Just as modern companies focus on employee recruitment, this is especially true in ancient armies, where only the recruitment of brave soldiers can defeat the enemy on the battlefield.

In the Spring and Autumn Period of China, as in the feudal lords and samurai classes of Western Europe, only the aristocracy and free people could become soldiers to fight on the battlefield and defend the state power.

Over time, as the scale of the war expanded, the range of soldiers gradually expanded to include ordinary civilians.

However, because of the low status of soldiers, it is rumored in society that good iron is not nailed, good men are not soldiers, and ordinary people are unwilling to become soldiers, so the state divides the people into military households and ordinary households, and forces military households to serve as soldiers and eat food.

Even so, the flight of military households was increasing, but the huge country still could not recruit enough soldiers to defend the country and the villages, and in the end, it even forcibly recruited criminals and homeless people as soldiers.

Imagine how an army composed of lower-class military households and hooligan criminals in society can arouse the enthusiasm for meritorious service, and everyone can save their lives on the battlefield, and the slightest battle is not conducive to a thousand miles.

This is also the reason why the Chinese army was weak after the Han and Tang dynasties, and was defeated in successive battles in the face of the northern nomads, and was conquered by the Mongols and the Barbarian Qing twice in a row.

In the long course of history, China has two armies that can be used as a reference, one is the army of tigers and wolves of Qin, and the other is the People's Liberation Army.

The Qin State has already established a knighthood system, and further improved the twentieth rank title system after the Shang Dynasty reform, not only awarding titles to meritorious soldiers, but also giving huge land rewards, and finally annexing the Six Kingdoms and becoming a recognized tiger and wolf army, it can be said that the Qin army is an army that exerts military merit rewards to the extreme.

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is just the opposite, with average military treatment and rewards for soldiers, but it gives soldiers no honors and generous retirement guarantees. Joining the army to approve the big red flower, retirement glory not to mention, just talking about retirement treatment also envy ordinary countrymen.

For second-class meritorious service, ordinary soldiers will be assigned iron jobs after retirement, and although middle and high-ranking generals will be demoted to one level after retirement, they will continue to be powerful in the local area.

In the past six months, the local officials and gentry looked down on the local officials, and the officials could share forty or fifty taels of silver (more than the annual income of two ordinary families) in a year, and the ordinary people regarded the officials as masters, and some even called Zhang Da Daddy and Li Da Da to show respect.

Yang Lin, who was born as a local squire, found an opportunity to use local tolerances as bait to lure local warriors to join the army.

After some arrangement, more than 20 bazaars in the three counties of Pengzhou gradually unveiled the prelude to conscription.

Wang Gao is a well-known coolie within a radius of ten miles, because his parents died early and his brother who was four or five years older depended on each other, in order not to be starved to death, the two brothers helped the landlord sell coolies since childhood.

In the past few years, he was too young to carry his burden, so he had to help the landlord with little labor herd cattle or pick up dog manure to make a living.

In order to survive, the two brothers had to run to the mountains to collect dog feces before dawn.

In ancient times, there was no chemical fertilizer, and in order to increase the fertility of the land, animal manure was often relied on, and the decay of wild grasses increased the harvest in the field.

Each family has a limited number of animals, and in order to harvest well in the field, adults and children often go to the deep mountains and old forests early in the morning to pick up dog feces and other wild animal feces.

Just as modern fertilizer can be sold for money, in ancient times, half-picked dog dung could also buy a few copper coins to make a living.

In order to buy land and build houses in the future, in addition to helping the landlord's family work in the field when they are busy with farming, they have to go to the mountains and old forests to collect firewood from time to time.

The two brothers either carried a large bundle of bamboo to the market to sell, or pushed a cart of firewood to the county seat to sell, in order to barely support their families or as a livelihood for future development.

Early in the morning, the two brothers each carried seventy or eighty pounds of bamboo to the market, just arrived at the street corner of a messenger wearing a coat to block the way, according to the market conditions, a bundle of seventy or eighty pounds of bamboo can buy more than 1 yuan of silver, according to the market convention, as long as you go to the market to sell need to pay 3 copper coins.

Since the official army recovered Yilong, Yang Tuiguan claimed that the merchant endowment was exchanged for the official apportionment, and that the bazaar where the government took back the power of the merchant government would no longer be apportioned, or that the apportionment amount would be reduced.

Compared with the ruffians and hooligans in the past, the levy standards for these newly selected officials are significantly lower, taking the two brothers as an example, a large bundle of bamboo used to cost 5 copper coins, but now only 3 copper coins are needed.

After taking the receipt, he looked at the basket next to the servant, and filled half a basket, which was full of four or five thousand copper coins, thinking that the brothers were busy every day and had no copper coins left, the brothers felt that their fate was really unfair.

glared at the arrogant brother, the elder brother complained about Wang Gao, in the eyes of the rich and powerful, this official is nothing, but in ordinary people, this tolerance is the local emperor, when he encounters disobedient, he will be tied up, and he will be beaten when he says, and ordinary people dare not resist at all.

The two brothers put down the bamboo and waited for the seller's kung fu, and suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in front, and a soldier who played gongs in front of him shouted in unison: "Recruit, recruit, Pengzhou guards thousands of households Yang Lin Yang recruited pro-army warriors, and those who are willing to sign up and wait for the assessment." ”

A poor Xiucai in his forties and fifties next to him shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I just drove away the local tyrants, is there going to be a war again?" ”

A person who looked like a hundred generals (captains) said with a smile: "Although the local tyrants have run away, they are still entrenched in the territory of Dazhou, Bazhou, Yang Qian is responsible for defending the territory, preparing to train the new army, and when the time comes, he will lead us to exterminate the local tyrants and make contributions. ”

Shadow wife seal? These soldiers are too self-sufficient, a martial artist has a wife and a son, and he can't support his family after studying hard for half his life, this show is a big fire when he hears it, and he immediately moves out the proverb that a good iron is not a nail, and a good man is not a soldier.

The faces of several soldiers changed greatly, and Yang Chengqiang suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "The Qin Dynasty established a twenty-title system, as long as those who killed the enemy on the battlefield and made meritorious contributions, even if they were born slaves, they would be rewarded and rewarded with land.

I, the Pengzhou soldiers, are local soldiers, and I can't have any other big rewards, but my lords are thinking about my brothers.

As long as the assessment is qualified, the probationary period is three months, 4 copper coins per day during the probationary period, and 5 copper coins per day when the probationary period is qualified. Let's think about it, the average apprentice in the countryside is only 3-4 copper coins a day, and the master master is only 4-6 copper coins.

In addition to the normal rewards for meritorious service on the battlefield, if you are injured or retired from old age, adults also plan a good place for everyone? ”

The Qin and Han dynasties have retired from the army, and there are very few subsidies, so they often scatter soldiers and bravely cause trouble, and now they hear that there are rewards for meritorious soldiers, and everyone feels strange and asks repeatedly.

Seeing everyone's eagerness, Yang Cheng explained again and again that as long as he made second-class merits on the battlefield, or retired from the position of squadron leader, the government gave priority to training and retired from the service, and he could do it locally, and even do it well.

Hearing that the head of the county Wang Bantou was just a squadron leader in the past, and that Daddy Zhang (honorific title for tolerance) in the bazaar was just an ordinary soldier, this was a good errand that everyone dared not think of to glorify their ancestors (Wu Dalang often boasted to everyone that his younger brother Wu Song was the head of the yamen), and now I heard that everything was not too far away, and many young men in the bazaar were eager to try. 、、

Thinking that he couldn't make a few pennies by getting up early every day and working hard at night, Wang Gao put down his job of selling bamboo and came to the registration office despite his brother's obstruction.

Everyone lined up to register first, and a man wearing a helmet, cotton armor, and a large knife stuck in his waist whispered to ask for his name, age, address, family and other information.

In the past, the imperial court was mostly guarded by soldiers, and the Ming Dynasty was peaceful for more than 200 years, and the economy was exploited by the government and the guards.

Since the end of the Hongwu Dynasty, they have not endured political and economic discrimination and exploitation, and military households in various places have been fleeing, and in order to make up for the number of people, they have often caught some local ruffians and hooligans to fill the number, which has seriously damaged the combat effectiveness of the guards and also affected the image of the guards.

Unlike those obscene guards, these soldiers are completely different, and it can be said that the armor is distinct. Helmets, knife tips and other iron tools are very old, but they are shiny to polish.

The cotton armor on his body and his clothes are also cleanly washed, but they are not like the tattered houses in the countryside, and some cotton wool floats up.

In addition to these performances, what is even more surprising is that they all appear majestic, do things clearly, and make people feel empowered.

While asking, he dipped the brush to write, only to see that the other party was smooth, faster than the Duangong (wizard) in the village, some people were amazed, and some men asked repeatedly: "Brother, you, you can say that you can write, probably Xiucai, how can a character like you come to be this big soldier?" ”

The man smiled lightly, looked at everyone and shook his head again and again, and replied one by one: "What am I?" We're big people who are real people.

We adults are sixteen years old in the show talent, seventeen years old to participate in the provincial urban and rural examination in the deputy list to become a tribute student, nineteen years old defeated land tyrant has become the township chief, warden, push official, thousand president.

Everyone work hard and follow the adults to make contributions. ”

As the saying goes, it is unreasonable to show that when you meet a soldier, it is too unbelievable to train the big head soldiers, and everyone is surprised when they hear it.

In front, Liu San boasted about his martial arts, and claimed that he would become a soldier no matter what, and he would become a yamen tolerance in the future.

Liu San is full of confidence, but the assessment is eye-catching, the first test of physical strength is to carry a weight of fifty pounds on each back to climb the opposite mountain, back and forth five times, no ambiguity.

Wang Gao went to the mountains to pick up dog feces since he was a child, and when he grew up, he went to work in the fields every day.

The next thing is to assess the arm strength, everyone lifts the stone statue, Liu San has practiced hard since he was a child, and now of course he is able to catch it.

Wang Gao was born as a coolie, although he had brute strength but the method was inappropriate, and he just barely passed the test.

Looking at Wang Gao, who was honest and honest, Yang Cheng shook his head and said, "Big man, I thought you had a lot of strength, why is this stone statue so hard?" ”

Wang Gao smiled bitterly: "General, we poor people have worked in the fields since we were children, and we have never lifted a stone statue, so we really can't do it."

General, if I don't evaluate anything else, I will never lose my strength to others? ”

Liu San heard the sarcasm of his words, Yang Cheng also wanted to assess the assessment, so he asked each of them to bring half a cart of firewood for the two of them to split, and Wang Gao split half a cart after the competition, and Liu San was only two or three.

After the on-the-spot assessment, among the thirty applicants, Wang Gao ranked first, and Liu San, who was born in martial arts, only ranked tenth.

Wang Gao originally thought that he would be hired on the spot, who knew that he would have to be bailed out of the place, which made his brother complain repeatedly, why is this world so dark, his younger brother is the first in the assessment of joining the army, and the two brothers have a big loss of face in the show.

Or seeing that everyone hesitated, Yang Cheng explained them one by one in public.

The people are born, and the officers and soldiers who hate them the most are like bandits, robbing the people, and the local bail is to eliminate those who work for the tiger in the local area and oppress the ordinary people.

In addition, it is a reward for family members, and those who bravely sacrifice their lives on the battlefield in the future should be rewarded and paid to their families and friends.

At present, various preferential treatments are being applied to the imperial court, such as the exemption of one person from military service by military families, and the annual reward of a bucket of rice from military parents, and the distribution of these items.

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The news of Wang Gao's enlistment assessment has already spread all over the streets and alleys, after hearing that there is a promise, the attitude of the lieutenant has changed greatly, even the village Xiucai also boasted repeatedly, the two brothers opened a certificate, Wang Gao came to the bazaar with a change of old clothes to join the army.