Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 115 Relying on each other (Part [-])
What happened to Ma Fang gave Gao Wushi a flash of inspiration: Since Ma Fang is the chief soldier of the Xuan Mansion, it can also explain why Cao Gan and his group of thieves can travel unimpeded in the Xuan Mansion.

You must know that the Nine Frontier Ming Army almost always insisted on defense when they fought against Mongolia, or it was remarkable that they fought defensively and counterattacked like Qi Jiguang.Only Ma Fang insisted on "controlling cavalry by cavalry", desperately strengthening the strength of the cavalry under his command, and confronting the Mongols face to face with the cavalry, and the effect was actually quite good.Since such a person is in the position of Xuanfu's chief soldier, the Xuanfu tried every means to buy horses, and even indulged the thieves and thieves in Bailixia, it is completely justified.

However, there is one problem that Gao Yushi still hasn't figured out: Ma Fang actually has three thousand servants under his command, and they are all elite cavalry. How can he afford it?Decades later, the so-called Guanning iron cavalry seems to be less than [-], and spending money is like running water.Could it be that Ma Fang's family is also very rich, or is it greedy, wantonly embezzled and raised a rat?
He tentatively asked a question, and after listening to the little Lolita, she looked at Gao Yushi with a caring gaze: "Ma Zongrong was born in a humble family, no matter how greedy he is, he can't afford three thousand elite riders. His three Among the thousands of family members, there are only two or three hundred people who are his own family members, and he is required to pay part of the money, and the rest is paid by the court."

Gao Wushi was stunned for a moment: "Is the imperial court paying the general to support his family?"

"Is it strange?" Little Lolita looked impatient: "The imperial court doesn't pay, but how can I support so many people? I can't say what's going on with other people's families, so let's say our Liu family is fine. My father called After so many years of fighting, my family has quite a lot of farm land, and there are only more than 300 private servants who can afford it, of which there are no more than 2000 cavalry. But when my father was not resigned, there were only a few servants who could be drawn out to fight There are more than 2000 people, how do you think these people came from? If my father is allowed to raise those [-] people, our Liu family will have to drink northwest wind after three months!"

Gao Wushi let out a long "Oh" and asked again: "Then your father is now dismissed and awaiting investigation, what about those family members before? Those people should be the generation who are used to fighting, and they won't be cheaper for others, right?"

Little Lolita said: "If they are dismissed directly, those people will either be taken away by the new chief soldier, or they will disperse on their own. Fortunately, my father is just waiting for investigation, so there is still the imperial court's salary for the time being." She paused for a while. After a pause, he frowned again and said: "But this situation is of course very dangerous, so even though my father has no connections in the court, he still has to come to the capital for activities. Once you want to use him again, no one can use him, and when the time comes, who will you turn to when you lose the battle!"

That's what happened!I said that Liu Xianming should be under the management of the Nanjing Military Department, so why did he travel all the way to Beijing?It seems that it was because he had offended Nanjing's garrison ministers, and he thought he couldn't settle the matter in Nanjing, so he had to come to Beijing to find a way... What a great opportunity!

Gao Wushi thought for a while and asked, "Where did your father's servants come from? Did they belong to the military households who cultivated and raised the land, or did they recruit themselves?"

"The ones who followed us to the north this time were all the military households in Liantianli raised by my family, that is, private servants. Most of the rest were recruited from the barbarians from all walks of life, and there were even many former Japanese pirates." Little Lolita It seemed that he was very familiar with the situation of his own army, and he answered without hesitation at all.

Gao Wushi was overjoyed: "Suppressing barbarians can also be recruited at will, even Japanese pirates?" Needless to say, what he thought of was Cao Gan's way out.

In fact, this is really not enough understanding before the high-practical time travel, so there is such a surprise.In fact, during the Longwan period, "the generals in each town recruited more descendants to serve as servants."

For example, Shen Yourong, the guard of Denglai, "received more surrendered bandits, and under the curtain there were people who dared to die"; Governor You Jixian "adopted more than [-] exiled people and relied on them as elites"; Li Chengliang even adopted many exiled people as family members. It is the surrendered barbarians "from the captives", including Nurhachi, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty.

By the way, among the [-] Ding Jingqi under Ma Fang's command, Mongols accounted for more than half.

As for worrying about the loyalty of these people, that's really too much to worry about - such things as nationalism and nationalism are not very fashionable these days, whoever feeds is the master, this is the last word.

The reason why in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the servants were basically guarded in wars was because the servants were the coach’s private soldiers, similar to the coach’s boy servants, and it was a relationship between all prosperity and all losses.

Some of these family members are the relatives of the coach, and they are related by blood. Many coaches also use these family members as the leaders and backbone of their servants, while the other part of the servants are not relatives of the coach, but the coach treats them like family members. , "Those who want to gain the power of death and are as close as their own family."

The servants also serve the coach as family members. Some servants have followed the coach for more than ten years or even decades. foot".The long-term family career has formed a close relationship between these people and the coach as a "father and son family". They and the whole family depend on the coach for their food, clothing and life, so they have a strong attachment relationship with the coach.

Leaving aside those far away, isn’t Gaomo a typical example?He was recruited by Gao Jie's pragmatic uncle Gao Jie, the admiral of Caojiang. He followed Gao Jie for a long time. After Gao Jie resigned from office, he still followed Gao Jie to his hometown in Xinzheng. Even after Gao Jie passed away, he was willing to continue to be Gao Jie's servant. This is the reason for staying at Gao's house.

"Miss Liu, since you are so familiar with the doorway here, can you tell me if there will be any problem if I take the Bailixia thief as my servant this time?" Gao Wushi suddenly became shameless and asked. .

Little Lolita was very satisfied with the high-level pragmatic attitude, and her eyes narrowed into crescent moons: "For the sake of your politeness, this girl will reluctantly give you some advice: If you are the only one who says Speaking of myself, although you have a special status, there are some hidden dangers. But my father has joined in here, so it will be a piece of cake for you to recruit them. Do you know why?"

Gao Wu said honestly: So you little girl likes to wear tall hats, that's easy to handle.

Immediately said politely: "I am stupid, please give me your advice."

Little Lolita became more and more satisfied, and puffed out her small chest: "Because my father is one of the famous generals in the world, he said that the other party was afraid of him and took the initiative to vote. Some people who can fight came out. As for why my father didn’t choose this time, I left it all to you. That’s because after all, my father used your servants to subdue them... and with your family’s status in the court, there is no Who would go after such a trivial matter when they are full?"

Makes sense, girl!
Gao Wushi laughed, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your guidance, I am very grateful." Then he changed the topic: "But we have been talking for a long time, but you still haven't told me, why did you come to find me?"

Little Lolita said "ah" and complained, "It's all your fault for interfering!" But her eyes were shining brightly: "You wrote the training methods of your servants?"

(End of this chapter)