Fang Hongzan actually knew that he was going to suffer as soon as he heard Yuan Chonghuan speak, who else could be doing this work besides them Jinyiwei? Could it be that the household department sent someone to do this? Sure enough, the emperor immediately set his sights on him.

Fang Hongzan was also sweating on his forehead, thought about it, and said, "Your Majesty, this matter, it is difficult to say, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult." ”

"What's that saying?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have received countless people who have escaped from the Eastern Captives, as long as I interrogate them in detail and interrogate the situation of the Eastern Captives, it is not impossible, the only problem is manpower and cost." Fang Hongzan felt that if the lion opened his mouth about this matter, he might be able to scare off the emperor and not do such a boring thing.

…… But the emperor is the kind of lord who is interested in this kind of thing.

"How much does it cost?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, about one hundred or twenty thousand taels of silver." Fang Hongzan also said a number with a hard head, because there had never been a dynasty that did such a thing and set up a household registration for the enemy.

"Are you sure? It's not going to fool me, is it? Tell me how you do it? "Yang reform is more serious, this matter, it seems boring, useless, but it is actually very useful, do a thorough investigation, nothing more than the population survey, nothing more than a detailed and reliable account, if you spend 200,000 taels to make a detailed account for the wild boar skin, this is very useful, for estimating the strength of the opponent, check the proportion of troops, very useful, for the future war, also has guiding significance.

Fang Hongzan felt that the emperor was so difficult to serve! After thinking about it, he said: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter, only by asking in detail about the people who returned to our dynasty, or the people who are more familiar with the Dongyu, repeated inquiries, comparisons, in order to sort out a more reliable case, at present, in terms of the well-known situation, the entire Dongyu, there are a total of eight solid mountains, that is, the eight flags that my dynasty often says, each flag generally has more than 20 Niu Lu, of which Zhengbai, the most, it is said that there are forty or fifty, there are more than 30 inlaid blue, and the rest of the flags, there are more than 20, take the middle, count as twenty-five, so, There should be a total of about 230 Niu Lu in Donglu, and each Niu Lu is said to be composed of 200 people, then, there are a total of 50,000 people, which is probably the number of all adult strong men in Donglu, however, this is also the minister's estimate, and now Donglu has taken in the Mongolian tribes who have taken refuge in him, and there are some Han people who have adopted him, so the power should have increased a lot, and the minister thinks that the highest, there should be about 70,000 strong men, so the statistics of soldiers, that is, the statistics of these 70,000 people......"

Fang Hongzan even guessed and estimated, and presumed that the soldiers of Dongyu were about 70,000, but there were also cats in it, Fang Hongzan didn't dare to look at the emperor, because here, according to reliable sources, there are a large number of Han people who act as soldiers in it, such as Han army gunners and craftsmen, which are well known to everyone outside the Guan, but they dare not tell the emperor, but only briefly mentioned it, for fear that the emperor will be angry and he will be unlucky.

"Fang Hongzan, are you saying that the total strength of the Dongyu is now at the limit of about 70,000 people?" Yang asked Gengai. This data is very important, knowing the bottom line of the other party, and dealing with it, there is a bottom, it seems that the account of this wild boar skin has to be established as soon as possible, and Yang Reform secretly decided.

"Back to Your Majesty, the adult strong men of the Dongyu, that is to say, the total number of soldiers, should be in this number, but in fact, when the Dongyu is fighting, he will also recruit a lot of slaves, that is, the Dongyu said that the coat assists in the battle, or transports grain and grass, or cooks, raises horses, does chores, and even assists in the battle, so when the Dongyu is war, it is very likely that there are more than 100,000 horses...... "Fang Hongzan Since the emperor asked him to collect intelligence from the north, he has only paid attention to the news from the Dongyu, memorized all kinds of information, and analyzed it comprehensively, Of course, in this, Fang Hongzan tried his best to push the numbers high, and the numbers were exaggerated as much as possible, that is to say, there was a lot of room for maneuver, and then he fought with Donglu according to this number, and he won, and found that the number was wrong, I believe that the emperor would not blame him for saying that the number was too high, and if he lost, it had nothing to do with him, his range was from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, no matter what he wanted, it was impossible for Dongyu's strong men to go to 200,000.

“…… Oh, I see, what do you mean is that the establishment of the household registration should be based on these 70,000 people? Others are women and children, or slaves? Is that right? Do you think that the women and children and slaves should also be recorded? Yang Reform calculated, 70,000 strong men, the limit of wild boar skin, now he has only trained 20,000 elites, plus the elite of the Ming Dynasty who entered Beijing to defend the Beijing Division, adding up, but 40,000 or 50,000 elites. If the wild boar skin enters the customs with half of the soldiers and carries tens of thousands of slaves, counting it, the elite will be thirty or forty thousand people, plus tens of thousands of slave soldiers, and his own side will also add the guard army with similar combat power to the slave soldiers, the total combat power should be about the same, can you stop the wild boar skin, Yang Reform muttered again at this time.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, Zhuangding, it should be 70,000, this is about the number of all adult males in Dongyu at present, the others are slaves, women and children, and the ministers think that they are mainly soldiers, women and children, slaves, if they can be recorded, they will be recorded, and they will not be forced, because these Dongyu battles are all dependent on these soldiers, and if these soldiers are gone, the Dongyu will die." Fang Hongzan suggested that the statistics of 70,000 people's household registrations should be secretly set up for their enemies, Fang Hongzan felt that this task was very difficult! But it can be regarded as a historical precedent, and it is painful and happy! Fang Hongzan sighed to himself that he was unlucky, and on the other hand, he had a trace of excitement.

However, Yang's reform is obviously on something else.

"Fang Hongzan, you say, among these 70,000 soldiers, how many elites are there, and how many ordinary soldiers are there? How are their proportions calculated? What is the proportion of general play, and what is the proportion of the limit? "Yang Reform frightened Fang Hongzan by this number, if half of these soldiers entered the customs, wouldn't there be thirty or forty thousand people? Wouldn't it be dangerous to add slave soldiers?

Fang Hongzan thought for a while and said: "Back to Your Majesty, 70,000 people are the adult strong men of the entire Donglu, and the actual battle is not calculated according to people, it is said that the Donglu battle is based on Niu Lu, during the war, how many Niu Lu are drawn, and each Niu Lu, among the two hundred people, there are generally sixty armored soldiers to follow the battle, that is to say, under normal circumstances, it is three out of one, and Dong Lu will not let a certain Niu Lu all go out to fight, in case the Niu Lu army is wiped out, Niu Lu is in Dong Lu, not only the establishment of the war, It is also the establishment of peacetime labor, that is to say, if the Dongyu goes to war, at most one time, according to the rule of three out of one, the elite in armor, there should be 21,000 people, this is the real proportion of the Dongyu, even if it is calculated according to the situation of two out of one, the Dongyu once sent troops, the actual elite, at most there should be only 35,000 people, and the rest are just slave soldiers. If the slave soldiers can't be defeated, they will directly press the elite, 1,000 is not enough for 5,000, 5,000 is not enough, and if 5,000 is not enough, 10,000, anyway, the opponent must be crushed until the opponent is crushed, this is the way of fighting in the East according to the people who escaped back from the minister, for His Majesty's reference......"

The intelligence agencies of the Ming Dynasty have always been relatively strong, and the key is to see whether they have money or not, and whether they have the trust of the emperor. If there is trust, there is money, and the ability of the secret intelligence agency is very strong, and if there is no money, naturally nothing can be done. And Yang Reform is now open to the use of money by the other party, so the ability of the Ming Dynasty's spy agency has recovered quite quickly, so all kinds of information are coming in one after another, Fang Hongzan is consulting these information every time, and getting useful things from it, naturally there are a lot, of course, Fang Hongzan spends the emperor's money, and he is not soft, so that the expenses of Jinyiwei in the past few months have skyrocketed, and he uses the emperor's money to buy credit for himself, if this kind of thing is not done well, Fang Hongzan might as well find a place to hang himself.

Yang Reform did not know much about the division of labor and combat methods within the wild boar skin, that is, he was hazy, and now he listened to Fang Hongzan's specific explanation, and his heart was a lot more stable. The total adult male population is 70,000, and the troops are drawn at one time, at most only half, that is to say, even if the wild boar skin enters the customs with half the troops, it is only 35,000 armored soldiers, this is the elite, and the others, but the slave soldiers are filled, and their own kind of imperial army, by the army of Mangui to fight the war, and win, the combat effectiveness of the imperial army will naturally rise, and you can also choose a group of elites from the imperial army to supplement yourself, if the imperial army can't win, you have to be on Mangui, this, and their own imperial army, It's almost a copy.

Counting here, Yang Reform's heart is a lot more stable, 35,000 people, and his own troops defending the Beijing Division, there are more than 20,000 people, plus the elite he trained, there are 40,000 or 50,000 people, in terms of number, there are more than the armored people with wild boar skins. It's about a ratio of 5:3.5, I don't dare to say that I can win the wild boar skin, at least it's no problem to drag it, not to mention that the wild boar skin can't draw troops to the limit to risk entering the customs, so it is impossible for the elite to have 35,000 armored soldiers, if he uses slave soldiers to consume his elite, he will use the guard army to fight with him...... Yang reform's heart can be regarded as settling down.

“…… continued, then said...... "Yang Reform was just distracted, and he didn't pay attention to where Fang Hongzan said, and when he saw Fang Hongzan stop talking, he asked Fang Hongzan to continue.

Fang Hongzan was speechless, he said everything that should be said, but the emperor asked him to say that he had to take out something more, thought about it, and said: "Your Majesty, according to the speculation of the minister, therefore, the minister thinks that with these 70,000 strong men as the main recording object, it should be enough to properly record women, children and slaves." Fang Hongzan really didn't know what to say, pick this up.

"Oh? That's it! So be it, two hundred thousand? Yang asked reform.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, one or two hundred thousand is probably enough, there is no precedent for this, the minister is also speculating, the actual amount, the minister does not know, it can only be a speculation ......" Fang Hongzan decided, the ugly words should be said in front.

"Okay, how much money should be used, you can use as much as you want, I only have one request, that is, the household registration book of this Dongyu, it must be established as soon as possible, women and children, slaves can be recorded in detail, do not put down, how many Dongyu will be killed in the future, there is a basis......" Yang Reform made up his mind to give the opponent a population survey.

"The minister obeys ......the order," Fang Hongzan agreed loudly. Fang Hongzan is also very proud in his heart, this time to build a household registration for Dongyu, it can be said that the power is very big, the oil and water are very sufficient, the entire Ming Dynasty, if you want to say that you are willing to use money, generous, you have not surpassed this lord, what do you want to do, how much you say, how much you give you, never say discounts, the only requirement is that you do things beautifully, the emperor is very shrewd, if you take the money and do nothing, offend the emperor, then the end will be dangerous, Wei Zhongxian is not known as nine thousand years old? Didn't the emperor fall within half a year of coming to power? Fang Hongzan's heart was sweet, with a hint of excitement to create history, ready to work hard for the emperor and his future.

Others were dumbfounded, this emperor is really not an ordinary person, this kind of ...... I don't know what to say, this emperor is actually decided like this, and he wants to do it, that dynasty has established a household registration for all its opponents? Do you have? No! The emperor opened a book.

Yang Reform is very happy, after all, with the other party's population situation, it is necessary to reasonably estimate the opponent's war potential, and he should not casually estimate the tragedy of 40,000 people in an enemy at that time, and then 80,000 people will run out, then the joke will be a big joke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I also heard Fang Hongzan say just now, Donglu's combat method is three draws of one, a maximum of 21,000 troops at a time, even if it is two draws of one, there are only 35,000 people, no matter how much, basically refusing to, no matter more, Donglu's Niu Lu may be all killed, Dong Lu will not let a certain Niu Lu men all die, this is not conducive to recovery, so, from this point of view, I should be prepared to fight against Dong Lu, should be treated differently, don't distinguish between slave soldiers and armored soldiers, I tried my best to fight the slave soldiers, and when the armored soldiers came, they had no strength, and it would be ......miserable, and it also showed that this supplement was very important, and every time the Dongyu fought, only three percent were drawn, and if the combat loss was lost, it could be replenished immediately, so it could maintain the combat effectiveness of each Niu Lu at any time, so, the unified training, unified supplement, and unified configuration that I said earlier, it seems that it is very important, and there is no supplement, even if you win the Donglu for the first time, I am afraid that when the Dongyu continues to fight the second time, you will lose, Do you now understand the need for me to unify your training, configuration, and supplementation? Yang Gai figured it out on his own, and began to teach his subordinates a lesson.

Everyone also heard Fang Hongzan's answer to the emperor, and they also had a lot of gains, and they felt terrible about Dongyu's way of fighting with each other, if they fought with Dongyu, they could win on the first day, and on the second day, they were afraid that they would only have to fight, and on the third day, they were afraid that they would only lose, because their troops were fighting less and less, and the veterans were gradually consumed, and Dongyu's men and horses were always replenishing, and they still looked like they were yesterday's people, but the strength of the people did not lose much, and on their side, the veterans lost all of them and did not replenish, Even if there is a supplement, it is not a recruit or a soft egg, or someone who is not familiar with it, how can it be possible to win.

The people were even more convinced by the emperor's words.

Man Gui was even more excited, and stood up and said impassionedly: "Your Majesty, the minister understands, the minister understands His Majesty's painstaking efforts, and after that, the minister must retrain and train well in accordance with His Majesty's requirements, and strive to do the unified training and unified configuration that His Majesty said, so that even if the minister fights to only one Chengren, the minister is not afraid, because it can be replenished immediately, and the minister can continue to fight, and if the minister does not destroy the Eastern Prisoner, he will supplement it and fight again until the Eastern Prisoner is completely eliminated......" Man Gui is now completely convinced of this tender-looking emperor.

"The minister must retrain according to His Majesty's requirements, strictly train, not afraid of losses, even if the losses are exhausted, the minister can continue to fight again......" Zhao Shujiao also understood what the emperor said about unified training, the benefits of unified configuration, and immediately knelt down to echo Man Gui, this is completely different from their previous way of fighting, in the past, they were all raising their families, and the family was where the combat effectiveness was, and the others were peasant soldiers, which were used to make up the numbers, and the family was finished, and they had no capital, so when they were fighting, they were all hidden, I'm afraid that I will lose too much, because I have lost, and no one will give you supplements.

"The minister also asks Your Majesty to treat the non-commissioned officers outside the Guanxi equally, with unified training, unified configuration, and unified supplementation, so that the military strength outside the Guanwai will definitely rise sharply, and I beg Your Majesty to be merciful." Yuan Chonghuan also heard that this unified training, unified configuration, and unified replenishment is indeed a powerful means to deal with the enemy, especially the Dongyu, Yuan Chonghuan also understands why the Ming army has always lost the battle against the Donglu in the past, and even the famous Zhejiang soldiers have folded under the hands of the Donglu, one of the reasons is that the Donglu is constantly replenished, and the continuous impact, although the Zhejiang soldiers are powerful, but they can't withstand the repeated impacts, and finally lead to exhaustion. Yuan Chonghuan decided to learn this lesson and seek unified training, unified configuration, and unified supplementation with the emperor.

Yang reform is difficult, these three unifications, is indeed a good thing, but it is also a difficult thing, the Ming Dynasty's accumulated shortcomings for many years, not a few words can be solved, their own move, how many people's interests have been damaged? The officers of this guard have now faded into landlords and slave owners, and they must be changed to unified training, unified configuration, and unified supplementation, which is to cut off people's financial routes, cut off people's financial routes, that is, to kill their parents, afraid that they are the emperor, they will not pay much attention to them, or add chaos to themselves, which involves so much that it is unimaginable, Yang Reform has considered at the beginning, the guns he now has in his hands are not hard enough, and acting rashly will cause unnecessary scratching. First practice in these several troops that they can control, and wait for the results, have the record, can suppress all parties, and then it's not too late to make a move, now do this, I really don't have confidence, more critical things, this cost, is an astronomical amount, reform the current military system, that has to be filled with money, now these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, every year to spend millions of taels of silver, if outside the customs, the border again, then they should go to the pawnshop as pants.

(To be continued)