The next day, Gao Hanwen went to see Zhang Xunfu early in the morning to find something for this spirited old man to do.
When they arrived at the Yamen, both of them were actually embarrassed. Because the soldiers at Qianhu Station of the Inspection Division are really not of much use.
Zhang Xunfu went to inspect it when he first took office. According to the ancestral system, the regular soldiers of the Qianhu Station of the Inspection Department were required to wear armor, and the court also allocated cloth face armor according to the quota.
But the situation is that after two hundred years of peace, the soldiers in the guardhouse became poorer than the last, and many of them took apart the iron armor pieces from the cloth armor and sold them for money. Many of them were sold out even by their parents and grandparents before it was their turn. Today's cloth armor only has a cloth surface and no armor.
There are only a thousand households in the inspection department's yamen, and there are a few hundred households with Jia, but those few losers will not show up if they are expected to work hard. Suppressing public security has reached its limit. It is really beyond our ability to deal with major events, but it is not a shirk.
If the soldiers have no armor and are forced to the battlefield, then the mutiny will basically end the game.
The two reviewed the troop deployment in Hangzhou and found that the imperial court was really depleted of troops.
There is no one in the court, so there is no way to recruit people outside the market
When Gao Hanwen came up with this idea, he quickly asked Zhang Xunfu if there was any militia group with morale available. Anyway, these are the duties of the inspector.
"I remembered, Brother Gao, some time ago, these Taixi people transferred two hundred mercenaries from Haojing'ao and registered them with me. But after all, these people are the bodyguards of the merchant group. , I don’t know how strong they are. If they want to use the refugees to start an uprising, there will definitely be well-equipped and well-trained servants among the refugees." Zhang Xunfu became a little worried.
"Really? Then maybe it's no problem. I heard that these people are very powerful in fighting." Gao Hanwen was originally quite worried about this, but the foreign forces from Haojing'ao came immediately. gained confidence. There is no way, they have already started global colonization, so I have to believe in their combat power. A few years ago, Ming Dynasty had fought with these people around Hao Jing'ao, and the two sides had wins and losses. But overall, Ming Dynasty was waiting for work, and fighting like this can prove its strength.
"Okay, Brother Gao is from Taixitong. If you say there is no problem, then there is almost no problem. But they make money, and at most they can protect ships from sailing from the port, which does not necessarily require dispersing the mob. How can we get them to help arrest people? The inspector's office has little money, but your prefect's office is over there." As a scholar, Zhang Xunfu still knew that before the soldiers and horses move food and grass, the king of hell is not afraid of hungry ghosts. If you don't explain the money clearly, even if the other party agrees, you won't believe it. What's more, the other party is still a mercenary who wants money rather than his life.
"The money matter is not urgent. You can take care of it first. As long as you win, you won't have to worry about finding someone to pay for it. In addition, although they love money, there may be something more enticing to them." Gao Hanwen originally wanted to just say that, but suddenly he thought that the backbone of the northern border defense of the Ming Dynasty was the naturalized Mongolians. Does the south also need to rely on the naturalized ghosts?
"You mean identity,What is the identity of the people of the Ming Dynasty? This is good. The Mongolian generals in the north have always been fearless of death. If they have the identity of the Ming Dynasty and are afraid that they will not fight hard, if they gradually disperse these elite soldiers and absorb them into the southern guard station of the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely "It can change the laziness and laziness of the guards." Zhang Xunfu was not embarrassed at all. Instead, he felt that this was a breakthrough in dealing with the southern coastal defense.
The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was good. While Gao Hanwen was there, he hurriedly Writing a memorial is also a contribution to his political views.
Gao Hanwen can't directly say whether this is good or bad. It is too difficult to reform the Ming Dynasty from the inside. It may be really good to introduce some external forces as catfish. The only choice was now.
After deciding on the strategy, Gao Hanwen went to hold a swearing-in meeting for the sprint team.
Zhang Xunfu rode a tall horse and led the team. Twenty or so elite people from the Prosecutor's Office who are still able to wear armor went to Taixi Lane to offer alms to Tian'en. Please remember to bookmark it. The latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft