Chapter 23: Recruitment

Wang Bin, Wei Da, and Sheng Jian are all brave generals on the battlefield, and their combat power is not bad, and they all followed him into battle back then, so they were valued by Zhu Gaoxu and recruited as his subordinates.

Hou Hai was shrewd and good at managing money, and Zhu Gaoxu asked him to manage the royal treasury.

Qian Xun and Qian Chang are still clansmen, both of them are a little literate, that Qian Chang seems to be very good at finding out the news, and he used to pay attention to the affairs in Beiping City for Zhu Gaoxu, and the two brothers were also valued by Zhu Gaoxu.

Jing Sheng is also a talent, he often helps Zhu Gaochu watch horses, he knows how to raise horses, and he was responsible for the war horses in Zhu Gaoxu's army in the past.

From this point of view, Zhu Gaoxu is not as incompetent as in history, and most of his subordinates have specialties, which he also carefully selected.

Sure enough, the history books were written by the victors.

In history, the image of Zhu Gaoxu was extremely poor, and in the end the rebellion failed, and Zhu Zhanji was burned alive, and it was extremely ugly to write about the process and the end.

But in the previous battle of Jingjing, if Zhu Gaoxu hadn't turned the tide several times, Zhu Di would have been defeated and died.

If Zhu Gaoxu only had the courage of a puppet and did not know strategy, how could he win all battles and make the greatest contribution to Jingnan.

My team is still good, Zhu Gaoxu is more happy: "Okay, good, everyone is okay." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, we're all fine, but I miss Your Highness a little." Qian Xun was the first to laugh.

Sycophant, Li Mo glanced at him from a distance.

Zhu Gaoxu was observing everyone, and he didn't notice that Li Mo was a little unsociable, everyone else stood together, and he stood alone.

Seeing that such a large group of people are his subordinates, and there is a relatively good team, he is still quite satisfied.

"Ahem" Zhu Gaoxu coughed lightly, with a gentle smile on his face, and then stepped forward and chatted casually with everyone.

"Wang Bin, do you have a big belly, you forgot to practice martial arts recently?"

"Ni Niang's Weida, her eyes were still red just now, and the king almost wanted to cry."

"Sheng Jian, has your mother-in-law scolded you recently?"

"Hahaha." There was a burst of laughter from all around them.

The atmosphere at the scene was quickly driven by Zhu Gaoxu, everyone was more happy, only Li Mojue was strange, His Royal Highness had been away for more than a month, why did he suddenly become so kind and cordial?

Well, presumably His Royal Highness also knows that it is very important to win people's hearts now.

Zhu Gaoxu and everyone blew a few nonsense, and then called Wang Bin, Wei Da and other eight people, plus Chen Wen, Song Meng, and Zhou Hu to the house together.

More than a dozen people squeezed in together, and the room was quite crowded.

Wang Bin and the others all stood on the left, looking at Chen Wen and the others vigilantly.

His Royal Highness brought someone back to the mansion for the first time, and let everyone feel the pressure when they lived in the mansion.

Zhu Gaoxu looked left and right, and first introduced the two sides.

Then he smiled and said: "From now on, everyone will be their own brothers, and they should work together to do things for this king." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Wen took the lead in speaking, and then there was an answer all around.

Then Zhu Gaoxu announced that in the Department of Honor and Guard, the pro-guard team was added, Zhou Hu was temporarily appointed as a personal guard for 100 households, the sentinel cavalry team was added, and Song Meng was temporarily a sentinel cavalry team of 100 households.

Chen Wen has a long history.

The crowd moved slightly.

The various official positions of the Ming Dynasty Prince's Mansion have evolved several times, and after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he stipulated that the chief history of the Prince's Mansion (Prince's Mansion) was three.

But the county king's mansion does not have a long history, before it was Qian Xun who did the long history, and now Zhu Gaoxu directly appoints the long history?

Forget about the pro-soldier guards and the hundred household officials, they are considered private properties, but Zhu Gaoxu directly added a long history, which is a registered court official of the imperial court, and needs to be appointed by the imperial court.

Strictly speaking, Zhu Gaoxu has no eyes for the court, and he makes his own opinions, which is equivalent to rebellion, but in this situation, everyone knows that the court can't care about such a trivial matter at all, and King Yan may rebel at any time.

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "Wang Bin, Wei Da, Sheng Jian, after you go back, gather troops and horses and prepare for training. ”

"The location is outside Wanping City, the military camp in Xujia Village."

"No." The three of them received the order, and their expressions were a little excited.

There is a place over there that Zhu Gaoxu used to train in the past, and the three of them naturally know about it.

"Hou Hai, you are responsible for all the logistics and supplies for the training, and the food for the sergeants, there must be no mistakes."

Ah, Hou Hai opened his mouth, obviously, he didn't do these jobs before.

In the past, these things were all done by the Yan Wangfu.

But Zhu Gaoxu now wants to make his people proficient.

But Hou Hai hesitated and nodded immediately: "Yes, Xia Guan understands." ”

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he sent these people away first, and there were fewer and fewer people in the room.

Zhu Gaoxu asked Zhou Hu to select half of the people in the village as the pro-soldier guard, and then recruit a group of people outside to gather 100 people.

Song Meng also selected half of the people in the village, and then recruited a group of 100 people outside to practice sentry riding.

In fact, before making this decision, Zhu Gaoxu thought about the military system of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming military system was a bit chaotic, and the battalion soldiers and guards could work together, and they could also recruit troops on the spot.

Now at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the Beijing camp, it was the guards.

According to the ancestral system of the imperial court, he is not qualified to recruit troops as a county king, and recruiting soldiers is a rebellion.

But now his cheap father Zhu Di is preparing to rebel, so of course Zhu Gaoxu has to recruit troops.

But I can't raise more, first, I am afraid that Zhu Di will have ideas, and second, I can't afford to raise them now.

He only recruited a team of personal soldiers, plus a team of sentry cavalry, and reported to his father, Zhu Di should not have an opinion.

And more importantly, the method of recruiting soldiers can well cover up the nearly 100 people who suddenly came out of his side.

After Song Meng and Zhou Hu left, Zhu Gaoxu pulled Chen Wen to the corner and said in a low voice: "You are going to go to Xujia Village in Wanping to recruit troops, and gather a team of 1---00 people for Song Meng and Zhou Hu.

Finally, he said, "Select the people of good families, and each household will enjoy five acres of land, and give it from the king's sealed field." ”

Chen Wen was surprised: "In this way, if you recruit troops in the future, will you have to divide the fields?" ”

"This king's field can be divided and then said."

Zhu Gaoxu, as the king of the county, has the imperial court and Zhu Di, adding up to a total of 360 acres, and each hectare is 100 acres in the Ming Dynasty, which is 36,000 acres.

All of them are tax-free Yongye fields.

In addition, according to the welfare of the imperial court, the county king has 6,000 stone meters every year, 2,800 yuan of banknotes, 10 horses of brocade, 50 horses of Shu silk, half of yarn and Luo subtract heald silk, 100 horses of silk and winter and summer cloth, 500 taels of cotton, 500 taels of salt, 300 catties of tea, and 10 horses of horse fodder.

Zhu Gaoxu's mansion was small, and the 6,000 stone grains given by the court could not be used up, and with so much wealth, there was a large surplus every year.

And part of Zhu Gaoxu's more than 30,000 acres of land tenants are in Xujia Village, Wanping County.

These people are responsible for helping Zhu Gaoxu farm and collect grain, of which they can get a small part, which is also the current status quo of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaoxu planned to distribute the fields directly to the tenants, and then let the tenants join the army, because these fields belonged to Zhu Gaochu and were tax-exempt fields, which meant that the people did not have to pay taxes.

Chen Wen faintly understood Zhu Gaoxu's meaning, and gave Tian He benefits to the people, and in order to protect their fields, the people must serve the king of Gaoyang County with their hearts.

From a small scale, it is possible to recruit hundreds or thousands of people to do this, but in the entire Ming Dynasty, it is obvious that you can't do this, which will offend the nobles and heroes of the whole world.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu deliberately divided the field in this way, because he knew that once Jing was successful, he might be fiefdomed elsewhere, and then the field here would become the third brother Zhu Gaosui.

If Zhu Gaosui wants to take it back in the future, it will offend many soldiers.

Chen Wen quickly took the order and left.

At this time, there were only four people in the house: Qian Xun, Qian Chang, Jing Sheng, and Li Mo.