Chapter 189 When the truth is false, the false is also true (Part 2)
Is there any benefit to Gao Situ from cultivating Fei Yingdong? Of course not, the benefit is to Ye He.
Ye He's current characteristics, including those thirty years later in the original history, are the same, that is, he has no financial strength but no famous generals, so he was defeated by Jianzhou, which has many famous generals.
Of course, the Eight Banners system, which is an "enhanced version of Meng'an Muke", is also another reason why Ye He was beaten by Jianzhou.
Regarding the Eight Banners system, Gao Pragmatic has not yet decided whether to let Ye He implement it. In fact, this system is not difficult to implement, especially for the social organization of the Jurchens, the entire Eight Banners system is quite simple.
Why? Because the Eight Banners system was originally a form of social organization, but it included both the military and ordinary people.
The basic unit in the Eight Banners is called Niulu. Each Niulu has 300 people. Each Niulu has one chief, called "Niulu Ezhen" (translated as Zuoling in Chinese); two deputy chiefs, called Daizi; and four clerks,
His name is Zhang Jing; there are four administrators of Gashan (translated as village, tribe in Chinese), named Boshiku.
The "Niulu" here is an organization integrating military and political affairs. Niulu Ezhen is responsible for managing the production and daily life affairs of Niulu in peacetime, and organizing expeditions during wartime. The adult men in Niulu are "farming and hunting when they have nothing to do."
Call for help if necessary."
The superior unit of Niu Lu is called Jia La. Every five Niu Lu constitutes a Jia La. Each Jia La has 1,500 people. The chief is called "Jia La Ezhen" (translated as Shenling in Chinese); and five Jia La make up a Jia La.
Gushan, each Gushan has 7,500 people, and the chief is called "Gushan Ezhen" (translated into Chinese as Dutong).
Gushan is the largest unit of household registration and military establishment in Manchuria. Each Gushan has a flag of a specific color, so Gushan is translated as "flag" in Chinese.
In the original history, in the forty-third year of Wanli, there were eight flags in Manchuria: straight yellow, bordered yellow, straight white, bordered white, straight red, bordered red, true blue, and bordered blue, so it was called "Eight Banners of Manchuria"
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Later, as the power of the Qing Dynasty continued to expand and attracted a large number of Mongolians and Han people, the "Eight Banners Mongolia" and the "Eight Banners Han Army" were established in the eighth year of Chongzhen and the "Eight Banners Han Army" successively in the eighth year of Chongzhen.
All people, whether Manchus, Mongolians or Han Chinese, are called bannermen.
In the forty-seventh year of Wanli in original history, the Ming Dynasty dispatched 110,000 troops (the exact number) in an attempt to completely eradicate the Hou Jin regime established by Nurhaci. At that time, Nurhaci had an army of more than 60,000 people, and the strength comparison between the two sides was still relatively large.
The disparity is huge. What is unexpected is that this battle, known as the Battle of Saarhu, ended with the complete defeat of the Ming army.
The reason for such a result, in addition to the command issues of the Ming Army that are still strongly criticized today, the most critical reason is that the Eight Banners Army's combat effectiveness was indeed very strong at the time.
There is a saying that "the members of the Eight Banners Army are civilians in peacetime and soldiers in wartime, so they have strong combat effectiveness." In fact, this explanation is not only very sloppy, but also completely unreliable, and even called it a bastard.
Having all the people as soldiers will indeed have a strong combat effectiveness, but the premise depends on who the opponent is. If the opponent is an ordinary person, it can naturally be defeated easily. But in the Battle of Sarhu, the opponents of the Eight Banners Army were all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
There are also a large number of servants among these people. Logically speaking, everyone is a professional, who can be much better than others?
Therefore, although all the people can indeed improve the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army, it is not the main reason why they can defeat the Ming Army. The key to the Eight Banners Army's strong combat effectiveness is actually its advantages in grassroots organization, which is mentioned above
Past Niulu.
At that time, Niulu was a group based on blood relatives, families, and villages. Each person in Niulu had blood and family relationships with the people around him. Therefore, as a grassroots combat unit, Niulu's cohesion was strong.
As you can imagine. And because everyone has the relationship of "all gain and lose", they tend to work harder on the battlefield, and there won't be a "you go first, you go first" situation.
In addition, in terms of logistics, each Niulu needs to be responsible for the supplies of his own Niulu. Since everyone in the same Niulu is a relative and friend, they will naturally spare no effort to provide the best material support to their relatives fighting on the front line. In this way,
This formed a very close connection between the front line and the rear, thus greatly improving war efficiency.
Does this kind of joint relationship between soldiers look familiar? Yes, Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army, which was once known as "no army without Hunan", was an army very similar to the Eight Banners system. At that time, the Hunan Army was all composed of fellow villagers and even blood relatives. You could kill them
If there is only one person, and the whole army is fighting against you with the same hatred, the fighting power will naturally be strong.
On the other hand, although the Ming Dynasty had a large army at that time, its organizational efficiency was low, its armaments were weak, and its soldiers were loosely disciplined. In addition, the Li Jiajun, who was originally the core of the Liaodong Army, had already been crippled in North Korea, and Liu Wei's troops did not wait until he wanted to use them.
Sichuan soldiers and other unexpected events, such troops can still deal with rogue bandits, but if they encounter a truly strong opponent, they will often collapse at the first touch.
However, the Eight Banners system itself cannot be said to be truly outstanding. After the Qing Dynasty established the Central Plains, the territory and population expanded rapidly. The refined but primitive organizational form of the Eight Banners was obviously unable to adapt to the rule of such a huge empire.
In addition, the Eight Banners Army began to pursue comfort and material enjoyment after entering the customs, and its combat effectiveness immediately experienced a rapid decline that was visible to the naked eye. Therefore, by the time the San Francisco Rebellion was put down, the Eight Banners Army was already in full decline and was basically difficult to use. And when it came to Tatar
In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners Army, originally known as the Tiger and Wolf Army, completely degenerated into a parasite of the country and society, and was completely useless.
Therefore, this system may be said to be feasible for a temporary period, but it is not suitable for a national empire like the Ming Dynasty. Of course, it can be used by Ye He, after all, they are only "a corner".
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, Gao Pragmatic felt that this was not the best time for Ye He to switch to the Eight Banners system.
Looking at Manchuria, Ye He still has the economic advantage. If Gao Pragmatic had asked Ye He to launch the Eight Banners in advance, would it have led to Ye He turning around and destroying Jianzhou?
Gao's pragmatic stance is not that "Nurhaci must be killed." His stance is to maintain the internal balance of the Jurchens and not to cause chaos at every turn. If you hit me, I will hit you. In the end, Ming Dynasty will personally take the blame. This kind of situation
Not only wasting Ming's national power, it also affected Ming's planned national policy of solving the Chahar problem first.
So what he has been doing recently is to ensure Ye He's economic advantage while ensuring Nurhachi's elite military advantage, while Ming Dynasty provided Ye He with a security guarantee and at the same time restricted Jianzhou's economic development.
This is a reliable way to balance, allowing both of them to have their strengths and at the same time rely on Ming.
As for letting Fei Yingdong go back to "exercise" this time, it was to add a safety catch for Ye He, just in case Da Ming had something at hand and couldn't take care of it - I'm talking about Chahar and Japan - Ye He would not be
Nurhachi took the risk and was wiped out in one wave.
In the original history, Nurhachi did not take advantage of the Japanese Rebellion in Renchen to destroy Ye He, but took the opportunity to unify and digest the Jurchens other than Ye He as much as possible, but the situation at that time was different from the situation today.
Gao Wuzhi's current restrictions on Nurhaci are obviously stronger than in the original history. Who knows if Nurhachi will jump over the wall in a hurry, seeing that Ming Dynasty is fighting 200,000 Japanese troops in North Korea and has no time to spare, so he simply takes care of Ye He first?
Or when the Ming Dynasty launched a war of annihilation against Chahar, he concentrated his forces and destroyed Ye He in one fell swoop?
If he really does this, where can the Ming Dynasty find another strong Jurchen chief to support them and let them check Nurhaci? They can't defeat Chahar and Japan, and then continue to defeat Nurhaci after defeating Japan, right?
Even if the Ming Dynasty is definitely stronger now than in the original history, if such an intensive and large-scale war is fought, the Ming Dynasty will probably have to suffer internal injuries.
Therefore, cultivating Fei Yingdong and letting Ye He and Baylor realize Fei Yingdong's ability and entrust him with important responsibilities in the future are the first-hand preparations to prevent Nurha from jumping over the wall.
Judging from Fei Yingdong's performance in the original history, at the very least, it should be possible to ensure that Ye He would not lose his country in one battle.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic would not express these words to Sorgo, nor would he even tell Fei Yingdong directly. He would only hint that Fei Yingdong should perform well in this war and strive to become a famous general in Yehe in the future.
Of course, the young Fei Yingdong was very grateful to Gao Situ for his cultivation. He patted his chest and promised that he would show his authority and never embarrass Su Wan, Ye He and Gao Situ.
But as soon as they walked out of the main building of Baiyu Building, Sorguo quietly said to his son: "Fei Yingdong, do you know why Gao Situ cultivated you?"
Fei Yingdong was stunned and said in surprise: "Gao Situ has a sharp eye and can tell at a glance that his son is not a mortal..."
"You're such a killer!" Sorgo glared at him: "Do you think fighting is as simple as just killing people with all your might? What kind of person is Gao Situ? There are people who are willing to serve him from all over the world.
Su Wan, what does he need from you, a fool who is not afraid of death?"
Fei Yingdong was a little dazed after being scolded by his father, but after thinking about it, he felt that this statement seemed to make sense.
That's right, Gao Situ and others, isn't it easy to find subordinates who are not afraid of death? Why is it my turn to be cultivated by him?
Seeing that Fei Yingdong was being scolded, Sorguo was thoughtful, and then he planned to give his son some advice to prevent the boy from being ungrateful, so he asked: "Think about it, after Gao Situ accepted Meng Gege, he and Ye He
What does it have to do with Baylor?"
Fei Yingdong was stunned: "It's my relationship with uncle Lang. Do I still know about this?"
Sorgo didn't bother to pay attention to his slowness and asked: "Who is he?"
"Eh? Gao Situ... is the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty."
"The Minister of the Ministry of Finance is just his current official position." Sorgo said seriously: "He is the most trusted minister of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and he will definitely be the elder or even the minister in the future! Do you understand?"
"Oh." Fei Yingdong responded, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I think that should be the case too."
Sorguo then said: "Then think about it again, what is Ming's attitude towards Ye He? I mean...does Ming really hope that Ye He will always exist as the most powerful chieftain in Manchuria?"
Fei Yingdong frowned: "What do you mean by this?"
"What does it mean? Literally." Sorguo narrowed his eyes slightly and pondered: "I haven't just been idle in the capital recently. I went to the teahouse and listened to many people's chats, and found that Ming Dynasty is now interested in the 'Land of Transformation'
The view is different from the past.”
"Really?" Fei Yingdong became interested and said, "Please give me some advice."
Sorgo was now somewhat satisfied, nodded, pointed to a pavilion sheltered from the wind and said, "Let's go to the pavilion to talk."
The father and son then went to a white marble pavilion that looked very Western-style. They were Jurchens from Liaodong and were not afraid of the cold, so they sat down in the pavilion and started chatting.
Sorguo said: "In the past, the Ming Dynasty had no interest in the 'outer lands'. The places north of Kaiyuan and east of Fushun were too cold in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, except for the short-term presence in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty
, and quickly shrank back, you know this, right?"
Fei Yingdong nodded and said: "Of course I know this. We can have a safe place because Daming is not interested."
"Yes, but I'm afraid this situation is about to change." Sorgo said with a frown.
Fei Yingdong was surprised: "How does Amma know?"
"New cotton-padded clothes, coal-fired kang, and cold-resistant rice." Sorgo said seriously: "These three things are related to Jinghua, that is, to Gao Situ. Have you noticed?"
Fei Yingdong shook his head blankly: "I haven't heard of it."
"Young people don't keep things secret." Sorguo snorted and said, "There are many coal mines in Gao Situ's capital. You know this, right?"
Fei Yingdong nodded. Everyone knows this. The briquettes in the capital are all made by Jinghua. Although it seems that Jinghua is no longer directly involved in this business and has been handed over to the British government, the people in the capital still remember this thing.
It was created by Gao Situ in his early years.
"Jinghua likes to use coal very much, so much that Gao Situ went to Liaodong and built a new coal-burning earth dragon for Liaodong Fuyuan." Sorgo did not pause this time and continued: "Later, Jinghua started to promote it again.
Coal-burning heated kangs, because coal burns more quickly than firewood and is much cheaper than charcoal, are now widely spread in Liaoyang, Shenyang, Kaiyuan and other places, and ordinary people have begun to use coal-burning heated kangs in their homes...
What I mean is that people in the Ming Dynasty are no longer as afraid of living in the cold Liaodong as they used to be."
Fei Yingdong suddenly became alert and asked immediately: "So what is the new cotton coat?"
"Okay, you have some brains." Solguo said: "The new cotton-padded coat is one launched by Jinghua last year... They call it a product. This thing is different from the previous cotton padded clothes. The outside of it is made of what kind of machine Jinghua uses.
The new cotton cloth that comes out has evenly distributed cotton batting inside, which is much more cold-resistant than the cotton cloth made by the old method in the past.
In addition, there is a better one, which is said to use a layer of tussah silk on the outermost layer... tussah silk is not as valuable as silk, but it is also very fine and windproof, and it is also particularly wear-resistant. The clothes made in this way are more cold-resistant.
, and the price is not out of reach. Now many ordinary people in Liaodong are proud to wear a new set of tussah cotton-padded clothes during the Chinese New Year.”
Fei Yingdong's face became serious and he frowned and said: "In other words, the Ming people in Liaodong are not afraid of the cold when they live in it, and they are not afraid of the cold when they travel."
Thor Guo nodded and said: "The only thing left is food, which is a problem, right? Humph, if you think so, you have underestimated Gao Situ."
He paused slightly and asked: "Corn, have you seen this thing before? It is suitable for people to eat horse chews, and they are not very afraid of the cold. It was only promoted by Gao Situ through Jinghua two years ago. How long has it been since then? It is almost
Soybeans were replaced.
But Jinghua did more than just do this. They also tried planting rice in Liaodong... This is really weird. Isn't rice only grown in the south of the Ming Dynasty? Guess what, this thing can also be grown in Liaodong.
kind!"
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