Great Tang Southern Emperor

With so many sons, no one would have said anything if they had changed to the previous system of establishing the first son and the elder.

But now the imperial court is going to promulgate the decree of Tweeting Grace, so that all sons will have fiefs.

Will those bastards be moved?it's out of the question.

If you refuse the tweet order at this time.

Do you think your bastards will be satisfied?

If you really do this, you are against all your sons except the eldest son.

I'm afraid your son will be the first to attack you before the imperial army comes to attack you, right?

This is the terrible thing about the Tweeting Order. If Zhou Tianzi knew this trick, how could there be the 400-year melee in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?I'm afraid that all the vassal states will honestly surrender under the banner of the Great Zhou Emperor?The luck of the Zhou Dynasty may not last for hundreds of years.

It's just that since the Han Dynasty, the feudal system has been completely banned in the past dynasties, and the Tweeting Order naturally has no use for it. But now that Li Zhen wants to restart the enfeoffment system, then this trick can emit brilliant light again.

In other words, Li Zhen has already decided from the very beginning that the fief is only so small, even if you have a hundred children, your fief will not increase. Even if you divide the fief into a thousand shares internally, the external The land still belongs to the Tang Dynasty, and it will never add an inch to you-from the very beginning, it has restricted the muddled behavior of future generations to divide the land.

"Look at what you said, eighth brother, in my current situation, it's good to be alive, how can I expect anything else? Eighth brother, you can give me a fief, I am already grateful, why would you hate it? "Li Chengqian doesn't know what Li Zhen is thinking at the moment. He is full of bitterness now. As he said, with his current situation, it is good to have a piece of land, so how can he be picky?

"Don't say these words in the future." Li Zhen waved his hand: "Anyway, I have already laid down your fief for you, brother. Just wait... When the time comes, I will naturally fulfill my promise. But here Before, I will ask Father to divide Tianzhu into several administrative regions. At that time, I will recommend you to be the administrative governor of the precept day administrative region, in charge of all military and political power in the administrative region. Once the time comes, you will naturally be able to take over the seal country."

"This couldn't be better, so thank you eighth brother." A trace of gratitude flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes. No matter what Li Zhen's plans were, he was really moved at this moment.

Li Zhen said indifferently: "They are all my brothers. I usually help whenever I can. Don't be too polite, big brother."

Chapter 697 Datang Administrative New Plan

Chapter 60 Datang Administrative New Plan

"By the way, mynah, what is that administrative district? I just heard you say that elder brother is the governor of the administrative district? We don't seem to have such an administrative unit in Tang Dynasty?" Li Ming noticed a problem and asked very curiously.

"It is similar to the administrative unit at the level of Henan Dao and Hebei Dao, but it is different from Dao in that this administrative region has a chief, whose name is the governor-you can just treat him as the Chengfu, but the details are different. It is somewhat different from the Protectorate's Mansion, it is a little more free than the Protectorate's Mansion, the Chief Executive not only controls the military, but can also control politics, people's livelihood and the economy, etc." Li Zhen explained.

Dao is the highest administrative unit in the Tang Dynasty, but in the early Tang Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Dao was just a noun for administrative divisions, and the highest chief executive would not be established in normal times.As for the head of the army, first of all, it is a military position, and it only cares about fighting, not about people's livelihood; secondly, it is a temporary position that will only be established during wartime—Liu Hongji is an exception, and his main purpose at that time was actually to help Li Zhen. The person in charge of the town, responsible for deterring the major forces in the south of the Five Ridges, was later transferred to Nanyang by Li Zhen because of the war.

So in fact, the highest chief executive in Datang is the governor, but Datang has more than 300 states, which is already the management limit of the Tang court. Now Li Zhen has added more than 300 states to Datang (Indochina Peninsula plus There is another Luzon Islands on the South Asian subcontinent, and it is not a problem to divide these places into [-] states), and with the expansion of Datang's conquest, more territories will be incorporated into Datang's rule Inside.

Therefore, if there is only a state-level administrative unit, it is far beyond the governance limit of Datang. Datang must set up a higher-level administrative unit above the state.

Originally Dao was the best choice, but the scope of Dao’s management is too large—even if the Tang Dynasty does not count the lands occupied by Turks and Tubo in recent years, the area is at least several million square kilometers. Such a large place, However, it is only divided into ten regions. A Dao has to manage an average of more than 100 million square kilometers of land, and it is in charge of millions of people.If a chief executive is added to these Taos, how much power does the chief executive of that Tao have?

You must know that this time is not as good as the later generations. The communication conditions of the later generations are well-developed. Where there is a problem in the whole of China, it can be transmitted to the central government in a few minutes at most. It will take at least a few days, let alone other places.

If one of the Dao rebels, I am afraid that the court here has not reacted, and it is not necessarily true that the other side has become independent. How much trouble will it bring to the court?How much harm will the conquest of rebels bring to the people?

What's more, the territory of the Tang Dynasty at this time is much larger than that of China in later generations. According to Li Zhen's estimation, if you add Tubo and Turks, as well as Nanyang and Tianzhu, and Goguryeo, etc., the area that has just been conquered is definitely already large. It is more than 1000 million square kilometers, even compared to the area of ​​the most prosperous period of the Yuan Dynasty, it is much larger. It is estimated that it is close to 2000 million square kilometers. If the entire Tianzhu is taken down, the area of ​​the Tang Dynasty will definitely be large More than 2000 million square kilometers.

But with such a large area, Datang was only divided into ten Dao plus four Protectorate (Anxi Protectorate, Annan Protectorate, Turkic Protectorate and Western Tibet Protectorate, and Andong and Anbei). There are a total of fourteen administrative units, ten of which still do not have the nouns for the geographical division of the highest executive—this division is really unreasonable.

Although the Duhu Mansion is nominally on the same level as Dao, it also has its own chief executive—the Duhu.However, the Protectorate's Mansion is said to be an administrative unit, but it is actually more of a military unit. The biggest role of the Protectorate's Mansion is not to govern the area, but to supervise the nearby countries to protect the trade routes. Once there is any change in the surrounding area, they will be strangled immediately.

For example, the most famous Anxi Protectorate, the main role is to monitor the 36 countries in the Western Regions while guarding the Silk Road, and at most it has a peacekeeping role to mediate conflicts in surrounding countries.

Of course, the Dufu Mansion also has a hidden function that no one knows about, that is, assimilation. While ruling the people in these places, it is also silently exporting the Tang culture, and invisibly imparting the national ideology near the Duhufu Mansion. Assimilation, when the time comes, these places will be swallowed up directly, and the Dufu Mansion will be revoked at that time, and Dao jurisdiction will be set up again-- so far, this assimilation has been done quite well, and it is hard to say in the Western Regions , but the people of Turkic and Western Tibet have already regarded themselves as Tang people, and the culture of Datang has completely penetrated into the cultures of the two places. I believe that after a period of time, Datang's plan will be fully realized.

As for the Annan Protectorate's Mansion... Well, this has been revoked. When Li Zhen destroyed Linyi, the Protectorate's Mansion had already existed in name only. Later, Nanyang was completely brought down, and the court simply banned the Protectorate of Nanyang. The government was ruled in Nanyang.

But in any case, the Protectorate is a unit that is more inclined towards military organizations, its main function is to deter. As for governing the people, it has to be civil servants...

Therefore, now Datang urgently needs to set up another level of administrative units above the state. This administrative unit must either be abolished, or it should be subdivided to increase to [-], and then set up for it. It was Li Zhen's careful calculation. With the current ruling ability of the Tang Dynasty, there must be fifty administrative units at the Dao level in the Tang Dynasty to rule the world (this includes the territories of the Turks and Nanyang). If the territorial area increases again, it is necessary to set up another higher-level administrative unit on top of the Tao.

As for the external colonies, in order to distinguish them from the mainland, Li Zhen intends to set up an administrative unit at the same level as the Tao—the name is called the administrative district, and the chief is called the governor.

To be honest, the administrative district is somewhat similar to the combination of Duhufu and Dao, even more powerful than the combination of these two:

First, the governor has military power and can command garrisons and local troops;

Second, the Governor has ruling power and can manage the administrative affairs of the colony;

Third, the governor has diplomatic power and is responsible for the colony's foreign exchanges;

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With one hand grasping the military and political laws, the power can be said to be very great. He can be called the local emperor of the colonies. In the whole world, except for the Tang court, no one can dictate his rule.

It is very similar to the British and Spanish governors of later generations - well, in fact, this is Li Zhen's formulation based on the colonial management experience of these two countries.

Chapter 698 Rebellion?nonexistent.

Chapter 61 Rebellion?nonexistent.

"It turns out that's the case. The mynah really thinks far enough, I admire it." Li Ming admired.

"That's right, the eighth brother (mynah) has such a long-term vision. It really deserves its reputation when I saw it today. No wonder my father was so impressed."

After receiving Li Zhen's explanation, everyone finally understood why Li Zhen was able to stand out among all the brothers and successfully entered Li Shimin's eyes. Apart from other things, this gaze alone was beyond the reach of others—— Take one step to see three steps, Li Zhen takes one step to see ten steps, the gap is really too big.

It's no wonder that Li Zhen can play the family like this. The family is now in a tactical contest with the imperial court, but Li Zhen is confronting the family with a strategic vision. It's no wonder that the family is undefeated.

"But starling, if you do this, aren't you afraid that the governors will rebel?" Li Zhi asked suddenly. This question is probably a doubt in everyone's mind. Now that Li Zhi asked, everyone immediately looked at Li Zhen. Want to see how he explains it.

"Of course I'm afraid, but don't you want to conquer the world if you're afraid?" Li Zhen smiled faintly: "If there is a problem, let's find a way to solve it, but it's unnecessary to waste food because of choking. Besides, it's not impossible to solve it— —In the face of absolute power, everything is imaginary, just like the relationship between the aristocratic family and the imperial court now."

I have to say that Li Zhi still has vision, and his worries are likely to become a reality. These colonies are far away from the emperor, and the king cannot directly control these areas. According to the experience of Chinese history, the emperor is most worried about the princes on the frontier. Are you not afraid of the rebellion of those colonial governors?

It was impossible to say that she wasn't worried, but it wasn't necessarily true that Li Zhen was worried.

Don't forget that whether it is Spain or the United Kingdom in later generations, the colonial governors they set up outside seem to have never rebelled, and there is naturally a reason for this.

Take Spain's American colonies, for example.

At that time, the productivity of the Americas was backward, and many governors had become upstarts in the past few years. Their glory was still in Spain. Many people still hoped to be crowned princes and ministers after returning to China. Being kings of a group of indigenous people in the New World was like being a king in a mountain den. Like the emperor, interesting?

The main reason was economics. At that time, the Americas were not developed enough, and the governor could be changed at any time. As long as the imperial court issued a decree, you would have to resign. How could you have time to manage your own power?

What's more, even if you occupied Mexico at that time and wanted to establish yourself as king, would your expedition team be willing to settle down in a wild land like you?Everyone is there to rob money, and if you rob it, you have to go back and spend it. Who wants to take it to that place where the birds don’t shit in the New World?

Finally, don't forget, what is Spain's confidence in dominating the world?It's their Armada.You want to be independent, no problem, but you have to think about what you will face next-if you want to bow to the head of the Armada and stand on your own, that is a dead end.

The situation in Datang is also the same now, especially the last point. Although Datang does not have an invincible fleet yet, with the efforts of major shipyards, these are things that will happen sooner or later. Even with the increasingly advanced artillery technology, Datang The firepower of the battleship has already surpassed that of the Armada. Even in the face of the future Armada, it is easy to defeat three with one, and it is not impossible to defeat ten with one.

With this fleet and powerful artillery, the Tang Empire is not afraid of any enemy's provocation.No matter whether the enemy came from outside or inside Datang, under the fire of the invincible battleship, the result was the same - torn to pieces by the powerful artillery of Datang.

In the end, Li Zhen concluded: "So, in fact, this worry does not exist. As long as the governor we send is a smart person, he will never rebel. If the governor we send is an idiot, then there is no need to worry. An idiot will rebel. How capable do you think he is? How much resistance can he have in the face of the Great Tang's siege?"

"It turns out that the eighth brother has already planned everything. I admire my brother." Li Chengqian looked at Li Zhen with complicated eyes. Threatening himself, he still felt very uncomfortable.