There is no doubt that the recovery of Qinghai and the severe damage to Tubo brought major changes to the border defense pattern of the Tang Dynasty. As a new opponent emerging in modern times, the pressure and harm brought to the Tang Dynasty even exceeded that of several old enemies in the traditional sense.

Before this, the Tang Dynasty had blocked the power of the Later Turkic Mochu Khan through the attack and defense system of the Three Seiguards in Heshuo. Although the Turkic was still unstoppable and had repeated attempts to stumble, it has not yet found an effective route that could bypass the Three Seiguards and move south in large numbers.

In the Northeast, the Khitan rebellion, which had originally caused trouble to the entire Hebei due to the wrong strategy of Wu Zhou, was extinguished in advance. Zhang Renyuan's series of tough measures not only re-established the Northeast's surveillance order, but also destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, which was still in its infancy, the so-called Haidong Prosperity Kingdom in the future, and firmly blocked the power of Silla in the southern part of the peninsula.

It can be said that the Tang Dynasty has completely reversed the border defense state that leaked everywhere at the beginning of Li Tong's takeover. There is no enemy around that can threaten the rise and fall of the country. The next border must make a considerable adjustment.

No matter at any time, forgetting to fight will lead to danger, and blindly pursuing military force will bring huge burdens to the domestic people's livelihood politics. How to master the balance in this is an absolutely unslack proposition for the rulers.

The first personnel appointment announced by Li Tong was to summon Meng Lingqing, the chief marching officer of Qinghai in this battle, to serve as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor, and to continue to promote the separation of military and political affairs in the court.

Fu Meng Lingqing was the deputy of the Heyuan Army Heichi Changzhi, who was a veteran of the border and had a deep experience. Although Qinghai did not have very prominent achievements in the battle, he had the ability to dispatch and had a good strategic overall view.

Taking advantage of the afterglow of the Qinghai War, Li Tong planned to completely establish the power and status of the Privy Council in charge of military affairs in the next few years, including the selection of military talents, the training of various states, the rotation of the side generals, the reserve of horse and equipment, the military camp and the marginal offensive and defense, etc., all of them were included in the Privy Council.

Of course, this profound reform cannot be achieved overnight. After all, the political structure of the three provinces and six ministries was finally formed after a long period of evolution and coordination. Therefore, as the important department of the imperial court for handling the military affairs of the country, the Privy Council must also keep up with the necessary decentralization and checks and balances while the power increases.

Although the scope of authority of the Privy Council was to be expanded, Li Tong had no intention of adding too many redundant personnel to the court, and mainly dismantled and merged them from the original ministry.

Training institutions such as the already existing military generals such as Yingyuan Baofang, as well as personnel institutions related to military affairs such as the Military Arts Supervisor, Taipu Temple, and Sinong Temple will gradually be included in the control of the Privy Council. As the affairs are completed and mature, the original institutions will be gradually abolished and become subordinates of the Privy Council.

After hearing the saint's series of adjustments and ideas for the Privy Council, Zhang Renyuan couldn't help but be happy and repeatedly expressed his willingness to do his best to implement the saint's relevant ideas.

As for other prime ministers and officials of various departments, their expressions were somewhat abnormal. Such a large-scale adjustment of ministry has touched the fundamental distribution of power structure in the court, and the intensity is far beyond the change of the names of various departments during the Wuzhou Revolution.

However, the expansion of the power of the Privy Council is mainly concentrated in affairs temple supervision outside the three provinces and six ministries, and has little impact on the main structure of the court. Even the important military department of the Ministry of War has not been included in the adjustment sequence for the time being. Even if there will be running-in and collisions during the adjustment process, it is still within the controllable range.

The husband Meng ordered the Qing Dynasty to return to the court, and the powers of the other generals were all adjusted. Xue Ne, who was originally in charge of the Nine Curves of the Yellow River, served as the left-behind envoy in Qinghai and built a new confrontation with Tubo along the line of Jishishan.

In the future, Longyou will withdraw its troops and reduce the imperial court's series of military investments in this regard. Xue Ne's Qinghai left-behind envoy was the highest military commander in Qinghai, while the scale of Qinghai's garrison was maintained at 10,000 Tang army elites and 20,000 Zhuhu cities.

At the beginning of the Qinghai War, Li Tong once again played the old card of the Tuyuhun royal family, but the facts proved that the Tuyuhun royal family no longer had enough appeal in Qinghai, so of course he would not help Tuyuhun restore the country in this way. Even the title of the King of Qinghai was planned to be taken back.

Regarding this issue, the ministers also discussed it and finally decided that the King of Qinghai Murong Wan was appointed as the Prince of Qinghai. Although it was only a word different, it completely erased the independence of Tuyuhun as a surrogate regime.

Although it was a bit ruthless to do this, Murong Wan had nothing to complain about. If he performed better in this battle in Qinghai, the court would not be so radical. Since he was not capable, he would have to bear the price.

Of course, Qinghai’s new revival is not suitable to completely abandon the Tuyuhun royal family. The newly enfeoffed Qiang in Qinghai also needs the existence of a catfish to inspire their obedience to the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, although Murong Wan's reputation and position were damaged, he also received kindness to enter the court and served as prime minister to cooperate with the court's subsequent series of adjustments to Qinghai.

Murong Wan was not a domineering hero, and he lived in the Tang Dynasty for a long time. He was treated as a minister and a king who stayed in Qinghai as a puppet. He was most likely willing to accept the former.

Li Tong did this, which was also a reference to the Tubo practices in history. After solving the major troubles of the Gar family in history, Tubo appointed Tuyuhun Mohe Khan as a major argument to ensure that Qinghai is still under the rule of Tuyuhun, and even the connection is closer than before.

When Murong Wan entered the court, Qinghai no longer established nominal rulers, but instead replaced the management of the Mongke. The local tribes obtained a certain seat and voice in the Mongke according to the number of tribes they owned. In the future, the Tang Dynasty will directly conduct dialogue with the Mongke and indirectly manage Qinghai.

At the same time, the seats at this alliance also determined that those tribes in Qinghai matched some of the obligations that the Tang Dynasty needed to fulfill.

After the recovery of Qinghai, the Tang Dynasty abolished a series of harsh levies and harsh responsibilities originally implemented by the Tubo or the Gar family in Qinghai, and only retained the obligations of tribute and recruitment.

The tribute is divided into spring and autumn, and the tribute is not high, and each tribute person receives a tuition. Such a tribute is definitely not a big burden, and there is no great compulsory nature, because the Tang Dynasty did not grasp the specific population figures of these tribes at all. If the tribes are unwilling, they can even not pay the tuition without paying it. Of course, the premise is to give up the right to speak in the alliance.

Of course, there is also a problem here, that is, Qinghai's textile industry itself is not developed, and the Tang Dynasty's tribute collection cannot be produced by itself. But that doesn't matter. They can go to Shanzhou, where the official store there sells the square goods for exchange.

Frequent trade and cultural exchanges are the only way to eliminate mutual strangeness and hostility. Especially in such border market transactions, the Tang Dynasty held absolute dominance, and could even make a certain degree of concession in the early stage. It is not afraid of you making money, but you are afraid that you will not play.

As for recruitment, it is divided into two aspects: military service and money and grain. The tribes also need to convene some young and Zhuang members every year according to the proportion of clan members to coordinate with the Tang garrison to defend in order to prepare for a comeback.

As for the consumption of money and grain generated in this regard, the Tang Dynasty will bear part of it, and the insufficient share will be required to be raised and shared. After all, the Tang Dynasty garrison was also guarding their families. If the money and grain were not maintained, at most it would be possible to pat people and leave and return to Haidong to defend, and they would have to bear the plunder of Tubo again.

When Li Tong talked about this ruling model against Qinghai, the ministers raised some questions and supplements in details, and soon received a high vote. Some officials even said that they could also be implemented in other places according to law.

This model is indeed refreshing. The sharing of kindness and power of the Tang Dynasty is no longer aimed at a certain Hu force, but is placed on a relatively open platform like the Menghui, allowing the Hu forces in the region to compete. This can not only have a clear understanding of the Hu forces, but also avoid the ambition of Hu Kei and the tiger's power and take the opportunity to strengthen their own power.

One of the more typical examples is the Khitan Dahe clan, which launched a rebellion a few years ago. There were eight Khitan tribes, but among them, the Dahe clan was closest to the Tang Dynasty and was also key support from the Tang Dynasty. As a result, raising tigers became a disaster. Li Jinzhong of the Dahe clan brutally rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, which brought great damage to the order in Hebei and Northeast China.

However, Li Tong did not intend to immediately push this model to all parties. First of all, the results are still to be tested. Secondly, Qinghai also has certain special features. It is sandwiched between the two empires of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. It has also been ruled by the Gar family that has not cared about people's livelihood for a long time, resulting in people's fatigue and poverty. There is no too strong thorn in the area.

If you want to gradually push such a plan to be realistic, you also need someone with high execution ability. The candidate Li Tong wants is Guo Yuanzhen. Haidong established a prefecture as Shunzhou, and Guo Yuanzhen will serve as the governor of Shunzhou and also lead the Qinghai promotion and demotion envoy, responsible for selecting members, forming and supervising the Qinghai League.

In this way, the military and political order in Qinghai began to form, and as time goes by, it will be adjusted at any time, and the Tang Dynasty can finally withdraw from the Qinghai war situation, greatly reducing the burden on border affairs.

Next, Longyou and Qinghai no longer need to maintain a garrison of up to tens of thousands. The states only need to maintain a military military force of 30,000 to 50,000 people to prepare for war. The consumption of money and grain can be completely relied on local self-financing, and even as the situation in Qinghai stabilizes, it will gradually gain surplus.

Those who retreated from Longyou for many years can leave their troops and return home, and those who have outstanding achievements can be selected to be given the position of the governors and recruitment to reserve grassroots organizational talents for the subsequent governors and recruitment.

Another group of people will have to rotate and adjust the imperial guards in Chang'an and Jingying. Among them, 10,000 elite soldiers will be selected, Guo Zhiyun will be the gubernatorial guard of Anxi, replace Tang Xiujing to guard Anxi, increase troops to Anxi, and strengthen control over the four towns. In the next few years, Zhang Guoyi will besiege the Hou Turks in the north of the Mo, and completely eliminate the remnants of the Eastern Turks!
Chapter completed!