In Ryukyu, Eunuch Wei handed over to the joint fleet. Compared with Ryukyu, Taiwan's pacification and governance are the top priority.

Uncle Seven, the first division commander of the Taiwan Security Division, Guo Dafeng, has led the first brigade, which has just been supplemented with the complete first brigade, has landed in Chiayi.

Although the Taiwan Security Division is organized by three brigades, each brigade has only two infantry corpses, and each infantry corps only has two brigades, which is less than the Guard Division. In addition, there is no artillery corps, only cavalry corps, engineering corps and baggage corps, plus non-combatants from the division and brigade corps, the total quota is only 18,000 people, which is a 10,000 fewer than the Guard Division.

But the division of 18,000 people has only been on paper so far. In fact, the Taiwan Security Division has only more than 7,500 real soldiers.

There were only about 3,000 people who could truly exert their combat effectiveness, namely the more than 1,200 Suning soldiers in the army, more than 300 Liaodong surrendered to Japanese soldiers, more than 800 Nandu nobles and three major battalions surrendered to soldiers.

In addition, although more than 200 former Wusong Shui Camp soldiers and more than 500 Liyang miners can barely join the battle, they lack practical experience and can only be used as reserve forces.

The remaining more than 4,000 troops were recruited by officers at all levels from their hometowns and around the SAR after the establishment of the Taiwan Security Division. One-third of these newly recruited soldiers were brought from their father-in-law's hometown, and the remaining two-thirds were "city soldiers" that people looked down upon.

The so-called "city soldiers" are the sluts in prefectures and counties in Jiangnan. Only a few are interested in joining the army. Most of them just heard that the royal army has high rates and come to live a life of scramble.

The combat effectiveness of the city soldiers is conceivable. Whether in the past or now, the generals of the border towns are unwilling to recruit the city soldiers because they are really unreliable. It is not about loyalty, but about the city soldiers who are afraid of fighting and dare not fight. They can follow them when fighting against the wind, and often run the most fiercely when fighting against the wind. Moreover, the city soldiers "have many things", unlike peasant militias who are obedient and honest.

When the Japanese disaster in the southeast was the most severe, Qi Jiguang called the military trap very hard. Later, he gritted his teeth and recruited Yiwu miners, and then he trained a Qi family army.

The Imperial Army currently does not have a fixed source of troops to supplement the land. The predecessor of the Imperial Army, Wuxiang Right Guard Houying Banner, was built by his father-in-law in his hometown. If we follow the "territorial conscription system" of the current 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, even the elderly and young. How many soldiers can they recruit?

The propaganda work of the Imperial Army has just begun, so don’t think about any effect in the short term. The officialdom in Jiangnan hates Eunuch Wei and the Imperial Army to the core, and it is even more impossible for him to agree to help the Imperial Army recruit soldiers. Therefore, these "market soldiers" who took the initiative to surrender while fighting, have become one of the most practical supplements to the Imperial Army at present.

After the Guards Division learned that the security division had recruited a large number of municipal soldiers, many senior generals were laughing and preparing to watch the jokes of the security division.

Eunuch Wei didn't think so. He believed that his Imperial Army was a big dyeing vat, and no matter who came in, he would dye it as dark as him.

As long as the Imperial Army is always a whole, no matter how many individuals there are, the nature of this whole cannot be changed.

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

Therefore, Eunuch Wei delegated power to the security division, allowing the officers who were recruiting soldiers everywhere to boldly recruit people. No matter who the other party was a hidden murderer, as long as he was willing to join the army, he would recruit them all. The imperial army that caused trouble at home and could not control his parents, the more the better.

In addition, my father-in-law is also preparing to engage in activities with the emperor to see if the Imperial Army, the Ministry of Justice, and the local Censorate Offices will be linked to establish a good and long-term cooperative relationship with these units.

The purpose of my father-in-law was to take a fancy to the prisoners. My father-in-law hoped to help the court and local governments reduce the burden on detaining prisoners. On the one hand, this would save the court and local governments a batch of funds, and on the other hand, it would allow the imperial army to obtain a fixed source of troops to supplement.

The magistrate of Liyang has carried out pilot work in this regard with the Imperial Army. More than a month ago, 35 prisoners with a sentence of less than three years had been transferred to the Imperial Army, and are now incorporated into the baggage corps of the garrison division to serve.

The service of this group of prisoners is directly supervised and implemented by the base camp, with an observation period of six months. If the prisoners perform outstandingly in service after six months, the father-in-law will prepare to promote the pilot to Zhejiang and Fujian. If the service of prisoners in these two provinces goes smoothly and has a good effect, the father-in-law will have enough confidence to formally report the plan to the emperor.

Yao Zongwen was very supportive of Eunuch Wei's idea, believing that it was a good thing that benefited the country and the people, so he mentioned it with the Ningbo Prefect Wu Keye.

Wu Keye also felt that it was good, so he told the Zhejiang Governor Gao Ju in a private letter. In his reply to Wu, Gao Ju believed that handing the prisoners to the emperor's personal army to guard and ordering the prisoners to serve the country was not new, and it had been there in ancient times. If the Imperial Army had sufficient supervision of the prisoners and did not escape, then Zhejiang could provide prisoners in custody for the Imperial Army.

However, the high school chief suggested that prisoners are also human resources, and they are both human resources and are rewards for human resources. Therefore, if the Imperial Army really wants prisoners in Zhejiang, the bento will be paid to Zhejiang for a sufficient "guarantee" based on the years.

The "margin" creativity raised by the high-profile make Eunuch Wei feel very familiar. Isn't it just for him to spend money on people?

This is also a matter of course. My father-in-law asked Yao Zongwen to negotiate specific matters with the Zhejiang Governor's Office. If the matter goes well, at the latest, the prefectures and counties in Zhejiang Province will provide the Imperial Army with about 10,000 prisoners. If the matter is discussed well, the number of people will be astonishing as the beginning of next spring next year.

According to the territory division negotiated with Zhejiang and Fujian, the Taipei Guard is jointly responsible by the Joint Fleet and the Taiwan Guard Division. Now the Joint Fleet will implement the "Tiger and Hu" plan to expedition to Ryukyu, and the Taiwan Guard Division must independently complete the occupation and maintenance of the thousands of households under the Taipei Guard.

The seventh uncle Guo Dafeng patted his chest and promised that his division would be able to storm the dissatisfied indigenous people under the rule of Beiwei within one month.

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

Is Eunuch Wei trustworthy?

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But in order to prevent it, my father-in-law ordered the Guards Division to draw two brigades to cooperate with the First Brigade of the Taiwan Security Division.

According to the plan, the first brigade of the First Brigade was responsible for the Thousand Houses of Hsinchu, the second brigade was responsible for the Thousand Houses of Yilan, and the two brigades of the Guard Division were responsible for the Thousand Houses of Taoyuan. After occupying and completely eliminating the hostile indigenous people in these areas, the First Brigade was officially converted into the Taipei Security Security Brigade, organizing local Han people and close indigenous people to resume production and life, and providing strong support for the subsequent "sweeping" of Tainan and Taichung.

After the combat plan was issued, the First Brigade sharpened its swords. At the same time, the savage indigenous people living in various places in Taipei Wei received a notice from the Ming army, ordering these tribes to immediately send personnel to contact the nearby Ming army, accept the command of the Ming army, register the yellow pages of household registration, and obtain their identity certificates.

The identity certificate is a yellow paper with a name, age, and origin address written on it. It is basically the same as the yellow pages held by the people of the Ming Dynasty, but it has an additional ethnic column.

According to the instructions of Eunuch Wei, the ethnic column is filled in as Han people. That is, any tribe that voluntarily accepted the rule of the Ming Dynasty, no matter what kind of folk or people they were before, they will be Han people from now on.

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

After hearing about this, Fujian Governor Huang Chengxuan was quite suspicious and wrote a letter to Eunuch Wei that the savages and indigenous people did not obey Wang Hua, did not understand Chinese characters, and did not speak Chinese. His tribe was dozens of different sizes and customs. If they were to be determined as Han people and to change their surnames and customs, would it arouse the resistance of the indigenous people and add unnecessary casualties?

Huang Zhongcheng thought that it would be better to regard the people in the area and call people from wherever they were. If they live on high mountains, they would be high mountains, and if they live in high mountains, they would be Qiugu people. As long as they did not resist the officers and soldiers, they could give some respect and care according to the situation. In this way, they would not only get the support of the indigenous people, but also avoid impeachment in the court.

However, Eunuch Wei said: "There are few Han people on the island today, and the conflict between the Chinese people has accumulated for a hundred years. This is why our three provinces jointly landed on the island and will permanently accept Taiwan within the territory of our Emperor Ming. In this way, the islanders must make them obey our Meiji, teach them Chinese dialect and customs, and make them all like us Han people. This is the way to maintain long-term stability.

Otherwise, if there is any turmoil in the future, I will say that I am not a Han person, nor the same clan or the same race as the Han people. The Han people are outsiders, and the East Band of the Land is not owned by China. I would like to yell the Han people to leave the island and cause rebellion. Therefore, it is better to set good strategies at the beginning and implement good strategies with a strong force. Then twenty or thirty years later, all the Han people on the island will be proud of the Han people, and those who are later will no longer worry about it."

Eunuch Wei called this strategy "changing land into Han". After seeing the reply, Huang Chengxuan thought about the strategy of changing land into Han in various places in Huguang, so he did not object.

The first area to implement the "transforming land into Han" policy is to rely on the Han people's closeness to indigenous people. The indigenous people in these areas have obtained the skills of farming for Han people due to contact and exchanges with Han people and marriages, and tribal life has improved. In addition, they are mostly in the coastal areas of Taiwan, knowing the strength of the Ming Dynasty opposite the sea, and seeing the Ming army landing on the island in large numbers and knowing the general trend, so they are basically willing to follow the instructions of the Ming army to "transform land into Han".

In accordance with the orders of the base camp, the Ming army in various places quickly established a local government model of "village and village offices" in coastal areas, that is, there are no 100 household offices under each thousand household offices, but townships and villages. Each township also set up township chiefs and village chiefs to be responsible for rural governance, and were ordered by thousands of household offices, and thousands of household offices were ordered by the Wei. The village chief candidates were taken from the original Han people and leaders close to the indigenous people, and the Ming army did not interfere.
Chapter completed!