"I just don't know what Your Majesty will do with these tribes, they are the former ministers of the Xue Yanta Khanate." Zhao Jie said.

"Since they have returned to the Tang Dynasty, it is natural to give them some rewards as before, and let the chiefs of each department manage their respective tribes by themselves." Duhe said.

Duhe is right! This is the fetters system, which relies on rewarding the leaders of each tribe and letting them manage their tribes for the imperial court.

"Then Your Majesty is not afraid that they will rebel against the Tang Dynasty again? At the beginning, Xue Yantuo rebelled many times, if it weren't for His Royal Highness, maybe Xue Yantuo might not have perished. ”

"If these tribes have the same virtue as Xue Yantuo, and after taking the benefits, they will have two hearts, and it is inevitable that there will be no second Xue Yantuo." Zhao Jie said.

"What about rebellion? Could it be that I, Datang, will be afraid that these tribes will not succeed, as long as they dare to rebel, I, Datang, will send troops to suppress it. Li Chengqian said.

At this time, Mobei was no longer the time when the Xue Yantuo Khanate ruled, and many of these tribes were loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

As long as there are people in Mobei with ill intentions, as long as an order goes down, these tribes loyal to Datang will solve such a problem for Datang.

Besides, Datang doesn't still have the Anxi Protectorate, with them, even if someone wants to rebel, they can't make any waves.

Nothing in this world can be perfect.

"Your Highness said yes! We can also establish a Metropolitan Protectorate in Mobei to govern these tribes. Duhe said.

This time, these tribes surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Er set up five prefectures and seven prefectures in Mobei under the management of the Yanran Protectorate to manage these tribes.

"Your Majesty has his own opinions on this matter, and tomorrow morning I think His Majesty will announce the disposition of these tribes." Li Chengqian said.

Du He and the others didn't discuss much about this, anyway, it wasn't their turn to make decisions on these matters.

That's all the matter of the ministers of the court and His Majesty the Emperor, and besides, it's not their turn.

After the three chatted for a while, Du He and Zhao Jie got up and left.

The next morning, Li Chengqian and the ministers of the court waited in the Taiji Hall early in the morning, with Wang Yuan's voice "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

The morning meeting of the Tang Empire has officially begun!

First, several officials reported some major national events, and Li Er discussed with the ministers in the court, and then came up with a feasible plan.

"Your Majesty! Emissaries from eleven tribes, including the Uighurs, the Servants, the Tongluo, the Bayegu, and the Ayu, have arrived in Chang'an and asked to see His Majesty! "The officials in charge of receiving the envoys came out to play.

"Now that Xue Yantuo has been destroyed, the Uighurs and other tribes have also sincerely attached themselves to our Tang Dynasty, and there was the existence of the Xue Yantuo Khanate in Mobei in the past."

"My Datang's control over Mobei is limited, and Xue Yantuo has violated my Datang border many times, and now all tribes are sincerely attached to Datang."

"I have decided to set up the Yanran Protectorate in the former site of the Xue Yantuo Khanate to govern these tribes, I don't know what everyone thinks?" Li Er said, looking at the ministers.

"The minister thinks that His Majesty's move is very appropriate, and the establishment of the capital protectorate in Mobei is conducive to my Tang Dynasty's control of the Western Regions." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

"The eldest grandson Situ is right! Ministers seconded! Fang Xuanling said.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal! ......" ministers seconded the proposal, after all, this has always been the Tang Dynasty's means of managing ethnic minorities.

"Your Majesty! I just don't know who should be appointed to the position of protector? Fang Xuanling asked.

The Tang Dynasty set up prefectures and prefectures in these places, and the leaders of each tribe served as the governors and assassins, but the protectors of the prefectures and prefectures who managed these prefectures and prefectures had to be appointed by the imperial court.

If all of them are handed over to the people of these tribes to manage, the imperial court may not be able to rest assured, and they may also take advantage of the benefits given by the imperial court, take the opportunity to grow, and then offend the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the Central Plains Dynasty would set up a capital protectorate in these areas, and then send people to govern them.

The Imperial Protectorate was a military organ set up by the Central Plains Dynasty in the Han and Tang dynasties to observe the border ethnic groups.

In Chinese, all of them mean all, and they all mean to lead soldiers and guardians, and they all protect the meaning of chief protection.

In layman's terms, it can be understood as leading troops to monitor the movements of various ethnic groups and strengthening the imperial court's management of these ethnic groups.

The main duty of the Metropolitan Protector is to "appease the feudal domains and the foreign invaders of Jining", and all the "comfort, requisition, meritorious service, and punishment matters" for the surrounding ethnic groups are all under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Protectorate.

The emergence of the Imperial Protectorate was an objective need for the development of relations between the Central Plains Dynasty and ethnic minorities in the border areas of the early Tang Dynasty.

The ministers in the court talked a lot, and they quarreled uncontrollably, arguing for the position of the protector of the capital.

Everyone thinks that the candidates they recommend are suitable, and the candidates recommended by others are not as suitable as the candidates they recommend.

In just this short period of time, no less than twenty people have been on the list of capital protectors.

This also proves that Datang is indeed full of talents, and these recommended people are not ordinary people.

"Enough! What kind of system is it that is noisy above the court! Li Er scolded loudly.

The ministers immediately shut up and knelt quietly in their places.

"Prince! Who do you think should be the right person to take the position of the protector of Yanran? Li Er looked at Li Chengqian and threw this question to Li Chengqian.

The eyes of all the ministers were focused on Li Chengqian, especially the ministers who had just quarreled, and they all hoped that the person they recommended could serve as the protector.

Li Er's question can stump Li Chengqian! Fortunately, he had in his head the knowledge from the history books of later generations.

That is a record of the Yanran Metropolitan Protectorate, that is, the name of the successive Protectors of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, the Yanran Metropolitan Protectorate is the predecessor of the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei, but it was renamed many times later, and finally changed to the Protectorate of Anbei.

Li Chengqian carefully thought about who the first protector of the capital recorded in the history books was.

As soon as his eyes lit up, a person's name appeared in his mind, and Li Suli was the first person to protect the Yanran Metropolitan Protectorate.

"Father! Erchen recommended Sima Li Suli of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion as the Protector of Yanran Metropolitan Mansion. Li Chengqian said.

"The prince recommended Li Sujie, what do you think?" Li Er did not directly agree with Li Chengqian's recommendation, but asked the minister rhetorically.

The ministers began a new round of heated discussions, analyzing Li Suli's background, ability, and past.

Some ministers also asked the prince about certain things from time to time, and the prince answered casually and perfunctorily.

To be honest, Li Chengqian didn't know much about this Li Suli at all, he only knew that he was the first protector of the Yanran Metropolitan Protectorate, and he was not bad during his tenure.

He didn't know anything else, and he had no other way than to perfunctory the past.

"That's it! Since it is the person recommended by the prince, let Li Suli serve as the protector of this Yanran Metropolitan Protectorate! So there is no need to discuss the matter again. ”

In the end, it was Li Er who made the decision on this matter, and Li Suli also changed from a Metropolitan Governor's Mansion Sima to a metropolitan protector.