First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 65

　　 Time arrived in the last month of the thirteenth year from the Great Yuan Dynasty to Zhengzheng, Zhang Ximeng calculated with his fingers, he has been in this time and space for a year.

　　 Summarizing the past, he first survived, and secondly, under Zhu Yuanzhang's command, his position was outstanding and respected, and he was considered to be a good one.

　　 And Zhu Yuanzhang has made rapid progress. In the past year, he finally got rid of Guo Zixing's control and began to make drastic efforts to develop his own influence.

　　 Inventory of the soldiers under Lao Zhu, the total number is close to 40,000, which has greatly exceeded Guo Zixing, even Peng Da and Zhao Jun are not as good as they are.

　　 If Lao Zhu is a short-sighted person who is eager for quick success and quick profit, he can be king on the spot, and be a prince, happy and free.

　　 But obviously, Lao Zhu didn't do this.

　　 On the contrary, he was still worried, because after silent calculation, Lao Zhu found that his money gap was very serious.

　　 For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang had to call Li Shanchang and Zhang Ximeng in his junior year, and the three of them got together to discuss the important issues of military and horse finance and taxation.

　　 Zhu Yuanzhang first set his sights on Zhang Ximeng.

　　 "Sir, how many soldiers and horses do we have now?"

Zhang Ximeng immediately said: "If you go back to the lord, there are 36 thousand households from Tanghe Qianhu, including three cavalry households. In addition, the Feng family brothers took the Miaoshanzhai men and horses to join them. It stands to reason that they can also be organized into one. Thousand families, in total, the lord's pawns are more than 37,000, the army has 1,500 cavalry, and the guards have 300 cavalry, with more than 8,000 horses."

　　 After listening to Zhang Ximeng's introduction, Old Zhu nodded repeatedly, "But there are a lot of them, so how about these soldiers and horses? Can they all fight?"

Zhang Ximeng shook his head, "The former Linhuai Ministry who can fight is naturally the first to focus on the top ten thousand households... It is precisely these ten thousand households that can basically be released from production, and the other thousand households are far from enough. "

　　 Obviously, under Lao Zhu's command, there is also a difference between Type A Thousand Households and Type B Thousand Households. The Type A Thousand Households are well equipped and have strong combat effectiveness. The armor rate can exceed 35%, and individual can reach more than half.

　　 These ten thousand households, that Feng Guoyong saw, those who can practice for five days and take one day off.

　　 So Lao Zhu asked Feng Guoyong to watch it casually. When he arrived at Zhang Ximeng, he arranged for him to visit the most powerful part... Is it possible that who would take the initiative to let people see their own shortcomings? Can't!

　　 To put it bluntly, this is the operating space of the big secretary Zhang Ximeng, and it is still allowed by Lao Zhu.

　　 These soldiers are trained hard, and the food is pretty good. Basically, they can get a meaty meal in two or three days. In order to ensure their supply, Ma Shi even hired a group of women to breed chickens and ducks.

　　 But even so, the nutritional supply is still insufficient. It is impossible to carry out the high-intensity training of armed cross-country running every day, only once every two or three days. But this is enough, let alone Peng Da and Zhao Jun using these people, even if they are the elite of Yuan Ting, they may not be able to reach this level.

　　 And training for five days and one day off, there is another consideration, which is to tie the soldiers in the barracks so that these energetic young men will not go out and make trouble.

　　 Military regulations and discipline are what Zhu Yuanzhang cares about very much. He often patrols at night and finds someone gambling or not returning home at night, so he will be severely punished.

　　 Flogging and cleaning the hut are all commonplace.

　　 After finishing talking about the first ten thousand households, the ones behind are slapped. The soldiers here are mainly Lvpaizhai and Hengjianshan. Many of them are young men recruited by the Yuan court, and their combat effectiveness is quite problematic.

　　 Although efforts have been made to rectify, it has only begun to take shape.

　　 They are under Lao Zhu and mainly play a supporting role. They usually train for three days and take a day off. Not only the strength has been reduced a lot, but also some civil engineering and barracks construction have to be undertaken, which is a bit similar to the existence of Xiangjun.

　　 But one thing is clear, no matter which thousand households they are, as long as they are under Lao Zhu's hands, they can eat enough.

　　 The main thousands of households have training food subsidies, and they can eat meat. Other soldiers can also get it occasionally, about once every ten days. And make it clear to the big guys that in the future, our territory will be bigger and the conditions will be good, or if you have done a lot of work, you can be upgraded.

　　Similarly, if the main thousand households fail to do so, then they face the risk of downgrading.

　　 No need to ask, this idea of ​​rolling up must have come from Zhang Ximeng.

　　 But even if they are treated differently, one catty of food a day is necessary for each soldier, especially for the second kind of thousand households, with less oil and water, and more food.

　　 In the military, you should never compare your appetite with others. There are not no ruthless people who can eat a pot.

"Almost 40,000 people, 40,000 catties of grain a day, 10,000 shi a month, and 120,000 shi a year. This is just a normal consumption... If you encounter war, you need to recruit civilians and carry food, grass and gossip. , The consumption is several times more. The thousands of war horses have not been counted. As far as consumption is concerned, 8,000 horses are no less than 40,000."

　　 Li Shanchang counted silently, then frowned, very embarrassed.

"Superior, we still have very few sources of food at the moment, mainly...grabbing." Li Shanchang did not evade, the soldiers of Haozhou broke up, and Zhu Yuanzhang got a lot of food. Later, although he gave Guo Zixing some, he did not completely More from the flower.

　　 In addition to copying the Lu family, Zhu Yuanzhang's starting grain is about 60,000 shi.

　　 then attacked the Lvpaizhai, took Hengjian Mountain, seized 30,000 shi, destroyed the Mu family, and obtained some food.

　　 It is just over one hundred thousand stones.

　　 So far, almost 70,000 shi has been consumed, and the rest is enough to eat for a few months. It is still in the absence of large-scale operations, otherwise the food is really not enough.

　　 "Since we rely on looting in the past, is there any place around us that can be robbed? Can we supplement the ration?" Lao Zhu asked in a deep voice.

This time Zhang Ximeng said, "Lord, I am afraid that it will not work. The next largest piece of meat is Chuzhou. But Chuzhou has businessmen and trade, and the trade is prosperous. The population is also large, and the consumption is large. If we looted food, it will cause the people to famine. , It will really damage the lord's prestige."

Seeing what Zhang Ximeng had said, Li Shanchang didn't hesitate, and said directly: "The upper position, the humble position is to settle this account, but also to remind the upper position. The Feng family brothers proposed to attack the celebration. His vision is good, but judging from the current situation, We have already divided the land. It is best to wait until the people have harvested, the taxes and grains are handed in, the granary is abundant, and the inventory is sufficient, before we can use our troops in a large scale. Striving at every step and fighting steadily, this is the master of the king!"

　　 It is rare. Zhang Ximeng and Li Shanchang are highly consistent in the matter of food.

In the final analysis, what Lao Zhu was walking was not to fight one place and grab another place, eat all the light and find the next gangster route, but to divide the fields equally, establish a stable base area, step by step, steady and steady, and lead the way to victory. .

　　 Therefore, it is necessary to carefully calculate the military and financial resources, how many soldiers and horses there are, and how much work they do.

　　 Old Zhu pondered carefully, and then asked: "Mr. Li, how many people do we have right now?"

"Going back to the upper ranks, now our people have gotten more than 10,000 people from around Linhuai. After we captured Hengjian Mountain, they would get around 70,000. In addition to Dingyuan and other places, now the upper ranks have less than 150,000 people. If we attack Chuzhou In other places, the number of people can reach 300,000 under the rule."

　　 When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help taking a breath. Even if it was calculated on the basis of 300,000 people to support 40,000 soldiers, and less than 10 people to support one soldier, the burden would be too great.

　　 There is only this person, is it reasonable?

　　 Zhang Ximeng felt that it was not only reasonable, but also, thanks to Lao Zhu's good reputation, the surrounding people took the initiative to gather and did not run around, otherwise there would not be so many people!

　　According to historical records, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the national inventory ~www.mtlnovel.com~Fengyang Mansion had more than 79,000 households with a total of more than 400,000 people.

　　 Even if you count the hidden household registrations, the entire Fengyang Mansion is about 500,000 people. Don't forget that under the rule of Old Zhu, there will not be too many hidden household registrations, otherwise the machete will come down.

　　 After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Fengyang Mansion was expanded a lot, leading to five states and 13 counties, which belonged to the super-large mansion and regulated by Zhongdu.

　　 Obviously, there were not so many people in Haozhou at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

　　To say it, thanks to Lao Zhang of the Zhiyuan, he gathered a hundred thousand family members of soldiers and soldiers and stationed the soldiers across Jianshan, which is considered to be a super big pill for Lao Zhu.

　　 Without his assists, the people under the rule of Old Zhu would be in the early 50,000 to 70,000. After all, he now really controls Dingyuan County.

　　 "After all, there are still fewer soldiers, and the people are too bitter." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and turned to ask Li Shanchang again, "Mr. Li, Dingyuan, etc., are there any extra fields?"

　　 "Yes!" Li Shanchang said, "Bao Gong River and Haoshui are surrounded by fertile fields, and there are many abandoned fields around them."

　　Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said, "It's good if you have acres. Order the soldiers to cultivate and farm land. Let's follow the big guys together!"

　　 Li Shan was taken aback for a moment, "Your superior, I'm afraid this is wrong!"

　　Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with it, we are from a farming background. Before, we wanted to farm and there was no land to grow!"

　　 Zhang Ximeng stroked his palm and smiled, "Goodness, it's called doing it yourself, with plenty of food and clothing!"

　　 "Yes, just ask yourself to have enough clothes and food!" Old Zhu Xinran smiled.

　　 Only Li Shanchang, the dignified master, ran to plow the fields, is that fair?

　　 Li Shanchang also wanted to persuade a few words, but Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Mr. Zhang is too young, Mr. Li, you can follow us to work in the field, and set an example for the big guy!"

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