Chapter 53 Jun went to the toilet Speaking of the Tianzhu Metropolitan Protectorate, in fact, the imperial court did not plan to set up the Metropolitan Protectorate here at the beginning, because there was already a Governor's Mansion here, and the Governor was still Li Chengqian, if the Metropolitan Protectorate was set up again, then not only would Li Chengqian's face not look good, but also the powers of the Metropolitan Protector and the Governor also partially overlapped, so not only could not improve office efficiency, but also caused conflicts between the Metropolitan Protector and the Governor.
But Li Zhen later thought that this would become the advance base for the Tang Dynasty to attack Dashi from the sea (on the one hand, it was also to supervise Li Chengqian, because he was a little dishonest over the years), so he asked the imperial court to set up a metropolitan protectorate, and it was also a metropolitan protectorate.
It's just that the first Metropolitan Protector was really a waste, and he was a nobody, and he did too badly in Tianzhu, and even became Li Chengqian's dog's leg, so that Li Chengqian had an extra power to protect the capital out of thin air, and he gained control of 30,000 garrisons in vain, and also allowed him to expand 30,000 elite soldiers.
And this is also the reason why Fang Yiai is reluctant to go to Tianzhu, because he is Li Zhen's person with a bright future, and it is destined to be impossible to become the dog leg of Li Chengqian, the abolished prince. and is unwilling to rely on Li Chengqian, which means that he has to compete with Li Chengqian, but although Li Chengqian is abolishing the prince, the abolished prince is also the son of the emperor, not to mention that he also has the identity of the king of Hengshan, which is really not easy to provoke.
And it is not appropriate for the foreign minister and the royal family to fight, and it has always been very difficult to deal with the things that have always been involved with the royal family, even if you stand on the reasonable side, under the influence of various factors, it is still you who will suffer in the end, even if the prince Li Zhen is behind the love of the house, I am afraid it will be difficult to avoid.
"Hey, Your Highness is actually unconscious at such a juncture."
Fang Yiai took a sip of wine depressedly: "Otherwise, let His Highness change me a place, even if it is Duhe's bird doesn't in Gaozhou, it's better than Tianzhu, right?"
” "You, just leave it to fate."
Cheng Chuliang gloated: "At least His Highness should give you no less, as long as you don't conflict with the King of Hengshan, he will naturally not provoke you." ” "What are you kidding?
How can we not be in conflict?
Do you think Li Chengqian is a good person?
With his temperament, even if I don't provoke him, he will definitely not allow Tianzhu to have a second governor.
Fang Yiai said angrily: "You are just talking cool here, right?"
If you don't help me now that my brother is in trouble, sooner or later I will have to repay you. ” "Nonsense, I'm a close minister by the prince's side, how can I suffer retribution?
His Royal Highness had already assured me that he planned to arrange me in the Srivijaya Governor's Mansion and go with Pei Xingjian.
Cheng Chuliang said and took out an envelope, and said as if showing off: "You see, His Royal Highness handed over the recommendation document on the front foot, and the order of the court on the back foot was issued......
"Bastard, you're really lucky, but don't be complacent, I'm going to be transferred, do you think Pei Xingjian will be far away?
Maybe the next governor doesn't have the same personality as you, and that's what makes it uncomfortable.
Fang Yiai was envious, jealous and hateful, but he had no choice but to curse like this.
The Sriwijaya Governor's Palace is the smallest of all the governors of the Tang Dynasty, and its jurisdiction is only one of the Strait of Malacca (this is another name for Malacca, in order to avoid harmony, this name will be used in the future) plus a Bali Island (now renamed Sriwijaya Island or Shandi Island, because this island once had two dynasties of Sriwijaya and Shandi, and later surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and changed its name to avoid harmony), at most it will add that Dandan Peninsula (in fact, it is the Malay Peninsula, The southernmost point here once belonged to the Dandan Kingdom, which was also the Tang Dynasty swept across the South Seas a few years ago, and the Dandan King surrendered to the table, hence the name), the territory is the smallest of all the governors' palaces, and the range of activities is only one of the Strait of Malacca and the waters around the island.
However, although it is a small place, its importance cannot be matched even in Luzon, because it guards the Strait of Malacca, the most important waterway connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Needless to say, the importance of the Strait of Malacca is so important that it can be said that as long as it is defended, it is equivalent to holding the most important throat of Datang East Asia connecting South Asia, West Asia and Europe, and no one should want to attack it.
There is no need to arrange a fleet here, as long as there are enough batteries on both sides of the strait, it is enough to blockade this place, but having said that, Li Zhen still suggested that the imperial court put a fleet here to patrol the nearby seas, after all, the batteries are dead, and if the enemy is taken by surprise, the batteries will eventually be captured, and the fleet will be much more flexible at this point.
In addition, the territory is small enough, and a fleet is enough to block this place to death, which means that it is difficult for smuggling ships or stowaways to hide from the eyes of the fleet, and they no longer have to be reprimanded by the imperial court for poor patrols - the patrol range of the Lingnan Naval Region is very large, and it is impossible to patrol with two fleets alone, which leads to Cheng Chuliang and Liu Renliang often being reprimanded by Li Zhen or the imperial court because of frequent smuggling cases, in fact, not only them, but the rest of the people are similar, and almost all the fleet governors have been scolded.
But this is also a matter of no way, the most significant situation of today's Datang is that the territory is large and the ships are few, some islands such as Luzon, such a large territory is only patrolled by two fleets, so it is strange that no one takes advantage of the loopholes.
However, there are disadvantages of small territory, the biggest disadvantage is that it is not free, if the territory is large, you can also look everywhere, like Luzon, Lin Fa has been the governor for so long, and he has not walked all over Luzon, at least he has not seen the scenery of the Southern Islands, and the Spice Islands, don't look at the islands of the Spice Islands, but the territorial waters of the people are large, the islands are like spring all year round, and there are volcanoes and hot springs on some islands, nothing to soak in the hot springs, it is not too pleasant.
And if you don't have a small place, it's not good, it's just such a big place, and it's over after two trips, if you don't have a combat mission, you get tired of seeing the scenery every day, and the fleet people can die of boredom.
But in any case, it is better to serve as the governor of Sriwijaya than to compete with Li Chengqian in Tianzhu, right?
Li Chengqian is not easy to mess with, he has been serving as the governor of Tianzhu all these years, the emperor is far away, and he holds heavy power, and he grasps the military and politics, especially after he took the Tianzhu capital under his command, the military power of the Tianzhu garrison fell into his hands, which led to his rights being heavier, plus the security forces that the governor himself can equip with, he already has an army of more than 50,000 people in his hands, which is enough to be domineering in a small place like Tianzhu - that is, Du He of Gaoda Prefecture is watching from the side, Otherwise, with Li Chengqian's character, maybe something will happen to him.