Although the surrounding neighbors didn't know what happened to Yao Junping, only a few days later, many people in the entire county knew about Yao Junping's promotion to the county commander. In the Ming Dynasty, the promotion of a Xu official to the county magistrate was definitely big news.

When Ding Xiucai heard the news, he felt that it was incredible, in the Ming Dynasty, Xu officials could not participate in the imperial examination and could not become officials, this was clearly stipulated, and he couldn't help but go to Yao Junping to confirm the news, "Yao Junping...... No, Lord Yao, I heard that you have become a county magistrate. ”

"The official letter that came the day before yesterday will go to office in two days, hey! It's just that it's not this county, it's the prefectural order of the next county. Yao Junping sighed and said deliberately regretfully.

"Lord Yao, you have a lot, please forgive me if you have offended before." As soon as Ding Xiucai heard Yao Junping's tone, he immediately apologized.

"Haha, Ding Xiucai must not say that, we have been neighbors for ten years, I was just joking, and I hope not to be surprised." Yao Junping said with a smile. He really didn't pay attention to Ding Xiucai's matter, otherwise, he would have scolded him on the spot that day, but he couldn't help but make a joke when he saw Ding Xiucai coming over today.

"Lord Yao, didn't I, Daming, stipulate that officials are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination and are not allowed to serve as officials? What's going on? Ding Xiucai couldn't help but ask.

"I heard that there were too many officials who were dismissed and investigated in this case of collaborating with the enemy and embezzlement, and there were too many vacancies at one time. If the officials who are promoted this time perform well, the court will promote a large number of officials in the future. Yao Junping did not hide Ding Xiucai.

"I see." In Ding Xiucai's mind, he seems to have found another way out of life.

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When Zhu Youxiao left Datong, Xiong Tingbi and Xu Guangqi were already preparing to start dismantling Mahu and Junhu, and at the same time preparing to recruit new troops from the two to supplement the Longteng Army and establish a new Longteng Army, the basic establishment of this army will be maintained at about 100,000 people, stationed in Shanxi.

The Mahu system began in the early Ming Dynasty, flourished in Yongle, declined in Tianshun, and was abolished in Wanli. The reason why Xu Guangqi and Xiong Tingbi did this was that Xiong Tingbi wanted to recruit cavalry from Ma Hu, and in the 100,000 Longteng army, he wanted to form a cavalry team of 10,000 people; Second, Xu Guangqi wanted to recompile the fugitive population into a book to make it easier to manage.

The complete abolition of the horse household system provided Xiong Tingbi with only nearly 1,000 cavalry. This is mainly due to the fact that there are too many Ma Hu fleeing, coupled with some measures of the imperial court, Ma Hu is basically not one out of ten.

I heard that the Longteng Army was going to recruit soldiers, and the Ma Hu who stayed behind was very active. The treatment of the Longteng Army is well-known throughout the country, in addition to the Yulu, all kinds of materials are sufficient, four sets of clothes are issued a year, and even if they die on the battlefield, the pension of the Longteng Army's eighty acres of land is also real.

During this time, the government was constantly measuring the land as a pension for soldiers who died in battle. As long as you inquire about this matter, there are few people in Shanxi who don't know about it.

I heard that the Longteng Army was going to recruit soldiers, and people everywhere inquired about this matter for a while. The most valuable thing in this era is human life. But I heard that the Longteng Army recruited soldiers only from Ma Hu for the time being, and for a while, Ma Hu, who was once looked down upon by countless people, suddenly became very popular.

Yang Yifan has been a horse household for generations, and in his generation, the horse household system has actually existed in name only, although the horse household is dying, but he has been exposed to horses since he was a child, and it can be said that he grew up on horseback. This time, Shanxi completely abolished the horse household system, and recruited cavalry among horse households, so he immediately thought of signing up.

"This soldier is going to go to the battlefield, I heard that the battle of Datong and the Ming Dynasty killed thousands of people, and now His Majesty has completely abolished Mahu, you can live at home with peace of mind, this day will definitely be better and better." Mother Yang persuaded.

"Mother, even if Your Majesty abolishes Ma Hu, our family has nothing left, now or follow the immigrants to Taiwan or Qiongzhou, the younger brothers and sisters are still so young, I heard that it is thousands of miles away to Qiongzhou, Taiwan, our family will definitely not be able to immigrate, now there is only the road left to join the army, I heard that the cavalry of the Longteng Army has three taels a month, not only have food to eat, but also clothes hair, this year can save thirty-six taels, you and your father and younger brothers and sisters will never be hungry again." Yang Yifan said.

"Now there are more people who want to join the Longteng Army, some time ago, I heard that the Longteng Army only recruits horse households, you see that in the past few days, people have come to the door and want to take the initiative to pass their son to our home." Father Yang said.

"Mother, let me join the army, our family is poor and white, in addition to human life, it is worth a little money, but there is nothing left, this family is old and old, small, not to mention that the children ask for a daughter-in-law, even eating is a problem." Yang Yifan said.

"I'm afraid ......," Mother Yang said with tears in her eyes.

"Mother, don't worry, I've been playing on horseback since I was a child, and it's okay to join the cavalry." Yang Yifan comforted.

"Hey......" Mother Yang didn't know what to say, this family really didn't have anything of value except for human life. What's more, the treatment of the Long Teng Army is real, and a few days ago, she also met someone from the government who measured the land here, saying that it was a pension for soldiers who died in battle.

Seeing that his mother no longer spoke, Yang Yifan didn't dare to delay, he was afraid that if his mother repented, his matter of being a soldier would be in vain. At this time, the horse households who met the conditions in Shanxi basically went to join the army.

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According to Zhu Youxiao's idea, the military household was to be completely abolished, and the original tuntian was distributed to the military household, and Zhu Youxiao first had to completely abolish the military household within the jurisdiction of the Beijing Governor's Office.

Now more than seventy percent of the military attaches in Shanxi have been dismissed from office, Xiong Tingbi has to promote a large number of officers from the Longteng Army, although this kind of behavior of chasing ducks on the shelves will indeed cause great hidden dangers to the army, but Xiong Tingbi also thought of a lot of solutions, mainly three points:

The first is officer training, which is also the reason why Xiong Tingbi wants to set up a military academy in Shanxi; The second is to immediately pay three months' salaries to the newly recruited soldiers of the Longteng Army, and to immediately cash in the silver or fields for the soldiers or military households who have been dismissed, so as to quickly stabilize the morale of the army; The third is to promote a group of junior officers from the existing old army.