Chapter 1185 Arriving in Jiaozhou
Originally, Su Dingfang wanted to take people back to Chang'an early in the morning of the second day, but he had too much to drink last night, so this guy could only rest here for a day.
Li Xiang is still taking a boat now, of course, the destination of this trip surprised Li Xiang a little, this is Jiaozhou of the Tang Dynasty.
But if you were to use a 21st-century map, it would be Hanoi in Annam.
I really didn't expect this to be the territory of the Tang Dynasty, which made Li Xiang feel a little surprised, but the other soldiers on the ship didn't feel that there was anything wrong, this place was under our control during the Sui Dynasty, shouldn't it be ours?
"How much land is still ours around Jiaozhou?"
Although Li Xiang has a map of the Tang Dynasty in his memory, he really doesn't know much about the situation at the southern end.
"There are still about 50 miles to the west of His Highness, and after the past, it is the land of Zhenla, and there are more than 270 miles to the south."
After hearing this number, Li Xiang was really surprised, and thought that Jiaozhou had already reached the border, but he didn't expect that there was such a large piece of land around, originally Li Xiang wanted to use Yunnan as a base in my country, but now it seems that it is far from having to fight like this.
After sailing on the sea for about a day, Li Xiang and the others came to the territory of Jiaozhou.
To the south of here, there are two more states, Aizhou and Jizhou.
However, the development of those two places is not very good, at most it is a little larger than a small town, although there are many people living in the local area, but they are generally poor, and this is in the border area of the Tang Dynasty, the number of Han people is relatively small, and the imperial court does not pay much attention to it.
"Weichen Ruan Yuanjia, knock to see His Royal Highness Taisun."
When Li Xiang stepped on the land of Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou Assassin Shi had already led his officials to wait here, but unfortunately Li Xiang had already seen the huge team of Hangzhou Assassin Shi, so he felt a little shabby about the small team in front of him.
When he heard this surname, Li Xiang knew that this person was not Han.
"What race are you?"
Li Xiang knew that there must be Han people in this land, but most of them were suppressed.
"If you go back to Your Highness, you are from the Jing tribe, but my mother is from the Han people."
Hearing that his mother is Han Li Xiang's face is a little better, in fact, after hearing the news that Li Xiang is coming here, these foreign officials are all frightened, Li Xiang and Li Shimin have different ideas, Li Shimin can appoint foreign officials, but Li Xiang never believed in these foreign people.
It can be seen from the Fusang incident that Li Xiang did not allow Fusang and Han people to marry at all, which can be said to fundamentally eliminate the possibility of Fusang invasion.
"Tell the king about the situation on the ground."
Li Xiang didn't know much about the situation here, and although Huo Qubing knew some of it, he definitely didn't know as much as these magistrates.
"If you go back to Your Highness, we are here at the southern end of the entire Datang, in the south of our state, and there are two state capitals of Datang......"
This guy's report is basically the same as Huo Qu's illness, but it is a little more detailed.
The entire region has a population of nearly 100,000 people, and people of all ethnic groups live here in a mixed manner, and they also intermarry with each other, and have been governed by the Han Chinese for nearly 40 years.
During this period, there were also many outstanding people of other races, such as the guy in front of him, he became the Jiaozhou assassin.
"Your family should be a local clan, right?"
Li Xiang remembered that the surname was common in Chenla, and there were people who had served as generals and higher-level officials.
"Back to Your Highness, we are one of the five major clans in the local area, but there are not many people who call the five great clans now."
When Emperor Wen of Sui sent people to occupy this place, he was also afraid of the resurgence of local forces, so he uprooted and destroyed the local clans.
Although nearly thirty or forty years have passed since that time, the local area has not yet recovered.
However, the Han people live in this area in extreme hardship, mainly because they are bullied by the local ethnic groups, but with the arrival of Li Xiang, the local Han people should have seen the dawn of their rise.
"Who among you is Han?"
Li Xiang looked at the group of officials below.
To Li Xiang's surprise, there was not a single Han among these people, and the more than a dozen officials under the Jiaozhou Assassin Shi were all foreigners.
Li Xiang remembered the Anshi Rebellion, and the guy in An Lushan was strictly speaking a foreigner.
It's a pity that the Tang royal family turned a blind eye to this, after all, the Tang royal family also has the blood of the Hu people, but since you want to keep the Han family, then some things must be done with a sense of boundaries.
Ruan Yuanjia saw Li Xiang's series of actions, this guy was also a little scared in his heart, what he was worried about earlier finally happened, he thought that Li Xiang was here for the first time, and he would not make too large-scale movements here, but he didn't expect that it had already started.
"Come here."
Li Xiang said to a group of low-level officials in the distance, these people are not qualified to talk back to Li Xiang, but after hearing Li Xiang's words, only a few of them came over, and the rest of them were still standing in place.
“%&~^0^”
Ruan Yuanjia Uribala said a few words, and Li Xiang understood what was going on, except for these few people, the rest of the people didn't even know Chinese.
"How many of you are Han?"
Li Xiang looked at these few who ran over.
"If you go back to Your Highness, the small ones are Han people."
Li Xiang thought that these people were Han people, but he didn't expect that there was only one of them, in the local bureaucratic system, the proportion of Han people was too low, and middle and senior officials could not be ranked, but he didn't expect that among the low-level officials, the number of Han people was so small, only one among dozens of officials, and it seemed that the grade was the lowest.
"What is your position?"
There was no smile on Li Xiang's face anymore, which was not unique in the border area of the Tang Dynasty.
"If you go back to Your Highness, Jiaozhou Station..."
This person whispered, it was obvious that he couldn't take his official position, it turned out that he was just a person who managed the station.
"From now on, you are the governor of Jiao."
Li Xiang promoted this person in an instant, and he was second only to Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Ruan Yuanjia.
"Your Highness, this matter must not be ......"
When Li Xiang finished speaking, a group of high-ranking officials were about to kneel down in an instant.
Ruan Yuanjia glared at them fiercely, can you say this? Don't you want to live? Don't you know what this surname is?