"Nanzhao was destroyed by the powerful minister Zheng Maisi, and then Dachanghe was destroyed. The southwest monks were willing to submit to their submissions. I wanted to set up the Xuanwei Envoy Office in Yunnan, and according to the size of the territories and the number of people in each branch, the chiefs were granted Xuanfu, comfort, and recruitment... collectively known as local officials, and were granted various officials at all levels.

Any tribal leader who is enthroned by our dynasty will not only retain the privilege of governing one side, but also the descendants of later generations will not be wise and wise, but can be hereditary. It is just that Xuanwei envoys the department will set up a school and hire a Confucian scholar as a teaching. Local officials who want to inherit their official positions must enter the school and receive teaching, and they must go to the vassal to receive the post when inheriting the post. Those who inherit the post will receive the imperial edict. The family has retained the gold seal issued by the court for generations, so that they can have their place, control their people, govern their troops, and inherit their posts...

After being granted the local official position, the court will also provide funding and support for those tribes that are slashing and burning, helping to build houses, reclaim wasteland, and teach farming, so that their people can live and work in peace and contentment. Of course, this is all based on their own wishes. If any leader is concerned that our dynasty will invade their power of life and death, our dynasty will not interfere in other tribes.

When our dynasty enters Yunnan, we will naturally send lawsuits to take charge of the government affairs of the towns and towns where the Han people gather. However, with the law of dividing and dividing, as long as each tribe does not violate the laws under the rule of the dynasty, all matters of all sizes can be decided by themselves in their own territory..."

After careful consideration, Li Tianqu talked to Li Xun and other civil officials... However, his policy of governing Yunnan was not an original idea, but a national policy of restraining the Tang and Song dynasties was adopted, but was established by the Yuan Dynasty and reached its heyday in the Ming Dynasty.

Although the six major protectors set up during the Tang Dynasty sounded majestic and domineering, the system of restraint was actually very loose, and it seemed to be a symbolic rule for the surrounding forces. As long as the local Khan and the king recognized the Zhengshuo of the Central Plains as the sect leader, they could basically be completely autonomous, and the Central Plains dynasty usually would not interfere in their internal affairs.

More than fifty years ago, the Annan Protectorate's Palace was captured by Nanzhao Kingdom, so it had to be transferred to Jiaozhou to set up another Jinghai Army. Therefore, the relationship between the Guanzhou Prefecture and the Zhengshuo Dynasty in the Central Plains was close and separated. When the Central Plains were unified and the dynasty was strong, the surrounding vassal forces would certainly respect the vassal forces on the surface, but once the Central Plains dynasty declined... the leaders of the Guanzhou Power would not only not obey the Zhengshuo rule of the Central Plains, but would even become a huge threat.

However, the chieftain system must confirm that the local area is within the territory of the Central Plains dynasty. Of course, the leaders of the tribes inherited their positions in their own territory and had the power of life and death, but they must first follow the rules and procedures of the court... And the key element that is different from the Tang and Song dynasties is that the leaders of the tribes who accept the enthronement know:

The monarch who guarantees your hereditary rule and power is the emperor of the Central Plains dynasty, and there will be no more King Nanzhao, Dachang and King... and even the later Emperor of Dali, according to the historical trajectory. When you close the door, you will make your own decisions, but if you declare to the outside world, your identities will be all officials of the Wei Dynasty.

Therefore, if the local tribe leaders want hereditary autonomy in their descendants, it also means that they must obey the Central Plains dynasty for generations. Otherwise, if any tribe wants to rebel and disrupt the affairs in the future, the Wei Dynasty can send troops to attack, abolish the hereditary chief lords, and then send other officials to incorporate their territory into the direct rule of the court... In the eyes of other tribes, some people do not do hereditary local officials, and the Wei Dynasty sends troops to rebel and rebel again. Isn't this legitimate?

After Li Tianqu finished speaking, the ministers who participated in the meeting immediately heard some tricks... Just as some people were talking, a civil servant who was about thirty years old and was born with handsome appearance had already praised:

"Your Majesty is wise! It is indeed far-sighted! It is said that the customs of the tribes under the rule of Nanzhao in the old days were very different from the Central Plains. When the previous dynasty was afraid of me, they rebeled, and when they liked me, they were open. It was also because the mountains were high and the land was long and the road was rugged. If a large army was sent to attack, the local plague was raging and the transportation was difficult, and the army could not stay for a long time... If only the old Tang Dynasty system was granted the title of local barbarian chiefs as the title of kings, I was afraid that any tribe would annex the tribes in the Xierhe River area, destroy the other five thrones, and establish the Nanzhao Kingdom, which became a trouble in the southwest border of the Central Plains...

However, Your Majesty has established local officials and granted the title of barbarians in Yunnan. In the future, even if there are people who have ulterior motives or intend to watch the fire from the other side of the river, they are waiting for some opportunities to move... But there will be tribes who are willing to be loyal to the court in order to take our dynasty as their backer. This divides the tribes in the southwest, making it impossible for them to respect the common ruler as Nanzhao. The tribes rely on each other to eliminate the hidden dangers in the border areas of our dynasty!"

When Li Tianqu looked in the voice, he saw that the elegant minister was also one of the surrendered ministers of the Later Tang Dynasty. His name was Liu Xu, who was originally from Zhuozhou. He was famous for his love of learning in Yan and Ji generations. However, his elder brother Liu Xuan was killed by his enemies. In order to avoid disaster, Liu Xu fled with his brother Liu Xuan and surrendered to the Later Tang Dynasty, and successively served as the official positions of Taichang Ph.D. and Hanlin Bachelor.

According to Liu Xu's official history, he served as the Minister of the Secretariat, Minister of Justice, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Personnel. In the Later Tang Dynasty, he became the prime minister of the dynasty, and in the Later Jin Dynasty, he was appointed as the Dongdu. He was appointed as Sikong, and was in charge of the affairs of the Five Dynasties. He also became a relative of Feng Dao, the five-year tumultuous man... Although Liu Xu also had a prime minister but did not care about allusions and was not tolerant to others, he was also unable to stand the government agencies for private money, so he wrote off a large number of officials from the three departments for the debts that were entrusted to the people due to the government rent, and offended a large number of officials from the Three Divisions. So when Liu Xu was dismissed from the prime minister, a group of ministers cheered and said, "From now on, I am happy!"...

Moreover, Liu Xu has the greatest achievement. The "Old Book of Tang" in the twenty-four histories, which totaled 200 volumes, was compiled by him under the command of supervising the national history and... Li Tianquxin said that even if I read it in a brief manner, I had really read it. So overall, if this person wants to become an official, his strengths are more than his weaknesses.

Later generations wanted to verify ancient historical materials, especially regarding the cultural background of ethnic minorities at that time and their relationship with the Central Plains dynasty. They were often recorded in the "Old Book of Tang" and were relatively more reliable. Although it was not yet time for Liu Xu to supervise the national history, he was interested in learning and knowledgeable and had a wide range of knowledge. It seems that he now has a certain understanding of the past and customs of various tribes under the rule of Nanzhao State in the old days.

As for his evaluation of the southwestern barbarians, "If you hate me, you will rebel; if you like me, you will understand"... it is also the annotation added by Liu Xu in "Old Book of Tang: Biographies of the Southwest Barbarians and Southwest Barbarians".

After hearing Liu Xu's praise, Li Tianqu smiled softly and then said:

"The reason why I plan to set up local officials to govern local people was that I thought that the least should be done for the areas where various tribes live together was to rashly deepen their hatred for the Central Plains. After all, our dynasty not only wanted to set up Yunnan Xuanwei Envoy Office, Guizhou, Guizhou, Shu, Hubei, Hunan... Where are all the tribes in various places? Therefore, whether the tribes under the rule of Nanzhao in the old days can be regarded as the official position of our dynasty and are willing to accept the granted official positions is also related to the trend of annexation of various places in the future.

In the fall of Nanzhao, the fall of Dachanghe, Yang Shihou was willing to gradually hand over the military power... Taking advantage of the fact that there was no common ruler respected by the tribes in Yunnan, it was also a great opportunity for our dynasty to divide the feudals and even to govern the tribes. In the past, the reason why Nanzhao became a troubled problem in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty was just as Li Qing said, the tribes in the southwest who merged the six tribes of the southwest were kings and could be relied on each other as strong as each other. However, the tribes such as Wuwu, Mosau, Pu people, Wuman, Mangman, Xicuan... were originally occupied by one side, but now that our Wei Dynasty was recruited and granted the feudal title, I believe that many tribe leaders would be willing to follow.

I will only establish the Yunnan Xuanwei Envoy Department, and also entrust various details on various local officials at all levels, such as Xuanwei, comfort, and recruitment of local officials at all levels. I and the ministers must carefully consider... and see how the tribes in Yunnan will respond."
Chapter completed!