Guo Kan said with a dark face: "Since King Ming has such elite soldiers, he still wants to recruit Guo, that is the value of Guo's surrender!" He stretched out two fingers like small thick radish, "There are two conditions for a certain family, and the king of Ming will surrender if he agrees to a certain family." King Ming should not, a certain family will not surrender him even if he dies in battle! ”

Guo Shoujing smiled: "Say it." ”

"First, Guo's soldiers were all trained by Guo with great effort, and only Guo could use them, so they couldn't be handed over; Second, Guo asked for 1,000 pairs of steel armor, 300 pairs after the opening of the city, and the remaining 700 pairs were delivered within three months. ”

Guo Shoujing frowned: "Zhonghe, you don't hand over the military power...... Do you want your soldiers to be knighted and fiefdomed? The salary of the Northern Ming Army was not much, and it had to be supplemented by granges and serfs. ”

The feudal army has always been divided into paid and unpaid. The mercenaries of the Southern Song Dynasty were paid armies, while the Mongol and Han armies were unpaid armies. Non-pay means that the owner of the army does not pay the salary directly, but replaces it with land, pasture, or some other means.

Of course, there are also armies that are both. For example, the Mongolian Xue Army and the Northern Ming Dynasty's Shijue Army were granted land (the land of the Mongolian army was not granted to individual soldiers, but to the thousands of households where the soldiers were located, and the thousands of households paid the soldiers' equipment and expenses). The military salaries received by the Northern Ming soldiers (including ordinary soldiers who did not receive the honorable soldiers) were not very rich, and they were only enough to support their families. However, with the 300 acres of grange of the Shijue or the 100 acres of land granted by ordinary soldiers (150 acres of the Eight Banners, but there is no military pay at all), the income is not low.

And grant the field. In particular, Feng Shijue Ci Grange is the "direct minister" who turned the soldier into the Ming King. Naturally, they are less likely to be loyal to their superior officers. According to the Europeans, "a vassal of a vassal is not a vassal of mine". These scholars were all vassals of Chen Dexing, not vassals of the Northern Ming officers. Moreover, there is a righteous instructor system in the Northern Ming Army. Chen Dexing himself is a "demigod", so there is no soil for warlords in the Northern Ming Army.

"Don't want any fields to be knighted, the 3,000 brothers of a certain family just collect money to fight!" Guo Kan said, "It's better to come here!" On weekdays, the salary of the Ming army is paid according to the ordinary Ming army, and a sum of money is given before going into battle, and it is discounted according to the merit after the fight. Don't tell me that King Ming has no money, he has a monopoly on sea trade! ”

……

"This Guo Kan wants to hold on to the soldiers, I'm afraid he has some ambitions!"

When Chen Dexing returned to the camp under Pingluan City, Guo Shoujing had already returned with Guo Kan's conditions.

listened to Guo Shoujing's return. Chen Dexing just said lightly, and did not show any unhappiness. The Sergeant Soldiers and the Eight Banners Soldiers could not meet everyone's requirements. The military system that Chen Dexing is now adopting is actually an upgraded version of the government military system, turning the government soldiers into military aristocrats, and they do not have to serve from generation to generation like military households. You only need to serve for one generation to get the Grange and the status of nobility. For ordinary soldiers, it is very generous, so the middle and lower classes of the Northern Ming Army work very hard.

And for the top of the Northern Ming Army. They can rise to the rank of feudal nobles step by step by merit, and theoretically have a chance to become feudal princes. It's good to draw cakes, but it's not easy to eat in your mouth.

But for a warlord like Guo Shoujing, who really has some strength, it is not very satisfactory. A small warlord like Yan Zhongsi, who has little strength, doesn't even have the strength to resist. Naturally, I can only pinch my nose to accept it. However, Guo Shoujing's 3,000 people are all elites in a hundred battles, and if they are equipped with steel armor and horizontal swords, their combat effectiveness is still above that of Cowardice. Of course, I was unwilling to let Chen Dexing annex it like this!

And warlords like Guo Shoujing. In the Northland, in the Central Plains. Even in the Southern Song Dynasty, it can be said that it is everywhere. Chen Dexing entered the Central Plains. The question of how to use, integrate or eliminate them.

For the warlords, all of them should be eliminated immediately, which is quite in line with the thinking of later generations, but Chen Dexing knows that this will not work. Because this era is an era of soldiers and warlords everywhere.

Not only were the Han marquis in the north and the feudal towns of the Southern Song Dynasty warlords, but even the Southern Song Tuanlian and the great and small kings of Mongolia who were in charge of the army were actually warlords. Those who are not included in the warlords are Chen Dexing's Shijue and Eight Banners, Li Pu's government soldiers, and Kublai Khan's central Ulus's descendants.

"Okay!" Chen Dexing slapped his thigh and said with a smile, "The Lonely King's command also needs Hanhou!" Everyone knows that Guo Kanbing is good at fighting, and if he can be attached to him with a solid heart, he will be of great use in the future. ”

He turned his head and said to Guo Shou: "Ruosi, and go to tell Guo Kan, King Gu agreed to his conditions, give him 3,000 military quotas, and the salary will be issued according to the ordinary Ming army." In the event of war, additional money will be added. As for the land, the land of the Central Plains cannot be given to him. In the future, the lone king will go on an expedition to eat, and there will be a feudal country of his Guo family! ”

……

In September of the second year of the Great Song Dynasty, Yanjing City.

This northern place name capital stands at the foot of Yan Mountain, guarding the passage of the Mo Nan grassland to the Central Plains Han Land. With Yanjing as the core, the sixteen states of Yanyun distributed in the north and south of Yanshan are the barrier of the North China Great Plain against the invasion of nomads outside the Saiwai. With Shi Jingjiao ceding this homeland that originally belonged to China to the Khitan, the heart of the Han land in the Central Plains was completely exposed to the soldiers of the northern iron cavalry. The advanced agriculture and handicraft industry owned by the Han people in the sixteen states were used by the Khitans, Jurchens, and later the Mongols, making the blades of these foreign barbarians sharper and their soldiers and horses stronger. It has been stronger than the Central Plains for more than 400 years in history!

In this time and space, although history has taken a heavy turn, it has not affected the prosperity of this famous city in the north.

At least in the eyes of Liu Xiaoyuan, who came from afar, Yanjing City was even more noisy and noisy than when he left last time.

People of various nationalities are staggered, and teams of camels and cars and horses are constantly pouring in from all directions. The wooden wheels wrapped in iron rings crushed the sparks on the stone slabs of the streets. The well-dressed Mongols, with scimitars pinned to their waists, swaggered around the city, taking delicious and fun food when they saw it, and not knowing how to give money. None of the Han people and Semu people who opened shops dared to deal with the Mongolian uncle.

Liu Xiaoyuan knew that these rampant and domineering Mongols must have just come from Kaiping, and they were all descendants of Kublai Khan. Arrived in Yanjing......

Why is there no one to take care of when you arrive in Yanjing? Brother Mo and Marshal Wuliang Hetai don't care?

When Liu Xiaoyuan was feeling inexplicable, he suddenly heard someone shouting his name: "Mingjing, Brother Mingjing!" ”

He hurriedly followed the prestige, and saw a short, fat bearded Confucian who was waving at the door of a restaurant. The man was still carrying a wine gourd in his hand, and a few oiled paper wraps, which were obviously some side dishes to eat.

This person turned out to be Yao Shu's nephew Yao Sui, whose name is Duanfu and is called Mu'an. Originally, he studied science with the great Confucian Xu Heng in Jingzhao Mansion, but a few months ago he participated in the imperial examination, won a jinshi, and was sent to Yanjing as an official.

Because they are both Mongolia's "second generation traitors", the two not only know each other but also have a good personal relationship.

Liu Xiaoyuan got off the horse, threw the reins to the servant, strode up to meet him, and arched his hand and said, "Brother Duanfu, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay?" ”

Humpty Dumpty Yao Sui didn't answer immediately, but looked Liu Xiaoyuan up and down seriously: "Ouch, why do you look like a Mongolian?" Brother, I almost didn't recognize it. ”

As soon as he grabbed Liu Xiaoyuan, he went to the restaurant: "You are in good clothes, you don't have to pay for food...... Hurry up and treat my brother to a good meal. These days in Yanjing are really miserable, and everyone is hungry and thin. ”

Liu Xiaoyuan looked at the chubby Yao Sui, and slowly followed into the restaurant, where the boss and the guy saw him dressed as a Mongolian, and they all looked like they were about to cry.

The two Confucian scholars from the north didn't care about this, and went up to the second floor and entered a private seat with an open door and no one inside. After sitting separately, Liu Xiaoyuan ordered a few dishes, and took out a small silver ingot and threw it to the guy, seeing that the other party went down happily, he turned his head to talk to Yao Sui, but saw that the other party looked dumbfounded.

"You, you...... That's given silver? ”

"Ah......" Liu Xiaoyuan nodded.

Yao Sui clapped his hands and shouted, "Why don't you give Zhongtong money?" ”

"Zhongtong banknotes?" Liu Xiaoyuan shook his head, he is a close minister of the Great Khan, and the officials worship the Privy Council of the Great Yuan, and he is the kind of official who does not have to live on money, of course, he doesn't know much about Zhongtong banknotes or anything - because no one dares to take money to bribe.

"That's it......" Yao Sui took out a banknote and put it on the table, complaining, "This is butt wiping paper!" One or two can't be used as silver and a penny, and now the officials and generals of the entire Dayuan will use this as salary! The Mongolians are okay, just take what they want, we Han officials will be miserable! ”

"Take what you like!?" Liu Xiaoyuan was stunned and stunned, "No one cares?" ”

Yao Sui shook his fat head and said helplessly: "No, no one cares...... I don't know how this happened, no one cares about it anyway, and it's all lawless! ”

Liu Xiaoyuan's brows furrowed tightly, "So...... There are so many people in Yanjing City? ”

"They all moved from other places," Yao Sui said angrily, "The thieves have already hit Pingluan Road...... Murder and arson were all evil, and the common people had no way to live, so they went to Yanjing to survive under the leadership of the guards from all over the country. ”

"What?" Liu Xiaoyuan was even more surprised, when did Dayuan's official become so kind? And...... This is not right, how to solve the problem of eating when so many people gather in Yanjing City? Driving people from around the city into the city to consume food was one of the Mongols' methods of attacking the city. It is impossible for Brother Mo and Wuliang Hetai not to know, how can they get everyone into the city by themselves now? (To be continued......)