Chapter 113: Zhu Youxiao's Two Methods (Fourth Update)
Originally, these miners were already a little worried when they saw so many troops rushing over, and then they saw some of them start fiddling with their muskets.
But they soon found out that this time it was Lu Shilang who came with the army before.
Then Lu Shilang is a good person, and it was Lu Shilang who recruited their earliest group of people here.
Otherwise, they would have froze to death and starved to death.
The miners were a little less guarded.
Then, this Lu Shilang asked his soldiers to put away their muskets, and these ordinary miners were once again a little calmer in their hearts.
However, Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to relax, these more than 200,000 miners, that is, a powder keg, as long as there is a little spark, it will explode immediately.
Therefore, he did not dare to say anything nonsense, but in the most straightforward words, he said the most stable things for these miners.
What could be more than "Your Majesty wants to give you great good!" This sentence is more likely to soothe the emotions of the miners?
Sure enough, after the miners heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, they all launched a discussion one after another.
The mood of the miners has been completely eased.
The miners all knew that the person who came was Lu Shilang, and Lu Shilang was a good official.
They also know that the reason why they were able to spend this winter mining here is also from His Majesty's kindness.
No matter what others say, they all think that His Majesty is a good emperor.
Under such a double guarantee, it is normal for their emotions to be relieved.
I saw this Lu Xiangsheng continued: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, you have also seen it now, now that the weather is getting warmer, no one is burning coal to keep warm. ”
"If this continues, the mine will have serious overcapacity, and no one will buy coal when it comes out."
"If this continues, this mine will no longer be able to support the people."
"But Your Majesty has thought of two ways out for everyone, and you can keep your people safe!"
At first, when these ordinary people heard that the mine was really no longer dry, their blood pressure suddenly went up again.
But when they heard what Lu Xiangsheng gave later, they were a little curious, and they had to think of two ways to make a living for her Majesty would not be the Holy Lord.
They all have to look at what these two methods are.
Everyone pricked up their ears, the people in front could hear clearly, the people in the back couldn't hear clearly, and the front could only gradually pass the words back.
The pro-soldiers around Lu Xiangsheng were so shouting that their throats were about to smoke.
Lu Xiangsheng said, "Now Your Majesty wants to form a new army, and it is these soldiers behind me. They belong to the new army, and if all the men present want to be soldiers and eat food, they can join the army. ”
"Your Majesty guarantees that all those who are willing to join the army will be able to eat two full meals a day, and a military salary of three taels of silver every month, and at the same time will give you a hundred acres of land and give your family seeds and farm tools."
As soon as these words were spoken, more than 20 people were completely boiling.
They didn't expect that His Majesty's treatment of recruiting soldiers would be so good.
This is better than ordinary soldiers of the Ming army, and even the Liaodong border army can't get this military salary.
And when they saw the soldiers of the Forces nouvelles who came first, they saw that every one of them was stout, with ruddy faces, and a new uniform on their bodies. The majesty of the people.
Every mine began to envy the soldiers of the New Army, and this was indeed a good way to live.
In this way, the miners can not only support themselves, but also their families, but the number of people recruited is inevitably a little smaller, and only 10,000 people are recruited, and they have more than 200,000 people here.
However, the people of the Ming Dynasty are still simple after all, as long as they are given a way out, they will think of a way to fight for this way out, as long as the road is not exhausted, it will definitely not create a Ming rebellion.
It's just that some people are happy and some are sad, and the young men want to be soldiers and eat food, and those who are old, weak, sick and disabled are distressed when they hear this.
They are past that age, or they are too thin to be fed as soldiers.
Isn't that also pushing them to a dead end?
However, after all, they still have a glimmer of hope for the second method Lu Xiangsheng said.
Lao Li, who had been squeezed to the front, looked at Lu Xiangsheng, who was riding a war horse on a high post, and the breeze was dignified, and asked loudly: "Lu Shilang, I can't be a soldier anymore when I'm old, weak, sick and disabled, I don't know if the Holy Monarch may think of a way out for us?" ”
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he also slowly rode down from the high post, then turned over and dismounted, and personally helped Lao Li Tou up.
He said loudly: "It doesn't matter if you are not suitable to be a soldier, Your Majesty has considered everything for you. ”
"In the past half a year, Your Majesty has raided the homes of many corrupt officials, and punished many corrupt officials' nine clans, these people have a large amount of land in their homes, and many people's fields are in this north and south Zhili, and they have been collected by His Majesty as Huangzhuang."
"If you are not able to become soldiers, Your Majesty is willing to give you these lands for planting, and each person can get twenty acres of land, and you only need to pay thirty percent of the land rent to His Majesty, then Your Majesty will provide you with seeds and agricultural tools, and will also provide you with food before the harvest, so that you can eat until the harvest is completed."
That's right, the reason why Zhu Youxiao likes the nine clans of the Zhu family so much is because of this reason.
In the Donghuamen Incident, Zhu Youxiao punished a group of officials of the Nine Clans, as well as the later Xishan Incident, as well as the eunuch traitor incident some time ago, so that Zhu Youxiao can be said to have blood on his hands.
He did this not because of how cruel he was, but because he had to take into account the problems of these Xishan victims.
He must solve the problem of survival of the victims of the Xishan disaster after the winter.
If not, in the place close to Jingshi, there was such a big bomb that would explode at any time, Zhu Youxiao felt terrifying when he thought about it.
And these corrupt officials have a lot of land, and the average family has enough land in each person's hands to support ten disaster victims.
With so much land that Zhu Youxiao has seized so far, it is completely achievable to support 200,000 miners.
When these more than 200,000 miners heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, their eyes showed disbelief.
"Lu Shilang, Your Majesty, did his old man really say that? Is he really willing to give me land for free to plant, and also provide us with seeds and farming tools? ”
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the tears in the eyes of these ordinary people, and suddenly felt a little choked.