Wu Yunshan bowed his hands to several people and walked to the table to sit down. But as soon as he sat down, Xu Wanjiang stared and said, "What's the result today?"
Wu Yunshan was furious when he saw Xu Wanjiang! Because the inventory of troops and horses was also on Xu Wanjiang's errand, but he refused to follow! But he completely forgot how hurriedly he was to grab credit, and he didn't even discuss it with Xu Wanjiang.
However, he still shook his head and said, "I gained nothing today!"
Everyone knew by looking at his depressed look that he didn't get anything useful, so they stopped talking. However, Xu Wanjiang said: "It seems that Mr. Wu didn't find anything useful there! I am also unlucky here today, I didn't even see anyone!"
When Wu Yunshan heard this, he realized that Xu Wanjiang had something to do, so he asked, "Where did Mr. Xu go today?"
Xu Wanjiang frowned and said: "Today, I went to the Qianhu Office in Tianjin and wanted to see the Jinyiwei there. But there was a note in the Qianhu Office, saying that I was out on errands, and there was not even a person there, so I was there. I’ve been waiting all day in vain!”
Wu Yunshan felt comfortable when he heard Xu Wanjiang say this! Many people are always like this. When they see themselves being unlucky, they hope that more people will be unlucky, even if it does not help their own situation. However, he calmed down his expression very well and said, "Those royal guards must have been hiding on purpose!"
Xu Wanjiang slammed the table hard and said, "Yes, that's definitely the case! If we block them again tomorrow, I won't believe they will never come back!"
Wu Yunshan said: "That's just right. If Mr. Xu goes to Qianhu Station, why not lend the rest of the people to me! Let them go to the military camp with me tomorrow!"
Xu Wanjiang said: "It's okay to ask for people, but I just don't know what you want them to do?"
Wu Yunshan knew that there were some things that he couldn't hide, so he sighed and told what happened today. He also focused on describing the appearance of the Wu'an Army soldiers, which made several other people open their eyes in surprise!
Among these people, He Xianli and Jiang Yuzhong knew nothing about military affairs, but Xu Wanjiang was a serious warrior. He couldn't help but said doubtfully: "Master Wu, if I hear you say that, wouldn't all the soldiers of Wu'an Army be like Like a servant? How can he afford to support so many servants? Is he already so rich?"
The Jia Ding system is not a feature of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty did carry forward the worst parts of the Jia Ding system and made it the most thorough dynasty!
In fact, the profession of servant has existed since ancient times. These people only obey the orders of one person or a family and are paid by the family. They are completely private soldiers of a certain family or a certain person. And being a servant is not that easy. They are generally people who are proficient in writing, outstanding in martial arts, and loyal!
In peacetime, he protects the general's safety, in war he helps the general control the army, and in charge he leads the charge. It can be said that he is basically a miniature general! The most famous among them is Wu Sangui and his twenty servants.
When Wu Sangui was young, he carefully selected 20 people as his servants. He practiced martial arts and trained riding and shooting with these twenty people. It can be said that he had a very good relationship! In addition, in order to win their loyalty, they bought houses and land for them, took wives and concubines. So these two people are very loyal to him! And they also know that the foundation of their career lies in good martial arts, so they practice diligently every day and their martial arts are extraordinary!
On this day, Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang escaped during the battle with the Hou Jin Army. When he fled to the gate of Jinzhou City, he was surrounded by the Hou Jin Army! At that time, the guard general of Jinzhou City was Zu Dashou, and there were only three thousand soldiers and horses in the city. The 30,000 to 40,000 Houjin troops facing outside the city were unable to send troops to rescue the people. They could only watch Wu Xiang and hundreds of people rushing left and right in the encirclement, unable to break out!
In desperation, Wu Sangui took 20 servants out of the battle, suddenly rushed into the Hou Jin Army's military formation, successfully reunited with Wu Xiang, and rescued the man. As a result, Wu Sangui became famous all over the world for saving his father!
History books say that Wu Sangui was extremely brave, and after a single attack, Lieutenant General Jin Jun rescued his father! But no matter how brave he is, he can't defeat 40,000 people, right? The main reason was because the then-Jin army general suspected that the Ming army had other conspiracies, otherwise he would not have sent 21 men to charge against 40,000 people!
So there was a problem when he mobilized the troops, which gave Wu Sangui and his son a chance to escape, and also made him famous in one battle! This is the role of a servant.
In fact, the root of this abandonment of ordinary soldiers and only piling resources on a few people still lies in Zhu Yuanzhang.
When the Ming Dynasty was first established, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely poor! In order to save money, he invented the military household system. That is to gather the soldiers in the garrison, give them land to cultivate in peacetime, and select them as soldiers during war. As for the generals and officers, they can only keep their own servants.
This system showed many advantages in the early stage, but its disadvantages became more and more serious in the later stage. First of all, the land of the guard station was occupied by the noble officers and nobles, and the ordinary military households could only be reduced to tenant slaves. As a result, the quality of the soldiers was getting worse and worse!
And the officers discovered one thing, that is, a small number of servants can control a large number of military households, which is more conducive to corruption! Therefore, this trend of only valuing servants and not soldiers spread quickly. This was also one of the main reasons for the sharp decline in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army!
After all, no matter how many servants a military attache has, how effective can they be on the battlefield? It is ordinary soldiers who really play the mainstay role on the battlefield. What Liu Haojia did was just to bring order out of chaos, but it shocked everyone greatly!
Even a warrior like Xu Wanjiang said, "How can he afford to support so many servants? Is he already so rich?" It is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!
But the problem is that even warriors like Xu Wanjiang think so, let alone other ignorant people! So what they thought at this time was that Liu Haojia already had 10,000 servants!
When Jiang Yuzhong heard this, his expression changed even more, and he said, "This man actually has more than 10,000 servants. What does he want to do? Does he still want to become the second Li Chengliang?"
Li Chengliang is said to have 8,000 families in historical records, which requires a huge amount of wealth to support. But they don't know the difference between ordinary elite soldiers and servants!
Servants are all-round masters who can dismount and charge and lead troops. Ordinary soldiers are only familiar with the part they have been trained in, but they can overwhelm elite servants with their numbers! As for the cost of training, it is comparable to a dozen soldiers!
