A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 686 New System
Jiutianchang opens the palace, and all nations pay homage to Mianqi.

Tributes from all nations made the Tang Dynasty more and more powerful. But this does not mean that Datang can sit back and relax.

On the third day after Fan Guo paid tribute, Wang Xuanjing wrote in person: "Although DTZ is destroyed, your Majesty must not slack off. Although the title of Tian Khan is good, if you can't work hard to govern, no matter how good the title is, it will fall!"

At this time, only Wang Xuanjing dared to pour cold water on Li Shimin.

After receiving the title of Tian Khan, Li Shimin was indeed in a very good mood these days, and naturally a sense of pride and slackness arose in his heart. After hearing Wang Xuanjing's advice, he immediately woke up.

Looking back on the past few days, Li Shimin found that he was indeed arrogant.

"The prince's advice was timely. I really forgot about it." Li Shimin said to Wang Xuanjing.

"Your Majesty, it's good that you understand!" Wang Xuanjing said with a smile: "Think back, during the time of Emperor Sui Yang, there were 78 million registered households in the world. Now, even if the Tang Dynasty is recuperating, it only has 35 million people, which is less than half. "

"Yes, the current strength of the Tang Dynasty is not half of what it was when the Sui Dynasty was strong. Emperor Sui Yang's huge family fortune has been ruined!" Li Shimin sighed: "Because of this, I must work hard to make the country more prosperous." The Tang Dynasty became the dynasty that preceded the Sui Dynasty!”

"Your Majesty, if you have such an ambition, I will definitely work hard to assist Your Majesty!" Wang Xuanjing said.

This was unanimously recognized by the court.

In addition to these, the imperial court planned to establish a protective system on the grassland and station troops on the grassland.

The Tang Dynasty was not afraid of wars, but it also liked to fight for years and wars that were completely unnecessary.

Although the Tang Dynasty in this era was powerful, its war history was not as good as that of the Sui Dynasty. After all, the population base was there.

Li Shimin picked up his mood and began to continue to promote various policies of the Tang Dynasty.

Without the Western Turks on the grassland, the first ones to become stronger must be Xue Yantuo and Huihe. These two have the largest legacy after the demise of DTZ.

At the same time, it also began to carry out diplomacy with foreign countries such as the Western Regions and the grasslands.

Because of the characteristics of the grassland, it is difficult for the Central Plains dynasty to completely control the grassland. After all, the people of the grassland live in pursuit of water and grass. The climate and environment are different from those in the Central Plains. Farming is not allowed here, but cattle and sheep can only be raised. And the imperial court could not move people to live in the grasslands.

Although DTZ died on the grassland, there were other tribes on the grassland, and even the demise of DTZ made these tribes begin to grow.

Therefore, the Central Plains dynasty can only use diplomacy, trade and other means to check and balance the grassland, and the next DTZ cannot appear in the grassland.

Not only does this cost a lot of money, but the effect is not good, it will also cause people to flee.

The imperial court needed to implement appropriate policies to ensure the interests of the Tang Dynasty on the grasslands.

They absorbed a large number of people, and many Western Turkic tribes were annexed by them.

If there are no restrictions, I am afraid that in a few years, Xue Yantuo and Uihe will become as powerful as DTZ in the past.

This was unacceptable to the Central Plains court. No one really thinks that by giving you the title of Heavenly Khan, they will obey the imperial court's arrangements in everything.

Let alone think that if DTZ is defeated, others will take the initiative to pay taxes and let the court send officials to manage it. Everyone in the court knew very well that this was impossible. The imperial court was unable to govern countries thousands of miles away. Not to mention Wanli, even in the Central Plains, what are those noble families doing?
Before communication technology and transportation technology undergo qualitative changes, the territory that the empire can manage is very limited.

The imperial court now does not have the ability to send a hundred thousand troops thousands of miles away. So other ways must be used. Use a combination of politics, economics, and force to control these countries.

After discussion, Wang Xuanjing, Li Shimin, and other court officials decided to support Tuli Khan and let him inherit DTZ's heritage, pasture, and population.

Of course, many of these places will be controlled by the imperial court. For example, the Yinshan area in Hetao will return to the hands of Datang.

The imperial court would set up a Duhufu on the grassland and station five thousand soldiers in the Duhufu. At the same time, the pastures around the Duhu Mansion were placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Duhu Mansion, and some herders in the DTZ were handed over to the jurisdiction of the Duhu Mansion.

These grassland tribes would live here and pay cattle and sheep taxes to the Protectorate.

At the same time, tea, salt, sugar, porcelain, cloth, iron pots and other supplies can be obtained. The imperial court will send officials to take charge. Part of the tax revenue will be used as military pay for the Duhufu, and part will be sent to Chang'an.

Of course, the taxes paid on the grassland are basically cattle and sheep. If these cattle and sheep are sold on the grassland, the price will naturally be very low, but if they are transported to the Central Plains, the price will increase several times.

The imperial court did not plan to carry out transportation and sales on its own. Wang Xuanjing knew that if this way of making money was handed over to officials under the imperial court, in ten or twenty years, the imperial court would not only be unable to receive money from this, but would even suffer losses. money.

Therefore, Wang Xuanjing decided from the beginning that the imperial court would only sell qualifications. After merchants paid for the qualifications, they could come to trade and earn the price difference.

At the same time, merchants need to transport food to sell, and part of the money will be used as military pay.

In fact, this is an alternative open-center system.

The Protectorate's strength is not strong, but with the support of the imperial court, it can naturally gain a foothold on the grassland. At the same time, with the support of the imperial court, Tuli Khan's strength will also increase greatly.

During this period, the situation on the grassland should also be very clear. The Turkic tribe of Tuli Khan, Xue Yantuo, and Uihe are the three forces.

The other tribes are weak and will all rely on the three families for survival.

Although the three khans behaved very friendly at the Great Court Meeting and even performed a dance together for Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, in the face of interests, these so-called friendships were all false.

These three forces will soon confront each other on the grassland. None of these three families are sure of victory. Even as long as one party is strong, the other two parties will unite, and when the other party becomes weak, the newly united two parties will immediately split.

As long as no major problems arise, these three companies will coexist for a long time.

The imperial court's Protectorate is the arbiter on the grassland. The imperial court only needs to arrange some troops here to maintain the balance on the grassland.

As an arbitrator, as long as he acts fairly and balances these forces, all grassland tribes must rely on the Central Plains.

As a result, they will not be able to escape the control of the Central Plains. The Central Plains court could use trade to control these grassland tribes. By adjusting the trade quota, the combat power of the grassland tribes can be strengthened or weakened.

With the imperial court around, these grassland tribes would inevitably be very respectful.

(End of this chapter)