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    Pei Zeng, who was in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, hurried to meet Yi Feng and told him that after the emperor named Yang Liang the King of Rinan, he also granted the title of feudal title to four other clans in Southern Xinjiang.  "The emperor named King Cai Yang Zhiji King of Yongchang, King Teng Yang Lun as King of Tengyue, King Yang Jing of Tao as King of Shunning, and King Yang Ji of Wei as King of Pu'er. The four kingdoms were all established in the area south of Nanning Prefecture." Pei  When adding the report, he kept shaking his head because when he first received this information, he could not find the locations of these four feudal states on the map.  Later, it was not easy to figure out that these four newly established counties actually had no such county names at all. The fiefdoms of these four countries were now not within the boundaries of the Sui Dynasty at all.  The southwestern boundary of the Sui Dynasty was bounded by Nanning Prefecture. Even most of the prefectures in Nanning Prefecture were under the actual control of the barbarian indigenous people. Although the imperial court established prefectures and counties, they were mostly under the control of the governor.  The four countries newly entrusted by the imperial court were still south of Nanning, where the territory of Pubu was plotted on the map.  During the Han Dynasty, it belonged to the Shuilao State. Later, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty annexed the country. The Han Dynasty established Shuilao County and Bonan County here, and divided the six counties that originally belonged to Yizhou and merged them to form Yongchang County. After their establishment,  , Yongchang County experienced the rule of several dynasties including the Eastern Han, Shu Han, Jin, Song, Qi, and Liang Dynasties. It lost this territory during the Southern Chen Dynasty, and the Zhou and Sui Dynasties re-established Yongchang County, but it has actually moved eastward. It turned out that the old areas such as Shuilao were Pubu  occupied by the natives.  Yi Feng 7 ¡Ø carefully looked at the four counties of Yongchang, Tengyue, Shunning, and Pu'er that Pei Zeng had added to the large blank area on the map. After spending a long time thinking about it, he could barely match the geographical location in his impression of later generations.  On the above, it is clear that the location of these four newly enfeoffed vassal states by Yang Jian should be equivalent to the western Yunnan Province of China in later generations and may also include part of northern Myanmar.  But just as Pei Zeng said.  These four counties are truly opening up territory.  Speaking of Cai Teng and the four Taoist kings, they are all serious nephews of Yang Jian.  The sons of four brothers, he actually demoted these four princes to county kings at once.  And all of a sudden, feudalism reached the distant southern Xinjiang.  Even the names of the four counties are unprecedented, and their vassal states are completely established outside the existing national boundaries.  "His Majesty the Emperor is so capable of expanding territory. He pointed his finger on the map and the territory of the Sui Dynasty immediately expanded to the south by four counties." Pei Zeng couldn't help but laugh with Yi Feng.  Yi Feng couldn't help but smile, Yang Jian was really good at it.  Previously, Yang Liang was feudalized in South Vietnam. He thought this was just a way for Yang Jian to save his son. However, he did not expect that as soon as Yang Liang was feudalized, Yang Jian would feudalize four more vassal states.  If Yang Liang was granted a seal to Huanzhou in South Vietnam.  The establishment of the Rinan Kingdom is always somewhat reliable. After all, Rinan County was established in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and Huanzhou was also controlled by the Sui Dynasty. After all, it still has a population of 10,000 households.  But the Yongchang Four Kingdoms are a bit too unreliable.  Direct feudalism went abroad. Although the land of the Yongchang Four Kingdoms originally belonged to Yongchang County, which had been established since the Han Dynasty, it had not been established since the Chen Kingdom in the Southern Dynasty.  It has lost control of this land.  Moreover, Yi Feng still remembers clearly that the indigenous people in this land were very powerful. In the Sui Dynasty, they were called Pubu, but in the Tang Dynasty, they were called Zhao.  Later, the Liuzhao rose up, and finally the Nanzhao Kingdom was established, and the Tang army was repeatedly beaten with black noses and swollen eyes.  Nanzhao Kingdom has been passed down for thirteen generations.  After nearly two hundred years, it almost lived and died together with the Tang Dynasty.  Yang Jian granted the four kings the title of founding a kingdom in this area.  Did he have a plan to kill two birds with one stone and seal the four kings to the far southern border?  In order to avoid threatening the imperial power, and at the same time, there are clans establishing a country in southern Xinjiang, which may not necessarily prevent them from stabilizing the border and suppressing these Pu tribe natives, which is the court's plan to regain the old land of Yongchang County since the Han Dynasty.  Although Yongchang County is remote, it was the second largest county in the imperial court during the Han Dynasty, with a population of more than 500,000.  If the four feudal kingdoms could establish a solid foundation in southern Xinjiang, it would be of great benefit to the imperial court.  "It seems that the emperor is sincerely planning to implement the feudal system." Yi Feng patted the map and said.  "This is a good thing." Pei Zeng is very optimistic. "The emperor's movements are very fast, which also shows that he is very determined. It has been nearly twenty years since the founding of the country. When he is getting old, the emperor finally decided to feudal kings. In my opinion  , this is great news. It seems that the emperor is no longer wavering about the inheritance system. He has made up his mind that the prince is the heir. The feudal kings will no longer hesitate. This is the best way to stabilize the status of the prince.  Method. The remaining clans that can threaten the prince's status are sent to the feudal frontier. The next step is probably to abolish the old practice of the prince sitting in the general manager's palace, step by step, and finally cut off the military power of the clans, and then send them out of the capital to join the feudal clan.  It can no longer affect the succession of the crown prince. " "Perhaps the emperor has decided to abolish the crown prince and choose the king of Jin as the new crown prince. Aren't the feudal kings preparing for the dethronement of Yong and the establishment of Guangzhou?" Yi Feng was not as optimistic as Pei Zeng.  Things have not yet reached that point. The emperor's feudal system is indeed of great benefit to the succession of the prince, but it is still too early for whoever becomes the prince to finally obtain the right to inherit.  However, Yi Feng still agrees with the feudal system, especially the current practice of sealing clans to distant frontiers, and it is in southern Xinjiang rather than northern Xinjiang.??It does support that.  Looking at the clan system of various dynasties, the Qin unified the world, but the clan did not have many privileges. The Han unified the world and enfeoffed the descendants of the clan, but the power of the vassal states was too great, and conflicts between the emperor and the princes inevitably occurred.  Battle of vassals.  After the fall of the Han Dynasty, although Cao Wei also implemented a feudal system for the clan, it was extremely harsh on the clan. The clan princes and states were all very small, and the rights of the princes and states were in the hands of officials sent by the court. The princes were just empty and powerless decorations.  , and the imperial court often moved the princes to enfeoffment, which made the princes have no real power at all. When the Sima family usurped the power of Cao Wei, the princes could not help at all.  After the Sima family usurped the imperial power of Cao Wei, they learned the lessons of the Cao family and began to enfeoff the clan. At the same time, they gave the clan great authority. Not only did the clan have a huge power, but they also had the power to command the troops and the people, and even served as the central government.  and local important positions, this kind of overindulgence and delegation of power led to an imbalance of power. The outbreak of the Eight Kings Rebellion caused the Sima family in the Western Jin Dynasty to finally lose control of the world.  During the Sixteen Kingdoms period of Hu Dynasty.  During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was no real feudalism like the Han and Jin Dynasties.  After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, although the clan was highly valued and commanded troops externally, serving as general manager and governor, and also served as prime minister, general, minister, etc. internally, it never enfeoffed vassal states.  "However, the kings commanded six general administrations, each commanding dozens of states and leading tens of thousands of troops, which also posed a serious hidden danger.  Now Yang Jian is the founding emperor, and all the major administrative offices are led by his princes and grandsons. But once Yang Jian dies, can the princes and grandsons who have strong military support still be so obedient to the new emperor who succeeds?  After two assassinations of Taisun, Yi Feng believed that Yang Jian must have seen through the pros and cons.  Before he died, Yang Liang dared to assassinate and even mobilize troops to intercept and kill the emperor's grandson. If he died, how could the princes who covet the throne and have heavy troops in their hands be willing to do so?  Yang Liang conferred the title of King of Rinan and feudalized South Vietnam. This was just a pretext and an opportunity.  After Yang Liang was granted the title of Southern Kingdom, Yang Jian immediately enfeoffed the sons of his four brothers to Southern Xinjiang.  Yi Feng believed that this was just the beginning. The next step would be for other clans to establish feudal states, and finally it would be the emperor's princes and grandsons' turn.  However, he predicted that except for Yang Liang, who was feudalized by the emperor because of his assassination, the other princes might have to wait until the end of the Northern Expedition before it was their turn, and perhaps some of the emperor's grandsons would be feudalized in advance.  But in the end, the princes and grandsons will definitely be driven away from the capital by the feudal frontiers like other clans.  In feudal southern Xinjiang, the emperor is so scheming.  In a place like Southern Xinjiang, it is difficult to rise, and even more difficult to be able to one day have a strong army and rebel.  This southern border is not Jiangnan, but the far south of Lingnan.  There are native barbarians everywhere, and the mountains and rivers are poor. It would be good if the princes could deal with these natives well.  "If the emperor appoints Yang Guang as the new crown prince, then based on the emperor's current behavior, I will definitely be sealed to Southern Xinjiang and become the king of Piao or Champa. Well, I have to do it early.  Get ready." Yi Feng thought to himself, he would never want to be the King of the Jinsha River, the King of the Lancang River, or the King of the Ruili River.  Do you want to take a risk and find an opportunity to kill Yang Guang?  After all, Yang Guang is very threatening now. Once he becomes the prince, he, the son of the former prince, will no longer be the grandson of the emperor.  Or, he could kill Yang Yong himself. In this case, he, the grandson of the emperor, would be the real crown prince.  However, if Yang Yong dies, it is difficult to guarantee that Yang Guang will not become the new prince.  Or kill them both together?  Yi Feng shook his head and smiled, throwing this idea behind him, it was too crazy.  The risk is too great to justify.  ¡°In the final analysis, it is better to manage your own strength. If you have enough strength, when the time comes when you really need to go crazy, you will be prepared.  Damn it, but this old thief Gao Qiu wants to fight against the Turks himself, with bad intentions.  "Uncle Pei, what do you think of us negotiating with the Turks?" "Peace talks?" Pei Zeng was stunned and couldn't keep up with Yi Feng's rhythm.  "Now the Turks are coming fiercely. Although we hold on to the city, we are not afraid of the Turks attacking the city. But even if we defend the city and fight with so many Turks attacking, we will have to pay a lot of casualties in the end. I think we will send an envoy.  Negotiate with the Turks and make peace with many women in gold and silk, and ask them to retreat." Yi Feng pinched his chin and narrowed his eyes.  PS: If you have monthly votes, please vote for Muzi, thank you.  (To be continued)?¡­
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