frowned, "The land of Lingnan, since Qin Shi Huang sent Ren Huan, Zhao Tuo and others to lead 500,000 Qin troops to the south to pacify, it has been chaotic, and the local bureaucrats and slang marshals are all disobedient to the king. Speaking of Li Shimin, he was angry.

Li Pojun also understood it, and said with a smile in his chest: "In the child's opinion, it is not difficult to solve Lingnan."

Li Shimin was unhappy when he heard this, and his brows furrowed: "Crazy words!" ”

"Haha, Aye, don't be angry, you listen to me carefully" Seeing that Li Shimin was as angry as a child, Li Pojun also smiled.

"In my opinion, the reason why Lingnan cannot be unified is nothing more than three reasons. First, the mountain is high and the road is long, the road is long and obstructive, and the traffic is inconvenient, which is not conducive to communication. Second, there are many natives in Lingnan, who live in seclusion in the mountains, do not study scripture and history, and do not obey the king. Third, the territory of Lingnan is vast, from Zhejiang Min in the east, to Yunnan and Guizhou in the west, to Jingchu in the north, and to Jiaozhi in the south. With these three articles, it is normal for Lingnan to be unified without governance, and as long as these three articles are resolved, Lingnan can be determined." Li Pojun has the feeling that Zhuge Liang is right, but Zhuge Liang is holding a feather fan in his hand and has a good demeanor, while he is holding a chicken leg in his hand, and his mouth is full of oil.

Li Shimin didn't refute when he heard it, nodded and said lightly: "It's easy to say, people of insight know these three things, but what? There are no practical measures, but it is useless to talk about it".

Li Pojun was choked by Li Shimin's words, and if he didn't agree with him, he was educated.

"Aye, don't scold me like this, since I have the face to say it, I have a countermeasure", Li Pojun said with a wry smile.

"Let's talk about it", Li Shimin is still not interested in this, although he believes in Li Pojun very much, but after all, since Qin Zhao Tuo, after two Han Dynasty and two Jin Dynasty, countless capable people and wise people have no way to take Lingnan.

This place is a piece of hob meat, belong to you, he listened to the announcement and did not listen to the tune, I listened to you but I just didn't act, and I rebelled directly when I was in a hurry, anyway, across the Wuling Mountain, and I couldn't beat it, this place is so abrasive, Wuling is a natural barrier, let you change in the Central Plains, I live alone in Lingnan. Whoever wins the world, I will belong to whoever I want, and continue to live my own little life.

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't pay attention to it so much, Li Pojun was also energetic.

"First, there is the problem of roads, which is the problem of the resettlement of the Turkic people, which I just mentioned. Since ancient times, Yuecheng Ridge, Du Pang Ridge, Mengzhu Ridge, Qitian Ridge and a large area south of the Great Yu Ridge are called Lingnan, this five ridges are the Qin Dynasty Ren Zhao Tuo's 500,000 Qin army south marching army route on the important strategic station, generally go to Lingnan also pass through this five ridges, the continuous mountains of the five ridges, there are not only rich resources, but also high mountains and dense forests, poisonous insects and beasts and the daunting miasma, "Water Jing Note" records: the five ridges, heaven and earth are separated from it. So Lingnan has always been a paradise ......." Li Pojun sat up straight and talked about it, but as he spoke, Li Shimin waved his finger and interrupted with a pile of notebooks stacked on the side: "To get to the point, there are still a bunch of musicals."

Li Pojun choked, had to end his foreshadowing, "although there are many mountains in Wuling, but they are not big, just continuous into pieces, and most of these mountains are arranged side by side, there are many flat hills between the lofty mountains and mountains, forming a hole to communicate the north and south, the land of Lingnan has abundant rainfall, the water network is dense, and it is mostly connected by holes, and it can be parallel by water and land, after research, I found that it can enter the Ganjiang River from the big river, and enter Lingnan through the big Yu Ridge, and there are three passes of Hengpu Pass, Yangshan Pass and Huangji Valley Pass of Qin Zhu on the big Yu Ridge, and the geographical location is very conspicuous. One of the most majestic passes is Hengpu Pass, Hengpu Pass is above Meiling, Meiling Mountain is emerging, mountains and mountains, and the shape is flat and long, that is to say, from here into Lingnan, the distance is the shortest, only more than 100 miles, and there is an ancient pass road here, so I want to dig the Meiling channel, here is a channel to communicate the north and south."

Li Pojun finally said his intention to dig the Meiling Pass Road, which is the world-famous Meiguan Ancient Road.