Chapter 1456: Withdraw the country and divide the city

In fact, there is no longer Nanzhao Kingdom. Now it is divided into four counties and cities. It has already been based on some rules of the Tang Dynasty. However, the people below say they are used to it. This kind of habit cannot be changed by administrative orders. You can get over it. As time goes by, the name Nanzhao Kingdom will soon enter history. Li Xiang did not deliberately ask his subordinates. After all, using an administrative order to say this seems a bit guilty. It is better to let the people themselves. Choose, they have the right to choose.

"Change."

After Li Xiang finished speaking, Miss Sophora hurriedly found bright yellow clothes. Now that she was going to meet with senior officials of Nanzhao, she had to bring out His Highness's most beautiful clothes, which represented the Tang Empire. His face, not to mention that the king of Nanzhao is also the father-in-law of His Highness...

Thinking of her father, Miss Huaihua also thought about having such a glory, but in the end she shook her head. Her father was just a farmer near Chang'an City. Because she entered the East Palace, she was rewarded with fifty acres. Land, the family's life is pretty good. When they set out from Chang'an City, His Highness rewarded them with fifty acres of land. The two brothers' life was even better. All of this was earned by themselves. Sometimes I don’t know whether to be happy or sad.

"Kowtow to His Highness the Grandson of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

When arriving at the original border line, in addition to the royal family members of Nanzhao, the local magistrates also stayed here. Li Xiang walked all the way from Chang'an and did not meet with the local magistrates. This was also to save time. , if you delay arriving at a place for just one day, you may not be able to reach the front line in three months. This is completely different from Li Xiang's temperament. If an impatient person acts like this, he can be suffocated to death.

"My father-in-law looks good. It seems that he has taken good care of himself these days."

Li Xiang walked a few steps quickly and helped the original King of Nanzhao up. Now everyone will still call him His Royal Highness, but starting from the next generation, this title will disappear. According to the rules of the court, the Nanzhao royal family can have a county king. Although he has a title, he does not have much real power. He will still be stationed here on behalf of the imperial court, but the person who succeeds the county king must go to Chang'an to study and come back to inherit the throne when he reaches adulthood.

In addition to the hundreds of guards under his command, the Nanzhao Palace cannot have too many armed forces. It can still operate outside. In the future, it will only be a symbolic ruling force, representing that the Tang Dynasty has not forgotten the contributions of their ancestors.

Many people in the Nanzhao royal family were dissatisfied. They believed that the Tang Dynasty had robbed them of their rights. However, after traveling in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, they acquiesced in this matter. If they stood up to resist, they would not only lose their rights. Head, living royal members will also become common people.

Just look at the countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty and you will know that life in Nanzhao is pretty good. At least I can retain an honorary title for you, and when you meet the court officials, you are all from the Nanzhao Palace. It is much better than other countries. Look at the royal families of Goguryeo and Fusang. The next generation will directly become ordinary people. Aren't they even more disadvantaged?

"Thanks to your highness, the weather has gotten warmer these days and your health is much better than before. However, your highness is thinner than before."

The King of Nanzhao was in poor health some time ago, purely because of the matter of canonizing the county king. He originally thought that he must have the title of prince no matter what. You must know that the Tang Dynasty court is different from other places. If the first generation is a prince, then The next generation will become county kings, and each generation will be lower than the previous generation. This is also the royal reform implemented by Li Xiang.

Of course, it has not been implemented on the princes of the Tang Dynasty, but the newly canonized princes all have this standard. This is also done to avoid the political pressure in the late Ming Dynasty. When Li Xiang told Li Shimin, Li Shimin was a little reluctant to do this. It was implemented, but after Li Xiang settled the account with Li Shimin, Li Shimin finally nodded in agreement.

You cannot support the Tang Dynasty royal family, which will eventually lead to a financial crisis for the entire court. Once it reaches that level, even if you want to regret it, you will have no chance, and the people will think that these people in the Tang Dynasty royal family are all rats, and the entire court will be ruined. The fruits of the country's labor have been eaten up. Can they still support your rule? It's good enough not to rise up.

King Nanzhao was relatively unlucky. His next generation started from the county king. If he could start from the prince, at least one more generation could be passed on. Of course, they would still be taken care of, and when it passed to the marquis, Collect, and will no longer continue to demote.

The King of Nanzhao himself also thought that in a hundred years at most, the Nanzhao Prince's Palace would become the Nanzhao Marquis' Palace in two generations. But this is fine. Compared with other countries, we have already gained a lot. , if you continue to ask, it will be unreasonable.

When he saw his son-in-law today, the King of Nanzhao originally wanted to say something more, but thinking of Li Xiang's cruelty back then, the whole Nanzhao rolled over casually in Li Xiang's hands, and finally suppressed these words in his stomach. Although the person in front of him is his son-in-law, if everything turns upside down, he will eventually be the sinner of this land.

The Queen Mother of Nanzhao has passed away, maybe because of the subjugation of the country, or maybe because of physical reasons. Li Xiang was in Chang'an City at that time, so the two princesses and sisters Yongning were asked to come back for the funeral. Li Xiang should also go there at this time. It's a courtesy to pay homage to her. After all, she is my daughter-in-law's biological grandmother.

The King of Nanzhao is also deliberately publicizing this matter, in order to let the local officials understand that although I am no longer the king here, my son-in-law will be the future Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and our princess still has a high status in Chang'an City. Yes, if you don’t value us, you will still suffer losses in the future.

Li Xiang is such a smart person. Of course he knows what his father-in-law is thinking, so when he pays homage to the Queen Mother, he also gives this guy enough face. But here is the court legislation, you can have one more Stick incense, but never bend your knees.

The Tang court stipulated that no matter what kind of relatives they were, except for the ancestors of the Li family, no one could make the Tang royal family kneel down. Li Xiang could not break this rule. After all, there were so many royal men watching. ...(End of chapter)