In Hangzhou Bay, the team of the Emperor Taishang gathered more and more large.
Li Shimin looked at the list presented, and was very dissatisfied with the fact that many of the 20,000 people who were given to him could not even speak Chinese, such as Kunlun slaves, Goguryeo slaves, Turkic slaves, Persian slaves, and Egyptian slaves, accounted for nearly half of the number.
It's terrible to take this group of people to the Americas.
"Although these Kunlun slaves are tame and strong, there are too many of them, and they can't even speak simple Chinese, what do I want so many people to do, I want craftsmen and warriors, not a group of serfs who farm the land."
"Your Majesty, if they are trained, they will become excellent sailors, warriors, and craftsmen."
Zhang Chao told the Emperor, "These people are very popular in the Central Plains, and a strong Kunlun slave is worth at least fifty guan. ” "I have given up the world to you, can't I give 20,000 people of the Tang Dynasty?"
"There are not many people who are willing to go to the Americas like Wei Chigong, and almost all of the more than 10,000 Tang people who gave His Majesty are criminals."
The fact that Zhang Chao said made Li Shimin's mood worse.
Is there no faithful man willing to follow him to America?
Leaving the stunned Emperor Taishang, Zhang Chao returned to his ship.
There is a secret letter from Hanjing.
He took the letter and did not rush to open it.
Calculate the time, the last letter has passed, and this should be the response.
The weather had become hot, and it wasn't cool in the cabin.
Pick up a bottle of beer from the ice bucket, open it, pour a big sip, and the cold beer enters the throat, and the whole person is much more refreshed.
Holding the envelope in his right hand and gently patting it on the palm of his left hand.
He is optimistic about the results.
This operation was ruthless, but he thought it was necessary.
Sometimes, the truth is so ugly, but it's worth doing.
After drinking the remaining half of the cold beer in one go, Zhang Chao finally opened the letter.
Zhang Chao read the letter very slowly, almost word by word.
The letterhead is interesting.
"His Royal Highness the King of Luzon, hehe."
He smiled lightly, just by looking up, it meant that the matter was successful.
King of Luzon, a nice title.
You can have 10,000 soldiers, and you can have the power to govern the people, justice, taxes, and military affairs, but you must hand over one-third of the taxes to the imperial court.
In fact, one-third is quite high, but in the end, Zhang Chao still saved a little face for the emperor.
This one-third of the tax is a decent gift for the emperor.
If the territory is really handed over to the princes, and the court will no longer bear the expenses in the territory in the future, then giving the court one-third of the tax for nothing is actually a very cost-effective tribute for the lords.
The emperor's mood at the moment was only worse than that of his father.
He will not think about the positive significance of this matter, but only about the fact that his authority has been cut and that the dignity of the emperor has been insulted.
The emperor was thinking about how to deal with the princes, and how to reclaim the lost power.
Centralization is inevitable to develop to a certain extent, but after thousands of years of development in the Central Plains, since Qin unified the world, to now the Tang Dynasty has reached a new stage threshold.
The territory of the Tang Dynasty is too vast, and the desert south grassland in the north may even rule the desert north grassland and the ice fields further north in the future.
The Northeast, too, is vast jungle and permafrost.
To the south, there is a tropical jungle and thousands of islands in the ocean.
Southwest, plateaus, snow-capped mountains.
Northwest, plateau, desert, Gobi, grassland.
It can be said that the territory of this empire, with all kinds of terrain, is too vast.
Under the centralized power, the imperial court could not effectively rule such a large territory, and divided the princes and autonomous territories, which was also a way to not only keep the territory that was developed, but also continue to open up to the outside world.
Although the Tang Dynasty in history was also quite strong in the early stage, conquering the east and west, and laying down many territories, it could not be effectively controlled at all, and it was all controlled by fetters.
Give the conquered places to the local tribes for self-government, and let the chiefs rule.
Even the Turkic tribes were moved to such a fertile place as the Hetao and this fertile soil was given to them.
Even if they conquered Tuyuhun, they later sent troops to help them restore the country.
He defeated Goguryeo and Baekje, but he was unable to garrison them at all.
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All kinds of circumstances show that the original set will not work.
Instead of beating up the surrounding tribes, and then sealing their leader Datang official position, marrying the princess to them, and then pretending to set up any governor's mansion and detention state, it is better to directly divide the vassal states.
Let the nobles of the Tang Dynasty and those heroes and relatives conquer, manage, and consolidate these frontiers, so that they can truly become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, not just the nominal territory of the Tang Dynasty.
In that name, it has no effect, but is just feeding the wolves, and eventually eating itself.
No matter what the princes of the Tang Dynasty say, they are also the people of China and have a common belief in civilization.
Zhang Chao has seen more than Cheng Qian, and he has seen farther, he doesn't want to see the world that Datang has worked so hard to fight, but in the end he gave it away.
Since this is the case, Datang is guarded by them.
Bohai, Khitan, Turkic, Xueyantuo, Hui, Tubo, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Dongying, Western Turkic, Nanzhao, Linyi, Chenla, Funan These barbarian foreign countries around the Tang Dynasty will be replaced by the Tang vassal states.
Ke Qing pushed open the door and stood at the door, interrupting his thoughts, and Zhang Chao put the letter away.
"It's done, the emperor compromised."
He smiled and said to Ke Qing.
"There is also good news to tell you, your title has been promoted by one level, and now you are the Marquis of Naga in the Tang Dynasty, and your Naga Marquis is at the foot of Naga Mountain in the southwest of Yunnan."
"It's a remote place."
Ke Qing said with a smile, as an intelligence person, he naturally knew where the Naga Mountain Range was.
The Naga Mountains are the boundary mountains between the Yunnan tribes and the Tianzhu Jiama Bo Kingdom, and the south is the Bi Kingdom.
This title and fief were all won by Zhang Chao with Ke Qing, but the fief is really not very good.
The Hou State is actually still in the small tribal states of Yunnan.
"If you can climb over Mount Naga, then the country of Kamoja to the west is a very nice valley plain."
The fiefdom itself is not good, but it has the advantage of being close to the border land and can be developed outward.
Ke Qing smiled, "How could the emperor compromise so easily?"
Zhang Chao sighed, "He must be unwilling in his heart, but this time, he has no leeway."
This method of dividing the feuds is related to the vital interests of more than 8,000 nobles of the Tang Dynasty, who will give in."
"But the emperor must be unwilling in his heart, I'm afraid that this matter will be repeated."
"Let's take it one step at a time."
Zhang Chao knew that Cheng Qian must hate him to death now, but one yard is one yard.
He is the father-in-law and teacher of Chengqian, but he also has lofty ideals, public is public, and private is private.
"Now that the dust has settled, can we let Su Lie, Zhang Zhongjian, and Cui Yan continue to prepare for the war with the outside world?"
Previously, Zhang Chao also asked the commanders of these three places to suspend the use of troops just in case, so as to avoid chaos.
At the same time, this is also a pressure, if Cheng Qian can't think about it for a while, there are these three routes of the army Chen Bing border, Cheng Qian will also consider it carefully.
"Well, I'll write in a moment."
Ke Qing thought for a while and reminded Zhang Chao, "The emperor was cultivated by you, and you can't take it lightly."
When you have to prevent the emperor from taking risks, in fact, I advise you not to go back to Hanjing.
As soon as you go back, the emperor is also nervous, in case he overreacts, and the soldiers are in danger, but it is not good. ” "For the time being, there will be no trouble, and Cheng Qian will not be able to hold real power now, especially the army.
Han Jing's 80,000 Heavenly Son pro-army, he can't control it. ” "But after all, he is the Son of Heaven, and he can always get a group of people.
Besides, there are some precedents in history that young emperors train dead soldiers in the palace and then deal with the ministers in power in the palace. ” There are indeed many such examples.
For example, the power minister Yuwen Hu in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Yuwen Sabao was Yuwentai's nephew, but he was the true founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
After Yuwentai's death, Yuwen Hu took over the power of the Yuwen family, took control of state affairs, and forced Emperor Gong of Western Wei to give the throne to his brother Yuwen Jue.
After the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Hu killed three emperors of the Yuwen family within three years, and killed Zhao Gui, Dugu Xin and other important ministers in the Eight Pillars Kingdom.
However, such a powerful minister who leaned towards the government and the opposition was killed by Emperor Yuwen Yong in the palace Hanren Palace, and as soon as he died, his heirs and henchmen were also arrested and killed.
Yuwen Yong endured for many years, but in the end, he suddenly made a ruthless move.
He didn't rely on the imperial court to kill Yuwen, not the army, but just his own retinue of guards, a group of loyal young men who had been trained personally.
Yuwen was a little wronged to protect his death, but he didn't expect it, and finally turned the tables in the gutter.
There is another person who is almost unjust with Yuwen Hu in history, and that is Aobai.
He was also a minister who was in power and in the opposition, and then was finally killed by the young emperor in the palace with the guards around him.
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Although Zhang Chao said that Cheng Qian could not control the army, it was still possible for the emperor to train a few loyal dead soldiers.
There is no need for a dead soldier, when Zhang Chao enters the palace, a cup of tea and a cup of wine, and a little poison is added to it, which is also impossible to prevent.
No matter how you grasp the court, there are times when you are secret.
Ke Qing felt that it was better not to stay in the capital, because there were Ma Zhou and other people in the capital, which could already ensure that his ideas would be implemented.
The king is always safest without the king.
Ma Zhou and others are in Beijing, and Zhang Chao is outside.
The emperor will never be able to hurt Zhang Chao.
"There is some truth in what you said, after the promulgation of the Partition Law, I can indeed manage the fiefdom wholeheartedly."
The huge Nanyang, but it is basically divided by Zhang Chao as his own back garden, and if he doesn't start operating now, what's the point of talking nonsense with Cheng Qian every day.
Anyway, he didn't think about usurping the throne and standing on his own.
There are princes on the outside, cabinets and parliaments on the inside, and there are so many people staring at the emperor, no matter how much Cheng Qian wants to throw dung on the wall, it will not be so easy.
Just let him fight with the cabinet and the parliament, let them look at the emperor, don't let him grasp the real power of the army, don't let him make any demon moths like cutting the domain, Zhang Chao can conquer and open up safely. t1706231537: