Jiangdu is an official name. In the early Tang Dynasty, the general manager was appointed as the old system of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. It was renamed as the governor of important areas, but Shuofang was still called the general manager, and the border prefectures were appointed as the governor, and there were other military commanders in the military field prefectures to establish the field commanders. The local military and political chief established in the Tang Dynasty. Because when he was appointed, the court gave him a gift of honor. The ritual was a kind of seal of all powers at that time. Those who received such seal of all powers could have full powers to dispatch, so they were called the Jiedushi.
"Zizhi Tongjian" Volume 210 The 26th Tang Ji is recorded: Tang Ruizong The first year of Jingyun (710 AD), Dingyou, took Youzhou the governor of the ruler of the ruler Xue Na as the general of the left Wu Guard and the governor of Youzhou. The name of the Jiedushi was from Ne. In the second year of Jingyun, Heba Yansi became the governor of Hexi, and the governor of Liangzhou, and the governor began to become a formal official position.
Jiedushi is equivalent to the current position of secretary and commander of the military region.
Tang Xuanzong As of the early years of Tianbao, a total of nine Jiedushi and one Jiedushi were set up:
Ten Jiedushi and Jiedushi and Jiedushi
1. Anxi Jiedushi-the position is to manage the Western Regions. The capital is located in Kucha City, which commands 24,000 troops in the four towns of Kucha, Yan, Yu and Shule;
2, Beiting Jiedu —the position is to defend against the nomadic peoples in the north. The capital is located in Beiting Protectorate, stationed on Yizhou and Xizhou and , and commands 20,000 troops;
or above the two towns are connected inside and outside, and are specifically directed to the countries in the Tianshan Mountains of the Western Regions.
3, Hexi Jiedushi--the position is to cut off the transportation between Tubo and Turkic . The capital is located in Liangzhou. Command 73,000 troops; one town above
takes into account the two strong enemies in the West and the North, mainly defending Tubo and guarding the Hexi Corridor.
4, the governor of Sufang - the position is to defend against the Turks. The capital is . Yunzhou , commanding 64,700 troops;
, Hedong Jiedushi--the position is to defend against the Turks. The capital is in Taiyuan Prefecture, with 55,000 troops; the two towns abovesupport each other, specifically facing the Turks.
6, Fanyang Jiedushi —the position is to suppress Xi, Khitan . The capital is in Youzhou, and the commander is 91,400 troops;
7, Pinglu Jiedushi—the position is Wei and Jingshi, the capital is Yingzhou, and the commander is 37,500 troops;
or above two towns are specifically for the northeast countries, mainly Xi and Khitan.
8, the governor of the right right - the position is to defend against Tubo, the capital is located in Shanzhou, and the commander of 75,000 troops;
9, the governor of Jiannan - the position is to fight against Tubo in the west, and the ethnic minorities in the southern Fu country are located in Yizhou, and the commander of 30,900 troops;
or above two towns specifically target Tubo.
10, the General Strategy Envoy of the Five Prefectures of Lingnan (in the first year of Zhide of Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty, he was promoted to Jiedushi)—the position was to appease all ethnic minorities in the territory. The capital is located in Guangzhou, with 15,400 troops commanded.
When the commander was ordered, the military commander was given two flags and double lords, so he was able to kill the military. When he was on his way, he built a festival. He had six flags (big flags) in his palace, and his majesty was extremely majestic. The Jiedushi gathered the three governments of the army, the people and the finances, and often used one person to govern two to three towns. Most of them reached four towns, which was of great authority, surpassing the governor of the Jiejie in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and was called Jiezhen at that time. So the outside is more important than the inside, and at the end of Tianbao, it caused Anshi Rebellion .
Jietuan Distribution Map
Jietuan When the first appointed governor, as the military commander, he was mainly in charge of military affairs and defended against foreign enemies, but did not have the responsibility to manage the civil affairs of prefectures and counties. Later, gradually took charge of the military, civil, financial and government in the first district. The governors of all states under his jurisdiction were his control and also served as the governors of the states.
After the Anshi Rebellion, according to the "Research on the Tang Dynasty's Vocational Towns" by historian Zhang Guogang, in most of the second half of the Tang Dynasty, most of the vassal towns were not separatist, and only a few vassal towns such as Heshuo and others separatist , but to a certain extent, the Tang Dynasty's policies and regulations were also implemented, "the imperial court official title must be used to maintain military intelligence." Moreover, separatist vassal towns had also been lifted. After the Huang Chao Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty lost control of most vassal states and saw a widespread separatist state.
Tang Dynasty vassal state map
