Chapter 283 Zheng Guoben (33) 'Tiger and Beni Army'
As soon as Gao Pragmatic finished speaking, Huang Zhiting suddenly interjected: "Sir, after hearing what I said, I suddenly felt that this system can also be implemented in southern Xinjiang. Of course, the number of people registered in southern Xinjiang is quite inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty.
Since there is no need to divide them into four levels and there are as many as 1.6 million mercenaries, they may be temporarily divided into three categories: A, B, and C."
Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised and said thoughtfully: "But what hidden worries do the armies in southern Xinjiang have?"
"There are no obvious hidden dangers in the six major garrison forces." Huang Zhiting first gave Gao Pragmatic reassurance, and then continued: "But each kingdom has its own army. Although it obeys the orders of Jinghua, it is not directly managed by Jinghua. Moreover,
Although the troops of these kingdoms have been reduced by Beijing, the total number is still quite large. If the situation changes, it will still be a hidden danger.
I feel that if the A, B, and C classification system can be used, the entire southern Xinjiang military power can be more effectively controlled by Beijing. In addition, the construction of Dingna City has been completed, and as the master originally envisioned, it will gradually become the entire southern Xinjiang military force.
The core of southern Xinjiang, so I think I might be able to imitate the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty and reorganize the Dingnan garrison into... a special armed force that is different from other garrison forces."
What kind of special weapons are they, the Southern Xinjiang Imperial Guard? Gao Pragmatic understood what Huang Zhiting meant as soon as he heard it.
Whether it is the Imperial Guard, the Yulin Army, the Yulin Army, the Imperial Guard, etc., they all have the same meaning, that is, direct force controlled by the central power. It can be said that it is the source of core power in any regime.
In all the cases of successful palace coups at all times and in all over the world, they basically controlled the Forbidden Army or obtained the support of the Forbidden Army. In rare cases of success, the Forbidden Army was not controlled at the beginning, but due to superb methods, the Forbidden Army did not immediately attack the coup.
He launched an attack, and finally managed to win over the Imperial Army in time when the situation was favorable, and this was how he succeeded - such as the Gaoping Ling Incident of Sima Yi and his son.
But no matter what, there is no doubt that the Forbidden Army is a force that the ruler must fully control.
The situation in Southern Xinjiang is very special, but no matter how special it is, the force controlled by Beijing is still the most direct basis of its power. And when Dingnancheng officially became the core of Southern Xinjiang's rule, the status of the Dingnan Garrison was already
It has already widened the gap with other major security forces. Huang Zhiting's suggestion to give it a special status can only be said to justify its name.
However, there are other problems here.
Gao Pragmatic pondered: "In order to give the Dingnan Guard Army a status equivalent to the Southern Xinjiang Guards, I think there are still several prerequisite problems that need to be solved. The mission of the Dingnan Guard Army was originally to guard the Kingdom of Siam.
When necessary, they can also be deployed to go out to fight, and usually only the first town is left in the camp on the outskirts of Dingnan City, while the other four towns are divided into various parts of Siam.
The establishment of this first town is no different from that of other garrison towns, with a strength of 12,700. However, Dingnancheng is not the only one with this troop. In addition to the first town stationed in the outskirts of the city, there are many troops in the city.
Those who are actually responsible for the task of city defense are the 8,000-strong Royal Guards. These 8,000 men are nominally part of the Kingdom of Siam. In fact, 5,000 are your people from Zhiting and 3,000 are from Xin'er.
If, in your opinion, the entire Dingnan garrison is to be upgraded to the status of a 'praetorian guard', then does this organization need to be expanded first? If so, the expansion strategy is to establish a sixth town and a seventh town in addition to the five towns.
, the eighth town, etc., the five-town organization will still be maintained, but the infantry association, independent artillery standard, independent cavalry standard, etc. under the jurisdiction of the town will be added?
Secondly, if the Dingnan Garrison is upgraded to the Praetorian Guard, how will the so-called Siamese Palace Guard be arranged in the city? Should it remain unchanged, or should we find another way? If we want to find another way
, should he join this adapted Guards, or should he arrange a separate organization and a name?
Zhiting, Xin'er, the reason why the Royal Guards were affiliated with the Kingdom of Siam before was because you were in Dingnan City at that time, and it was most convenient to monitor the Siamese royal family with the troops under your direct control; secondly,
Being affiliated under the name of the Siamese royal family can not only eliminate some resistance among Siamese locals, but also allow the Siamese royal family to provide part of the military pay for the garrison, the best of both worlds.
So if the name of the army is to be changed now, will the above three points be affected? Zhiting, what do you think of this?"
"These are two things. Please answer them one by one." Huang Zhiting thought for a moment and said: "As for the upgrade of the Dingnan garrison, I thought that there was no need to expand the number of towns and that the five-town establishment could still be maintained. However,
The infantry association under each town was increased from two associations to three associations, and the independent artillery and cavalry associations were upgraded to one artillery association and one cavalry association. The engineers, baggage and other departments were also upgraded accordingly in accordance with this law."
Liu Xin helped add something at this time and said: "If this is the case, the military strength of a town will probably be increased to more than 19,000 people, or even 20,000. The army originally had five towns and 63,500 people.
, with this upgrade... it will be a small force of 100,000 people."
Before Gao Pragmatic said anything, Huang Zhiting had already expressed his position: "Since ancient times, it is better to have strong branches and weak branches than strong branches and weak branches. The six major garrison troops originally had about 300,000 troops, and Dingnan only had more than 60,000 troops. There were some shortcomings, but
The garrison system is different from previous generations, so I haven’t said much about it before.
But again, since the status of Dingnan City has been determined, it is natural to strengthen Dingnan’s military strength from all aspects."
Gao Pragmatic didn't understand why Huang Zhiting paid special attention to this matter at first, but Liu Xin quietly winked at him, and he suddenly understood.
The reason is not that he is pragmatic, nor does it lie with herself. Huang Zhiting is thinking about the future. Or to put it more bluntly, she is thinking about Gao Yuan.
Perhaps in her opinion, if Gao Yuan wants to inherit Southern Xinjiang in the future, he must complete the transfer of power in Dingna City. In this era, the transfer of power between father and son basically takes place when the father passes away.
In Huang Zhiting's view, although Gao Pragmatic has not been in southern Xinjiang for a long time, he is not only famous all over the world, but also the important civil and military officials in southern Xinjiang are either from his servants or old generals he has surrendered. Otherwise, it is simpler, directly.
Clan members of the Gao family.
In other words, these people neither know nor dare to have any second thoughts about Gao Pragmatic. However, to Gao Yuan, these people are just like "old ministers of the former dynasty". Each of them deserves credit.
After a lot of hard work, and having served Gao pragmatism for at least half of his life, who can guarantee what his attitude will be when facing Gao Yuan, the "young master"?
Even Huang Zhiting always has some other worries, that is, there are currently several clan members of the Gao family who have real power, but Gao Pragmatic is not worried at all that they dare to show their teeth to her. They are very brave in delegating power and have many manpower.
Everyone has military power...
Yes, Huang Zhiting also knew that they would not dare to show their teeth to Gao Pragmatic even to death, but what about the young master Gao Yuan? Huang Zhiting actually has a hidden worry that has been buried in her heart for a long time, and that is her own origin.
Although the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except at the beginning of the founding of the country, later married the daughters of minor officials in the capital as their queens and concubines, the Gao family was not a Tian family, so it was logical that this would not be popular in their family.
Normally speaking, Gao Jingshi should marry the daughter of a civil servant as his wife, otherwise he should marry the daughter of a scholar leader, or at the worst, he should marry the daughter of a military general - such as Liu Xin.
Only in this case, the identity of his legitimate son is indisputably noble - this principle has been discussed before, that is, the relationship between the mother and the son is noble, and the son is noble based on the mother.
However, Huang Zhiting's background did not fit into the previous three categories. She was the daughter of a chieftain. Even though it was okay to regard her as a female chieftain due to the actual situation at the time, she was still not considered truly upper class in the orthodox concepts of the Ming Dynasty.
If Gao Jingshi did not have such a large foundation as in southern Xinjiang, and he was still just an ordinary civil servant of the Ming Dynasty, then even if Huang Zhiting's identity had some flaws, it would not be a big problem.
After all, you, Gao Jingshi, are just ordinary courtiers. The inheritance rules in your family must comply with the Ming Dynasty's traditions. She, Huang Zhiting, is the head wife, and Gao Yuan is the undisputed eldest son. Even if the other sons have ideas, they cannot defeat the Ming Dynasty's laws.
However, Gao Pragmatic is not an ordinary minister. The land of Southern Xinjiang is now completely a country within a country - it is not even right to say that. It may be more of a country outside the country. It is almost independent, but is nominally controlled by several Ming Dynasty officials.
Made up of subordinate countries.
As early as when Zhu Yijun first revealed that he would establish a Dingnan Protectorate in southern Xinjiang, Huang Zhiting was very supportive and hoped that this would come true as soon as possible. However, at that time, Gao Pragmatic immediately judged that Zhu Yijun did not really intend to do so.
Just do it, but hang a carrot in front of him. Huang Zhiting also thinks it makes sense, so she doesn't express her feelings.
If her thoughts were to be followed, the sooner the Dingnan Protectorate was established, the happier she would be, because with the Dingnan Protectorate, there would be less chance of accidents when Gao Yuan takes over in the future.
In her view, once the Dingnan Protectorate is established, it will inevitably become a semi-independent kingdom. It is like a large-scale chieftain in the Ming Dynasty. Its hereditary inheritance is inevitable, and the "inheritance of the title" must be confirmed by the emperor - even if
Most of the time it's just a formality.
If this were the case, Huang Zhiting would probably not be as concerned as she is now about whether the Dingnan garrison should be expanded, because the Ming Dynasty's tradition was very solid, and the inheritance rights of the eldest son could never be challenged, and Gao Yuan's status was very solid.
But it's different now. She can't see clearly when the emperor will establish the Dingnan Protectorate. However, a "medicinal diet case" has recently appeared around the emperor. This is an extremely dangerous signal in her opinion!
What if the emperor dies unexpectedly before the Dingnan Protectorate is established? Although according to the previous analysis of Gao Xin and Liu Xin, even if the emperor really dies now, only his own master can control the situation in the capital.
,but...what happens after that?
If the master had full control of the capital, would he be able to be a Duke of Zhou from now on, or would he simply... She didn't even dare to ask this question. What's more, even if she asked about this kind of thing, the master's answer - no matter how he answered it.
——Whether it is sincere or not is difficult to say.
This is no longer a question of trust, but this matter is too sensitive. The master himself may be undecided, or may not be able to say it clearly... In short, it is difficult to say anything.
Huang Zhiting asked herself that she was too far behind her husband in politics. In the past few years, she might not even be as good as Liu Xin, so she simply followed the stupidest way: focus on Yuan'er's southern Xinjiang foundation first, and do everything else first.
Later. Therefore, Huang Zhiting will regard everything that is conducive to Gao Yuan's successful inheritance of Southern Xinjiang as a top priority and must give priority to it as much as possible.
Gao Pragmatic was not particularly sensitive to this, but Liu Xin saw the opportunity faster than him. After receiving Liu Xin's hint, he roughly guessed what Huang Zhiting meant.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic can understand Huang Zhiting's thoughts, and he has no objection to it. The larger the foundation, the more important the issue of successors, and as of now, there is at least nothing obvious about Gao Yuan that makes him feel unsuitable to be his successor.
The place.
"Since Zhiting said so, let's discuss this matter for the time being." Gao Pragmatic said calmly: "The Dingnan Garrison Army is preparing to be upgraded to the Huben Army. At that time, it will be organized into six towns. Each town will have jurisdiction over the infantry, artillery, and three associations.
, each of the cavalry has an association, and each of the engineers and baggage troops has an independent standard.
The Huben Army has a commander, a deputy commander, a chief of Xuanzheng, and a chief of staff. The first commander is Gao Yuan, the deputy commander is Gao Jue, the chief of Xuanzheng is Cao Ke, and the chief of staff is Gao Lian.
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As soon as he said this, Huang Zhiting, not to mention Liu Xin, was stunned.
This remark was very informative. First of all, Gao Pragmatic not only approved the upgrade of the Dingnan Garrison Army and gave it the name "Hu Ben Army", but not only the expansion to the town level proposed by Huang Zhiting, but also an additional increase
A town was formed, from Dingnan - Oh, Huben Five Towns to Huben Six Towns.
As a result, the total strength of the Huben Army should be close to 120,000, making it truly a powerful force in southern Xinjiang.
Secondly, Gao Pragmatic actually directly appointed Gao Yuan as the commander of the Huben Army! This was what surprised Huang Zhiting the most.
In ancient China, there was often a theory of the Sixth Army of the Emperor and the Sixth Army of the East Palace, but often these armies known as the "Sixth Army of the Emperor" actually existed. Most of the Sixth Army of the East Palace only had such a name and did not actually exist at all.
Even if the "East Palace Six Rates" existed in some special periods of a very few dynasties, the scale of their troops was very limited, and they could only be said to be symbolic. At most, they could only protect the East Palace.
But if Gao Jingshi's appointment is true, it would be the first time in history... With more than 300,000 soldiers and horses in southern Xinjiang (after the expansion), Gao Yuan, the eldest son who is in fact similar to the "East Palace", can directly control
More than 30%, and also controls Siam, the center of southern Xinjiang!
Even Huang Zhiting, after being shocked for the first time, hurriedly stopped him and said: "Master, wait a minute! It is impossible for Yuan'er to directly control the Hu Ben Army. Please take back your order!"
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