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Chapter 256 Establishing a Hukou, Finding out the Situation of Donglu

In fact, Fang Hongzan knew that he was going to suffer as soon as he heard Yuan Chonghuan's words. Who else could do this job except Jin Yiwei?Is it possible that the Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to do this?Sure enough, the emperor immediately set his sights on him.

Fang Hongzan was also sweating on his forehead. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, this matter is as difficult as it is said, and it is not difficult as it is said."

"How do you say it?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are countless people who escaped from the Donglu in my court. As long as they interrogate them in detail, it is not impossible to find out the situation of the Donglu soldiers. The only problem is manpower and cost." Fang Hongzan felt that this matter If the lion speaks loudly, it may scare the emperor away and stop doing such boring things.

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But the emperor is the kind of master who is interested in this kind of thing.

"How much will it cost?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's about one or two million taels of silver." Fang Hongzan also insisted on saying a number, because there had never been a dynasty that had done such a thing to establish a household registration for the enemy.

"Are you sure? You won't fool me, right? Tell me how you do it?" Yang Reform was serious. This matter seemed boring and useless, but it was actually very useful. The best way to find out is the population survey and the data A detailed and reliable account. If you can spend 20 taels to make a detailed account for the wild boar skin, this will be very useful. It will be very useful for estimating the strength of the opponent and checking the proportion of troops sent. It will also be of guiding significance for future wars.

Fang Hongzan felt that the emperor was so difficult to serve!After thinking for a while, he said: "Returning to Your Majesty, for this matter, only by asking in detail the people who have returned to our dynasty, or those who are familiar with the Eastern Captives, repeated inquiries and comparisons, can we sort out a more reliable copy. As we all know, there are a total of eight Gushan Mountains in the entire Donglu, that is, the eight banners I used to say in the court. Each banner generally has more than 20 Niulu, among which Zhengbai has the most, it is said that there are forty or fifty , there are more than 20 inlaid blue flags, and the rest of the flags are more than 25. Take the middle and count as 230. Therefore, there should be about 200 Niulu in total in Donglu, and each Niulu is said to be composed of 5 people. Then, there are a total of 7 people, which is probably the number of all adult men in Donglu. However, this is also my estimate. Now Donglu has taken in the Mongolian tribes who have taken refuge in him, and there are also some Han Chinese who have taken him in. Therefore, the power should have increased a lot. I think that the highest number should be about [-] strong men. Therefore, the count of soldiers means that the [-] men are mainly counted..."

Fang Hongzan even guessed and estimated, and estimated the number of soldiers in Donglu to be about 7, but there are tricks in it. Fang Hongzan didn't dare to look at the emperor because, according to reliable sources, there are a lot of Han people in it. Serving as soldiers, such as gunmen and craftsmen of the Han army, is well known to everyone outside the pass, but they dare not tell the emperor, only mentioning it briefly, for fear that the emperor will get angry and it will be unlucky for him.

"Fang Hongzan, are you saying that the limit of the total strength of the Eastern Captives is around 7?" Yang Reform asked.This data is very important. Knowing the opponent's bottom line, you will have a bottom line when you deal with it. It seems that this wild boar's account must be established as soon as possible. Yang Reform secretly made up his mind.

"Return to Your Majesty, Donglu's adult men, that is to say, the total number of soldiers, should be in this number, but in reality, when Donglu is fighting, he will also recruit many slaves, which is what Donglu said to be coated to assist in the battle, or to transport food and grass. , or cooking, raising horses, doing miscellaneous work, or even assisting in combat, so during the war, the Eastern Prisoners probably claimed to have 10,000+ troops..." Fang Hongzan didn't pay attention to the Eastern Prisoners until the emperor asked him to collect information from the north. Focus on the news over there, memorize all kinds of information thoroughly, and analyze it together, it is pretty good. Of course, here, Fang Hongzan tried his best to calculate the numbers as high as possible, and exaggerated the numbers as much as possible. That is to say, there is a lot of room for manoeuvre. In the future, we will fight against Donglu according to this number. If we win and find that the number is wrong, I believe the emperor will not blame him for the high number. If he loses, it has nothing to do with him. From tens of thousands to 10,000+, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible for Donglu's strong men to reach 20.

"...Oh, I understand. What you mean is that these 7 people should be the main ones for establishing household registration? The rest are either women and children, or slaves? Right? Do you think women, children and slaves should also be entered? "Yang Reform calculated, 5 strong men, the limit of wild boar skin, and now he has only trained 4 elites, plus the Ming Dynasty elites who entered Beijing to defend the capital, the total is only [-] to [-] elites.If half of the wild boar skin enters the border with tens of thousands of slaves, the elite will be around [-] to [-], plus tens of thousands of slave soldiers, and the guards with the same combat power as the slave soldiers will also be added. The army's total strength should be about the same. At this time, Yang Reform murmured again whether he could stop the wild boar skin.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes, strong men, it should be at 7, which is probably the number of all adult males in the Eastern Captives at present. The rest are slaves, women and children. I think it is mainly soldiers. Records should be recorded, and they are not forced, because the Donglu rely on these soldiers to fight, and if these soldiers are gone, the Donglu will perish." Fang Hongzan suggested that the statistics of the household registration of [-] people should be done secretly. Fang Hongzan felt that this task was very difficult for his enemy to set up a household registration!But it can be regarded as a historical precedent, pain and happiness!While Fang Hongzan lamented his bad luck, he was also slightly excited.

However, Yang Reform's mind is obviously on other things.

"Fang Hongzan, tell me, among the 4 soldiers, how many elite soldiers are there, and how many ordinary soldiers are there? How is their ratio calculated? What is the general ratio for battle, and what is the limit ratio?" Yang reformed to Fang Hong. Zan's number was frightening. If half of these soldiers entered the customs, wouldn't there be [-] to [-] soldiers?Wouldn't it be dangerous to add slave soldiers?
Fang Hongzan thought for a while and said, "Returning to Your Majesty, 7 people are the adult men of the entire Donglu. In actual combat, it is not counted according to the number of people. It is said that Donglu's battles are based on Niulu. The captives draw as many cattle records, and for each cattle record, out of 200 people, there are generally sixty armored soldiers following them to fight. All the soldiers are sent out to prevent the whole army of Niulu from being wiped out. Niulu is in Donglu. According to the rules, there should be 1000 elite soldiers in armor. This is the real ratio of Donglu’s troops. Even if it is calculated according to the situation of two draws and one, the actual number of elite troops sent by Donglu at one time should be only 5000 at most. , and the rest are just slave soldiers. During the war in the East, when they encountered weak people, they were sent to the slave soldiers, and they were able to beat them well. This was regarded as training and training the slave soldiers. After several battles, the slave soldiers also gained experience. Each bull will select the winner from the slave soldiers to make up for their own losses. If the slave soldiers can't beat them, they will directly overwhelm the elite. If one thousand is not enough, it will be five thousand, and if five thousand is not enough, it will be ten thousand. Anyway, the opponent must be crushed So far, this is the method of fighting the Eastern Prisoners, which I inferred from the population of the Eastern Prisoners who fled back, for your majesty's reference..."

The intelligence agencies of the Ming Dynasty have always been relatively strong, whether they are capable or not, the key is to see if they have money and the emperor's trust.If there is trust, there is money, and the intelligence agency is very capable. If there is no money, naturally nothing can be done.As for Yang Reform, Fang Hongzan is open to spending money now, so the ability of the Ming Dynasty's secret service agencies has recovered quite quickly, so all kinds of information are pouring in, and Fang Hongzan is referring to these information every day. Of course, Fang Hongzan spent the emperor's money without mercy, so that Jin Yiwei's expenses in the past few months have skyrocketed, and he used the emperor's money to buy things for himself. Credit, if this kind of thing can't be done well, Fang Hongzan might as well find a place to hang himself.

Yang Reform didn't know much about the division of labor and combat methods inside the boar skin, but now he listened to Fang Hongzan's detailed explanation, and he felt a lot more at ease.The total population of adult males is 7, and the number of troops drawn at a time is no more than half. It was served by slave soldiers, just like my own imperial association army, which was suppressed by Mangui's troops to fight. If they won, the combat effectiveness of this imperial association army would naturally increase, and a group of elite soldiers could be selected from the imperial association army. To add to myself, if the Imperial Association Army can't win, they will have to go to Mangui. This, and my own Imperial Association Army, are almost a replica.

Counting this, Yang Reform's heart is quite stable, with 5000 people, and his army defending the capital has more than 2 people, plus the elites he trained, there are 5 to 5 people. There are more armored men with wild boar skin, about 3.5:5000 ratio. I dare not say that I can win against wild boar skin, at least it is no problem to hold on, not to mention that it is impossible for wild boar skin to draw troops to risk entering the customs. There may be [-] armored soldiers. If he uses slave soldiers to consume his elite, he will use the guards to fight against him...

Yang Reform's heart has settled down.

"...Keep talking, keep talking..." Yang Reform just lost his mind and didn't pay attention to what Fang Hongchan said. Seeing that Fang Hongchan stopped talking, he asked Fang Hongchan to continue.

Fang Hongzan was speechless, and said everything that should be said, but the emperor asked him to say that he had to dig out some more things, thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, based on the above speculation, so I think that with this The [-] strong men are the main records, and women, children and slaves should be properly recorded, this should be enough." Fang Hongzan really didn't know what to say, so he picked this up and said.

"Oh? That's it! So how about it, 20?" Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes, 20 to [-] is probably enough. There is no precedent for this. I also speculate. I don't know the actual amount. It can only be a guess..." Fang Hongzan decided to put the ugly words first.

"Okay, you can use as much as you want. I only have one request, and that is that the household registration book of this Donghu must be established as soon as possible. Women, children, and slaves can record it in detail. Don't hold it down. Kill them in the future." How many Eastern captives have been captured, there is a basis..." Yang Reform made up his mind to give his opponent a population check.

"I obey..." Fang Hongzan agreed loudly.Fang Hongzan was also very proud of himself. This time, he established a household registration for Donglu. It can be said that he has a lot of power and a lot of money. The entire Ming Dynasty, if it is said that it is willing to spend money, is generous, and it has not surpassed this lord. What matter, how much do you say, how much will you give, never say discounts, the only requirement is that you do things beautifully, the emperor is very shrewd, if you don’t do things with money and offend the emperor, then the end will be dangerous, Didn't Wei Zhongxian claim to be nine thousand years old?Didn't the emperor fall from power within half a year after coming to power?Fang Hongzan's heart was sweet, and with a trace of excitement of making history, he was ready to work hard for the emperor and his own future.

The others were dumbfounded. This emperor is really not an ordinary person. This kind of... don't know how to say it. This emperor actually decided to do it like this, and he will continue to do it. household registration?Do you have?No!The emperor made an opening.

Yang Reform is very happy. After all, with the opponent's population situation, it is necessary to reasonably estimate the opponent's war potential. Don't just estimate an enemy with 4 people at that time, and end up with a tragedy of 8 people. That's a big joke.

"Everyone, I heard what Fang Hongzan said just now. Donglu's combat method is three draws and one, and a maximum of 1000 troops can be dispatched at a time. Even if there are two draws and one, there are only 5000 troops. No matter how many, basically If there is more, Donglu's Niulu may all die. Donglu will not let all the males of a certain Niulu die in battle. This is not good for recovery. Therefore, from this point From the point of view, I should be prepared to fight against the Eastern Captives, and I should treat them differently. Don’t discriminate between slave soldiers and armored soldiers. Use all your strength to fight slave soldiers. Miserable..., and it also shows that this supplement is very important. Donglu only takes [-]% of each battle. If the battle loses, it can be replenished immediately. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of each cattle record can be maintained at any time. Therefore, the unity I mentioned earlier Training, unified replenishment, and unified configuration, it seems, are very important. Without supplements, even if you win the Donglu for the first time, I am afraid that when the Donglu fights again for the second time, you will lose. Now you understand Is it necessary for you to train in a unified way, allocate in a unified way, and supplement in a unified way?" Yang Reform figured it out by himself, and began to teach his own men a lesson.

Everyone also heard Fang Hongzan's answer to the emperor, and gained a lot. They were even more frightened by Donglu's fighting style of fighting and supplementing. If they fight Donglu in the future, they can win the first day and the next day. , I’m afraid I can only draw a tie, and on the third day, I’m afraid I can only lose, because my troops are getting fewer and fewer, and the veterans are gradually depleted, and the Donglu’s troops are always replenishing. It seems that it is still yesterday Those people, however, did not lose much of their strength soldiers, but on their own side, the veterans were completely lost, and there was no supplement. Even if there were supplements, they were either new recruits or soft-headed, or unfamiliar people, how could they win the battle.

Everyone was even more convinced by the emperor's words.

Man Gui was even more excited, and stood up and said impassionedly: "Your Majesty, I understand, I understand your majesty's painstaking efforts. In the future, I must retrain according to your majesty's requirements, train well, and strive to achieve the unity that your majesty said. Training, unified allocation, so that even if the minister hits only one adult in the future, the minister will not be afraid, because he can replenish immediately, and the minister can continue to fight. So far..." Man Gui is now completely convinced by this tender-looking emperor.

"I must retrain according to His Majesty's requirements, train strictly, and not be afraid of losses. Even if the losses are exhausted, I can continue to fight again..." Zhao led the teaching and understood the benefits of unified training and unified allocation that the emperor said , Immediately knelt down to respond to Man Gui, this is completely different from the way they used to fight. In the past, they were all breadwinners, and the servants were the source of combat power. The others were peasant soldiers, used to make up the numbers. There is no capital, so when fighting, you hide it, afraid that you will lose too much, because no one will replenish it for you.

"Your Majesty also asks your Majesty to treat the soldiers outside the pass equally, and have unified training, unified allocation, and unified replenishment. In this way, the military strength outside the pass will definitely increase greatly. I implore your majesty to be merciful." Yuan Chonghuan also heard it. It is indeed a powerful method to deal with the enemy, especially Donglu. Yuan Chonghuan also understands why the Ming army always lost the battle against Donglu in the past. Even the famous Zhejiang soldiers fell under the hands of Donglu. One of the reasons is that Donglu The captives continued to replenish and attack. Although the Zhejiang soldiers were powerful, they couldn't withstand the repeated attacks, and eventually they were exhausted.Yuan Chonghuan decided to learn this lesson and ask the emperor for unified training, unified configuration, and unified supplementation.

Yang Reform has encountered difficulties. The unification of the three is indeed a good thing, but it is also difficult. The long-standing malpractices of the Ming Dynasty cannot be resolved in a few words. How many people's interests have been damaged by my actions?The officers in this guard have now faded into landlords and slave owners. They need to be trained uniformly, allocated uniformly, and supplemented uniformly. They will not pay much attention to this emperor, or make trouble for themselves. The involvement is so great that it is unimaginable. Yang Reform has considered it from the beginning. Unnecessary turmoil, now is the troubled time, I should be on the safe side, first practice in these few troops that I can control, and wait for the results to be obtained, and the record will be able to overwhelm all parties, and it will not be too late to make a move, now I really don't have the confidence to do this, and more importantly, the cost is an astronomical figure. To reform the current military system, it needs to be filled with money. Now the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses cost me a few dollars a year. Millions of taels of silver, if you do it outside the customs or at the border, then you should go to a pawn shop to pawn your pants.

(End of this chapter)