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"Guys, you all have veterans who are tired of the military and want to start a family, right?"

Before dark, the generals who were deployed in various places inside and outside the city gathered in Wang Tong's tent, and everyone thought that Wang Tong also assigned some tasks, but they didn't expect this to be the problem. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this era, it is not so easy to be a soldier in this era, from teenagers to dozens of years old, it is not so easy to retire from the army and return to their hometowns, especially the men in the border towns, serving in the army is their profession, until they are old and unable to move, or disabled, they can leave the battlefield, of course, more people are killed in battle.

Who doesn't want to live a peaceful life, who doesn't want to marry a wife and have children, but when they are soldiers and fight, their military salaries are deducted so badly, life and death are uncertain, and whose girls will marry them.

The situation is difficult, but this does not mean that the soldiers do not want to start a family, do not want to marry a wife and have children, Wang Tong asked, several generals of the Huwei Army are okay to say, Jizhen generals' faces are not very good-looking.

Qi Jiguang has been running Jizhen for more than ten years, many soldiers are trained from recruits, and finally become a combat force, naturally they will not let the soldiers go to marry a wife, the soldiers have a family to drag down, and they dare not give up their lives and forget death on the battlefield, everyone knows this, in this era, they have to marry a wife and have children in their teens, and the soldiers in Jizhen are really old.

"I'm afraid everyone under the command of the commander is like this."

At this time, Yang Jin knew that Wang Tong's confidence in the quality of the caravan guards came there in the afternoon, and a cadre of soldiers in Jizhen saw Yang Jin's face before he dared to answer honestly.

Even so, the Qian general manager who spoke hesitated, Wang Tong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and asked with a smile: "Is it that if Ben Shuai gives an order to allow retirement, I'm afraid there will be no one left!" ”

"That's pretty much it"

Wang Tong shook his head again, turned his head and asked Li Hutou and Tan Bing, "What about the Huwei Army?" ”

"Returning to the marshal, the generals and soldiers of the Huwei Army are all willing to join the army, unwilling to serve the people, over 30 years old, and have no official rank, a total of 175 people."

Li Hutou replied loudly. This was arranged in advance, and the Huwei Army itself was mostly young people, Wang Tong originally planned to let the Huwei Army come out as an example, but he didn't expect that there would be more of them in Jizhen, and there would be more of them.

After the two sides finished speaking, Ma Yong on one side saw Wang Tong's gaze, and also bowed down and replied: "Dashuai, most of the soldiers led by his subordinates are pro-soldiers and families from all over Datong Town. ”

The situation of the veteran is much more complicated than Wang Tong thought, but the reason is the same, Wang Tong paused, and said loudly: "This big victory, but everyone knows the rules of our Ming Dynasty, Ben Shuai and you naturally have rewards, but the soldiers below are not beneficial." ”

Everyone nodded, Da Ming was very stingy with the reward, such a victory, the 30,000 army, from Wang Tong to the ordinary soldiers below, would not get more than 100,000 taels of silver, and for the rewards of Wang Tong and others, it was more about titles and privileges, and they couldn't count on it.

When it comes to the general upwards, there are always some means, and the spoils of war can also be divided a lot, and the senior officers can make money through privileges, but the soldiers below, those who cut more may be promoted, and more people may be rewarded with a few rounds of wine and meat, and then that's it.

Whether it is the border soldiers or the cavalry of the Huwei Army, the military discipline is not very good, and they act casually, and they naturally make a lot of loot, and the foot soldiers of the Huwei Army and the Jizhen Army, because of the strict military discipline and tight constraints on the battlefield, this battle, although they are brave forward, they do not get much benefit.

It is the duty of soldiers to fight for their country, and they also have the honor and pride of soldiers, but life is life after all, they also have to support themselves, and they also want to live a better life.

Wang Tong said very slowly, and continued: "Everyone has lived and died together for so long, some words can also be spread out, to have such a victory, it all depends on the desperate struggle of the sons and daughters below, we will be prosperous and rich in the future, and we have to count on them, and they have laid down the naturalization city, the golden mountains and silver seas, and the fertile land, but they can't get any benefits, how can they fight with death force in the future, and their hearts will slowly cool down, and they must always give them some benefits." ”

Everyone nodded again, and some people thought to themselves that it was really strange that this adult was in his early twenties, but he spoke and acted like an old man in his fifties.

"Fang Cai Ben Marshal wants to say, let the armies not want to continue to be soldiers to fight, give them an inheritance in this naturalization city, let them live in peace, listen to your words, I'm afraid that as soon as this order is said, the 20,000 troops in Jizhen will soon disperse, isn't that the case!"

There was a little silence in the room, followed by laughter, Yang Jin and the others were all nodding their heads there, Wang Tong's joke made the atmosphere in the camp much more relaxed.

Wang Tong clapped his hands, the camp tent was quiet again, Wang Tong opened his mouth and continued: "The soldiers are fundamental, naturally they can't be dispersed, it's okay to stay in the army to be a seed, but you also have to do something to reward the military merits, Lord Yang, can you take out half of the people over there?" ”

Yang Jin took a step forward, bowed down and said: "Dashuai, there are many meritorious people in these subordinate battalions, in addition to being rewarded for military merits and having a future for promotion, there are about ten percent of people, and there is a huge disparity between what they do and what they get, such people are also full of resentment when they stay in the army, it is better to let them out as a reward!" ”

Wang Tong nodded with satisfaction, Yang Jin's words sounded like he was talking about some hidden danger, but in fact he was cooperating with Wang Tong's words, one percent of the people, that is nearly two thousand, Wang Tong turned his head and looked at Ma Yong again, Ma Yong hurriedly bowed, but replied with a wry smile: "Marshal, these subordinate soldiers are the private soldiers of the generals of Datong, they go to stay, they can't be the master of the lowly position, the lowly function to ask and persuade, there can be dozens of people under the master of my family."

Wang Tong understood what Ma Yong said, the family soldiers were equivalent to the clansmen of the generals, they had a deep personal attachment, and it was impossible for them to leave at will, and if they decided to stay, they must obtain the consent of their original master.

The generals of Datong Town are willing to send their own subordinate soldiers to go to the battle, which is already a great favor for Wang Tong, which is their core strength, but they are used to let Wang Tong lead the fight to the death, such cooperation, Wang Tong will not be able to leave these people after the victory, then it will be impossible to do things in the future.

"There can be fifteen hundred of the auxiliaries and chiefs left by the auxiliaries and chiefs of the Huwei Army, plus one hundred and seventy-five regular soldiers, this number is already handsome!"

Wang Tong opened his mouth and summed up a few sentences, and took out the soldiers, of course, for reward, to unite the army's heart, but it was also to damage the strength of everyone, if Wang Tong let others out, but his own direct Huwei army did not move, then everyone may not be convinced, but Wang Tong also showed enough sincerity.

The performance of the auxiliary soldiers and the eldest husband of the Huwei Army can be clearly seen by everyone on the battlefield, they are completely elite regular soldiers, and they are not inferior to the strength of each army.

This time, nearly 4,000 experienced veterans have been left in the Naturalization City, among them, there are even low-level generals, which has met Wang Tong's requirements.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is initially decided today, but it is also clear that if you want to retire from the army and settle down, you can only do it in this naturalized city, and you will give them fields, houses, livestock, and even long-term tenants, but if you want to maintain these benefits, you must continue to engage in martial arts."

Wang Tong said in a solemn voice: "The caravans in the city need guards, their guards need people to train, the farms around the Naturalization City need militia villagers, these people need to be trained and need people to lead, and when there is something in the Naturalization City that needs to be recruited, they are among the first batch to be conscripted and must apply." ”

All the generals in the military tent are nodding, getting so much, it is not okay to do nothing, Wang Tong continued: "The guards and merchants go south and north, fighting for life and death, there are many fields, good houses, and livestock, and those who are trained in the city are lowered standards, and retreating is not the same as enjoying Qingfu, they have to fight for their lives and their homes, so they can enjoy everything that is given to them." ”

The military tent was solemn, Ma Yong hesitated, and said: "Marshal, those people in the caravan may not use our people, they will."

"Don't use our people as guards, don't recruit people as guards, don't trade on the grassland, and don't live in Naturalization City!"

Wang Tong smiled and said, the merchants want to rely on this naturalization city as a base to earn profits on the grassland, they can't get this benefit in vain, they have to support these veterans, support and maintain a civilian army that can make the naturalization city exist to obtain this benefit, which is also a kind of tax.

Speaking of this, it is also over, after Ma Yong asked, Yang Jin also asked: "Dashuai, I'm afraid that in the future, I will send civil officials to manage it, this is our Daming, there is a difference between civil and military, the rules set by Dashuai, in the future"

On this occasion, when it comes to such a point, everyone is planning for their subordinates, and some things can be said openly, Yang Jin asked what everyone is concerned about, Wang Tong smiled confidently, and said: "In such a bitter place, there must be no civil officials who are willing to come, even if they want to come, Your Majesty will be sympathetic to their safety and not let them come." ”

Hearing this, everyone's minds were settled.

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"The land in Naturalization City is His Majesty's, you still don't have to think about it, in the future, you can have some discounts for the production of fields."

Dinner was with those merchants who were interested in buying land, after Wang Tong finished speaking, the merchants at the same table all showed disappointed looks, Wang Tong said with a smile: "Actually, you are limited, everything in Guihua City still has to be bought with silver, and there are many places where you don't need to buy with silver!" ”