A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 716

"I asked Hou Junji to serve as the governor of Nanfuzhou,"

In the corridor of the palace, Li Shimin looked at the plum trees outside the court, his voice was a little cold,
Wu Huaiyu knew that the emperor was a little dissatisfied with him, and felt that he mentioned Lingnan to pursue Hou Junji and kill him.

The emperor's idea was not wrong, but Wu Huaiyu was not just seeking personal revenge.

Keeping Hou Junji in Guangzhou, Wu Huaiyi may not be able to suppress this guy, which will of course have a great impact on Wu Huaiyi's career, but Wu Huaiyu is also the prime minister, and he must take into account both public and private matters.

"Lingnan is about to be moved. Hou Junji sent me a memorial, saying that it is not only a barbaric land, but also a land of foreigners. Officials are selected from the south without going through the central government, and the population is not registered in the household register. Except for a few places in Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, the vast majority Even though there are prefectures and counties in the local area, there are no taxes.”

Li Shimin was very dissatisfied when he said this.

In the past, the imperial court was unable to take care of it, but now it is impossible for Lingnan to continue to be like this, especially when people like Feng Ang and others have established military bases in various places, and they are simply like local emperors. Li Shimin absolutely cannot accept it.

Hou Junji is not Feng Li. He wants to cause chaos in Lingnan, especially if these powerful chiefs fight, so that the court can have a chance to intervene and change the status quo.

From some perspectives, Hou Junji was right. He was a pioneer who was eager to meet the court's needs.

"Your Majesty, Lingnan is indeed going to move, but it must not be like Hou Junji's method. According to Hou Junji's plan, he will first provoke a war between Luo Dou Zhuxi Tongman and Chen Longshu, and then Chen Longshu will pull Li Guangdu and others to encircle and suppress them. The sword is pointed at Feng Ang,"

Li Shimin said, "Feng Angruo is ignorant of current affairs."

Huaiyu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Feng An's power is indeed too great now and must be dealt with. But instead of directly attacking him and forcing him up, this will only force Feng An to rebel and cause chaos throughout Lingnan."

He suggested to the emperor that although Feng An was the largest tycoon in Lingnan, he had been more submissive to the imperial court in recent years. During the previous rebellion by Ning Chang Zhen, Ning Yue, Feng Xuan and others, Feng Ang also actively responded to the imperial edict to fight against the rebellion.

Now that he is willing to take the initiative to come to Chang'an, it means that he is still respectful to the court.

"The imperial court may allow Feng An to come to the DPRK, and then he will be promoted to an official position and will stay in the DPRK temporarily. If Feng An does not return to Lingnan, Lingnan will definitely not be able to fight for a while."

At the very least, if the Feng family still obeys the imperial court, no matter how chaotic Lingnan is, it won't cause any chaos.

Wu Huaiyu supports weakening the Feng family's strength, but it can be reduced diagonally.

Today's Lingnan is generally a semi-independent kingdom. In the fourth year of Wude, Li Jing went south to recruit various Taoists. By July of the following year, the various powers in Lingnan, large and small, surrendered one after another.

However, Lingnan is far away from the Central Plains. In addition, the Nanling Mountains block it, and the internal natural and cultural environment is also complicated. Therefore, during the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty, various forces took the opportunity to separate themselves and formed various vassals.

During the Wude Dynasty, it can be said that Lingnan was still ruled by Jisi.

The original forces of all parties basically continued, and most of them were awarded senior official positions such as general manager and governor. For example, Li Xizhi was the general manager of Guizhou, Qiu He was the general manager of Jiaozhou, Li Jun was the general manager of Nandzhou, Li Guangdu was the general manager of Nanyinzhou, and Chen Zhilue was the general manager of Nankang. The governor of the state, Yang Shilue, the governor of Xunzhou, Ning Changzhen, the governor of Qinzhou, Feng Ang, the governor of Gaozhou, Feng Shihui, the governor of Gangzhou, Deng Wenjin, the governor of Donghengzhou, Ning Daoming, the governor of Nanyue Prefecture, etc.

For this reason, in the early Tang Dynasty, nine major governor's offices were established in Lingnan, Guangfu, Xunfu, Nankang, Gaofu, Guifu, Nanyinfu, Qinfu, Jiaofu, and Nandefu, respectively corresponding to the eight major powers and the imperial court. Control Guangzhou, the first strategic city in Lingnan.During the Zhenguan period, Lingnan experienced several rebellions, such as Ning Chang, Zhen Ning, Daoming, Feng Xuan, etc. died successively. After taking control of Guangzhou, the imperial court also strengthened its control over the two important towns of Guizhou and Jiaozhou.
In the second year of Zhenguan, the imperial court abolished the Qinzhou Governor's Office. It was also because the Ning family's power was greatly affected. The court took advantage of the situation to abolish the Qin government, weakened the Ning family, and canceled the Ning family's governor's power.

However, in the same year, the imperial court built a new Yazhou Governor's Palace on Hainan Island. In order to appease the Xian family, the leader of the Li people, the Feng and Xian families jointly reclaimed Hainan Island and started a war with the Li people on the island. The momentum was so strong that the court took advantage of the situation and gave Xian the He was appointed governor of Yazhou.

In fact, from the geographical point of view of Lingnan, there are three major regions at this time, namely Guangfu, Guifu and Jiaofu, which are basically equivalent to Guangdong, Guangxi and Vietnam.
The imperial court controlled an important core area in each of these three areas, namely Guangzhou, Guizhou and Jiaozhou. Li Xizhi and Qiu He were originally officials in the Central Plains at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Although they were separated for a while, they all surrendered to the imperial court. He was also very respectful and returned to the court with an edict.
However, after Li Xinzhi returned to the court, due to the complicated situation in Guizhou, the court finally asked Li Xinzhi to come back as the governor. After Qiu He returned to the court, the court finally chose his eldest son Qiu Xingze to come back as the governor.
Nowadays, under these three governor's mansions, the remaining six governor's mansions are under the jurisdiction of the three governor's mansions. Therefore, the Guangjiao Guisan mansion is also called the Tongfu, and the latter is referred to as the mansion.

Between Guangfu and Guifu, there is the Yunkai Mountain that runs diagonally from north to south, running from east to west, stretching for four to five hundred miles, with its remaining veins reaching Beibu Gulf in the south.

There is no land connection between Guifu and Jiaofu.

At that time, Ning Changzhen of Qinzhou led his troops across the sea to attack Qiuhe of Jiaozhou, but was defeated by Qiu He and Gao Shilian. Until the fourth year of Zhenguan, the land passage between Qinzhou and Jiaozhou had not been opened, and they had always taken the sea route.

Wu Huaiyu talked with Li Shimin for a long time.

Li Shimin was very determined to attack Lingnan. Although the imperial court's control over Guangzhou, Jiaozhou and Guizhou has become stronger and stronger in recent years, Lingnan is still a semi-independent kingdom, large and small, and even powerful chiefs like Feng An now have dozens of troops. Ten thousand,
How can Li Shimin feel at ease?

Hou Junji wanted to cause trouble, and Li Shimin was willing to do so. Only when the water became muddy did the court intervene.
They even went straight to Feng Ang to capture the thieves first, capture the king, and kill the largest chieftain first.

The so-called Xitong barbarians in Nanfuzhou are just an introduction.

But Wu Huaiyu was opposed to attacking Feng Ang first. He still believed that the small forces should be eliminated first, and he could even use Feng Xianning and Chen's family to
In fact, the Raccoon Rebellion chaos in Lingnan has been going on, and there will even be a major chaos in a few years. But looking at the root cause, these so-called Raccoon Rebellion, in addition to most of the confrontation between the local indigenous people and the Han wealthy families who went south, are more. The most important thing is the struggle between the powerful chiefs.

For example, around Luo Dou Cave, the three wealthy families of Feng Ning and Chen fought frequently, and there were also some barbarians from Xitong such as Tan Dian.

In essence, they are competing for territory and population.

“I suggest that the Governor’s Office of Nankang Prefecture be abolished and Rongzhou be upgraded to the Governor’s Office to ensure the safety of the Rongjiang River Channel. Rongzhou should be the key point of the Rongjiang River Road and guard the most important and convenient land transportation artery connecting the north and south of Lingnan, which can lead to the river and the sea. "

Nankang Prefecture was established because of Chen Zhilue. Chen Zhilue, like Chen Longshu, belonged to the Chen family in Longzhou. Now that Chen Zhilue has passed away, the imperial court can take the opportunity to remove the governor's mansion.

"I recommend Chen Longshu to be the governor of Rongzhou."

Wu Huaiyu also suggested that Yongzhou be promoted to the governor's office. Yongzhou was close to the confluence of the Left and Right Rivers and was an important town in the Yongjiang River Basin. At this time, western Guangxi was still very wild. It was not only the development frontier, but also the gateway for barbarians to move south and east.

"I recommend Hou Junji to be the governor of Yongzhou."

Huaiyu suggested that the Rong and Yong Prefectures should be on the same level as the Central Governor's Prefecture of Guangjiao and Guisan Prefectures.The remaining five mansions are the lower governor's mansion.

Each of the five middle governor's offices has one lower governor's office, which means Lingnan is divided into five major regions, with one main and one center in each region.

(End of this chapter)