Afternoon.
The Inner Court, in the Queen's Palace.
Prince Chengqian came to the table to write, and Li Tai walked in.
The chubby King of Qin, Li Tai's small eyes rolled, and when he saw a clairvoyant mirror on the table, he reached out to take it.
Cheng Qian's pen walks the dragon and snake, but it seems to have eyes in the back of his head.
"Drop" Li Tai was stunned and looked up at his brother, but his hand did not stop, and he still picked up the clairvoyant mirror.
"I'll let you put it down."
Cheng Qian stopped his pen and turned around.
His eyes were cold, so cold that Li Tai felt unfamiliar.
"Brother, I'll just play."
Cheng Qian got up and walked in front of Li Tai.
Compared to Li Tai, the king of Qin, who was like a fat ball, Cheng Qian was much taller than him.
He stood in front of him, looking down at him condescendingly, "I'll let you put it down." ” "Brother" "Call me His Royal Highness the Crown Prince" Li Tai's face was ugly, and he was even a little frightened.
"Qingque, you have to remember that I am the crown prince."
"You also have to remember that I will give you my things before you can ask for them, and if I didn't tell you, you can't rob them, let alone steal them."
"Do you understand?"
Li Tai's little face turned pale, and he was frightened by the eldest brother's stern tone, nodded, and stood there not daring to move.
"Go out and play, don't bother me" "Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince."
Li Tai turned around and ran away, leaving the hall, Li Tai still had the terrifying face of the prince in his mind, and he couldn't help crying.
The little fat man wiped his tears and ran to the queen.
The queen was telling a story to Li Liqing, while hugging Li Zhi, the king of Jin.
"The queen mother, the prince, the prince's brother bullied me" The little fat ball ran to her mother's side, hugged the queen's thigh and shook her head, shaking it while wiping tears on the queen's leg.
The queen laughed childishly at the bear.
"What's the matter, how did Cheng Qian bully me?"
The little fat ball told the queen everything that had just happened.
"The queen mother, it's just a clairvoyant mirror, I just want to play with it, but the prince reprimands me like that."
"That's what the prince really told you," the queen shook her head and asked the palace maid to take Xiaopang to wash her face.
The eldest grandson hugged Li Zhi and led Li Lizhi to the hall with one hand, and Cheng Qian was still writing at the desk.
"What are you writing about?"
Cheng Qian raised his head, "Queen Mother." ” He stopped and took the fold he was writing to the queen, "I am writing a plan for the excavation of the West Canal, and I have arranged a lot of manpower in the early stage, and I have done a survey of the path of the West Canal and collected a lot of data.
Your Majesty has planned to build the West Canal, but it will be repaired by the imperial court, and I am ready to recommend myself to Your Majesty, and I will be responsible for the construction of the West Canal. ” The queen looked at the plans above, and was surprised, she couldn't imagine that Cheng Qian was already so good, and he had such a great enthusiasm for the West Canal.
"You are the crown prince, and you don't need to be personally responsible for the construction of the canal."
The queen closed the fold, "But just now, why did you scold Qingque and cry, you are brothers, you want brothers, friends and brothers." ” "I just taught the blue finch."
Cheng Qian did not admit his mistake.
The queen sighed, "Don't talk so fiercely in the future." ” The Imperial Study.
Wei Zheng stood up against attacking Linyi as soon as possible, what he meant was that Linyi was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and he did not invade the Tang Dynasty, so the Tang Dynasty had no reason to attack its own vassal state.
If the Tang Dynasty sent troops to Linyi, then the vassal system would no longer exist.
Since the Sui Dynasty, after the Central Plains Dynasty unified the Central Plains, it has also been implementing a Celestial Dynasty system, that is, the system of suzerain.
What is a suzerain, that is, the suzerainty and the vassal state, the king of the vassal state succeeds to the throne, and must be canonized by the suzerainty before it can be regarded as a legal status.
Vassals were required to pay regular tribute to the overlord, and the overlord was responsible for helping the vassal state maintain the ruling order.
At that time, Yang Guang wanted to establish this tributary system of the Celestial Dynasty, that is, to put the Tang Dynasty as the suzerainty of the surrounding states, but Goguryeo refused to recognize the tribute, so he only conquered Liao several times.
This system, of course, is not only vanity, but also has a great substantive role.
The suzerain's responsibility is to maintain the security of the vassal state, and the vassal state is also responsible for protecting the security of the overlord.
In the event of an attack on a vassal state, it is the responsibility of the suzerainty to mobilize for them, and even send troops to protect them.
And once the suzerainty is attacked, the vassal state is also obliged to send troops.
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Becoming the suzerainty of the surrounding areas will of course have a greater say and more benefits for the Central Plains Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, Lin Yi cannot be regarded as a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and their king is not canonized by the Tang Dynasty, but has only paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty."
Li Chao directly pointed out a key point.
Gao Shilian also stood up, he was sent to Guangnan as an official during the Sui Dynasty, and he was quite familiar with it.
"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty has indeed not canonized the king of Linyi, but Linyi is very deferential to the Tang Dynasty, and the minister thinks that he should not provoke the border, and this year the Linyi country sent envoys to pay tribute, and the Tang Dynasty can canonize the king of Linyi during the Zhengdan Dynasty and establish the relationship between the clan and the vassal."
Among the many zaifu, most of them resolutely defended the clan system.
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, eldest grandson Wuji, and Ma Zhou, several more pragmatic prime ministers, did not speak.
The system of clans and vassals is like the rule of kings and ministers, and this cannot be easily destroyed.
Li Chao is a very realistic person.
What is a clan and not a clan is not set in stone.
He simply took out the history of Linyi and said that at first, Linyi was just a barbarian, and a county was set up in Guangnan during the Qin Dynasty, and Linyi was Xianglin County established by the Qin Dynasty.
From the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Han Dynasty, for hundreds of years, Xianglin County has been.
It was not until the end of the Han Dynasty that he was killed by a son of Gong Cao and ordered to stand on his own and establish the state of Linyi.
It can be said that the Linyi State is of the same nature as the Nanyue State established by Zhao Tuo at the end of the Qin Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, when the Han regained Nanyue, there was today's Fujian, Liangguang land for the Central Plains, if the Han did not recover Nanyue, today Lingnan is not another Nanyue country" Besides, the country of Linyi has never been a country of deference.
There is history that the country of Linyi invaded the north many times, burned, killed and plundered.
What are you doing with such a Lin Yi?
Now there is a chance, Zhenla Funan Linyi battle, at this time the imperial court attacked Linyi, Linyi had no foreign aid, the imperial court just destroyed Linyi and recovered this homeland, why do you want to talk about any clan "My Tang Dynasty has never canonized Linyi, so it is not a clan."
Li Shimin really wanted to destroy Linyi, open up the territory, or restore the old frontier of the Qin and Han dynasties.
However, he was still hesitating about the clan system, and now hearing Li Chao say this, he was even more moved.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the vassal system should also be changed.
For example, in the past, only the system of clans and vassals was discussed, and the tributary Tang Dynasty was all vassal states, and the ministers thought that the Tang Dynasty should be changed and keep pace with the times.
For the surrounding states of the Tang Dynasty, the minister thought that it could be set up as a new system, dividing the countries into vassal states, protectorates, dominions, and colonies. ” "Oh, you go into detail."
Li Shimin was interested.
"Your Majesty, the vassal state, that is, the feudal tribute, is canonized by the Tang Dynasty and regularly pays tribute to the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty has the responsibility to protect, and they also have the obligation to maintain the suzerain.
However, the Tang Dynasty does not interfere in its internal affairs, and although the vassal state is a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, it is independent. ” "For example, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, such as Tubo, such as Subi, and such as Silla, Baekje, and Dongying."
Goguryeo was originally counted, but because rebellion was infrequent, it was not considered a true vassal domain.
"Inferior to a vassal state, it is a protectorate.
It means the country protected by the Tang Dynasty, in the protection of the country, there are kings canonized by the Tang Dynasty, and they also have their own courts, but the Tang Dynasty has the right to garrison troops in the protectorate, and even the military and diplomatic rights belong to the Tang Dynasty. ” "According to the current situation, Khitan, Xi, Dongnu, and Nanzhao can all be listed as protectorates."
With military and diplomatic power, it can garrison troops, which is indeed different from ordinary vassal states, and if the Tang Dynasty can directly garrison troops, it has stronger control over these states, and it is indeed different from ordinary vassal states.
"What about the Dominions and the Colonies?"
asked Li Shimin with a smile.
"Compared with vassal states and protectorates, the Dominion has a stronger control over the Tang Dynasty, and there is no king in the Dominion, only a local autonomous yamen appointed by the imperial court, and the autonomous yamen is generally presided over by the locals."
The Dominions are no longer even semi-independent countries, they are considered semi-colonies of the Tang Dynasty, and their internal affairs are actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty.
"As for the colony, it is an area completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and the civil, judicial, military, taxation, and economy is completely controlled by the Tang Dynasty."
After hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji asked, "Why don't you directly list it as a county in the Tang Dynasty, but set up a colony?"
Li Chao said, "Colonies are generally set up for some newly conquered places, far away from the Central Plains, because these places need some different ways of governing than the Central Plains prefectures and counties.
For example, in order to prevent rebellion in the colony, the colony needs to be garrisoned, and the governor of the colony also needs to be able to have more powers, and can choose both military and political affairs. ” "I propose that the colonies have a governor-general, and that the governor-general colony be military and political.
In addition, there are governors and admirals, who are in charge of civil and military affairs. ” The colony must be a relatively distant place, and if it has the same system as the Central Plains, the civil and military are separated, the troops are separated, and everything has to be reported to the imperial court and wait for orders, it will definitely be too late.
Especially since the colony is a newly conquered land, there will definitely be many rebellions, and the situation will be more serious.
What Li Chao meant was that for those newly conquered places that were more distant and newly conquered, they would first be set up as colonies, and after a period of transition, the situation would be stabilized and full control would be obtained, and then it would not be too late to set up prefectures and counties and list them as direct jurisdictions of the imperial court. vassal states, protectorates, dominions, colonies, then fiefdoms, princely domains, and then prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court.
According to the strength of Datang's control, it is divided into different regions, and Li Shimin feels that this division is really good.
"If the imperial court sends troops to Linyi, then after the capture of Linyi, will Linyi be set up as the first colony of the Tang Dynasty?"
asked Li Shimin.
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"Linyi can become the first colony of the Tang Dynasty, but it will not be the last.
From Jiaozhou Port to the Persian Gulf, the endless coasts and islands on the sea trade routes, Chen thought that in the future, he could seize some ports or islands, as the overseas colonies of the Tang Dynasty, and with these colonies, our sea trade routes would be safer. ” Li Chao took the opportunity to propose.
Overseas colonies, Li Shimin smiled. t1706231537: