I am Da Song

Chapter 282

The Longyou Protectorate's Mansion was not established at one time in the Song Dynasty.

The Song army once captured most of the land here during the opening of the Xihe River, including the economically prosperous Qingtang City, which was Shanzhou in the Song Dynasty, which was later renamed Xining Prefecture, and Miaochuan City, which was Huangzhou in the Song Dynasty.

Then it is connected with the six prefectures of Xi, He, Tao, Min, Die, and Dang that are close to the Song Dynasty, covering an area of ​​more than [-] miles. At that time, it was called "the land of the Ji family, and it was known as the county of Song Dynasty".

But after the first opening of the Xihe River, the local Tubo tribes resisted fiercely, and the Song army had to withdraw from Xining and Huangzhou.This area became the land of Tubo again, and the names were changed back to Qingtang City and Miaochuan City.

The local Song Dynasty can even directly set up prefectures and counties to rule, so you know how rich this place is.

The first time the establishment of the Longyou Protectorate's Mansion failed, the Huizong Dynasty army fought in again and re-established the Longyou Protectorate's Mansion.

But now it seems that the local rule is still unstable.

Zhao Huan asked Liu Kai: "I want to give you a large army to restore the land of Hehuang. How many people do you think you need? How long will it take to stabilize? It is impossible for the imperial court to throw a lot of money into this bottomless pit."

Liu Kai immediately replied: "Officials, one of the fundamental reasons why our dynasty is not stable in Longyou is that our dynasty has insufficient force in the local area and it is inconvenient to fight, not that the rule is unstable."

"Oh? That's a strange point of view." Zhao Huan asked, "Tell me your opinion?"

Liu Kai said: "The Longyou Protectorate's Mansion has a huge gap between our dynasty and the previous dynasty. In the former Tang Dynasty, it was a military institution responsible for commanding one side's war. But in our dynasty, the local rule has been very stable, and few There was a large-scale battle. Therefore, the Longyou Protector is often a part-time job for the prefect of Xining Prefecture."

"In Xining Prefecture, Huangzhou, Xizhou, Hezhou and other places, there is no gap between their official offices and the mainland. They are the counties under the direct jurisdiction of our court."

A part-time job for the magistrate of Xining Prefecture.Zhao Huan pondered for a while, but it was indeed similar to the old Song Dynasty's custom of appointing officials.

Xining is indeed a famous provincial capital in later generations, just beside Qinghai Lake.

Needless to say, the status of the provincial capital city is the economic center and political center here.

Liu Kai said: "Since we took over Xizhou, Hezhou, Taozhou, Minzhou and other places in our dynasty, we have opened a market to buy horses and trade with each other. Xihe people are very happy. All ethnic groups actively drive cattle and horses here. It is only one way away. The land has received more than 57 yuan in principal and interest since the establishment of the Shiyi Company."

One place collects 57 guan, which is indeed a great income in the border areas.

Zhao Huan asked: "Since the people of all ethnic groups are happy with it, what is the difficulty of ruling the local area?"

Liu Kai said: "The difficulty lies in the fact that our court governs military affairs with civil and military affairs, and the frontier troops are not allowed to move without authorization. Therefore, once a local rebellion or foreign invasion occurs, the local government will deal with it very slowly."

"The local tribes are very complicated. There are Uighur tribes, Tubo tribes, Guiyi army regime, and Xixia erosion. This is doomed to a lot of local conflicts, and it is impossible to maintain long-term stability. Therefore, the imperial court had to appoint local prominent families to make adjustments, and Zhao Huai'en was for this reason Appointed as an official. The imperial court expects to use its high expectations to mediate conflicts and appease the tribes. To avoid direct rebellion and corruption of the situation."

"There are still descendants of the Guiyi Army?" Zhao Huan was very surprised.

Of course, Zhao Huan had heard of the prestige of Guiyi Army.This is the regime established by the Anxi soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.After the Anshi Rebellion, the Western Regions were isolated from the Central Plains by Tubo. They fought bloody battles for a hundred years and returned to the East and their hometown.

At the peak, these soldiers from the Western Regions once recovered the eleven states of Gua, Sha, Yi, Xi, Gan, Su, Lan, Shan, He, Min, and Kuo, and dedicated them to the Central Plains.

Among them, Shan is now Xining in the Song Dynasty, and He Min is one of the territories recovered by the opening of the Xihe River in the Song Dynasty.

Liu Kai nodded solemnly, and said: "In the third year of Chongning (1104), our dynasty regained Hehuang and set up the Longyou Protectorate, completely ending the separatist rule established by the Guiyi Army, the Uighurs and the remnants of Tubo in the Longyou prefectures. Power. The Longyou area is under the jurisdiction of the imperial court."

"However, the Uighur, Tubo, and Guiyi armies have been fighting here for nearly 300 years, and each has deep-rooted areas with serious conflicts with each other. This is also the reason why local rebellions are frequent. They are used to using force to resolve conflicts. It's outright rebellious."

Zhao Huan nodded slightly. From the point of view of a unified dynasty, the rule of the people would pull hundreds or even thousands of people to fight with weapons at every turn, which seemed to be an unstable rule.

It has to be said that the Great Song Dynasty is somewhat similar to the later Celestial Dynasty.Zhao Huan remembered that in his previous life, when the martial virtues of the Celestial Dynasty were prosperous, the two villages fought with rifles and cannons.As a result, China completely banned guns.

Zhao Huan looked at Liu Qi and asked, "So Qing thinks that the key to solving the Longyou Governor's Mansion is to strengthen the local force?"

Liu Kai said: "Nowadays, the army is loyal, and all the officers and soldiers want to protect their families and the country, and are loyal to the country. I think that the real power of the frontier military government can be appropriately increased, and the affairs of Longyou... no... are not subject to civil restraint."

Apparently, Liu Qi had the courage to say the last sentence.

This is tantamount to setting a precedent for the Great Song Dynasty, completely handing over border affairs to the generals, and no longer directly under the central government for thousands of miles.

In order not to appear, five hundred soldiers were mobilized from the frontier, and the central government had to be consulted.

Zhao Huan frowned slightly, and said: "This proposal will inevitably cause a shock in the court, and the ministers will discuss it."

Liu Kai didn't dare to say much, and let the Longyou Governor's Mansion take charge of the local war on its own, and decided to attack and win, which undoubtedly gave the general great power.

This is tantamount to strengthening the strength of the frontier, which is completely inconsistent with the national policy of the Song Dynasty with strong branches and weak branches.

Zhao Huan tapped his fingers on the table, carefully thinking about Liu Kai's proposal.At the same time, he said: "Tell me about your army deployment and combat planning."

Liu Kai replied cautiously: "The situation in Longyou is complicated now, but the most powerful of them are undoubtedly the Yellow-headed Uighurs who are closest to the Black Han Kingdom, and the Caotou Tatars who are close to Xixia Shazhou and Guazhou. Even if I go to Longyou When the Youdu Protectorate was in its heyday, these two departments were also dominated by restraints."

"That's why I plan to send an army of [-] people to destroy these two departments, and collect all of them. They control an area of ​​three thousand miles and a population of one million households."

"After destroying these two ministries, all the ministries in the Hehuang area must be terrified of our military power. It is not difficult to deter this place. Most of the [-] troops can retreat. I think the garrison of the Longyou Capital Guard can be reduced to [-]."

Fearing that Zhao Huan would be worried about the logistics of the armies, Liu Kai added: "When Tubo ruled this place, only the two cities of Qingtang City and Miaochuan City could store food to support an army of [-] for ten years. Therefore, I thought that Longyou was protecting the mansion. One million households under rule are enough to supply the needs of the garrison.”

Zhao Huan nodded. Obviously, according to the proportion, the garrison of the Longyou Governor's Mansion is far more than [-].

After all, there are millions of households, which is really a very large scale, with a population of 600 million.It is more than the total population of Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period.

But Liu Kai did not dare to ask for too many garrisons, so as not to arouse the court's suspicion.

(End of this chapter)