The "Rinan County" in Zhu Cizhao's title as Prince of Rinan County was the old name of the Champa Kingdom. And the "Jinghai Navy" in his official title of Jinghai Jiedushi was a vassal town established by the Tang Dynasty in the seventh year of Xiantong.

Guard the Annan area to prevent the attack of Nanzhao.

In the first year of Xiantong, Xiantong was conquered by Nanzhao twice in four years. The situation was in a precarious situation.

Among them, the fall of the Zhennan Protectorate in the fourth year of Xiantong lasted for three years. It was not recovered until the seventh year of Xiantong by the famous general Gao Pian in the late Tang Dynasty. Afterwards, a vassal calm navy was established to resist the Nanzhao attack.

Annan's offensive At that time, Tang and Zhao were engaged in a tug-of-war that lasted for decades. The battlefield stretched from Sichuan to Annan. The result could be said to be a lose-lose situation for both sides!

The Tang Dynasty, which had no central army available for a long time, relied on the troops sent by a bunch of separatist or semi-separatist envoys to lift up the once powerful Nanzhao and beat it hard, causing it to "repeatedly overthrow the masses and weaken the country", even to the point of conquest.

Men under the age of fifteen are allowed to serve as soldiers.

The depletion of Nanzhao's own military strength also gave Zheng Maisi, a Han Qingping official who had defected to Nanzhao, the opportunity to launch a coup, kill more than 800 members of the Nanzhao royal family, proclaim himself emperor, and establish the Dachanghe Kingdom.

In the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of Xuzhou soldiers who were guarding Guilin were unable to return home after six years of defense. The people were so angry that they launched an uprising and fought all the way back to Xuzhou. Later, they fought with the Tang Dynasty officers and soldiers in Xuzhou for nearly a year, which seriously consumed the army.

The military strength of the Tang Dynasty in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

A few years after Pang Xun's uprising was suppressed, the "Wang Xianzhi and Huangchao uprising" occurred. Therefore, some people believe that the Tang Dynasty fell at Huangchao and the disaster was based in Guilin.

However, if we really want to trace the source, the decades-long Tang Zhao War is probably the real root cause of the disaster.

The root cause of Annan's separation from China was actually the long-term war that led to the defeat of both Tang and Zhao countries. It had little to do with whether to establish a vassal state or a navy.

After Zhu Cixiang thought about it again and again, he still felt that establishing vassal towns was the most appropriate method of managing colonies that the Ming Dynasty could use at present.

Otherwise, what else can be done?

The Ming Dynasty's direct jurisdiction now follows the path of separation of military and political affairs. Governors and prefects (prefectures) basically cannot interfere with military affairs (except for patrols to maintain public security), and governors, admirals, and general soldiers cannot interfere with local government affairs.

In addition, the governor, admiral, and commander-in-chief are only the persons in charge of the military region (war zone). Unless specifically authorized, they cannot have jurisdiction over the model divisions stationed in the defense zone (including the troops under the division's jurisdiction) and other units directly controlled by the Grand Marshal's Office.

Basically, the army can only manage some model regiments. Not all model regiments that are not organized into divisions are under the jurisdiction of the governor, admiral, and commander-in-chief. They can only manage part of them.

In addition, there are 16 general offices under the jurisdiction of the recruitment and training of new soldiers and the management of military dependents. These general offices are theoretically under the direct jurisdiction of the generalissimo office. Although the post of general can be held concurrently by an admiral, the general office and the admiral's office cannot be merged.

, must maintain two sets of teams.

Under this situation, the military power and political power in the territories under the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty were divided very finely. Senior officials such as governor-general, admiral, commander-in-chief, governor, prefect, and prefect could only manage their own affairs and restrain each other. No one had full power.

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This governance structure ensured the authority of the Ming Central Committee, but it also reduced the efficiency of local military administration.

Within a distance of one or two thousand miles around Nanjing, the efficiency reduction is not significant. Six hundred miles can be reached urgently in three or four days, so the two central offices (Cabinet Office and Generalissimo's Office) can deal with it in time.

But beyond this distance, it becomes a bit difficult to govern!

For example, the three provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guizhou are just outside the "2000-mile expedited circle." Fortunately, Guangdong and Guangxi are not a war zone now, and the problem is not big. However, Ming's control over Guangdong and Guangxi is still weaker than that at the core.

"Two Lakes and Four Rivers".

There are a large number of chieftains in Guizhou, and there is very little land under the direct jurisdiction of the governor. The total number of fields (controlled by the governor of Guizhou) is only a few hundred thousand acres. Although he is called a governor, he is actually a magistrate.

Under the Governor of Sichuan and Guizhou, there are also two Jiedushi Divisions with great authority: the Sichuan Eastern Jiedushi Division and the Western Sichuan Jiedushi Division.

As for Shaanxi, which was further away, Emperor Zhu simply entrusted the autonomy of Pingxi and Shuofang to the two major vassal towns.

The only exception is probably Liaodong. Although Liaodong is not outside the "2000-mile express circle", it does have to cross the sea, so communication with Nanjing is not very convenient.

However, there is only one Jinzhou Prefecture in Liaodong Province, which is a newly established "Tuntian Prefecture", so it is easier to manage.

Moreover, the troops stationed in Liaodong are all model armies directly under the central government, and they are stationed in Liaodong on a rotating basis. They are easier to command, so there is no need to establish a Liaodong vassal.

The two territories of Champa and Ca Mau are over 6,000 miles away from Nanjing, and there is also a long sea route, and communications are affected by the monsoon. It is really difficult to establish a vassal town that oversees military and civil affairs and has high military and financial authority.

It is difficult to govern.

In fact, vassal towns are not equivalent to fighting against the central government's separatist regime. Jiedushi, like governors, governors, admirals, and generals, are all officials appointed by the court. As for whether they can be replaced, the key is not the title, but whether they have the

Can fight against the imperial court's private soldiers!

If a civil governor has private soldiers who can fight against the imperial court, it will still be a separatist vassal town!

Therefore, among the vassal towns established by the Ming Dynasty, there are actually separatist vassal towns and Zhongshun vassal towns.

Among them, the Pingxi Army, the Shuofang Army, the Dongning Army, and the Jinghai Army are all separated from the vassal towns and have the military strength to fight against the imperial court. However, the Dongning Army only has a powerful navy and no army that can fight against the Model Army, so it is only theoretically possible.

Confront the Ming Dynasty.

The Huaibei Army, Xu Haijun, the Jinou Army (Jinou Camp Field Envoy), the Eastern Sichuan Army, and the Western Sichuan Army were all loyal to the vassal and had no ability to resist the imperial court.

In addition to vassal towns, there are two forms of local autonomy (can also be regarded as separatist regimes): chieftain and vassal state.

Among them, chieftains were mainly concentrated in the southwest and northwest of the Ming Dynasty. Chieftains not only existed under the Ming Dynasty court, but also existed under vassal towns. The 330,000 households under the Pingxi vassal were classified as "chieftains" by the Ming Dynasty court.

As for the vassal state, the large chieftain with the title of the country is not the vassal town with the title of the country, because the leader of the vassal town is not necessarily hereditary, but the leader of the chieftain must be hereditary.

In other words, the two vassal kings, Zhu Cijiong, the acting king, and Zhu Cizhao, the prince of Rinan County, are not actually the "kings of the vassal state", but princes (prefecture princes) who also serve as military envoys.

There is only one real vassal state at present, which is Annan Kingdom!

After receiving the memorials from Li Weiqi, Zheng Jie, Wu Gongpin, Mo Jingyu, Ruan Phucbin and others to request the title of vassal, the Ming court responded immediately.

Li Weiqi was canonized as the King of Annam, Zheng Chi was named the Marquis of Thanh Hoa, Wu Gong Pi was the Marquis of Xuan Quang, Mok Keng Yu was the Marquis of Gao Binh, and Nguyen Phuc Bin was the Marquis of Thanh Hoa, Tuyuan Quang, Gao Binh, and Quang Nam.

Although the names of the marquises all use the name of the Annan Kingdom, they are all marquises conferred by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so they all belong to the marquises of the Ming Dynasty!

King Annan is not someone who can just issue an edict to attack!

At the same time, Zhu Cihong also used an imperial edict to absolve the Zheng, Wu, Mo, and Ruan clans of all their past crimes. Whether they forced Emperor Li to hang himself or proclaimed himself king and emperor was no longer a problem. So they all

He is a great loyal minister of Annan Kingdom, a loyal minister certified by the Emperor of Heaven, and every one of them is unspeakably loyal!

While he canonized King Annan and the four marquises, and certified a group of loyal ministers of Annan, Emperor Zhu also discovered a bad guy.

It’s the evil Champa State!

This Champa state was obviously a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, but it did not abide by the vassal rule and surrendered to Annan and Zhenla. It also took advantage of the civil strife in Annan to invade Annan. It was a heinous crime, so it must be punished!
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