Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 234 Great Tang Five Capitals
Hexi was restored, and His Majesty the Emperor was so excited that he stayed up all night.

He thought a lot about how to prevent the Guiyi army from overexpanding through the organizational system without restricting the Guiyi army.

It spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, and now Shannan Dongdao, Jingnan, Caizhou, Huainan, and Lingnan.

Establishing a system of five capitals has been in the mind of His Majesty the Emperor for a long time.

Chang'an, the upper capital, is difficult to radiate the whole country, even Huainan is out of reach, and the location of Luoyang, the eastern capital, is also very embarrassing, and the water transportation is far less convenient than Bianzhou.

Although Luoyang has the danger of the eight passes, every time it encounters an enemy, the eight passes hardly play any role. It is just used as a depth to win a little time for Chang'an.

His Majesty's idea is to locate Tokyo in Bianliang, with jurisdiction over Huainan Road, Henan Road, Weibo, Henghai, Zhaoyi, the southeast of Hedong, Hezhong, Shannan East Road, Jingxiang, Eyue (now Hubei), Xuanzhou, West Zhejiang, Shandong.

This is the most affluent place in the Tang Dynasty except Guanzhong, the entire Central Plains, Shandong, and the southern part of Hebei, the entire Huainan Road, all of the present Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang, the southern part of Hunan, and the entire Hubei.

The place is the largest, the most densely populated, the economy is the most developed, and the water transportation is the most convenient. The money and food from Huainan, Jingxiang, Jiangnan, and Shandong can support millions of troops.

"If a million troops are stationed in Bianliang, the center of the Tang Dynasty will naturally move to Bianliang!"

But Bianliang is surrounded by flat mountains, and there is no danger to defend, which also troubled His Majesty the Emperor.

As for Nanjing, if it is located in Jinling, it will coincide with Bianliang. Through water transportation, the imperial court can control it well, which is of little significance. Then go south to Lingnan Guangzhou, and Nanjing will be located in Guangzhou, with jurisdiction over Lingnan (now Guangdong), Yiguan ( present-day Guangxi), Annan, Guiguan, southern Guizhou, and southern Hunan.

In the future, sea routes can be developed and Guangzhou can be ruled remotely.

And Beijing is located in Youzhou (today's Beijing), with jurisdiction over Lulong, Yiwu, the northeastern part of the River, the northern part of Monan, Chengde, and water transportation can also reach Youzhou.

As for the upper capital, it is naturally Chang'an, which governs Guanzhong, Shannan West Road, Liangchuan, Yinsui, Shuofang, and Zhenwu. This is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.

According to Li Ye's idea, Xijing is located in Liangzhou, which has a good economic foundation. At the time of Kaiyuan, there were more than 2 households with a population of 10,000+, while others, such as Guazhou, had only a few thousand households with a population of less than [-].

Let Xijing be in Liangzhou and govern the [-] prefectures in Hexi. If Anxi Dufu and Beiting Dufu are subdued in the future, they can be governed by Xijing together.

Except for Shangdu and Dongdu, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the highest officials of each capital stay behind for each capital, or even do not have a stay behind, and the power belongs to the ministers of each department.

Each of them stays behind the political affairs within the general jurisdiction, and each has the same six departments, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, and the Yushitai and Guozijian.

The armies under the jurisdiction of each capital are divided into the Turkish Army and the Liu Army. The Turkish Army is the army that can be directly commanded by staying behind in each capital. It is divided into the standing field state army and the city defense army of each state.

The Liujun is an army directly under the imperial court, which can be rotated every three years. The ratio of the Turkish army to the Liujun is about one to two or one to three, ensuring the imperial court's control over the capitals.

If there is a war, each of the six ministers and Yushitai must agree to all stay behind, or the imperial court decree can mobilize the troops, otherwise they can only mobilize the Turks.

Officials from the Six Ministries, Yushitai, and Guozijian also implemented a one-to-one ratio of native officials to former officials.

The so-called local officials are those appointed by the capitals or local officials, and the so-called floating officials are officials appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the imperial court.

Among them, Yushitai is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the appointment of the heads of various ministries requires the approval of the imperial court officials.

The six ministries are not only subject to the restraint of each capital, but also supervised by the six ministries of the imperial court.

The general framework is like this, and the details still need to be filled in, especially how to deal with the relationship between Liangzhou in Xijing and Zhang Huaishen, the Jiedu envoy of the Guiyi Army.

If Zhang Huaishen is promoted to stay behind in Xijing, this position cannot naturally be hereditary, with a term of five years at most, and two terms are enough.

As the Turks, the Guiyi Army was under the control of Zhang Huaishen, and there was no problem, but the administrative power had to be left behind in Xijing.

There is no basis for Huai Shen's restraint of the local army and the Liu army. The nominal military chiefs are either left behind, or they are the leading generals sent by the imperial court.

Li Ye couldn't sleep at night, got up and read quickly under the lamp, or did he take Xijing as a special case?
Li Ye shook his head. His Majesty the Emperor's words are very simple, but often they can't be blocked. The kings of later generations will follow the example, and the whole world will follow suit.

Li Ye wrote down all these thoughts and passed them on to Jing Xiang and Zhang Chengye to hear their opinions.

If there is no problem, we will discuss it in the six parts, first take the eastern capital of Bianliang as a pilot, and after three to five years, if there is nothing wrong, then implement it to the southern capital of Guangzhou and the western capital of Liangzhou.

As for the northern capital, I'm afraid it won't be completed in three to five years. If you want to build a capital, you have to conquer it first.

"Everyone, the dragon body is important, it's time to rest!"

Li Ye yawned, and before he knew it, it was dawn.

At this time, it's not too late, just in time to discuss with Jing Xiang what to do with Wei Bo.

"It was said that the son of Chang'an, the Yajun of Wei Bo, was arrogant and arrogant, and did not respect the king. It can be seen that the father and son of the Yajun attacked each other, and the in-laws have been in-laws for a hundred years, and they are intertwined.

The Weibo Festival made Luo Hongxin's bitter government soldiers arrogant, and I wanted to use my hands to wipe them out. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I want to use the hands of Hedong to slaughter Weibo's army, marry Luo Hongxin, and slowly slaughter Weibo. I don't know what Jingxiang thinks? ..."

"I heard that Wei Bo has accumulated for a hundred years, the people are wealthy and the country is rich, and the property in the mansion can supply the army for two years. If Wei Bo's army is completely slaughtered, and the people in the town are in poverty, will it be easier to conquer it? I hope Ai Qing will be careful. Think about it, and teach me with a good strategy!"

Li Ye said to Zhao Xi: "Let Duan Kun enter the account!"

"promise!"

After a while, Duan Kun entered the account.

Li Ye sealed the letter with wax, put it in the letter box, sealed it with wax, and handed it to Duan Kun, saying, "Send the letter to Jing Sitian in Luoyang!"

"promise!"

Li Ye warned: "This letter must not fall into the hands of outsiders. If there is an accident, destroy it immediately. In addition, send someone to Caizhou to bring that magic stick Xu Shiyan to my side. What I want, he It should be almost ready."

"promise!"

The confidential words in the emperor's letter must not be disclosed to the public, Li Ye thought about it and was still worried, so he called Duan Kun to answer the mailbox.

He took out the letter, crossed out all the characters like Zhen on it, copied it again, and then sealed it again, put it in the letter box, and handed it to Duan Kun.

Li Ye watched Duan Kun go out of the tent, and then he felt sleepy, and when he was about to sleep, he saw Duan Kun leaving and returning.

"Has the letter been delivered?"

"The appropriate person has been sent out! Your Majesty, Zhu Wenna in Zhengzhou has an urgent military situation!"

"Huh!"

Li Ye cheered up, could it be that Zhu Wenbing entered Bianliang?
(End of this chapter)