Song Gexing

Chapter 241 Zhao Fang’s foresight

The surrender of Tamluo Kingdom is a bit unexpected, but it is also reasonable. After all, they have always received Chinese cultural education.

There is a tiger and wolf like Goryeo around them, and it will be difficult for them to be bullied. Without external help, they will be annexed by Goryeo sooner or later.

When the Song Dynasty garrisoned, let them see the benevolence and righteousness of the Song people. The Song army did not bully the locals, let alone buy and sell by force, and they would not insult local women.

Such evil behavior as that of the beautiful country's garrison in later generations was not seen in the Song army. Zhong Yi strictly prohibited disturbing the people. Previously, Zhang Dun had paid according to the price when borrowing grain.

One by one, the people of Tamluo saw the strict discipline of the Song people, and they also saw that the suzerain country was indeed a great country, with benevolence and righteousness first.

As more and more local people praised the goodness of the Song people, gradually the senior officials of the Tanluo Kingdom also had ideas.

Especially those nobles, after calculation, they felt that it was more cost-effective to be the nobles of the Song Dynasty instead of being the nobles of the Tamluo Kingdom.

Anyway, the Song Dynasty will not confiscate their property. The Song Dynasty has a large territory, and their opportunities may become more. With the joining of the nobles, the royal family is even more shaken.

After several years of fierce self-fighting, he finally made up his mind to merge into the Song Dynasty and went to the Song Army's garrison to test it.

Zhong Yi was not a reckless man. He immediately encouraged them when he heard about this. The imperial court always treated them favorably to vassal countries that voluntarily surrendered.

He also gave them an example of how the Yang family and the Northwest Zhe family of Bozhou voluntarily gave up their positions as hereditary military envoys and how the imperial court arranged for them.

The talkative friendship can be traced back to the Five Dynasties. When the Song Dynasty was founded, people went south and made different arrangements for destroying the country and actively surrendering to various countries.

Tamluo Kingdom was very familiar with the Qian family in Qiantang, and when he heard that the Chen family in Fujian was also the same, he immediately asked Zhongyi to take over and wrote to the court requesting surrender.

Things went extremely smoothly, and there was almost no opposition in the entire Tamluo Kingdom. Zhongyi sent garrison generals to various armies in Tamluo Kingdom for reorganization and training, and no dissatisfied behavior was found.

"The province of Jeju was established to also take charge of the Ryukyu Prefecture. On the mainland of Tamna Island, there were one prefecture and four counties, and an infantry admiral's office was set up to take charge of the garrisons of Tamna, Ryukyu and Japan."

Zhao Fang began to give instructions, then after a moment of silence he continued: "Establish the Seventh Fleet of the Navy, with its headquarters located in..."

Zhao Fang hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand suddenly and said: "If we go to Kyushu Island, Ryukyu is too far, and there is an infantry admiral's office in Tamluo."

He explained to himself that he actually felt a little guilty. After all, Japan was a vassal state, and Kyushu Island was just a place where troops were stationed, not the territory of the Song Dynasty.

It is obviously unkind to build the fleet headquarters on other people's territory, but the geographical environment of Kyushu Island has long been the most suitable. What can he do?

Anyway, he didn't feel any guilt for occupying the Japanese territory. He didn't destroy the Japanese country because of the teachers in his previous life.

If the Japanese country perishes in this era, where will future generations learn those postures? For the enlightenment of future generations, the Japanese country still needs to exist.

"Transferred Zhang Dun to temporarily take charge of the pacification envoy of Jeju Province..."

"Your Majesty, wait!"

Just as Zhao Fang was appointing officials, Han Qi shouted.

Zhao Fang stopped and looked at him puzzled. The appointment of Zhang Dun should not be opposed. Although this guy is young, his achievements in the past few years are obvious to all.

In addition, Jeju Province is newly established, and it is best to appoint people who have experienced it there.Zhang Junzhi was too old to stay there for a long time, because the cabinet had already discussed that the three-year transfer system for this term of officials could not be implemented.

After all, Tamluo originally had its own system, and it would take time to completely transform it and integrate it into the Song Dynasty system.

If the chief officials change frequently, it is easy to cause changes in political orders. Therefore, it is very suitable for Zhang Dun, who has a smaller official position, to go there. It is equivalent to being promoted in advance, but it will depend on your performance afterwards.

If you do not perform well, you will not be promoted in the future. If you complete the task well, you will be a high-ranking member when you return to the center.

When Han Qi saw him, he immediately asked: "Did your Majesty set up the Yamen of the Appeasement Department? Shouldn't it be the Chief Envoy Department?"

Since the last reform in the Song Dynasty, the Transportation Department was abolished and replaced by the Chief Envoy Department in charge of government affairs and the Admiral in charge of military affairs.

The Department of Economic Strategy and Appeasement still exists, but only in a few specific provinces. One is the Department of Economic Strategy and Appeasement of Jiaozhou, the other is the original Department of Economic Strategy and Appeasement of Shaanxi Province in the northwest, and the rest are all changed to the Chief Envoy Department.

After the annexation of Xixia, the Shaanxi Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department was abolished, and the Gansu Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department and the Hehuang Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department were established. Even within Xixia, the Chief Envoy Department was established.

The difference between the two is very big. The Pingsi Yamen has military power. This is the biggest difference. Although it focuses on government affairs, it can intervene in the military affairs of the Admiral Yamen.

This is because the imperial system stipulates that the pacifier of the Economic and Strategy Department also serves as the chief instructor of the provincial admiral's yamen, which is actually the position of political commissar in later generations.

The reason for doing this is because the places where the Yamen are set up to appease are the areas where wars are most likely to occur.

Although there was a governor, his only duty was to supervise local officials, and Fubiao was limited to a thousand-household camp.

Thousand-household camps are sufficient in inland provinces, usually for minor matters such as civil unrest, but not enough in border provinces. The admirals in border provinces have large numbers of troops, and the governor cannot suppress ambitious people.

It's different with the addition of the Appeasement Division Yamen. After all, instructors have existed in the military for several years. These people have integrated with the soldiers and are regarded by the soldiers as one of their chief officers.

Leading these people by the pacifier is equivalent to holding half of the military power in his hands, which makes it easier to suppress the admiral's separatist rule and respond to military operations.

Han Qi's reaction was actually correct. Zhang Dun's qualifications were too low. Being a chief envoy was actually a fourth-level appointment. Although he had a temporary title of chief minister, anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was because he was a confidant of the emperor.

Zhao Fang also understood that this problem was difficult to solve, but Jeju Province was so special that future generations would have no experience for reference.

Even the yamen established here in the Yuan Dynasty were different from what they are now. What the Yuan Dynasty established was a military management department and was not included in the provincial system.

Moreover, the Yuan Dynasty was only on Jeju Island. It did not take over Kyushu and Ryukyu as it does now, and it also had to take care of a little Hokkaido.

Don’t forget that Hokkaido was still configured at the road level. The provincial system was introduced in the Song Dynasty, which did not change this place. The Ezo people were still mainly autonomous.

"I understand the concerns of the chief minister, but Jeju is too special, and the Economic Strategy and Comfort Department must be established, because my next goal is Sakhalin Island."

Only then did Han Qi understand Zhao Fang's purpose and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty wants to cannibalize the virgin?"

"hey-hey!"

Zhao Fangjie smiled and nodded: "After taking control of Sakhalin Island and entering Heilongjiang, we don't need to go deep. We just need to open up wasteland near the mouth of the river and encircle a piece of land to garrison."

(End of this chapter)