Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1903 The Sword Points at Dongying ([-]) Come to Hanyang
It is normal for the uncles and nephews of the Gao family to have doubts, because the position of "chief military officer guarding Pyongyang" does not exist, and according to the military system of Ming Dynasty, it seems that there should not be a general military officer in a vassal state reason.

But Gao Pragmatic had high pragmatic reasons, and he replied: "The commander-in-chief is in charge of conquests. Since our Celestial Dynasty can set up a commander-in-chief to suppress Japan for temporary wars, why can't we appoint a commander-in-chief in Pyongyang for long-term peace?
North Korea was invaded twice by the Japanese pirates, both of which were completely defeated. During this period, our Celestial Dynasty has assisted and trained North Korea, but it still does not help.So, what if North Korea is invaded again in the future after this war?
In my opinion, instead of bothering me with the Heavenly Soldiers to go on an expedition, it is better to set up a guard in North Korea, and then Pyongyang will permanently station the Heavenly Soldiers as an army, thinking that it will be permanent. "

When Gao Wushi said this, the three uncles and nephews had to think about whether it was legal to do so.There is a very brief overview of the military system of the Ming Dynasty in the preface of "History of the Ming Dynasty Bing Zhi", which says:
"The Ming ruled the world with martial arts, and overthrew the old system of the Yuan Dynasty. From the capital to the prefectures and counties, all guards were set up. The capitals that were ruled by the outside, were ruled by the five armies.

In the conquest, the general will be ordered to serve as the general officer, and the army will be transferred to the guard station to lead it.Covered the wishes of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Wen moved to the north, following the ambitions of the Taizu, but the ministers watched the soldiers, and it was the beginning of the frost.After Hong and Xuan, Yu Yu Zhiping, so it didn't take long to have the difficulty of building a fort.Yu Qian founded the regiment camp, simple and elite, with one order, soldiers and generals learn from each other, and his methods are quite good. "

Here are a few issues that require careful consideration.

Ming ruled the world with martial arts, so after the world was pacified, when the civil war basically ended and the peace period entered, there was a problem of how to deal with the army (including soldiers and generals) left over from the war period.The reconstruction of the military system is to deal with possible internal and external wars in the future.

The military has always had two major functions: one is external defense, which is the need for border defense, how to prevent the invasion of foreign military forces; the other is internal, it must have the function of responding to various domestic emergencies and maintaining social order.The most important thing among them is the guarding of the imperial family, especially the guarding of the capital and the palace. They cannot let the army with weapons turn their spearheads on themselves.

Therefore, for a dynasty, it is necessary not only to maintain a regular army with combat effectiveness, but also to prevent them from being merged with the local administration for a long time, resulting in a situation where the tail is too big and the warlords are separated.

However, to maintain such a large and numerous regular army is an unbearable heavy burden on the court's finances even in peacetime, and military expenditures in wartime are even more a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.

Almost all dynasties in Chinese history were empires based on small farmers, and their sources of finance mainly relied on taxes levied on small farmers.If the peasants were levied excessively and violently, the result would be the exile of the peasants, the waste of production, the huge army without pay, and finally the peasants' rebellion, the army's mutiny, and the collapse of the dynasty.

In the original history, the direct cause of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty was that due to the war in Liaodong, the military expenditure was cut again and again, and the military expenditure in the west was abolished. This eventually led to the collapse of the rule and the collapse of the empire in 270.

In terms of dynastic rule, it needs a huge army, but it cannot afford to support them; it needs an army with combat effectiveness, but it is afraid that soldiers and generals will learn from each other, and there will be a situation where the tail cannot be lost.Because of this, it wants to divide the relationship between soldiers and generals, but this will inevitably lose the combat effectiveness of the army;

It needs a credible guard force to guard the palace, but it is afraid that this force will suddenly point its guns at itself and make itself unprepared.People who are guarding themselves with guns are often suspicious and suspicious, and when there is trouble, they often say sadly: "It is better for me to blame others than for others to blame me."

Yu Qian was killed for this reason.

Yu Qian was loyal to Emperor Jingtai and controlled the army guarding the capital, so after the restoration of Yingzong, the eunuchs around Yingzong who were in power because of planning and participating in this palace coup had to kill him—for no other reason, just because he was a general Learning from each other can mobilize the army.

You know, Emperor Jingtai said that he was already seriously ill at that time, but after all, he passed away unexplainably after their restoration.However, after all, it was Emperor Jingtai and Yu Qian who defended the capital and the Ming Dynasty through the crisis in a critical moment, but they treated the dying Emperor Jingtai in this way and killed Yu Qian so cruelly immediately.

In order to seize state power, people are so cruel and ruthless.

There are many such cases in Chinese history, such as the Yongzhen Incident in the Tang Dynasty, and the sudden collapse of Tang Xianzong.

The design of the military system in the past dynasties has been lingering in the contradictions that these couples cannot overcome.After understanding these pairs of contradictions, it is easier to understand the design of the military system of various dynasties in history and the various contradictions that occurred in the practice process.

Many of these designs seem to be designed to maintain a constant and unremitting army, and these soldiers will not learn from each other. An army that has been raised for a long time without war experience may quickly disintegrate and collapse once it faces a war.

The guard system was actually designed to only serve as a sales force, as can be witnessed in the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties.However, Gao Yushi still wants to set up a guard in North Korea, and the purpose is not so simple.

Here it is time to turn around and talk about the general army system.

During the Hongwu period, if there was a conquest, Gonghou Bo and the third-class direct governors would be sent to the battlefield as the commander-in-chief.At that time, there were six general soldiers, namely: Yunnan, Datong, Guangxi, Liaodong, Xuanfu, and Gansu.These military and political settings show that the guarding general officers and soldiers have changed from temporary appointments to permanent appointments.

According to records, during the Yongle period, a town guard had already been set up, but after several ups and downs in later generations, it was abolished and re-established. It was not until the Hongzhi period that the garrison office was established and became a permanent one.

After Hongxi, commanders-in-chief have been added one after another in various places. After Xuande, Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli years, the commander-in-chief of Ming Dynasty has replaced the original position of commander-in-chief after being stationed in various places, and has become a local Highest military officer.

So far, the military system of the Ming Dynasty has undergone great changes: "After Hong Yong, the frontiers were troubled day by day, and the general disappeared, so he became a regular member." It may be more accurate to call it the "battalion system" for its setting, and it can avoid the disadvantage of confusion with the guard.

What is the battalion system?Why did Gao Yushi talk about setting up a guard post and a general army?

The battalion system is a bit complicated.Mostly, the appointment of military attaches in the barracks is discussed on the basis of specific cases, and there is no unified rules and regulations.There are five levels, which are guard, co-guard, sub-guard, garrison, and backup. The official ranks are divided into different levels, namely chief soldier, deputy chief soldier, general, and guerrilla. These are all called generals. It is also divided into Dusi, Garrison, Titiao, Qianzong, Bazong, and Baizong, all called battalion officials.

The source of battalion officials is mainly the group of guard officers, from which the source is very single.Because it is very common for guard officers to become battalion officers, all the official positions in the guards are command and envoys, which are borrowed for the battalion system.The commander of the capital was originally the highest official of the local guard, but the position of the chief of the battalion was quite low, only one level above the garrison.

In addition to the single source, battalion officials are not hereditary, which is a major feature of the Daming battalion system that is different from the Weisuo system.This is also one of the reasons for the high pragmatism to set up a guard post and a general army.

What is the reason?The reason is that the Weisuo system can stabilize the hearts of some generals in North Korea, while the general army system (battalion system) can make the actual military power in the hands of Daming.

Just as Gao Wushi disagreed with the extermination of the Southern People's Party, although North Korea's military generals are useless, it is definitely not realistic to kill them all. Removing them all may also cause security risks, so there must be a place to arrange them.

The guard house is such a good place to "raise idlers".Gao Yushi's so-called setting up guards is obviously impossible to set up only one guard in the huge North Korea, and it is necessary to set up several more.In this way, there are enough positions to arrange all the top generals in North Korea into the "system", so that they still have an official status and will not take risks.

But the broken system of guards is full of disadvantages. Even in the Ming Dynasty, there are few guards with reliable combat effectiveness except for the individual guards on the nine sides. Therefore, the real main battle force must have other arrangements. This is the meaning of the establishment of the general army— - Introduced the battalion system.

At present, there are dozens of general soldiers in Ming Dynasty, and the command methods of each general soldier are roughly similar. Almost all of them use family members as the core backbone, and cooperate with some elites drawn from the guards to form a mobile force to fight.

Gao Wushi said that he would recommend Zhang Wanbang as the general soldier in Pyongyang, and here is a question: Although Zhang Wanbang headquarters is very powerful, judging from the current situation, the guards set up in North Korea in the future may not be able to draw out any "elite". come on?
After all, if you look at the Battle of Zhenling, you will know that under the head-on confrontation of [-] North Korean "elites", nine against one, the losses caused to Zhang Wanbang's department were not even double digits.

But this is the reason why Zhang Wanbang is the chief soldier.

As we all know, the Nanming in the original history was not defeated by the Qing army, but was defeated by the former Ming army who surrendered to the Qing army.Those former Ming soldiers who fled the battle before surrendering to the Qing army, their fighting power soared one after another after surrendering, and people often couldn't help but think: "I haven't seen you so capable of fighting before?"

Why?There are two points: first, the Qing army was not as corrupt as the Ming army at that time, and it could basically guarantee that the surrendered soldiers would have food;

Because of the high level of pragmatism now, there is no need to talk about the first one for the time being, and I will mainly talk about the second one.Question: Why did the former Ming army become so fierce as long as there were eight banners in the formation, and it was not as stretched as it used to be?

Because they had tried many times before, they really couldn’t beat the Eight Banners, so when they were sent to lead the battle by the Qing army as usual on the battlefield, their mentality was: "Maybe you can get some credit if you attack forward, but you will definitely die if you retreat." So forced to "go forward indomitable", naturally we can always "meet a narrow road and the brave wins".

Gao Wushi believes that after the shock of the Battle of Zhenling, North Koreans—no matter what kind of people are officials, soldiers, or civilians—should have enough respect for the name Zhang Wanbang.Therefore, as long as Zhang Wanbang leads the headquarters and the Korean army dares not retreat but advances, even a group of sheep can fight like a pack of wolves.

Of course, having said that, after North Korea has gone through this war, especially after Japan's retreat, it's hard to say how many chances they have to go to the battlefield. If the political measures are successful, perhaps the main task of Zhang Wanbang staying in North Korea is simply to deter Maybe.

After listening to Gao Yushi's explanation, the three uncles and nephews of the Gao family understood, and they all thought this arrangement was good.In fact, Zhang Wanbang's two great achievements in the past are very important. If it weren't for the fact that there were always people who made contributions and seniority ranked ahead of him, he would have been worthy of being a general soldier now.

What's more... Zhang Wanbang is a general of the Xuanda family, a direct descendant of Gao Yushi. If he can sit in North Korea in the future, then North Korea will become a place where the real school radiates again.

Now that the internal discussions were in order, Gao Wushi asked Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo to draft his essay on the emperor and write a reply to Zhang Wanbang.Gao Qi also had nothing to do, so he also said goodbye and left, saying that he planned to ask Fujido Gaohu to learn about the structure of Osaka Castle.

Not long after the three of them left, Gao Qi came back.Gao Wushi was surprised and said: "Daban Castle claims to surpass Odawara Castle and is the most powerful city in Japan today. Yufu asked clearly so soon?"

"Uncle, it's not about Daban City." Gao Qi came in a hurry, presented two letters with both hands, and said, "It's a letter from the King of Joseon and Li Shanhai. My nephew has already read it, and it's all about Quan Li's move." And the failure has a great impact, I hope my uncle can come to Hanyang to deal with it in person."

Gao Wushi narrowed his eyes slightly, and after thinking about it, he took the letter and read it.

Li Yan and Li Shanhai's letters are actually similar in content, and the main things they said are all summarized by Gao Qi just now.However, the starting point of the two may be different.

Li Yan's letter was just a little apprehensive, and between the lines revealed that he was full of worries about the emperor's attitude after this incident. It seemed that he was mainly afraid that the emperor would be angry at him, the king of Joseon, who could not control his subjects, and that the Korean army would dare to attack the emperor. Tomorrow's soldiers are disrespectful, it's just the opposite.

Li Yan's main request is probably that he hopes to meet Gao Yushi as soon as possible, and it is best to persuade Mr. Gao Ge to help him with a few good words, at least to clarify his relationship in this matter-ineffectiveness is better than evil intentions Well, if His Majesty the Emperor thinks that Li Yan is manipulating this matter behind the scenes, it will be a big trouble.

However, the meaning in Li Shanhai’s letter is obviously different. He means that after this incident, the Korean court was frightened. Baotian... But no matter what, Li Shanhai thinks that the time has come to promote North Korea's attachment, so Mr. Gao Ge can come to Hanyang to preside over the matter in person.
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