In 219 BC, Qin Shihuang ordered Tu Sui to lead an army of 500,000, divided into five groups, with an average of 100,000 along the way. Walking all the way Dongou
and Minyue, two of them go to Nanyue, and the other two go to show Europe.
Guangdong was quickly hit in the first stage, and there was almost no big resistance. In Guangxi, after 6 years, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of si corpses
, Guangxi and Vietnam were unified. At the beginning of the Qin army's southern expedition to Lingnan, it occupied the Guangdong area around Panyu and the garrison
team. In addition, there are 300,000 Qin troops fighting against the local Baiyue in Guangxi. Although they shaved the leader of the Xiu clan "Yi Yu Song,
leader Zhong Qiu went after Tu Sha.
until 214 BC, Emperor Qin Shihuang appointed Ren Tao as general. Zhao Tuo continued to attack the Luoyue tribe in Xiou, Guangxi. In the same year, after
successfully pacified the great cause of Lingnan, the entire Lingnan was also included in the territory of Qin Dynasty.
According to the current geographical division rules, The land of South Vietnam that Qin Shihuang conquered is actually located in what is now Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.
Unlike other methods, the Chinese mainly named regions by location, and most regions with the same location will have geographic features as
in the name The link between the three provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guangdong is the Pearl River, a river that straddles the two provinces.
Compared with other rivers, the geographical label of the Pearl River is particularly prominent. Because in ancient times, most people used their own Knowing
knows that it is named after its own geographical area. At first, the Pearl River was also the same. At that time, the Pearl River was just a small river from Guangzhou to the mouth of the Pearl River.
However,The Pearl River now contains three rivers in different directions, which eventually converge at the Pearl River Estuary. The reason why I want to tell you this definition
is that I don't want to cause misunderstandings in the following geographic cognition. The Pearl River I will talk about next mainly refers to the last section of the Xijiang River, the Pearl River in Guang
. At present, the entire Pearl River Basin involves five provinces, of which the leftmost tributary originates from Vietnam.
So, in terms of quantity, there will always be a Pearl River water system, which is a water system with a particularly wide basin. It can be seen from the Pearl River area that Qin Shihuang started
at that time that although the tributaries of the Pearl River system circulate far, the core area is still Liangguang . If it weren't for the south
ridge, a small hill that runs through the south and north of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, and the Pearl River, there would be no intersection at all.
However, it is precisely because of the unique structure of Nanling that the Pearl River and the Yangtze River are connected, which created the magnificent canal project between the two places.
It is precisely because of this water conservancy project that Qin State 's central position can be stabilized. This canal was originally built for the convenience of war
, but it also accelerated the process of Sinicization in the Lingnan area and promoted the integration and development of Chinese culture.
Next, let’s take a look at the basis for the administrative divisions of Guangdong and Guangxi, and what is the basis for the division between them?
From the perspective of the water system alone, it is difficult for us to see the foundation of the Guangdong and Guangxi sub-bureaus. Because there are many tributaries of the Pearl River, running from the north to the south, you have to look at it from the mountain. The terrain between Guangdong and Guangxi is not as dense as Fujian. On the contrary, the entire Lingnan plate has a basin-like topography, and the surrounding high school is low between
and. Therefore, this area is called the Guangxi Basin.
The mountains in the lower reaches of the Pearl River are dominated by the horns of the Pearl River, arranged in a fan shape. Therefore, compared with Guangxi, Guangdong is more open. Speaking of basin
, it should be considered that the edge of the basin is neat and there is Ma Pingchuan in the hinterland. However, Guangxi is an exception. The outer edge of the Guangxi Basin is mainly composed of some north-south mountain ranges.So it is more like a basin with many gaps knocked out from the edge.
But it is precisely because of these gaps that the rivers that merged into the Pearl River entered the Guangxi Basin through these gaps, thus rushing out of the relatively independent
river valley plain. Therefore, to some extent, it is precisely because of these cracks on the edge of the basin that this has become a reality.
Although, when Qin Shihuang was preparing to go to Nanyue, he did not consider these geopolitical issues like our descendants. However,
For Qin Shihuang, who was eager to expand his political territory, which way could reach South Vietnam faster was the biggest problem at the time. With the completion of the two
water conservancy projects, the Qin Empire officially became a central state.
At this time, the Qin Empire merged the entire Yangtze River basin as the core area into the Pearl River, allowing itself to choose a route with the least loss and consumption of
to expedition to South Vietnam.
It is precisely because of this that Qin Feng was able to collect Nan Yue in the shortest possible time. You are welcome to comment, like and repost, pay attention to it, thank you friends and family.
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