"Hexi must be collected! No matter how hard it is, no matter how difficult it is, even if we have to implement the feudal system in Hexi, as the emperor of the Han people, I cannot abandon the inherent land of the Han and Tang Dynasties!"
The loud shouts of Emperor Luoyang of the Song Dynasty rang out in Zhenguan Hall.
Zhao Kai has made a decision, Hexi cannot give up!
How could he give up the land west of Hexi? Not only can Hexi not be given up, Anxi and Beiting must be taken back sooner or later, and not even an inch should be lost... Isn't it just a war? Zhao Kai is not afraid of such pleasant things! A hundred thousand soldiers will march across the grasslands and sweep across the desert. They will win every battle and capture every attack. They will be invincible in the world and make achievements in all directions.
This is a time-travel experience in vain!
As for losing the battle... that's impossible!
Zhao Kai has fried pots, hot pot cannons, casserole cannons...and Yue Fei! How could the battle be lost?
The only question to consider now is how to properly build feudalism after victory!
Now that Zhao Kai, the boss, has made the decision, no one will raise any objections to the following four prime ministers, six ministers, and three capitals... The authority of Zhao Kai, the feudal monarch who "reopened the Song Dynasty" , no one in the Luoyang court could challenge him.
Before he makes a decision, he can voice his opinions if he disagrees. But once he made a decision, his ministers could only find ways to help him achieve his goal.
It can be seen that at the central level of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kai was actually an absolute monarch who said "I am the country". However, the Northern Song Dynasty under Zhao Kai's rule was a large country with very complex internal and external situations, and it was simply impossible to use one system to manage all aspects.
Therefore, Zhao Kai was the absolute monarch in the Luoyang court, but it was difficult to say that at the local level.
Zhao Kai's eyes slowly swept over the faces of more than a dozen important ministers. Everyone looked like loyal ministers who firmly supported him as the absolute monarch!
Zhao Kai said: "Since only Jiedushi feudalism can pacify the northwest, let's discuss it carefully. We must learn from the lessons of the Tang Dynasty, but we cannot create Jiedushi like An Lushan."
Lu Yihao, who proposed the feudal theory of Jiedushi, had already studied the issue of the Anshi Rebellion, so he was the first to speak: "The official family and ministers thought that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty trusted Anlu Mountain too much, and asked him to concurrently serve as the governor of Pinglu, Fanyang, and Hedong. The envoy was sent to have more than 180,000 troops, which finally led to a catastrophe.
If An Lushan was always just the military governor of a town, even if he served as the military governor of Fanyang Town, which had the largest military force, he would never dare to rebel.
Moreover, An Lushan served in Pinglu and Fanyang for too long. An Lushan was born in the Fan Yang Army. In the 28th year of Kaiyuan, he served as the Pinglu military envoy affiliated to the Fan Yang Army. In the first year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty settled in Pinglu. Jiedu also appointed An Lushan as the Jiedushi envoy. From the first year of Tianbao until Anlushan rebelled in the fourteenth year of Tianbao, Anlushan had been the envoy of Pinglu. From the third year of Tianbao, Anlushan also served as Fanyang Jiedushi until the rebellion, which lasted for another eleven or twelve years.
It is precisely because An Lushan has served as the military governor of Fan Yang and Pinglu for a long time that he has developed such power that he cannot lose his tail. If An Lushan only serves as the governor of one town, and changes to another town every few years, An Lushan may have to be a loyal minister for the rest of his life.
On these two points, you, the official, have thought very carefully... The general is at ease, the court is at ease, and everyone is united. If Tang Xuanzong was half as wise as you, how could there be the Anshi Rebellion! "
Zhao Kai trusts and reuses warriors, but he will never let them go.
Although he worshiped Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others and regarded them as brothers, he would never allow them to control an army (more than 10,000 people) for a long time!
Moreover, the generals under the military control of the Northern Song Dynasty Fubing must be rotated regularly. Those who can control the military for a long time are their direct generals.
While preventing generals from firmly controlling large armies, Zhao Kai explicitly required generals at military command and above to maintain 300-500 soldiers and a certain number of staff, with all expenses reimbursed by the court.
Moreover, Zhao Kai also allowed these generals to replace a certain number of generals, deputy generals, generals, and team leaders after taking over the army, and replace them with their own people... Of course, the officers who were replaced also Must have corresponding honors.
Therefore, these senior generals who lead troops will not become bare soldiers just because they are rotated to new units, but it is also difficult to turn the troops they lead into their own private soldiers.
However, this system of managing the army was not thought up by Zhao Kai, a "sophomore" in high school, but by the brothers Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Huang Wuji, Chen Ji, Li Xiaozhong, and Yue Fei who helped him organize it.
It's just that Zhao Kai likes to make laws into laws, so he turned these management methods that should have been unspoken rules into regulations and laws.
Therefore, Zhao Kai would not let Yue Fei raise more soldiers just because he had special trust in him, nor would he let him serve in the same position for a long time.
Therefore, although the current Yue Fei is more trusted and reused by officials than the historical Yue Fei, he will definitely become a prime minister in the future and will have his own feudal fief.
But he will never become a warlord with a hundred thousand troops and a powerful force in the Central Plains!
Zhao Kai laughed a few times after hearing Lu Yihao's compliments, and then turned his attention to Yue Fei, whom he trusted most: "Pengju, if I order you to live in Hexi, how do you think the feudal system should be implemented in Hexi?"
Yue Fei will definitely become the governor of Hexi Province. He is so young, there is no way he will be elected.
However, the Hexi Jiedu assigned to Yue Fei was not a monarch, but a temporary official.
Yue Fei did not answer immediately, but frowned, as if he was thinking seriously. After a while, he slowly said: "Hexi can't live without feudalism, but it can't rely entirely on feudalism. Hexi Jiedu governs Liang, Gansu, Su, and The seven states of Gua, Sha, Yi, and Xi start from the Tianshan Mountains in the west and end with the Yellow River in the east, covering more than two thousand miles from east to west. The distance from Luoyang to Guangzhou is probably only this far!
And the population, taxes and output on such a large territory are probably not as good as a government in the Central Plains. If it were all governed by exiled officials and guarded by soldiers recruited by the court with sufficient food and pay, the court would lose no idea how much money it would lose every year! Therefore, the land must be sealed to support scholars...but how to seal the land? How to raise a scholar? A long-term plan is still needed. "
After all, Yue Fei was not from the Western Army and didn't know much about things in the northwest, so he could only say this for a while.
Zhao Kai nodded, "It makes sense. How to seal the land and raise scholars must be carefully considered!"
The right minister Chen Ji took over the topic and said: "In the past, Hexi Jiedu commanded 73,000 troops. If this dynasty also deployed 73,000 troops in Hexi, it would cost several million a year to recruit all the troops! And recruiting so many troops would cost How to rotate? If they are allowed to start a family and occupy land in Hexi, it will be no different from feudalism."
"It's better to divide the land from the beginning!" Zhao Kai laughed, "The imperial court doesn't expect taxes from Hexi anyway."
Xiang Ke interjected: "Brother, if it is all up to the vassals to manage, I'm afraid the vassals will annex each other sooner or later, and there may be a second Western thief."
Zhao Kai said: "That's right, Ke Zhi, your family has been a general in the northwest for many generations, and you know the situation in the northwest. Is there any good way?"
"My younger brother suggested that Hexi Jiedu must directly govern Liangzhou, and at the same time directly govern several generals and utility men... And the utility men serving in Liangzhou, after serving for several years, can be converted into government soldiers and leave Liangzhou. The state will be resettled elsewhere. In this way, Hexi Jiedu can firmly control Liangzhou and more than 10,000 elite soldiers."
Recruiting soldiers to serve for too long is a bad policy. If the old and weak cannot be ignored, it will form a world-class military group. As soon as the frontier army's Shibing Group appeared, the court would be in trouble.
Therefore, the number of recruits (utility soldiers) deployed in Hexi cannot be large. A few generals, a total of 10,000 people, can be rotated every few years, so as to prevent them from taking root in Hexi.
Qu Duan, who was a general of the Western Army like Xiang Ke, added: "The local land in Liangzhou does not need to be given to the soldiers for cultivation. Instead, large farmers from the Central Plains are recruited to operate it, and all the grain obtained is purchased by the Hexi Jiedushi." Used for raising troops and storage.
In this way, Hexi Jiedu can have territory, an army, and food... In this way, it can control the feudal lords or the masters of a state and a county. "
Zhao Kai asked: "How should the remaining six states in Hexi be sealed?"
"It can be sealed layer by layer." Lu Yihao said, "When I was in Yanshan Mansion, I once saw the Jin people's Meng'an and Muke restraint... One Meng'an governs ten Muke, and one Muke governs Two Puchan, one Puchan governs fifty households. The old minister thinks this method is good. We can first measure the land of the six states and calculate how many feudal officials can be arranged in each state. Then imitate Meng'an and seek restraint. Seal them layer by layer."
It seemed that Lu Yihao had not been taken as a prisoner in vain, and he was observing very carefully.
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "You can set up four levels of ten thousand households, one thousand households, one hundred households, and ten households... If you don't set up ten thousand households for now, I will take care of thousands of households! There are ten thousand households in one state, The six states in Hexi are sixty thousand households. The generals of the Western Army, the Tibetan and Qiang tribes from all over Shaanxi, and the powerful Tibetan, Qiang, and Han people in Hexi who are willing to submit to the imperial court can all be granted the title of Thousand Households."
As he spoke, he looked at the ministers present and said with a smile: "If any of your relatives and friends are willing to raise a thousand men to conquer Hexi, you can also seal a thousand households! When I gather sixty With a thousand households, we can march westward to pacify Hexi!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yue Fei realized something was wrong, "Why does it take a year to gather sixty thousand households? After some preparation and training...it will be considered fast if we can send troops within two years. By then, Could the Western thieves have captured Anxi?"
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "I just want them to capture Anxi... If they capture Anxi, I will recover Hexi. If they go west and capture Hezhong, I will recover Anxi. Wouldn't it be wonderful?"
Zhao Kai now has feudal methods, so he can practice feudalism well, and maybe he can feudalize all the way to Europe!
If the whole world cannot be colonized, it seems good to change it to a feudal world. I don’t know if it’s possible to turn the beautiful commander of the country into the governor of the New World?
