唐朝建立初期,经济疲敝,百姓生活困难,国家经济实力较弱,周边地区的许多少数民族威胁着中央政权。在西南地区存在众多的少数民族,吐蕃和蛮僚的强大威胁着新生的唐朝政府,而四川处于西抗吐蕃,南抚蛮僚的缓冲地带,面对这样的情况,该如何更好的加强对西南地区的管理,统治者实行了羁縻制度。本文试图从经济视角分析唐初统治者在西南地区设立羁縻制度的原因。 In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, the economy was sluggish and people’s lives were difficult. The country’s economic strength was weaker. Many ethnic minorities in the surrounding areas threatened the central government. In the southwest there are many ethnic minorities. The powerful Tibetan and barbarian menace to the nascent Tang government. Sichuan is in the buffer zone of the Western Anti-Tubo Army and the Southern Border Barbarians. In the face of such situation, how can we better strengthen this? For the management and rulers in the southwest region, the system of jihadis was implemented. This article attempts to analyze the reasons why the rulers of the early Tang Dynasty set up the system of Jimi in Southwest China from the economic point of view.