The Xuanfu envoy has now become a local feudal official in the Tang Dynasty, and is no longer a temporary dispatch in the past.
Xuanfu is in charge of a place, except for the inability to command the army, he has nothing to do.
The permanent position of the Xuanfu envoy is also because the territory of the Tang Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger.
Although the imperial court annexed many states, the Tang Dynasty still has more than 300 states and more than 1,000 counties.
It is too onerous for the central government to directly govern these more than 300 local states.
Temporary dispatch and inspection will not be able to change this situation.
So in the end, the provincial administration was established and stabilized, and in the past two years, it has been continuously split and newly established, and the original Tang Dynasty has fifteen provinces.
Now there are more than 20 Dao.
Especially in the area south of the Yangtze River, there were only a few roads in Jiangnan, Lingnan, Qianzhong, and Jiannan in the past.
Today, it has become 16 provinces, including Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Jiangnan, eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangnan, Vietnam, Fujian, Qianzhong, Jianbei, Jiannan, Yunnan and Hunan.
Each road has a general leader of the Xuanfu envoy, and there are three divisions and three envoys below.
The officials of each government and each government are all complete institutions.
In the past, there was only a two-level system of prefectures and counties in Datang, and the township level was actually virtual, almost all of them were local autonomy.
But now, at the township level, officials are directly selected by the government, and there are township offices and police station yamen.
Even in townships with large populations and markets, they were converted into towns.
The imperial court's control over the local area was strengthened as never before.
However, Li Shimin gave Li Chao the official position of ambassador for the pacification and pacification of the southwest, and the Xuanwei pacification envoy was originally only a temporary special assignment, whose duty was to inspect the local area and pacify the officials and the people, and now it has evolved into a local governor.
And to dispose of it is to have the post of military commander.
However, because Li Chao is the ambassador of the southwest Xuanwei to pacify and dispose of it, this is more special, and the southwest is not any of the various roads set up by the imperial court now.
Therefore, this southwest is more general.
If you talk about it bigger, then Guangnan, Vietnam, Yunnan, Qianzhong, and even Hunan and Jiannan, these six provinces are considered to be in the southwest.
But if you say it to a small extent, this southwest, it is only Li Chao's Yue Kingdom and Nanzhao and other places that were classified as Yunnan Province by the imperial court.
But the emperor didn't say anything, and Li Chao didn't ask, in short, this is a title that can be big or small, depending on the specific situation.
After the imperial court had already abolished the local governors, and there was no envoy to the military governors, Li Chao brought a disposal title, and at a critical time, he could dispose of the local soldiers and horses at the right time.
But he has to be famous, otherwise he will be investigated afterwards, and Li Chao will not be able to afford the big crime of transferring troops and horses without permission.
"Your Majesty, the mountains of Yue Country are high and dense, and now they are controlled by Lu Zhenla.
There are high mountains and dense forests, and the climate is very different from the Central Plains, there are many poisonous snakes, insects and ants, and malaria is rampant.
The minister's plan was to march along the river by boat during the rainy season, and take advantage of the difficult support of the Chenla army in the rainy season to defeat the army in Vietnam, recover the place, and then consolidate it. ” "You always have a plan, and the plan is always excellent."
Li Shimin leaned back in his chair and said to Li Chao with admiration, "You lead troops to fight, just as superb as your cooking skills, and you can always bring out the old and introduce the new, which is unexpected."
You are an expert, and I am far inferior to you, so I can fight you as much as you want, and I will follow you. ” Li Chao was very happy with the emperor's support, and Li Shimin was sometimes good at this.
"Your Majesty, the minister is going to go to Liaodong first and take Beisha City.
Last time, the minister had already figured out the details of Beisha City in southern Liaoning, although there were 5,000 garrisons, but they were not elite, and their morale was insufficient.
If it weren't for the last Hanjing rebellion, the minister would have taken Beisha City.
This time, the minister planned to go to Liaonan first and directly take Beisha City. ” Beisha Fortress was one of Goguryeo's most important fortresses in southern Liao, and it was also the southernmost point of his entire Liao River defense line.
Of course, he has also been a constant threat on the Dengju Silla route.
Li Shimin pinched his chin, thinking about the geographical situation in Liaodong.
He knew that if the Tang Dynasty wanted to attack Liao in an all-round way, it would inevitably break through the Liaohe defense line head-on, but now the Goguryeo people, under Li Chao's strategy, are building a thousand-mile-long mountain city joint defense line on the Liaohe River, called the Great Wall of Goguryeo Liaodong.
It is indeed very difficult to build this line of defense and attack it head-on.
Therefore, the imperial court had already made a strategic offensive plan, that is, to bypass this defense line and land from southern Liaoning.
In addition, two more troops and horses were sent out, and they landed directly at the mouth of the Yalu River, cutting off the north and south of Goguryeo.
Then they landed in Pyongyang, north of the Samhan Peninsula, and attacked their capital.
Such a plan is actually a bit dangerous, because if it directly crosses the Liaodong defense line, then the logistics supply of the Tang army will be very dangerous.
If you can't get it quickly, then supply is a big problem.
If you can take Beisha City and fight from the south to the north, and attack from both sides of the Great Wall defense line of Goguryeo, it will be different.
They could even land at the mouth of the Yalu River and force the Goguryeo to withdraw their defenses from Liaodong to send reinforcements, and then they could come to besiege the city for reinforcements.
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"Can 3,000 people break through Beisha City?"
asked Li Shimin.
"Plus the privateers of the various noble families, it's enough."
"In that case, then you can go."
Li Shimin said with a smile, "As prefaced, Liaonan I have been sealed to the Li family.
If you conquer Beisha City, then the entire land of southern Liaoning will belong to your Li family.
At that time, everything in southern Liaoning, mines, land, and taxes, the Li family can enjoy one-third. ” "Thank you, Your Majesty."
One-third, Li Chao is already very satisfied.
"Wenyuan, how many people are there on your Liuqiu Island now" The emperor suddenly asked Liuqiu.
Li Chao did not hide it, and said truthfully, "There are about 20,000 people, and they are currently being cultivated in the west of the central part of the island, and the first manor has been built, where there is a good natural harbor, which can be protected from the wind and the water level is very deep, which is more convenient." ” "Didn't the island come and attack?"
"Now the land is flatland, and there are some flatteners there, these people are a little more civilized, and they have traded with outsiders.
So now we don't have a conflict" This surprised Li Shimin.
Li Chao elaborated at the moment, and the landing point chosen by Li Chao was the place where the Dutch landed on the treasure island in the future, that is, the area around Taichung.
Li Chao's people have already done a lot of surveys on the coast of Baodao, there is a good port here, followed by the plain here, and it is very close to Fujian, and Penghu is a good supply point.
Li Chao did not directly land on the treasure island with great fanfare, but first built a port in Penghu, set up a warehouse, stored a lot of materials, and even built a castle there.
After making sufficient preparations, he crossed to Baogang and landed in Taichung.
As soon as the fleet passed, there were natives from the flat land, who were relatively civilized and had traded with passing merchant ships.
Li Chao's crew first gave the natives a lot of cloth and silk and other goods, and then offered to buy a piece of land to rest.
The natives agreed after receiving a lot of goods, so the Li family's fleet was able to dock here, and they also had time to build a fortress calmly.
After some time, the natives found that the ship had not left and had built a house and fort here, and they were very dissatisfied and came to question.
The Li family directly took out more commercial goods, proposed to buy a large area of the neighborhood, and also proposed that they could trade with the natives for a long time in the future, and came up with the price code of the material transaction, the conditions were very good, and the natives happily agreed and signed an agreement.
As a result, the Li family brought more people and began to build tunzhuang, grow grain and sugar cane, and establish sugar mills in the places they bought.
From last year to now, the Li family has been based in Taichung for almost a year, the castle has been built stronger, the port has been built better, and more than a dozen immigrant forts have been built at the same time.
Getting along well with the natives, the two sides often trade, and are still on their honeymoon and have no conflicts.
Li Shimin was greatly surprised when he heard this.
"Didn't I hear you say that you were going to conquer Ryuku and conquer the whole island?"
Li Chao nodded, of course the Li family's plan is to occupy the whole island, but occupying the whole island can also be done slowly.
After all, Liuqiu Island is very large, not a small island in Li Shimin's imagination.
His plan was to establish a foothold on the island first, build a fortress, build a port, and at the same time settle to build cantons, farms, etc.
As for the natives, they will trade first, and then instigate these Yiren on the flat land to attack each other against the Yiren in the mountains.
Originally, the island was full of tribes, and the headhunting customs among the tribes were spread and hostile to each other.
When the natives have become accustomed to trading with the Li family and find all kinds of benefits and conveniences, they will definitely be willing to get more goods.
At that time, if the Li family proposed to them to trade goods with the people of Shanliyi, they would also be willing.
With these times, the Li family can feel the mountains and rivers of the entire treasure island, the terrain of the tribes, and the relationship between the tribes more clearly.
Maybe even in the future, you can get an indigenous mercenary, or some natives who are close to the Li family.
Li Shimin also thought that Li Chao did this because the Shanyi were more powerful and the Li family's slave hunting team was not strong.
At the moment, he just shook his head and smiled, "Be wary of these Shanyi, be careful that they are a pack of white-eyed wolves that are not well fed." ” "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reminder."
The two monarchs and ministers were full, and Li Chao called Xiao Er to remove the leftovers.
Xiao Er sent a fruit bowl and a pot of new tea.
"Fumanlou is indeed one of the best restaurants in Hanjing, and there are so many fresh fruits in this New Year's month."
Li Shimin said.
Li Chao smiled, "But the price is not cheap." ” "Hahaha, you get what you pay for, I understand." forked a piece of watermelon, Li Shimin ate it with relish, "Wenyuan, what do you think of Goguryeo, is it suitable to send troops this year?"
Last year, the emperor personally conquered the Western Regions and completely destroyed the Turks.
Now the imperial court controls the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the north of the Tianshan Mountains belongs to Mohedu, and the remnants of the forces are still active in that area.
But the overall situation has been decided, and there are cattle in the Tianshan Mountains, and Li Shimin is also relieved.
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As soon as the four towns of Anxi are built, it will be more worry-free in the Western Regions.
Now Li Shimin has set his sights on Liaodong.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the conquest of Goguryeo is not in a hurry, and the full-scale conquest of Liao should be at least five years later.
Prior to this, the imperial court only needed to send a small force of troops and horses to raid and harass the coast of Goguryeo, and add more attacks and publicity, which naturally forced Goguryeo to desperately build the Great Wall of Liaodong, and for five years, Goguryeo was self-defeating. ” Five years, Li Shimin felt that it was a bit long.
Especially the nobles who were sold by him to the Liaodong fiefdom were even more anxious, and after pondering for a while, Li Shimin still nodded, "Okay, then wait another five years" t1706231537: