The author of this article: Murong Dongtang.

"The History of Liangzhou Trade: Trading Tea for Horses, the Qing Dynasty's Zhengyipin Liangzhou General and the Tea Horse Company"

The livestock of Liangzhou are around the world,

The famous camellia is used by Yima.

Liangzhou people love to drink tea, mainly "Sanpaotai" and "Laofu tea". Liangzhou is the capital of the northwest, the capital of Yongliang, the strategic center of the world, and the national guard. Liangzhou is located in the center of the northwest, where the Xiliang Prince's Palace is located, and where the Xiliang Mansion is located. Due to its unique geographical location, Liangzhou became the center of the northwest in all dynasties.

In the second year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1724), Liangzhou Wei was changed to Wuwei County, Yongchang Wei was changed to Yongchang County, Zhuanglangwei was changed to Pingfan County, Zhenfanwei was changed to Zhenfan County, and The place where Gulang guards thousands of households is called Gulang County. Liangzhou Prefecture was established, with Wuwei County as its administrative seat and under the jurisdiction of Liangzhuang Road. It covers Wuwei, Yongchang, Zhenfan, Gulang and Pingfan counties and Zhuanglang Tea Horse Hall.

In the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong’s reign (1772), Liangzhuang Road was renamed Ganliang Road and Wuwei County was governed. Liangzhou Prefecture is affiliated to Ganliang Road and includes five counties: Wuwei, Yongchang, Zhenfan, Gulang, and Pingfan, as well as Zhuanglang Tea Horse Hall.

In fact, tea brewers in the Qing Dynasty have always been highly valued. Because making tea is not only the sale of tea, but also involves investment and trade. Liangzhou General Ukhtu has always held an important position in the tea and horse trade.

The First Historical Archives of China (referred to as the First Historical Archives) records in detail the history of General Liangzhou going to Tibet to make tea in the cover of the Manchu Tea-making File of the Military Aircraft Department in the Qing Dynasty. .

Liangzhou culture has a really long history!

Editor's postscript:

Liangzhou City is Wuwei City, and Liangzhou specifically refers to Wuwei County. Wuwei is also known as Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Xiongzhou, Yongliang, Gaizang, Guzang, Chicheng, Chiwu, Longcheng, Shenniao, Xiliang, Tuge, Dugu, Xiuzhuge, Chief Tu, Futu, Xiu Tu, Daliang, Xizhou, Wuding, Wuxing, Liangcheng, Lianhua City (Langshan City), Seven-Level City, Sleepless City, Gainiao City, Yinshan City, Wolong City, Fengniao City, Zhanyi City, Yongliangzhi The capital, the land of abundance, the civil and military capital, Yongcheng, the capital of Xia, and the capital of Liang. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Records of Emperor Guangwu" notes: "Wuwei County, the old city is in the northwest of Guzang County, Liangzhou today, so Liangcheng is also".

Guzang was first established as Yongzhou, then changed to Liangzhou, then to Yongzhou, and then to Liangzhou, so Wuwei was called the "Capital of Yongliang". As for the power of martial arts in history, Liangzhou's beasts are said to be the best in the world in "The Book of Han"; Liangzhou's "female beauty" is said to be the most beautiful in the world in "The Book of Zhou". Liangzhou has a very early history of human activities. As early as four or five thousand years ago, the Yuezhi and Wusun ethnic groups from the north lived together. The Zhou Dynasty was the land of Yongzhou, it was occupied by the Xirong before the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Qin Dynasty was the pastoral land of the Yuezhi. Wuwei County was first established in the Western Han Dynasty. It was subordinate to the Liangzhou Governor's Department and governed Guzang (today's Liangzhou District, Wuwei City). In the second year of Yuanshou in the Western Han Dynasty (121 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che established Wuwei County in the territory of the former Xiutu Kingdom of the Xiongnu in order to show the military power of the Han Empire. Wuwei got its name from this. Subsequent dynasties have set Wuwei as the cultural, military and political center of the northwest.

Liangzhou was the political, military, cultural and economic center of the ancient northwest, the central hub of economic and cultural exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, the strategic location in the western section of the "Silk Road", and a place where Chinese and foreign businessmen gathered. Center, and once became the center of Buddhism in the northwest, and Wuwei was the largest city in the northwest. The famous Liangzhou Ci (Liangzhou Qu) (Liangzhou Order), Xiliang music, and Xiliang opera were all formed and developed here, which played an important role in preserving my country's ancient traditional culture and spreading the culture of the Western Regions. Historically, Wuwei was the governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Yongzhou, the governor of Yongzhou, the governor's office of Yongliang, the governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Liangzhou, Dazhongzheng of Liangzhou, Liangzhou Town of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Guzang Town of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Jiedu of Hexi, Liangzhou The government residence of the Prefecture Governor's Mansion, Liangzhou Dudu's Mansion, Xiliang Mansion, Gansu Admiral, Liangzhou Commander-in-Chief, Liangzhou Envoy, Liangzhou Mansion, Gansu Governor, Ganliang Road, Gansu Commander-in-Chief, and Zhengyipin Liangzhou General Mansion .

Liangzhou (Wuwei), the capital of the Xiutu Kingdom during the Xiongnu period; the prefecture of Liangzhou during the period of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty; the prefecture of Yongzhou under Wang Mang of the New Dynasty; the prefecture of Liangzhou during the period of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty; the prefecture of Yongzhou during the Eastern Han Dynasty under Emperor Xian; the prefecture of Liangzhou during the Cao Wei period Zhouzhou governance; Liangzhou town in the Northern Wei Dynasty (the three major towns in the early and middle Northern Wei Dynasty, Liangzhou, Chang'an, and Tongwancheng). The Dou Rong regime at the end of the New Dynasty; the Qianliang, Houliang, Southern Liang, and Northern Liang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty; the Great Liang during the late Sui Dynasty; the late Hun (Murong clan) and the late Wen clan (Lun clan) at the end of the Tang Dynasty , Liugu Tubo (Zhe family); Sogdian Huihe Hor Kingdom; Qi State and Xia Shenzong in the Western Xia Dynasty all established their capitals here. Later centralized dynasties set up counties and mansions in Wuwei to rule the northwest region, the Western Regions and Tibet: during the Western Han Dynasty, it was the governor's mansion of Liangzhou; during the Dou Rong period, it was the general's mansion of the five counties in Hexi; during the New Dynasty, it was Yongzhou The Governor's Office in Liangzhou during the Eastern Han Dynasty; the Governor's Office in Yongliang and the General's Office in Zhengxi during the Cao Wei Dynasty; Liangzhou Town, the first of the three towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the middle of the Northern Wei Dynasty, where the General of Liangzhou Town and the Dazhongzheng of Liangzhou were located ; the Liangzhou Governor's Palace in the Western Wei Dynasty, the Liangzhou Governor's Palace in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Liangzhou Grand Governor's Palace in the Northern Zhou Dynasty; the Liangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Palace and the Hexi Jiedu Palace in the Hexi Dao Special Zone during the Tang and Zhou Dynasties; The location of the Economic Strategy Department; the capital of Western Xia; the Xiliang King (Kuauduan) Mansion during the Yuan Dynasty; the Liangzhou Wei Mansion during the Ming Dynasty; the Zhengyipin Liangzhou General Mansion during the Qing Dynasty; the location of Liangzhou Mansion.

According to historical geography: Wuwei County in the medieval period included all areas on the west bank of the Yellow River today, specifically: Jingtai County of Baiyin City, Pingchuan District of Baiyin City, Jingyuan County of Baiyin City, and Huizhou of Baiyin City. Part of Ning County, Lanzhou New District, Ningxia Zhongwei City, part of Wuzhong City, Gaolan County of Lanzhou City, Yongdeng County of Lanzhou City, the whole of Wuwei City, the whole of Jinchang City, parts of Huzhu County of Qinghai Province, Menyuan County of Qinghai Province, and eastern Qinghai Counties, Alayou Banner of Inner Mongolia, Alazuo Banner of Inner Mongolia, and Wuhai part of Inner Mongolia. Because Wuwei is located to the west of the Yellow River, it is also called the Land of Hexi and the Land of Heyou by many historical records.

Wuwei is the birthplace of Yongliang culture, so Wuwei is also known as the "Capital of Yongliang". Wuwei ranks first among the four counties in Hexi. Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty once praised Wuwei: "Liangzhou is the capital of Hexi, and it is connected with the countries of Xibo and Congyou. The exchanges of merchants and friends are endless." Wuwei Wuwei has a flat terrain and has the largest accumulation plain in Heyou. Since ancient times, it has been the central city that controls the three major plateaus (Mongolian Plateau, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and Loess Plateau) and the Western Regions. During the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou had a "national guard, the strategic center of the world" " title. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was Guzang in the north and Jiankang in the south. Guzang was one of the two major centers in China. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Guzang was one of the two major economic centers of the Northern Wei Dynasty. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Liangzhou was one of the three major economic centers of the Tang Dynasty. "Liangzhou Proverbs (Yongzhou Proverbs)" says: "Every time he is in the Ji Dynasty, the king often loses his temper. God is restless and orders Han to be in Liang." Wuwei County, the capital of the northwest, and Guzangyi, the first prefecture of Yongliang, effectively control the three The central city of the Great Plateau and the Western Regions. If you seize Guzang Liangzhou, you will control the fulcrum of the Silk Road and the center of the northwest. The world is sparse and the people are confused. The powerful families in the world practice military warfare and control each other vertically and horizontally. When they are angry, the princes will be afraid, but when they live in peace, the world will be peaceful.

*Statement: This article is an original article by Murong Dongtang. *If there are any errors or omissions in this article, please criticize and correct them. Murong Dongtang compiles the history of Liangzhou, based on Liangzhou, watching Wuwei, looking at the whole country, and taking an overview of the world, and will provide you with prudent and scientific Liangzhou cultural IP consultation. We hope to sort out the cultural context behind the Tang poem "Liangzhou Ci" through publicity and promotion, and establish an academic system of "Liangzhou Studies" with Wuwei as the core. *A series of articles on "Northwestern Scenic Spots", "Northwestern Tribes", "Five Liang Culture", "Anecdotes", "Northwestern Geography", "Northwestern Food", "Wuwei Malaysia Culture Talking about the Three Kingdoms" and "Northwestern History" are to be continued.