"What I want is long-term peace and stability and the formation of a routine." In the Penglai Hall, Shao Shude said loudly.
After lunch, everyone continued the meeting.
Now we are beginning to clarify the system of the Tibetan Council. Officials from the Beiya Privy Council cannot be here yet and are attending the meeting on the sidelines.
Shao Shude opened his book clearly and stated two principled requirements: first, the long-term stability of the grassland; second, the formation of systems and practices.
In fact, the requirements are very high.
How long is the required time for long-term peace and stability? In ten or twenty years, no one should dare to rebel. If you run it well, you can expect it in thirty to fifty years. In fact, your operations are so unbelievable that you can maintain peace for a hundred years.
What about a hundred years from now? No one can guarantee it.
But then again, reducing rebellion is also a great achievement.
It is not difficult for the court to deal with a rebellion involving thousands or even tens of thousands of people.
Back then, Helianduo led 80,000 prairie cavalry to attack Yunzhou and asked Li Keyong to beat the shit out of him. In fact, Lao Li didn't come up with any special moves. He led 5,000 elite soldiers and went straight to the most arrogant level.
The most capable prairie cavalry, the army marched in with great noise, and the mob dispersed.
If the Tibetan people reduce the number of rebellions and the number of rebels, the grassland situation will be controllable.
"Your Majesty." Yang Yao, who was already the leader of the Lifan Yuan, cleared his throat and said: "If the grassland tribes cannot unite, it is best to have some contradictions. This contradiction cannot be too big to be worthy of a sword fight. Instead, ask the imperial court to decide
.In this way, the court's prestige will be greatly increased and it will be in an invincible position."
"What can you do?" Shao Shude asked.
"After I took over the Lifan Yuan, I consulted many classics and found that the pastures of various ministries are now only roughly divided, which is not accurate. There are conflicts between herdsmen, and sometimes they even lead to fights, vendettas, and deaths and injuries." Yang Yao said: "
I think it would be better if the pastures are clearly demarcated. This is their lifeline and the biggest source of conflicts. They cannot be confused in this regard. The boundaries must be clear, even if boundary markers are set up. Once the boundaries are demarcated, it cannot completely eliminate the differences between them.
There will always be various kinds of conflicts. These conflicts do not involve the fundamentals, but after a long time, they always make people feel uncomfortable. This is a good opportunity for the court to intervene. "
Shao Shude nodded and said, "What Yang Qing said is true. Keep talking."
"Your Majesty, I propose to set up floating officials in the grassland." As soon as Yang Yao said these words, everyone was shocked.
"How to do this?" Shao Shude asked.
"Your Majesty, in the past, Li Guochang and his son occupied two towns. The imperial court immediately summoned troops from Lulong, Heyang, Hedong, Zhenwu, Tiande, Zhaoyi, and Zhongwu towns to fight against them. In the end, the thieves were defeated. Guochang and his son were defeated, and the North
Go to the Tatars. Earlier, Li Shidao of Ziqing invaded neighboring towns, and Wuning, Weibo, Cangjing, Zhongwu and other towns jointly fought against them. This kind of road can be used on the grassland. Whoever crosses the border will invade his neighbors.
, the imperial court organized a large army to destroy them, in order to deter other careerists."
Shao Shude nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
Yang Yao put it relatively simply, but the actual operation is actually very complicated. But officials who came from the era of feudal rule are very familiar with this.
Tang Ting's purpose was not to eliminate the vassal towns, and he did not have the ability at that time.
Their purpose is to maintain the balance among the vassal towns and obtain benefits from them as much as possible - there are many benefits, such as regular tributes, such as the vassal town sending troops to protect the court against autumn and winter, and the scholars from the vassal town coming to Chang'an to take exams.
Be an official and so on.
For this purpose, Tang Ting would not let one vassal town annex another vassal town. This can be seen from their many operations.
The rebel vassal was defeated, and the people who put down the rebellion plundered and returned home. The court would also give rewards to these vassal soldiers to thank them for helping the court to pacify the rebel vassal.
And Nifan was beaten hard, and he would be honest for a while. The imperial court took the opportunity to replace its own people - whether it can continue or not, let's replace them first - to comprehensively reorganize the vassal town, although the underlying separatist soil (big-headed soldiers) did not exist.
It cannot be eliminated, but it can at least provide stability for ten or eight more years.
In short, feudal town A rebels, Shence Army + feudal towns B, C, and D suppress the rebellion.
When B feudal town rebels, Shence Army + A, C, D feudal towns suppress the rebellion.
Rebellion in Domain C...
If they rebel together, things will be a bit tricky. But don't worry, they can still divide and disintegrate.
The rebellions and counter-rebellions in feudal towns since the mid-Tang Dynasty are very interesting.
The counter-insurgency army fought and fought and turned into rebels.
The rebels fought and fought, but with the imperial court's "Xu XX's new edict", he became the king's master again.
On the battlefield, they were obviously friendly forces, but as rumors spread, the army separated their camps far away, guarding themselves more than the enemy. This was because it was not uncommon for friendly forces to be severely attacked.
Tang Ting had already mastered this skill, until Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi appeared and completely reshuffled the cards.
Yang Yao said that when this technique is used on the grassland, the core is not to allow one tribe to annex another tribe.
It doesn't matter if a certain tribe rebels! The imperial court sends out a number of forbidden troops, town troops, and government troops, and gathers several neighboring tribes to quell it together.
After the peace was achieved, rewards were given to other tribes who participated in the suppression of the rebellion, and they were asked to withdraw from the battlefield and return to their respective families.
At this time, the imperial court can even take deep control of this newly beaten tribe and knead it as they please. If the transformation is done well, they can bury a nail in the grassland and let them become the imperial thugs, and take them to peace next time.
Rebel.
This kind of example also exists in the feudal separatist regime.
The Yiwu Army in Hebei (Yiding Town) was once a lackey of the imperial court. They were hated by the people of Hebei and regarded them as traitors. They often linked up with the Hedong Town who were loyal to the imperial court and attacked them in Hebei Province.
Therefore, Yang Yao only needs to briefly explain his ideas. The specific operation methods are so damn familiar!
"Your Majesty, this is what I said about the exiled officials." Yang Yao continued: "The grassland is vast and the situation is complicated. The battle is short and fierce, and the victory or defeat is immediate. If it drags on for a long time, the rebel tribe may have been defeated in a surprise attack.
Several neighbors have annexed many Dingkou, and they are sweeping the country. Therefore, I would like to divide the area on the grassland, build a city, send officials, and garrison elite soldiers so that if something happens, we can respond immediately."
"Bring the map." Shao Shude ordered.
Everyone looked stern, knowing that the sage attached great importance to Yang Yao's opinions and even somewhat agreed with them.
The map was hung up quickly.
Shao Shude walked up to it and watched carefully.
Why do many countries need quick reaction forces? Because by the time the lengthy military mobilization, material collection, and troop mobilization are completed, things may be out of control. Therefore, a force that is on standby 24 hours a day and has sufficient supplies is needed.
Enter the battlefield immediately, intervene and buy time.
It was difficult to do this in ancient times, and the army's delivery capability and movement speed were also poor. If the decision-making was delayed, by the time the army was dispatched, half a year might have passed and the day lilies would have been cold.
Therefore, the best way is to station an army in the core area of the grassland. The number does not need to be large, it only needs to be elite enough to reduce material consumption as much as possible. After all, supplies are inconvenient there.
The main body of counterinsurgency is still the soldiers of various grassland tribes. The elite soldiers stationed by the imperial court only play a supervisory role - of course, they must be used when they should be used, otherwise they will be looked down upon.
"Where is it better to build a city?" Shao Shude asked after reading.
He actually already had some ideas in his mind, but he still wanted to hear Yang Yao's opinion.
"First, it can control all directions, and it is convenient to travel and march quickly." Yang Yao said: "Second, the water and grass are abundant, so it is best to grow some food for a long-term plan. Third, the terrain should be easy to defend and difficult to attack. If
If you can’t do the third point, focus on one and two.”
After all, the grassland is generally very flat. It is a bit difficult to meet the previous two points while also being easy to defend and difficult to attack, so you must focus on it.
"Yang Qing tried to point it out on the picture." Shao Shude said.
"Since Heichengzi has built a city and has His Majesty's palace, it can be used as a place." Yang Yao said.
Heichengzi is located seventy miles west of Erdenizhao in later generations. The former Uighur government office is indeed a very good place. Food can be grown there, and planting began in the 14th year of Jianji.
"There is enough land to build a city in the Altai Mountains."
It is actually necessary to build a city and garrison in this place. First, it can intimidate the Tibetan tribes in Beiting from the north, making them feel psychologically oppressed and not think about escaping. Second, it can also unify the local Khazar Uighur tribe (not yet known).
part of the westward migration), competing with the Yorgas for influence.
Moreover, there is a place with abundant water and grass in this area, which was called Kobdo in later generations. One of the three cities in Mobei during the Qing Dynasty was located here.
"The Uighur city of Ketun can be rebuilt and used as a city."
This Kedun City is not the Kedun City at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, but a city built by the Uighurs in the Kerulun River Basin. It is roughly located to the west of Qiaoba Mountain in the later Outer Mongolia and to the east of Wen'erhan.
It is now abandoned, leaving only ruins.
Later generations of the Liao people also took a fancy to this place, so they rebuilt Kedun City, thinking that the Northwest Road was the right place to recruit Si, and moved people of all ethnic groups to settle here. At its peak, 20,000 soldiers were stationed.
"With Kedun City as the town state, the army called it Jian'an."
"We could have conquered the city. In the 22nd year of the unification, the imperial concubine made a memorial. More than 20,000 cavalry from various tribes were selected to serve as garrison troops, specifically to defend the royal family Wei, Yu Jue and other countries."
The size of this garrison may be exaggerated. Because later Soviet Union archaeological studies in Mongolia found that the city was not large and could not hold 20,000 soldiers. However, considering that the Khitan people were nomadic, they could use the city of Kotun as the core to herd sheep within a certain range.
This increases the population base.
There are no 20,000 soldiers, but there may be 20,000 strong men.
A hundred years later, the Khitans already understood that if they wanted to truly control the grasslands, they had to build cities and garrison troops.
Facts have proved that this is effective. And in places where they did not have troops stationed, dowsers rose up.
By the time of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were three garrison cities on the Mobei grassland: Kulun, Ulyasutai, and Khovd, where officials were stationed to manage various affairs.
They went further than the Liao Kingdom, perhaps because of the gap in national power.
The Khitans have a formidable enemy in the south, and all resources must be used first in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun. It would be good to set up a Northwest Road Recruitment Department on the grassland - the Khitan leader has a very clear mission for the Northwest Road Recruitment Department.
, there is no need for you to participate in other wars. Even if the Khitan is about to be defeated, you should not come over and guard your own borders.
In fact, when Emperor Tianzuo was defeated, the soldiers who recruited Si on the northwest road really did not come, and were later taken away by Yelu Dashi.
"The places Yang Qing chose are all good." Shao Shude praised after drawing some signs on the map.
The one in the west is Khovd, the one in the middle is Heichengzi, and the one in the east is Ketun City. The distance between them is moderate and almost covers the entire Mobei grassland.
"That's it." Shao Shude finally made the decision. He only heard him say: "Each city can move a few Han people to cultivate, and there is no need to have many troops. Three to five thousand people are enough. But they must be elite, Han soldiers.
To control the grassland, the Tibetan troops garrison the Han territory, this is the principle and cannot be changed."
"Each city needs to have a Lifan Yuan, and officials from the Privy Council of Beiya will work together to handle various grassland affairs nearby."
"The Lifan Yuan appointed a member of the Lifan envoy to take charge of the civil affairs of various ministries, and Yang Yao was appointed to this position."
"Under the envoy of Lifan, five members of Meilu are temporarily appointed. Lianyou, Shaoyuanzhu, Achu, Zhuang Yue, and Long Sitong are responsible for the duties of Meilu. Achu, you go to Altai and recruit strong men from various tribes.
Find land to build a city.”
"Shao Yuanzhu went to Heichengzi and took office directly."
"Long Sitong can go to Kedun City and build the city first."
"The Tibetan tribes in Qinan, Anxi, and Qinghai do not need to build new cities. The offices can be located in Feng, Rou, Xin, Ting, Shan and other prefectures. I will think about the candidates for Mei. Let's handle it first.
"
"I obey the order." All the officials responded one after another.
Today, in addition to deciding to build a city, garrison troops, and send officials to the Qibei Grassland, which is the farthest and most difficult to control, the structure of the Lifan Yuan was also established.
Of course not all is done.
Senior officials such as Li Fanshi and Mei Lu have been appointed, and functional departments and various officials must be re-selected and appointed.
The sage once made it clear that Tibetan officials could take up positions in the Han region, and Han officials could also take up positions in the grasslands, so the selection of officials was not limited to the grassland ministries.
Let's get used to it slowly.
Put up the shelf first and start doing things in detail. Only when you start doing things can you know how to add or reduce departments. Over time, the Lifan Yuan and the Bei Ya Privy Council, two major civil and military institutions, will gradually become the real power yamen.
