Since we want to talk about "Duan Shui", we must first talk about what kind of structure the Jinghua armed servant system is in the Ming Dynasty and within the sphere of influence mainly located in the north.
In general, in addition to the southern Xinjiang system and the two ocean fleets, Jinghua's armed servants are mainly divided into three parts.
The first part is the "Jinghua Security Team" system mainly responsible for the Jinghua Trading Company. This system is divided into two parts according to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal state and the Jisi area.
The former is mainly composed of infantry, and its main business in normal times is to escort large-scale domestic merchants and undertake the commission of eradicating bandits from both the government and private powerful people.
Of course, sometimes when a civil commotion occurs among refugees or disaster victims, they will choose whether to accept the tasks entrusted by the local government to suppress them depending on the situation. In short, the "security team" of the Buding system was mainly responsible for the domestic business of the Ming Dynasty.
In contrast, there are the cavalrymen from the vassal state and Jisi area. Cavalry is also a type of "security team". Their tasks are not essentially different from those of domestic infantry. They are also mainly responsible for escorting caravans, exterminating horse thieves, and entrusting clean-ups.
However, since the cavalry was not in the Ming Dynasty, their behavior was much harsher, and their methods were often vicious. For example, sometimes the cavalry of the security team would even serve as mercenaries for one of the tribes in a feud. After they were victorious, they would kill all the strong men and bring the women and children back to their employers. This was also done.
Gao Pingshi was well aware of Qiding's behavior, but he never gave orders personally. Actual tasks are most likely to be reported to Cao Gan, the general manager of Jinghua Trading Co., Ltd., but when Cao Gan reports to the secretariat, he will use Mohu language to express it, but in short, he does not follow the truth.
As for why they did this...it was nothing more than following the Tatar Qing's "reduction" policy. Of course, the Ming Dynasty's policy towards Mongolia and Jurchens over the past two hundred years was actually much harsher than that of Beijing. Apart from other things, do you know a few words such as "preventing autumn burning" and "Chenghua Liting"?
Although objectively speaking, "ploughing the court and sweeping the holes" is actually not as effective as the later reduction of the Qing Dynasty, there is no doubt that the Ming Dynasty's policy was tough. As for "preventing autumn burning", it actually means setting fire to the grassland directly. The intention is self-evident.
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty does not need to use these two tricks. However, under the premise of promoting Lamaism, the Ming Dynasty also used the small-scale method of annihilating small tribes to carry out the reduction by the security team cavalry of Jinghua Trading Company. In the final analysis, it is due to the limitations of the current era.
What era limit? The limitations of the era of alternation of hot and cold weapons. Although firearms have gradually become stronger, they have not yet completely replaced cold weapons, nor have they reached the technological height that later completely defeated the cold weapon cavalry on the grasslands. Therefore, in order to maintain the situation of "strong center and weak local areas", controlling Mongolia Dingkou is still a last resort. s method.
Ah, of course, the same goes for Jurchens. Unless other ethnic groups in the Ming Dynasty fully accepted the comprehensive rule of the imperial court, they would have to wait until hot weapons completely overwhelmed cold weapons before such methods would be abandoned.
Closer to home, the "security team" system of Jinghua Trading Company is strictly organized in accordance with the high and pragmatic requirements of "name it small" and is divided into three main levels: the provincial-level security column, the prefectural-level security brigade, and the county-level security team. squadron.
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However, the establishment of the security force is not as strict as that of the garrison. Regardless of column, brigade or squadron, the number of establishments has a certain flexible range. Generally speaking, the infantry security team has a larger establishment and a larger number of people, while the cavalry security team has a smaller establishment and fewer people.
As for the cavalry, take the "Tumote Security Column" as an example. This largest cavalry security force has a total number of about 20,000. It has three large-scale horse farms under its jurisdiction, with nearly 50,000 war horses, and various kinds of horses for breeding. There are nearly a thousand stallions and mares, as well as nearly two thousand experienced herders obtained through various means.
As for the infantry, take the "Liaodong Security Column" as an example. This largest infantry security team has a total number of more than 30,000. It is not only densely distributed throughout Liaodong, but also penetrates into some Jurchen areas. For example, the "Changchun Station" mentioned many times before has a Changchun Security Brigade with more than 2,000 people.
In short, the security force system is not a fixed establishment like the "three-three system". Within the jurisdiction of a northern region column, there will be as many security brigades as there are prefectures, and there will be as many security squadrons as there are counties. The southern part is much weaker and cannot cover the whole area at all. In some provinces, there may be only two or three brigades and a dozen squadrons.
In summary, the security force system alone currently has a total strength of about 180,000 people, distributed throughout the Ming Dynasty and within the land area of influence. Of course, it is certain that the south is weak and the north is strong. After all, Jinghua’s foundation is in the north.
Judging from the security teams that may be transferred to support the Western Expedition, there are probably about 60,000 cavalry and 89,000 infantry. Of course, it is impossible to transfer all these people. Firstly, the logistics cannot keep up. Secondly, if they are all transferred, local business will be ruined and the economic losses will be too great.
According to Gao Pragmatic's previous thoughts, the maximum number of security teams that may be mobilized for the Western Expedition will not exceed 20,000, and most of them will be cavalry.
In addition, Gao's pragmatic plan is not only to mobilize the cavalry of the security force. The independent force "Helinlang Cavalry" trained in the Outer Khalkha is an elite force that he has high hopes for, and will definitely be sent to fight in the Western Expedition. of.
If the security team is the "standing army" of armed servants, then the "factory protection team" system can be regarded as the "reserve force."
The "factory protection team" is composed of various armed servants such as "factory protection team", "mine protection team" and "house guard" in Jinghua's past, forming a separate system.
However, this "individual" is not really independent, and basically copies the security team. However, it is not divided into three levels: province, prefecture, and county. Instead, it is divided into eight divisions according to region: Northeast, North China, East China, South China, Central China, Southwest, Northwest, and Mongolia. That is, such as the "North China Factory Protection Team" and the "Mongolian Factory Protection Team".
There is no need to explain the seven domestic factory protection teams, but the Mongolian factory protection team may need to be explained. Didn't I say it a long time ago that Gao pragmatically cooperated with Bhannaji to open many mines in Tumote. For example, the core of Bhannaji's West Shao - later Baotou City, and the surrounding major mining areas were occupied by Gao. Pragmatically bought most of them.
Later, after the Northwest Rebellion ended, Gao Jingshi's influence on Ordos reached its peak. Naturally, Yinjinhuoluo, the world's sacred mine, would not be ignored by Gao Jingshi. A large area around it was bought by Jinghua at a low price, and the Ordos Ministry even discussed it. For a moment, they were almost ready to move the Khan Court in Jinong - of course, this was not forced by Gao Pragmatic, but it was just that most of the place was bought by Jinghua, which they felt was a bit strange.
Forgot to introduce it, Yin Jinhuo Luo is the city of Ordos in later generations. It is said that this place is the "holy mine of the world". No one should object, right?
In short, Jinghua has a lot of mining areas in Monan Mongolia. Although the current level of development is nothing compared to later generations, if they were all added together, there would be 40,000 miners alone.
According to Jinghua’s system, every ten miners select one person as the mine protection team, so the “Mongolian Factory Protection Team” has more than 4,000 people. As for domestic mines with a higher degree of development and factories with more employees, the number of factory protection teams is larger.
At present, there are more than 70,000 people in the eight major factory protection teams, including more than 5,000 "female soldiers". Almost all of them come from tussah factories, textile factories, etc.
The team with the smallest number of members of Jinghua's armed servants is the "Ministry of Internal Affairs Special Service Team", which can be regarded as the force directly under Jinghua headquarters. Their tasks mainly include three tasks, the first two of which are to protect Gao Pragmatic himself and his personal documents, and to guard the Nanning Marquis Mansion, Jinghua Headquarters (see Xinzhai Villa, Baiyu Tower, etc.), Yongning Princess Mansion, etc.
The last item is that it has a special investigation operation group, which has nothing to do with the supervision system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is not responsible for intelligence or supervision, but carries out tasks such as internal arrests.
It can be understood that it is the violence enforcement agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its main responsibilities are that when the Ministry of Internal Affairs discovers that someone within Beijing has seriously violated the rules and the person has a considerable amount of armed force, the special investigation team will send people to organize it. Zero enters the target area and suddenly makes an arrest. To a certain extent, it has certain military police functions, and also has a bit of a royal guard.
However, the number of this armed force is not large. Although it has three main tasks, its total number is only more than 2,000. Although each of these two thousand people were selected from the best within the Jinghua system, they are generally not considered to be regular combat forces.
In this way, the strength of Jinghua's domestic armed servants other than the garrison and the two ocean fleets is relatively clear. There are roughly more than 250,000 people. The main branches are in the northern region, especially near Gyeonggi. After all, Jinghua's headquarters is in the capital. , the largest industrial zone is in Kaiping.
Huang Zhiting said that Jinghua had too much power near the capital, and even if the husband was a civil servant, it might cause the emperor uneasiness. Gao Pragmatic thought about this, and had to admit - in the capital and surrounding areas alone, he had about three cavalrymen. There are also about 30,000 soldiers, infantry and factory protection teams.
A total of 60,000 armed forces are located within a radius of no more than 200 miles around the capital. Their strength is basically the same as that of the Imperial Guard. If you were the emperor, you would be uneasy.
If the emperor had been more careful, he might have suspected another thing: Gao Jingqing's influence in the Imperial Guard was very, very, very huge. Although the Imperial Guards have strict military discipline, it stands to reason that they should not be able to turn against them with a simple shout of pragmatism, but if someone gets into trouble, how can this not be regarded as a huge threat?
At this time, Gao Pragmatic even realized that Gao Luo's name had caused such a big reaction from Zhu Yijun.
Yes, under the dual superposition of his high-level reputation and strength, he suddenly named his half-Tian family son "Luo", which is indeed unavoidable and makes people suspicious.
This cannot even be said to be that Zhu Yijun is suspicious. If he were the emperor instead of being pragmatic, he might have a greater reaction than Zhu Yijun this time, and he might even quickly arrange some defensive measures in advance.
Speaking of which, Zhu Yijun can be said to be very confident - of course, there may be reasons for believing in high pragmatic character.
In short, Huang Zhiting's concern is by no means unwarranted. It should indeed be taken seriously and some adjustments should be made to show the emperor to put his mind at ease.
Huang Zhiting's worries were justified, but Liu Xin's opinion also followed this line of thinking - she said that the Western Expedition would definitely mobilize Jinghua's armed servants, which would naturally dilute Jinghua's military strength in the Gyeonggi region. This is also in line with the high pragmatic plan.
The problem now is that one of them thinks that half of the armed servants and guard troops should be transferred to Japan, and the other thinks that since some of the armed servants will be transferred to the northwest soon, it will not be enough to account for the "Japanese dispatched troops". half.
In the final analysis, this is a question of troop allocation, and behind it is the question of focusing on southern Xinjiang or focusing on the imperial court. A little bit of selfishness between the two of them is also hidden in the choice of these two priorities.
Gao Pragmatic has basically determined that about 20,000 to 23,000 cavalrymen will be mobilized for the Western Expedition, so the current question actually lies in how many people will be mobilized to Japan.
If you want to satisfy both of her ideas at the same time, it means that it is best not to mobilize too many troops to Japan. Otherwise, the garrison army may still be able to mobilize, but the armed servants may not be enough - it is not that the number is not enough, but It may not be enough to maintain business.
"The strength of the troops for the Western Expedition has been planned for a long time. As you all know, the problem is not the lack of troops, but the difficulty of logistical support. I intend to mobilize 20,000 cavalry, including the Linlang Cavalry, to accompany the expedition, which can not only ensure combat effectiveness, but also ensure the Because you can attack together with the two Mongolian cavalry units of Tumut and Ordos, the logistical pressure will drop sharply, so it is the best strategy.
As for the number of troops sent to Japan by the garrison and security forces to be divided in half... It is not impossible, but it must ensure that the total number of troops cannot exceed one hundred thousand, with the garrison and security forces each sending about 50,000. "
Huang Zhiting asked: "Is there anything special about the 'one hundred thousand' that the master said?" This sentence actually asked, "Why is it just one hundred thousand?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Because I have roughly calculated that there are currently two factions in Japan, that is, the dogmatic faction that may be on the side of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the obedient faction that may be on the side of the Five Advocates. The strength of the two sides is basically the same.
Taking into account that they each need to leave part of their troops to look after their own affairs, the number of troops that can be mobilized to fight outside the territory may be around 100,000. Although our army has superior equipment and may be more advanced in organization and training, if we want to form a strong deterrent to them, our military strength must at least be able to overwhelm any of them.
Now we have some elite troops in Japan, but since we want to stabilize one side, won't the number of troops transferred still need to be about 100,000? "
Huang Zhiting silently estimated that more than 20,000 cavalry would be mobilized for the Western Expedition, which accounted for slightly more than one-third of the total cavalry force. At least half of the reason why Japan feared the Ming Dynasty was in the military aspect. Cavalry, that is to say, it is best for the security teams transferred to Japan to be mainly cavalry.
why? Because there are very few cavalry in southern Xinjiang, and it is indeed not a place suitable for large-scale use of cavalry. Even if the garrison is willing to mobilize, there are not many cavalry that can be mobilized. So in other words, this cavalry was originally expected to be drawn from the security cavalry.
This is troublesome. Can't all the cavalrymen of the security team be transferred?
Sure enough, Gao Jingshi had already spoken at this time, saying: "The number of cavalrymen transferred to Japan by the security team can only be about 20,000 at most. If there are more, it will be inconvenient to maintain the safety of foreign trade."
Liu Xin thought for a while and then said: "Since the cavalry is limited, let's rely on artillery as a deterrent. I suggest temporarily increasing the artillery establishment in the army sent to Japan. We can even consider temporarily adding an independent artillery unit to each department."
Hey, this is a good idea. Gao Pragmatic and Huang Zhiting looked at each other and both felt that this suggestion seemed feasible...
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