Chapter 508 The Xian family is attached
Although the main road for the Sui army to enter Lingnan was blocked by Xu Fan's troops, I don't know how many paths there were in the mountains, and soon the messenger of the Sui Dynasty came to Mrs. Xian with a handwritten letter from Chen Shubao, the queen of Chen.
After the messenger entered Lingnan, he was immediately stunned by the scene here, where is this still a barbaric place in the past, even if the rich prefectures and counties on both sides of the Yangtze River that have not experienced the war now, they can't catch up with here!
Along the way, large areas of rice fields covered his entire field of vision, and almost all of the crops were thousands of acres, or even tens of thousands of acres of one species, and these lands belonged to a single plantation, and hundreds or thousands of farmers depended on the plantation to survive.
This is also a feature of Lingnan, no matter who is here, whether you are a slang, a Lao, or a newly migrated Han people, this is also the result of many attacks in the past because of Shengliao, although now Shengliao has been almost encircled and suppressed, but this habit has been retained.
In the vast wilderness without plantations, there are also herders and urchins who drive large herds of buffalo to forage in the mountains, and these buffaloes are the offspring of bison trained from the mountains and forests, but there are still many similar wild buffaloes in the mountains and forests.
When the messenger entered Gaozhou (Gaoliang County), the core of Madame Xian's power, he was even more surprised after he walked around in secret.
Originally, he thought that no matter how much Lingnan was developed, at most there would be more land reclaimed in the past 20 years, and other aspects would still lag behind, but after seeing Gaozhou New Town, he didn't think so.
Gaozhou New Town, the city that Wang Ze sent people to help Feng Fu's younger brother build, has now expanded three or four times its original size, and nearly 200,000 people live here.
Although this number is not so amazing against the backdrop of the scale of more than one million people in Daxing City and even Jiankang City, in Lingnan, it is much larger than Nanhai County, which is governed by Guangzhou Prefecture in Lingnan, and Nanhai County is only about 100,000 people at this time.
Moreover, the messengers of the Sui Dynasty were also surprised to find that the large seaport south of Gaozhou New Town was actually a new city, and there were 50,000 or 60,000 merchants, merchants, sailors, etc. living there all year round, and there were 40,000 or 50,000 people living in the old city of Gaoliang County.
In this way, Gaozhou New Town, the old city of Gaoliang County, and the port of Gaozhou formed a situation where three cities stood side by side, and the people living in the three cities and their surrounding 100 miles also had nearly 400,000 people, accounting for nearly 20% of the population of the entire Lingnan.
At this time, the messenger of the Sui army finally understood why Nan Chen's subordinates attached so much importance to Mrs. Xian, and did not have the attitude of despising Yidi women in the past.
The messenger was quickly identified, and once again he was shocked as he entered the city.
When Daxing City was built, it can be said that it created a typical case of city construction, and many subjects of the Sui Dynasty were also very proud of it, but the messenger of the Sui Dynasty found that the Gaozhou City in front of him had obviously been built for more than 20 years, not only far earlier than Daxing City, but even the design and planning of Gaozhou New City was more perfect than Daxing City.
Daxing City only takes into account the planning of the city, roads, palaces, and temples, and Gaozhou New Town even has a large number of supporting parks, sports fields and other facilities, and there are large green parks along the street, with tropical flowers and plants in the south of the Lingnan, and the messenger even thinks that he has entered a super large garden.
It was only at this time that the messenger of the Sui Dynasty finally understood that Lingnan was really not the Lingnan of the past, and the great development of Lingnan was not only to open up a large amount of fertile land, but also to improve the entire civilization, and the degree of civilization here had even surpassed the Sui Dynasty in Guanzhong in some aspects.
Therefore, the messenger was extremely respectful after meeting Madame Sin, not only because of what he had seen and heard before, but also because of his respect for this powerful old woman.
Originally, Mrs. Xian had handed over all the power to Feng Servant when Feng Servant was twenty-four years old, but unexpectedly, Feng Servant still died of middle-aged illness as in history, so Mrs. Xian, who had already teased Sun, had to carry the banner again, and she was much older, but she became more intelligent.
At the beginning, after learning of the arrival of the messenger of the Sui Dynasty, Mrs. Xian, who did not know the situation in the north, did not believe that Nan Chen had perished, after all, the strength of the Nan Chen army was there, and although the Sui army was in an advantage, even if it could really defeat Nan Chen, it would definitely not be so fast.
Mrs. Xian, who had always been loyal to the Jiankang Imperial Court, didn't know what kind of tricks and death contests Nanchen Junchen were playing, not so much that the Sui army had strong combat effectiveness, but that they completely killed themselves by themselves, and they really couldn't live by themselves.
Seeing that Mrs. Xian didn't believe that her letter was true, the messenger of the Sui Dynasty had already prepared, so he took out an item, which was actually the Funan rhino staff that Mrs. Xian had dedicated to Chen Qian, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty, after conquering the Linyi Kingdom. Jiujiu Library
Madame Xian burst into tears when she saw the letter and these objects, and she was convinced that the once powerful Chen Dynasty had fallen, but Madame Xian knew that since the Sui Empire had ruled the world, she must also fully support the unification of the Sui Dynasty.
So she sent her grandson Feng Ang to lead the army to welcome Wei Xun into Lingnan, although the heroes in Lingnan did not support Xu Fan very much, but also had a certain vigilance against the Sui army, and when they knew Mrs. Xian's decision, they heard the wind and joined them, and even the sergeants under Xu Fan's command fled together, and from then on, all the Lingnan region was under the jurisdiction of the Sui Dynasty.
But Lingnan was too far away from the Sui Dynasty, not to mention the more distant Jiaozhou, even Guangzhou was not currently manageable by the Sui Dynasty, so the Sui army's rule over Lingnan was even more powerless than that of Nanchen.
Wei Wei had just led the army into Lingnan not long after, Feng Ang also led the army back to Gaozhou, at this time Panyu Wang Zhongxuan suddenly rebelled and tried to stand on his own, many slang leaders in Lingnan, local heroes also responded, after all, an outsider is still not as intimate as his own people.
The rebels not only besieged Wei Wei in Nanhai County, the capital of Lingnan, but even sent troops to attack Hengshan north of Lingnan, in an attempt to completely cut off the land communication between the Central Plains and Lingnan.
Faced with such a situation, Mrs. Xian, who wholeheartedly supported the central government, knew that she must not hesitate, although she was the largest force in Lingnan, and the Sui Empire had to rely on its own strength to maintain stability here, but the Sui Dynasty was not without suspicion of herself.
Don't look at your strength now, with hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of soldiers, but as long as the Sui Dynasty makes up its mind, it is definitely not something that she can resist, so after receiving the news, Mrs. Xian did not hesitate to send her eldest grandson Feng Xuan to lead the troops to rescue Wei Xuan.
However, Mrs. Xian did not expect that her eldest grandson was very ignorant, Feng Xuan because he had a friendly relationship with Chen Fozhi, the general of the rebel army, after leading the army to the battle, he deliberately stayed a hundred miles away from the battlefield, and did not go to relieve the siege of Nanhai County in time.
The news soon reached the ears of Mrs. Xian, and she was angry and angry when she found out, and sent someone to arrest Feng Xuan, although he was not punished too much, but also imprisoned him, and then sent another grandson, Feng An, to crusade against Chen Fozhi.
Feng Ang is also the son of Feng Fu, and he not only successfully defeated Chen Fozhi and beheaded him, but also marched to Nanhai City, where he joined the Lu Yuan Army led by Madame Xian herself, and defeated the rebellious Wang Zhongxuan's subordinates.
In this battle, Mrs. Xian, who was over 70 years old, also personally put on armor and went into battle, and after she eliminated the rebels of Wang Zhongxuan's department, she continued to lead the army to protect Pei Ju, the envoy of Emperor Wen of Sui, and appeased the Lingnan states everywhere, and saddled horses along the way.
With the strong support of Mrs. Xian, Chen Tan, the leader of the Nanyue tribe in Cangwu County, Feng Cen Weng of Gangzhou, Deng Matou of Lianghua, Li Guangluo of Tengzhou, and Pang Jing of Luozhou, all came to visit Pei Ju and expressed their submission to the Sui Dynasty, and the entire Lingnan was pacified again.
After the news of Lingnan's repacific reached Daxing City, Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian greatly appreciated it, and was very satisfied with the attitude of Mrs. Xian's family.
In fact, these two states were originally the territory of the Feng family and the Xian family, and Yang Jian's division was clearly to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, but the ancients paid attention to the righteousness, and they were officially canonized by the Sui Empire, which also made Mrs. Xian's power completely stable.
Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian also posthumously presented Mrs. Xian's husband Feng Bao as the governor of Guangzhou and the Duke of Qian Guo, canonized Mrs. Xian as Mrs. Qian Guo, and awarded Song Kangyi to Feng Fu's widow Xi Shi again (Mrs. Xian's deceased husband Feng Bao was originally the Duke of Song Kangjun of Southern Liang, and his wife was originally Mrs. Song Kangjun of Southern Liang. The Sui Dynasty revised the local system and did not set up Song Kang County).
In order to commend Madame Xian's behavior, Emperor Wen of Sui also let Madame Xian establish the shogunate, which allowed her to freely appoint Changshi and subordinate officials, and gave a seal (with real power), and could mobilize the troops of the South Vietnamese slang fangs and the soldiers and horses of the six states of Lingnan, and if there was an emergency, they could act cheaply.
Since then, Madame Xian has finally completely recognized the rule of the Sui Dynasty, but she did not tell the industries that Wang Ze had created in partnership with Feng Fu, nor did she say the properties that Wang Ze had arranged here, which made Wang Ze feel very satisfied after knowing it.
On the one hand, she was loyal to the central government, and on the other hand, she was very grateful to Wang Ze for his strong support for the development of Lingnan on the eastern front.
Today, in Lingnan, not only do the people live and work in peace and contentment, they have countless fertile fields, and even live in new-type houses, and when they are sick, they are diagnosed and treated by doctors, and even the most ordinary people can eat meat for at least two days every ten years.
And the realization of all this is inseparable from Wang Ze's support at the beginning, and he did not forget to dig amazingly, which made Mrs. Xian extremely conflicted in her heart, and finally dispelled the words that came to her mouth.