C3399 Rong Quans opinion (1/2)

Rong Quan had already lived in Xinjiang for almost ten years, and he had lived for a few more decades, from the Southern Wilderness to the Northern Frontier, from Sky Mountain to Altai, from Huiyuan City to Lake Barkish.

Other than the most dangerous area of the southwest, he had never been to the larger cities in the General Yili.

In the eyes of Dongluo, Guan Lu and the other popinjays from the Beijing, Xinjiang was a vast and mysterious place that looked a little out of place, but in Rong Quan's eyes, this was already his second home.

Even if the people of the 21st century had the unimaginable convenience of transportation and better television and media, no one would dare to say that they were knowledgeable and knowledgeable.

As big as China was, the people on the coast, even the average civil servant, found it hard to imagine the geography of the people in the distant Western Regions. You didn't know what people ate, what they wore, or what kind of customs they had, let alone what kind of customs they lived in.

You may be able to name one or two of the big cities, but you'll never remember the county towns, towns, mountains, and passes beneath them.

Distance will always create a huge difference in the human heart, and this difference will bring about a sense of mystery!

Li Hongzhang attacked Zuo Zongtang in an attempt to give up an important reason in Xinjiang. That is to say, this place was a foreign land, it did not understand enlightenment.

They were saying that this place could not be ruled, and was not the same as the imperial court in the Central Plains. The people there were thinking different things from the people in the Central Plains.

In their eyes, the limited funds would naturally be invested in the defense of the sea. As for the land that could not be governed by the remote border, it was just a burden to keep it.

He even gave the examples of people from the Southern Wilderness who stole Yaqub's life, saying that in their hearts, they only believed in him and did not have any sense of righteousness from the imperial government.

This was actually the important theoretical basis behind the Sea Defence Sect's attack on Zuo Zongtang's Land Defense Sect. Honestly speaking, it had deceived a lot of people in the imperial government.

In the past, when Rong Quan was still in the capital, he was also affected by this thought. Standing on the guard post in the Forbidden City, he had fantasized about the Yili that was tens of thousands of miles away.

Were they really of the same heart as the Central Plains? Indeed, he had wavered before!

However, it was only after he had personally come to this land that his opinion had completely changed!

”Honorable Messengers, I have something to say …” He could not lose it in Xinjiang. He absolutely could not lose it! ”Even if there is a loss in territory, this main structure of three mountains and two basins cannot be destroyed!”

”When I was in Beijing, I also thought that this place was a barren wasteland even if you were poor to the very end … ”That's right. After Xinjiang was incorporated into the territory, the imperial government did not want any taxes here …”

”All the wealth in Xinjiang has been gathered in the hands of the various tribes and kings in the northern border of the Southern Wilderness. A portion of the wealth has also been received by the General Yili Palace!”

”The only things that can be offered to the imperial government every year are horses, jades and other local specialties. The real taxes don't have a single copper coin, so in the eyes of the court officials, Xinjiang is a barren land!”

”Wrong, extremely wrong …” This place is a barren land, and this place is in fact a treasure trove of oil! ”

”The locals don't have money, but they have countless horses and cows... Although the agriculture in Xinjiang is not developed, but in parts of the Hami, for example, the fruits produced are incomparable to those in the Central Plains! ”

”There are also mines. The jade stones in Xinjiang are paid to the imperial government year after year. Each of them is worth ten thousand gold coins …” But do you know? There are rivers piled with jade and stones right in the southern territory and the Tian region! ”

”The priceless treasure of the Beijing, wherever it is, the wasteland will be like trash …”