For the military families of Datongwei, today is a festive day, and they have been allocated fields.

Among the many military households, Wang Da's family was the first to get the title deed, this man in his forties, just crying like a child, but at this time, he was sitting at home with joy.

There are seven people in Wang's family, and his father is long gone, but his mother is still there.

In addition to his mother, Wang Da's family also includes him and his wife, as well as his two sons and two daughters. The eldest son is seventeen years old this year, and he has reached the age of marrying, but it is becoming more and more difficult for military households to marry wives.

No one wants to marry their son to a military family, this is something that everyone knows.

But now, the family has a field, the old mother has been given five acres of land, the wife has been given five acres of land, the eldest son and himself have been given ten acres of land, and the two daughters have a five-acre field and a three-acre field.

The younger son was given five acres of land, and the family was given thirty-three acres.

These fields gave Wang Da hope, and although it was not enough for them to live a prosperous life, it was a hope. The eldest son doesn't have to be a military household, and he doesn't have to use his daughter to change his son's relatives.

"Should we sell a few acres of land?"

Wang Da's wife is a woman in her thirties, she married Wang Da because of a change of relatives, these years of hard life made her look very haggard, a little old, and there are gray hairs on her sideburns.

Looking at his wife Li, Wang Da's eyes were still a little red, and he reached out to hold his wife's hand.

"No, no, I heard someone say a few days ago that many people are hiring people to work outside, and I'll take the boss to have a look tomorrow to see if I can find some work and earn some money back."

"When the time comes, buy some things for the family, and we will definitely have a good year this year."

Li nodded with a smile and said, "We don't have cattle or horses in our house, although we have land, but farming is also a problem!" The eldest is about to get married, and we have to build a house for him, and the second is not young. ”

Listening to his wife's chatter, Wang Da didn't feel bored, but felt that this kind of life was delicious.

Although the road ahead is difficult, there is hope for life, and these seemingly difficult lives are something that I never dared to hope for before. Looking at his wife's chattering appearance, Wang laughed and comforted: "It's going to be fine, it's going to be okay." ”

At this time, Wang Chao, the son of Wang Da, ran in from the outside in a hurry, and he was still out of breath.

Looking at his son, Wang Da let go of his wife's hand, glared and said, "Where did you go wild?" What about your brother? Don't you know if you're going to eat? ”

Wang Chao didn't care about this, but said with a happy face: "Dad, do you know what is being discussed outside? They are talking about recruitment, and the court is going to recruit soldiers! ”

Listening to his son's words, Wang Da's face changed greatly, and he stood up in horror and said, "Didn't you say that you will change our household registration?" ”

At this time, Wang Da was really scared, he just had hope, what he just said to his wife, if all of them were gone, Wang Da felt that the sky had fallen. If you don't have it, then you don't have to be afraid of losing, and Wang Da is really afraid of losing it now.

Wang Chao hurriedly waved his hand: "Dad, no, it's not like that!" ”

"It's recruitment, now it's going viral outside, it's recruitment, it's voluntary, if you go to be a soldier, the court will give you a settlement fee first, a settlement fee of ten taels of silver. If you are chosen, you will be paid one tael of silver every month. ”

Wang Da looked at his son in disbelief: "Who is talking nonsense?" ”

"Everyone outside is saying that they say that the emperor abolished the military household this time and divided the land for us, but there must be no one to defend the city!" Wang Chao explained excitedly: "But the emperor is sympathetic to the bitter cold of the border army, so he took out the money to recruit soldiers. ”

"According to the number of years of being a soldier, the salary will rise, more and more every year."

Hearing the news, Wang Dadu was excited, but he still said in disbelief: "Impossible, right? ”

Although he said so, Wang Da still couldn't help but be moved, he also felt that his son was right, someone had to defend the city! If this is really the case, then if you go by yourself, won't you be able to earn money for the family?

"Dad, I want to go!" Wang Chao looked at his father and said.

Wang Da was stunned, looked at his son, and scolded angrily: "What you go, if you want to go, you will also go!" ”

"Dad, don't think about it!" Wang Chao saw that his father was angry, and took a few steps back before he spoke: "People have said that if you want to be over sixteen years old and under twenty years old, your father will definitely not be able to go, and I can go to our house." ”

Wang Da was silent, but he still shook his head for a while: "Son, no." ”

"You're seventeen years old this year, and it's time to get married, and your father can't let you join the army. Tomorrow I will go out with my father to see, they say that there is a place to work, work hard, make more money, and set a family business for you after the New Year. ”

Wang Chao's attitude was very resolute, he shook his head and said, "Dad, I want to kill the Tartars." ”

Without waiting for Wang Da to speak, Wang Chao continued: "The last time Zhao Baihu before us went to the northwest to kill the Tartars, he made a great contribution, cut off three heads, and the court gave one hundred and twenty taels of silver. ”

"I heard that now there are thousands of deputy households, and the child also wants to get ahead."

Wang Da was silent, he felt that he should let his son go, and at the same time felt inappropriate in his heart.

This night, countless people in Datong Military Town had such troubles.

Who released the news of the recruitment? Of course, Zeng Shengwu.

Governor's Yamen.

Zeng Xingwu sat in front of the table a little irritably, since he started to divide the fields, Zeng Xingwu has been busy, fortunately, thanks to the little grandfather's management, this is a lot less messy.

However, there are still a lot of things, and there are a lot of things, after all, we still have to prepare for the next recruitment.

Zhang Weixian walked in from outside at this time, and he was dusty, and he was tired enough in the past two days. But the mood was very good, looking at those military households crying with joy, Zhang Weixian was very satisfied.

"Lord Zeng, are you still busy?" Zhang Weixian looked at Zeng Shengwu and said with a smile: "This is not good, this is all time for dinner, Lord Zeng has not eaten yet, it is not okay to be tired and tired, eat first!" ”

Zeng Xingwu glanced at Zhang Weixian, and smiled helplessly, but he was indeed hungry.

followed Zhang Weixian to the back, and the meal was quickly put on the table, and Zeng Xingwu did not politely eat with Zhang Weixian. It's just that both of them are people with status, and although they are very hungry, they still eat very well.

After eating, the servant removed the leftovers and replaced them with hot tea, and then the two of them sat down to drink tea and chat.

"The division of land is going well, the next step should be to abolish the military registration, and at the same time recruit soldiers, does Lord Zeng have an idea?" Zhang Weixian looked at Zeng Xingwu and asked with a smile, in fact, he had already written a song to enter Beijing and wanted to stay in the northwest to train his troops.

Glancing at Zhang Weixian, Zeng Xingwu said with a smile: "I have to discuss this with Mr. Ma and them!" ”

Changing the military household system to a conscription system can be described as a myriad of things, and there are many things. First of all, the first point to determine is the number of recruits, it is impossible to maintain the current number, and the imperial court cannot afford to support it.

According to the current establishment of Datong Town, 140,000 people, the settlement fee is 10 taels per person, that is, 1.4 million taels. The salary of one tael of silver per person per month is 140,000 taels a month, 1,680,000 taels a year, plus 1,400,000 taels of settling-in allowance, that is nearly 3 million taels, not counting military supplies such as equipment, horses, and food.

Even if it is not counting the settling-in expenses in front of the matter, the imperial court will have to pay two million taels a year to maintain the people and horses in the northwest, which is too much for the imperial court, and the burden is too heavy.

Reducing the scale has become a necessary thing, in fact, Zeng Xingwu also understands that the entire Xuanda can only fight 60% of the number of people on the books. After deducting the empty salary but the shortage, it is about 50%.

70,000 standing troops are enough to deal with the Xuanda defense line, and if you count the defeat of Warat, then 50,000 standing troops are enough.

50,000 people, 500,000 taels of settling-in expenses, 5 taels of silver per month, 500,000 taels a year, if this cost was placed in the past, it would be unimaginable, but now, then the problem is not big.

With Xuanda's existing equipment, if all of them are concentrated, it will be enough to build these 50,000 people into the elite of the elite.

The reduction of the number of people means that many places need to be reduced, such as the number of fortresses, the distribution of troops and the stationing, everything has to be changed, this is a systematic project, very troublesome.

Zhang Weixian saw that Zeng Xingwu was unwilling to say more to himself, so he said with a smile: "I have already written to Your Majesty, and I will stay in the northwest to participate in the military reform." ”

Zeng Xingwu was stunned, he originally thought that Zhang Weixian would return to Beijing after the shock was completed, but he didn't expect him to stay in Xuanda to participate in the military reform. But it's relieved to think about it, this little grandfather has been running all over Xuanda these days.

As for whether Zhang Weixian can stay, Zeng Xingwu is not worried at all, what kind of person is this?

The little grandfather of the British Mansion, the celebrity in front of His Majesty, anyone can see that His Majesty intends to cultivate Zhang Weixian, maybe in a few years, this little grandfather will become the first person in the military.

Now some people say that this little grandfather is the leader of the military's young Zhuang faction.

This young Zhuang faction is different from the previous nobles and the generals of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion, they are more from the school palace, and some are from the royal martial arts hall. These people are younger, more aggressive, and dare to fight.

In addition to Zhang Weixian, there are also Wu Weiying, the little marquis of Gongshun Houfu, the young uncle of Xining Bofu, and Liu Wei, the son of Liu Xian, the left governor of the Beijing camp of the Fifth Army, and Ma Dong, the son of Ma Fang, the right commander of the Beijing camp, who has died.

In addition to being young, these people also have an obvious label on them, that is, they are all a new generation of generals trained by the emperor.

Zeng Xingwu also knows that his majesty often compares himself to Han Wu, this is very similar to Han Wu, in order to expel the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has also cultivated many famous generals, such as the famous Wei Qing, the famous Huo Quai, in Zeng Xingwu's opinion, his majesty is afraid that he will take Zhang Weixian as Wei Qing.

In such a situation, he asks to stay in the northwest, will His Majesty not allow it?