Chastity Layman

  Chapter 783 Twenty-Four Heroes

  Several prime ministers wanted to entrust Wei Wang Li Tai to the south of Caiyun. This place is not even accessible to the Tang station. How could the emperor of the Tang Dynasty have the heart to let his most beloved prince feudalize there.

   "Wuji, where is it appropriate for you to entrust the king of Wei?"

  Changsun Wuji looked at the map for a long time, and felt that the Yunnan Road was a little too remote. This area was called the Nanzhong area since the Han and Wei Dynasties, and it was called the Nanning area in the Sui Dynasty, and it was renamed the Yunnan Road in the Tang Dynasty. But no matter what you say, it can't change the fact that it is still a situation controlled by local barbarian tyrants.

   "Why don't you assign it to Annan?" Changsun Wuji thought about it.

However, Gao Shilian objected aloud, "Since the imperial family and the founding heroes are granted the frontier of Yongzhen, it is not only a reward for meritorious service, but also a role in shielding the vassal. I think that the roads in the southwest of Yunnan and Guizhou are just Because the current imperial court is not strictly controlled, and it is beyond the reach of the whip, it should be given to the clan and meritorious officials who have sealed the letter to guard it in the past."

   "I would like to enfeoff Wei Wangtai in Nanning Prefecture, Wu Wangke in Xining Prefecture, Qi Wangyou in Dongning Prefecture, entrust Yongzhen forever, and Pingfan court from generation to generation."

  You servant shot, making Li Shimin frown involuntarily.

The three prefectures of Nanning (Qujing), Xining (Xichang), and Dongning (Rongshui, Guangxi) mentioned by Gao Shilian were also the three administrative offices of the Sui Dynasty. Throat, geographical location is particularly important.

   "My minister also please change Qianzhong Juzhou to Dongning Prefecture, and change the former Dongning Prefecture in Guangxi to Rongzhou."

Li Shimin looked at the map. Gao Shilian proposed that all three of his princes should be entrusted to the former Nanzhong area, but now they belong to Jiannan, Yunnan, and Qianzhong. However, Nanning, Xining, and Dongning are located in three states. But it is the throat of the three Unicom.

  From a strategic point of view, if the Tang Dynasty ruled these three places forever with the clan prince, then the imperial court could indeed further strengthen its control over the southwest region.

   But in the final analysis, Li Shimin was still a little reluctant to let his own sons go there. You must know that at this time, whether it is Xining, Nanning, or Dongning, which is attached to the Tang Dynasty in name, it is actually completely controlled by the Southwestern Yi people.

  For example, Nanning Prefecture is controlled by the Cuan clan of Yunnan. This clan claimed to be the descendant of Banchao and Bangu in the Han Dynasty. By the time of the Shu Han Dynasty, he had been a powerful surname in Nanzhong, and then moved to Yongshu, traveled to the south, and settled in Yunnan.

  At the time of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Cuan Chen dominated Ningzhou, and his family divided the regions.

  During the time of Emperor Wu of the Southern Liang Dynasty, the Liang Dynasty conquered Hou Jing, and Ningzhou was empty.

  During the time of Emperor Liang Yuan, the Cuan family descended to the Northern Zhou Dynasty with their land, and granted Nanning Prefecture Governor from afar, and allowed his children to inherit it as Jimi Prefecture.

  During the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, the head of the Cuan family rebelled twice, and the Sui army levied twice. He entered the court in fear and was punished by Yang Jian. All the sons were not slaves, but the Nanzhong area was still occupied by the Cuan family.

  After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in order to stabilize the Nanzhong area, Li Yuan appointed Cuan Hongda, the son of Cuan who had been a slave for many years in Chang'an, as the governor of Kunzhou, and sent someone to **** him to bury his father's body in Hui Cuan.

  After Cuan Hongda returned to Nanzhong, all the tribes of the Cuan family also quickly accepted the Tang Dynasty's award and belonged to the Datang. At that time, Duan Lun, the governor of Yizhou, Li Yuan's son-in-law, also took the opportunity to recruit all the barbarians in Nanning to surrender, and the imperial court established six prefectures in Nanning. However, the officials sent by the imperial court were at odds with the barbarians of the Cuan family. Because of the power struggle, fierce conflicts broke out between the two sides.

  The barbarians rebelled.

The imperial court successively sent Li Xiaogong, Li Jing, etc. to conquer, but every time the army left, all the barbarians rebelled, and the imperial court suffered terribly. In the end, Shi Weirenshou, the governor of Sizhou (Xichang), inspected the governor of Nanning Prefecture and sent him to Xichang. Visit Nanning once a year to appease the barbarians.

   On the other side, Cuan Hongda was appointed as the governor of Nanning Prefecture, and seventeen counties in eight prefectures were set up, and the leaders of various tribes of the barbarians were appointed as the county magistrates of the governor.

  Under this policy of compromise and appeasement, the Nanning area was considered stable, but the imperial court's plan to take the opportunity to enter the Nanzhong area to implement real rule also fell through.

Afterwards, Wei Renshou became the plenipotentiary representative of the Tang Dynasty in Yunnan Province, and tried his best to appease the barbarians. He tried his best to win over the various ministries, and appointed officials and posts one after another. Fighting for power and land is also happy.

   After that, Wei Renshou went to the Erhai area to recruit the barbarians, and then set up seven prefectures and fifteen counties. The entire Nanning area, the barbarian forces in the Dianchi Lake and the Erhai Lake area, all became the vassals of the Tang Dynasty.

  However, this kind of subject is very fragile, and it is based on the premise that Datang will not interfere with the barbarians.

  If the Tang Dynasty wants to divide the clan kings in the southwest and establish a vassal state, I am afraid that it will cause a new round of turmoil.

But Gao Shilian insisted that the current peace in Yunnan is just an illusion, and the court cannot be deceived by this illusion. Now that the country was strong and the monarchs and ministers were aggressive at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was an opportunity to open up Yunnan. When the children and grandchildren, they will not have this ability.

  If you want to seal, you have to seal the most trusted prince.

  The three princes enfeoffed the Nanzhong area, each as a governor, and finally around each prince's fief, and then entrusted two to three heroes to sit in the town, so that they formed a situation of watching and helping each other, so that they could gain a firm foothold in the barbaric land.

  For example, around Nanning Dudu Mansion, one hero can be entrusted to sit in Erhai Lake, and another hero can be entrusted to sit in Dianchi Lake. In this way, there are at least three feudal vassal guards, which can ensure that there is no fear of the Cuan family and other barbarians.

  Xiao Yu also strongly agrees, thinking that this is a long-term solution.

  Li Shimin was a little moved for a while.

   "Wu Wang Ke was enfeoffed in Nanning Prefecture, and was granted the governorship of Nanning Prefecture, and hereditary did not replace him."

   "The enfeoffment of King You of Qi in Dongning Prefecture, the governor of Dongning Prefecture, hereditary replacement."

   "Wei Wangtai was enfeoffed in Xining Prefecture and given the title of governor of Xining Prefecture. It will not be replaced by hereditary." Li Shimin paused for a while, and then said, "Wei Wangtai is currently compiling a set of books, and it is about to be completed, so he will be temporarily ordered to leave the country."

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  In the temple.

   Li Shimin simply discussed with the prime ministers again about the matter of the meritorious officials, and several of them had already been assigned.

   "The criteria for the title of meritorious officials, the first must be the official title of the state, and the second must be those who have made great contributions to the state."

   These two standards are very high.

  In the ninth year of Wude, after the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin awarded meritorious officials. At that time, forty-eight meritorious officials were conferred, but less than half of them had the title of Chinese Duke or above. There are also many county magistrates and even marquis barons.

  The second article is relatively vague for those who have made great contributions to the state, but according to the current law, at least they must have the title of meritorious official. The title of hero is not conferred lightly.

  In the original forty-eight meritorious officials, if we remove the dukes and nobles, remove those who don’t have the title of hero, and remove those who have been convicted of crimes such as Pei Ji and Feng Deyi, there are actually not many.

  Back then, there were still new meritorious officials in recent years.

  Li Shimin then sat there and discussed with the prime ministers for a long time, and finally drew up a new list of the world's best heroes, also twenty-four.

   "Taiwei, Qin Qiong, the Duke of Qi, is the governor of Songzhou, enfeoffed the country to Qi, and established the government as the Principality!"

  The emperor personally appointed Qin Qiong as the head of the twenty-fourth generation of meritorious officials. No prime minister expressed objection to the emperor's decision of Qin Qiong as the number one, because it is customary to rank according to the highest official position.

  Earlier, when the emperor ordered the revision of the clan annals, he was also an official, and it is the same now.

  Qin Qiong bears the first-rank position of Taiwei, the head of the three princes, and the well-deserved number one hero.

   "Situ, the eldest son of Zhao Guogong, Sun Wuji, the governor of Haiyan Prefecture, enfeoffed the country to Zhao."

  "Sikong, Xu Guogong, Gao Shilian..."

  "Sikong, Lai Guocheng Gong Du Ruhui..."

   "The inspector Sikong, the Duke of Wei Qin Lang..."

   "Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Hejian County King Li Xiaogong...

  Although Du Ruhui had died of illness for a few years, he was also a meritorious official in the ninth year of Zhenguan, and he was the first in meritorious service at the beginning, and he was posthumously awarded to Sikong after his death, so this time Li Shimin still included Du Ruhui in the list of official seals, and Xu Qizi inherited it.

  The same is Yin Kaishan, who was also the founding hero of the year, and this time he was also included in the list by Li Shimin. Originally, Liu Wenjing, a confidant of the Qin Royal Party, was also eligible to be included, but because his son Liu Shuyi committed a crime last time, the emperor had already taken away his title, so it is a pity that he was not selected this time.

Li Jing, Yang Gongren, Fang Xuanling, Hou Junji, Yu Chigong, Zhang Liang, Li Shentong, Li Daozong, Li Ji, Chai Shao, Xiao Yu, Yu Wenshiji, Duan Zhixuan, Cheng Yaojin, Liu Hongji, Zhang Gongjin, Qu Tutong .

  A total of twenty-four heroes, four have passed away.

  Sort according to the highest official position held by the person, and the same official position will be ranked according to the rank of the original rank. If the ranks are the same, the rank of prime minister will be ranked first.

  Elder Sun Shunde was unlucky. He was dismissed twice, but this time Li Shimin didn't take credit for his past achievements. He had already received a world title before, and after being dismissed, he didn't give him another chance this time.

  The list of meritorious officials was given to the late Qu Tutong, who was Li Shimin's secretary of the Ministry of War in Xingtai, Shaanxi Province.

   There are Li Shentong and Li Daozong in the clan, as well as Li Ji who gave the country's surname.

  Li Shentong has passed away, and this time he is still listed in the world, and Xu Qi's eldest son will inherit the title and fiefdom.

  This list is slightly different from the list of Lingyan Pavilion heroes in history.

  Wei Zheng, Yu Shinan, Liu Zhenghui, Tang Jian, several heroes of Lingyan Pavilion were not included in the list.

   Both Wei Zheng and Yu Shinan are due to the fact that they have not reached the title of Duke at this time, and their achievements are not enough. Although Liu Zhenghui is the emperor's confidant, he is still only the Duke of the county. As for Tang Jian, the Supreme Emperor's confidant and veteran, he hadn't found a place in the Zhenguan Dynasty, and he was always wandering on the edge of the core.

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   "The minister thinks that a hero who can fight should be selected to be entrusted to Erhai Lake." Xiao Yu asked.

  Erhai Lake is one of the core areas of Yunnan, and it is also on the main traffic road. It is the place where the commercial route from Shudi to Tianzhu must pass. Even from Shudi to Annan, there is a commercial route that needs Erhai Lake.

   This place was originally the territory of the Kunming people, and later the Kunming people were driven to the Dianchi Lake area.

  Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty tried to open the road to Tianzhu, and sent tens of thousands of soldiers from Bashu to Yunnan. In the same year, troops were sent to attack the Kunming tribe in the Erhai Dali area to block the Han envoys.

  After that, they sent troops to attack the Kunming tribe several times. A few years later, Kunming was reincorporated, and four counties including Yunnan and Xielong were set up in the Dali area, officially bringing the Dali area into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

  During the reign of Wude, Wei Renshou recruited all the tribes of Erhai Lake and set up seven prefectures and fifteen counties. The six most powerful barbarian tribes and six imperial edicts around Erhai Lake are each a prefecture.

   Speaking of being able to fight, Li Shimin immediately thought of Qin Lang.

Hou Junji secretly watched the emperor's eyes, and immediately said, "I think that among the heroes who are young and capable of fighting, there is no one better than the Duke of Wei, Qin Langye. He has already opened up Jinzhou and Beisha for the imperial court just by visiting the southeast this year. Haidong Liuqiu, you can change the title of Qin Lang to found a country in Erhai Lake!"

   "With Wei Gong sealing the town of Erhai Lake, it will surely protect Erhai Lake from the barbarians of the six edicts and no one will dare to make trouble!"

  (end of this chapter)