Riding a majestic war horse, Li Chao slowly walked through the Datong Basin in Daibei.
Datong Basin, the largest basin in Hedong region, is located in the north of Hedong, because it is in the north of Daizhou, so it is commonly called Daibei, which spreads in the northeast to southwest direction, and is about 500 miles long.
A long time ago, it was the retreat of the ancient Datong Lake, and it was also the upstream of the Sanggan River, an important river in the north, and the downstream Zhangjiakou and Youzhou, constituting the most important agricultural economic zone in the north, that is, the sixteen states of Yanyun in later generations.
However, in the north, Daibei was divided into four states.
Shuozhou, Yunzhou and Ulzhou and Yanzhou.
The Datong Basin is a fertile soil.
There are Sanggan River valley and Hunhe River valley in the east, and the edge is the loess platform and gently sloping loess hills divided by gullies, and most of them are loose sandy loess.
From the edge of the basin to the center, the topographic instruments are the alluvial plateau, flood plain, lacustrine alluvial plain and river valley alluvial plain.
However, this fertile land, because of its proximity to the Qiantao area and the Yinshan Mountains, is a place where the conflict between the nomads and the Han people is fierce, resulting in this place, since the Warring States period, has been repeatedly moved and developed, but the control has not been stable for a long time, and has been repeatedly invaded by the grassland people.
Now, Li Chao is riding a horse, looking at this fertile soil, and he is very emotional.
It is only seven years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but it has already officially incorporated this basin into its territory.
"As long as there are 200,000 immigrants, the land of clouds can be stabilized."
Li Chao pointed at the fertile soil with a whip and said to the surrounding soldiers.
"I'm afraid that 200,000 is not enough, and the Turks will definitely not be able to give up on this place."
Li Jing said.
"If the fence is tight, you won't be afraid of wild dogs coming in.
The Turks were also greatly injured this time, and they began to eat the eastern Turkic region unexpectedly, but they should not have had any ambitions for the Central Plains, and this time they opened their mouths too much, and they almost died. ” 200,000 immigrants, it is not difficult, even in the Qin and Han dynasties, there were many large-scale immigrants, but the difficulty is how to let these people move over, take root, but also let them prosper and stabilize the frontier.
"Xiangguo seems to have another high strategy" Li Jing always felt that Li Chao had a better plan.
Li Chao smiled, "Actually, it's not a high strategy." ” "Why don't you talk about it?"
Li Chao does have a plan in his heart, that is, to promote the state system, or the state and county system.
The prefecture is directly under the centralized power of the imperial court, and the county is a feudal county, and the territory of the princes is feudal, and then the barbarian tribes in the frontier are included in the fetter system, and their territory is unified into districts.
In this way, the prefectures, counties, and districts form the three rings of the imperial court.
The outermost is the tribal district, then the territory and county of the Tang Dynasty vassals, and then the prefecture and county directly under the imperial court of the Central Plains.
One ring after another, the Detention District served as the first barrier of the Tang Dynasty, and then the princes sealed the county, and then sandwiched between the prefecture directly under the imperial court and the Detention District, which played a buffering and protective role.
For example, newly recovered places such as Daibei Hetao, close to the line of the Great Wall, can be set up as prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court, such as Yunzhou, Shuozhou, Ulzhou, Fuzhou, Fengzhou, Shengzhou, etc.
In the north of the Datong Basin and the Hetao, those mountainous areas can be classified as the princely territories of the heroes.
As for the farther places, you can relocate those tribes that belong to the Tang Dynasty, let them graze there, and set up a detention area, which can also be regarded as a protective layer of the outer shell of the Tang Dynasty, a buffer zone.
Li Chao's active desire to set up this system was not entirely out of selfishness, but also for the sake of the long-term plan of the imperial court.
Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty has basically unified the traditional control areas of the Central Plains, but in places such as Shuofang, Hetao, Daibei, etc., the control is weak, and the immigration and development are also very difficult.
It is difficult to rely on the power of the imperial court to develop.
However, if the heroes are divided into these frontiers and used as a barrier for the imperial court, then the meritorious heroes and nobles use their own strength to invest in the development of the frontier together, which is much stronger than the imperial court's own planning and investment.
At that time, the frontier of the Tang Dynasty, one by one aristocratic fiefdoms will be built, which means that there are countless fortresses and fortresses in the frontier of the Tang Dynasty.
"Dingfang, don't you want to have your own fiefdom and pass it on by hereditary lineage?"
Li Chao turned his head and said to his proud protégé.
Su Lie's eyes lit up.
Meritorious service and knighthood, this is the pursuit of all generals.
And if you get a knighthood, you can also get a fief that can be passed on, who would object to this.
"Sangkook, of course I want to."
"That is, in fact, everyone wants to have a fief."
Li Chao said with a smile.
"However, the court will agree, will Your Majesty agree?
I read the Zizhi Tongjian compiled by Xiangguo, and didn't it also say that the centralization of the imperial court was an effort since the Qin and Han dynasties?"
Li Chao shook his head.
"Things have to be viewed dialectically, not one size fits all.
Qin did not engage in feudal separation, and completely implemented the county system, but he also died.
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The Han practiced a feudal system, but there was also a rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.
Jin ended the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, and also sealed the princes of the clan, but there was soon a rebellion of the Eight Kingdoms.
Therefore, in fact, no matter what system, it is not without flaws, it is not so perfect, and it has to keep pace with the times. ” "The Han and Jin dynasties all sealed the clan in the Central Plains, mixed with the counties and counties, and delegated too much power to the princes, so it was naturally difficult to get rid of it.
To say, the division of the clan was originally to consolidate the imperial power, but because of poor control, it led to the chaos behind. ” Li Chao has long studied the gains and losses of the ancient and modern separation, and on the basis of the research of later generations, he has built a lofty position.
No one is perfect, and no system is perfect.
The proper sub-sealing system is of great benefit to Datang.
With the productivity of this era, the old frontier of the Han and Tang dynasties is basically the limit of the control of the central government in this era, such as the Western Regions, Annan, Liaodong, Monan and other places, the imperial court is actually beyond the reach of the whip.
At the beginning of the founding of the imperial court, when it was strong, the frontier barbarians did not dare to make any changes, but as soon as the central government weakened, they would definitely commit crimes.
Instead of letting those barbarians on the frontier make trouble, it is better to divide the princes of the Central Plains in the past, which can be regarded as diverting the attention of these powerful people, and furthermore, these nobles and powerful people open up the frontier, which is also to expand the imperial court and expand the Han civilization.
Even if the Tang Dynasty is gone in the future, the newly opened frontiers of those nobles will still be the Han civilization.
"Xiangguo, even if Your Majesty really gives me a piece of territory, but in that distant frontier land, I don't have the ability to develop it."
Su Lie's heart was tickling.
"That's not a problem, you can come to me if you need anything."
Su Lie is very envious of Li Chao, the first nobleman of the Tang Dynasty, and the first nobleman, and now he has become the first nobleman.
At the beginning, the emperor gave Li Chao a fief of three hundred miles, even if it was sealed in the north of Yinshan Mountain, it made countless people envious, and even red-eyed.
Su Lie once fantasized that one day, he could become a general, be a prince, and get a fief.
Yunzhou, under the white mountain.
Li Chao and Li Jing inspected the terrain.
"Xiangguo, really want to build a Datong City here" "Well, not only to build a city, but also to build a fortress fortress, to become a nail in the north of the entire Yunshuo Basin, to guard this northwest exit.
With Datong City as the center, build a defense cluster. ” Li Jing nodded, Li Chao's idea of building a defensive fortress group with a point instead of a line was very much approved by Li Jing, and he also put it as a defensive cluster fortress, which is more suitable for the needs of the northern situation in Datong, not only can be defended, but also attacked, and can be attacked and retreated, which is the real defensive fortress.
"I heard that Xiangguo is preparing to establish three surrendered cities in your fiefdom, and by then, there will be another defense group in the northwest of Yinshan."
"yes, I'll be over in a few days."
"Xiangguo does not return to Hanjingxian first" "I won't go back for the time being, after the tour here, I will go to Dingxiang, Dali and Baidao, and then go to Shengzhou and Fengzhou in Hetao, and then go directly to the fiefdom.
After turning around, it was just in time to return to Beijing to participate in the New Year's Day pilgrimage of the second year of Zhenguan. ” Li Jing stroked his beard, "To be honest, I'm a little envious of Xiangguo, I can have such a large fief."
"What do you envy, this time you have repelled the Turks, and you have all made great contributions.
When the time comes, everyone will definitely have a share. ” At night.
Li Chao and Li Jing and others set up camp at the foot of Baishan Mountain.
The big tent of the Chinese army in the camp, the location was found by Li Chao personally during the day.
Here, in the future, it will be the center of Datong City.
When the ancients built a city, they generally had to look at the feng shui topography first, and then set a center and dig a well in that location.
If the well is well-laid, it can produce water, and the water quality is good, then it means that this place is suitable for building a city, if there is no water, or the water is not good, this location is not right.
In the camp, Li Chao did not spend much time with Li Jing.
As for Qin Qiongcheng biting Jin, the group of generals have already rushed back to their own jurisdictions, and as soon as the peace agreement is reached, they will go back to their own territory first, and the Chinese New Year is about to be, so they have to check their own defense, make arrangements, and then enter the Beijing Dynasty.
Li Chao and Li Jing came to Datong to inspect, and the rest were Su Lie and other Li Chao's students.
But these days outside, Li Chao and Li Jing rarely avoid suspicion, and they only talk about business in front of the generals during the day, and at night, they never get together.
Sitting under the lamp, Li Chao thought carefully.
He was summing up and thinking about what had happened in the past year.
Overall, it has been a busy year, but things have gone well.
Now that the catastrophe has passed, the Turks have also repelled, everything is fine, and the only thing Li Chao cares about now is the matter of the fief.
After thinking for a long time, Li Chao opened his eyes, picked up his pen, and began to write a letter to Li Shimin.
I have already thought about it in my heart, and I have written ten thousand words, like mercury.
"Minister Li Chao played my emperor again, and asked His Majesty to divide the meritorious heroes, grant the territory, and consolidate the frontier forever for the Tang Dynasty."
At dawn, a member of the horse, riding a fast horse, galloped south with Li Chao's recital. t1706231537: