Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 102

At the level of the commander of the capital, how could Liang Yuan not know about Xu Baichuan's secret discussion with Qian Zhong, and then Xu Baichuan's meeting with Guo Zengguang?He immediately understood what Guo Zengguang meant.

Since Guo Zengguang did not force himself to send troops, of course he had to give Guo Zengguang face, and Liang Yuan happily signed the document.

Qian Zhong took the order document, and immediately sent people to Weihui Guard and Zhangde Guard.

When the commanders of the two governments saw the official document to suppress the bandits sent by the Dusi government, they did not dare to be negligent, and hastily mobilized all the thousand households below.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty implemented the Weisuo system. Guards were set up in some of the more important state capitals. The boss of the guards was called the Commander of the Guards. Basically, eunuchs held this position. Each guard generally had five thousand soldiers. Households, the actual number of 600 people.

In the original sense, the soldiers in the guard are all professional soldiers, and they are hereditary professional soldiers.

It means that as long as the ancestors serve as soldiers in the guard, then one of the descendants must serve as a soldier.

But when the country is stable, the actual task of the guards is not to fight, but to farm, that is, to open up wasteland and cultivate land.

They thought that doing so would solve the food needed by the country to raise soldiers and greatly reduce the burden on farmers, but in fact it was not like this at all.

The rulers of the Ming Dynasty are very interesting. They also knew that all soldiers should not be allowed to farm, otherwise, if something happened, no one would go to war.

So they came up with an idea, [-]% of them were responsible for farming, and [-]% of them were specialized in training.

This ratio is very scary, seventy percent is close to 4000 people.

With so many people farming, can the guards still have combat effectiveness?After many years, these people have completely changed from soldiers to farmers.

It doesn't matter if you become a farmer, you can have land to support your family.

But the land does not belong to individuals, but to the country. To be correct, it should belong to the guard, and more correctly, it should belong to the commander of the guard.

What is more strange is that these are no longer a man's stuff, why do you need such land?According to the analysis of later generations, the possibility of these bastards being psychopathic is relatively high.

Especially the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, most of them were perverted in their hearts.

People with famous names in history, such as Liu Jin, Wang Zhen, and Wang Zhi, are among the best.

Of course, the most perverted one is Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian is actually not nine thousand years old, he should be nine thousand nine hundred years old, and the word "grandfather" should be added after that.

That is, the [-]-year-old grandfather.

He is only a hundred years behind the emperor, the Long Live Lord.

Wei Zhongxian has a big hobby, like real estate.

And he just likes to want it, and generally doesn't buy it much, or only spends very little money to buy it.

It doesn't matter if you don't sell it, grab it if you don't sell it.

If Wei Zhongxian wants to rob someone, is there anything he can't get?

With all the real estate, money is of course not a problem. Those filial sons and grandchildren can do anything, but they are not short of money.

It is said that when Wei Zhongxian returned home after writing his resignation report, he packed dozens of carts of gold, silver and jewelry alone.

Of course, all the money ended up in Chongzhen's pocket.

It is not because Wei Zhongxian is perverted that he makes money and land, but mainly because he wants to become a saint.

A bastard who can't read a lot wants to become a saint?Very unbelievable.

But he just did it.

Although Wei Zhongxian is illiterate, many of the filial sons and grandsons below are literate. These people are not only literate but also have a high level of education.

People like Cui Chengxiu belong to this category.

But it was not Cui Chengxiu who was trying to make Wei Zhongxian become a saint, but another person.

This person's surname is Wang, and he has a nickname called Wang's Wife.

It means that the person is very beautiful.

It was Wang's daughter-in-law who contacted a group of people to work out a copy of "Three Dynasties Essential Code".

Of course, the final author's signature must be Wei Zhongxian.

Of course, having a book is not enough for sanctification. Which sanctified person does not have an ancestral hall?

Confucius had a Confucian Temple, Mencius had a Mencius Mansion, and Zhu Xi had a Confucius Temple.

Lao Wei also has to have it, and he is better than the above-mentioned few.

Those above are temples only after people die.

When Lao Wei was alive, someone built a temple for him, that is, a living temple.

Guo Zengguang, governor of Henan Province, built a ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian in Kaifeng.

Even Yuan Chonghuan filed an application report to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian in Liaodong, but because Yuan Chonghuan was impeached and commanded after the Ningjin Great Victory, Yuan Chonghuan resigned soon, so it couldn't be built.

If it is only compared to the ancestral hall, Confucius and Mencius must be willing to bow down in front of Wei Zhongxian.

With such a monster making waves at the top, of course the people below will add to the flames.

As a result, a large amount of food produced by military households to open up wasteland and farmland was confiscated. As for where it ended up, no one knew. Anyway, it was not in the hands of the soldiers.

Most of the food grown needs to be handed over. How do these farming soldiers support their families?

It doesn't matter if you don't have enough to eat, at most you can tighten your belt and pass it by carrying it, but if something happens to the country, they will have to be transferred to fight.

Soldiers are not stupid if they don't have enough to eat, so who would do such a thing?

The so-called no foster father here has his own foster father, so a large number of soldiers who were stationed in the fields began to escape.

In this way, the number of soldiers in the guards could not meet the number required above. It is already calculated that there are nearly 4000 guards like Weihui Mansion and Zhangde Mansion.

This is because the two prefectures are located in the interior and are rarely transferred to fight. Therefore, although the burden is equally heavy, relatively speaking, fewer people escape.

These two guards not only have farming soldiers, but also many serious soldiers.

Of course, if you have soldiers, you may not be able to fight. It depends on whether people are willing or not, mainly whether the leaders are willing or not.

Last time, the guards of the two prefectures each sent [-] troops, but they failed in the end.

Although the reason was the work of the evil spirits, even the soldiers themselves did not quite believe it in retrospect.

I have heard of evil spirits killing people, but I have never heard of evil spirits burning people's food and grass or burning people's tents.

And it can be seen that the evil spirits are actually going for food and supplies.

This evil ghost doesn't help Hades arrest people, but burns people's food, grass and supplies. Is it because he has nothing to do?

Since it is not done by evil spirits, it is man-made.

Then who can do this, there is only one answer, the bandits from Hongshanling.

Since it can be concluded that the bandits did it, why not send troops to encircle and suppress it?

The reason is simple: no sponsorship, no appearance fee.

But it's different now. They all command Si Wen to send troops to suppress the bandits. If they don't send troops, they don't want to do it.

Although the commander is a eunuch and a shemale, ordinary people don't care, but there is a demon above the shemale who is in charge of them. They have to care about this demon, and they dare not care, because those who don't care will either die or be arrested or go home .

So all the guards in the two prefectures mobilized.

As a result, the military households in charge of farming began to suffer again. Not only did they have to pay for food, but they also had to pay for people.

Li Jing soon received the news that the guards of Weihui and Zhangde's two prefectures had begun to mobilize.

Sun Meng and Liu Hong passed the news to Li Jing immediately.

After receiving the news, Li Jing pondered for a long time, and then called all the officers on the mountain together to discuss countermeasures.

After everyone sat down, Li Jing told the news of the officers and soldiers' encirclement again, and then said: "Talk about your opinions, what should we do now?"

Shen Zheng thought for a while and said: "I don't understand war. Whether to fight or not, how to fight is your business. I am only responsible for providing you with everything you need. But in order to let the brothers not worry about the future, I suggest that you should still fight like Just like last time, evacuate the family first."

Li Jingjing nodded, Shen Zheng didn't seem to say what to do, but in fact, he had hinted to everyone that they were ready for war.

"Hit! Just like last time, hit him like a dog." Chen Dahu, Liu Erleng and others said loudly.

Li Jing smiled and said: "You all said that you want to fight, so how do you fight? You must know that this time is not like last time. They must be careful about logistics, food, grass and supplies. And it is summer, even if there is no tent, they can still spend the night, so there is no need to think about sneaking like last time."

Now Chen Dahu and the others were caught blind immediately, and it was very difficult for them to use their brains to think of ideas.

Gao Qi turned around and looked at Chen Dahu and the others. Seeing these people scratching their heads and ears, he knew that relying on these people would not come up with any ideas.

Gao Qi sighed and said: "Brother, there are only two ways for the present. One is to give up the cottage and evacuate all, and the other is to mobilize the whole mountain and fight with all our strength. These two methods have their own advantages and have their own advantages. Each has its drawbacks."

Li Jingjing nodded for Gao Qi to continue talking.

Gao Qi continued: "Let me first talk about the evacuation of all. The advantage of this method is that it can preserve our strength to the maximum extent, but the disadvantage is also obvious. After we leave, the officers and soldiers will definitely destroy everything here. It costs a lot of money here. We have put in countless painstaking efforts to build it into what it is now, if it is destroyed, it will not be so easy to restore it.”

Shen Zheng sighed and said, "That's right, the brothers built this place bit by bit, it's a pity to give up hastily."

Gao Qi paused and continued: "As for the second method, it is to gather the strength of the whole mountain to defeat the officers and soldiers. We have the right time, place and people, so this battle may not be invincible. But everyone knows that although the number of people on our mountain has increased, But the strength is not much stronger, because the newly joined brothers have not had time to train, these people may not be able to count on them, so if they lose, they will be finished with their family."

Li Jingjing nodded and looked at Gao Qi and asked, "Which one do you choose?"

Gao Qi said seriously: "I will choose the second path, swear to die for my family, and fight to the death."

Li Jing then asked: "Then how are you going to fight?"

Gao Qi thought for a while and said: "Before we fight, we have to analyze our strengths and weaknesses with the officers and soldiers. Only then can we decide how to fight."

Li Jingjing nodded. Gao Qi's ability to think of these things showed that he had initially possessed the ability to be a commander.

"First of all, let me talk about the advantages of officers and soldiers. The advantages of officers and soldiers are that they are numerous and well-equipped. We are by no means opponents of officers and soldiers when facing the enemy head-on. But the weaknesses of officers and soldiers are also obvious. First of all, the terrain is not good for them. Fighting in mountains, The formation of officers and soldiers cannot be deployed, and the superiority in numbers has been virtually weakened. Secondly, officers and soldiers do not have the belief of dying. Once the attack is weak, or there are casualties, the confidence of officers and soldiers will be shaken.” Gao Qi said.

(End of this chapter)