Military generals are afraid that there will be no battles, and they will be able to make meritorious deeds if they fight, and there will be all kinds of benefits in fighting.
Just like Dou Gui, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Yunqi, Guo Xingfang and others who were in Bashu South, they didn't know how much they earned from buying and selling slaves.
In Wei Zheng's view, this plan was simply something created by the military and there was no need to discuss it.
Wu Huaiyu sat in the political hall,
Holding a cup of hot tea, he listened calmly to Wei Zheng's spiel,
It's been a while since I've been back, but Wei Zheng's ability to troll people seems to have improved a bit.
It can't be said that what Wei Zheng said is unreasonable. The reasons can be listed as one, two, three and four, but Wu Huaiyu can only say that Wei Zheng is biased.
This is not a dispute over civil and military lines, nor is it a financial issue.
The imperial court wanted to send troops to Lingnan, which was a necessary action to bring the now semi-independent Lingnan into the imperial rule.
Although the Tang Dynasty was large, there was not an extra inch.
Just like the Jiaozhou Dudufu, its southern coast extends all the way to Huanzhou Jiude in the far south, which was probably Vinh City in later Vietnam, and goes straight to Lanjiang. Previously, the imperial court also established the Nande Dudufu here.
During the Sui Dynasty, they even went on an expedition to Linyi, captured the capital of Linyi, and pursued them all the way to the south of the Tiannan Bronze Pillar established after Ma Yuan of the Han Dynasty destroyed Jiaozhi, and established three new counties: Linyi County, Bijing County, and Haiyin County, plus The original three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan were established, and six counties were established in the Annan area.
However, during the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the three counties established by the Sui Dynasty were captured by Lin Yi.
The Jiaozhi people even wanted to attack the Red River, but Qiu He was still somewhat capable when he was in charge of Jiaozhou. With the help of Gao Shilian and others, he not only suppressed the Jiaozhi people, but also repelled Qinzhou's troops. Ning's invasion.
Taking a sip of tea,
Wu Huaiyu put down his tea cup and coughed.
"Xiang Wei,"
Wu Huaiyu interrupted Wei Zheng and said, "Don't be impatient, Mr. Wei. Today's meeting is just about discussing matters. Everyone should express their opinions and discuss what they have.
Everyone can speak freely next,”
In today's meeting, it is Wu Huaiyu's turn to hold the office pen.
Wei Zheng sat down and picked up the tea cup. He also likes to drink Wu family's loose tea now. It is easy to brew and drink without the complexity of boiling and seasoning.
After making an impassioned statement in the meeting, I felt thirsty and it was time to drink a glass of water to moisten my mouth.
Huaiyu sat there and turned over the plan in his hand.
It was reported by Zhou Shaofan, Minister of the Ministry of War. However, this report was read by the emperor and forwarded to the Political Affairs Hall for discussion. The report was actually submitted by Wu Huaiyumian when the Emperor was in charge. Then the emperor called Zhou Shaofan and Li Jing discussed it together and asked the Ministry of War to draft a report and submit it to the emperor. , the emperor came to the political hall again.
This matter has actually been basically approved by Li Shimin.
Now we have to go through the procedures and get them approved by the Political Affairs Hall.
But Wei Zheng strongly opposed it.
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing went to Lingnan to pacify the ninety-six states in the fourth year of Wude, and now at the end of the fourth year of Zhenguan, the imperial government only established three offices in Lingnan, namely Guangzhou, Guizhou and Jiaozhou.
There are only 800 people in each government.
There were more than 600 unified armies in the Tang Dynasty. Including Beiya's forbidden army, there were 6.7 million soldiers and horses. However, there were only three unified army offices in Lingnan.
In the Guannai Road alone, there are 289 unified army offices.
Strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches, keep the inside weak and the outside weak.
The core status of Guanlong and the peripheral status of Lingnan can be said to be very obvious.
During the Southern Dynasties, Lingnan mainly controlled only a few core points of Jiaoguang and Guangxi. The rest of Lingnan relied on a system that supported powerful chiefs such as Feng Ningchen as agents of the court to manage Lingnan.
For such remote areas, this kind of agent system cannot be said to be bad. At least it can ensure that these places are not in chaos. It can also collect some tribute and taxes from there every year, and occasionally recruit tribal soldiers and so on during wars.
Of course, another benefit of Lingnan's stability is that it can also become a market. For example, handicrafts in government-run workshops, such as silk and porcelain, can be sold to Lingnan, and high value-added items such as ironware can also be sold in Lingnan.
There is a market here and you can make a lot of profits.
Of course, the Central Plains court also wanted to have stronger control, directly collect taxes and send conscripts, etc., but the ruling power here was too weak and it was really impossible to do so.
So we have to adopt this agency system,
It's just like some places directly engage in tax farming. If they don't have enough ability to calculate and collect accurately, they can farm the tax, outsource the tax, set a rough tax amount, and even allow the tax farmer to gain great benefits. It's better than doing it yourself.
It can't be strengthened at all.
Regardless of whether you have Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, or the unified Sui Dynasty, they have not been able to achieve complete rule. It would be good to be able to control a few cores.
Even the powerful chiefs such as Feng Ningchen and others, who hold the titles of governor, governor and other governors awarded by the Central Plains, can only control those cities. They cannot control the plain areas and the Xitong barbarians in the mountains.
Li Shimin was an ambitious emperor,
He doesn't want any nominal submission, what he needs is real rule.
Lingnan must be included in the actual rule, especially Wu Huaiyu said more than once the importance of Lingnan. The coast has the benefits of maritime trade, and Lingnan is rich in gold and silver. In addition, the Danquan there can soak iron into copper and become the copper material of the Tang Dynasty.
main source of
Each of these is a huge benefit,
What's more, compared with those places in southern and central Guizhou, which are really remote and backward, with inconvenient transportation, Lingnan still has many advantages in transportation. The Ling Canal opened in the Qin Dynasty and the Meiguan Ancient Road opened in this dynasty can cross the Five Ridges and become important.
trade routes.
Lingnan itself, along the Xijiang River Basin, is also well connected in all directions.
There is still such a large population, there are a lot of Han people in Lingnan, and the plains are well developed.
With such a large population, land, and high-quality resources, how could Li Shimin give up?
Wu Huaiyu told Li Shimin that Lingnan is equivalent to the Hexi Corridor.
Can the Hexi Corridor be abandoned?
cannot,
Therefore, Lingnan and the imperial court must not give up. They must completely control it and turn it into the Hexi Corridor of the Tang Dynasty and a prosperous Maritime Silk Road.
If you want to control it, you must have an army.
And Wu Huaiyu told the emperor that not to mention 30,000 to 50,000 troops, even if there were 100,000 troops stationed in Lingnan, they would not lose money. The returns that could be obtained there would definitely be ten times or a hundred times, and the longer the return, the higher the returns.
Unless he is an emperor who does not want to do anything and has no ideals and ambitions, he will turn a blind eye to Lingnan and watch this treasure fall into the hands of those powerful chiefs and stooges.
All the financial problems in Lingnan are not problems, they are just begging for food with a golden rice bowl in hand.
All the court needs is determination,
Now that all external conditions have basically matured, now is an excellent opportunity for the imperial court to march into Lingnan and truly control Lingnan.
Even Feng An, the king of Lingnan, went to Beijing to meet the emperor and was willing to stay in Chang'an. What else did the court have to worry about?
The right servant shot Li Jing and made a sound,
"Lingnan is not Mobei. Although it is blocked by five ridges, it cannot become a natural moat that the imperial court is afraid of. I think this plan is very good. The imperial court should do this well now that it has the spare capacity."
Zhongshu Ling Wen Yanbo felt that the current situation in Lingnan was good and there was no need to go to war in such a big way. Isn't this just looking for trouble?
Both prime ministers Zhang Liang and Xiao Yu expressed their support for the plan and felt that it was necessary to station troops in Lingnan. Of course, they had to find a way to solve this military expenditure problem.
Dai Zhou was the one whom Wu Huaiyu went to discuss with yesterday. Regarding personnel transfers and military expenditures, the two sides reached an agreement. Dai Zhou will support the people recommended by Wu Huaiyu, and he will also recommend some people, and Wu Huaiyu will also support it. Lingnan Garrison
Wu Huaiyu also said that the court did not need to worry about the expenses.
Zuopu Shefang Xuanling also exchanged opinions with the emperor and Wu Huaiyu. Of course, the emperor's right-hand man also supported this plan.
The prime ministers each expressed their opinions and expressed their attitudes. In the end, only the minister Fang Xuanling and the minister Ling Wen Yanbo clearly opposed it. In fact, all six prime ministers supported it.
Wu Huaiyu then came up with the second item to be discussed, which was about personnel matters. Lingnan was changed to six governors' offices and ninety-six prefectures, including some governors, governors, military envoys, commanders and other civil and military positions.
appointment.
There are many locations,
For positions of the fourth and fifth ranks, the prime ministers discussed and drafted them in the political hall. For positions of the third rank and above, they discussed candidates and recommended them to the emperor.
As for those of sixth rank and below, civilian officials are selected and appointed by the Ministry of Personnel, and military attachés are selected and appointed by the Ministry of War.
Of course, if the prime ministers have particularly suitable candidates, they can also nominate and recommend them to the staff and soldiers.
"We haven't even decided whether to garrison troops in Lingnan. Now we are discussing personnel matters. Isn't this nonsense?" Wei Zheng was dissatisfied.
Wu Huaiyu just smiled and said, "This matter was originally transferred to our political affairs hall for discussion after the saint had initially agreed. Now that six of the eight prime ministers have agreed, it is natural that a preliminary agreement has been reached. Now the personnel matters are also included.
Wouldn’t it be just right to discuss it and then present it to His Majesty together?”
"I don't agree!" Wei Zheng said.
Wen Yanbo also spoke out, "How can such a big matter be decided hastily? It should be discussed again,"
"I will first submit the results of today's meeting to the Emperor for His Majesty's decision,"
When discussing matters, it does not mean that everyone must agree. Whether it is a court meeting, a hall meeting, or a court meeting, it is not that easy to get everyone to agree on something.
Wei Zheng lost his temper and said, "If you do this, even if His Majesty agrees, I will not approve it if Zhongshu drafts it, and my subordinates will definitely reject it."
Wen Yanbo also said, "It is impossible for me, the Zhongshu Province, to issue an imperial edict."
Wu Huaiyu was not in a hurry at all.
"Prime Minister Wei, Prime Minister Wen, it's not like we can reach an agreement in one meeting. Isn't this the first time we have had a meeting? I am now presenting the results to the emperor, and they are all done according to the process. Whether it is successful or not depends on the decision.
Don’t discuss it any further, there’s no rush, what’s the rush?”
He ignored them and announced the start of the second personnel issue.
It needs to be adjusted. There are many positions to be appointed and dismissed.
Wu Huaiyu took out a list of his recommendations, including Hou Junji as the governor of Yongzhou, Chen Longshu as the governor of Rongzhou, and Feng Zhidai as the governor of Gaozhou.
And Pang Xiaotai was appointed as the governor of Duanzhou, Cheng Chumo was appointed as the governor of Lianzhou, Doulu Huairang was appointed as the governor of Shaozhou, Changsun Chong was appointed as the transfer envoy of Lingnan Road, Wu Junya was appointed as the branch envoy of Lingnan Road, etc.
Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Dai Zhou, Zhang Liang, and Xiao Yu also came up with their own recommendation lists.
On the contrary, Wei Zheng and Wen Yanbo did not prepare at all in advance, because this issue did not follow normal procedures and was not sent to the prime ministers for preparation before the meeting.
