Yesterday, Fang Nan agreed to ask for peace with the princess of the Ming court, and today Fang Nan encountered another surprising thing, this matter was sent by agents of the Military Intelligence Department from the Ming ruling area.

The Ming court actually allowed the gentry and merchants in various places under its rule to set up escort teams!

The Ming court ordered the gentry and merchants in various places to form an escort team, and the matter of "sealing the king" was almost sent from the capital together, but the "matter of sealing the king" was sent directly to Jiande County, and the matter of the gentry and merchants forming an escort team spread all the way south from the capital.

Moreover, the formation of the guard team by the gentry and businessmen does not mean that it is formed, it needs to apply to the local political officials first, and after the application is passed, a deposit can be paid before the official recruitment of the escort team in a certain circled area, and the amount of the deposit is related to the upper limit of the number of guards, the minimum number of 100 people in the escort team is 1,000 people, and every 100 people is a level.

It was not until some wealthy gentry and businessmen officially recruited people to form an escort team that the agents in the Ming ruled area determined the situation and sent the information to the people's army-ruled area, and the speed of information transmission was not very fast, so that the information was sent to Fang Nan by the military intelligence department today.

Fang Nan carefully read the investigation report of the Military Intelligence Department on "the Ming Court allowed the gentry and merchants to form an escort team", although there were various conditions and restrictions for the gentry and merchants to form an escort team, but after all, part of the military power was given to the gentry and merchants, and if it was at other times, the Ming court was afraid that it would not be far from extinction.

The escort team formed by a wealthy gentleman and merchant is at most 1,000 people, if ten wealthy gentry and merchants are united, there will be 10,000 horses, and a hundred wealthy gentry and merchants will be 100,000 horses and 100,000 horses, even if they are all farmers who have just put down their agricultural tools, they will also have a very big impact on the Ming court, and they may not be able to occupy a province, but there is no problem at all in occupying several state capitals.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Han court's control over the various places under its rule was greatly weakened, and the clans could form armies at will to support their own troops; At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was also a clan of gate lords who controlled the military power and destroyed the Sui court together.

Now that the Ming court has given the military power to the gentry and merchants, even if there is a maximum of 1,000 people in an escort team, there will be endless troubles.

Fang Nan felt that the Ming Court also knew the consequences of giving the military power to the gentry and merchants, but the Ming Court did this, the most important reason was that the Ming Court had the great enemy of the People's Army, and the most important task of the Ming Court at present was to block the People's Army.

The gentry and merchants under the rule of the Ming court and the Ming court are one, once the Ming court perishes, they will not have a good time, the people's army's disposal of the gentry and merchants has gradually spread, and the vast majority of the gentry and merchants are unwilling to perish the Ming court.

At the moment of the great enemy, the gentry and merchants under the rule of the Ming court will not only not rebel, but will honestly obey the orders of the Ming court, and everyone will work together to stop the people's army.

When the People's Army is almost wiped out, at this time, the gentry and businessmen will rebel if they want to, and it is also very good to establish themselves as kings, and maybe they can replace the Ming court.

The Ming court did not count on the escort team formed by the gentry and merchants, and the Ming court continued to train new soldiers, and only the army in its own hands could maintain the Ming court.

Fang Nan was not concerned about the combat effectiveness of the guards formed by the gentry and merchants under the rule of the Ming Court, and the total number of all the guards might be as many as several million, but in Fang Nan's opinion, even if all the guards gathered together, they would not be able to stop the advance of the People's Army.

The KPA is already in the process of expanding its army, and in the next three years, it will expand to 1 million.

As the absolute main force of the People's Army, the proportion of musketeers in the People's Army before the start of the war this year exceeded one-eighth, and when the army is expanded to 1 million, the proportion of musketeers will not be too much worse than one-eighth, and there are at least 100,000 musketeers in the 1 million People's Army.

However, there is also a very important issue here, if the total number of convoys is in the millions, and a big war breaks out, the KPA will have to kill and wound a million enemies to win the war, which is not a good thing.

One million enemies are one million young and strong and one million laborers, which will be one of the foundations for the future development of agriculture, commerce, and industry.

Fang Nan didn't want the People's Army to kill and wound a million enemies before the Ming court was destroyed, even if hundreds of thousands of people were killed or wounded, it was enough to make people feel distressed, Fang Nan's mind turned quickly, thinking about what way to reduce the casualties in future wars.

After thinking for a while, several ideas appeared in Fang Nan's mind.

We can increase efforts to publicize the strength of the People's Army in the Ming Dynasty's ruling areas, the millions of Ming troops are not the opponents of the People's Army, and the millions of farmers who have just laid down their agricultural tools are not the opponents of the People's Army, and the efforts of the gentry and businessmen are superfluous, and the outcome of the war has already been decided.

After publicizing the great strength of the People's Army, the People's Army can send people to contact the wealthy gentry and businessmen, and make a promise to the wealthy businessmen that as long as they surrender to the People's Army, they will not be guilty of their previous mistakes, and the whole family can save their lives and retain all their wealth.

With the previous achievements of the People's Army, there must be many gentry and businessmen who are willing to surrender to the People's Army, and the loyalty of the gentry and businessmen to the Ming Court is not high.

Of course, the people's army mainly uses the wealth of the gentry and businessmen to develop the people's army, and these gentry and businessmen who defect to the city will be the key inspection objects in the future, and they will be severely punished for violating the law.

And in the Ming Dynasty, although the Ming court allowed all the gentry and businessmen to form an escort team, one of the five gentry and businessmen who would really form an escort team could be considered a lot, and the one who came over was not to blame for the past, and the other four gentry and businessmen, as long as they were evil, would be severely punished in accordance with the laws of the People's Army.

In the future, the wealth obtained by the KPA will not be much less, and it will almost be enough for the temporary development needs of the KPA, so that the country established by the KPA will be on the right track.

"The Ming court will give the military power to the gentry and merchants" This matter is very important to the people's army, no less than the ongoing armistice negotiations, after thinking about what happened, Fang Nan immediately asked Dong Zhenye to convene the main personnel of the military intelligence department to prepare for a meeting, Fang Nan wanted to personally work out a countermeasure plan against the Ming court with the military intelligence department.

Half an hour later, at a meeting at the seat of the central government of the People's Army, Li Zhen, director of the Military Intelligence Division, Qin Wenle, deputy director of the Military Intelligence Division, and others gathered here.

Fang Nan walked into the conference room, and everyone in the military intelligence department stood up.

"The Grand Duke!"

Fang Nan walked to the main seat, took in the eyes of everyone in the military intelligence department, and then said: "Sit, the Ming court has already given part of the military power to the gentry and merchants, I need the military intelligence department to take action......"