Chapter 647 Nanban
"Thank you, King Xie Yuanshen!"
"Nan Xie Wang Xie Yuanqiang!"
"Meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, long live long live long live!"
Two shorter barbarian kings entered the hall and knelt down. Wang Kai, the young supervisor in the hall, introduced to the emperor in a low voice, "The Dongxie and Nanxie are branches of the Nanman, distributed in western Guizhou."
The Tang Dynasty also distinguished the barbarians. For example, the Southwestern Yi that is often said does not refer to the Southwest, but the Xiyi and Nanyi. The Xiyi refers to the barbarians in Sichuan and Tibet, while the Nanyi refers to Yunnan and Guizhou Plateau barbarians.
This barbarian is actually very general, just like the Li and Liao people in Lingnan. The imperial court sometimes referred to the Western Yi as Xi Rong, and only the Southern Yi called Yi. But this Nanyi is sometimes called Nanman.
But regardless of Nanyi or Nanman, they are actually ethnic tribes with many different lifestyles and habits. It’s just that in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, it doesn’t matter what customs, language or tribe you have, as long as you don’t speak Chinese. savage.
"How did Zhengshitang deal with Er Xie?" Li Shimin asked. After the destruction of Dangxiang and Tuyuhun this year, the Southwest was shaken. Too many tribes in the Southwest were panicked and sent envoys to pay tribute one after another. Congratulations.
"The ministers regard the land of Dongxie as Yingzhou, and the land of Nanxie as Zhuangzhou. The two barbarian chiefs are both granted the title of governor and earl, and they are placed under the leadership of Qianzhou."
Li Shimin nodded, still a little dissatisfied with Er Xie calling himself king, and the little Nanman dared to be king.
It’s just a thought. In fact, when dividing the world, the imperial court deliberately subdivided the southwest and southeast regions into several roads, such as Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guangnan, as well as Yunnan, central Guizhou, and Jiannan.
But in fact, the Yunnan and Guizhou Roads where the Nanyi people are located are areas that the Tang Dynasty has not actually controlled at all. Since the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has actually controlled these places in name.
It is actually controlled by the barbarian natives, and they have not always rebelled. Although the Central Plains has repeatedly sent troops, and even has always sent troops to garrison, and even immigrated to the real border, etc., only some military towns and forts exist.
It has been fifteen years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but in Yunnan and central Guizhou, only some Jimi prefectures have been established, and the indigenous chiefs have been appointed as the governors of Jimi prefectures, but not even a Zhengzhou has been established.
Even in Jimi Prefecture, there are actually only a few established. This is also because not all the Southwestern barbarians are willing to surrender to the Central Plains.
In the first year of Wude, Qian'an County was changed to Qianzhou, and the rule of Jimi in central Guizhou began. Sizhou was established in the fourth year of Zhenguan.
Now there are two barbarian kings who are willing to come to congratulate them in person, even if they call themselves kings, Li Shimin can bear it.
The real barren lands of Qianzhong Road and Yunnan Road are where Yelang Kingdom, Dian Kingdom, and Ailao Kingdom were located in ancient times. Because they are located on the plateau and the dangerous environment makes it difficult to penetrate into the Central Plains.
In Lingnan, because Qin Shihuang opened Lingnan and repaired the Lingqu, the road to the Lingnan was opened up. In addition, the coastal areas, under the development of several dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, can be regarded as controlling many places such as Guangzhou, Jiaozhou, Guizhou, etc. Even if it is other In other places, there are also many Han tribes who went south to establish a foothold, at least the Sinicization is still possible.
There are only two roads in Guizhou and Yunnan. Central Guizhou is sandwiched between Xiangtan and other places in the west of Jiangnan West Road, and Yu and Fu in Jiannan. Originally, these places were also inhabited by barbarians because of their high mountains and rivers, bad transportation and inconvenient transportation. It is difficult for the imperial court to go deep into these places, so how can they overcome them and rule the more remote Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau?
Could it be that Qin Lang was determined to list Guizhou and Yunnan separately at the beginning, in fact, the imperial court originally planned to directly divide Guizhou into Jiangnan Road and Yunnan into Jiannan Road.
Just like this time, when Er Xie came to the pilgrimage, the Zhengshitang didn't take it seriously, thinking that they were just selling some local products in the name of pilgrimage, visiting Chang'an City, seeing the prosperity of the Central Plains, and just passing it off.
Qin Lang thought that since the person came, he should be treated well. Although it is beyond the reach of the whip right now, he can restrain him first. The so-called restraint originally refers to the bridle of the ox and the bridle of the horse.
Adding a bridle is the beginning of control.
No matter how big Er Xie's territory is, first set up a prefecture for each of them, give them the post of governor, and even make them an earl, and then reward them well, such as calling their children to stay in Beijing, serve as guards in the palace, and enter the Imperial Academy Studying, and even giving them a house in Chang'an.
The purpose is to establish this righteous name, so that the suzerain and vassal will be clear in the future, and one more thing, to let those Southwestern Yi who have not come to surrender see how generous the imperial court is to these people.
Wait for barbarian kings to attract court congratulations to join them, and the imperial court can take advantage of the situation to establish Jimi prefectures one by one. First, through upper-level communication, the relationship will be closer, and then trade will be used as a breakthrough point to infiltrate influence a little bit.
If one generation fails, there will be a second generation, and after the second generation, there will be three generations, and after three or five generations, even the southwestern barbarians far away in southern Xinjiang will be able to slowly develop Sinicization, and when the time is right, the land will be changed. Flow, isn't it a matter of course?
Although in history, in the end of the Tang Dynasty, Guizhou Province was not actually able to be transformed into Zhengzhou. Basically, it was ruled by Jimi. The prefecture was established in the fourth year of Zhenguan, and Bozhou was established in the sixth year of Zhenguan, both of which are Jimi prefectures.
The actual control of Guizhou will have to wait until the Yuan Dynasty, but it will not be until the Qing Dynasty when the land is truly reformed.
This is a long way to go, but as long as you look for the direction, you can do it.
In all fairness, in fact, Li Shimin has no interest in the so-called Southwestern barbarians. His eyes have long been set on the Western Regions and Liaodong. The Eastern Turks in the north were destroyed, Tuyuhun and Dangxiang in the northwest also surrendered, and the most urgent threat to the Tang Dynasty was gone.
The Western Turks are no longer a threat to the Tang Dynasty, but the Western Turks still control the Western Regions, and the Western Regions are the key to the Silk Road. This represents huge profits from trade. Of course, Li Shimin will not let the Western Turks go.
From a certain point of view, the Tang Dynasty did inherit the Sui Dynasty in an all-round way, not only the national system, but also the national strategy. Li Shimin's ideas are in the same line as Yang Guang's. First, conquer the most threatening northern Turks. Trained as a watchdog.
Then wipe out Tuyuhun who threatened the safety of the Hexi Corridor, and never let him continue to exist.
Then marched into the Western Regions, opened up the Silk Road, subdued the Western Turks, and then turned around to clean up Goguryeo. Who let him take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, not only seized the four counties of Han and Liaodong, but also secretly invaded and invaded Western Liaoning?
(end of this chapter)