Chapter 1197 Luzon Kingdom
In addition, Ma Zhou also proposed to implement the Tweeting Order. The distribution of Tweeting from generation to generation in these autonomous dominions is just like the division of property among big families, preventing them from maintaining the big family system. Although after Tween was divided, the territory was still a family's land, but after several generations, the relationship became complicated.
"One more thing, the autonomous territory must implement the laws and tax laws of the Tang Dynasty."
The imperial court can allow the autonomous domains to have the right of self-government, and can give them the power of administrative justice and even military command, but they have to strictly adopt the laws and tax laws of the Tang Dynasty.
"All the mountains, rivers, rivers, minerals, fisheries, etc. of the territory belong to the territory, but one-third of the tax must be turned over to the imperial treasury, and the rest belongs to the territory itself."
The imperial court does not care about raising soldiers and officials, etc., and it is also responsible for repairing water conservancy to relieve victims.
The imperial court directly collected one-third of the tax. Because of the long distance, this tax was directly converted into light goods such as gold and silver and handed over.
Except that the autonomous territories are not allowed to attack each other, they are not allowed to invade the territory of the imperial court, etc., and they are allowed to develop their own territories, etc. Anyway, the imperial court does not interfere.
Li Shimin could tell that Ma Zhou's proposal was really bold. This is basically a system of secular feudalism with greater power. The difference is that there are two secular feudal systems implemented by the imperial court. As well as the titles above Shifeng Guogong, they were awarded the titles of the governor and the governor of the world, and the titles were granted in the frontier lands, which were all places of restraint during the Wude Dynasty, and the title was Yongzhen.
It's just that until now, these world fiefdoms have actually only retained one-third of the tax revenue of the fiefs, as well as hereditary powers over the fiefdom governors and governors, as well as the right to supervise the fiefdoms. The rest of the administrative, judicial, and military powers are gone, and even the guards and soldiers of the fiefs have been reduced again and again. Basically, they are just hereditary empty titles and fairly good economic benefits.
And another kind of secular title was implemented in the newly conquered Goguryeo land in Liaodong. Those mountainous areas were taken out and given to honored soldiers, and even all non-secular titles and false titles with titles Folks, this kind of hereditary title is actually only granted to a small amount of land, from a hundred acres to several thousand acres, and only enjoys one-third of the tax revenue, and titles and honors cannot be hereditary, only the land is hereditary.
Nobility and honor are not linked to fiefs.
Now the feudal territory that Ma Zhou mentioned is very tempting. It is completely equivalent to the vassal states in the Han Dynasty, where the land was sealed off.
You have the power of self-government, you only need to pay one-third of the tax to the treasury, and other courts will not interfere with your internal affairs.
"As long as the imperial court strengthens the control of population outflow, these overseas autonomous territories will not be a hidden danger, especially to prohibit the outflow of craftsmen."
If an ordinary man immigrates to an overseas self-governing territory, the imperial court imposes a heavy tax on them, for example, 40 guan and 50 guan, and a skilled craftsman, 70 guan and 100 guan. Illegal smuggling of immigrants, otherwise the cost of immigration is too high, they might as well conquer the natives directly or buy slaves to develop in the past.
As for whether it will threaten the imperial court in the future, Ma Zhou thinks that the possibility is extremely small. After all, whether it is the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Western Han Dynasty or the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, first of all, these are the famous kings of the imperial clan, and secondly, their fiefs are extremely powerful. It is vast and located in the heart of the imperial court, and the territory and population it controls are extremely large.
Overseas territories such as Treasure Island are destined to be difficult to scale. Even if Treasure Island now has nearly 200,000 people, it is not the population of its territory. Most of them are just Tang people who went to pan for gold. Furthermore, there is only one Treasure Island, and more overseas territories are commercial stations and mines, with dozens or hundreds of people, and not many with thousands of people.
If they are allowed to build territories and conquer the surrounding aborigines, the territory will definitely expand a lot, but at most it will become the powerful aborigines of the former Lingnan and Nanzhong, such as the Cuan clan, the Tian clan, and the Xie clan. It has been developed for hundreds of years and thousands of years, but it is only a local tyrant, and it cannot threaten the central government at all.
Not to mention Treasure Island in the middle of the sea, Borneo in the south of Linyi, wandering ghosts on that remote ice field, somewhere on the seaside of Yacha Country, it is either thousands of miles away from Datang or Tens of thousands of miles, what kind of threat can this be?
By the time they have the ability to threaten the Central Plains, it will probably be hundreds or thousands of years later.
Anyway, there is no need to worry about this.
Those who can really threaten a unified dynasty at the level of the Tang Dynasty will always be in the heart of the Central Plains, and even only those noble families will always be able to change the dynasty.
There are also many positive benefits of using those aristocratic powers to expand overseas, such as obtaining more land, increasing taxes, obtaining more raw materials, and even expanding the export sales of goods, and even Can conquer more natives, provide Datang with more slaves, etc.
Of course, there will definitely be some disadvantages, but with so many benefits, strengthening guidance and appropriate supervision are better than turning a blind eye.
Li Shimin was in no hurry to express his opinion.
The system of confinement has existed since ancient times, and it has been able to exist for so many years. Of course, there is a lot of reason. The benefits are indeed not small.
Of course, if there is strength, the imperial court will still take action when it is time to do so, so the detention system is just a tool.
The policy of the Central Plains Dynasty towards the Lingnan and Southwest regions has always been to continuously devour and advance. It is a process of supporting the continuous southward migration of the powerful and powerful Han people, and then conquering the natives.
In this process, of course both the powerful and the imperial court benefited from each other.
In fact, although Xun Qi, Haoqiang and others are all involved in business and trade, and many of them have set up business stations, shops, mines, etc. overseas, the scale is indeed small, and Qin Lang's Treasure Island is a different kind. After all, apart from Qin Lang , and there will be no second person who will use such extreme efforts to manage such an overseas land.
Basically all the nobles and nobles only regard business and trade as a profitable business. Of course, the focus of the family is the Central Plains and the court.
Other families are making money outside, only the Qin family is losing money and investing outside.
Although Prince Chengqian said that it is amazing that millions of families are going overseas, most of them are just to make money, and their families are still in the Central Plains. Going to the sea to make money is also sent home, and it doesn't have much impact.
There are not many people like Qin Lang who have long-term business plans.
But Li Shimin also had to consider this problem that had already arisen. Now that there is one Qin Lang, there will definitely be a second and a third.
Even if there is only one Qin Lang now, he has already united all the old retainers who managed the Wu'an fiefdom, and to operate overseas, the public slogan is to build another **** group and build another property for each family.
Those people are really supportive, so Treasure Island can definitely develop.
Of course, this so-called ability to develop is also limited. After all, it is like the Gaochang Kingdom in the Western Regions. From the Han Dynasty’s management of the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty’s destruction of Gaochang Kingdom, the operation and development of these hundreds of years still rely on the Central Plains and are located at the key points of the Silk Road. The exiles from the Central Plains experienced the rule of the four surnames when they perished, but this so-called Gaochang country was only a small country with tens of thousands of people, which was the level of the border states of the Tang Dynasty.
For example, the Feng family, Xian family, and Ning family in Lingnan, and the Cuan family, Tian family, Xie family, and Zhao family in Nanzhong, each claim to be powerful for hundreds of years, and they are said to have one or two hundred thousand soldiers. Be a barbarian king in the outskirts.
From this point of view, considering that Treasure Island is far away from the Central Plains, there is really no need for the imperial court to worry too much.
What Li Shimin really needs to consider now is whether to start this project.
Even the governors and governors of Jiyi are famous treasures of the court and should not be awarded lightly.
Ma Zhou proposed to accept funding.
Those who have such a business station overseas and want to obtain a hereditary title can pay for it. For example, Qinlang’s Treasure Island has a large territory and good resources, so the imperial court can set up a prefecture. The son is a Luzon governor or governor.
The Qin family paid a sum of money, say 10,000 guan, and handed it over to the imperial treasury, which is the emperor's internal treasury, and then the imperial court formally established the Lusong Jimi Governor's Mansion, giving the Qin family this hereditary official position.
Or dig out 8,000 guan, set up Luzon State, and grant Luzon Governor.
In short, if you don’t pay for nothing, you have to pay a sum of money. The higher the level of custodial division, the more money you pay. From the governor to the governor to the county magistrate, township head, Li Zheng and so on.
Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, this is not making money.
But Ma Zhou didn't think it was ashamed.
He was quite serious at first, but Li Shimin was relieved a lot by him.
"Duke Wei's Wu'an Governor's Mansion is entrusted with only one-third of the fief tax. If the imperial court confers Treasure Island as the territory of the Qin family, the imperial court will only enjoy one-third of the territorial tax."
The difference between the two is huge and clear at a glance.
"What if Qin Lang is unwilling to pay?"
Ma Zhou smiled, "Duke Wei is definitely willing to pay the money. If he can exchange the money for a title or world title, he will definitely not miss this deal."
Although paying for this title means that the overseas territory is officially under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and one-third of the tax of the territory must be paid, and the imperial court may send tax officials to supervise it, but this means that it is officially recognized by the imperial court.
If you don’t pay the money, of course it doesn’t mean you don’t have to pay taxes. If you don’t pay taxes, the court can give you a ban. After all, compared with these overseas territories, the base camps of each family are all in the Central Plains.
If the imperial court said anything casually, they would not dare to lose the big because of the small.
Subsidizing and awarding titles is not considered a loss-making business, and everyone gets what they need.
The only thing that the imperial court should really pay attention to is to strengthen population management and try to avoid the outflow of large numbers of people into these overseas territories. Nothing else is a real threat.
The population of overseas territories is also registered as naturalized, and they also have to report to the imperial household.
Anyway, in Ma Zhou's view, the Tang Dynasty is so powerful, so why worry about these small overseas colonies?
"Okay, I'll send someone to ask Qin Lang if he wants the title of Governor of Luzon or Inspector of Luzon, and how much he is willing to pay in exchange for this title. Also, he has made 200,000 of my people If you go to Luzon Island, do you have to give me an explanation, if he wants to keep someone, you have to give me at least 50 guan, right? More than 200,000, let’s count it as an integer of 10 million!"
The emperor said with a smile.
(end of this chapter)