Chapter 849: vassal

Chapter 849: vassal

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   During the march, the meals were simple.

The rice flower fish touched in the rice field, cut open the belly, removed the internal organs, cleaned it briefly, marinated it with some condiments, then skewered it on bamboo sticks, and grilled it by the fire. It is crispy, and when the oil drips from the fish body, it is already fragrant and ready to eat.

   Roast a rabbit, braise a pot of noodles, and have some seaweed soup, which is actually not bad.

  Beside the road, under the shade of a big tree.

  A simple folding dining table, with a few small horses, relaxed and cozy.

  Qin Lang still had guests at the dining table today. Fan Zhenlong, the Prince of Linyi who borrowed a way from Jiaozhou, had a bumpy journey and was exhausted from the journey. In fact, he was not in the mood for a picnic.

  He came all the way, not afraid of hard work, just because he knew that his younger sister Fan Lin was also here. He also received a handwritten letter from his younger sister, saying that Qin Lang promised to help Lin Yi Fan and so on.

Fan Zhenlong couldn't stand in Linyi for a long time, the general mutinied, entered the capital, broke the palace, his father was murdered, Fan Zhenlong escaped quickly, but he was not the opponent of the kingslayer, he tried several times to gather troops, In the end, they were all killed by the pursuers of the Kingslayer.

  Fleeing all the way north, he finally escaped to the territory of the Duhu Mansion of Jiaozhou in the Tang Dynasty, and escaped the catastrophe.

  Although Kingslayer was fierce, none of his pursuers dared to cross the border and came to the territory of Tang Dynasty.

  But Fan Zhenlong, who was forced into exile in Datang, also knew that it was easy for his feet to leave the land of Linyi, but it was difficult to go back.

   Behind the kingslayer is the prince of Chenla, his quasi-brother-in-law.

  That **** guy, it is fake to want to marry his sister, but it is true that he wants to inherit the throne of Linyi as the son-in-law of King Linyi.

   "Duke Wei is really amazing, his soldiers are bloodless, and the enemy surrenders upon hearing the wind!"

Fan Zhenlong is flattering, his Chinese language is not as good as his sister's, and he looks good and tall, but the days of fleeing recently are really worrying, people are thin and out of shape, and even the wind blows the sun It was so dark that it didn't look like autumn, and even the skin on the face was peeled off, and it didn't look like a noble prince at all.

  Facing the Tang nobleman who was about the same age as him, he didn't dare to put on the airs of a prince. When he first arrived, he wanted to respect his status, but he suffered a big loss from Qin Lang. He just ignored them, if it wasn't for his sister's help, he might have to go back home.

  From his younger sister, after learning about the power of Duke Wei of the Tang Dynasty in detail, he was also shocked, and what he said was not all flattery.

  Actually, Qin Lang was somewhat dissatisfied with Fan Lin for recruiting Fan Zhenlong. He had told Fan Lin a long time ago that as long as she was willing, Qin Lang was willing to help her ascend to the throne. It was not because he was greedy for her beauty, but to make a deal. Fan Lin finally chose to let her brother come to visit, hoping that Qin Lang could trade with her brother.

  Qin Lang could only helplessly.

   "It's just a few mountain barbarians. In Chang'an City, these are not worthy of being the talk of Chang'an people after dinner."

  Fan Zhenlong was secretly startled.

  So many barbarians rebelled, and there were hundreds of thousands of barbarians rebelling, thousands of miles away, but the other party said that in the eyes of the Central Plains, it was totally useless.

   Thinking about myself again, thousands of people who were killed by the king chased all the way to nowhere.

  Cheng Chumo came over after hearing the news, and when he saw the grilled fish and rabbit on the table, he didn't hesitate to eat it.

Qin Lang pointed at him and said to Fan Zhenlong, "This is the general of Zhonglang led by the left guard of the Eastern Palace of the Tang Dynasty and the admiral of the Beiyang navy. Get closer to this one."

  Cheng Chumo ate the grilled fish skillfully. The rice flower fish are mainly crucian carp and carp. This fish has many bones, but he can put the fish meat into his mouth without sticking the spines.

  Sneaking a glance at the black and thin guy, he looked a bit like that Linyi princess.

   "Prince Linyi?"

   "That's right, the one who came to ask Datang to uphold justice, help in the crusade against the king-killing and rebellious ministers, and recover Linyi for him." Qin Lang laughed.

  Cheng Chu smiled silently, "The savages here have not settled the chaos yet, how can we have time to take care of your Lin Yi's mess."

  Fan Zhenlong's expression froze for a moment, and he said with a wry smile, "Our Linyi is a vassal of the Tang Dynasty..."

   "Oh, are you sure?" Cheng Chumo tore off a rabbit leg and said while looking at Fan Zhenlong.

  Fan Zhenlong is puzzled, is there any problem with this?

"I want to remind you that my Great Tang Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven. It inherited the previous dynasty and implemented the celestial system. There are countless kingdoms and tribes affiliated with ministers and vassals from all over the world. Therefore, there are many clear classifications for the kingdoms. Not every country Who can claim to be a vassal of the Tang Dynasty..."

   Cheng Chumo did not lie to Fan Zhenlong.

  Now there are too many countries registered in Honglu Temple to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, there must be two or three hundred. But in fact, not everyone who claims to be a country is really a country.

  What a mess of tributary states, in the eyes of Datang, they have never heard of them, and even though they have a name, they are too small to be called a country at all.

  In order to clarify these, Datang deliberately classified these countries, dividing them into several classes according to their distance, subject, and tribute.

  For example, vassal states, dependent states, tributary states, as well as feudal lords, custodians, etc.

  The court’s definition of a vassal state refers to a country that retains part of its sovereignty and can manage its own internal affairs, but is subject to its suzerain state in terms of diplomacy, culture, and economy.

The real vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, such as Tuyuhun, such as Gaochang Kingdom, East and West Turks, etc., were all conquered and defeated by the Tang Dynasty, such as Tuyuhun and Turks, or they were afraid of conquering the Tang Dynasty and were stationed by the Tang Dynasty, such as the Western Regions Gaochang, Yanqi and other five countries.

  They do not have complete autonomy, and many aspects such as military diplomacy are subject to the influence of Datang and even interfere with command.

Therefore, they are the real vassal states of the Tang Dynasty. They are both vassal states and vassal states. This form was really formed in the era of Han Gaozu Liu Bang. The vassal states began at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. The feudal relatives used Fan Ping Zhou. The vassal state appeared in the Warring States Period, when Qin and Zhao and other powerful vassal states opened up their territories one after another. Those conquered frontier Rongdi such as Loufan, Linhu, Yiqu and other foreign tribes were called vassal states.

  When Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty arrived, in order to avoid the taboo of Liu Bang, he was renamed a vassal state.

  Those who say they belong to the country retain their country name and belong to the Han Dynasty, so they are called belonging to the country.

   Another example is that King Kunxie of the Xiongnu killed King Xiutu, and surrendered him with more than 40,000 people, and placed them in five vassal states.

  During the Western Han Dynasty, two powers coexisted, a dual world. The Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu coexisted, and each had its own subordinate states.

The Xiongnu policy was to use strong military and political pressure to control and protect the vassal states, while the Western Han Dynasty's policy of Huairou was to win over other tribes or countries with interests and let them join their camp, and through political strategies, cultural aggression and Zhao An.

  During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang developed the Celestial Dynasty system, which was very impressive. Although Yang Guang was not the designer of the tributary system, he carried forward the system to a peak.

  Comparatively speaking, the Zhou Dynasty was actually a feudal vassal system. By the time of the Han Dynasty, it was imperialism. This is true for the Xiongnu, the Qiang people, and the Western Regions.

  When it came to Yang Guang, he took over and refined various things from the past, not only strengthening colonization and border expansion, promoting great imperialism, but also strengthening the suzerain-vassal system.

  Yang Guang determined to make the Sui Dynasty the center of the world, and the emperor of the Sui Dynasty to be the co-lord of the world. Under the tributary system, the countries were classified according to their distance and closeness. Back then, Yang Guang used force against countries such as Tuyuhun, Turks, Khitan, Goguryeo, Linyi, Liuqiu, and Yiwu who refused to join the Celestial Dynasty system.

  After the demise of the Sui Dynasty, Li and Tang have been busy unifying the Central Plains for the first ten years. At the beginning of the second decade, they were busy fighting against the Turks, sweeping up Tuyuhun, controlling Lingnan and so on.

  For the surrounding countries, there was no system before, but now they are gradually focusing on it. The management system has inherited the Sui Dynasty, but it is slightly different.

  For example, at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the main foreign policy was to adopt a policy of holding spears, using interests to attract countries, such as marriage or trade, and so on.

  But when the Tang Dynasty unified the world and began to defeat the Turks, Tuyuhun, etc., it finally had the ambition to be the co-lord of the world again.

  A brand new suzerain-vassal system is taking shape.

  Datang is the master of the world.

  The states of Tuyuhun, East Turkic, Western Turkic, Gaochang, Yanqi, Shule, and Khotan were all vassal states. The Tang Dynasty stationed troops in these countries, reclaimed wasteland and farmland, built post stations, and opened trade routes.

  Although they were influenced by the Tang Dynasty, they have greater autonomy and are collectively called vassal states.

  As for Dangxiang Qiang, Bailang Qiang, Dongnvuo and other countries, these small surrounding countries actually have no autonomy, so they are called dependent countries.

In Jiannan, Longyou, Yunnan, central Guizhou, Lingnan, Annan, and many other border areas, there are many Liaoman, Rongyiman, etc., who are usually kings at home, but they are vassals and ministers to the Tang Dynasty. Jimizhou County was established in the land, and those who implemented the rule of Jimi Huairou were all called vassals.

  You can’t even call it a country, it’s just a vassal, which is quite different from a vassal state and a vassal state, and all aspects are controlled by the influence of the imperial court.

  As before, the left and right Ximan belonged to the vassal.

  Of course, vassals, vassal states, and vassal states are all forces closely related to the imperial court.

For example, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, Dongying, Linyi, Khitan, Kumoxi, etc., they are not even counted as vassal states, because the Tang Dynasty is only a nominal suzerain to these countries, and cannot really directly interfere impact control.

  So these countries are classified as tributary countries because they are closer to the Tang Dynasty and generally accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty.

  These countries basically enjoy autonomy, but they have to pay some protection fees, pay tribute every year, and accept canonization, etc.

  In addition to tributary countries, there are also tribute countries.

Tributary countries are farther away, such as Zhenla country, Funan country, and Gantuoli country. The two sides have established a formal tribute trade relationship. The other party trades in the name of tribute. It is called a tribute country, because this kind of tribute trade is essentially a trade in the name of tribute. The other party pays tribute, and the Tang Dynasty rewards it. Countries are still very different.

  Basically divided from close to distant, from near to far.

  The feudal officials and clan vassals of the world can be called feudal vassals.

   Then came the barbarian chiefs such as the governors and governors of Jimi Prefecture who were ruled by the imperial court. They were called vassals.

Then there are those relatively powerful barbarian tribes, such as Dangxiang, Bailang, Bailan, and Dongnu in Longyou, which are called vassal states, and then stronger ones such as Turks are vassal states, and then some influential Tributary countries such as Silla, etc., and then to tribute countries that are only trade relations.

   Feudal vassals, vassals, vassal states, vassal states, tributary states, tribute states, etc.

  Florals and vassals are feuded, and the imperial court regards them as part of the territory. The chief executives and leaders are hereditary, and they are appointed as governors or governors. Internal affairs are partially autonomous, and imperial court documents use "edict".

  Subsidiary states, vassal states and tributary states are also called internal vassal states. The leader is named a governor or county king. The leader must accept the official canonization of the Tang Dynasty before he is recognized.

And those tribute countries that the imperial court cannot directly control are actually countries that have no actual borders, or countries that cannot be influenced, or are simply adjacent but hostile countries. Their leaders do not need to be canonized by the Central Plains. Ratification, etc., cannot affect the other party, and the document uses "the emperor respectfully asks".

According to this system, it is hard to say whether Linyi Kingdom is a tribute or a tribute. Let’s talk about the tributary country. Although they pay tribute every year, they also accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, but the actual Tang Dynasty has no real influence on them. For example Lin Yi has turned over the Central Plains several times, so it is more appropriate to say that he came as a gift to the Tribute Kingdom.

  It is definitely not counted as a vassal state.

  If it is a vassal state of Datang, then it is more or less affected by the control of Datang. For example, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to fight a war, whether it was to quell internal chaos or to conquer the outside world, it had the right to conscript soldiers and horses from the vassal states, and the states generally could not refuse.

  But if it is a tributary country, let it be free, and it is impossible to order it as a tribute country.

  Correspondingly, having power comes with obligations, and the suzerain also has obligations to the vassals. This obligation is to maintain the orthodoxy of the vassals, such as the succession of the throne and the canonization. Another example is civil strife, or being attacked by an enemy country, the suzerain is obliged to send troops to defend and uphold justice.

  If it is a tribute to the country, Datang has no such obligation.

  Even a tributary country, Datang will not actually send troops, at most send an envoy to come forward for you to talk about cooperation.

"Does Linyi want to become a vassal state of Datang?" Qin Lang asked with a smile. The legitimacy comes from the canonization of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, another example is the obligation to send troops to assist the Tang Dynasty in foreign conquests or internal chaos, and the obligation to let the Tang Dynasty make military deployments in the territory, etc.

   During the reign of Fan Zhenlong's father, Linyi was between the donating state and the tributary state, but it was by no means a vassal state, let alone a subordinate state.

Now as long as Fan Zhenlong nods his head and is willing to be a vassal state of Datang, then it is tantamount to signing a suzerainty agreement with Datang. Afterwards, Datang will be famous for Lin Yi, and he can justifiably interfere in its internal affairs, and even send troops in the future Garrison and so on.

  Of course, as long as he nods, then if Datang agrees, then Datang will also have the obligation to canonize Fan Zhenlong as the king of Linyi, send troops to send him back to put down the rebels, and help him put down the chaos and succeed to the throne.

   "You think carefully!"

  Qin Lang explained the rights and obligations of the suzerain-vassal system to Fan Zhenlong, smiling and letting him think about it slowly.

  (end of this chapter)