Chapter 728: People are humble when they leave their hometown

Chapter 728: People are humble when they leave their hometown

It is a basic common sense that people are despised when they leave their hometown. Especially for some powerful families who have considerable local resources in the local area, the difference between being in the hometown and being in a foreign land will be even greater.

These Jiangling people whose ancestral home is in Nanyang certainly have not experienced the hardships of their ancestors who were exiled to other places because of the Hu Wang Di Rebellion, but the deeds of leaving their hometown and starting from scratch are passed down from mouth to mouth within the family and are ingrained.

If it were not for the support of these Jiangling clans, it would be difficult for the King of Xiangdong to gain the benefits of the crusade against Hou Jing's rebellion. For example, because the King of Liang Xiao Zha did not receive the strong support of the Xiangyang clans, he was at an absolute disadvantage in the competition with Jiangling and could only rely on the Western Wei to protect himself.

After suppressing the Hou Jing Rebellion, not only did the King of Xiangdong gain great prestige, but these Jiangling clans also needed to share the gains of this successful investment. And keeping the core of the Zhongxing regime in Jiangling is one of the biggest rewards they can get.

After being ravaged by Hou Jing's rebellion army and the army of the king and the army of the rebellion, Jiankang is now in ruins. It is unknown how much manpower and material resources will be needed to rebuild it, and who should invest these costs?

Jiankang, as the long-standing political center of the Southern Dynasty, has a long-standing political tradition. Although the Wang Xie family and the Three Wu clans suffered huge losses in the Hou Jing Rebellion, they were not uprooted. Instead, they took advantage of the process of fighting against Hou Jing's rebellion to control local resources more and more firmly, becoming a veritable local power.

If the King of Xiangdong moved the capital to Jiankang, then the reconstruction of Jiankang City must rely on the cooperation of these Three Wu clans, and the order must be maintained by them. They will inevitably obtain more political resources, and gradually squeeze out the space for others to enter the officialdom with their local roots. When facing these people, many people in Jiangling have no advantages except the identity of the former residence of the King of Xiangdong.

Although local powerful families such as the Wuxing Shen family also produced famous scholars such as Shen Yue, they still essentially remained local powerful families. If there is a power dispute between them and the King of Xiangdong is difficult to reconcile, they can raise their arms and call for the local soldiers to rise up. What can the people of Jiangling do?

Specifically for individuals, such as Hu Sengyou, who is now the official of the Minister of the Court and the General of the Army, can be said to be the most outstanding general of the Jiangling Military Office. But once he arrived in Jiankang, he would not only be suppressed by people of the same system such as Wang Sengbian, but also be inferior to local powerful people such as Chen Baxian who entered the court.

In addition to these changes in the situation, Jiankang's current defense situation is not optimistic.

The fierce advances of the Northern Qi Dynasty again and again, and the successive loss of important towns in Jiangbei such as Liyang and Guangling, made Jiankang only separated from the enemy by a river, and it was possible to be invaded by the enemy at any time.

The last time Hou Jing easily broke through the river defense, the Yangtze River natural barrier became no longer so insurmountable in the minds of the masses. It is related to life and property, and the comfort of the regime. The confidence that has been broken will not be easily restored. Unless a similar battle of crossing the river happens again, the defenders will hit them head-on, and they will use practical actions to prove that they have the ability to defend the river defense.

The city defense here in Jiangling is not indestructible, but there is no powerful enemy that can threaten its survival within sight.

In Shuzhong to the west, although Wuling King Xiao Ji is unruly and self-proclaimed emperor, the main road out of Shu, Xiling Gorge, is still in the hands of Jiangling Military Mansion. As long as the Shu soldiers cannot break through this key point of the river defense, it will be difficult to advance eastward, let alone pose any substantial threat to Jiangling.

Xiangyang in the north is a defeated general, and Yueyang King Xiao Zhao even needs to surrender to the Western Wei to survive, and he will not be the opponent of Jiangling Military Mansion.

If there is any visible threat, it is the Jingzhou General Administration Office of the Western Wei Dynasty, whose power spans across the Yangtze and Han Rivers.

However, the Jingzhou General Administration Office and the Jiangling Military Office also interact closely, and General Li is not a violent and vulgar military leader. He is fond of academics, respectful to the wise, and has a lot of celebrity style.

Even the people of Jiangling who have never met General Li have fully appreciated the enthusiasm of General Li and the General Administration Office when they returned to their hometown to worship their ancestors. It can be clearly said that General Li and the Jingzhou General Administration Office behind him are fundamentally different from the Northern Qi court that disregards the friendly agreement between the two sides, takes advantage of the fire, and is greedy.

The Northern Qi Dynasty is a barbarian who is based in the north of the Yangtze River and is ready to bite anyone at any time, while the Jingzhou General Administration Office under the governance of General Li is hospitable, generous and tolerant, and is a strategic ally worth making friends with and winning over.

Of course, there is also the most basic point. Even if General Li is pretending, the Jingzhou General Administration Office is also waiting for the opportunity and is ready to launch an attack on their Southern Liang at any time, but it is far less threatening than the Northern Qi Dynasty!

Therefore, whether to establish the capital in Jiangling or move it to Jiankang downstream, at least for the people of Jiangling, the former is undoubtedly a better choice.

Of course, not all people in Jiangling have such a clear and organized understanding. Some people still think that they should follow the past tradition and establish the government in Jiankang to be a normal regime. Otherwise, the people in the Three Wu areas far downstream don’t even know the grace and power of the King of Xiangdong, and naturally they will not regard the Jiangling Military Government as the central orthodoxy.

But the formation of any concept takes time. Jiankang, the so-called center of the royal industry of the Southern Dynasties, has not always been like this. When he rushed south in a hurry, who would have thought that Jin Emperor Sima Rui would start hundreds of years of river-drawing rule. political landscape? And in the final analysis, the Jiankang regime is just a corner of peace. It is really ridiculous to be stubborn and stubborn!

This was naturally the argument used by Li Tai to persuade these Jiangling people. Everyone had to accept the fact that Jin Mau was incomplete. Even if the capital was moved to Jiankang, the regime was still far from complete. And why should the land of Sanwu be the obedient people of Jixia, and the people of Jiangling be the common people on the border?

In order to control this series of ideas for Jiangling people, Li Tai has also been very diligent these days. He frequently invites these Jiangling people, some of whom are stubborn and dull, and often invites them multiple times, in order to make them understand and take root. The interests and significance of Jiangling are that you must not be fooled into making a decision that you will definitely regret.

To take a step back, even if the capital is to be moved to Jiankang, we can think about it in the long term. If we don't move now, we can move in the future. But if the capital is moved to Jiankang rashly, it will be difficult to come back!

Jiangling people had such worries, and coupled with Li Tai's serious and considerate lobbying, they gradually reached a consensus among themselves, that is, General Li was right! Regardless of their different positions, General Li can see further and more comprehensively than King Xiangdong in terms of his eyes!

In fact, Jiangling has not yet discussed this series of issues. Even King Wuling of Shu has proclaimed himself emperor. The King of Eastern Hunan still coyly refused to accept the advice of his ministers to join. This guy still has a certain degree of confidence in himself. Requirements, and strive to create an atmosphere of the Lord of ZTE.

But now, although the giant bandits have been eliminated in the country, all parties are still powerful and separatist. Their family alone includes Xiao Qi, the king of Liang, who controlled Xiangyang and defected to the Western Wei Dynasty, and Xiao Ji, who separatized Shuzhong and brazenly proclaimed himself emperor.

This obviously did not meet King Xiangdong's expectations for his family and country, so he kept delaying his enthronement and proclaiming himself emperor. Compared with other people in the clan, King Xiangdong finally had some of the character, arrogance and pretentiousness of a scholar, but he was a little too ambitious in terms of personal abilities. Only in the end did he realize that he was just making himself uncomfortable.

At least his coy and hard-driving rhythm gave Li Tai an opportunity to contact people in Jiangling and persuade them to dissuade him from moving the capital to Jiankang. Li Tai knew that the current Jingzhou Governor's Office was putting far greater pressure on the Jiangling Military Government than at the same time in history, and he must be more careful if he wanted the King of Xiangdong to stay in Jiangling.

In addition, just like Liu Guangde, a son of the Liu Zhilin clan, Li Tai also selected some people worthy of attention among these people to deepen the relationship, such as Hu Changyi, son of Hu Sengyou, etc.

Hosting banquets, giving gifts, etc. are all basic operations to win people's hearts. Occasionally, Li Tai would invite these people to enter and leave the military camps and government offices, so that they could feel the military and political atmosphere within the Jingzhou Governor's Office.

People often have a feeling of fear, wariness, and even rejection of unknown things, but as long as they understand more, their acceptance will increase accordingly. Li Tai just wanted to show these people of the Southern Dynasties that they in the Western Wei Dynasty were not barbarians without rules and regulations. Many laws and regulations were even more formal and reasonable than those in Jiangling.

Of course, he still would not let these people come into contact with real military and political affairs, and the scope of winning people's hearts was not limited to these Jiangling people whose ancestral home was Nanyang.

As they become familiar with each other, he will also extend his tentacles to other Jiangling talents through these people. For example, Xu Wensheng once told Li Tai that there was a naval general in Jiangling named Xu Shipu who was good at building ships and weapons and other equipment. Many Jiangling water warfare equipment came from his hands.

Such technical talents were what the Jingzhou Governor's Office lacked. Li Tai also used these Jiangling people to carefully inquire about Xu Shipu and other similar talents, hoping to find an opportunity to poach people from Jiangling to enrich his talents here. reserve.