In Dali Province, Liu Xing's decision was actually guessed by Ma Kuo.

When Liu Xing pointed out the country and crossed the map wall, the land of Dali was drawn by Liu Xing in the circle, so Ma Kuo thought a lot.

However, the establishment of provinces, patrols, and government offices at all levels, with Ma Kuo's understanding of Dali's people's customs and feelings, he had some worries.

Worried, Ma Kuo naturally did not hide and remain silent. He looked at Liu Xing, thought for a while, and said: "There are many southern barbarians in Dali, even the lord of Dali Lida, who is merciful, has never been disturbed by the rebellion of those barbarian tribes. Taifu, if you want to set up a government construction office there, can you think about how to deal with those southern barbarian clans? ”

Since the beginning of the pre-Qin era, from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, from the Nanzhao to the Dali Kingdom, the Southern Barbarian tribes have rebelled from time to time for generations, and it seems to have become a tradition in the southwest.

Whether it is the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, or the Tang Dynasty and Song Ancestors, although they have repeatedly sent troops to levy troops for thousands of years, they can only temporarily ensure the tranquility of that side, but they cannot make that side of the world truly stable for a long time......

Ma Kuo raised such a question, and Liu Xing actually had a long thought.

As soon as his voice fell, Liu Xing smiled lightly and said: "Tang Shi has a restraint system, and Brother Ma must know its specific methods very well, right?" ”

When the ruling power of the feudal dynasties of successive dynasties developed into the ethnic minority areas of the border areas, the first historical fact they came into contact with was that the political, economic, and cultural development within the ethnic minorities was different from that of the Han nationality areas.

Generally speaking, they lag behind the Han areas and have their own ethnic characteristics, so it is impossible to apply the same set of rules to the Han areas, so the question of what policy to adopt to rule these minority areas arises.

With the gradual deepening of the ruling power of successive dynasties in minority areas, the policies and measures to solve the rule of minority areas have become more and more complete, which is the origin of the establishment of the "fetters system" in minority areas.

Throughout the history of the emergence and development of this system, the most basic essence has not changed, except that the forms of certain phenomena or specific measures have changed in different periods.

For example, in the Han Dynasty, the indigenous nobles who used them were given "king", "marquis", and "chief", which was called "fetters".

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the left and right rivers and the Hongshui River basin of Yongguan, due to the relatively backward economic and cultural aspects, the Tang Dynasty adopted a different method from the Guidong region to rule, with 44 prefectures, 5 counties, and 11 counties.

Politically, these states, counties, and provinces used the old aristocracy of the ethnic minorities to rule, and economically allowed the original mode of production to be maintained, and were content to levy tribute, which was the essence of the "fetters system."

The Tang Dynasty's adoption of a policy of restraint against ethnic minorities in the southwest was the culmination of the Song Dynasty's native official system, and in fact, the "native official system" can also be called the "feudal system......

As one of the most outstanding experts in the world, Ma Kuo certainly knew what it meant, and he understood the content of the local officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, whether it is the fetters system or the local official system, in fact, it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot fundamentally and thoroughly curb the kind of tossing and turning of the barbarians who surrender and rebel and surrender.

Knowing this, Ma Kuo frowned, his eyes stared at Liu Xingdao: "Neither the fetters nor the system of local officials can eradicate the danger of rebellion. Taifu, if you still only follow the Tang Dynasty's fetters and the local official system of this dynasty, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make the southwest realm stable for a long time! ”

Knowing the source of his worries, Liu Xing smiled lightly and said: "Of course I know that neither the fetters nor the local official system can make the southwest stable for a long time, but what if I improve it and then implement it by thunderous means?" Hehe, do you think you can't completely settle down those barbarians? ”

"What strategy does the master have, please forgive me for being stupid, and please speak up." Seeing Liu Xing's indifferent look, Ma Kuo knew that Liu Xing must have a complete plan, so he immediately stood up and bowed his hand slightly, posing as a gesture of seeking advice.

Seeing that he was so studious, Liu Xing did not hide it, waved his hand to let him sit down, and immediately said his "Tusi Lord's Tuen Fa".

The system of local officials, which originated in the Tang Dynasty and was formed in the Great Song Dynasty, was actually a method of weighing the pros and cons.

In order to prevent long-term turmoil in the area where it intersected with the barbarians, the Central Plains Dynasty wanted to collect taxes from the barbarians.

However, directly appointing officials from the Central Plains to manage it often immediately leads to the barbarians being dissatisfied and rising in groups. In desperation, the rulers of the Central Plains Dynasty came up with a system of knighthood in the Han Dynasty and canonization of indigenous leaders as local officials in the Tang and Song dynasties.

And Liu Xing's "Tusi Lordship Tu'en Fa" is still the title of those indigenous chiefs, but the first definition of this title is the same nature as the more than 300 lords on the grassland.

Since he is a "civil lord", then the number of households and soldiers that can be received will be controlled first.

Liu Xing's plan in mind was to confer the current indigenous leaders in Dali as first-class marquis at most, so that they could eat up to 2,000 households and only receive 2,000 to 4,000 soldiers and horses.

However, the number of households of some barbarian tribes in Dali has already exceeded the number of food that a first-class marquis can grant, what should be done to those tribes?

Liu Xing's idea and decision were: to divide the seal and use it together, and the brothers to share it with the father and son.

The name "Tui'en" originated from the "Tui'en Order" during the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered that the princes and kings be allowed to distribute their fiefs to their sons in order to consolidate the centralization of power. The vassal states became smaller and smaller, and Emperor Wu of Han took the opportunity to weaken their power.

Since the Wen and Jing dynasties in the Western Han Dynasty, how to limit and weaken the growing power of princes and kings has always been a serious problem faced by feudal emperors.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Jia Yi, in view of the rebellion of the kings of Huainan and Jibei, once put forward the suggestion of "building princes and less strength".

Emperor Wen of Han accepted this suggestion to a certain extent, but did not completely solve the problem. After Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he adopted Chao Cuo's suggestion to reduce the feudal domain, and as a result, the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu resisted with armed rebellion.

Emperor Jing of Han quickly quelled the rebellion and took a series of corresponding measures, which greatly weakened the power of the princes and kings.

However, in the early years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, some large countries still connected dozens of cities, thousands of miles away, arrogant and lascivious, and repeatedly disobeyed orders, which seriously threatened the consolidation of centralized power.

Therefore, in the second year of Yuan Shuo, the lord father Yan Shangshu Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suggested that the princes should be ordered to divide their sons into liehous, so that in the name of Shangshi Dehui, in fact, they divided their kingdoms to weaken the power of the princes and kings.

The suggestion of the master father Yan not only met the needs of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to consolidate the centralization of power, but also avoided the possibility of provoking armed resistance of the princes and kings, so it was immediately adopted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In the first month of the spring of the same year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the Tui'en Decree, and after the Tui'en Decree was issued, most of the princes and kings were able to be named liehous, and many kingdoms were successively divided into several marquis.

According to the Han system, the marquis was subordinate to the county, and its status was equivalent to that of the county.

Therefore, the kingdom was divided into a vassal state, that is, the shrinking of the kingdom and the expansion of the land directly under the imperial court. In this way, the Han court did not dethrone the Han Dynasty, and the vassal state analyzed itself. After that, the kingdom had only a few counties, and the kingdom problem was completely solved...... (To be continued.) )