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Sui Fubing System

Type Object Region China Time 581–600

The Sui fubing system, consolidated from Northern Zhou and Western Wei traditions, combined soldier-farmer service under military headquarters;…

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  1. 581–588Daxing City (Chang'an) · ShaanxiAfter Yang Jian replaced Zhou with Sui, he retained the Western Wei and Northern Zhou military headquarters system, with central organs like the Twelve Guards directing fubing, consolidating military household registration and rotation drafts to build strength for unification wars.
  2. 589–600Central Plains and Jiangnan military headquarters districts · ChinaAfter destroying Chen and unifying the realm, the Sui extended the fubing system to newly annexed Jiangnan, setting up military headquarters and zhechong fu at key sites, forming a nationwide troop network combining central command and local headquarters to support frontier defense and expeditions against the Turks and Goguryeo.

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