The main responsibilities of the outer guard are to defend against foreign invasion, maintain social order in the jurisdiction, counterinsurgency, and assemble for conquest. The internal guard is different, the internal position is divided into the Beijing camp and the pro-army capital to protect the house, mainly responsible for the garrison of the Beijing division and the guard of the palace, the emperor's escort and other matters, the famous Jinyi Wei is subordinate to the inner position.

Yes, the Ming Dynasty shocked the world, and the Jinyiwei who made hundreds of officials tremble turned out to be a military household, but although everyone is a military household, Jinyiwei belongs to the army of the Son of Heaven, and there is no need to farm or pay grain, and those ordinary military households who are self-reliant and go to the land to farm are one heaven and one earth, and there is no comparison between the two.

In addition, Yang Feng also found that it was better to rely on the center of Qianhusuo, the more ragged people were on the side of the road on Qianhusuo Street, Yang Feng saw many skinny people, and people in tattered clothes were listlessly leaning against the corner, and the numb appearance was simply surprising. If it weren't for the fact that many people were still wearing tattered Ming military uniforms, the wasps would have thought that they had arrived at the beggar gang. Such people are not one or two, but the majority, all over the thousand households. There are still some women and children walking on the street, all of them are not clothed, plus the low and dilapidated houses next to them, this is a thousand households, this is clearly a beggar's nest.

"This is Lao Tzu's territory in the future?"

Yang Feng couldn't believe what he saw, he used to see in the history books that the system of the guard house collapsed, and the tragic experience of the military household was worse than death, and he still had some doubts in his heart, but now it seems that the military household in reality is even worse than the history book.

Not to mention the war, it is estimated that such an army will not even be able to walk, no wonder the military household system will be slowly replaced by the recruitment system in the late Ming Dynasty.

Seeing this, Yang Feng turned his head and asked, "Deputy Geng Qianhu, how many people are still in our Qianhu Army?" If I were the actual number of people, not the names on the roster, how many more people would I be able to hit? ”

Deputy Geng Qianhu hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, our Jiangdong Gate Qianhu should have 1,120 soldiers according to the system, but now there are less than 800 people, and half of the old, weak, sick and disabled are removed, only more than 400 young and strong, and less than 60 people can beat people. ”

"What?"

Hearing this, Yang Feng's body shook and he was almost unsteady, a thousand households with a quota of more than 1,000 people could fight less than 60 people, is it necessary for such a guard to exist?

Seeing Yang Feng's blue face, Deputy Geng Qianhu also comforted: "Don't worry, adults, the guards in the Ming Dynasty are the same all over the world, and our Jiangdongmen Thousand Households are still good, and I heard that some of the Thousand Households have all escaped, and only one person remains." ”

"There's just one left?"

Yang Feng didn't know whether to cry or laugh, no wonder those Manchu Tartars would go south to plunder three times and twice, if such a weak Ming Manchurian Tartar didn't come to plunder, it is estimated that they would all feel embarrassed.

"I'm going back, don't look at it!"

The more he looked at it, the more upset Yang Feng walked back with his hands behind his back, and saw that the new boss had lost his temper, and everyone had to follow after looking at each other. Some of the officers all showed dissatisfaction on their faces, and a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old with a slightly white face said angrily: "What's the spirit, a guy who has a relationship with his superiors, and he doesn't know how to take advantage of us after coming to our Qianhu Office." ”

"Shut up!"

Deputy Geng Qianhu turned his head and glared at the young man, lowered his voice and said: "Chu Maoguang, you kid is going to die, don't forget how long you have inherited your Lao Tzu's hundred households, it has made the Qianhu adults unhappy, believe it or not, he transferred you out of the Qianhu Institute to let you Rongbian, so that you will not be able to come back for the rest of your life!" ”

Listening to Geng Deputy Qianhu's words, this young man named Chu Maoguang shrank his head and said nothing, although the life of Qianhu is already very difficult, but it is still much better than the nine-sided guard, if it is made bad by this new Qianhu, maybe people can really get themselves to the nine sides, so that the widow has no hope for his son.

Yang Feng, who was in a heavy mood, came to the Qianhu Mansion located in the center of the Qianhu House under the leadership of Geng Deputy Qianhu, this house is an ordinary courtyard house, but it looks very deserted because it has not been inhabited for a long time, and now there are more than ten servant women busy, and a large table is placed in the main house, which is full of wine and food.

Yang Feng took a look, and the dishes were still very rich. On the huge table, there are large plates of roast pork, big fat chicken, roast goose and roast duck, roasted mutton, steamed and fried fish with willow, pork intestines, large and small intestines, and meat dishes such as kidneys with oil. With the addition of some seasonal vegetables and sake jugs and glasses, a large table is filled with a large bucket of rice next to the table. Next to the large table there are three other tables, but the dishes on these three tables are not so rich, but they are already very good for people of this era.

Although Yang Feng from later generations is only a salaryman, but the material life of later generations is far from being comparable to the people of this era, big fish and meat have long been tired of eating, and the emphasis is on meat and vegetables with reasonable nutrition, so Yang Feng was a little surprised to see these wine and vegetables, but he didn't feel anything, but he noticed that many people on the side couldn't help but squirm in their throats, obviously the food on the table in front of them, even these people don't eat it often.

"Senho-sama, please be seated!" Geng Deputy Qianhu stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of invitation, and said to Yang Feng Zhengse.

The officialdom pays attention to a strict hierarchy, and Yang Feng also knew that now was not the time to be modest, so he happily stepped forward and sat on the main seat. Immediately followed by Geng Deputy Qianhu, Zhenfu, Officials, and a group of hundreds of households, due to the large number of people, Shi Baihu and Zongqi These people could only sit on the other three tables, and slowly filled a huge room.

After everyone sat down, Deputy Geng Qianhu took the lead in picking up the wine glass and looked at Yang Feng: "Lord Yang, we have not had a thousand households in Jiangdongmen Thousand Households for several months, and now you are in charge of the overall situation, it is really an honor for our Thousand Households, and you have a cup of humble duty!" ”

After speaking, Deputy Geng Qianhu picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"Good...... Geng Deputy Thousand Households Good Drink! The crowd applauded.

Yang Feng naturally didn't hesitate to take a sip of this glass of wine, but a bitter, astringent and spicy taste surged up his throat after the wine was down, and he almost didn't let him spit it out.

"Your sister, this wine is too bad to drink."