In history, it was Emperor Xuanzong of Tang who opened the vassal states. The vassal states were Pandora's magic box of the Tang Dynasty. After opening it, the devil released eventually destroyed the vassal states.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the Tang Dynasty entered the middle period. At this time, the government system of the government established in the early Tang Dynasty was basically collapsed, and there was no governmental soldiers, and the governmental soldiers could not fight. The Tang Dynasty had to change to the recruitment system. In order to cope with the tense situation in the border at that time, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang expanded the defense and garrison towns in large numbers and established Jiedu, and successively established nine Jiedu and one Martial Envoy, known in history as the Ten Jiedus of Tianbao.

The Jiedushi during the Xuanzong period was actually a distinctive feature of inheriting the previous military system of the Governor's Office. Military offices were set up in important places. During the Xuanzong period, the Jiedushi was established and the power of the Jiedushi was continuously expanded. Ten Jiedushi were established on the border, collectively known as the vassal states.

This also opened the beginning of the separatist rule of the vassal states that later destroyed the Tang Dynasty.

The governor controlled the vassal states and took over the frontiers, which did have many positive significance at the beginning.

The situation in the border was complex, the security problems were severe, and it was far away from the Central Plains, so information exchanges were inconvenient. Xuanzong authorized the governors of various vassal states to take charge of the military and political affairs of a region. Later, the power gradually expanded, and he also managed civil affairs and finance, and controlled all the military and political power. This certainly gave the border generals greater autonomy and did not need to ask the central court for instructions in everything. They could effectively deal with various problems in the border and better defend against external troubles.

However, these vassal states held great power and inevitably ended up being too powerful and eventually threatening the central government. The Anshi Rebellion, which was in decline in the Tang Dynasty, was precisely because An Lushan, who was the governor of Fanyang, Pinglu and Hedong towns, controlled a huge military force, controlled the vast northern part of the Tang Dynasty, and had the strength to confront the imperial court, and rebelled.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the middle power declined, and a large number of vassal states were established. Although many vassal states still obeyed the central government and were guarded vassal states, vassal states in Hebei, Henan, Hedong and other areas were separatist and basically respected the court on the surface, but the laws and regulations were made up of their own titles and no taxes were paid, which was like independence and became a separatist state.

After all, this is the danger of being strong outside and weak inside.

For long-term stability in Dahua, it is necessary to ensure the strength of the central government.

This is just like Zhang Chao insisted on the system of feudal division before, but the core of feudal division was that the Central Plains did not. While the feudal division was divided, it also maintained the powerful military force of the 600,000 permanent troops of the court, so as to shock the princes.

Now Zhang Chao wants to deploy troops overseas to enhance his influence overseas and ensure his rights and interests overseas. He would rather spend more military expenditures and expand 160,000 troops than transfer troops from the Central Plains, nor to reduce the troops in the Central Plains.

Dahua always pursues the Central Plains system.

The Central Plains is the core. If this core is broken, Dahua may still be able to grow strong for decades and a hundred years according to inertia, but sooner or later it will fall apart.

If you don’t plan the overall situation, how can you plan for the whole world?

Su Dingfang was the Minister of War. He considered the issue and gave priority to considering it from a military perspective. In particular, the Ministry of War he is currently in charge of is a military and political system, in charge of military expenditure budgets, equipment logistics, etc. Subconsciously, he always considers military expenditures, equipment costs, salaries of soldiers, etc.

As the emperor, Zhang Chao was considering ensuring Dahua's interests overseas, while expanding his influence and ensuring the core interests of the court.

This core interest is to allow the central court, especially the power of the Central Plains, to have absolute advantages.

He would not follow the old path of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Although the establishment of the Ten Jiedu of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tianbao period was quite pleasant in the short term and saved the court a lot of trouble, it was not a magic medicine, but rather the source of turmoil.

The current military system in Dahua is a standing military system, and it is also a professional military officer and a conscript. Under this system, compared with the government military system, the system of recruiting wartime and disbanding war soldiers and returning home needs more precautions. Because the troops and horses are in the camp for a long time, the soldiers are inevitably following the generals, and even the generals are in the self-respecting situation.

Even now, Dahua has made many precautions against these things. For example, the army usually commands soldiers and generals only reach the first level of the battalion, and no troops are commanded at any time in war. Only in wartime organizations at all levels above the battalion are established to gather troops.

But what should be prevented must be prevented and prevent it in advance. It is better to block problems than if there is a problem.

Sometimes, Zhang Chao also thinks that it’s better to live a peaceful life, and keep the door closed and take care of his own land, and don’t care about the outside world.

Anyway, with Dahua's strength today, if you really want to subdue martial arts and cultivate culture, then a century of prosperity will definitely be guaranteed. If Dahua doesn't hit others, who dares to fight Dahua within a hundred years?

But this kind of comfort only arises for a moment, and he soon throws it aside. He does not expand when he has the ability to expand. When this opportunity passes, it will be difficult to have such an opportunity again.

Nowadays, Dahua's strength is the greatest difference between other countries, but this gap will not always be like this. Dahua's technology and Dahua's governance strategy, even if it blocks and keeps it secret from other countries, will always be slowly spread and will be learned by others.

At that time, the gap in strength will gradually narrow, and it may even be brought to you by others.

We must maintain expansion and continue to explore, although it becomes more and more difficult to go backwards, it will also bring about many other new problems. For example, the management of colonies, the control of princes, and even the control of the army.

After all, in this era, transportation, communication, etc. have great restrictions on rule.

The distance between three thousand miles is already very far away. But if it is five thousand miles, it is beyond reach. If it is ten thousand miles away, it is basically impossible to manage effectively and in a timely manner.

Why did Zhang Chao change the fleet from the fourth fleet to the twelve fleet? After all, in the era of the four major fleets, there were sixteen squadrons.

It is because of the four fleet era that the additional level of management has greatly affected the decision-making of the fleet and cannot make decisions at the first time. Sometimes, it may be just a little delay, which may bring completely different consequences.

There are twelve fleets, each of which is responsible for one place, so that they can have greater decision-making power.

At the same time, the fleet became smaller, in order to prevent the fleet stationed overseas, and would be out of control like a vassal state.

The twelve fleets are always more scattered and safer than the four major fleets.

At the beginning, Zhang Chao never thought of setting up a single Marine Corps. The original plan was to ration the Marine Corps to the Navy and belong to the fleet.

In this way, the twelve fleets, each with 20,000 people, 10,000 ship personnel, and 10,000 land combat. But considering that later, Zhang Chao felt that in this way, the fleet was strong and concentrated in military power, it was easier to lose control. If it was out of control, it would be troublesome if the emperor was far away that day.

In the end, Zhang Chao divided the navy into two, and separated the ship personnel from the land warriors. Even the 20,000 people stationed together belonged to two departments and two systems.

Each has its own command, and they are not subordinate to each other and cooperate with each other. In this way, they can also supervise and balance each other.

The butt determines the head. The different position of the problem is often different. As an emperor, Zhang Chao considered not only military aspects, but also deeper issues.

After all, the military system is not a trivial matter, it is the core issue that affects the continuation of a dynasty.

The equal-field system of the Tang Dynasty could not be implemented, and the government military system collapsed and changed to a recruitment system. As a result, it developed into a border vassal state, which eventually led to the Anshi Rebellion. After that, the remaining poison of separatist states were left behind, which eventually ruined the Tang Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty ended the Five Dynasties Rebellion, and the founding emperor learned from the lessons of the Five Dynasties' warriors' chaos in the country and strictly prevented the warriors. Although they were well guarded against military generals, they greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the army, making the Song Dynasty, although the economy was prosperous and prosperous, they were under the threat of foreign races from beginning to end, and were eventually destroyed by foreign races.

The Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a cowherd. The military system he designed was the simplest set of wards, and it was also the hereditary system of military officers and the hereditary system of military officers. The system of military officers and military households was also rapidly corrupted. Military officers became landlords, military households became serfs and tenants, and the military offices were corrupt and soldiers could not fight.

It can be said that the military system of the Tang, Song, Ming, and even the Qing Dynasty who later invaded the Central Plains was basically unchanged when they founded the country, and then they soon could not adapt to the changes in the current situation, which eventually became a reason for the demise of several dynasties.

The military system of Dahua can be said to be unprecedented.

The huge standing army is similar to the imperial guard system of the Song Dynasty. However, the standing army in Dahua is different. Officers and non-commissioned officers are professional, but not lifelong. Each level of promotion has an elimination rate, and each level of officers also have a term of office. If they are unable to be promoted in the end, they will be required to be discharged from the army.

The soldiers also implement a conscript system. The excellent ones will be promoted to non-commissioned officers, while the others will retire after three or four years of military service to avoid the appearance of veterans and maintain the vitality of the army. At the same time, they will also maintain a large reserve force for the court's training.

This allows Dahua to quickly recruit these veterans who have been trained or even fought wars to return to the army to replenish their wars when needed.

Of course, such a large standing army, such a large number of militia units, and trained veterans are also a problem.

The military expenditure of maintaining a huge standing army is extremely large, but now the Dahua court can still maintain it. However, if Dahua's financial revenue cannot maintain such a growth in the future, the huge military expenditure may drag down the imperial court.

In addition, such a large army is also a difficult problem.

Especially now, Zhang Chao has decided to deploy troops overseas. Hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed overseas, and military expenditure has increased and management has become more difficult.

Zhang Chao is not sure whether these troops stationed overseas will become vassal states of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

The countermeasures he thought of now were to strengthen the rotation of generals, maintain the strong strength of the central government in the Central Plains, and to regularly rotate the troops from the Central Plains and overseas, so that the naval fleets would also rotate.
Chapter completed!