In front of the map, Li Li explained the situation of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to King Li Xin. Li Xin will soon serve as the "Jiangnan Observation Envoy" and lead his army to Beijing and stationed in the Jiangnan area.

This position is unprecedented, and is a temporary envoy, and is stationed as an envoy sent by the emperor.

He does not interfere in local administration, justice, military and political affairs, simply stations, "observes" all directions, and is more than the Shangshu of Xingtai.

In other words, Li Li arranged his nephew as a hawk and dog to the local area to monitor the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, to serve as a pavilion for the imperial power, and to perform the duties of the royal family.

By the way, we will open up wastelands, farm farms, and raise war horses in the Jiangmian area.

The new dynasty was established, and Li Li established a new title of Prince (King) among the titles of princes, and was above the prince. He posthumously named the late elder brother to King Wei and the late second brother to King Teng.

Therefore, Li Xin, the eldest brother's son, naturally "successed" as King Wei.

Li Li adopted his concubine's son Li Yang (the second son born by Zhao Mengniang) to his deceased second brother as his heir, and continued the incense for the second brother, so Li Yang was the King of Teng.

At that time, the three brothers of the Li family in Baishi Village on the shore of Poyang Lake formed the genealogy of the imperial family of the New Dynasty and the two kings.

King Wei Li Xin is about to take office in Jiangmian. Li Li explains the situation in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to remind his nephew of the importance of the Han River entering the estuary of the Yangtze River.

"Your 10,000 troops are stuck at the entrance of the Han River. Relying on the newly built fortress and supporting Lushan City, you can directly block the Han River waterway and block the Yangtze River waterway by half."

"Then, if someone in Jing, Xiang, and Xiang, and Mian River upstream of the Yangtze River, and to rebel in the Mian River, to go downstream, you must first pull out the fortress at the mouth of the Han River to open the waterway,"

"At the beginning, you just need to defend and wait until the downstream crusade army arrives and you can attack."

"If someone in the upper reaches rebel, but does not go downstream, but instead leads wolves into the house, intending to separatist, you don't have to worry about it, and the court will naturally send a large army to attack."

"You just need to make sure that your troops are firmly nailed to the mouth of the Han River, so that the other party feels like a thorn in his throat."

"If there is nothing to do, then the military farming affairs and the horse government officials are concerned about it. There is still a lot of land in the Jiangmian area that can be reclaimed, turned into fertile fields, and turned into pastures."

"Reading land and farming is very important, and horse politics is also very important. You can grasp which one comes first and how to balance it yourself."

Li Xin is about to leave the town and take on major responsibilities, but the appointment is different from the practice of the previous dynasty:

Li Xin did not serve as the governor of any prefecture in Jiang and Mian area, but led his troops as a "nail" to the entrance of the Han River opposite the Xiakou of Yingzhou (the north bank of the Yangtze River).

The Han River, also known as Xia Shui and Mian River, is called Xiakou and the area near the river estuary, and is called Xiashou.

Due to historical reasons, the place name Xiakou moved south from the north bank of the Yangtze River to the opposite side of the river. Therefore, the current Yingzhou Prefecture is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

On the north bank, at the entrance of the Han River (Xiashou), there is Lushan City as a fortress, guarding the Han River waterway.

The Han River enters the river estuary, along with the southern bank area, namely the three towns of Wuhan in later generations, guards the Yangtze River and Han River waterways, and its location is very important.

In the late Xiaoqi year, the governor of Yongzhou, Xiao Yan, raised an army, and his troops flowed down the Han River into the river. He first captured Lushan City, and the boat troops were able to enter the river and attack Xiakou City, Yingzhou.

Now, Li Li asked the only clan member Li Xin to lead troops to station in Xiashou area and also equipped with artillery to ensure that once the situation in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River changes, Li Xin can prevent the situation from deteriorating and losing control as soon as possible.

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If the situation really gets out of control, Li Xin will have to defend Xiashou, at least to buy time for the downstream areas to deal with it.

In addition, Li Xin, who is stationed in Xiashou, also has to be in charge of military farming and horse raising (horse politics) in the Jiangmian area (understream of the Han River).

In addition, the "regional-level" official offices of the Criminal Department and the Transport Department are located in Xiashou to handle matters in the Jiangmian area, but these two official offices are not under the jurisdiction of Li Xin.

If Li Xin is appointed as the governor of Yingzhou, he can actually perform his duties as guarding the river and Mian River, but Li Li did not do so. This is his reform attempt to address the shortcomings of the old system:

In this era, the royal family deeply participated in politics, which was for the "monarchy and king politics" and formed a series of conventions and systems.

This system is like a double-edged sword, which is very troublesome to use, and something will happen if you are not careful.

In the Southern Dynasty, the people sent zong kings to the towns and guard important places to ensure that there was no accident in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River (once someone raised an army, they would go downstream and attack Jiankang directly.)

But the sect kings who guard the local area and guard against local rebellions will gradually be corrupted by power.

They will be encouraged by local officials from powerful families and encouraged by their subordinates, becoming the root of local rebellion.

According to a sentence from later generations, it is "You stare at the abyss, and the abyss is also staring at you."

Therefore, the king of the Zhenzong must be rotated regularly to prevent the end of the trip if he stays in a certain place for a long time and the tail will not fall off.

The experience of Liang State shows that the effect of the sect kings rotated out of towns regularly, but problems still occur at critical moments.

The problem is that no matter who is responsible for the local chief (governor), the contradiction between the central and local governments is practical:

There is no radio in this era and transportation is also very backward, so the "delay" problem is very serious between the central and local links.

If the local government asks the central government for instructions in everything and then acts after following orders, it is very easy to mislead things.

For example, when local officials face emergencies (such as rebellion or foreign invasion), if they ask the court to take action again, they will easily react slowly.

However, if the central government delegates power to local governments and loosens its control over local governments and excessive local autonomy, it will easily lose control (holding troops and holding on to oneself will not lose its tail).

The sect kings left the town to the local area, which actually cannot solve this problem very well. The central government (the emperor) is not worried about outsiders and is worried about outsiders becoming bigger in the local area. Do you just worry about your own family members and not be afraid of your own family members becoming bigger in the local area?

The problem of the sect and king politics lies not only in the relationship between the central and local governments, but also in the central government, it is a big problem:

When the emperor dies and the new king ascends the throne, if the minister of the regent is an outsider, the country will easily change its rulers.

But even if the regent minister is the monarch, the country is very easy to change its ruler, but it is better than the foreign surname usurping the throne. It is just that the imperial system has been transferred and the country does not change its surname.

But even so, it is not something that any emperor can accept: my family business should be inherited by my descendants. What is the difference between being taken away by my cousins ​​and uncles and being taken away by outsiders?

Therefore, if you value the royal family, the imperial system will be easily replaced; if you don’t value the royal family, you will be taken advantage of by outsiders. How can you balance it?

Can't balance.

This is a dead end.

Because the imperial power was relatively weak during this period, whether it was foreign relatives, foreign ministers, eunuchs, martial honors, or royal family, they would pose a threat to the imperial power.

The imperial power alone is hard to defend against in the face of so many enemies.

No matter which one you reuse, it will be fatal, so you can only play balance. However, playing balance requires extremely high political ability, and people who become emperors cannot play by reincarnation.

Therefore, the Southern Dynasty did not last long.

Li Li understood that if he died in power for only two or three years, there would be no doubt that his son would not be able to defend his country.

This is inevitable. Even if Huang Gui becomes the regent queen mother, he cannot escape the expansion of the Huang family in the foreign relatives and then occupy the magpie nest.

The reality is that his sons are still young, and Li Xin is the only adult in the royal family. If he is still careful of the royal family, he will seek death.

So Li Xin must be reused.

But the consequence of reuse is that Li Xin will inevitably become richer and it doesn't matter during his reign. However, after his son ascended the throne, he was worried about his qualifications, reputation, and cousins ​​with many former officials, so he would inevitably have internal conflicts.

Li Li wanted to use it in another way.

Without destroying the existing local administrative regions and balance, a sub-center of local power will be set up in the Han River estuary area (Xiashou).

This power sub-center is in charge of judicial power and the right to transfer materials. The persons appointed by the emperor serve as chief officials. They have certain autonomy and can do things first, then ask for instructions and report.

Li Xin led 10,000 Central Army stationed as an "observation envoy", equipped with artillery, did not interfere in local affairs, and protected the officials of the Criminal Division and Transport Division so that he could effectively "work on-site".

The middle reaches of the Yangtze River, including the Mianbei region, reviews of various cases were conducted in the "regional level" Criminal Division Office in Xiashou.

In addition to the death penalty being reported to the center and the emperor decided to decide, other cases will be reviewed by the Criminal Department in Xiacheng and implemented, and will be reported to the Shangshu Province afterwards.

If the Shangshu Province feels that there is something wrong with the case, it will go through procedures and retrial.

In Xiashou, there is also a "region-level" Transportation Department, which is responsible for material transfer and disaster relief affairs in midstream areas. It can handle emergencies of civil affairs (mobilization of materials to rescue, disaster relief, disaster relief) nearby and report it later.

If the Shangshu Province feels that the handling is inappropriate, then follow the process and re-process it. Anyway, let’s do the matter first. You cannot report everything and wait until the decision is made before implementing it.

The King of Guards Li Xin only assumes military responsibilities, prevents civil strife, and deters military chiefs from various states, and does not interfere in local military and civil affairs.

Once there are chaos in the middle reaches of the states and the local governments are unable to suppress the rebellion, Li Xin can send troops to assist the local governments in quelling the rebellion as soon as possible.

If a large-scale rebellion occurs, Li Xin's duty is to defend the Xiashou area, let the rebels be like a thorn in his throat, block the rebels' footsteps downstream, and buy time for the court to mobilize the army to quell the rebels.

And no one can compete with the rebel army equipped with a large number of artillery.

Artillery is Li Li's confidence. He does not intend to generally equip artillery with the army, but should hold it in his hands.

Including the production of cannons and gunpowder.

As long as there are artillery, he is not afraid of local officials' rebellion, nor is he afraid of the other party colluding with foreign enemies. Because with artillery, his central army is not afraid of any opponent on the battlefield.

This is also the confidence of Li Li's determination to break the "Sectarian King's Politics": the royal family does not need to grasp local power, they just need to hold a "pistol" given by the imperially given to shock the local tyrant.

The "pistol" only has two or three bullets, which cannot kill a group of people, but it is enough to kill those who dare to emerge.

The royal family delayed time with "pistols", and then, holding "machine guns" and sufficient ammunition, the central army arrived, and all the rebellious local tyrants could be "raised".

Because King Shuzhenzong only has "pistols" in his hands, the amount of ammunition is limited, and he cannot grasp administrative power and judicial power in the local area, so the emperor with "machine gun" in his hands does not need to worry too much about the local royal family becoming bigger in the local area.

"You have arrived in Xiashou, you don't need to worry about rumors and do things with peace of mind." Li Li told his nephew, "If you have anything to say, just write to your uncle."

Li Xin nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "Then, uncle, in the future, if I go north in the future, I will have a chance..."

"Yes, you can't watch." Li Li smiled, "What is the basis for our Li family to be able to do today? It depends on military merit! It is not about origin, nor about in-laws!"

"If we want to convince the people of the world, we must have strong military achievements. The royal family cannot abandon their military affairs. They can not only be able to do literary works, but also lead troops to fight!"

"It's not just you, your nephews, will go to the battlefield in the future. Tell everyone with facts that Li's 'wufeng' is the best in the world!"
Chapter completed!