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"But...... 2.8 million acres of land is worth at least tens of thousands of silver dollars, right? Isn't it a pity to give it to the Hongmen bigwigs in Guangdong and the Hongbing in northern Guangdong like this? ”

The farmland in the Pearl River Delta is generally Shanghaode paddy field, which is not particularly fertile, but has sufficient rainwater to moisten it, which is considered to be Shangtian. Moreover, there are many people and little land around Guangzhou, and there are many rich people, and the price of land is relatively high. If in a peaceful year, such an acre of paddy field is worth dozens of silver dollars. 2.8 million acres of land is worth at least 100 million silver dollars, which is indeed a huge amount of money!

"You can also pay the land on behalf of the land, and let the brothers of the Hong family who have been allocated the land send their sons to join the army, and pay less or no military pay as appropriate."

Hunan also has a heaven and earth society, and Zuo Zongtang naturally knows their details. Not to mention their "great ambition" to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, the Heaven and Earth Society is actually just some ruffians and robbers! And what these hooligans and thieves rely on is, of course, force, and the young and strong disciples are the core of the martial arts of the Heaven and Earth Society. If these brave men can be allowed to join the army, the place will naturally be much more peaceful. But Zhu Jishi's court didn't have that much silver to hire too many troops. Originally, Zuo Zongtang didn't think of any way, but Sakuma Xiangshan, who served as a secretary by his side, gave him a trick - using land to pay for the army.

In fact, this was the old way of the samurai system in Japan. The samurai received some land from the lord and at the same time worked for the lord. Now the government of the Ming Dynasty has not received more than 2 million acres of land, and the price of "exchanging" one soldier for 20 acres of land is enough to exchange for 140,000 troops! And the value of twenty acres of paddy fields is around 800 to 1,000 silver dollars. It is far more than thirty or forty yuan a year. Even if an ordinary soldier has been in the Ming army for ten years. It is also unlikely that he could save enough property to buy 20 acres of paddy fields.

At this moment, the two of them had already gotten into the carriage and were on their way back to the north city of Guangzhou. Hearing Zuo Zongtang's method, Zhu Jishi chuckled and said: "This is a way, first give 20 acres of paddy fields, and then give 20 acres of land after ten years...... A soldier gets 40 acres of land within ten years, even if he doesn't pay the army, it's not a disadvantage, right? ”

"I'm afraid I can't ask for it, right?" Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and said with a smile, "It can also be stipulated that all retired soldiers who are killed in battle or seriously injured." Regardless of the number of years of service, they can receive 20 acres of land that should be obtained after the completion of their service period, either by their family members or by themselves...... In this way, my Ming soldiers will have no worries on the battlefield! ”

Why don't you have any worries? The land they got belonged to the bureaucrats and gentry loyal to the Manchus, and if the Ming Dynasty failed, their land would be gone! This Bao Daming is to protect the land and protect the family business! Didn't a certain party in another time and space mobilize millions of troops by relying on an agrarian revolution to defeat the Kuomintang reactionaries and gain the world?

Now Zuo Zongtang's idea for himself also has the same effect. Although the agitation is less than a few million troops, hundreds of thousands are enough to pull out! With so many soldiers, what is the difficulty of defeating the Manchus? This Zuo Zongtang ...... It really deserves to be today's Zhuge Liang!

"That's it! All soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Ming Dynasty. All can apply for land pay, and the military pay for non-commissioned officers will be halved after the land pay. Other than that. The Hong soldiers in northern Guangdong, as long as they meet our conscription requirements and are willing to join the Ming army, can also enjoy this treatment. As for the bosses of the Heaven and Earth Society, as long as they are willing to disband the hall and send their sons to join the army, in addition to enjoying the treatment of 'paying with soil', they can also be given knighthoods as appropriate. In this way, they can get another annuity in addition to the land, and if they refuse to be a happy worker, then the king of the Ming Dynasty will be powerful! ”

"Your Majesty, how should the title annuity of the Ming Dynasty be determined? Is it to give land and be exempt from taxes? Zuo Zongtang heard Zhu Jishi mention "annuity", so he asked.

In all dynasties, when the country was founded, it was necessary to seal the heroes and give them to the fields. Now that Zhu Jishi's Ming Dynasty has officially opened, shouldn't he also give some land and seal the heroes?

"The house must be given, or not, where should we live with so many heroes?" Zhu Jishi said half-jokingly, "But Tian ...... You can't give more, because there aren't so many fields to give now! We have only confiscated more than 2.8 million mu in Guangzhou, and most of the fields in other provinces in Guangdong are not even 10% of Guangzhou, and they are not concentrated, at most they can be confiscated to more than 1 million mu, plus 2.8 million mu in Guangzhou, that is, 4 million mu...... Zuo Xiang, you think about it carefully, and you have to leave me a quota of more than 100,000 soldiers. ”

"Your king, your ......"

Zhu Jishi waved his hand, "Don't do it...... I, the king, can eat my own, and I don't need to spend a single silver dollar on the country. ”

Zuo Zongtang breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Jishi did not participate in the "sharing of spoils", how could this field be enough to share, there were 1 million mu! The heroes who are eligible to be given land, even if they include some of the bigwigs of the Heaven and Earth Society, will not exceed 2,000, and each person can get an average of 500 mu of land, which is enough to reward him.

"Since the field house has been given, this annuity should not be given for the time being, and there are still many places for the court to spend money, so it can save a little bit."

When he said this, Zuo Zongtang thought in his heart, in fact, there were not many places to spend money. Basically, small soldiers do not need to be paid, only civil and military officials have to be paid, and there are also expenses for military rations and equipment. If there is no war, an income of 300,000 silver dollars per month is enough.

"Your Majesty, now that you have decided to 'pay with soil', can you start recruiting Hong soldiers from northern Guangdong?" Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and pondered, "However, the method of 'filling the soil with money' cannot be made public before the whole province of Guangdong is pacified, so it ......."

"Can't be made public? Why? Zhu Jishi was puzzled.

Zuo Zongtang smiled, "Lest there are too many soldiers squeezed in with their heads, such as the Hong soldiers in northern Guangdong now have as many as hundreds of thousands, if they know that there is a good thing of 'paying with soil', I am afraid that it will not be hundreds of thousands, but hundreds of thousands of people will join our Ming army, and then the king will accept it or not?" ”

"It's still the left prime minister who is thoughtful, and this matter will be talked about when Guangdong is completely calmed down...... When the time comes, we will carry out another concentrated army expansion and expand the Ming army to 200,000! In the first six months of training, troops can be sent to attack Hunan, Guangxi, and Fujian provinces. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Jishi suddenly thought of a question, turned his head to look at Zuo Zongtang, "Zuo Xiang, let's not give people land, those Hong soldiers in northern Guangdong are willing to take refuge here?" ”

"Hehe, of course they are willing to take refuge!" Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and laughed, "These people are making trouble and want to ask for an official from you, the king." You can let Yanpinghou recruit them, give a quota of 50,000 people, and Yanpinghou must have a way. ”

"Fifty thousand people? Left Phase, do you mean ......"

Zuo Zongtang said with a smile: "Let Yanping Hou recruit these cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods first, and go to fight with the monk Lingqin in Shaozhou, and when he defeats Shaozhou, we will almost pacify the rest of Guangdong." When the time comes, we will use the method of 'replenishing the salary with soil' to expand the army and reorganize the army, and digest all the remaining Hong soldiers in northern Guangdong. ”

"Let Yanping Hou solicit it?" Zhu Jishi looked at Zuo Zongtang seriously, "Zuo Xiang, are you so trustworthy to Yanping Hou?" ”

Zuo Zongtang's tone became a little solemn, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Yanping is not credible, now is the right time to test, bring him 50,000 soldiers to see...... If he really has a bad heart, are you afraid that you won't be able to deal with his tens of thousands of rabble? ”

"It's not like it's not like it, Hong Bing...... After all, it is the one who supports the Ming Dynasty! Zhu Jishi understood what Zuo Zongtang was thinking. Guangdong's heaven and earth will shili too big! Before Zhu Jishi's rebellion succeeded, he should try his best to win them over and use them for his own use. But once Guangdong is possessed, the Heaven and Earth Society will be suppressed and restricted. Although some of the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society who defected to Zhu Jishi earlier can be reused. But the vast majority of the congregation did not receive much benefit. And the benefits of their original gambling and prostitution to open a tobacco shop and collect protection fees are not small, not to mention anything else, just a "ban on smoking", Zhu Ming and some of the Tiandi Hall entrances have conflicts.

So now it's time to weaken the Shili of the Guangdong Tiandi Society, especially the force they have...... (To be continued......)