Xiong Tingbi didn't poke at him, just smiled. Sun Chengzong said: "Since Jinong thinks that this method is good, it is good, the imperial court is afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the various ministries and affecting the major affairs of Hanmeng friendship, so he came up with such a method, so that as long as the heart is to the court, he will be rewarded more, so that the people of all tribes will have nothing to say." ”

Erke Kongol asked: "My Chahar Department is sincerely obedient to the Ming Dynasty, and I am willing to raise the whole clan to join the Ming Guards, and ask the elder to recruit some more troops in the Chahar Department." "Chahar is located between the other Mongolian tribes and the Ming Dynasty, if you want to oppose the Ming, it is to be enemies on all sides, so Erke Kongol thought that since he couldn't rebel, it was better to have more troops, so that he could exchange more money for his own consumption, as for worrying about the problem of no one looking at the cattle and sheep, this is not a problem at all, and the real grazing on the grassland is mostly women. Besides, now that the grain in Daming is so abundant that it is about to overflow, the situation of no food on the grassland has almost completely disappeared.

Sun Chengzong said: "Jinong thinks like this, which shows his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. It's just that the conscription should be carried out in batches, and there are many warriors in the Chahar Department, which we know very well, and there will be no problem in recruiting more soldiers when the time comes. ”

Xiong Tingbi nodded again and again: "Jinong, rest assured, under the same conditions, we will give priority to recruiting the warriors of the Chahar Department." ”

Only then did Erke Kongol relax his heart, and at this time, a report came from outside, and the leaders of the tribes heard that the Great Envoy had arrived, and asked to see him outside. Sun Chengzong said: "Since they are all here, then trouble Jinong to find a wide yurt, and we will tell the news to the leaders of the various departments." ”

Erke Kongol said "no trouble", and while asking people to pack up the big yurt, he invited the leaders of the various departments to come in. All the leaders knew the etiquette of the Han family, and after coming in, some made waves, some hugged their fists, and some small tribal leaders knelt down directly to salute. Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi were smiling and gossiping with the leaders one by one.

After a while, Erk Kongol's men reported that the yurt was ready. Sun Chengzong said: "This place is cramped, let's go to the place prepared by Chahar Jinong together, so as to discuss some things." ”

Everyone came to the big yurt, Sun Chengzong wanted to invite Oba and fried flowers to sit on the seat, and the two didn't even dare to say that they must push Sun Chengzong to sit on the main seat. Sun Chengzong couldn't refuse, so he sat on the upper seat, and then the bottom was divided into two sides, headed by Oba and Xiong Tingbi on one side, and Fried Flower and Erke Konggol on the other.

After Sun Chengzong and the others sat down, he spoke: "Most of the leaders are old acquaintances, and the cabinet department has dealt with the Mongolian tribes for many years, and I know that the characteristics of the Mongolian people are real, and there are no twists and turns, so I have something to say." Last time, the imperial court invited the Mongolian tribes to send troops to help the Ming Dynasty's expedition in the northwest, and everyone enthusiastically sent troops, but I heard that some people were dissatisfied with the court's reward. ”

Oba and fried flowers were rewarded last time, so naturally it was not easy to speak, and the leaders of the other tribes couldn't sit still, so Erke Kongol stood up and said: "Elder Ge, the court's reward is fixed, and I dare not be dissatisfied." ”

Sun Chengzong smiled: "Yes, I don't dare to have it, it's not that I won't have it." Everyone has an opinion, and the imperial court can understand and understand. Therefore, this time, the imperial court is going to re-determine the matter of the Mongol army, and in a different way, so that each tribe can be rewarded appropriately and accurately by virtue of the amount of effort, please ask Chief of Staff Xiong to explain the method for everyone. ”

Except for Erke Kongor, everyone else stared at Xiong Tingbi, their ears wide open, wondering how the Ming could properly and accurately distribute the rewards to the various tribes. Appropriate, they understand, what the Ming says is appropriate is appropriate, but precision is not very easy to do.

Xiong Tingbi stood up, arched his hands and said: "Xiong Laozi is a rough man, and he is also familiar with you, if we want to accurately distribute the rewards to the various tribes, we have come up with an idea, and we want you to refer to it together." The imperial court meant to re-recruit soldiers from the Mongol tribes and join the Guards. Note that it was no longer the Mongol army that assisted the Guards, but the Mongols who joined the Guards. The reason for this is twofold. ”

"The first aspect is because we have found through the study of the war process that the coordination between the Guards and the Mongolian tribal armies is somewhat incompatible, one is the cavalry that is good at running, and the other is the infantry that is steady and steady, and the General Staff has received reports from the following Guards divisions, and they all think that such cooperation is too difficult, it is better to break up the cavalry and join the Guards and reorganize into a new formation, so as to really give full play to the advantages of the Mongolian cavalry."

When the Mongol army assisted the Ming army to the northwest, the Mongols were actually very worried that the Guards would use them as cannon fodder, and the leaders of the Mongol tribes naturally had such fears. Of course, the officials and officers of the Ming Dynasty also understood this, so after the Mongols were directly incorporated into the Guards, the Mongols could truly integrate into the Ming army and not be incompatible with the Ming army all the time.

"In the second aspect, there has always been only a rough estimate of the amount of effort contributed by each tribe, so that it may not be easy for the imperial court to do everything when rewarding each tribe, which will cause dissatisfaction among some tribes. In this way, when the court later weighed the rewards given by each tribe, it only needed to look at two things: one was the number of people in the tribe who joined the guards, and the other was the number of cattle and horses sold to the court by each tribe. If there is a standard and measure for rewards in the future, there will no longer be such mistakes as the reward for the big contribution is less, and the reward for the small contribution is large, and everyone will be convinced. ”

Every year, the Ministry of Agriculture buys a number of sturdy cattle on the grassland for the use of domestic farmers, and the purchase price of these cattle is set by the Ministry of Agriculture, which is called Hemai. Because the Ministry of Agriculture has high requirements for cattle and the price is not negotiable, some tribes are reluctant to sell their cattle to the Ministry of Agriculture. Now taking the number of cattle and horses as one of the criteria for rewarding is tantamount to compensating the tribes who sell cattle and horses to the Ministry of Agriculture in disguise, which will naturally satisfy the tribal leaders.

As for the reward for the number of troops, Xiong Tingbi said: "When a Mongolian cavalry joins the Guards, the imperial court will give the tribe a reward of five yuan, and as long as he continues to be in the army, five yuan will be given to the tribe every year." In case of martyrdom, fifty dollars of compensation was given to the tribe. The Mongol cavalry who joined the Guards had priority for their families in the distribution of pasture, and all their taxes were exempted, and the new pastures that the Ming army fought for in the war would also be allocated to the tribe according to the number of soldiers in the tribe, as a reward for the families of the soldiers to receive preferential treatment. After a soldier joined the Guards, when he encountered a disaster, his relief food was still counted in the original tribe and paid according to the capitation. ”

Such conditions are already very good, one joins the army, the whole family is tax-free, although the leader can't get the money, but the court will also give new grassland, which is distributed by the leader. And five yuan a year, it doesn't seem like much, but if there are many people, it is a lot, and the most important thing is that it is a stable source of finance, and the harvest is guaranteed by drought and flood. Even if this person dies in battle, there will be a pension of fifty yuan for the tribe, which is equivalent to ten years.