Gao Pragmatic, who was far away in Liaodong, didn't know that his caution back then had really paid off. Neither Shen Shixing nor Yu Youding regarded the factory and mine protection teams under Jinghua as any kind of armed force.
After all, they are protecting the factory and the mine. They don't sound like real armed servants. In their opinion, they are at best the nature of rural warriors under Baojia. If they can block the local bandits and bandits, they will get high.
fragrant.
But cavalry are different. No matter what their name is, they all sound more powerful than ordinary servants. This difference is roughly similar to that when people in later generations hear the word "armored division", they will subconsciously think that they are better than infantry divisions.
Just as awesome.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was short of horses. A few years ago during the Jiajing Dynasty, Anda was hung up and beaten for decades. Therefore, it is understandable that Shen Shixing and Yu Youding took "riding Ding" very seriously.
However, Gao Pragmatic was equally cautious in the use of cavalry. In fact, during the Monan War, he could not only mobilize three or four thousand cavalry - his northern trade routes from the west of Jizhen to Qinghai were basically all in Tu.
Within Tumut's sphere of influence, he mobilized the cavalry from these places to help Tumut fight the war. Is he still afraid that the trade routes would be cut off?
As for the Southern Trade Road... there are not many cavalry there! In places like Yunnan and Guangxi, only those who are pragmatic and have enough to eat will station a large number of cavalry there.
Is it because Liu Wei's troops who surrendered to the Japanese and the barbarians were not strong enough to destroy the city and the stronghold, or is it that the child wolf soldiers of the Cen and Huang families did not cross the mountains quickly enough?
If Gao Pragmatic was not motivated by the principle of caution, it would be completely possible to mobilize at least 20,000 cavalry to accompany him out of the fortress. In fact, his Jianxinzhai camp would never station more than 3,000 cavalry.
, the maximum number of cavalrymen is one thousand.
Three thousand servants is actually quite a lot, but since the nobles of each family have long treated the guardsmen under their names as domestic slaves, the calculation is completely different.
For example, Cheng Guogong Zhu Yingzhen's family theoretically has 70,000 to 80,000 military households under their name. How can this be said? As for whether there are actually only 20,000 to 30,000 handymen, and whether there are tens of thousands of them who can handle a knife, cough
...I won’t mention it anymore.
In short, the power that Gao Pragmatic can mobilize is not particularly exaggerated in the eyes of outsiders. If there is any more exaggerated power, it would be his maritime strength - the fleet is something that is displayed in the open, but cannot be hidden.
However, the ship could not reach the shore, and the Ming Dynasty's courtiers were very indifferent to this, just as they did not pay attention to the navy, nor did they pay attention to the fleet at hand.
What's more, Gao Jingshi's maritime trade business now has a large group of nobles taking shares in it and forming the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance. This is inconvenient to doubt - what, do you think the nobles of the Ming Dynasty will follow Gao Jingshi in rebellion?
Relying on those ships that can't get ashore? You have to find some reliable excuses to frame Zhongliang, right?
So after Yu Youding said this, Shen Shixing actually felt it was reasonable and nodded: "Brother Bingzhong's words are also reasonable, but I am mainly afraid that Gao Qiuzhen and Li Chengliang will get into a fight, so I will simply pay to recruit refugees."
Liu Yong, that would be bad."
"Then he is looking for death himself, but he can't blame anyone else." Yu Youding snorted: "Perhaps all he needs to do is have money to recruit these people, but how long can he work in Liaodong? What will happen to these people when he returns to the DPRK? To replace them
Li Chengliang, that’s 40,000 servants, does he plan to bring him back to the capital, does he dare?"
Shen Shixing thought about it and said: "It can be dismissed..."
"It is possible to demobilize, but it is easy to recruit but difficult to demobilize. Once these people are used to eating meat, it will not be easy to make them vegetarian. Then someone will have to take over. Liaodong... Hey, without Li Chengliang, who can take over?
How many tens of thousands of people live there? I don’t believe it. No matter how rich he is, he can still support tens of thousands of servants for nothing.”
Mr. Yu Ge obviously underestimated Gao's pragmatic methods. With Gao's shrewdness, even if that scene really happened, he would definitely have a way to feed these tens of thousands of people. If Liaodong doesn't work, why can't he go elsewhere? But, he
I really have no intention of doing this.
Gao Jingshi did have a plan to strengthen the army in Liaodong, but it did not mean that he planned to expand the armed servants. In his eyes, the armed servants were just some kind of insurance, and he did not want to turn them into glory bombs.
Shen Shixing was persuaded by Yu Youding, nodded slightly, thought for a while, and said: "In other words, Ning Yuanbo is still an indispensable and important part of Liaodong?"
Yu Youding affirmed: "Yes, the situation in Liaodong has not changed much. It can be done without anyone, but not Ning Yuanbo."
Shen Shixing did not comment on this sentence, but just asked: "What does Yuan Fu's vote plan say?"
Yu Youding said: "As a matter of fact, Li Rugui went down to investigate and investigate, but this matter has nothing to do with Ning Yuanbo. He gave Li Chengliang gentle words of comfort and refused to accept his resignation. At the same time, he asked Li Rusong to go to Taiyuan to take office early."
This time Shen Shixing did not speak immediately, but thought carefully for a while, then frowned and said: "Zhang Puzhou's approach seems a bit..."
"The first rat has two ends." Shen Shixing didn't say it clearly, but Yu Youding commented unceremoniously: "He doesn't really want to blame Li Chengliang, but he also doesn't want to offend his nephew. Ha, I don't believe it.
After Li Chengliang knows the news, he will thank Zhang Puzhou for giving him this face."
Shen Shixing coughed lightly, pretending not to hear Yu Ge's old saying about disrespect for the chief minister, and just thought about it: "But what will Uncle Ning Yuan do? In other words, what can he do? No matter what he does in Liaodong
It's important, after all, they are just military ministers. These two uncles and nephews, not to mention the uncle who can't afford to offend him, even the nephew can't touch them."
Yu Youding smiled and said nothing.
Shen Shixing also smiled and said, "It seems that Brother Bingzhong has a good idea. Why don't you come and explain it to me?"
"This is exactly why I came to look for Rumo." Yu Youding pointed to the northeast with his finger and smiled softly: "Li Chengliang has always been known as 'courteous' in Beijing. It's not anything else.
"Tan Jing, Bing Jing, Shou Jing, Nian Jing, etc. are all very satisfying."
Of course Shen Shixing knew this. Could it be that Li Chengliang missed him, the elder, when giving gifts?
But Yu Youding said: "However, he has never been willing to participate in some... well, some related things in Beijing."
This was said in a vague way, but Shen Shixing obviously understood it immediately. It was simply because Li Chengliang refused to stand in line, but he did not intend to speak, and just listened quietly.
Yu Youding knew the temperament of his friend of the same age, so he was not surprised and continued: "But this time, I'm afraid he has to think about it carefully."
Shen Shixing nodded: "Yes, if Gao Qiu really wants to cause trouble for him, there are not many people in the world who can help him, not even the emperor..." At this point, he smiled
He laughed and didn't continue.
Yu Youding became serious and said solemnly: "This is a good opportunity, Cikui."
This time he did not call him "Rumo", but changed it to "Cikui" again. The meaning was obvious.
Shen Shixing also restrained his smile and thought for a moment again before saying: "Yes, I am a school of thought. Except for the central center, the local power is mainly in the south. The power in the towns on the nine sides is too shallow. However, at the moment, because of
After the great victory in the Battle of Monan, the imperial court has concentrated its energy on Jiliao. If we do not strengthen our presence in Jiliao, once the "Eastern Control" achieves results, I am afraid it will be the same as this Battle of Monan.
I can only watch helplessly as a group of people from the Zishi School become proud..."
Yu Youding said: "In that case, shall I contact Uncle Ning Yuan?"
Shen Shixing thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, but be careful and don't underestimate Gao Qiuzhen's methods. Although this guy is young, he is very powerful. In the past..."
"Don't worry, Rumo. I also know what happened in the past." Yu Youding nodded.
Shen Shixing took out a breath and nodded silently.