Chen Wang's expression was slightly dark, and he finally understood why there were so many people in Han Zhongwei's guards who couldn't beat Zhang Yuan.

Most of the people who dare to love are even the old and weak who are temporarily pulled, and there are not many regular soldiers in Weizhong.

Like the rest of the guards, the Hanzhongwei actually had only half of the regular soldiers before the invasion of the Liukou.

The rest of the troops were encroached upon, and these empty salaries were naturally divided up by the commanders, thousands of households, hundreds of households, and so on.

Originally, the enrollment was almost full, but now the reason why there are only three or four thousand registered is because of the repeated wars, and it is difficult to make up for the soldiers for a while.

Give Tan Yingfeng and these people a little more time, and Han Zhongwei will have another five or six thousand regular troops on paper.

"In addition to these regular troops, how many people are there in the defense that can be used."

Chen Wang stabilized his mind, anyway, he didn't really pin the hope of fighting in the hands of the guards.

There are about 6,300 main and auxiliary battalion soldiers under his command, and the armament is quite sufficient, and it can be called a strong and sharp armor.

Most of them have followed him to fight with the Rogue many times, and the newly recruited battalion soldiers from the Rogue Hunger Soldier sequence have also been trained in the defense of the city in Xing'an, not that they have not seen blood and have not been in battle.

In the first battle of Xing'an, Gao Yingxiang took Xing'an City to train his troops, and Chen Wang was also training with the army.

Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng and others are now fighting fiercely in the Yunxiang area, and they have no idea of going west to Hanzhong Mansion.

If the original process remains unchanged, because Lu Xiangsheng was transferred north, the garrison of the Ming army in Yunxiang and other places can now be said to be at the weakest time.

In the face of the attack of Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng and other troops, they couldn't be blocked at all.

Towards the end of the year, Zhang Xianzhong will break through the encirclement network set up by Lu Xiangsheng, lead his troops all the way down the river to the east, and join forces with Geli Yanhe Yilong of the Fifth Battalion of the Left Battalion and He Jin, the king of Zuojin, to ignite the beacon fire in the Huaiyang area.

From the second half of the ninth year of Chongzhen to the first half of the tenth year of Chongzhen, there were basically no military disasters and bandits in Hanzhong Mansion.

"Wai Nei ......"

Wang Yuankang looked embarrassed, his eyes flickered, he glanced left and right, and finally said stubbornly.

"There are about seven or eight thousand people who can be used in the guard......

Here Wang Yuankang used a little heart, Wang Yuankang knew what Chen Wang's mouth meant by the person who could be used.

It is a person who can be used as a manpower, a person who can be a farmer or join the army, not an old and weak.

But Wang Yuankang counted a lot of women into it.

Even if you dig deeper, it is actually reasonable, it is said that ancient China was a society of men farming and women weaving, and many people misunderstood that women only needed to weave, wash, cook and handle chores at home.

But in fact, many women also need to work in the fields, and they may be a little less physically than men, but their labor is not small.

Chen Wang looked at Wang Yuankang's eyes, and guessed Wang Yuankang's careful thoughts in his heart.

As soon as he asked, he knew that he was not asking a good question.

In this era, whether it is the elderly or children, women or men, as long as it is an ordinary person, most of them are struggling on the poverty line.

Where can they rest and where can they relax, as long as the elderly can still move, they will need to do what they can to subsidize the family.

And as long as the child is a little sensible and has a little strength, he must also go to the field to help and do things at home.

Chen Wang flipped through the book in his hand, and the things on this book could only be used as a reference, after all, this was an official thing, and in fact, many things were very different.

A regular soldier represents a household, and according to the fact that there are almost five people in a household, the number of people in a full number of 1,000 households is about 5,000.

Hanzhongwei has five guards, and if it is full, the number of the entire guard should be about 25,000.

But in fact, where is there so much manpower in Hanzhongwei.

Over time, the system continued

The collapse of the military households, the flight of military households was serious, and the total population of Hanzhongwei basically fell to 20,000 people long ago.

After years of turmoil and war, the Hanzhong Guards suffered defeats one after another, losing their troops and losing their generals, many hundreds of households were captured, and many military households in the guards were slaughtered.

Now the total number of Hanzhongwei has dropped to more than 11,000, and the attrition is extremely serious.

According to the ancestral system, a military household in the Ming Dynasty could have about 50 acres of military land.

At the same time, cattle and seeds were allocated so that the military households could cultivate and raise their crops and concentrate on preparing for war.

But now, everyone knows what the situation is with the guards.

In the Ming Dynasty, 100 acres of land was one hectare, which means that the land that a hundred households needed to cultivate was about 50 hectares.

The land to be cultivated by a thousand households is more than 500 hectares.

Hanzhongwei has 5,000 households, and according to the calculation of sufficiency, Hanzhongwei should have 2,800 hectares of land, which is 280,000 mu.

But how could Han Zhongwei own so much land now.

The original Hanzhongwei only set up three thousand households, and the two later guards were still added, and the number of people has never been full, let alone the fields divided.

Two hundred years later, no matter how strong the ancestral system is, it can't help but be destroyed by the years.

Now the military land owned by the ordinary guards of Hanzhongwei has been occupied by most of the guards officers at all levels in Hanzhongwei for many years.

Nominally, they were still guards, but in private they had already become tenants of various officers.

The rent of the military households was much heavier than that of ordinary households.

Among the harvests planted in a year, very few belong to military households, and ten percent can be obtained, and three or four percent are already Shangguan Kai's grace.

The collapse of the Wei system, the Ming Dynasty itself is also very clear.

It's not that they haven't thought about how to stop the collapse of the guard.

In the middle and late periods, in order to change the situation of local officials and generals embezzling and corrupting military households, the Ming court gave each military general a certain amount of incorruptible land according to the size of the official position.

However, the cultivation of cheap land was actually very effective, and the officers of the guards in various places continued to exploit them.

In addition to the exploitation of the officers, many military fields were also bullied by the rich and powerful.

The status of the guards was low, so many of the guards' fields were encroached upon, and there was no way to even ask for help.

Originally, Hanzhongwei still had more than 1,800 hectares of land, because the fields in Hanzhong Mansion were quite rich, and life was not very bad.

But since King Rui was sealed, most of the fields in Hanzhong Mansion belonged to King Rui.

When a vassal king became a vassal domain, the imperial court would not only give a large amount of money, but also cut a large amount of land from the local area and use it as the domain of the vassal king.

Many of Han Zhongwei's military fields have been assigned to the name of King Rui, and now there are only more than 1,300 hectares of land left under the name of the entire Han Zhongwei.

Chen Wang estimated that even if there were some hidden fields, there should only be about 1,400 hectares of fields.

Of these fields, the good ones should have been encroached upon, and most of the rest should have been Nakata and Shimota.

In recent years, natural disasters have continued, although Hanzhong Province has not suffered many disasters.

However, with the dwindling of land and repeated unrest in the Hanzhong Prefecture, the guards of the Hanzhong Guard were not only required to serve in the military, but also to pay heavy rents.

The military salary has not been paid for a long time, and there is not much pension for the war dead, and most of the military households are no longer able to reach the lake.

"How many men are over fifteen years old and under forty-five years old?"

Chen Wang closed the document in his hand and asked again.

Wang Yuankang was slightly stunned, and then his expression suddenly darkened, and after a moment of silence, he said leisurely.

"Excluding the regular army, there are almost 2,000 people left......

Han Zhongwei's situation is extremely poor now, most of the men have died on the battlefield, and most of the women and children are left behind.

In the past few years, every household in the health center often wears filial piety and wears linen, and every time there is a big war, the crying and shouting in the guard center is even more connected.

As military households, they did not have the right to refuse the imperial court's recruitment......

All they can do is accept it all, and then pick up their rudimentary weapons and go to the battlefield, waiting for their own fate.

"I know the situation."

Chen Wang's sharp gaze swept over everyone in the hall, and everyone felt a little frightened.

"I can't see a lot of things in the public eucalyptus booklet, so I want to go to the health offices in various places to see the specific situation."

Tan Yingfeng, who was originally looking for an opportunity to sit in the distance, was even more like sitting on pins and needles, and his hairs stood up.

Chen Wang's eyes made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Who has time to accompany me on a trip?"

Chen Wang's voice fell, and Tan Yingfeng, Li Shiqi, and Yang Mingcai all subconsciously set their eyes on Wang Yuankang.

"In the past, Wang Yanshi has always been in charge of affairs such as tuntian, ordnance, and military inspection, and since Lord Chen wants to go down to inspect, it is naturally best to have Wang Yanshi accompany him."

Tan Yingfeng didn't think about it, he directly came to Chen Wang's side, and sold it directly to Wang Yuankang with low eyebrows.

The corners of Wang Yuankang's mouth couldn't help twitching, this dog-like Tan San was stunned, he hadn't done a few good things.

Every time he encounters something difficult, he comes out to take the pot.

Wang Yuankang scolded in his heart, but he scolded and scolded, he knew that he probably couldn't escape these things.

"Most of the official duties in the guard have been handled, and only a few permissions are left to put aside for the time being."

"If you want to know about the affairs of the guard, you can accompany your lordship."

Wang Yuankang bowed his head respectfully, clasped his hands into fists and saluted.

Anyway, it's all about going, it's better to take the initiative, and you can sell it more or less.

The birds hovering in the sky could be seen clearly by Chen Wang, and the eye contact between several people naturally did not hide from Chen Wang.

As early as when he came, Chen Wang also did a little homework, and learned the general details of Hanzhongwei from Guan Qilin and Du Wugang, as well as several thousands of households under Zhou Yumao's command.

Tan Yingfeng basically only cares about some important and oily things, is timid, and rarely goes into battle.

But the official face is doing things very well, so not only has he been fine, but he has also been rewarded several times for the military exploits earned by his subordinates.

commanded Yang Mingcai, because he was in charge of preparation, outposting, and guarding, he basically stayed in the rear.

The commander and acquaintance Li Shiqi have been in battle several times, and although he has lost more and won less, he at least has the courage to go into battle.

Wang Yuankang is in a marginal position among several people, and the affairs he is responsible for seem to be important, and the oil and water are also very rich.

But all this is just what it seems.

If these things are placed in peacetime, they are naturally positions with abundant oil and water.

Being in charge of Tuntian means that you can divide the land under your own name, and there is a lot of room for operation.

And the army inspection can determine the number of people in the regular army, and naturally can accept money.

If you are in charge of ordnance and do it directly, you can enrich your own pockets and deduct money.

But the current season is not a peaceful season.

At this time, these things are all things that need to be done by the wrongdoers.

Every time it was time to hand over food and deliver ordnance, Wang Yuankang must have been scolded severely, and he was even tortured during the army inspection.

The imperial court requisitioned the guards, and tried to get together the limited number, otherwise he would be punished, and how could he withstand the pot with a small commanding officer.

"Since Wang Yan doesn't have much else to do, let's go first."

Chen Wang stood up, he already had a rough understanding of what he wanted to know.

I also have a general understanding of Tan Yingfeng and others in my heart, and with a plan to deal with it, I am no longer ready to stay in the guard at the moment.

"Congratulations to Master Chen."

Tan Yingfeng was the first to get up, bowed and bent over, looking extremely respectful.

Then Li Shiqi and Yang Mingcai also stood up and sent each other off.

Wang Yuankang slowed down a little and stood up last.

"There is no need to send it again, the order of the governor is for me to rectify the support of the tuntian, camp exercises, ordnance, etc., and the responsibilities of the few of you will remain unchanged for the time being, as for my side, I will share the matter with Wang Yan."

Chen Wang was sent by several people all the way to the gate of the official office and waved his hand.

"There is a shortage of sergeants in Weizhong, and the soldiers have fled and suffered serious casualties, I have already made up my mind about this matter, and I will go to the governor to ask for the army to be filled."

Hearing what Chen Wang said, Tan Yingfeng finally showed a little smile on his face.

Although he felt that if Chen Wang took care of these things, he was afraid that it would affect some of his interests.

But Chen Wang is the deputy chief guard of Hanzhong Town, and after these things are managed by Chen Wang, they don't need to train the soldiers with all their efforts at that time.

Moreover, Chen Wang also mentioned ordnance, the Ordnance Bureau of Weizhong is a hot potato, and a lot of ordnance must be handed over to Xi'an Mansion every certain time.

"Listen to your lordship."

Tan Yingfeng lowered her eyebrows and bowed her head, looking extremely respectful.

Chen Wang didn't focus on Tan Yingfeng's body, and stepped onto the war horse brought by the guards in just one step.

All the guards also found their respective war horses and stepped on one after another, and for a while, the entire guard commanded the embassy and the official office was neighing.

"Wang, get on the horse."

Chen Wang glanced at Wang Yuankang condescendingly, pointed to another war horse moved by the guards, and commanded Wang Yuankang.

Wang Yuankang responded, and also turned over the war horse, but looking at the appearance of his horse, he knew that he was not good at riding, and he should not have much experience.

Chen Wang's gaze swept over the people standing in front of the official office, and then raised his head to look at the depressed and cold Acropolis of Hanzhong in front of him.

Hundreds of years have passed quietly, everything is changing, the new thing will eventually replace the old, and now is the time to innovate and forge ahead.