Chapter Forty-Eight: The Soldiers
"The sooner the better, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, then start tomorrow!" Lin Mu was concise and concise, and then said solemnly: "My brother, today's plan is a top secret, and it is the fundamental national policy of my attempt to strengthen the Jin Kingdom, and it can't be known to the nobles of Shiqing, only God knows that you know what I know, and you must not let a third person know, and Cao Yan can't do it!" Saying that, Mu Lin sighed, "In the Jin Kingdom, I have no foundation, if I don't have an elite army loyal to me, everything is meaningless." As the general situation is unpredictable and ever-changing, I will never allow too much time to be wasted in the rectification of the government and the opposition and miss the opportunity for the ages. Therefore, if you don't move, you will remove all obstacles with the power of thunder, and it will be a final word! ”
"What my brother points to, what I want, nine deaths without regrets, remember to win the war!" Win Zhan took a deep breath and said solemnly. The brother said unreservedly that all this was just for himself, which shows that his trust is unreserved.
If you treat me as a soldier, you will repay me as a soldier.
This belief in the heart of Winning Zhan is becoming more and more unshakable, and the brother's heart of changing the law to become strong is unswerving, just a rough statement can probably be sure that the future of the Jin Kingdom is unlimited, and it must be a big mistake to measure the future Jin Kingdom by the present.
"Tomorrow's notice, you only need to post three or five stones of the monthly salary, and the food in the army is not counted as the monthly salary." Lin Mu added with a smile.
As long as this treatment is sent out, I am afraid that countless people will break their heads, and the military salary for one year after officially entering the camp is at least 60 stones, and there are other practical rewards for meritorious service.
In the Warring States Period, it was an unconditional obligation for the people to fight wars, and once this notice was struck, you can imagine how much effect it would bring, and it must have been rushed.
The next day, the bell rang in the city tower of the capital city, and a notice was posted from the official mansion, and within a while, a lot of ordinary people gathered to watch, and after a while, a soldier in military uniform opened his throat to the people gathered in front of him and said loudly: "The king has an order, the Jin country will reorganize the new army, and immediately start the Guangfa Jin people enlistment order......
"What? War again? ”
The common people who watched changed their faces when they heard this, and their grievances arose, and many people in the current industrial capital city moved from the territory of the Jin State such as Shouyang (Puyang), the old capital, and naturally knew the actions not long ago, and almost all the men in the prime of life participated in the expedition of the country, although they did not fight, they had to do a good job of at least 100 acres of fertile land.
But at the time of the upright spring ploughing, it was finally time to hurry up and farm after this toss, and now there is another war, and a large group of ordinary people immediately began to complain when they heard about it.
Fighting a war is a common thing for the people living in the Warring States Period, today it may be the Jin people, and tomorrow it may be the Liang people or the Qi people.
In the war, the people of all countries will not have much opinion, but they have to have food to do it, and if they don't eat or drink in the coming year, let alone a hundred acres of fertile land, what is the use of even a hundred acres of fertile land? People are starving to death!
"Silence! Quiet! The leader of the armor immediately shouted, and the scene quickly quieted down, and then said: "There is no war in the Jin Kingdom, this is the edict of the king to build a new army, all those who enlist in the army can enjoy a monthly salary of three or five stones, and the salary will be paid monthly, and there will be no arrears.......
"What?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone gathered here was shocked and inexplicable, and they felt incredible, joining the army and fighting in the war was a natural thing for the people of the Warring States Period, and it was an unconditional obligation, and if the country wanted to start a war, the people had to go to the battlefield unconditionally.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, fighting a war was an honor, a noble action that only the nobles could participate in, and the "soldiers" in the last layer of the aristocracy fought in chariots, and fighting was a privilege belonging to the nobility.
This is where the term "warrior" comes from.
The war of the Spring and Autumn Period is even a bit like the taste of sports competition, the two sides of the war set up the war and then start fighting, and even the general of the enemy will salute when he sees the enemy during the war, all pay attention to fair fighting, the most famous of which is one of the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period Song Xianggong, for later generations, the war of the Spring and Autumn Period is even a little incredible.
And in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, soldiers, sophistry! With the rise of soldiers, wars have changed from the Spring and Autumn Period, where only nobles could participate, to everything aimed at winning wars, and civilians began to join the war.
It is like today's chaotic times in the world, believing in unscrupulous means.
The participation of ordinary people in the war is an obligation, an obligation that has no return.
As soon as this notice came out, it was inconceivable to the common people in the capital city and even in the Jin Kingdom, and some people were even suspicious.
Subversive things are born, and the first thing that accompanies them will always be doubtful and difficult to accept, and even if it is a great benefit, they will instinctively dare not believe it.
Lin Mu had already expected this, now that he was in charge of the Jin State, the official government of the Jin State did not have much prestige, and it was a long process to establish prestige, such as the Qin State in the west, and these problems could be found at the beginning of the phase change law of the Qin State.
Since it has been expected for a long time, it is natural to respond in a targeted manner.
After a while, a group of grain trucks lined up in a straight line arrived here, arousing the curiosity of countless ordinary people.
The sergeant opened his throat again and said loudly: "Those who are over nineteen years old and under thirty years old meet the requirements for enlistment, and those who pass the on-site assessment can receive three stones of food when they are registered!" ”
As soon as these words came out, more and more people began to gather, and the noisy discussion suddenly ended, such a scene first occurred in the capital city, and then began to spread to the major cities belonging to the Jin Kingdom.
After waiting for a long time, no one dared to come forward, but there were more and more ordinary people who stopped to watch, and as time went by, finally someone who dared decided to give it a try.
A man in his twenties, dressed in a patched hemp rope cloth coat, suddenly walked out of the crowd, and with a glance, a pair of eyes fell on the strong man, and the gaze of the armor soldier also fell on him.
"Army... Commander! The strong man said hesitantly, hesitated for a moment, and finally said boldly: "I will get three stones of food immediately after joining the army?" ”
"The king personally drafted an edict, and the king did not joke, which is naturally true!" The armor soldier said without hesitation, in a tone that was unquestionable.
When the man heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and after a while, he was heartbroken and said, "I want to enlist in the army!" ”
"Good!" The armor soldier suddenly smiled when he heard the stiff face, but it was not very funny, the so-called preliminary assessment was in charge of the armor soldier, knocked on the chest of the strong man a few times, and then nodded after observing it back and forth for a while, so he said: "But, go to the side to register!" ”
It didn't take long for the male who had passed the preliminary assessment to be registered, and his name was metabolized and engraved on the bamboo slip by the writer, and the soldier nodded when he saw the registerer, and immediately raised his hand and raised two fingers and waved lightly, and the other two official soldiers immediately pulled a donkey cart, and the soldier said to the man: "This ten stone of grain is yours now!" ”
"Ten...... Ten stones? The strong man was stunned again, and stared at the donkey cart for a long time, not saying much, but it was exactly ten stones.
"That...... Army... Commander! Didn't you say three stones? The strong man was incredible.
"The king has decreed that whoever is the first to be registered will receive ten stones of grain, and if you are the first, you will receive ten stones!" The soldier said, and then looked at the stunned people and opened his throat and said, "All the first ten enlisted people will get ten stones of grain, and all of them will have three stones!" ”
In this way, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, the first crab-eating man pulled the donkey cart with ten stones of grain and left.
After a while, a second person, registered in the register, immediately received ten stone of grain.
Third, again.
Now, the people who stopped watching finally believed it!