Qin Feng has planned the three major combat organizations of the Tianji Battalion countless times in his mind.
The guards of the Tianji Battalion specialize in special operations.
The spy department, composed of two well-known organizations, gave Qin Feng great inspiration. One was Dongchang in the Ming Dynasty, but because the eunuch in charge, Qin Feng, as a straight man, had a natural repulsion towards eunuchs, so he chose another organization, Jinyiwei.
The idea of forming the Jinyi Guards is similar to that of the Tianji Camp Guards.
A small number of elites lead a large number of subordinate personnel.
The guards of the Tianji Camp were assisted by two battalions of 3,000 new troops. Although the new troops would nominally be handed over to Emperor Liang in the future, they would at least have to wait until the end of the National War, after the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
As for Jinyiwei, they only need to recruit some spy leaders, and then the spy leaders will be in charge of the huge information network.
The number of Jin Yiwei is initially estimated to be one hundred.
Of these one hundred people, fifty were selected by Li Xiaolan for training and were skilled in assassination, torture, and infiltration.
The other fifty people were selected by Qin Feng and were skilled in intelligence gathering.
Qin Feng is the first in command of Jin Yiwei, so naturally Li Xiaolan will be the second in command.
Finally, there are the heavy cavalry who are good at hard fighting.
Fortified battles and mountain operations are handled by the Tianji Battalion guards.
In addition, heavy cavalry can easily handle any form of field battle.
However, the cavalry has always needed scale, so it is also the organization with the largest number of people among the three forces of the Tianji Battalion.
The initial number of people was set at 1,000.
Compared with the secret formation of the Jin Yiwei, the Tianji Battalion Heavy Cavalry is so powerful that it cannot be hidden at all. It needs to apply to Emperor Liang. Although it is difficult to do, it is not impossible to explain the interests and risks...
Zhao Yulong in front of him is one of the top candidates for Tianji Battalion's heavy cavalry!
When Qin Feng explained Tianji Camp's idea of heavy riding, Zhao Yulong's eyes were extremely hot and expectant: "I just came to Tianji Camp, and Brother Qin promised such an important task, so I am not afraid..."
Before Zhao Yulong could finish speaking, Qin Feng interrupted bluntly: "Afraid, of course I am afraid. Therefore, I have no intention of letting you become the heavy cavalry commander of Tianji Battalion. You are the first heavy cavalry of my Tianji Battalion. I will look at you in the future. Performance will determine whether to be promoted.”
Although Qin Feng poured cold water on him, Zhao Yulong was still looking forward to it.
As the plan to form Jin Yiwei and Tianji Battalion heavy cavalry was officially implemented, Qin Feng had to face the big problem at hand.
Short of money.
To fight a war, you have to spend money. This is an eternal truth.
Since the development of Beixi County, Qin Feng's small treasury has been drained.
The most urgent task is to expand financial channels as soon as possible.
Wuhu Restaurant and Sugar Industry, the two pillar industries, are still making money, but the speed of making money is too slow, and they have reached the point where they cannot make ends meet.
Qin Feng asked Zhao Yulong to go back and wait, and then issued several orders.
One is to ask Beixi County to transport all the captured Beidi war horses back to Kyoto in order to form the Tianji Battalion heavy cavalry.
Second, ask Qin Xiaofu to spread the news and hold an auction in Xie's Mansion three days later.
The reason why I chose Xie's Mansion is very simple. Qin Feng's reputation is too bad. When they heard that Qin Feng was holding an auction, the children in the capital would definitely sneer...
Third, summon the remaining craftsmen from the Tianji Battalion and use all their firepower to create cast iron molds.
Fourth, ten days later, the first "Business Symposium" in Daliang will be held. The venue will be Wuhu Restaurant, and people from all walks of life will be invited to attend.
After the order was issued, Qin Feng took Shufeng and Wu Wei and headed towards the Forbidden Palace.
At this time, the court meeting in the Forbidden Palace has not yet ended.
Above the main hall, hundreds of civil and military officials were having a heated debate.
Wu Mian, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, argued hard: "The post of Taiwei is as important as Mount Tai. The vacancy must be filled as soon as possible. In terms of both emotion and reason, he should be selected from the six bureaus, nine temples and five supervisors."
As soon as these words came out, the Minister of the Ministry of War immediately stepped forward to admonish: "Master Wu's words are very true. In terms of qualifications, ability, and merits, no one is more suitable than Mr. Qin of the Ministry of War."
The minister of the Ministry of Industry shook his head: "Master Qin is already the minister supervising the war. I am afraid that he has more than enough ambition but not enough power."
Li Xu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, stood in the crowd and there was no movement at all.
After all, Li Xu is the leader of the peace faction, and he is also on the same side as Gao Ming. Now that Gao Ming has been "killed", Li Xu naturally does not dare to be the leader anymore.
Seeing the heated debate among the civil and military ministers, Emperor Liang's eyes showed a little displeasure.
Emperor Liang's original intention was to leave the post of Taiwei vacant for a while, at least until after the national war, and then fill the gap.
During this period, some neutral officials were promoted and later took over the post of Taiwei, and the three princes became independent of each other.
However, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was worried that the national war would be severe, and the post of Taiwei was particularly important. Being vacant at this time would not be conducive to preparations for the national war.
Emperor Liang's mood was also quite complicated.
Yu Gong, Taiwei should fill the vacancy.
He is private, but he doesn't want to see the post of Taiwei fall into the hands of this group of people.
Just when Emperor Liang was in a dilemma, Li Zhan suddenly reported: "To the saint, Qin Feng asks for an audience."
This kid came at the perfect time.
Emperor Liang's eyes lit up: "Xuan."
The heated debate at the court meeting was forcibly interrupted because of Qin Feng's sudden appearance. Except for Emperor Liang, everyone present was unhappy.
Even Qin Tianhu frowned and cursed in his heart: "This stinky boy won't come early or late, but he chose this time!"
Under the unkind eyes of the civil and military ministers, Qin Feng walked into the hall swaggeringly.
Qin Feng clearly felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere at the scene, but he didn't take it seriously and said as arrogantly as ever: "My lord, Qin Feng, I have something important to report to the saint."
Now, as long as the post of Taiwei is not discussed, Emperor Liang will happily accept it.
"Oh? What's the important thing? Please tell me."
Qin Feng did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "I want to form a heavy cavalry force based on the Tianji Camp guards. The number is initially set at 1,000. I hope the saint will give me permission."
Emperor Liang was quite happy at first, but when he heard this, his old face drooped: "Heavy cavalry? Do you know how many heavy cavalry we have in Daliang?"
Qin Feng blurted out: "Nearly six thousand. In addition to the garrison in Beijing, there are less than one thousand civilians."
Emperor Liang had a cold face. After all, heavy cavalry was an important weapon of the country. They were all firmly controlled by Emperor Liang. Qin Feng actually wanted to start a new business? How unreasonable!
"The situation in our country in Daliang is such that we are short of horses, let alone good horses. There are only 6,000 heavy cavalry in the entire Daliang. You want to raise a thousand as soon as you open your mouth?"
"Could it be that I gave you too many privileges, making you even more arrogant?"
Qin Feng had long expected this situation.
The reason is not difficult to guess.
After all, setting up a thousand-man level heavy cavalry near Kyoto, and not being deployed by Emperor Liang, to put it bluntly, is enough to threaten the imperial power...
Qin Feng quickly put on a loyal face and argued aggrievedly: "The saint wrongly blamed the minister!"
