They are mainly concentrated in the western Sichuan Plateau west of Sichuan. This area is out of the control of the Song Dynasty government, but is nominally the territory of the Song Dynasty. Many of them are local ethnic minorities and chieftain regimes.
Zhao Jun knew that he couldn't solve this problem in a short period of time, so he had to give up.
However, this problem also existed in a few areas of Badong, such as Shizhou, Dazhou, Kaizhou, Kuizhou and other areas. The mountains were high and the land was scarce, and the government lacked control, so the serfdom system was rampant, and even slaves were used for sacrifices.
For this reason, Zhao Jun repeatedly urged local officials to strictly investigate and crack down on such acts. If they resisted stubbornly, the army could be dispatched to directly eliminate these slave owners if necessary.
It’s not that these slave owners rebelled.
Instead, many slave owners were ethnic minorities in the local mountains and forests, and many bad habits from the Shang and Zhou dynasties remained, such as burying people alive with the dead, human sacrifice, killing slaves, etc.
The government has asked them to correct their mistakes, but these people have never taken them seriously. Only by sending in the army, eliminating their upper-level controllers, and forcibly changing their customs and habits can these bad habits be permanently eliminated.
Zhao Jun stayed in Sichuan for two months and left Sichuan almost at the end of the tenth year of the Qingli period. He took the Chencang Road and arrived in Baoji. By the way, he also inspected the construction of the Sichuan-Guanzhong Railway.
As the second railway, it was already under construction at this time, but the mountains and forests were steep and the roads were difficult to travel, so the progress was not fast. In many places, mountains had to be blasted to open the road.
Fortunately, the project was not hindered.
Because the road chosen by the Song Dynasty was actually the first railway from Sichuan to Shaanxi in later generations, the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, which was built in 1952.
Although there are many difficulties along the way, the construction plans in most areas are relatively smooth, except for some areas where mountains need to be moved to open roads, so the project is progressing steadily.
In this way, after the Guangdong-Hankou Railway is built, another railway will be built from Bianliang to Beijing. This means that Sichuan can go north by rail to Shaanxi, and then transport it to Bianliang by ship along the Yellow River.
Going south, they could reach Zhejiang and Guangdong via the Yangtze River and the Xiang River. Guangdong had a direct railway to Peking, and Zhejiang had a canal to Bianliang, which would revitalize the national economy.
It is no longer necessary for Sichuan's goods to be transported to Zhejiang via the Yangtze River and then sent to Bianliang and the north via the canal as before. The overall economic situation, including domestic and overseas trade, can be greatly developed.
On December 16, the tenth year of the Qingli period, Zhao Jun arrived in Baoji County, Qinfeng Road. Officials of all ranks from the Qinfeng Road Pacification Office, Transportation Office, and other departments came to greet him, including an old acquaintance.
His former bodyguard - Di Qing!
(End of this chapter)
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