Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

In Beijing, the Forbidden City, and the Hall of Mental Cultivation, an angry Kangxi was writing furiously in a concert: "Your conscience has been eaten by dogs. The imperial court still allocates a lot of money to support the honesty with such embarrassment. Er Cao actually deliberately obstructed the imperial court's plan. If there is another memorial like this next time, I will pick the crown first and then talk about it.”

Looking at Kangxi's livid face, the chief eunuch carefully served the drink: "Your Majesty, drink some tea to calm down. The fastest update[ ]"

Kangxi took a sip from the tea bowl, and sighed: "These bastards are sold to gentry, just to make it easier for me to earn money as an official. Never thought about the suffering of the court, the difficulty of the emperor, and the suffering of the Ming Dynasty when it was about to die. , I have realized it."

The chief eunuch was so frightened that he fell to his knees and said, "Why did your majesty say such a thing? With the majesty here, the Qing Dynasty has existed for thousands of years."

There was a layer of frost on Kangxi's face, and he said in a cold tone: "Wan Wannian? Nanmian Haini is aggressive, except for you who have no roots and seem to be somewhat loyal, the others are probably either trying to escape back to the customs or preparing to Selling the imperial court to please Haini."

The chief eunuch didn't dare to answer at all, but just kept knocking his head on the ground. Kangxi wanted to say something more, but the young eunuch's frightened report came from outside the hall: "Your Majesty, an urgent report from Henan."

Kangxi nodded slightly to the chief eunuch lying on the ground, and then the chief eunuch hurriedly got up and retreated as if he had been pardoned.After a while, Henan's memorial was sent to Kangxi, who opened it and scanned it, his face suddenly became solemn.

I saw Kangxi rubbing his brows: "Brother Zhao, Malhan, and Tu Cuizhong."

About a quarter of an hour later, Minister Wang of the Ministry of War, King Zhijun, Elder Brother Yinyi, Man Shang Malhan of the Ministry of War, and Shang Tu Cuizhong of the Ministry of War arrived together. After a few people saluted, Kangxi pointed to the Henan province that had just been delivered. The urgent report said: "Guo Shilong reported that Hai Ni continued to send out scouts on Chen, Ru, Xu, Ying, Runing and other places during the day, and his appearance was suspicious. Tell me, can Hai Ni take advantage of it?" Chun Plow's plan to attack Henan."

Yinfei and the two soldiers still looked at each other. After all, how could they know the specific situation in Henan when they were far away in Beijing, but Kangxi's question had to be answered, so Yinfei first said: "Huang Ama, Haini looted away last year. Hundreds of thousands of Henan people have been resettled, and it is definitely not enough to resettle them in one winter. I think that in a short period of time, Haini will not have the strength to return north again.[ ]”

Kangxi interrupted Yinyi's words all of a sudden: "Then what is Haini planning to do when he dispatches out to explore the horse?"

"Huang Ama, Hai Ni has already swept through several provinces in Henan Province last year. In fact, he is already familiar with the way of the Northern Criminals. The reason why he did not commit the Northern Criminals at that time, after thinking about it, I think it is because Hai Ni is used to transporting food, fodder and military equipment by boats. Therefore, there are no disadvantages along the Yangtze River. However, since Henan, most of the rivers run from west to east, and there are very few north-south connections with the Yangtze River system. Therefore, boats cannot sail in the sea, and there is not enough water in the sea. Therefore, it is impossible to transport military rations on a large scale. Of course, sea reverse transport ships can sail around the Huaihe River and enter the rivers in Henan, but it is a waste of time, and secondly, the marching route is limited to attack from the Huai River, but the Huai River is not Years of flooding and difficult roads? That’s why Haini saw that he could not last long in Henan, so he simply changed to occupying land and plundering the people, thereby weakening the power of the imperial court.”

Knowing the son is more like the father, and also knowing the father is more like the son, Yinfei knows how to dispel Kangxi's worry about Zheng Jun's return to the north.

"However, in just one winter, Haini obviously couldn't change the problem of its lack of cavalry transport, so I thought it was impossible for Haini to use troops in Henan. The movement of the Henan garrison is secondly based on the idea of ​​attacking Caogu and continuing to destroy the court’s foundation in Henan. As for whether there is a third, I dare not speak nonsense.”

In fact, Yinfei thinks that Zheng Jun's haunting this time may still put pressure on the negotiating table, but the Qing Zheng negotiation was carried out by Kangxi behind the back of the court. Although the officials knew it well, no one dared to break it. This layer of window paper, even if he is the eldest son of the emperor, he would not dare to let his father lose face, and thus become dissatisfied with himself.

Yin Yin was outstanding. Although Kangxi did not express his opinion, he looked over with a look of appreciation, but because of this, the two monks were in a difficult situation. How should they answer this question?

After a long time, Tu Cuizhong said: "I think there is another big reason why the sea rebels don't commit crimes to the north.[ ]"

Tu Cui said faithfully: "As for Haini, the ministers have always known that its ships are strong and powerful, but strong ships and guns mean more gunpowder. There is not much sulfur and saltpeter in the south of the Yangtze River. Haini can only compete with overseas countries. Buying from barbarians, firstly, you need silver, and secondly, it takes time to ship it from overseas. Chen Guan Haini fought, not to mention other ways, Zheng Ni led the main force, the first battle in Jiangnan, the second war in Jiangbei, the third battle in Huguang, Most of the battles are fought every two years, so it can be seen that the replenishment of gunpowder, soldiers, and equipment is mostly every two years.”

"The slave thinks what Master Tu said is true." Malhan hastily echoed. "The servant thought that Hai Ni's abduction of millions of Yu people seemed to have weakened the foundation of the imperial court, but it might not have tied his own hands and feet. Hai Ni is afraid that it will be difficult to get off now, and it will take a year or two to rebuild. Head north."

"According to what you mean, this year is not considered dangerous, next year there is a possibility that the sea will re-offend the north again." Yin Yin and the two dared not talk to each other, so they could only look at Kangxi thoughtfully. "What can the Ministry of War do about this?" Kangxi said after a moment of silence. "Has the strategy for the reform of the green camp been drawn up?"

"Huihuang Ama's words have been drawn up." Speaking of this, Yinfei took out a copy of the text from his sleeve and presented it to Kangxi Yulan, and he reported while Kangxi glanced at ten lines. "Erchen and the Ministry of War consulted Naertu and some bannermen who came back from Huguang and other places, and also sent people to consult the adults of Sang'e and Kaiyinbu in Sichuan, and obtained some opinions from them." Yin Yin speak. "The Ministry of War thought that the green battalion system was originally designed to deter the local government, so there were only two levels of battalion and flood levels at the beginning."

What Yinyi said is actually not incorrect. Although the green battalion is mainly based on the town, with sub-levels of association, bid, battalion, and flood, the association is a unit commanded by the deputy general, and the index is the central army of the governor, general, governor, admiral, and general. , so in the final analysis the battalion and the flood are the most basic components.However, the size of the standard battalion, the city guard battalion, and the ordinary battalion are very different. The floods are scattered in different places, and the dispatching is mostly the same when they are concentrated in battle. It's a bit inappropriate.

"However, in contrast to Haini, which takes the division as the unit and has five levels of brigade, regiment, sentry, team, and squad under it, the command and mobilization is far more flexible and powerful than the green battalion. Therefore, the Ministry of War believes that even if it does not copy it, it must emulate it. "Yin's voice echoed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. "According to the strategy of the Ministry of War, the green battalion will use the town as the backbone in the future. The green battalion will set up two associations on the left and right and a middle battalion with a town mark. The third-rank ginseng will lead."

"There are two battalions at the front and back under the association, and each of the front and rear battalions has a member of the third-rank guerrilla." One town has fixed jurisdiction over the two associations and one town standard middle battalion is a breakthrough from the previous green battalion system, but compared with the later changes, now What was presented to Kangxi was just the tip of the iceberg. "The standard camp has a quota of 500 people, and each battalion under the Association has a quota of 1000 people."

"There are five sub-battalions under the battalion in the town mark, including the baggage, craftsmen, artillery, rangers, and pro-army. The sub-battalions are also called teams, with 300 people in each team, and the team officers are the ranks of the four ranks." It is a command level that has not appeared in the Green Camp before. "The association battalion is also divided into five teams, but there are no such establishments as luggage and craftsmen, and they are all front-line soldiers. The team officers of the association battalion are the fifth-rank guards."

"One hundred people under the team are sentinels, and the team officer leads one sentry by himself, and the other one or two sentries are set up by a member of the six-rank Qianzong." They were all downgraded. "Every 20 people below the whistle is a shed, and the shed is set up to be the seventh rank." The shed is not the smallest unit. "Under the general, there are eighth-rank foreign commissioner Qianzong, regular ninth-rank foreign commissioner general, and several members from nine-rank extra foreign commissioners. Their leaders are called Wu, so foreign commissioners and extra foreign commissioners are usually called Wuchang."

"Counting in this way, the deputy generals of each association have an additional team of 200 pro-armies, and the number of such a town standard soldier is 900, which is almost the same as the strength of a division of Zheng Jun." It's his heart. "In addition, in order to deal with Zheng Jun's rifles, other than Erchen should also add more bird guns in the association battalion, and finally reach a shed equipped with bird guns at each post, which means at least a ratio of two floors."

"In addition to more blunderbuss equipment, each artillery team should be equipped with three artillery pieces." Yinyi also suggested. "Most of the quality of the artillery built by the provinces is very poor. During the confrontation, there was no damage to the sea against the sea. Therefore, I thought that we should use the situation to build Hongyi cannons."

Yinyi is still sober and knows Kangxi's fear of the Green Camp, so he never mentions the use of the Imperial General Wucheng Yonggu Cannon and the Shenwei Invincible General Cannon to arm the Green Camp. Zheng Jun, so that it was necessary to strengthen the artillery force of the Banner Army Firearms Battalion during the confrontation.

"How to set up the supervision, bidding and promotion?" Kangxi asked after listening for a long time. "And how to ensure that the towns will not be shaken and the whole town will not surrender to the enemy?"

Kangxi's problem is very critical. Since Zheng Kezang launched the army, similar incidents have happened again and again. Therefore, in Kangxi's view, there must be means of containment and the ability to check and balance.

"The supervision and military standards are set according to the First Association and the First Middle Battalion, and the care and promotion standards are set according to the First Middle Battalion and the First World War Barracks." Tu Cuizhong responded. "In order to ensure the system of relative size, the guerrilla promotion to the general must not be in the town, the general to the deputy general must not be in the province, and the general's coat and servants are not allowed to join the army and other teams. In addition, the Ministry of War also suggested that the admiral should no longer be a province. The chief of the Green Battalion is only the head of the two towns, and there are generals and generals on top of them."

"This is a big matter, I have to think about it." Kangxi closed the booklet and said. "However, the restructuring of the towns may go first, as for the artillery in the towns." Kangxi asked. "How is Dai Zi's cannon?"

Dai Zi's original machine gun proved to be a show, but because the missionaries were forced to leave the country, he was reused as one of the chief officers of the Imperial Gun Manufacturing Department of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but what restrained him from being effective was not the jealousy of his colleagues. It was the dire financial situation of the Qing court.

"Return to the emperor's words." Malhan said. "When Yunnan was lost, copper materials were in short supply. Dai Zi could only use iron cannons, but there were not as many cannons as Haini cannons. They are still being reformed."