Hello everyone, today we are going to talk about the fourth episode of the Middle and Late Tang series: the distribution of forces in the Tang Dynasty.
This article only counts the forces of 29 Jiedu during the Yuanhe period. We do not have statistics on the force data of the observant, the military, and the defense.
The 7 Jiedushi of Guannei and Gyeonggi Province
fū Jiedushi (Government of Yunzhou, present-day Fuxian of Shaanxi): 30,000;
bīn Yuning Jiedushi (ruling Yongzhou, present-day Bin County, Shaanxi): about 20,000;
Zhenwu Jiedushi (ruling Shan at Duhufu, present-day Helinger County, Inner Mongolia) ：About 20 thousand
Fengxiang Jiedu Shi (zhi Fengxiang Mansion, now Fengxiang County, Shaanxi): 30 thousand
Xia Sui Jiedu Shi (zhi Xiazhou today Baichengzi, Jingbian County, Shaanxi): 20 thousand
Shuofang Jiedushi (zhiling Lingzhou, now southwest of Lingwu in Ningxia): about 20 thousand
Jingyuan Jiedushi (zhijingzhou, now Ganbei Jingchuan; Jing 1990, original 7349, Wei 6425, Wu 2923 ): About 20,000; this data is calculated based on the account data.
There are 3 defensive envoys, namely
Fengzhou all defense envoy (zhifengzhou Tiande army in the northeast of Urad Qianqi, Inner Mongolia)
Tongzhou defense envoy (ruling the same state and present Shaanxi Dali )
Tongguan defense envoy (to govern Huaxian, present-day Huaxian, Shaanxi)
3 Jiedushi of Hedong Road
Hezhong Jiedu (Zhihe Zhongfu, present Shanxi Yongjipu State town. Hezhong Prefecture 19600; Jinzhou 6567; Jiangzhou 11271; Cizhou 1887; Xizhou 23349;): about 50,000;
Hedong Jiedu (ruling Taiyuan Prefecture now Taiyuan, Shanxi): 50 thousand
Zhaoyi Jiedushi (ruling Luzhou and now Changzhi, Shanxi): 20 thousand
6 Jiedushi of Hebei Road
Heyang Jiedushi (ruling Heyang County, Huaizhou) The north bank of the Northeast Yellow River in Luoyang, Henan today; Huaizhou 8741; Weizhou 2777; Shaanzhou 8700; Ruzhou 13079; Zhengzhou 13944): about 30,000 to 50,000; this data is based on household registration data.
Wei Bo Jiedu Shi (to rule Weizhou and present Daming County of Hebei): 5-70000
Chengde Army Jiedu Shi (to Zhenzhou and Zhengding County, Hebei): 50 thousand
Heng Haijun Jiedu Shi ( Zhi Cangzhou (now southeast of Cangzhou, Hebei): 30 thousand
Yiwu Army Jiedu (Zhidingzhou 26832,569 now Dingzhou, Hebei, Lingyizhou): about 25,000; this data is based on household registration data.
Lulong Jiedushi (to rule Youzhou in the southwest of Beijing today): 5-70000
Six Jiedushi in Henan and Duji Road
宣武军节Du Shi (Administration of Bianzhou and Kaifeng, Henan): 100 thousand
Wuning Army Jiedu (Administration of Xuzhou and Xuzhou, Jiangsu): 30,000
Zhongwu Army Jiedushi (Administration of Xuzhou and Xuchang, Henan): 10 Wan
Pinglu Junjie Du Shi (ruling Qingzhou and present-day Shandong Qingzhou): 100 thousand
Tianping Junjie Du Shi (ruling Yunzhou and present-day Shandong Dongping Northwest): 33,500
Yicheng Junjie Du Shi (Administration of Huazhou to the southeast of Huaxian County, Henan): 30,000
1 all defense officer:
Dongdu Jidu defense officer (administration of Henan province today Luoyang East, Henan)
2 Observation Envoy:
Yanhai Observation Envoy (Governing Yanzhou and Yanzhou, Shandong Province)
Shaanxi Observation Envoy (Administration in Shanzhou and present Sanmenxia Southwest of Henan Province)
Three knots of Shannan East and West Road So that
section has 3:
Shannan Dongdao Jiedushi (zhixiangzhou, present Xiangyang District, Xiangfan, Hubei): 20 thousand
Shannanxidao Jiedushi (zhixingyuanfu, shaanxi Hanzhong): 12,000
Jingnan Jiedushi (Administration of Jiangling Mansion today Jingzhou, Hubei. Jingzhou, Lizhou, Langzhou, Xiazhou, Wanzhou, Guizhou.): 20,000, refer to the army data mentioned in Zizhi Tongjian.
All defense envoys:
Jinshang all defense envoys (Administration of Jinzhou, now Ankang, Shaanxi).
Jiannan Road 2 Jiedushi
Jiannan Dongchuan Jiedushi (Zizhou is now in Santai County, Sichuan; there are Zizhou 6985, Suizhou 3846, Mianzhou 7148, Puzhou 1652, Lingzhou 1985, Luzhou 1969, Rongzhou 880, Jianzhou 2903, Longzhou 329, Changzhou 1109, Yuzhou 832, Hezhou 2892.): about 30,000; this data is based on household registration data.
Jiannan Xichuan Jiedushi (Administration of Chengdu Prefecture to Chengdu, Sichuan): 50 thousand
1 Jiedushi of Huainan Road
Huainan Jiedushi (ruling Yangzhou and present-Jiangsu) Northeast of Yangzhou): 35,000
Jiangnan Three Roads-Qianzhong Road, Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, There is no set section here
There are only 8 observations They are
Qianzhou Observation Envoy (Governing Qianzhou and Pengshui County, Chongqing City)
Hunan Observation Envoy (Governing Tanzhou and Changsha, Hunan)
Fujian Observation Envoy (Governing Fuzhou and Present Fujian Fuzhou)
Jiangxi Observation Envoy (ruling Hongzhou and present Jiangxi Nanchang)
宣歙shè Observation Envoy (ruling Xuanzhou and now Anhui Xuancheng)
Zhejiang West Observation Envoy (ruling Runzhou and present Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) )
Zhedong Observation Envoy (Zhejiang Yuezhou now Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
E Yue Observation Envoy (Ezhou present Wuhan Wuchang District, Hubei Province)
1 Jieduzhu of Lingnan Road
Lingnan Jiedushi (Governing Guangzhou, now Guangzhou, Guangdong): 15,000
Jingluezhi has 4:
Annan Jinglueshi (ruling Jiaozhou and Hanoi, Vietnam)
桂管经Lueshi (ruling Guizhou, now Guangxi Guilin)
Rongguan Jinglueshi (ruling Rongzhou, now Guangxi Rongxian)
Yongguan Jinglueshi (ruling Yongzhou, present-Guangxi, Nanning)
With so much data on the towns, many people might want to know how many soldiers were there in the center of the Tang Dynasty? You may not believe it, there are as many as 150,000.
Why is the Central Army relatively large? This is mainly due to the contribution of the salt tax and the two tax laws. In 758, the Tang Dynasty accepted the suggestion of Fifth Qi, the salt and iron ambassador, and began to implement a monopoly system for salt. In 780, the Tang Dynasty began to implement the Two Tax Law. The Two Tax Law did not take people as the object of taxation, but land as the object of taxation, which greatly increased the central government's taxation. These two major changes have achieved great results. Compared with the wealthiest Tianbao years, the tax revenue in Yuanhe years reached 60%-70%. This year was very good. That's why Tang Xianzong had the money to build a 150,000-scale imperial army to deter all the towns.
Okay, that's all for today's content, see you in the next issue.
Data reference:
Tang Dynasty Fanzhen Research;
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Talking about the history of China;
General History of Chinese Population;
History of Xixia.
