Daming Military Empire

Chapter 676

Lu Xiangsheng has had a good time in the North American continent. He has built ports, established bases, recruited natives, explored mineral deposits, and investigated the enemy's situation with great success. Colonization and immigration can be said to be just around the corner.

Zhu Cijiong is in trouble here, because both colonization and immigration need people, especially colonization, ordinary people are not suitable for this kind of thing, it is better to use garrison guards.

However, now there are almost no guards in the entire Ming Dynasty to dispatch.

At this time, the number of garrison guards in Daming was actually quite a lot. After the last reorganization, the entire Daming garrison guard system now has more than 100 capitals, more than 500 guards, and more than 500 thousand households. The number of military households has reached A terrifying more than 280 million, even more than at the beginning of the dynasty.

The problem is that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is now larger than it was at the beginning of the dynasty, and it's not just a little bit bigger, but three or four times bigger!
More than 280 million military households may seem terrifying, but once they are spread over a territory of 4000 to [-] million square kilometers, they will be wiped out in one go.

The place with the most guards is the original Siberia, and now the Ming and New Kyushu. Since this is a newly occupied territory, it must always face the threat of European powers, and these places have no population. Therefore, according to the Minister of War, Sun Yuanhua, Zhu Cijiong According to the proposal, five capitals were stationed in each province.

New Kyushu has a total of 45 capitals, 220 five guards, 120 five thousand households, and nearly 130 million military households.

Next came the fifteen provinces in South Asia. The Ming Dynasty had not occupied this area for a long time, and two capitals stationed in each province was already the minimum.

Fifteen provinces consisted of 150 capitals, 750 guards, 80 thousands of households, and more than [-] military households.

For example, the Western Regions, Beiting, Monan, Mobei, Nuergan, and the four provinces of the Southeast Peninsula and the two provinces of Nanyang, these actually returned to Daming for a short time. Yes, but the number of garrison guards is no longer enough, so we can only send a garrison guard from the capital division to garrison the same as the original two capitals and thirteen provinces and the two capital divisions.

Here are 28 capitals, 140 guards, 70 thousand households, and more than [-] military households.

Calculated in this way, there are more than 100 capital divisions, more than 500 guards, more than 500 thousand households, and more than 280 million military households. None of them is idle, and all of them have been dispatched.

However, in order to colonize the current North American continent, at least one million military households must be stationed, otherwise it would be difficult to firmly control the huge colony.

There is also the future Dongsheng Shenzhou, that is, Australia in later generations, at least one million military households will be stationed, otherwise the safety of the royal family will not be guaranteed.

How to make up such a big gap, is it from New Kyushu and South Asia?

This is obviously unrealistic. There are barely enough guards in the two places, not too many, but too few.

For the current plan, there is only expansion. Zhu Cijiong decided to expand the Tunwei to 500 million households to relieve the urgent need!
Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the number of guards has been decreasing. Only during the Chongzheng Dynasty, the guards were reorganized and restored to the scale at the beginning of the dynasty.

As for the expansion of the Tunwei, it only happened once during the Chongzheng Dynasty. That time it was not to recruit new people, but to turn the Eighteen Zhi pirates who joined the Ming Navy into a full-time member. The real expansion of the Tunwei seems to have never happened in the Ming Dynasty.

Is it possible to expand the recruitment of Tunwei, and can we recruit people?
Zhu Cijiong believes that the job must be possible, and some people will definitely be recruited, because the current treatment of Tunwei is the best among all household registrations, but he is really not sure whether he can recruit 200 million households.

For professional matters, it is most reliable to find professional people, and it is natural to discuss with Sun Yuanhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, because all the guards of the Ming Dynasty are now under the control of the Ministry of War.

Sun Yuanhua is very busy at the moment, and finally the emperor is ready to take a rest. After a few months of rest, the anti-Habsburg alliance has started to provoke troubles again. His Minister of the Ministry of War is even more caught off guard than the emperor.

Moreover, the scale of this war was the largest among the previous wars of the Ming Dynasty. Almost all the army and all the navy participated in the battle. There were more than 200 million horses, weapons, ammunition, food and supplies, and he was so busy that he couldn't breathe.

However, even though he was busy, he was in a good mood.

Now, neither power nor money is so important to him, because he is already a first-rank official, and he has a reward of 100 million taels of silver from the emperor. If he is not satisfied, he can only seek rebellion!
Will he conspire against the court?
That is naturally impossible. Not everyone has such a big greed. Now he just wants to do his own thing well, ensure the supply of military supplies on the front line, and make his due contribution to Daming's victory in this crucial battle. , to repay the emperor for his kindness.

He was busy at the office of the Ministry of War, but the eunuchs in the palace ran over to pass on the emperor's oral order, ordering him to enter the palace immediately for an audience.

The emperor summoned him, that was naturally the top priority, no matter how busy he was, he had to go right away, he immediately dropped what he was doing, and followed the eunuch to the palace.

What happened to the emperor's sudden and urgent summons?
Along the way, Sun Yuanhua was thinking about this problem. He believed that it was very likely that something happened to the anti-Habsburg alliance powers, and they had to send troops to deal with it.

If this is the case, it will be a bit of a headache, because Daming has almost no soldiers to send, whether it is the army or the navy.

He followed behind the eunuch who passed the decree, thinking wildly, and arrived at Qianqing Palace before he knew it.

Zhu Cijiong was still waiting for Sun Yuanhua in the small conference room. Needless to say, the relationship between the two of them, after the monarch and ministers greeted each other, he pulled Sun Yuanhua to sit down at the conference table, and then said: "Chuyang, Jiandou has already led the army. In the Americas, I believe that colonization will start there in the near future. This colony is more difficult to control than a vassal state. I think that when emigrating, we should first focus on guarding and completely control that side. What do you think?"

It turned out to be a colonial matter, Sun Yuanhua thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is wise, and the minister also thinks that we should first transfer the guards to stabilize the overall situation, and then make other plans."

Zhu Cijiong nodded first, then sighed: "The question is where to transfer the guards, the territory over there is not small."

Sun Yuanhua was also confused, he just remembered now that the emperor seems to have said that the territory over there is even wider than Siberia, so how many guards will be transferred there!

He couldn't help but panic and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, I have been so busy and confused these days, I even forgot about the vast territory over there."

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said, "I know you're busy, so it's normal that you can't remember some things, but you can't delay the transfer of the guards. It is estimated that Jiandou will ask for someone soon."

Sun Yuanhua quickly asked: "I wonder how many guards the emperor wants to send over?"

Zhu Cijiong reckoned: "At least 100 million households are needed, and more will be added later!"

(End of this chapter)