Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1414
Is training Fei Yingdong good for Gao Situ?Of course not, it is Ye He who is good.

Ye He's current characteristics, including the characteristics 30 years later in the original history, are the same, that is, he has no economic strength, but no famous generals who can show it, so he was beaten by Jianzhou, which has produced many famous generals.Of course, the Eight Banners system, which is an "enhanced version of Meng'an Mouke", is also another reason why Ye He was hanged and beaten by Jianzhou.

Regarding the Eight Banners system, Gao Yushi has not yet decided whether to let Ye He do it or not.In fact, this system is not difficult to implement, especially for the Jurchen social organization, the entire Eight Banners system is quite simple.

Why?Because the Eight Banners system is originally a form of social organization, but it includes both the army and ordinary people.

The basic unit in the Eight Banners is called Niulu, each Niulu has 300 people, and each Niulu has a chief officer called "Niulu Ezhen" (Chinese translation is Zuoling); two deputy chief officers, called Daizi; four clerks, The name is Zhang Jing; there are four administrators in Kashan (Chinese translation is village, tribe), called Pashiku.

The "Niulu" here is a military-administrative organization. Niulu is really responsible for managing the production and living affairs of this Niulu during normal times, and organizes expeditions in wartime.The adult males in Niulu are all "farming and hunting when they have nothing to do, but recruiting when they have something to do".

The superior unit of Niulu is called Jiala. Every five Niulu forms a Jiala. Each Jiala has 1500 people. Gushan, each Gushan has 7500 people, and the chief is called "Gushan Ezhen" (translated as Dutong in Chinese).

Gushan is the largest unit of Manchurian household registration and military establishment. Each Gushan has a flag of a specific color, so Gushan is translated as "flag" in Chinese.

In the 43rd year of Wanli in the original history, Manchuria had a total of eight flags: Zhenghuang, Xianghuang, Zhengbai, Xiangbai, Zhenghong, Xianghong, Zhenglan, and Xianglan, so it was called "Eight Banners Manchuria".

Later, as the power of the Qing Dynasty continued to expand and absorbed a large number of Mongols and Han people, the "Eight Banners Mongolia" and "Eight Banners Han Army" were established in the eighth year of Chongzhen and the 15th year of Chongzhen.All people in the Eight Banners, whether Manchus, Mongols or Han Chinese, are called Bannermen.

In the 47th year of Wanli in the original history, Ming dispatched 11 troops (the exact number) in an attempt to completely eradicate the Houjin regime established by Nurhachi.At that time, Nurhachi had an army of more than 6 people, and there was still a huge gap between the two sides in terms of troop strength.Unexpectedly, this battle known as the Battle of Sarhu ended in the complete defeat of the Ming army.

The reason for such a result, apart from the fact that there are still strong criticisms about the command of the Ming army, the most critical reason is that the fighting power of the Eight Banners Army was indeed very strong at that time.

There is a saying that "the members of the Eight Banners Army are all civilians in peacetime and soldiers in wartime, so they have strong combat effectiveness."This explanation is not only very sloppy, but also completely unreliable, and even called a jerk.

All people are soldiers will indeed have a strong combat effectiveness, but the premise is to see who the opponent is.If the opponent is an ordinary person, then naturally it can be easily beaten.However, the opponents of the Eight Banners Army in the Battle of Salhu were all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also a large number of servant troops among these people.Logically speaking, everyone is a professional, who can be much better than whom?
Therefore, although all the people are soldiers can indeed improve the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army, it is not the main reason why they can defeat the Ming Army.The key point of the Eight Banners Army's strong combat effectiveness is actually its superiority in grassroots organization, which is the Niu Lu mentioned above.

Niulu at that time were all groups connected by blood relatives, families, and villages, and each person in Niulu had blood relatives and family ties with the people around him.Therefore, as a grassroots combat unit, Niulu's strong cohesion can be imagined.And because everyone has a relationship of "one prospers, one loses all", so they tend to work harder on the battlefield, and there will be no such situation of "you do what you do first".

In addition, in terms of logistics, each cow is responsible for the supplies of its own cow.Since everyone in the same Niulu is relatives and friends, we will naturally spare no effort to provide the best material support for relatives who are fighting on the front line.In this way, a very close connection between the front line and the rear is formed, which greatly improves the efficiency of warfare.

Does this kind of soldier relationship look familiar?That's right, Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army, once known as "no army without Hunan", is an army that is very similar to the Eight Banners system.At that time, the Hunan army was full of fellow villagers or even blood relatives. If you killed one person, the whole army would fight with you with the same hatred, so the combat effectiveness would naturally be stronger.

On the other hand, at the time of Daming, although the army had a large number of troops, its organizational efficiency was low, its armaments were slack, and its soldiers were loosely disciplined.In addition, Li Jiajun, who was originally the core of the Liaodong Army, had already been disabled in North Korea, and Liu Ting's troops had not waited for the Sichuan soldiers he wanted to use, and other accidents. Opponents are often defeated at the touch of a button.

However, the Eight Banners system itself cannot be said to be particularly excellent. After the Qing Dynasty established the Central Plains, because of the rapid expansion of its territory and population, the refined but rather primitive organizational form of the Eight Banners was obviously unable to adapt to governing such a huge empire.

Coupled with the fact that the Eight Banners Army began to pursue comfort and material enjoyment after entering the customs, the combat effectiveness immediately declined rapidly visible to the naked eye.Therefore, by the time the San Francisco Rebellion was quelled, the Eight Banners Army had already shown its decline, and it was basically embarrassing to use.In the middle and late period of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners Army, which was originally known as the army of tigers and wolves, was completely degenerated into a parasite of the country and society, completely unusable.

Therefore, this kind of system may be feasible for a moment, but it is not suitable for a national empire like Ming Dynasty.Of course, Ye He can use it, after all, they are just "a corner".

However, Gao Wushi felt that it was not the best time for Ye He to switch to the Eight Banners system.

Looking at Manchuria, Ye He still has the economic advantage. If the high pragmatism allows Ye He to come up with the Eight Banners in advance, will it lead to Ye He going back and destroying Jianzhou?
Gao’s pragmatic standpoint is not that “Nurhachi must be killed.” His standpoint is to maintain the internal balance of the Jurchen, and not to cause chaos at every turn. You hit me and I hit you. In the end, Daming always ends up taking care of himself.Not to mention a waste of Ming's national strength, this situation also affects Ming's planned national policy of solving the Chahar problem first.

So what he has been doing recently is to ensure Yehe's economic advantage while ensuring Nurhachi's elite soldier advantage, and Daming provides Yehe as a security guarantee, while at the same time restricting Jianzhou's economic take-off.

Maintaining that both of them have their own strengths, and at the same time have places that need to rely on Da Ming, this is a reliable way to balance.

As for letting Fei Yingdong go back to "exercise" this time, it is to add a safety plug for Ye He, in case Daming has something to take care of at hand - talking about Chahar and Japan - Ye He will not be caught. Nurha took the risk in desperation and was wiped out in one wave.

In the original history, Nurhachi did not take advantage of the Japanese invasion of Yehe to destroy Yehe, but took the opportunity to unify and digest the Jurchens other than Yehe as much as possible, but the situation at that time was different from the situation today.

Gao Wuzhen's current restrictions on Nurhachi are obviously stronger than in the original history. The ghost knows whether Nurhachi will jump the wall in a hurry. Seeing that Daming and the 20 Japanese soldiers in North Korea have been killed and killed, he can't take action, so he simply cleans up Yehe first.
Or when Daming launched the war of destroying the country against Chahar, did he concentrate his forces and destroy Ye He in one fell swoop?
If he really did this, where would Daming find another strong Jurchen chieftain to support them and let them check with Nurhachi?You can't finish chahar and fight Japan, and then continue to fight Nurhachi after defeating Japan, right?
Even if the current Ming Dynasty is definitely stronger than the original history, but after such an intensive large-scale war is fought, I am afraid that it will definitely cause internal injuries to Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, cultivating Fei Yingdong, and letting the two Baylors of Yehe realize Fei Yingdong's ability, so that he can be entrusted with important tasks in the future, this is the first-hand preparation to prevent Nurhachi from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

Judging from Fei Yingdong's performance in the original history, at the very least, it should be possible to ensure that Ye He will not be subjugated in World War I.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic would not tell Solgo these words explicitly, nor would he even tell Fei Yingdong directly, but only hinted that Fei Yingdong would perform well in this war and strive to become a famous general in Yehe in the future.

The young Fei Yingdong was of course very grateful for Gao Situ's cultivation, and he patted his chest to promise that he would show his prestige and never embarrass Su Wan, Ye He and Gao Situ.

But as soon as they walked out of the main building of Baiyu, Suoerguo quietly said to his son: "Fei Yingdong, do you know why Gao Situ cultivated you?"

Fei Yingdong was taken aback for a moment, and said in surprise: "Gao Situ has a discerning eye, and he can tell at a glance that his son is not an ordinary thing..."

"You killer!" Solgo glared at him sharply: "Do you think that fighting is as simple as relying on you to slash and kill? Gao Situ is such a person, there are people who are willing to work for him in the world. Su Wan, he needs you a fool who is not afraid of death?"

Fei Yingdong was a little dazed when he was scolded by his father, but after thinking about it, he felt that his words really made sense.

That's right, Gao Situ is such a person, isn't it easy to find some subordinates who are not afraid of death?Why is it my turn to be cultivated by him?
Solguo saw that Fei Yingdong was thoughtful after being scolded, so he planned to call his son, so that the boy would not know what to do, so he asked: "Think about it, after Gao Situ took Meng Gu Gege, he and Ye He two What is the relationship with Baylor?"

Fei Yingdong was taken aback: "Uncle Lang's relationship, how can I not know?"

Solgo didn't bother to pay attention to his dullness, and asked again: "Who is he himself?"

"Eh? Gao Situ...he is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty."

"Shangshu of the Household Department is just his current official position." Solgo said solemnly: "He is the most trusted minister of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and he will definitely be the elder of the court or even the assistant of Yuanfu in the future! Do you understand?"

"Oh." Fei Yingdong responded, thought for a while, nodded and said: "I think it should be the same."

Solgo said again: "Then think again, what is Daming's attitude towards Ye He? I mean...Does Daming really hope that Ye He will always exist as the most powerful chief in Manchuria?"

Fei Yingdong frowned: "What does Ah Ma mean by that?"

"What do you mean? Literally." Sorgo narrowed his eyes slightly, and pondered: "I'm not just idle in the capital recently. I went to the teahouse and listened to many people's chats, and found that Daming is now interested in the 'Land of Huawai' The perception is different from what it used to be.”

"Really?" Fei Yingdong became interested, and said, "I also ask Ama for advice."

Solgo was a little satisfied at this point, nodded, pointed to a pavilion sheltered from the wind, and said, "Let's go to the pavilion and talk."

The father and son then went to a very western-looking white marble pavilion. The two of them were Jurchens from Liaodong, and they sat down in the pavilion and chatted without fear of the cold.

Solgo said: "In the past, Da Ming had no interest in the 'Land of Huawai'. The places north of Kaiyuan and east of Fushun were too cold in the eyes of Ming people. , and quickly shrank back, you know that, right?"

Fei Yingdong nodded and said, "Naturally, we can have a safe place to live because Daming is not interested."

"That's right, but I'm afraid this situation is about to change." Sorgo said with a frown.

Fei Yingdong was taken aback: "How does Ah Ma know?"

"New cotton-padded clothes, coal-fired kang, and cold-resistant rice." Solgo said earnestly, "These three things are all related to Jinghua, that is, to Gao Situ. Have you noticed?"

Fei Yingdong shook his head blankly: "I haven't heard of it."

"Children don't know things closely." Suoerguo snorted softly and said, "Gao Situ's Jinghua has many coal mines, you know that?"

Fei Yingdong nodded, everyone knows this well, Jingshi’s briquettes are produced by Jinghua, although it seems that Jinghua no longer directly participates in this business, but is handed over to the British government, but the people of Jingshi remember this stuff It was made by Gao Situ in his early years.

"Jinghua likes to use coal very much, so much so that Gao Situ even built a coal-burning earth dragon for Liaodong Fuyuan when he arrived in Liaodong." Suo Erguo didn't stop this time, and continued: "Later, Jinghua started to promote Coal-fired kang, because the coal is more expensive than firewood and much cheaper than charcoal, it has been widely spread in Liaoyang, Shenyang, Kaiyuan and other places, and ordinary people have begun to use coal-fired kang in their homes... What I mean is that Ming people are not as afraid of living in the cold Liaodong as they used to be."

Now Fei Yingdong became vigilant and immediately asked: "Then what is the new cotton padded jacket?"

"Okay, you have a bit of a brain." Solgo said: "The new cotton padded jacket is a kind that Jinghua launched last year...they call it a product. This thing is different from the previous cotton padded jacket. It is made by Jinghua on the outside. The new cotton cloth that comes out has evenly distributed cotton wool inside, which is much more cold-resistant than the cotton cloth made by the old method in the past.

In addition, there is a better one, which is said to use a layer of tussah silk on the outermost surface... Tussah silk is not as precious as silk, but it is also very fine and can prevent wind, and it is also particularly wear-resistant.The clothes made in this way are more cold-resistant, and the price will not be unattainable. Now many ordinary people in Liaodong are proud to wear a new set of tussah silk cotton clothes during the New Year. "

Fei Yingdong's face turned serious, and he frowned and said, "That is to say, the Ming people in Liaodong are not afraid of the cold when they live or walk."

Solgo nodded and said, "It's troublesome to only have the food left, right? Hmph, if you think so, then you underestimate Gao Situ."

He paused slightly, and asked: "Corn, have you seen this thing? It is suitable for people to eat horse chews, and it is not very afraid of the cold. It was only promoted by Gao Situ through Jinghua two years ago. How long has it been? Soybeans were substituted.

But Jinghua didn't just do this, they also tried to grow rice in Liaodong... This is really fucking weird, isn't rice only grown in the south of Ming Dynasty?As a result, guess what, this thing can also be grown in Liaodong! "
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