Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

"What I want is long-term peace and stability, and form a routine." In the Penglai Hall, Shao Shude said loudly.

After lunch, everyone continued the meeting.

Now we are starting to clarify the system of Lifan Yuan. Officials from the Beiya Privy Council cannot be present yet, and they will attend the meeting as nonvoting delegates.

Shao Shude made the case clear, and talked about two principled requirements: first, the long-term stability of the grassland; second, the system forms a practice.

In fact, the requirements are very high.

How long is the time requirement for long-term stability?Within ten or 20 years, there should be no rebellion.If it is managed well, we can look forward to it in 50 to 100 years.Even, your operations are so against the sky that you can maintain a hundred years of peace. What about [-] years from now?No one can guarantee.

But then again, reducing the rebellion is also a big achievement.

A rebellion of thousands or even tens of thousands of people is not difficult for the court to deal with.

When Helianduo led [-] prairie cavalry to attack Yunzhou, Li Keyong just let Li Ke use his shit, okay? In fact, Lao Li didn't do any strange tricks, so he brought [-] elite soldiers and went straight to the most arrogant, The most capable steppe cavalry, the army marched with clamor, and the mob dispersed.

Let the Tibetans reduce the number of rebellions and the number of rebellions, and the situation on the grassland will be controllable.

"Your Majesty." Yang Jue, who was already the leader of the Lifan Academy, cleared his throat and said, "The tribes of the grassland cannot be united. It is best to have some conflicts. The conflicts should not be too big, and they are not worth fighting with each other. Instead, the court is required to adjudicate In this way, the prestige of the imperial court will be greatly increased and it will remain invincible."

"What can you do?" Shao Shude asked.

"After I took over the Lifan Academy, I consulted many ancient books and found that the grasslands are only roughly divided and not precise. There are conflicts between the shepherds, and sometimes even lead to fights and vendettas, resulting in deaths and injuries." Yang Jue said: " I think it's better to divide the ranch clearly. This is their lifeblood and the biggest source of conflict. We can't be confused about this. The boundary must be clear, even if a boundary marker is set up. The boundary between them cannot be completely eliminated. There will always be various things. These contradictions do not involve the fundamentals, but after a long time, they always make people feel uncomfortable. This is a good opportunity for the court to come forward."

Shao Shude nodded, and said: "Yang Qing's words are true, continue."

"Your Majesty, I propose to set up officials in the grassland." Yang Jue shocked everyone when he said this.

"How to do this?" Shao Shude asked.

"Your Majesty, in the past, Li Guochang and his son occupied the two towns together. The imperial court immediately summoned troops from the towns of Lulong, Heyang, Hedong, Zhenwu, Tiande, Zhaoyi, and Zhongwu to fight against them. In the end, the culprits were defeated. Guochang and his son were defeated. Going to Tatar. Earlier, Ziqing and Li Shidao invaded neighboring towns, and Wuning, Weibo, Cangjing, Zhongwu and other towns discussed it together. This kind of road can be used on the grassland. Whoever crosses the border will embezzle the neighbors , the imperial court organized a large army to wipe them out, so as to deter other careerists."

Shao Shude nodded again and again.

Yang Jue's words are relatively simple, but the actual operation is actually very complicated.But officials who came out of the era of feudal separatism are very familiar with this.

Tang Ting's goal was not to eliminate the feudal town, and he didn't have that ability at that time.

Their purpose is to maintain the balance between the feudal towns and obtain as much benefit as possible from them-there are many benefits, such as regular tributes, such as the fact that the feudal towns send troops to prevent autumn and winter for the imperial court, and the scholars of the feudal towns come to Chang'an to study and study. Be an official and so on.

Based on this purpose, Tang Ting will not allow one feudal town to annex another feudal town, which can be seen from their many operations.

The rebels were pacified, and all the people who suppressed the rebellion plundered and returned home, and the imperial court would also reward these soldiers from the feudal towns, thanking them for their efforts to pacify the rebels.

And if Ni Fan is beaten, he will be honest for a while.The imperial court took the opportunity to replace it with its own people—whether it can be done or not, it will be replaced first—to completely reorganize the feudal town. Although the bottom-level separatist soil (big soldiers) cannot be removed, it can at least be stable for ten or eight years.

In short, A feudal town rebelled, and Shence Army + B, C, and D feudal towns quelled the rebellion.

When the town of B rebelled, the Shence Army + the towns of A, C, and D put down the rebellion.

C feudal town rebellion...

If they rebel together, things will be a little tricky.But don't worry, it can still be divided and disintegrated.

The feudal rebellion and peace rebellion since the mid-Tang Dynasty are very joyful.

The counter-insurgency army fought and turned into a rebel army.

The rebels fought, and with the "Xu XX Self-Renewal Edict" issued by the imperial court, they became the master of the king again.

On the battlefield, it was clearly a friendly army, but with the spread of rumors, the army separated the camp far away, defending against their own people more than against the enemy, because it is not uncommon to beat friendly troops hard.

Tang Ting had already played this move superbly, until Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi came out and completely reshuffled the cards.

Yang Juan said that when this trick is used on the grassland, the core is not to allow one tribe to annex another tribe.

A tribe has rebelled, never mind!The imperial court sent a number of imperial troops, town troops, and government soldiers to gather several neighboring tribes to flatten it together.

After reconciliation, rewards were given to other tribes who participated in the suppression of the rebellion, and they were asked to withdraw from the battlefield and return to their respective homes.

At this time, the imperial court can even deeply control this tribe that has just been beaten violently, kneading it as it wants.If the transformation is done well, a nail can be buried in the grassland, and they will become thugs of the imperial court, and they will be taken to suppress the rebellion next time.

This kind of example also exists in the separatist regime of feudal towns.

The Yiwu Army (Yiding Town) in Hebei used to be lackeys of the imperial court. He was hated to death by Hebei people and regarded them as traitors.He often hooked up with Hedong Town, which was loyal to the imperial court, and sent black hands to them in Hebei.

Therefore, Yang Jue only needs to briefly talk about his ideas, and the specific operation methods are too fucking familiar!

"Your Majesty, that's what I'm referring to as exiled officials." Yang Jue continued, "The grasslands are vast and the situation is complicated. The battle is short and fierce, and the victory or defeat is immediate. If it drags on for a long time, the rebel tribe may have been defeated by a surprise attack. Several neighbors have annexed a lot of Dingkou, showing the trend of sweeping. Therefore, please divide the grassland into areas, build cities and send officials, and station elite soldiers. If something happens, you can respond immediately."

"Bring the map." Shao Shude ordered.

Everyone's expressions were terrified, knowing that the saint attached great importance to Yang Juan's opinion, and even somewhat agreed with it.

The map will be hung up soon.

Shao Shude walked up to him and watched carefully.

Why Do Many Countries Need Rapid Reaction Forces?Because by the time the lengthy military mobilization, material collection, and troop transfer are completed, things are likely to be out of control. Therefore, a 24-hour standby force with sufficient materials is needed to enter the battlefield as soon as possible and intervene. To gain time.

It was difficult to do this in ancient times, and the army's projection ability and movement speed were not good.If the decision-making is delayed, by the time the army is dispatched, half a year may have passed and the day lily will be cold.

Therefore, the best way is to station an army in the core area of ​​the grassland.The number of people does not need to be large, as long as they are elite enough to reduce material consumption as much as possible, after all, it is inconvenient to supply there.

The main body of the counter-insurgency is still the tribal soldiers of the grasslands, and the elite soldiers stationed by the imperial court are only for supervision—of course, they should be there when they should, otherwise they will be despised.

"Where is the best place to build a city?" After reading it, Shao Shude asked.

In fact, he already had some ideas in his mind, but he still wanted to hear Yang Juan's opinion.

"One, it can control the four directions, it is convenient to travel, and the march is fast." Yang Jue said: "Second, the water and grass are abundant, and it is best to grow some food for a long-term plan. Third, the terrain must be easy to defend and difficult to attack. If If you can’t do the third point, focus on the first and second.”

After all, the grassland is generally very flat. It is a bit difficult to meet the above two points while being easy to defend and difficult to attack, so we must focus on it.

"Yang Qing tried to point it out on the map." Shao Shude said.

"Heichengzi has been built and has His Majesty's palace, so it can be a place." Yang Jue said.

Heichengzi is seventy miles west of Erdenizhao in the later generations. The former Uyghur Yazhang is indeed a very good place, and it is true that food can be grown there, and it has been planted since the 14th year of Jianji.

"In the area of ​​the Altai Mountains, you can find land to build a city."

It is actually necessary to build a city and garrison this place.One can frighten the northern court tribes from the north, so that they feel oppressed psychologically and don't even think about escaping.Second, it can also integrate the local Khazar Uyghur tribe (the part that has not moved westward), and compete with the Miagas for influence.

Moreover, there is a place with rich water and grass in this area, which is called Kebuduo in later generations, and one of the three Mobei cities in Qing Dynasty was located here.

"The Uyghur Ketun City can be rebuilt as a city."

This Ketun City is not the Ketun City at the northern foot of the Yin Mountain, but a city built by the Uyghurs in the Kherlen River Valley.

It has been abandoned, leaving only ruins.

Later generations of Liao people also took a fancy to this place, so they rebuilt Kedun City, thinking that it was the reason for recruiting the Northwest Road, and moved people of all ethnic groups to settle here. In its heyday, [-] soldiers were stationed.

"Take Kedun City as the town state, and the army calls it Jian'an."

"It could have been Duncheng. In the 22nd year of Tonghe, the emperor's concubine set it up. More than [-] cavalry from various tribes were selected to serve as a garrison army, and they were dedicated to defending Shiwei, Yujue and other countries."

The size of this garrison may be exaggerated.Because later generations of the Soviet Union did archaeological research in Mongolia and found that the city was not too big to hold [-] soldiers.However, considering that the Khitan people are nomadic, they can use Ketun City as the core to herd sheep within a certain range, which increases the population base.

There are no [-] soldiers, but there may be [-] young men.

100 years later, the Khitan people already understood that if you want to truly control the grassland, you must build cities and garrison troops.

As it turns out, it works.And where they had no garrisons, there were blockers.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were three garrison cities of Kulun, Uliasutai, and Khobduo on the Mobei grassland, and officials were stationed to manage various affairs.

They went further than Liao, perhaps because of the gap in national strength.

The Khitan people have a big enemy in the south, and all resources should be used first in Youyun Sixteen States. It is not bad to be able to set up a Northwest Road recruiting department on the grassland. The task of the Northwest Road recruiting department is very clear , there is no need for you to participate in other wars, even if Khitan is about to be defeated, you should not come here and guard your own borders.

In fact, when Emperor Tianzuo was defeated, the soldiers from the recruiting department on the Northwest Road really did not come, and they were taken away by Yelu Dashi.

"The places Yang Qing chose are all good." Shao Shude praised after making gestures on the map.

Kebuduo is in the west, Heichengzi is in the middle, and Ketun City is in the east. The distance between them is moderate, almost covering the entire Mobei grassland.

"That's it." Shao Shude finally made a decision, only to hear him say: "Every city can relocate a few Han people to cultivate, and there is no need to garrison too many troops. Three to five thousand people are enough. But it must be elite, Han soldiers On the grasslands, it is the principle of the Han land to be garrisoned by the barbarians, which cannot be changed."

"Every city needs to have officials from Lifan Yuan and Beiya Privy Council to work together to handle various grassland affairs nearby."

"The Lifan Academy appointed a member of the Lifan envoy to take charge of the civil affairs of the various ministries, and Yang Jue took up this post."

"Under Li Fan's envoy, temporarily set up five members of Meilu. Lianyou, Xie Yuanzhu, A Chuo, Zhuang Yue, and Long Sitong are all in charge of Mei Lu. A Chuo, you go to Altai and enlist the young men of all tribes. Find land and build a city."

"Xie Yuanzhu went to Heichengzi and took office directly."

"Long Sitong can go to Kedun City, let's build the city first."

"Qinan, Anxi, and Qinghai tribes don't need to build new cities. Offices can be located in Feng, Rou, Xin, Ting, Shan and other prefectures nearby. I will think about the candidates for the Meilu. Let's handle it first. "

"The minister waits to obey the order." All the officials responded one after another.

Today, in addition to building a city, garrisoning troops, and dispatching officials in Qibei Grassland, which is the farthest and most difficult to control, the structure of the Lifan Academy has also been established.

Of course not all is done.

With senior officials such as Lifan envoys and Meilu, institutions such as the Six Departments of Shangshu will be added below to gradually fill in the functional departments of specific officers, and various officials must be re-selected and appointed.

The sage once stated clearly that Tibetan officials could take up positions in the Han region, and Han officials could also take up positions in the grasslands, so the selection of officials would not be limited to the ministries of the grasslands.

Let's get used to it slowly.

First put up the shelf and start to do things.Only by doing things first can you know how to add or cut departments.In time, the Lifanyuan and the Beiya Privy Council, the civil and military institutions, will gradually become the real power yamen, holding the grassland firmly in their hands.