Ryukyu, Wei Gonggong will be handed over to the Combined Fleet, compared with Ryukyu, Taiwan's pacification and governance is the top priority.

The seventh uncle and grandfather, that is, Guo Dafeng, the first division commander of the Taiwan Garrison Division, has already led the first brigade to land in Chiayi.

Although the Taiwan Garrison Division is composed of three brigades, each brigade has only two infantry wings, and each infantry wing has only two brigades, which is a full two wings less than that of the Guards Division. In addition, there was no artillery wing, only a cavalry wing, an engineer wing, and a baggage wing, plus non-combatants at the divisional and brigade headquarters, and the total strength quota was only 18,000 men, which was 10,000 fewer than the Guards Division.

However, the 18,000-man division is only a figure on paper so far, and in fact there are only more than 7,500 actual troops in Taiwan's garrison division.

And only about 3,000 of these 7,500 people can really exert their combat effectiveness, that is, more than 1,200 Suning soldiers in the army, more than 300 Liaodong soldiers, more than 800 Nandu Xungui soldiers and three major battalions.

In addition, more than 200 former Wusongshui battalion soldiers and more than 500 Liyang miners can barely participate in the battle, but they lack actual combat experience and can only be used as reserve troops.

The remaining 4,000 or so troops were urgently recruited by officers at all levels from their hometowns and the vicinity of the SAR after the establishment of the Taiwan Garrison Division. One-third of these newly recruited soldiers came from their father-in-law's hometown, and the remaining two-thirds belonged to the "market soldiers" that people looked down on.

The so-called "market soldiers" are the prodigals and unemployed vagrants in the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, only a few are interested in joining the army, and most of them just heard that the imperial army has a high salary and came to make a living.

The combat effectiveness of the market soldiers can be imagined, whether in the past or now, the generals of the border towns are reluctant to recruit the market soldiers, because they are really unreliable. It's not about loyalty, but it's about the fear of war and the fear of fighting, and they can follow a wave when fighting downwind, and often run the most fiercely when fighting against the wind. Moreover, the market soldiers "have a lot of things", unlike the peasant soldiers who are obedient and honest.

When the southeast was at its most serious, Qi Jiguang called the market pit not light, and later gritted his teeth to recruit Yiwu miners, which trained a Qi army.

The Imperial Army does not have a fixed source of troops to supplement the land at present, and the predecessor of the Imperial Army, the Wuxiang Right Guard Rear Battalion Banner Army, was also built by the father-in-law in his hometown, if according to the current "territorial conscription system" of the Ming Army system, the Imperial Army can only recruit soldiers in the maritime special zone at most, but the population of the people in the maritime special zone is less than 5,000 old and young, how many soldiers can be recruited?

The propaganda work of the Imperial Army has only just begun, and it is not necessary to think about any effect in the short term. The officialdom on the Jiangnan side hated Gonggong Wei and the imperial army even more, and it was impossible for them to agree to help the imperial army recruit troops. Therefore, these "market soldiers" who took the initiative to vote in the name of chaos have become one of the most practical troop replenishments for the imperial army at present.

After the Guards Division knew that the Garrison Division had recruited a large number of market soldiers, many high-ranking generals were snickering, ready to see the jokes of the Garrison Division.

Gonggong Wei didn't see it that way, his old man believed that his imperial army was a big dye vat, and no matter who came in, it would be as black as him.

As long as the Imperial Army remains a whole, no amount of individuals can change the nature of the whole.

My father-in-law has a deep understanding of how to transform people.

Therefore, Gonggong Wei delegated power to the garrison division, and asked those officers who were recruiting troops in various places to boldly recruit people, no matter who they were, even if the other party was a hidden murderer, as long as he was willing to come to be a soldier, then recruit them all. Those who cause trouble at home and can't be controlled by their parents also want the more the better.

In addition, the father-in-law is also preparing to carry out activities with the emperor to see if he can hook up the imperial army with the criminal department and the inspection and envoys in various places, and establish a good and long-term cooperative relationship with these units.

The father-in-law wanted to help the court and the local government reduce the burden of the prisoners, so that on the one hand, the court and the local government could save a lot of money, and on the other hand, the imperial army could be replenished with a fixed source of soldiers.

More than a month ago, 35 prisoners serving sentences of less than three years were transferred to the Imperial Army, and now they are all assigned to serve in the baggage wing of the garrison division.

The service of these prisoners is directly supervised by the base camp and the observation period is six months. After six months, if the prisoner performs well in service, the father-in-law is ready to extend the pilot to Zhejiang and Fujian. If the service of prisoners in these two provinces goes smoothly and the results are good, the father-in-law will have enough confidence to formally report the plan to the emperor.

Yao Zongwen was very supportive of Wei Gonggong's idea, thinking that it was a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, so he mentioned it to Wu Keye, the prefect of Ningbo.

Wu Keye also felt good, so he told the governor of Zhejiang about this idea in a private letter. In his reply to Wu, Gao Ju argued that it was not a new thing to hand over the prisoners to the care of the emperor's personal army and make them serve the country, and it had been done since ancient times. If the imperial army's supervision of the prisoners is in place and no prisoners escape, then Zhejiang can provide the imperial army with prisoners in various prefectures and counties.

However, Gao Gao Cheng pointed out that prisoners are also human resources, and since they are human resources, they should be paid. Therefore, if the imperial army really wants Zhejiang's prisoners, they should pay Zhejiang enough "deposits" according to the number of years.

The idea of "deposit" held high made Father-in-law Wei feel very familiar, and he pondered carefully about it, didn't it just let Father-in-law Wei spend money to buy people.

This is also a matter of course, and the father-in-law asked Yao Zongwen to negotiate specific matters with the governor of Zhejiang. If things go well, by the beginning of spring next year at the latest, the prefectures and counties in Zhejiang Province will be able to provide about 10,000 prisoners for the imperial army. Spread to the whole country, the number is jaw-dropping.

According to the territorial division negotiated with Zhejiang and Fujian, the Taipei Guard is jointly responsible for the Joint Fleet and the Taiwan Garrison Division. Now that the Combined Fleet will carry out the "Tiger and Tiger" plan for an expedition to the Ryukyus, the Taiwan Garrison Division must independently complete the occupation and maintenance of the 1,000 households under the Taipei Guard.

Seventh uncle and grandfather Guo Dafeng patted his chest and assured that his division would be able to defeat the disobedient indigenous people under the rule of Beiwei within a month.

In Guo Dafeng's original words: "The Taiwan Garrison Division will surely plant our military flag all over Taipei with the spirit of iron and blood!" ”

Is Wei Gong trustworthy?

Letter.

However, in order to prevent any accidents, my father-in-law still ordered the Guards Division to transfer two brigades to cooperate with the First Brigade of the Taiwan Garrison Division.

According to the plan, the first wing of the 1st Brigade was responsible for the Hsinchu Qianhu Office, the 2nd Wing was responsible for the Yilan Qianhu Office, and the two brigades of the Guards Division were responsible for the Taoyuan Qianhu Office.

After the battle plan was issued, the 1st Brigade sharpened its knives. At the same time, the savage aborigines living in various parts of Taipeiwei received a notice from the Ming army, ordering these tribes to immediately send personnel to contact the nearest Ming army, accept the command of the Ming army, register the yellow pages of their household registration, and collect their identity certificates.

The identity certificate is a piece of yellow paper with name, age, and place of origin address, which is basically the same as the yellow pages held by the people of the Ming Dynasty, but there is an additional ethnic column.

According to the instructions of Wei Gonggong, the nationality column was filled in as Han nationality. That is, all tribes who voluntarily accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, no matter what they were before or who they were, will be Han from now on.

After becoming Han Chinese, the indigenous people enjoyed the protection of the Ming army, and also enjoyed all the benefits enjoyed by the people of the Emperor and Ming, and also undertook the obligation to pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty.

When Huang Chengxuan, the governor of Fujian, heard about this, he was quite suspicious and sent a letter to the Duke of Wei, saying that the savage indigenous people did not obey Wanghua, did not understand Chinese characters, did not speak Chinese, and their tribes were dozens of large and small, and their customs were even different.

Huang Zhongcheng did not want to regard the area where he was located as a people, and if he lived in a high mountain, he would be a mountain person, and if he lived in a hill valley, he would be a mountain person, and as long as they did not resist the officers and soldiers strongly, he could give some respect and care according to the situation. In this way, not only can you get the support of the indigenous people, but also avoid impeachment in the court.

Wei Gonggong said: "There are few Han people on the island today, and there are many Turkish and Han contradictions, and the contradictions between the Turkish and Han countries have accumulated for a hundred years. In this way, the islanders must do their best to obey our Meiji, teach them Chinese dialect and customs, and make the islanders like our Han people, which is the way to long-term peace and stability.

Otherwise, if there is turmoil in the future, he will say that I am not a Han person, and I am not of the same clan or race as the Erhan people, and the Han people are outsiders, and the land of Dongfan is not owned by China, and if we Han people leave the island, there will be a rebellion. Therefore, if a good policy is not formulated at the beginning and implemented by force, then after twenty or thirty years, the island will be full of Han people, and all the Han people will be proud, and the latecomers will no longer have hidden worries. ”

Wei Gonggong called this policy "changing the land to Han", and Huang Chengxuan saw that after replying to the letter, he thought of the policy of changing the land and returning to the river in various parts of Huguang, so he did not oppose it again.

The first areas where the policy of "changing the land to Han" was implemented were the areas where the Han people were close to the indigenous peoples, and the indigenous people in these areas were able to obtain the cultivation technology of the Han people because of their contact and exchange with the Han people, and their tribal life was improved. In addition, most of them were in the coastal area of Taiwan, knowing the strength of the Ming Dynasty on the other side of the sea, and seeing the Ming army landing on the island in a big way, they knew the general trend, so they were basically willing to follow the instructions of the Lighting Army to "change the land to Han".

In accordance with the orders of the base camp, the Ming army in various localities also quickly established the local political power model of "village and township offices" in the coastal areas, that is, instead of setting up 100 households under each 1,000 households, townships and villages were set up. Each township also has a township head and a village head responsible for rural governance, and they are ordered by thousands of households, and thousands of households are ordered to guard. The township and village chiefs were selected by the original Han people and the leaders close to the indigenous people, and the Ming army did not interfere.

On the whole, this is Wei Gonggong's idea of integrating military and civilian governance, which is suitable for the actual situation in Taiwan at present. In the future, such a system will certainly be inappropriate, and the military and government will still have to be separated, but that will be at least fifty years later.