May of the fourth year of Zhenguan.

Hanjing, Imperial Study Room.

The emperor held the memorial that had just been sent from Southeast Liuqiu and read it carefully. This was the memorial sent by the Grand Tutor and King Li of Yue. After Li left Beijing, he basically had a memorial every ten days. This was the agreement between Li Shimin and him. He asked him to go to the local area and report more memorials to him and actively participate in the discussions on military and national affairs in the court. Even if there is no major event, it would be good to talk about local experiences and the implementation of the new policy.

However, over the past few months, Li did rarely talk about the military and political affairs of the court. His memorials were written more about the experiences and experiences he went to, the changes after the implementation of the new policy, the reactions of the people, the prosperity of industry and commerce, etc.

Occasionally, there are some interesting places where there are some interesting customs, etc., which is very interesting.

Li Shimin liked to read these memorials by Li very much, but he seemed to read travel notes and read interesting geography. After reading these memorials, he usually transferred them to the prince.

But today's memorial is different from usual.

The memorial talked about the situation of the mountain barbarians on the island of Liuqiu. Then Li asked to open a Confucius Institute in Liuqiu to spread teaching Chinese characters to the mountain barbarians and spread Chinese culture. Li also submitted a memorial requesting that Confucius be named king.

After Confucius' death, emperors throughout the ages continued to posthumously titled posthumously.

Since the Han Dynasty, all schools of thought were abolished and Confucianism has been respected. Since then, Confucianism has become a religion for governing the country in all dynasties.

Emperor Ping of the Western Han Dynasty posthumously conferred Kong as "Baocheng Xuanni Gong", "Baocheng" is the name of the country, "Xuanni" is the posthumous title, and "Dong" is the title.

In the 16th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen Yuan Hong called Confucius "Wen Sheng Nifu". "Wen Sheng" was the title of honor, and "Nifu" was the respectful title.

In the second year of Daxiang in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Jing Yuwen Yan posthumously named Confucius "Duke Zou", "Zou" was the name of the country and "Duke" was the title.

In the first year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen Yang Jian called Confucius the "father of the ancestors and the father of Ni";

Teachers, husbands, and fathers have been posthumously awarded Confucius' titles and posthumous titles.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was no posthumous title yet. Li believed that the Tang Dynasty should also posthumous title and should have a higher standard.

"I requested to posthumously confer Confucius as King Wenxuan, add the honorary title of King Wenxuan of Dacheng, and give it to the Grand Tutor."

Li's posthumous title and posthumous title can be said to be the highest in history.

Wenxuan is the posthumous title, the king is the title, the great saint is the title, and the Grand Tutor is the official position. Compared with the dukes of the previous dynasties, the king is of course higher.

He also conferred Confucius as kings in the last five generations.

The Confucius Temple worships the King of Wenxuan, the four mates, the twelve philosophers and the thirty-six sages.

Originally, there were only ten philosophers, but there were no four philosophers. Li proposed to join the four philosophers and add two Confucius disciples to the ten philosophers to become the 12 philosophers.

Confucius' four great disciples were all named saints, Yan Yuan, Zisi, Zeng Shen and Meng Ke.

Replenished the sage Yan Zi, Zong Sheng Zeng Zi, Shu Sheng Si Zi, and Sub-Saint Mencius.

Yan Hui was granted the title of Duke of Yan, and once participated in the title of Duke of Cheng, Kong Ji was granted the title of Duke of Yi, and Meng Ke was granted the title of Duke of Zou.

The Confucius Temple worships King Wenxuan, Confucius, and is also worshipped with the Four Saints, Twelve Sages and Thirty-Six Sages.

Confucianism has been respected and Confucianism has promoted education, which is very helpful for the consolidation of imperial power. Li Shimin is well aware of this. This memorial submitted by Li at this time made him very happy.

The Tang Dynasty has been established for ten years, and has experienced ups and downs over the past ten years. Now it is finally peaceful inside and outside, which is a good time to subdue martial arts and cultivate culture. At this time, it is also a great opportunity to posthumously titled Confucian sages, which will also have a great effect on the stability of the Tang Dynasty's rule.

Li proposed that the establishment of Confucius Institutes, the promotion of Confucian education, and the promotion of Chinese culture in those terrible places makes sense.

"Why didn't I think of it before?" Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh. After reading some important memorials on Li, he always felt that this was exactly what he wanted, but he didn't think of it first.

"Wang Cheng'en."

"I'm here." Wang Chengen, who stood aside without any movement, immediately responded.

Li Shimin leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair in a comfortable position. "Wen Yuan has been to Liuqiu for a while, right?"

"Return to Your Majesty, King Yue captured the Beisha City in Liaodong in early April, and then set sail south to Liuqiu. Calculate the time, it has been almost a month since he arrived in Liuqiu."

Li Shimin nodded, "I didn't know much about this Liuqiu at the beginning. I didn't expect that Liuqiu was such a big island. It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of mountain barbarians on the island, and the area is two thousand miles north and south?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, it is said that the Li family has almost explored the Liuqiu Island and learned that the island is 800 miles long from north to south and about 300 miles wide from east to west. The terrain on the island is changeable, with mountains, hills, basins, plains and terraces. The eastern part of the island is mountainous terrain, with 25% arable land. There are mountains on the island, which run north to south."

"The coastal areas in the middle and lower reaches of the west of the island are flat alluvial plains. Currently, the Liuqiu Port built by the Li family is on the plains south of the west."

Li Shimin picked up a map from the imperial case, which was a map of Liuqiu drawn based on intelligence collection.

"Liuqiu is not much smaller than a Fujian."

"Your Majesty, Fujian is equivalent to three Liu Qiu's size."

"I know, but there may not be Liuqu in Fujian who asks for so much arable land. I sold this island to the Li family for more than 20 million yuan. At that time, I felt that I had cheated the Li family once, but now I feel that I have lost a lot."

Wang Chengen said, "At that time, Liu Qiu was just an island of overseas Shanyi. His Majesty gave it to the Li family for more than 20 million. Besides, this island was not really given to the Li family, but just a fief for them. They only enjoy one-third of the tax. The rest belonged to the Tang Dynasty. Liu Qiu was such a large island, and he would always be the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the future."

Li Shimin laughed a few times.

"That's right. Let the Li family develop Liu Qiu. I won't suffer any loss anyway. However, looking at Li Hui's memorials, the Shanyi of Liu Qiu is not as backward as we imagined. They are actually not much worse than the ligu barbarians in Lingnan."

Li Shimin was very clear about the actual situation of the imperial court in Lingnan. Although states and counties were established, they were often famous. Almost all regions were still controlled by those rich families, which were their hereditary places. The Han tyrants who moved to the early years combined with local lie and liang, formed a powerful local force.

From the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was a feeling that the needle could not be inserted and the water could not be poured into it.

The four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangnan and Vietnam in Lingnan are now under control except for one Guangzhou and one Jiaozhou, and the rest of the country cannot be controlled, and even taxes cannot be collected. The people of Baiyue in Lingnan are not naturalized at all. If they are not naturalized, they are not considered as the registered households of the Tang Dynasty, and if they are not naturalized, they do not have to pay taxes to serve.

Even the places they occupied were their own land, not considered to be from the court.

In the past, the Central Plains were in turmoil and the dynasties had no spare time to attack these people.

In the turmoil of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, Chen Ba raised his troops one after another. Lady Xian from Lingnan raised his troops to support him and helped him conquer Jiangshan in Nanchen. Chen Baxian had an alliance with the Xian family, so of course it was impossible to move the Xian family. Moreover, at that time, Nanchen was also constantly attacked by the north, and Nanliang fled to the Western Liang established by Jiangling, which was also a threat, so Nanchen never thought about sending troops to the land of Lingnan.

When the Sui Dynasty pacified the Southern Chen Dynasty, Lady Xian led the Baiyue in Lingnan to surrender. The Sui Dynasty was busy dealing with the Turks at that time, so she was satisfied with the current situation in Lingnan. Later, Yang Guang continued to attack Liaodong and did not care about Lingnan.

Now Li Shimin has destroyed the Turks, surrendered to Tuyuhun and others, and has also stabilized internally. He is no longer satisfied with Lingnan, a foreign land.

Ji Mi, that was because he was unable to control himself, but now he no longer wanted to compromise.

Especially now that maritime trade is emerging, many maritime merchants represented by the Li family have opened up routes to India and Persia, which greatly increases the importance of the southeast coast, and the returns of ports such as Guangzhou and Jiaozhou have greatly increased.

The four provinces of Lingnan have also become grain-producing areas that Li Shimin has been targeting for a long time. After introducing Chameng rice, they use two or even three cooked rice to plant. Then the grain produced in the four provinces of Lingnan alone is a huge number of grains per year.

How can such a place be handed over to those powerful people and how can they always be local emperors?

Liuqiu is similar to Lingnan, and it was even more a place to transform than Lingnan before.

But now Li is working hard in Lingnan, without war or rebellion, and only peaceful coexistence. The Li family established a port, a castle, a village, and a workshop in Liuqiu. More than 50,000 immigrants have been immigrated.

Li's method allowed Li Shimin to see a new way of governing Lingnan.

"Confucius Academy is really good to promote Han culture."

You have to communicate first so that there will be no confrontation or conflict. Of course, in addition to communication, there must be benefits. Why did Liu Qiu Shanyi not beat Li? Because Li is very powerful in methods. At first, he used money to buy Shanyi's land, and then traded with them, bringing various commodities, meeting the needs of the Shanyi people.

At the same time, Li established a castle and made strict defenses. With guards and militias, Shanyi dared not take action easily.

A delicate balance.

Li Shimin is now looking forward to Li Neng going to Yue Kingdom earlier. Yue Kingdom is behind Baiyue in Lingnan. Li led 5,000 troops to conquer this place, establish cities there, prefectures and counties, and become the princes of the Tang Dynasty.

For Baiyue Liyao, it is undoubtedly a thorn or a knife.

In any case, compared with those sloppy chiefs, the princes of the Tang Dynasty were of course their own people. After all, the chiefs were hereditary lords. They neither paid taxes nor served, and their population was not the imperial households and civilians. Even their territory was not considered the territory of the imperial court.

The fiefs of the princes were different. Even if they were in the territories of the princes, the land was all the territory of the court, and the people above were all registered households and people. The princes could only share one-third of the tax, and the rest of the military, civil and political taxes, etc., were all under the court.
Chapter completed!