The list of imperially-designed princes was discussed by the prime ministers of the Secretariat and submitted to the emperor before the case. Li Shimin looked through the list and the names on it were all very familiar.

In fact, when this list was discussed, he was almost always present and participated.

There were many meritorious officials in the Tang Dynasty, including the heroes who raised the army in Taiyuan, the heroes who were in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and the civil and military officials who had fought for the Tang Dynasty in the east and west to pacify the world over the years.

There are one hundred and eight names on the list.

One hundred and eight, this was the final decision made by Li Shimin. The enfeoffment of the princes is just too much. If it is too much, then the enfeoffment will be meaningless and will not show the kindness and rewards of the court and the emperor. Of course, it cannot be too little, as it will make the court and the emperor seem to be weak and affectionate. Therefore, one hundred and eight princes were finally determined.

The 108 princes selected in the end were all outstanding achievements and the existing nobles who were awarded titles.

When you open the list, Li Chao is the first.

Duke Li Chao of Zhao, with a fiefdom of 500 miles, and a franchise of 200 miles to his father, son, etc.

The second place was Duke of Wei, Changsun Wuji.

Li Chao ranked first, which was indisputable. Xuanwu Sect made its first contribution and made great contributions many times since then, especially this time when he repelled hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, which made it even more important. However, Li Shimin was in a dilemma for a while. Changsun Wuji was very capable and had always been his confidant minister, and his brother-in-law. However, Changsun Wuji had no military achievements and went out to the Shuofang and caused chaos.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yu Wen Shiji, Gao Shilian, Yang Gongren, and even Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda all made great contributions, but in the end, Li Shimin chose Changsun Wuji to be ranked second.

The Duke of Wei was actually granted a land of 300 miles, with a fief located on the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were ranked third, and both were divided into two hundred miles. The Duke of Liang and Duke of Cai were both located in the northwest of Qinghai Lake.

The list of meritorious officials and feudalists ranked first, were all major meritorious officials in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and then the old confidants of the Tiance Mansion and the Taishang Emperor Yuan Zuo of the Taiyuan Uprising in the early years, such as Pei Ji and Feng Deyi, were also listed, but they were ranked low and their fiefs were only 100 miles each.

They are not even as good as Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin and other military generals, and they are all princes with a land of 180 miles.

The fiefs of the princes were distributed in all directions of the Tang Dynasty. They were distributed in large and small pieces, and they would become barrier fortresses for the Tang Dynasty.

After his eyes stayed on the list for a long time, Li Shimin picked up his imperial pen, dipped it in cinnabar, and wrote the word "Ka" on the list.

Putting down this list, Li Shimin picked up another list, which was a list of royal family enfeoffments.

The heroes of different surnames divided the borders, and of course the royal family also wanted feudalism.

Originally, the ministers in the court believed that the royal family should be distinguished from the meritorious officials. The meritorious officials divided the territory and did not establish a country. The royal family should be feudal and feudal, and should not be enfeoffed outside the old borders of the Qin and Han dynasties.

However, Li Shimin did not want feudalism, nor did he want the children of the royal family to make feudalism in prefectures and counties directly under the Central Plains. After many days of discussion with the prime minister and important ministers, Li Shimin finally made the idea, and the royal family also divided the feudals like the princes.

The titles were divided into princes, princes, princes, princes, and princes, and princes, and the titles were all enthroned on the border, and all kinds of treatment were the same as those of the princes.

To be honest, there are countless meritorious officials who have won titles in the court, but in the end, only 108 meritorious officials were selected to enfeoff the territory. However, those royal families, regardless of age and merit, all of them were divided into vassals and vassals according to their titles.

However, the list in front of him did not have the names of the two princes, King Hainan and King Hailing. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were still quite sensitive. Everyone had a tacit understanding of the two kings.

On this list, there are princes who were not granted titles by Emperor Li Shimin, and sons who were not granted titles by the Supreme Emperor. This time they were all granted titles and then granted territory.

Li Shimin's sons will all be granted the title of prince.

But the son of the Supreme Emperor.

Li Shimin hesitated for a long time and finally picked up his pen and wrote a line of words.

All the sons of the Supreme Emperor were granted the title of Prince, and those who had already given the title of Prince were also changed to Prince. Although doing this was a bit too heartless, Li Shimin did not want to be granted the title of Prince to these more than 20 younger brothers. His father, who had been to many beauties in the past two years, gave birth to a large group of children, Li Shimin had a headache when he saw it.

Finally, Li Shimin determined the list of royal family enfeoffments.

Thirty-six royal princes.

The eldest son of the emperor, Cheng Qian, was the crown prince, and no one mentioned Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Others such as Li Xiaogong were all included in the list of meritorious officials. Li Shimin had already demoted all the royal princes such as Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong to Dukes.

Only the Supreme Emperor, the emperor's son and brother can be granted the title of king, and the rest cannot be granted the title of king. This is also the system newly established by Li Shimin.

In the past, when the Emperor of the Supreme Emperor, Luo Yi, a separatist hero, was granted the title of king in order to win over them, and Li Xiaogong and others in the royal family even gave them many titles.

But now, Li Shimin demoted these kings to the Lord.

In this way, foreign ministers like Luo Yi cannot be crowned with kings. The new rule that the royal family is not the emperor's brother and son cannot be crowned with kings has also caused Li Chao to be crowned with ministers who are included in the royal family genealogy, as well as royal families like Li Xiaogong, to lose their qualifications to be crowned with kings.

When this article was first issued, many people thought it was directed to Li Chao, because now, only Li Chao's achievements can be the possibility of becoming a king based on his merits.

The emperor blocked the road early.

The two lists were confirmed, and Li Shimin leaned back on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and pondered.

He enfeoffed 144 princes at one time, and vassal territories were also established on the frontier of the Tang Dynasty. He didn't know whether this was right or wrong.

Will these princes become barriers to the Tang Dynasty's border and bridgehead for the Tang Dynasty to explore the outside world, or will sooner or later become a force that threatens the central dynasty?

After thinking for a while, Li Shimin still felt that he had taken this step correctly.

The Li family is already recruiting soldiers and recruiting craftsmen to immigrate to the territory, and a wave of territory construction is about to begin. The construction of the Li family's territory is all paid out of their own pocket and absorbed. Most of them are poor craftsmen in the Central Plains, people who lack land in the Central Plains, and many of them are even cheap craftsmen, tribes, slaves, etc. in the past.

These people left the Central Plains, which actually have many benefits for the Central Plains. The population density of the Central Plains has decreased and the fields are not so scarce.

On the other hand, the Li family spent money to immigrate to build territory and enrich and stabilize the border, which also became a barrier for the court. Moreover, after the Li family territory was built, the court took two-thirds of the tax revenue, and the big ones were taken. The better the Li family territory was built, the richer the development, the more tax the court drew.

After these batches of feudals, they will no longer easily enfeoff a large number of meritorious officials, and they will not be granted a title unless they have great merits.

Opening his eyes, Li Shimin searched on the imperial desk for a while and found a memorial.

This is a secret report from the Six Gates, about gunpowder weapons. It records in detail the use of gunpowder when Li Chao fought against the Turks in Hedong.

Li Shimin could not have imagined that the seemingly inconspicuous thing was not just loud, but it turned out that it had such great power when used. If it were further improved and studied, I believe it would be even more powerful.

What moved Li Shimin the most was quoted as a quote by Li Chao, the inventor of gunpowder, that if gunpowder is used to attack the city, the effect will be stronger. Any strong city can be close to the city, digging tunnels under the city, and then burying a large amount of gunpowder below, even a strong city like Chang'an and Xiangyang can explode a hole.

Li Shimin used to not believe this, but now after seeing the use of gunpowder in the Loufanguan Campaign, he believed it.

On the battlefield, the siege troops approach the city wall and dig tunnels or something. This is not a difficult task. In the siege battle, there were tactics of digging tunnels to attack, but that kind of tactic was even more difficult, but with gunpowder, there was no need to dig tunnels at all. Just dig a hole under the city, and then transport the gunpowder in, seal and blast, and a tall and solid city wall would be exploded.

Li Shimin was also a commander-in-chief. He knew very well that a strong city would be very difficult to rely solely on strong attacks. For such a strong city, it was more about siege, relying on internal and external cooperation, relying on the exhaustion of food, and relying on the collapse of the defenders. For example, Tang attacked Luoyang twice, and after siege for a long time, he returned without success. The second time he surrounded the city for more than a year, and he still relied on siege to fight aid. After siege, Luoyang forced to open the city and surrender.

And if there are perverted siege weapons like gunpowder, the success rate of breaking the city will greatly increase.

It is very difficult to climb the city by climbing the city to grab the city head by a ladder.

But if a hole is directly exploded, it will be completely different. It is like someone who works inside and outside to open the city gate.

With gunpowder, what kind of city can't be captured?

Li Shimin could imagine the despair of the defenders when the siege troops suddenly exploded several gaps.

The vassals are forbidden to possess gunpowder in the military camps!

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and made up his mind. Whether it was a meritorious official of the different surname or a royal family who had enfeoffed the princes, the force was distributed the same, with two guards in each mile.

Li Chao, the largest fief, had at most one thousand guards, and his fief was divided into several parts. The largest one was only 300 miles and 600 guards. For example, Changsun Wuji, he had only 300 miles and 600 guards. Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong had only 360 guards.

But Li Shimin was still a little worried.

After putting layers of restrictions on the guardian camps of the princes, he added another one, forbidding the guardian camps of the princes to have gunpowder.

Even Li Chao, the person who invented gunpowder, is not allowed to use gunpowder weapons.

The officers of the vassal guardian camp must be appointed by the court. To mobilize the vassal guardian camp, they must first ask the court for instructions. Then the princes and the court in the territory shall order the officers to jointly present the military talismans, and the troops can only be mobilized after they meet the test.
Chapter completed!