CHAPTER XLII
Wang Wen clapped his hands when everyone was about to discuss, and continued after everyone quieted down: "Everyone should do their best in today's competition, first to test their own ability, and then find out the gap with others through comparison, and learn from others' strengths to make up for their own shortcomings; The second is to learn literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, through the competition can be selected and everyone can be selected and given a fair and just opportunity to participate in the selection; The third is to screen the results of the comparative test, the test is only an assessment of ability, so the talented and unvirtuous people can not take on the heavy responsibility, in line with the principle of rather lack than abuse, according to what everyone does on weekdays, through observation and analysis and judgment and the conclusion is mainly in the loyalty and patriotism, loyalty to duty, loyalty and reliability, loyalty and filial piety, loyalty and integrity, when a person can do the above requirements when he is a soldier with both ability and political integrity, so we must focus on training, priority promotion, Set an example and example for everyone. I see what you do in your daily life, put it in my heart, I don't need to eat your wine or take your money to promote my subordinates, I just need you to remember what I just said, and work hard to do what I said to get the status and honor you deserve. ”
The good old man Zheng Yi said: "How about it, listen to what the adults said about the five loyalties, is it just like what we just said, we don't have the culture of adults to say such beautiful words, but our meaning has been made clear, let's not say it wrong, ability is the foundation, this loyalty is the basis for promotion, think about it, what should be done in the future to be prioritized." ”
Wang Wenle continued: "Everyone knows the procedure for promotion, if there is a vacancy, it can only be appointed after being recommended to the Fifth Military Government and then to the Ministry of War and even to the emperor. It is even more difficult to support a family, so there is a saying that good iron does not hit nails, and good men are not soldiers. Therefore, in order to change the situation that the sergeants do not have enough to eat, do not have warm clothing, and the military salary is not enough to support their families, I announce that from now on, we will begin to implement the military rank system internally, and each level of military rank will correspond to the new military salary system. After three months, at the end of the training, all qualified recruits are promoted to privates, and are paid four silver dollars a month; Private who has been a soldier for one year is promoted to a first-class private, with a monthly salary of five dollars, and a third-class soldier's monthly salary of six dollars above a private, and so on. In the future, all soldiers will salute according to their ranks, and when they call themselves, their military rank will come before and their names will come last, for example, Li Zhe's current military rank is a new soldier, so he will call himself a recruit Li Zhe. According to the provisions of the Yongle New Deal, gold and silver cannot be used for trading, so at present, the salary is temporarily converted into grain according to the market price of rice and grain, because the price of grain fluctuates, and in order to avoid internal corruption and damage to everyone's interests, and in order to make the calculation simple and convenient, the military salary is still based on silver as the accounting standard. ”
"What, I heard it right, according to what the adults said, the salary of the soldiers will be doubled in two years, and it will be paid in full, as long as I continue to be promoted with all my heart, and the salary can be increased again, then our military family will have hope."
"Yes, yes!
"This soldier status was given by the Yongle Emperor, and I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the Yongle Emperor like you, so I don't have this right and commitment to you, but I can give you a good income, and your parents, wives and children can have a worry-free life through your soldiers. Since military households cannot change their status, then we will pursue interests. Everyone is licking blood on the knife edge, once there is a war, the sword and gun have no eyes, it is inevitable to die in battle, then from now on all my soldiers who died in battle will continue to provide their families for 20 years according to the military salary standard before their death, even our minimum military salary standard is enough to raise the child to adulthood, the family has a son who can inherit his father's business when he grows up, and our army has priority admission, but there is a premise, the recruit training is not qualified, and the daughter can come to our army to choose a good son who has not yet married a wife at will when he grows up, and our army gives a bride price, Out of the dowry, from now on to relieve our worries! ”
Sun Kang didn't know when he came to Zheng Yi's side, and said with a sigh: "Old boy, this Wang Guiren is brave enough, he dares to change the military system passed down from Taizu, if it weren't for the fact that we know the relationship between Wang Guiren and the emperor, our Jinyiwei will arrest Wang Guiren today and torture him to see if he intends to rebel." ”
Zheng Yi pouted and said, "Just you?" Even if you add me, plus Zhao Baihu dares to catch adults, believe it or not, we won't be able to get out of this courtyard today. ”
Sun Kang was stunned for a moment and said: "Old boy, it's not as serious as you said, just with the signboard of our Jinyiwei, these Qiu Ba still dare to act rashly?" ”
Zheng Yi shook his head and said: "The military heart is available, and the order is obeyed!" The adults first solved the problem of military salaries for them, and after two years of being a soldier under the adults, they had the same treatment as the sergeants of our Jinyi Guard, but we were the emperor's pro-army was this treatment. The second is that the adults have solved all the things after their deaths, and with the guarantee of military salaries for another 20 years after death, the next generation has grown up, what do you say there is to worry about fighting with adults? If you catch it before the adults say this, it will definitely be fine, but if you arrest it now, do you think these people will honestly let us arrest them? The reason is because the adults give them salaries and pensions, and in turn, if we Zhao Baihu want to do this, will you fight hard with the people who arrested Zhao Baihu for this matter? ”
Sun Kang said: "Then what if he can't fulfill his promise? That's a lot of money! We are all from here, and it happens from time to time that Shangguan's words don't count, in case Wang Guiren can't do it, he won't be dishonest, and it will cause a mutiny in the army at that time. ”
"Are you saying that what you say is true? How do I feel like I'm dreaming! If adults can really do it, then my life is an adult's, let's be a good soldier for adults, fight bravely to kill the enemy, fight for military merits, and get promoted to military ranks, anyway, if you die, you can still receive military pay for another twenty years, and then the children will grow up, what are we worried about? ”
"yes, yes......"
Wang Wenle waved his hand and continued: "I know everyone's concerns, where does such a large amount of money come from, no matter how good it is said without money, it is useless, don't forget, I just said that what I hate the most is that I only say that I don't practice playing tricks, we train to go to sea, then we are targeting overseas troops, so our enemies are overseas, can you think of what overseas enemies are?" ”
"Wolver! Pirate! The crowd shouted in unison.
Wang Wenle nodded and said, "That's right! These pirates and pirates who have harassed my coastal areas for many years have been entrenched on my islands overseas for many years, it's time to settle accounts with them, what do these people have the most in their hands? ”
"Gold, silver, jewelry, wealth, women." The crowd shouted excitedly.
Wang Wenle nodded and smiled evilly: "Then should we eat black and snatch these things in their hands?" What do we work so hard for every day? First of all, it is the duty of our soldiers to eliminate the pirates and pirates, this is loyal and patriotic! Secondly, they seized their gold and silver goods, these things were robbed of our Daming, and we will rob them again, this is called black eating black! For these scumbags, our slogan is to rob them of their goods for our pensions. ”
"Snatch up their belongings for our pensions......" shouted the crowd excitedly.
"From now on, you are no longer a military household that farms the land, of course, your identity is still a military household, I can't change this, but after the land is handed over, you will be soldiers who take military pay and eat military food, and you will focus on grabbing ...... Belch...... Defend the country. Remember! Only by training hard can you fight bravely to kill the enemy and save yourself is ......" Speaking of this, Wang Wenle paused for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "In order to live better." ”
"In order to live better...... everyone shouted with Wang Wenle even more.
Wang Wenle waved his hand and continued: "In order to ensure fairness and justice, and put an end to corruption and personal behavior, I have decided to establish our own bank, all the seizures will be deposited in the bank, and the payment of money and pensions will all be received through the bank, and your money can also be stored in the bank, and you can also earn interest every month." After the written test, we go to the scribe Zhou to register, you must pay attention to fill in carefully, especially after the death of the money by whom, not to make a mistake, after the registration I will create an exclusive tag for each of you, with each of you number, with this number you can find out the information you registered in the bank, with the tag you can receive the pension, if there is a deposit can also be taken away, or there is a bank to continue to earn interest, all the living brothers come together to supervise whether the bank will pay the pension on a monthly basis, Because this is everyone's business, see who dares to embezzle the brothers' pensions and savings. I, Wang Wenle, do what I say, now you can all rest assured. ”
"Lord Xie thinks about us thoroughly, adults treat us like a mountain, and the grace is like regenerating parents, and the recruit Li Zhe is only the head of the adult from now on, and he will go to the soup and fire without two hearts, if he violates the oath, the gods and men will kill together." After Li Zhe finished speaking, he solemnly bowed to Wang Wenle.
"My lord! Please accept a small swing, if you violate the oath, the gods and men will kill together" Everyone followed Li Zhe and saluted solemnly in unison.