Liu Yu's brows furrowed: "Go to the battlefield again?" I'm afraid it's not easy, the normal soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty serve two and a half to three years of military service, and then they can be exempt from taxes for life, as far as I know, the non-commissioned officers after joining the army rarely return to the army. ”

Xie Xuan smiled slightly: "The kind you are talking about is normal conscription, military service is used instead of conscription, according to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, one year after becoming a soldier, you have to serve the country for twenty (twenty days) to thirty years. If you use military service instead of conscription, you will have served more than 24 years of conscription in two years, which is almost a lifetime, so you can be exempted from the burden of conscription for life. ”

"But the Beifu Army is different, from the beginning, this army was recruited, and it was voluntarily recruited to join the army, not compulsory requisition, so the military salary given was more than three times that of other normal troops. In other words, the Beifu Army does not limit the number of years of service, nor does it stipulate that you cannot return to the army after being discharged. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, I volunteered to join the army at the beginning, so next time it will still be voluntary, if people refuse to come back, it can't be forced, right?" ”

Xie Xuan said with a straight face: "Yes, but this kind of persuasion is up to you, the usual building owners and military masters, to do it." Rest assured, when the Beifu Army was first established, it attracted brave men with three times higher salaries than other troops, and if it was to be rebuilt for the Northern Expedition, the treatment of these veterans would only be more generous. ”

Liu Muzhi's heart moved, and he said, "How rich can it be?" ”

Xie Xuan smiled slightly: "First of all, the sergeants who are willing to come back, as long as they can pass the test of physical fitness and combat skills, they can start directly as officers, and the minimum will be the captain, generally speaking, they can be grass-roots officers such as team leaders and team deputies, and the salaries of these officers are several times higher than those of ordinary non-commissioned officers, and the veterans who re-enlist in the army, we will give more than five times the salary of soldiers of the same kind of troops and soldiers of the same position." ”

Liu Yu gasped: "Five times? In this way, a team can get seven or eight hundred dollars a month? ”

Xie Xuan nodded: "That's natural, other aspects, such as allowing the preservation of the spoils after the war, the reward for meritorious deeds after the victory of the war, and bringing people into the army, as long as they pass the test, there will be an introduction fee, which will be stipulated in the future." In general, there are many benefits, as long as you are willing to serve the country in the army and fight for your life, I will definitely not treat everyone badly, as well as our Xie family. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "This condition is really good, but I still think that most of the soldiers who have experienced life and death, have taken a lot of money, and can settle in Jiangnan, I am afraid that they are not willing to give up a peaceful life in the future and join the army again." Unless it's a person who is not doing well, or who wants to fight for fame. There are not too many of these people, and I don't know if there is one out of ten. ”

Xie Xuan smiled slightly: "Just one out of twenty people." There are too many veterans, and I don't have that much money here. Besides, Xiaoyu, you are familiar with military books, you should know the heart of soldiers, only the kind of people who are eager to make meritorious contributions, or have nothing, are the most combative, just like when you first entered Beifu, those two Huai refugees have nothing, and even the power to settle in Jiangnan has to be fought for by joining the army, and you are dreaming of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, this belief will make you strong, can survive the hellish, strict and hard training, without such strict training, how can you be invincible on the battlefield. ”

Liu Yu sighed: "Thinking about the days when I took off a layer of skin at that time, I could barely hold on many times, I really don't know how I came over." You're right, if you want people who have already returned to their hometowns to experience this again, I'm afraid many people don't want to, so the question is, where do the recruits come from? The strong homeless people in the Lianghuai region are afraid that there will not be as many as last time in the future. ”

Xie Xuan said with a smile: "So we want the people of the whole Dajin to see how generous the treatment of the Beifu soldiers is, and how good the life is when they return to their hometowns after joining the army." This Northern Expedition consumed a lot of national resources, and taxes will definitely be increased in the future, so there will be many people who can't survive, and joining the army is almost the only way out. ”

Liu Yu's brows furrowed: "Do you really have to force those people to be desperate before they can join the army?" ”

Xie Xuan sighed: "Xiaoyu, I know you have a good heart, but you must know that mercy is not a general, righteousness is not a good thing, and it is impossible to govern the country and the army, and it is impossible to rely only on kindness and soft-heartedness, if everyone can live comfortably, who else is willing to go on the Northern Expedition with you?" If it weren't for the fact that they were nomadic outside the Saiwai, eating wind and drinking sand, and living worse than death, how could they have practiced such survival skills and combat ability, just so that they could go south to seize the land of the Central Plains, they could farm, and they no longer had to worry about a storm that would end the entire tribe. If the Hu people can do this, why can't we Han people? ”

Although Liu Yu was sad in his heart, he knew that Xie Xuan was right, this was indeed the only way to build an army on the Northern Expedition, that is, if he lived without worry about food and clothing in Beijing, would he still have such a strong motivation for making contributions to the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that there would be a big question mark.

Thinking of this, Liu Yu breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "But the last time the Beifu Army recruited, they were all strong men, those refugees from Lianghuai, usually experienced in a hundred battles, fighting with bandits and horse thieves every day, and they didn't go out to rob others, so the military quality and body are very good, it can be said that the battle is coming, as long as you train some methods of marching in the queue, but if it is other places in the Great Jin, those poor people who can't survive, are afraid that they are yellow and thin, and they may not be able to stand up straight. Can they really fight? ”

Xie Xuan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, just like last time, when recruiting soldiers, you must first assess your basic physical strength, if you are hungry and your strength is temporarily insufficient, you will be eliminated first and enter the people's camp, and eat meat sandwich buns and mutton soup for ten days and half a month, as long as the skeleton is there, isn't it all possible to exert your strength." Just like the Xiang Jing just now, I remember that when I first came, I wasn't so strong, didn't I also eat a strong man. ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "That's right, the Beifu Army has never treated the soldiers badly in terms of eating and drinking, okay, everything will be done according to Xuan Shuai's wishes, I will ask the brothers when I go back, let them ask the brothers of each team again, who is willing to return to the hometown and then join the army, and then report the list to Xuan Shuai." ”

Xie Xuan waved his hand: "Don't worry, you just need to control the more than 200 brothers who followed you across the river, these are elites, it's best to come back." ”