A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1037 Then play music and then dance

Tai Chi Palace, Wude Palace.

After half a year, Wu Huaiyu saw Tian Khan again. The emperor was sitting in the palace. As soon as he crossed the palace gate, the emperor heard the roll call of the chamberlain and cast his gaze over.

The emperor's eyes were like lightning,

When he returned to Beijing last year, the emperor was so sick that he did not dare to see anyone. But now he is full of energy, his face is rosy, and his whole person is in high spirits. The confident emperor is back again.

"minister···"

As soon as Wu Huaiyu opened his mouth on the palace steps, the emperor burst into laughter and waved to him, "I have long given you the honor of not being praised or worshiped when you enter the court. Come forward quickly."

"We haven't seen each other for only half a year. It feels like I have been separated from you for several years."

In the palace,

Many eyes came at him.

"Mr. Wu, you are late. You will have to drink a glass of wine as a penalty later." Zuo Pushe said with a smile.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at him with a smile in his eyes.

However, Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling stood up directly with a smile and gave up his position to Wu Huaiyu, without looking unhappy at all.

Wu Huaiyu looked at Zuo Pushe, who had gray hair and a somewhat fat face, and looked at the little old man who smiled as if he was harmless, but he did not dare to look down upon him in the slightest.

"But what makes me most happy is you Qingyang. If it weren't for your strategy to defeat the enemy last year, we wouldn't have defeated Tubo and conquered Xishan, Heyuan, Hequ and other places."

"Keep playing music, keep dancing!"

That old Heizi almost blew out an eye of the Jiangxia County Prince.

Not all the prime ministers came.

He inserted himself forcefully between the two of them.

These two people have always been trusted by the emperor, they can be called confidants, and they have also worshiped the prime minister.

Du Ruhui was once comparable to Fang Xuanling, but Du Ruhui died too early.

It can be said that Wu Huaiyu is now the leader of the three princes, second only to the eldest son Wuji, and naturally has a higher rank than Fang Xuanling, the prince's junior master, but Fang Xuanling is recognized as the leader of hundreds of officials.

Wu Huaiyu and Fang Xuanling were polite and gave in a few times, and finally took his original seat.

The Zhenguan Dynasty has always maintained its position. How could Fang Xuanling be so simple?
Fang Xuanling had too many people inside and outside the civil and military dynasties.

"Give the Duke of Jin a seat." Li Shimin said with a smile, pointing to the seat next to his uncle and Fang Xuanling.
It was even specially arranged to be after Uncle Guo and before Fang Qiao.

"Qingyang, your Sanlang gave me some Luzon tribute before. They were quite novel, especially the little buffalo. It turned out to be a small buffalo. An adult buffalo is just like a calf. Yes, and the little black pig, although it’s not big, the meat is pretty good.”

Li Ji was still just a Jin Ziguanglu doctor, while Qin Qiong and Li Jing had already retired from their positions as prime ministers.

Yang Shidao, the servant, and Wei Zheng, who knew how to save trouble for his subordinates,
Then there are the triumphant generals Fan Xing, Niu Jinda, Liu Lancheng, Li Junxian, Zhi loses thoughts, and Qibi Heli.

but,

Hou Junji was the Minister of Military Affairs, the Governor of Liangzhou, and the Protector of Tuyuhun and Dangxiang. Zhang Liang is now the Chief of the Governor's Office of Xiangzhou.

Wu Huaiyu sat down.
I have just looked around the palace of the monarchs and ministers, and I have a rough idea in my mind. Today's palace banquet is small in scale, and it is not considered a formal celebration banquet for defeating Tubo.

Then there is Sun Wuji, the eldest uncle of Situ Zhao Guogong. Sitting with the uncle are Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Zuo Pushe, Prince Shaoshi, and Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling.

Wu Huaiyu also bowed to the prime minister three times.

In the Zhenguan Dynasty, the only ones who could hold down the uncle and nephew Changsun Guojiu and Gao Shilian were the only ones. But only Liang Guogong, and even Wei Zheng, who was usually invincible, could rarely please the Prime Minister. .

Eyes fell on Wu Huaiyu one after another.
Everyone looked at the Duke of Jin, who was a little tanned but still so young, with different expressions.

However, the emperor was able to firmly control the political affairs hall. Moreover, the emperor frequently changed prime ministers, but Fang Xuanling could always remain in the central position.

Li Shimin was in a particularly good mood today and clapped his hands.
So the musicians and kabuki dancers from the workshop performed again.

The emperor said with a smile,

Hou Junji and Zhang Liang did not appear at today's palace banquet. This was somewhat beyond Wu Huaiyu's expectation. He knew that these two people were also in Chang'an at this time.

Xiao Yuna was the prime minister of military virtue. During the Zhenguan Dynasty, he worshiped four times and three times.

Wu Huaiyu knew that Shi Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, actually came to Beijing for the meeting, and he was not invited today.

Li Jing and Qin Qiong, two retired military leaders, are here. One of them is a military god and the other a doorkeeper. They both served as prime ministers.

The literati are relatively well-established.
If it were Yuchi Laohei who was in the palace, and Wu Huaiyu dared to take his position, he would definitely raise his fist as big as a sandbag and use force.

At most, it can be regarded as a welcome relief for Fan Xing and other generals. The emperor called the prince, three princes and several prime ministers.

"Prime Minister, I will punish myself with three cups of wine." Huaiyu smiled and crossed his hands.

The emperor also saw his teacher, Duke of Wei Li Jing, and his foster father Qin Qiong, Duke of Qi. Unexpectedly, these two big men also came.

Then the queen's uncle, the prime minister's right servant, shot Gao Shilian, who made a generous move, Zhongshu ordered the Yan Kingdom's male horse Zhou,
The emperor's father-in-law, Te Jin, and Xiao Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, participated in the government affairs.

"Your Saburo is interested."

Many people seemed to have subconsciously ignored Fang Xuanling. They felt that this person only followed the emperor's orders and seemed to have no opinions of his own. He just firmly carried out the emperor's intentions. But Wu Huaiyu knew very well that although Li Shimin was a holy king,
But Li Shimin likes to be very micro-managed when it comes to employing people. His team of prime ministers in the political hall is extremely unstable. Those prime ministers are moved around by him, coming in and out.
When it comes to the frequency of changing prime ministers, it is comparable to that of Chongzhen.

Among the prime ministers, Li Daliang, the imperial censor, and Wang Gui, the minister of rites, did not come.

In the early days of Wude, after the defeat of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong in the Tang Dynasty, when Fan Xing, Qin Qiong, and Cheng Yaojin were granted the title of Duke of the State for their merit, Li Jina was much more glorious than them. He directly wore golden armor and rode a military chariot with Li Shimin into Chang'an City to offer prisoners. From the Imperial Ancestral Temple,
Ten years have passed,

"Although the battle was fought by Fan Xing and others, your decision-making skills were not bad at all."

Li Shimin was holding a glass of wine, stroking his beautifully groomed beard and sighing with high spirits. This battle not only crushed the ambition of young Tubo Zampu, but
It also completely defeated Tuyuhun's resistance.

At the same time, the Qiang from the Eight Kingdoms of Xishan were also awakened and completely frightened. Only then did the Qiang chiefs rush to Chang'an to pay tribute. Not only did they come in person, they also brought their children and daughters. Brought tribute.

In the past, they only attached themselves superficially,
When the Tubo people came, they sat on the wall and watched.
But now, they were completely overawed, and each one came to Chang'an more actively than the other, fearing that if they were a little slow, the armored soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would crush their tribe. They saw with their own eyes how the Tubo people, who had gathered 200,000 people, could not even knock down Gansong Ridge, the gate of the Tang Dynasty. Then the Tang Dynasty counterattacked, and the 50,000 infantry cavalry defeated the 200,000 Tibetan allied troops and chased them for thousands of miles.

Even the Rudong Women's Kingdom could only win more than 10,000 soldiers. How could they dare to fight against the Tang Dynasty?

It can be said that although the scale of this battle is not ranked among the wars since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, its significance is extraordinary.
This battle can be said to have completely established the pattern of Western Sichuan for the next hundred years.

The beauties in the temple sing and dance very well,
The musicians' performance was also very beautiful.

Wu Huaiyu didn't have much thought to appreciate it. He was relaxed on the surface, but in fact he was tense in his heart. He had a feeling that this trip back to Chang'an might not be so simple and relaxing.

Today's palace banquet might be unusual, so he was very wary.

The emperor praised him for his merit in making the decision, but Wu Huaiyu quickly declined, saying that it was the emperor and Duke Wei who made the decision in the first place, and he only participated in it and made a few suggestions.

He refuses credit like this,
The emperor just laughed.

"Qingyang, you came late. Just now we were talking about the incident in western Sichuan. After this battle, the Tubo retreated, the Tuyuhun basically surrendered, and the Qiang invaded one after another.
All the ministers have their own suggestions on how the court should clean up the aftermath. I would like to hear your opinions. "

Wu Huaiyu came late, so he really didn't know everyone's opinions.

But given the current good situation, Datang still has a lot of room for maneuver.

If you are conservative, you will naturally maintain the national borders. If you are more proactive, you can set up governors and prefectures for all the Qiang and integrate them into the Tang Dynasty system. Even though they are supervised, they can still be supervised to a certain extent.

Of course, if we are more bold and radical,
In fact, we can go one step further, such as setting up a Protectorate in the Qiang region, or even building forts and stationing troops in some strategic places in the Qiang region, or even setting up immigrants to farm, or even set up some small Zhengzhou counties.

Datang directly took this opportunity to insert some nails into the Qiang land.

This means that you can advance, attack, retreat or defend.

It can not only serve as a bridgehead to prevent Tubo from invading again in the future, but also serve as a nail to monitor and control the Qiang.

"Your Majesty, the best defense is to attack. I suggest that two new governorates can be established in northwest Sichuan and southwest Sichuan to govern the Qiang tribes. It is best to be able to go out of the Qiang land and choose dangerous places where transportation must pass. Build cities, erect forts, garrison troops and garrison..."

After Wu Huaiyu finished speaking,
The palace was very quiet.

Many surprised eyes looked at him,

Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised, these were nothing special.

It was Prince Chengqian who gave him a high-five and praised him first.
"This is exactly what the so-called heroes think alike. Just now, Duke Wei proposed active defense, and then His Majesty proposed the establishment of five military cities in western Sichuan, as well as some defensive forts.
But now the teacher has proposed to set up two protective mansions in the south, north and south of Sichuan to station troops in the Qiang land. What a coincidence. "

As soon as Cheng Qian said these words, Wu Huaiyu finally understood why everyone looked at him like that.

Sure enough, those who don't plan for the overall situation can't think of a corner. Li Shimin and Li Jingna are both top military strategists. If Wu Huaiyu can see it, they can also see it.

Li Shimin laughed loudly,
Obviously he was very satisfied that Wu Huaiyu could go with him.
At the moment, he asked Fan Xing, a fierce general who had just won a great victory in Western Sichuan, to introduce the current situation in Western Sichuan to everyone.

Fan Xing also came prepared.

Generally speaking, there are two main forces in western Sichuan, one is the Xishan Eight Kingdoms, and the other is the Eight Parties of the Party.

However, although the Eight Kingdoms of Xishan are generally mentioned together, they actually belong to two major regional Qiang forces internally. Xishan is one and the Eight Kingdoms are one;

Xishan is located in the triangle area of ​​today's Heishui River, Zagunao River and Minjiang River. It is part of today's Maoxian County, Heishui County, Li County and Wenchuan County. The Tang Dynasty successively established Yizhou, Jingzhou, Zhezhou, Xizhou, Dangzhou, Maozhou, Weizhou and Fengzhou are eight states. These eight states belong to Zhengzhou, but the situation where Han and Qiang people are mixed is complicated.

The Eight Kingdoms are located in the current Jinchuan River, Xiaojinchuan River, Fubian River and Suomo River basins. They are Ge Neighboring Country, Baigou Country, Buzu Country, Nanshui Country, Ruoshui Country, Xidong Country, Qingyuan Country, Dudu Country. The hegemony is formed.

Xishan is adjacent to the Eight Kingdoms, with Xishan in the north and Eight Kingdoms in the south.

As for the Eight Parties of Dangxiang, they are located further north, basically in the meander of the river, while Bailanqiang is located further west at the source of the river.

"I suggest that you build many buildings to divide your power,"

"Since there are four major groups of Qiang, the imperial court can set up four separate guardianships to rule and monitor them."

"The Eight Kingdoms Qiang can build a Protectorate of Jinchuan, the Xishan Qiang can build a Protectorate of Baoning, the Dangxiang Qiang can build a Protectorate of Hequ, and the Bailan Qiang can build a Protectorate of Heyuan."

"Under the four major governor's offices, the various Qiang tribes were divided into governor's offices and prefectures. Large tribes had governor's offices, and ordinary tribes had prefectures. Each of its leaders was given the title of governor, governor, etc."

For example, the Eight Kingdoms of Qiang can directly set up eight governor's offices. Among them, the Middle East Women's Kingdom has more than 80 large and small cities, so it can set up dozens of states and counties, with prefectures for big cities and counties for small cities.

For the Tang Dynasty, it did not cost much to set up more governors' offices, prefectures, and counties, and to appoint some governors, governors, and county magistrates. At most, it would cost nothing more than engraving some seals, issuing some orders, and then conferring some officials. According to convention, in addition to official seals, official uniforms, official seals, etc. also need to be purchased by officials.

Don't even expect salary or anything like that. You are responsible for it yourself. On the contrary, these canonized governors, governors, governors, county magistrates and barbarians are not allowed to pay tribute to the court as a token of gratitude?
Another example is the Eight Tribes of the Dangxiang Qiang. In the early days of Wude, the Dangxiang Tribes surrendered and established the four Jisi Prefectures. Later, the Fine Feng Tribe and others joined and established sixteen more prefectures.

Now that even the Tuoba tribe has joined, we can set up more points.

The Xifeng tribe set up sixteen states, and the Tuoba tribe set up thirty-two states for him.

The establishment of many prefectures and prefectures is actually not a good thing for the tribes, because it often means that power is dispersed and even out of control.

For the eight tribes of the party, it is entirely possible to set up eight governor's offices, and then for large tribes, there will be twenty or thirty states, for smaller tribes, there will be more than a dozen states, and the eight tribes will add up to more than a hundred states.

The leaders of various tribes, big and small, are all governors.

The Hequ Protectorate established by the imperial court also had the power to oversee various prefectures and could even directly communicate with the governors of each state.

The four major protective mansions,
In addition, the imperial court directly established the Qinghai Governor's Office in the old land of Tuyuhun and returned the land to Qiang. As a result, the situation in the Qiang land in western Sichuan changed, and the Tang Dynasty took the initiative.

Of course, since the four major protective palaces in western Sichuan have been established, they must garrison troops and build forts. It is not excessive to build two or three military and defensive cities for one military governor's palace. Ten or twenty cities must be built. Isn't it too much to garrison a fortress, and isn't it too much to have 18,000 people?

It wouldn't be too much to even recruit some tribal soldiers to serve and assist in city defense and patrolling, right?

Wu Huaiyu’s package plan throws out,

The emperor's eyes lit up.

The Eight Departments of Dangxiang expanded to a hundred prefectures, and the Eight Kingdoms of Xishan also added one or two hundred prefectures. Then the Four Protectorate Prefectures could at least build twenty or thirty Jisi Dudufu, three hundred and sixty Jisi Prefectures, and the imperial court built ten eight-year-old prefectures in the Qiang region. If you build a military city and fortress, wouldn’t it mean that you can open up thousands of miles of territory?
"Your Majesty, I object. The Duke of Jin is going militarily and is trying to provoke a larger-scale border war. Moreover, this plan will cost a lot of food and how many soldiers will need to be mobilized. This is absolutely not feasible!"

Wei Zheng stood up and objected loudly, interrupting the emperor's thoughts.

(End of this chapter)