There are so many things to do, you have to sort out the court first.
The first is personnel, and the second is the army.
If these two pieces are not sorted out first, everyone will not want to do anything.
Zhang Chao made drastic reforms and adjustments, and Emperor Chengqian expressed great support, and the regulations submitted by the cabinet, whether it was personnel adjustment, army reform, or this large-scale separation, Chengqian basically passed it word for word.
Su Dingfang was a little incomprehensible.
"Teacher, you are only one step away from owning the world."
Zhang Chao smiled, he picked up a horse and ate one of Su Dingfang's cars.
"Sometimes you think that if you take a step forward, you will own the world, but in fact, if you take a step forward, you will fall into the abyss.
Just like now, you are happy to eat my cannon and general, but unexpectedly, your car was eaten by me.
One shot for one car, I earn more. ” "Dingfang, don't keep your eyes on the Central Plains.
To be honest, beyond the Central Plains, it is broader and more promising.
The Central Plains, this is the foundation, and there is no room for chaos.
Without the foundation of the Central Plains, we don't want to develop outside. ” "And haven't you noticed that this time the Dharma Protector has aroused the covetousness of many forces around Datang.
In the northeast, there are three kingdoms of Silla, Baekje, and Dongying that are devouring the territory of the Korean Province of our Tang Dynasty.
And in Yanbei and Monan, there are Xue Yantuo, Mur Wei, Xi, and Qi are also secretly staring at us, and now that the war is over, do you see that these Fan cavalry who have entered Monan and Yanbei have withdrawn, they are still staying there, what are they waiting for?"
"They just want to wait and see if our Datang will continue civil strife.
If the civil strife continues, and then the Central Plains will be a mess, then do you think they will still evacuate No, they will occupy it, and they may even enter the Central Plains one day. ” "There are also the people of the Northeast who have repeatedly crossed the border and invaded the Liaobei Territory and Liaodong Dao of our Tang Dynasty."
"In the south, the Zhenla people have become the protector of my Datang regardless of Funan, and they are still attacking Funan, what is this, do you take my Datang in your eyes."
"Xindu Leader, because the scheduled reinforcements failed to go, now the Tang vassals of Xindu and the Japanese army are inseparable, and our lords have suffered a lot of casualties."
"On the other side of the West Sea, a branch of the Western Turks, the Khazar tribe has always had a good relationship with Rome, originally after the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Western Turks, the Khazars didn't even dare to say a word of hard words, and hid in the grasslands along the northwest coast of the West Sea.
But now, because of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, these Khazars have openly claimed to inherit Turkic orthodoxy, and even the Khazars have called themselves the Khazar Khanate, and Zabil has called himself the Great Turkic Khan, and met with the Roman Emperor Heraclius and formed an alliance. ” "Dingfang, keep your eyes on the distance.
Datang had just sneezed, but countless wolves had already surrounded him.
If we start a civil war, do you know what the result will be, don't just look at the Central Plains, maybe we are a little stronger, but there are still strong enemies around" "Never do things that are quick for relatives and enemies, don't provoke a civil war to make the Tang Dynasty weak, and then let the surrounding barbarians fall into the country.
We can't be sinners of this nation. ” If we want to carry out a great voyage, we must have the stability of the Central Plains, so that we can have enough talents, technology, and resources.
Why did Zhang Chao stay in the Central Plains, why didn't he go overseas directly.
Because he couldn't, he went overseas, leaving the support of manpower, material resources, technology, capital, and resources from the Central Plains, Zhang Chao wanted to develop overseas like the primitive society, and he had to struggle for several lifetimes to develop.
It is necessary to rely on the Central Plains.
And if you want to rely on the Central Plains, you have to be in a powerful position in the Central Plains, otherwise, how to protect it The usurpation of the world will inevitably lead to war, Zhang Chao has no ability to say that there will be a bloodless coup, he is not the Li family, and he does not have that ability.
If he is a member of the Li royal family, this is still a bit of a possibility.
Once it falls into the war, I don't know when it will end, and when Zhang Chao wins, the Tang Dynasty is estimated to be torn apart, and even when the Central Plains is weakened, the Quartet will invade again.
Historically, the Anshi Rebellion is not far away.
Or, Wu Zetian's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty also led to the rapid weakening of the Tang Dynasty's national strength.
The Tang Dynasty is in the hands of Wu Zetian, and he can't even beat the Khitan, and Tubo is also at this stage, and the momentum has won the Tang Dynasty.
Those are not what Zhang Chao wants.
This table in the Central Plains can't be lifted, and everyone has nothing to eat.
The Central Plains was stable, Zhang Chao and they established the Tang Dynasty's feudal state overseas, and the big rivers were full of water and small rivers.
You don't have to be an emperor to do it, it's good to build a strong federal empire and be a prince of a strong empire.
"Teacher, I don't think your idea can be realized.
If His Majesty has done something, he will not tolerate such a prince who is beyond his control, and he will definitely find a way to reduce the power of the feudal domain.
If the emperor is weak and the court is incompetent, then there will definitely be people who want to replace the powerful feudal towns in that place.
This is inevitable and cannot be changed. ” Zhang Chao admitted that what Su Dingfang said was also true, but people didn't dream of any difference from salted fish, so wouldn't they do it.
If it was just an ordinary situation, then the emperor and the imperial court must have wanted to centralize power and reduce the feudal domain.
If the imperial court is weak and the feudal town is strong, the feudal town will definitely want to replace it.
"You're just talking about ordinary situations, but our situation is different.
The princes of the Tang Dynasty are not divided into the Central Plains, but on the four sides, and there are many princes in the Tang Dynasty, and now there are more than 5,000 real nobles, all of whom have their own territories. ” "Now all the taxes of the princes' territories have to be paid to the imperial court for half, so many princes, a small amount of money accumulates, and a lot of blood is lost to the imperial court.
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The stronger the princes, the more blood they lost to the court, and the richer and stronger the court became. ” "And there are so many princes, it is easy for the princes to check and balance each other, and it is difficult for the princes of a town to be strong enough to challenge the imperial court.
The imperial court can summon the princes to fight together. ” Su Dingfang shook his head.
"But this time, we raised our troops, but we easily defeated the imperial court officers."
"We're different this time."
Zhang Chao disagreed with his statement, "This time we are the protector of the law, and the prince is the person we support together, the prince is not a prince, and the princes cannot have such a great influence as the prince."
Moreover, at present, the princes have not yet formed a real scale, and if the princes of equal division have formed a scale, it will be different. ” "At that time, the princes of the world can make an agreement with the emperor, and if there is a rebellion among the princes, all the princes must jointly raise an army to fight and jointly maintain the Tang court."
"What if the emperor wants to cut the feudal domain?"
asked Su Dingfang.
"The princes' domains are sacrosanct, and they may not recover their fiefs or reduce their fiefs unless they rebel or rebel.
If the court violates this agreement, the princes may join forces to defend it. ” Zhang Chao's words opened Su Dingfang's eyes.
"There can be such an agreement, and the emperor is willing to stand" "With power comes obligation, and the princes have the obligation to protect the Tang Dynasty, and of course they also have the power to defend their territory."
"I still think the teacher's ideal is a bit too ethereal."
"It's definitely not going to be smooth sailing, because the road is difficult, so I hope you and I walk hand in hand."
Zhang Chao's words just now actually have the intention of establishing a constitutional monarchy, but now he is only revealing to Su Dingfang, and it is not yet time to say these words to the emperor.
Say which step you want to take, step by step, no hurry.
"You are the marshal of Beiya, although the soldiers and generals are separated, and you can't directly command the troops in peacetime, but you are the commander of the generals.
The senior generals of the Northern Ya are in charge of you.
I hope that in the future, you can take care of the generals of the Northern Ya for me. ” "Teacher, don't worry."
The heart-to-heart exchange between teachers and students also made Su Dingfang more aware of Zhang Chao's goals and ideals, although he did not fully agree, he was willing to support it.
"Take the generals of Beiya, don't forget your own territory, and use more dim sum to manage your own territory.
Your new fiefdom is in the river, although it is far away from the Central Plains than the original fief in the north of Wolf Mountain, but it is located between the Tang Dynasty and Persia and Rome, and it is an important trade route for the development of handicrafts and commerce, which is promising. ” Su Dingfang's fief originally belonged to Persia and was called Mulu City, on the south bank of the Amu Darya River.
Now it belongs to the southern boundary of the Tang River, and to the south is Persia.
The fief is hundreds of miles, the place is not small, close to Persia, and it can become an important trade port.
"Remember to recruit more soldiers and horses, and if you can, train enough soldiers from the imperial court.
If we want to protect the interests of our vassals, we must also have the guarantee of force.
We can promise not to be the first to use force, but if the imperial court unjustifies the feudal domain, we can at least defend our own interests. ” Zhang Chao did hand over the military factories in Nanyang, but he would not give up training his own private soldiers.
Training private soldiers within the quota according to his knighthood level does not violate the system of the Tang Dynasty, it is just to protect his own rights and interests.
The princes support the army, which is like the Americans who have guns in later generations, who dares to say that they want to ban it, Zhang Chao will beat out his dog brain.
This right is sacrosanct.
The number of troops of the lords can be strictly limited according to the quota of the imperial court, or according to the system of the imperial court, it is strictly forbidden to cross the border of the territory, but as long as one does not exceed the quota and the other does not go out of bounds, then the imperial court does not have any power to manage the private army of the princes.
There can be no doubt about this.
"At this time, will it be more sensitive to train private soldiers?"
asked Su Dingfang.
"Don't worry about this, this is the natural right of the princes, just like we can enjoy half of the tax revenue in the territory."
Datang is now more than 5,000 real nobles, who will be stupid to give in and hand over this tax right and this right to support the army Without soldiers, what kind of security does this lord have?
Su Dingfang, as the king of the county, can have 8,000 soldiers.
In the previous fiefdom in the north of Su Dingfang's Wolf Mountain, there were actually only a small number of territorial knights and guard cavalry, and more militia were used to make up the numbers.
And now, Zhang Chao hopes that Su Dingfang will pay more money and find a way to recruit more soldiers, preferably eight thousand.
"If you're short of money, you can come to me."
The Zhang family's property that was confiscated by the imperial court before has now all been returned to Zhang Chao.
"It's not necessary, I have invested in so many industries behind the teacher, and the dividends every year are terrible, not to mention raising 8,000, raising 10,000 or 20,000 is not a problem."
A soldier counts the cost of 100 guan a year, and 8,000 private soldiers are only 800,000 guan.
The other lords may not be able to bear it, but Su Dingfang really doesn't have to worry.
"Teacher, what kind of industry did you say was more profitable to invest in now, and there was a lot of spare money in your hand, so you can put it away."
"Needless to say, of course, it's the maritime trade, and then there's the related shipbuilding industry.
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