"What? Jinyi's own army?" Prince Zhu San was stunned, "Jinyiwei? This Jinyiwei's reputation is not very good..."
"Abba," Zhu Heji smiled and said, "So what if the reputation is not good? As long as the reputation of this Jinyi guard is big enough, it will be fine! We are now running the Ming Dynasty court. How can the Ming Dynasty court not have Jinyi guards? "
Eunuch Pang on the side agreed: "That's right, we all have the East Factory, the West Factory, and the Inner Factory now, how can we not have the Jin Yiwei?"
Military Advisor Zhuge also waved his lion-headed and goose-feather fan, and said to King Zhu Tian with a smile: "Your Majesty, the reputation of Jinyi's soldiers is well known in the world. Back then, everyone in the world knew about it. Even now, there are many people here in Chaozhou who know that Jinyi's soldiers are famous. They are the personal soldiers of the Emperor of Heaven...who wouldn't want the power of the Emperor's personal soldiers under the imperial edict?
Therefore, many Chaozhou clan leaders still want to have the Baihuguan and Qianhuguan of Jinyiwei. If we want to turn all the capitals and villages under our rule into gathering places for our troops, then we must send out a lot of official positions of Jin Yiwei. How can there be an official with Jin Yiwei but not a Yamen with Jin Yi and close troops? "
When Zhuge Sanhe said this, Tian Wang Zhu also felt that it made sense - the reputations of Dongchang and Jinyiwei were stinky or fragrant, which were all said by the scholar-bureaucrats. For the ordinary people or Jianghu figures below, being able to become a Dongchang fan If you are a son or a knight in royal robes, becoming the eagle dog of the imperial court is a matter of great glory and wealth.
"Then what kind of military system will this Jinyi army use?" Heavenly King Zhu asked again.
Zhu Heji replied: "The military system of the Jinyi Qinjun can only be based on integrating soldiers with the people...Master Guo, plus the two children of Lin and Qiao who have come from Qiao Lin, how many people do we have now?" Population?”
"Returning to the Master," Master Guo said, "the population of Lin and Qiao has not been completely counted, but they must be more than a thousand people. Counting them, the population of households under the supervision of the Jianguo Mansion has exceeded 30,000 Of the two thousand, there should be five to six thousand men who can serve as soldiers, but these people have to guard their own family business and are busy with various businesses, so it is not easy to concentrate."
Zhu Heji's work during this period was not in vain. Twenty or thirty townships around Jieyang County, with fifty or sixty surnames, have all cut off their braids and changed clothes, accepting the leadership of the Supervisory Government.
Everyone who recognized Zhu San and his son as lords sent a group of disciples to follow Zhu Heji back to Jieyang City - these disciples will take part in a "life-determining" examination, and those who pass the examination will become the Heavenly King. Students in the Youth Hall. Those who fail the exam will become apprentices at Factory Five.
In addition, those with surnames living outside Jieyang Island were also relocated or deployed according to Zhu Heji's arrangements. Among them, the hometown is close to Nanxi and Beixi, which is convenient for Jieyang City to send troops to support, and there are strong buildings to rely on. The surnames were divided into two. Some people followed Zhu Heqi to Jieyang Island, and some people stayed on the original island. insist. The remaining families all went to the island.
As for the people living on Jieyang Island but not in Jieyang City, they have also been strengthening their enclosures these days, preparing to fight the invading Qing army.
Therefore, Zhu San and his son now own more than one castle, and one big city plus dozens of small cities. This ability to counter siege is much stronger than just guarding the isolated city of Jieyang.
However, the disadvantage of having too many strongholds is that it is difficult to concentrate power. Those thousands of strong men are both productive forces and combat effectiveness. They are usually scattered in various enclosures. They can only be called together when absolutely necessary.
"Then how many elite soldiers do we have on hand?" King Zhu asked again.
"Yongmeng Su, how many standing troops do we have?" Zhu Heji himself didn't know the specific number, so he asked the question to Yongmeng Su Suyong, who was in charge of this matter.
Of course, King Zhu didn’t know how many soldiers there were because he was lying flat, while Zhu Heji didn’t know how many soldiers there were because the number was changing every day - now the title of Prince Zhu’s Third Prince has been established, and Da Bo Ling also calls her Big Belly Sister-in-law In the name of summoning Su Li's old troops, during this period, heroes came every day to join the gang.
And because Su Yong was Dadusu's clan brother and the leader of Dadusu's personal soldiers, he now naturally became the second-in-command of the old Su family - when Dabo Ling officially entered Zhu Heji's family, he would be Su Yong. The family had grown, so Zhu Heji made him responsible for recruiting people.
"Reporting to the Crown Prince," Su Yong said, "As of last night, the number of standing soldiers under the supervision of the Supervisory Palace has reached 1,108."
Zhu Heji smiled and nodded, and then asked Military Advisor Zhuge, "Commander, how many young boys are available in the Children's Hall of the Heavenly King's Palace?"
"There are three hundred and twenty-six people," Zhuge Sanhe said, "including the three young apprentices who follow the prince."
Zhu Heji then asked: "Where are the apprentices? How many apprentices are there in Factory Five?"
"There are no less than a thousand people, including more than 800 people on Jieyang Island."
The person who answered this question was Eunuch Pang. Although he was only the governor of the East Factory, he was also in charge of the affairs of the other four factories.
Zhu Heji nodded and said with a smile: "That's more than 2,000 people! Add in 5,000 or 6,000 rural soldiers, and we will almost reach 10,000!"
He turned to King Zhu Tian and said, "Abba, are you satisfied?"
"Full, satisfied!" King Zhu Tian nodded, thinking: "I haven't done anything, and my soldiers are almost over ten thousand... Do I really want to dominate the world? But then Can I afford to raise more soldiers?"
Thinking of this, King Zhu Tian asked again: "Shai Zai, we have so many soldiers and support a court stall, do we still have enough money to spend?"
"Save some flowers!" Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Abba, we are now retro-Confucian Confucians. We have high moral standards and can uphold heaven's principles and eliminate human desires, so we can save money on expenses."
He paused and glanced at the lobby. Seeing that all the "original Confucian scholars" present were very virtuous, he smiled and said: "After the New Year, when Master Chen returns from Taiwan, our The imperial court will be officially opened, and then everyone will be given salaries and military pay. We can save, but the military pay for the people below cannot be too small. The starting price should be two taels of silver a month, and in addition we should pay five dou of rice!
Both the standing soldiers and the young trainees had to be paid and provided with food. This expenditure cost three to four thousand taels of silver every month. In addition, they had to spend money to purchase armor, clothing, gunpowder and other utensils. So we people can only take less for the time being and share the joys and sorrows with the people below. Do you have any objections? "
"You have to buy equipment and gunpowder for three to four thousand taels a month... The Chinese New Year is about to come, and a lot of expenses are inevitable. How can this money be enough?" King Zhu Tian looked at him as he counted the expenses. He collapsed, "Baozi! We don't have much old foundation at hand. We can't help spending money like this. You have to think of a way. By the way, last time the boss Hui seemed to say that Huang Wu in Zhangzhou was rich, how about we send troops? Go grab one?"
After listening to Zhu Tianwang's suggestion, Zhu Heji really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Boss Hui just said it casually, but he took it seriously!
Where is Zhangzhou? The residence of the Governor of Fujian! There were not only the soldiers of Haicheng Gong's family, but also the model soldiers of the Governor of Fujian, and there was also Zhao Desheng, the commander-in-chief of Zhangzhou... This guy was Wu Sangui's old unit, and the foundation of Guan Ning's army was better than Liu Jinzhong's. Moreover, the number of people in these families totals over 10,000!
If Zhu Heji could easily capture Zhangzhou, why didn't he send troops to capture Mianhu Village and capture Haiyang City? Wouldn't it be nice to "dominate Chaozhou" first?
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji shook his head and said: "Abba, we can't spare the time to attack Zhangzhou... But don't worry about the money. I, the military advisor, Mr. Qi, and Eunuch Pang will take care of everything." , Master Guo and Sister Ling will host it. And someone will give us money soon!"
"Give us money?" King Zhu Tian was stunned, "Who are you talking about?"
"Of course it's the British East India Company!" Zhu Heji smiled, "Their people have been staying on Dahao Island for many days. After the Chinese New Year, it's time for them to send money!"
