When the war was raging on the Qingtang Plateau, the ministers of Zhang and Zhou, led by Feng Dao, had not yet come up with a way to resettle Zanpu Chiwang Xuzan.
Because there is really no precedent for this thing!
Although there were monarchs of the same rank in the past who surrendered, such as Jieli Khan, he was captured and considered a prisoner. Zanpu Triwang Xuzan took the initiative to donate his soil, so he certainly cannot be treated as a prisoner.
Qian Hongchu, Gao Baorong, etc. who also donated soil were originally the lords of domestic vassal towns, and they were different from the lords of large countries like Tubo Zampu.
In the end, the ministers came up with the idea of restoring the royal title - King Si - that the Tang Dynasty had given to Tubo Zanpu.
Cong (cong), or Cong people, were actually ethnic minorities living in Dazhou and Chongqing, Sichuan in later generations. They were also called Banzhen barbarians. These people were later collectively called Ba people together with Linjun barbarians.
As for why the Tang Dynasty made Tubo Zanpu the King of Si, who was completely out of reach of them, this was actually full of infinite expectations.
Because the Mi people occupy a very, very important position in the history of the Chinese nation.
They established their own country in the Shang Dynasty. When King Wu conquered Zhou, the Shi people followed King Wu of Zhou and acted as the vanguard. During the Warring States period, the Qin State also relied on the Shi people to pacify the Bashu lands.
When Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty raised troops in Hanzhong, he also recruited a large number of Xi people as vanguards. After winning the country, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty loved the Xi people for their bravery and compiled their songs and dances into the Yuefu, calling it Bayu Dance.
As for later, during the Han Dynasty, history books often recorded that "the counties were destroyed, and they relied on the planks to save them."
Or when conquering some tribes that disobey the central government's orders, there are often "relying on the planks to destroy them." and so on.
It can be said that among the tribes from various places that the Central Plains Dynasty relied on, there was no one who was worthy of being a disciple.
Especially during the period from Zhou to Han Dynasty, the Jin people were the most effective mercenaries of the central dynasty and their closest partners in pacifying the Qinba Mountains and even Shu.
By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Ti people had completely integrated into the Han people, but their deeds of fighting side by side with the Central Plains dynasty were still being praised. The Bayu dance was also one of the dances that the Tang people loved to dance.
Therefore, when Songtsan Gampo succeeded to the throne of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, he said, "When the emperor has just ascended the throne, there are those who are disobedient, and he is willing to fight against them."
And regardless of whether the impact was good or bad, he did lend troops to Wang Xuance to attack Zhongtian Zhu.
No matter what the Tubo thought, but judging from the fact that Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty named Songtsan Gampo the King of Tibetan, the Tang court once planned to make the Tibetan who married Princess Wencheng into a Tibetan.
According to the geographical and political structure at that time, this was probably the Tang court's intention to use Tubo to conquer Tianzhu and Nanzhao, and then share the interests and merge into one after thousands of years.
However, due to the sudden death of Songtsen Gampo, Lu Dongtsen gave up his strategy of going south to Tianzhu and instead began to compete with the Tang Dynasty for Longyou in Hexi Province, which was more suitable for survival.
The brutal fighting between Tang and Tibet began for more than two hundred years, and they could never go back to the past.
In fact, the mysterious death of Songtsen Gampo was probably related to his plan to go south to Tianzhu.
Zhang Yan didn't know these reasons at first. After Feng Dao and He Ning explained it to him in person, he also knew the inner meaning of the Tang Dynasty's title of King Songtsen Gampo. He immediately felt that this was such a grand event.
What an idea!
However, due to the background and vision of the times and the sudden death of Songtsen Gampo, everything came to nothing.
It turns out that before he made the plan to rely on Tibet to control the Ganges and Indus river basins, the Tang Dynasty had this idea!
It's a pity that heaven does not go as planned. What a pity!
However, Zhang Yan thought about it and realized that the current situation was that he controlled the Qingtang Plateau on the surface, which was different from the situation during the Tang Emperor Gaozong period when Songtsen Gampo needed to cooperate and Tubo was an independent country.
The title of King Si is different from the title of King of Chu and King of Shu, which has gone through the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. It still has the flavor of an independent tribe and is not suitable for the current situation.
Since the Jin people finally merged into the Ba people, and then finally integrated into the Han people, why do they still use the name "訳" when they already superficially control the Qingtang Plateau? Why not just change the name "King Shi" to "Wang Ba".
The Ba Kingdom was a serious viscounty kingdom granted by King Wu of Zhou Dynasty. In this way, it would not be so independent.
From this, Zhang Hao thought that although he now controlled Qingtang on the surface, there were still many problems.
First of all, it is impossible for him to maintain a garrison of 20,000 to 30,000 troops in Luozou for a long time. A maximum of 3,000 to 5,000 troops would be good.
Money and food were one aspect, but the biggest problem was that few of the armies in the Han region were willing to stay at such high altitudes where food and clothing were not as good as those in the Central Plains.
Not to mention now, even if you are a soldier in the Republic or on the Qingtang Plateau, it is all hard work. Without a strong sense of honor and mission, you will not be able to stay.
But the current Qingtang Plateau has not yet lost all its military power, and the glory of the Tubo Empire has not completely faded away. During the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, three to five thousand soldiers were enough to deter the authorities, but it was simply impossible at this time.
And at this time, what do the nobles and common people on the Qingtang Plateau think of the Zhou army that controlled the logic and the Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains? Let me make a vulgar and disgusting metaphor.
Today's Qingtang is like a child whose father has just died (the Tubo Empire). He hasn't even gotten over the sadness yet. Suddenly, an old Wang (Zhang Zhou) from next door comes and hugs his waist.
, said proudly: 'Anyway, your father is gone, so I might as well be your father from now on.'
Although this new father who came over shamelessly was powerful and wealthy, the child would definitely feel extremely disgusted and dissatisfied.
Although I didn’t dare to do anything in front of him, I would definitely spit in his tea cup, fill his wine bottle with dirty water, use his toothbrush to clean the toilet, and wipe the floor with his face towel behind his back.
Once you have some ability to be independent, running away immediately is definitely your first choice.
Moreover, future generations should be well aware of the temper of the Master of the Qingtang Plateau.
To put it bluntly, there are only a few people in that place who can make decisions and then take action. The majority are those who are emotional, simplistic and resort to force to solve problems when they get the upper hand.
That was in an era when television, movies, mobile phones were so developed, and information was so unobstructed. Places like this were like that.
At this time, I am afraid that except for those ghostly politicians, the vast majority of the one million people on the plateau are people who are not afraid of causing trouble and have nothing.
People who are about to die of poverty are just afraid of death.
Currently, Zhang Zhou is facing such a situation. It is impossible to even think about directly ruling the counties. Even if he does not rely on the endorsement of Zanpu and Liufa Sect, it is impossible to rule.
Zhang Gao thought about it carefully, and the only feasible plan now is to confer Chiwang Xuzan as Bawang.
The Dafeichuan, Dongnu Kingdom (the Yushu area), Songpan Mansion, and the Xishan Qiang (the Hengduan Mountains area) that had been firmly controlled by Zhang Zhi were removed from the Tubo Empire, and the Xuanwei Department was set up to manage them.
The real hinterland of Tubo became the territory of the Ba Kingdom and was governed in the name of Zanpu Chiwang Xuzan. In this case, the only way to do it was to use the Kaibafu method.
Then you can set up a Bawang Bafu. Politically, the Bafu will set up the Prime Minister of Ba, who will oversee the country's government affairs. Militaryly, it will set up envoys to protect Ba, who will take charge of the national military.
As for King Ba, he lived in Luoyang, the sacred capital, and appointed state ministers and military envoys to handle state affairs.
In this way, in name, the state minister and military envoys were subordinates to King Ba, but in fact they were appointed by the court, and King Ba could not interfere in any way.
In addition to the state minister and military envoy, more than 70% of the other positions in Ba Guoba's mansion will be reserved for local people.
This was equivalent to using the power of the central court to endorse the power of the local nobles who had defected to the central dynasty, binding them to the court from then on.
In terms of political structure, the imperial court will also directly recognize the status of the local feudal lord as a feudal vassal town, and divide it into four levels according to size: marquis, uncle, appeasement envoy, and town and governor envoy.
In this way, the interior of the country of Pakistan can be divided into hundreds of noble territories, large and small, making it difficult for them to form a joint force.
In terms of military affairs, Gui, that is, the military household, was re-selected. It turned out that Tubo used the same government military system as the Tang Dynasty, but the Tubo auxiliary soldiers had a stronger aristocratic atmosphere.
Now that the imperial court is re-selecting Gui from the lowest level, it can give the Zhou Dynasty the opportunity to promote the most basic level civilians and serfs who have low status but have the courage to Tibet.
As long as 20,000 Gui can be elected from all over the plateau, this political system will basically be stable.
At the same time, local people with truly outstanding abilities or status can also be transferred to the central government to serve as officials.
From a religious point of view, a living Buddha was established in the Ba State, and under each living Buddha, a system of monks and officials such as a great virtue, a guru, and a master monk were established in turn.
Specifically, there is a living Buddha in Luosue, Linzhi, Shannan (Sikkim, Bhutan), and Ngari on the plateau, and then a living Buddha from the Six Dharma Sects in the Han region is stationed in the Jokhang Temple.
Headed by the Living Buddha of Jokhang Temple, religious affairs are handled by the Big Living Buddha in coordination with the four living Buddhas. These four living Buddhas cannot be hereditary.
Of course, systems such as the Golden Vase and Lotto, which were formed in the Ming Dynasty and inherited and carried forward by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, must be arranged.
For each nobleman, big or small, on the plateau who was canonized, the designated successor must be sent to Liangzhou or Dunhuang to receive education from the Six Methods Sect.
After they pass the assessment of the Six Methods Sect, they then go to the palace and serve as guards for the emperor and supreme heaven for two or three years, and then they are eligible to inherit the title.
The superficial benefit of doing this is that the big and small knights who inherit the title will be more loyal to the court, but in fact they are interfering in the internal inheritance of the knighthood.
Because it takes at least four or five years to study in the Liufa Sect and serve as a palace guard, after these successors return from performing their duties, they may find that everything in the family has changed.
The father is likely to prefer other sons who are always by his side. The mother and uncle's family are likely to lose in internal fights. Even the father has passed away. It is normal for the power in the family to be taken over by uncles and brothers.
If this is done, the successor will have only one way, and that is to rely on the power of the imperial court to regain everything lost. In this way, the power of the imperial court can be more deeply involved in establishing authority in the local area.
Zhang Gao wrote down the policy one by one, and then asked Shangshu Ling Feng Dao to summon five political advisors and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites to discuss it. After polishing it, it was sent to Luoxue on an eight-hundred-mile expedited basis.
However, this is not to be carried out in this way, but to be sent to Guo Tiance to summon Lunbo Ren, Langjie Jiangcuo, and the Tibetan ministers who took the initiative to surrender to the imperial court to discuss and put forward opinions.
After all, they are the parties involved, and only after integrating their opinions and making improvements can it become customized.