Since ancient times, the Lingnan region has been an extremely special place.
Because of the remote location, dense mountains, rivers, and inconvenient transportation, the native Lingnan people naturally formed a village-based living habit, and in the long term, they formed their own customs and beliefs.
These original customs and beliefs were integrated and conquered through villages. The weak were eliminated and the strong remained, gradually evolving into numerous ethnic minorities with their own distinctive colors.
Of course, when the evolution reaches this point, it means that the evolution is basically over.
The barrier of hundreds of thousands of mountains, low productivity, and sparse population made it impossible for Lingnan to have a unified political power like the Central Plains.
Coupled with the fact that Lingnan people are simple and happy in nature, it is even more difficult for political struggles that are highly utilitarian to survive in this land.
Even Xiao Han has always felt that a simple life like this seems not bad!
The harvest this month was good. We caught several wild boars and picked countless wild fruits. We exchanged a lot of food with the village next door. We all held a celebration in the evening to have fun.
This month's harvest was bad. Hunters only caught a few mountain jumpers. There were no fruits in the woods outside, so the whole village, old and young, could only gather around and drink watery soup.
Of course, such a simple life just looks good!
Because no one knows better than Xiao Han: In this world, there will never be a stagnant life!
If you choose comfort, then soon there will be evil men with whips and spears, driving you forward!
Lingnan is probably like this.
I lived a simple and happy life on this land for countless years, until one day I met that man who had the sun and the moon in his heart and swallowed up everything in his heart!
Drive a long car and travel through Lingnan!
What Qin Shihuang brought to Lingnan was not only war and surrender, but also the injection of Han civilization and the enlightenment of power.
As almost the first group of people to follow into Lingnan, the Gao family, Feng family, Ning family, Chen family, etc. are the ones who brought Han civilization and the people who changed Lingnan.
Similarly, in the process of changing the primitive state of Lingnan, these people inevitably formed their own families and forces. These families and forces were also the prototypes of Gaofu, Guangfu, and Qinfu.
Later, during the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, various local forces in Lingnan took the opportunity to separate themselves and form semi-independent kingdoms of various sizes.
Until the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan wanted to unify Lingnan. Seeing this situation, he had no choice but to resort to peaceful means and gradually recruit and surrender powerful local figures.
This also allowed the original various forces in Lingnan to basically continue after the peaceful reunification.
Most of the actual leaders of these independent kingdoms, Gaofu, Jiaofu, and Guifu, were awarded high-level official positions such as general manager and governor, and were equivalent to general managers and governors in other places. These people in Lingnan undoubtedly have greater rights! It is even equivalent to the princes of a place in ancient times, enjoying privileges such as free appointment to official positions.
In the last years of Wude, there were eight families who enjoyed such privileges. These eight families were also called the eight capitals in Lingnan - Xunfu, Nankangfu, Gaofu, Guifu, Nanyinfu, Qinfu, Jiaofu, Nandefu, and the Imperial Protectorate, Guangfu.
Including the imperial court, these nine protective palaces correspond to the eight major forces, as well as Guangzhou, the most important strategic city in Lingnan!
During the Zhenguan period when Li Yuan abdicated and Xiao Lizi ascended the throne, Ning Changzhen, the head of the Qin government, died. Li Shimin immediately seized the opportunity to split the Qin government and reduce the eight major powers to seven.
However, the imperial court did not actually gain much benefit from the removal of one of the local forces, because the territory and wealth of the Qin government were divided up by others, and the imperial court received no substantial gains at all.
Even because his focus was on the grasslands, Shandong, Hebei and other places, important towns such as Guangzhou fell into the hands of the seven major forces. Even if Li Shimin later found out and quickly created the Shipping Department to restrict it, he would inevitably fall. After people.
"Gao Changqing, the steward of the Gao family, was arrested?"
This explosive news quickly spread to other government offices from the onlookers! But before other government offices could digest the news, another shocking news came through!
Not only did those government officials capture Gao Changqing, they rushed towards Jiaofu again!
Some people may not know yet. The reason why this is earth-shattering news is actually related to the distribution of power in Lingnan just mentioned.
People are divided into strong and weak, and their power is also different. This is almost destined by nature!
They are all eight major forces, but when broken down, they are clearly divided into two levels.
The first step is Qinfu, Guifu, Jiaofu and Guangfu.
Among them, not to mention the fact that the Qin Mansion was split up, the remaining Gui Mansion was Feng An’s territory! As for Guangfu, that is, Guangzhou Prefecture, it is almost Feng Ang's territory, so only Jiaofu is left.
Unlike Gaofu, Jiaofu can definitely be regarded as a behemoth in Lingnan! It is located in the southwest hinterland of Lingnan, close to Jiaozhi and Nanshao. It has always been known for its mysterious and barbaric nature. Normally, even Feng An would not dare to provoke such a force. How dare a small county government come to attack it today?
"Bet! Bet! If these people can't stay for a cup of tea, they will be thrown out by the people in charge of the government!"
Seeing Liu Hongji and others attacking Jiaofu Yamen with great momentum, some evildoers immediately set up a gambling game on the spot and invited people to place bets.
"Three taels of silver, I took a gamble! The county magistrate must have lost his mind and gone crazy today. He took it even if he didn't see Gao Changqing. It's nothing to break into the government again!"
"Humph, I'll bet you! No matter what I say, Gaofu has declined in recent years, but no one in Jiaofu dares to provoke them until now. I think these people will be kicked out by then!"
"Hey, who can say for sure about this? If the big shots of the government are in the yamen, they will naturally not dare to come. But now except Feng Gong, how can there be any big shot in the remaining yamen in Guangzhou? Why don't they dare to come? ?”
Similar comments kept ringing around Liu Hongji like mosquitoes and flies, and with their footsteps, more and more people followed quietly, and even some foreigners who were not aware of the seriousness also joined in at this time. When you get to the queue, you crane your neck to watch the excitement.
Suddenly, the Guangzhou County Government Office, which had been forgotten in the corner by everyone, was instantly remembered by everyone. Fatty Hong in the County Government Office became the most popular person that day.
I just don't know how long he, a famous man, will be famous for, whether he will be slapped out by Jiaofu, or whether he will go all out to destroy Jiaofu Yamen and make his own death more spectacular.
