"Change the rules...... General, what do you mean? Zhou Shuyuan asked with a face full of shock and puzzlement.

Wei Zheng nodded and replied: "It's very simple, since we have become an official army, we must have the rules that the official army has, and we must do it better than the official army." Otherwise, why would thousands of our brothers give us their lives......"

Seeing the solemn expression slowly on Zhou Shuyuan's face, Wei Zheng casually gave an example and analyzed: "Let's talk about the simplest example, military salary. When the Tartars were there, in order to survive, the brothers would give us their lives and kill the Tartars. But what about the Tartars? In the absence of death threats, why should the brothers sell our lives for us without any benefit. ”

"In addition, if we don't pay our brothers military salaries, and let our brothers return to our Haw Par Army, after the Tartars withdraw from Zunhua, I can say with certainty that as long as there is a small ** in the imperial court, our Haw Par Army will completely fall apart."

"You must know that a group of brothers under our command are the lowest level of our Ming Dynasty, and they don't understand any big truths. And the only idea for them to live is to feed themselves and their families. If we don't pay the army, what will the brothers use to support their families, and if they can't even support their families, will everyone still give us the Haw Par Army? ”

Seeing that Zhou Shuyuan's face slowly showed a thoughtful expression, Wei Zheng changed his words and said in a firm tone:

"My idea is that since our Haw Par Army is going to expand its army, then we will take this opportunity to establish a set of rules that completely belong to our Haw Par Army, and build our Haw Par Army into a truly invincible army, not a bandit army."

More than 500 young and strong, more than 200 captured infantry followers, plus more than 600 young and strong people left in the construction of the Mushroom Yu City Wall, almost 1,500 people, under the organization of hundreds of recruits, the black pressure pressed a large number of people standing in the Tiger and Leopard Army training ground in Mushroom Yucheng, waiting for Wei Zheng to come to lecture.

After glancing at the young men in front of him who had been screened by the Tartars and almost all of them could be soldiers, Wei Zheng directly took out the holy decree that Chongzhen gave him, and after unfolding it under the gaze of more than a thousand pairs of eyes, he shouted loudly.

"Brothers, I want to ask everyone, do any of you know what this thing I have in my hand?"

"Divine Decree...... It is the holy decree of the imperial court. Under Wei Zheng's special arrangement, several voices quickly sounded in the crowd.

Wei Zheng nodded and continued to roar: "These brothers are right, what I am holding in my hand is the holy decree, and it is the holy decree issued by the emperor himself to me and the entire Tiger and Leopard Army. ”

"Just a few days ago, my Tiger and Leopard Army officially became the official army of the imperial court, and my Wei Zheng also became a Jinyi Wei Qianhu ......"

"In other words, our Tiger and Leopard Army is no longer a righteous army specializing in fighting Tartars, but a powerful official army recognized by the emperor and hand-picked, and it is also the so-called pro-army of the Son of Heaven."

"Now our Haw Par Army not only has the identity of the official army, but also the identity of the Jinyi Guard, that is, the identity of the Son of Heaven's pro-army."

"I believe that many brothers here have heard of and know Jinyiwei, and I can say for sure that Jinyiwei is the most powerful and powerful group of people in our Ming Dynasty."

"As I expected, among the more than 1,000 brothers in front of me now, there are not only ordinary people, but also military households, and even border soldiers of the imperial court. Since there are Ming officials and soldiers, we should be clear about the salaries of our officials and soldiers in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Among all the officers and soldiers in our Ming Dynasty, the best salary is the border army, with three taels of silver a month. However, how many taels of silver ended up in the hands of the brothers? I can say with certainty that it is definitely no more than two taels of silver. ”

"In addition, our brothers joined the official army, and they should have eaten and drunk enough to kill the Tartars. However, because of the corruption of officers at all levels, what was finally eaten in the mouths of the brothers was not eaten by any meat, even coarse grains and wild vegetables, and we could not eat enough. ”

"You know, this is still the best-paid border army among all the officers and soldiers, if you change to an ordinary military household, you don't know how many people will starve to death in a year?"

"Maybe there are brothers who want to ask, why do I say so much. Here, I would like to tell you that as the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, our Tiger and Leopard Army also has military salaries, and these military salaries are all paid by our guards with the money in their own pockets. ”

"Since all military salaries are my own money, then in my Tiger and Leopard Army, I Wei Zhengjue will not allow any corruption and throttling of military salaries. In our Haw Par Army, recruits are paid two taels of silver a month, veterans are paid three taels of silver, the commander of the army is five taels of silver, the platoon commander is ten taels of silver, the captain is twenty taels of silver, the battalion commander is forty taels of silver, and the regiment commander is one hundred taels of silver. All this money for the brothers will definitely be paid in full to each brother in my Haw Par Army. ”

"In addition, in my tiger and leopard army, it is absolutely guaranteed that every brother will have a full meal of white flour steamed buns every day and a meal of meat every two days."

"Finally, in my Tiger and Leopard Army, as long as you die on the battlefield, no matter what official position you have, your family will receive your usual five-year military salary as a pension, and you will not ignore everyone like other officers and soldiers."

Having said this, many people already have mixed expressions of anticipation and longing on their faces. Especially those officers and soldiers, and even young men from military households, the expression of longing on their faces was particularly strong.

Seeing this, Wei Zheng no longer hesitated, and directly stated the purpose of his trip.

"Brothers, now, I'm defending the expedition and giving everyone a chance to join the Tiger and Leopard Army, join the Jinyi Guard, and join the Son of Heaven's pro-army."

"Brothers who are willing to take military salaries, eat a full meal every day, and eat one meal of meat in two days can join my Haw Par Army now and become a member of my Haw Par Army"

More than 1,500 brothers, under these direct interests, 1,100 people directly joined the Haw Par Army.

Looking at the lively scene in front of him, Zhou Shuyuan, who was standing beside Wei Zheng, reminded with a worried face: "General, the military salary is set so high, once our Tiger and Leopard Army reaches full strength, tens of thousands of taels of silver will be removed from the monthly military salary alone. It's hundreds of thousands of taels a year, do we have so much money in our hands? ”

Wei Zheng waved his hand and explained: "Strategist, you see the danger in front of you, and you don't see the long-term benefits of this matter to us. ”

"Think about it, in the face of such a generous salary from the Haw Par Army, once we no longer listen to the orders of the imperial court in the future, or even rebel against the imperial court, will a group of brothers under our command continue to follow us, or will they continue to starve with the imperial court, or even be captured by the Tartars as slaves again..."

Zhou Shuyuan replied with a clear expression: "General, I understand... As long as our military salaries continue to be paid like this, the soldiers will recognize us as the Tiger and Par Army, and recognize you, the general... Because, as long as everyone has ** in their hearts and has hope, they don't want to go back to the past and go back to the days of starvation. ”