Huojia Town, which is only fifty miles away from the capital, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao are walking in ordinary clothes.

The two of them came to Huojia Town this time, obviously not to visit the mountains and rivers, but to come to Weifu for a private visit, and came to see the recruitment situation in Huojia Town.

Liu Jin is now the counselor of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, an official of the Five Grades, and is specifically responsible for assisting Zhang Mao in reforming the military system.

So this matter has also become Liu Jin's top priority now, and almost all of his energy is put on it.

In these days after the New Year, Liu Jin has never rested, running around every day, constantly running.

The location of the Ming Royal Military Academy, the start of construction of this military school, as well as the subjects offered by the military academy, the training methods, etc., all need to be personally inquired about by Liu Jin.

In addition, there are too many things to arrange for these recruits recruited by the new compulsory military system, how to arrange them, and how to arrange them, the content of training, etc., and Liu Jin needs to do them.

For this part, Liu Jinna is a smear, whether it is in later generations or now, he has never been a soldier, naturally he does not know how to train soldiers, fortunately, he has a golden finger, from which he can learn how to train soldiers and how to manage the army.

Otherwise, Liu Jin really didn't know what to do, relying on traditional training methods, of course, it was possible to train a strong army, but after all, it was a traditional army, not an army similar to that of later generations.

Although Liu Jin from later generations did not go to the army, the later generations were an era of information explosion, and the emergence of the Internet allowed people to learn more knowledge and see more things.

Combined with the knowledge of the exchange in the gold finger, it can always be handled.

In fact, the entire new compulsory military service system is divided into two parts, one is ordinary conscription, and ordinary people can go to the army after passing the examination and screening, and military service can be done after four years.

The other part is the recruitment of military academy students, this part is mainly for the children of the current military generals of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they enter the Ming Royal Military Academy, they can graduate from it, and they can immediately become officers under the new military system.

This point is also a reference to the system of later generations, and it is also a system commonly adopted by all countries in the world in later generations.

The enrollment of the Ming Royal Military Academy is very smooth, and these generals and nobles of the Ming Dynasty clearly know that the emperor has mastered the military power, and their good days for these generals and nobles have arrived.

The new military reform is the new will, if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, if you want to be a marquis, you must participate, so you are also very active in sending the people of the right age in your family to the Ming Royal Military Academy.

Even Zhang Mao sent his grandson Zhang Lun to the Ming Royal Military Academy, which can be regarded as a good start for the military generals and noble groups.

Liu Jin doesn't have to worry about the enrollment of the Royal Military Academy, what really worries Liu Jin is whether he can recruit 10,000 recruits from Beizhili.

Under the old concept, everyone was reluctant to be a soldier, and they were afraid to become a soldier.

Therefore, Liu Jin also invited Zhu Houzhao to come to this Huojia Town to see the recruitment situation.

Huojia Town here because it is not far from the capital, only a few dozen kilometers of road, so Huojia Town is also greatly influenced by Beijing and Tianjin, the most important street in the town is hardened with cement, and there are reinforced concrete houses on both sides of the street, and glass windows are used, which is very fashionable and trendy.

"There's a bit of a afterlife."

Liu Jin walked on the streets of Huojia Town very casually, feeling the atmosphere of Huojia Town, a bit like the Republic of China era in the movies he watched in later generations.

The clash between tradition and new trends, people still have long hair, robes, beards, and there are still a lot of traditional brick houses.

You can also see many young people with short hair, shaved beards, and new clothes, as well as new reinforced concrete buildings with glass windows.

This kind of mixing between the old and the new gives people the same feeling as the feeling of the Republic of China era in later generations, but Liu Jin can see self-confidence in these ordinary people, which is not available in the later Republic of China period.

"Bell~Bell~"

"Conscripted ~ conscripted ~ "

Just when Liu Jin confidently felt the breath of this era, someone on the street beat gongs and drums, and shouted while knocking.

With the sound of business, from all corners, a lot of people kept pouring out, and soon the entire street was blocked.

"Dear folks and elders in Huojia Town, the imperial court has promulgated a new military system and implemented a compulsory military service system, and all men between the ages of 16 and 25 are obliged to serve in the military."

"We have already explained to you the many conditions for military service, as long as someone can go to the army, then during the military service, the whole family can pay taxes and levy for free."

"All expenses during military service are paid by the imperial court, and there is a monthly ringing of one or two pieces of silver, and in addition to military service, the identity and household registration will not change, and it will not affect future generations."

Seeing that everyone's attention was concentrated, a gentry who looked like Huojiazhen stood up and loudly publicized the compulsory military service system of the lower court to everyone again.

The royal power does not go to the countryside, and the squire rules the Quartet, which is a rule since ancient times.

Therefore, in the townships below the county level, they are all clan autonomy, and the squires have the final say, and the clan elders and the squires in the town decide on any major and small matters.

The compulsory military service system of the imperial court was also sent down from above, and the entire Beizhili recruited 10,000 recruits, and there were a total of nine prefectures and two prefectures in the Beizhili, and each prefecture or prefecture divided the 10,000 recruits equally according to the number of people in the prefecture or prefecture.

Then the state capitals divided the quotas equally according to the population of the counties below them, and finally to the townships, and each township was allocated a certain number of places.

The obvious advantage of this is that the recruits are recruited from different places, and if you mix these people, you won't have small local teams in the army.

In ancient times, when recruiting soldiers, many times it was a one-time recruitment in one place, and many times it was easy to form small local groups, which was not conducive to management, and at the same time, it was easy to lose a big tail and so on.

"Our Huojia Town is prosperous, according to the above apportionment, our Huojia Town must send 20 people to serve as soldiers this time, so here in our Huojia Town, we will first conduct screening, screen out 100 people, and then these 100 people will go to the county for physical examination and review."

Huo Qingshan looked at the villagers of Huojia Town in front of him and said very loudly.

Twenty people from one town to serve as soldiers is nothing at all.

"If you want to be a soldier, you can stand up by yourself, the conditions are very good, one person can be exempted from four years of conscription and taxes, and the whole family can enjoy happiness, which is the treatment that only scholars have."

Huo Qingshan looked at the many young people below and said directly.

It is obviously unrealistic to conduct physical examinations one by one, and when they go to the township, they will first let them select a certain number of people from a certain township, and then go to the county town to have a physical examination, and those who pass the physical examination will be screened again.

After Huo Qingshan's words were finished, the scene was silent, no one wanted to be a soldier at all, everyone didn't want to go.

"It seems that I don't want to be a soldier~"

Liu Jin looked at the silent scene, there were a lot of people here, Liu Jin estimated that all the families in the entire Huojia Town had sent people or something, and there were also a lot of young people, but when they really wanted to be soldiers, no one was willing to take the initiative to stand up.

"The conditions are very good, if you want to be a soldier, you can stand up by yourself, exempt from conscription and taxes, and be a soldier for four years, not to die, and there will be no impact after retirement, and even the court has arrangements."

Huo Qingshan said again helplessly, wanting to see if anyone took the initiative to stand up and become a soldier himself.

However, it is still the same as before, no one is still willing to stand up, even if it is a good statement, everyone is unwilling to be a soldier, a good man is not a soldier, a good iron does not hit a nail, and everyone knows that the tattered military household is afraid that the change of the dynasty will affect their future generations.

"Since you don't want to go, there's no way but to draw lots~"

Huo Qingshan looked at it again, slightly helpless.

"We have a total of 1,200 households in Huojia Town, and there are 320 strong men of appropriate age, excluding those who are sick and disabled, and there are 300 people.

Huo Qingshan seemed to have expected this situation a long time ago, and it was also with the other squires present, the elders of all ethnic groups nodded, and they could only use this ancient method.

Soon, someone pushed out a box out, and thousands of young people drew lots, and there were paper balls in the boxes, which was a very simple way to draw lots, and the speed and efficiency were also very high.

"Haha, I didn't win~"

"Haha, me too~"

Someone didn't win, and they couldn't help but laugh happily.

"It's really unlucky~I actually won the lottery~"

Only the people who won the lottery looked very depressed and couldn't help but curse.

"Me too, I'm really unlucky, I actually won the draw~"

"Don't worry, it's just that a hundred people were selected to go to the county for a physical examination first, and only twenty people went to serve as soldiers in the end, and now there is nothing in the lottery."

After some people win the lottery, they can only comfort themselves like this, after all, there are only twenty places in Huojia Town, and the number is very small, and there is nothing in the lottery now.