The horn of war has sounded. In the Pukou-Laoshan area in the north of Yingtian Mansion where the military nobles of the Ming Dynasty gathered, people were naturally happy to hear about the war. And everywhere in the Dashun Empire, there was also a noisy carnival!
Dashun's military strength has never been as strong as it is now!
If the current Dashun Army is allowed to fight the Battle of Shanhaiguan, they can definitely hang up the Manchurian soldiers and Guan Ning's army and beat them violently.
A veteran of Dashun who participated in the Battle of Shanhaiguan, now lives in Liuba County, Hanzhong Prefecture. Sima Yu, who has a general title and a large piece of sloping land, has never forgotten the scene when he followed Lao Long live into Beijing fourteen years ago... ....That was his highlight moment, and also the highlight moment of the entire Dashun Empire.
It's a pity that at that time, he and the Dashun Empire were just pretending to be strong on the outside and working hard on the inside. It was only because the Ming Dynasty had a Dahunjun who thought he was wise that they got the chance to enter the city of Beijing. However, the foundations of the Dashun Kingdom and the Dashun Army were not as solid as those of the Ming Dynasty. They looked quite large on the map, but in fact they did not control the territory at all. The local political power was fictitious, and there was no land allocated to soldiers and generals.
The so-called strength is just the tens of thousands of veteran soldiers who follow Lao Wansui.
And compared with the current Dashun Army, the old soldiers at that time were not powerful at all... They just fought for more than a year, and they showed their majesty and morale. They thought they were great. That's all. No matter the equipment, training, tactics, or systems, they cannot be compared with the current Dashun Army, which is based on the land and has truly rooted deep into the ground.
On a school ground belonging to Zhechong Prefecture outside Liuba County, Sima Yuzheng crossed his arms and looked at about 80 cheerful Dashun Prefecture soldiers - these people are all Fu soldiers who have settled in Liu County and are affiliated with Hanzhong North Road. The fourth department of Zhe Chong Mansion, and Sima Yu is the commander-in-chief of this fourth department.
The order to recruit troops was issued seven days ago. It was a general order, not an ordinary order. The government soldiers are different from recruiting soldiers. They are not professional soldiers who can do "997" in the camp at all times, but both soldiers and farmers. (You can be a local owner or grow your own) and serve in turns.
Military service, also known as senior service, usually lasts for four months a year and eight months at home. Each Zhechong Mansion will divide its subordinates' soldiers into three parts, and issue orders to one of them in turn.
Therefore, most of the time, among the 120 soldiers who settled in Liuba County, 80 were working at home (or collecting rent), and only 40 were serving in the military camp.
The order to order troops will be issued to every soldier in the countryside. The soldiers who receive the order must carry all the equipment and one month's food before the designated time, plus a pack to carry the food. The livestock (donkeys, mules, horses are all acceptable) should be reported to the military academy in the county where they are located, and then undergo inspection by the superior officer.
If the soldier is too old and weak to serve, he or she must be replaced by a younger soldier. After the younger soldier passes the Shangguan inspection and completes a regular service or a large order service, he can officially replace the old soldier who is old and weak. , became a government soldier with land, social status and official qualifications!
In today's Dashun country, becoming a soldier is definitely the first major event in life!
Theoretically, all civil servants, military generals, officials, big and small in the Dashun Dynasty, including the eight political kings, are all government soldiers!
In Dashun, if you want to be an official, you must first become a soldier!
Not to mention military attache, how can you be a military attache if you are not a soldier? And those who want to be Dashun civil servants must also become government soldiers first!
Only those who served at least once in the military service and obtained excellent evaluation results were eligible to participate in the imperial examination of the Dashun court.
If you are admitted as a scholar, you can work as a small official in the county and have a fixed salary. If you pass the Juren exam, you can become a low-level official. It would be great if you pass the Jinshi examination, and you can be appointed a county magistrate immediately.
Of course, regardless of whether they are scholars, scholars, or Jinshi, they all have the status of government soldiers and must serve for 15 to 30 days every year to maintain their combat effectiveness.
However, these "official soldiers" will not serve together with the ordinary soldiers. They usually go to Chongqing or Kunming to serve, and they are not under the jurisdiction of the local Zhechong Prefecture. Instead, they belong to the internal guards directly under the Dashun Emperor and the Prince. Government jurisdiction.
In short, in today's Dashun territory, becoming a soldier is undoubtedly the dream of all men!
The narrow-sleeved blue linen robe used exclusively by the soldiers is definitely a symbol of identity and status. Girls' eyes will shine if anyone wears this robe for a blind date.
To become a soldier... there are usually only two ways, one is to recruit soldiers. Just take the exam to be a soldier! Of course, it is not a test on eight-part essays, but a test on martial arts. However, because the Dashun court no longer has much land that can be granted, the number of soldiers released each year is limited, which is very difficult to test!
The second is that the son inherits the father's legacy. But it is not necessarily that the sons of Fu Bing can become Fu Bing. The number of sons who can become Fu Bing through inheritance must be determined based on the rank of Fu Bing himself. In fact, how many sons can become Fu Bing is determined based on the amount of land owned by Fu Bing himself. My son can be a soldier!
Because a soldier must have a corresponding piece of land to ensure that he has the financial resources to serve. After several reforms, the amount of Fu Bing's land is now calculated not by "acres", but by the amount of rent collected - Fu Bing can grow it himself or rent it, but the Dashun court will still calculate it based on the rent of the land. How much land should be allocated to avoid the situation where the land seems to be quite large, but in fact it cannot collect a few rents. The lowest-level official soldier should have land that can earn 40 shi of rice or the equivalent of land rent for crops.
As the head of the ministry, Sima Yu owns land that can earn 120 shi of rice or the equivalent of land rent for crops, which means that he can divide the land equally among his three sons and let them all become soldiers... But now he has four sons, two wives and three daughters!
Moreover, he and his two wives are still young and can continue to have children...
With 120 shi of rice, he not only had to pay for his own military service, but also feed ten people in his family, and save dowries for his three daughters... It was a lot of pressure!
So when Sima Yu saw the words "land coupon" on this time's troop order, his eyes straightened.
His request was not high, he just wanted to be able to save up land coupons in exchange for 40 shi of land so that his youngest son could inherit the status of a government soldier.
And the more than eighty Liuba County soldiers standing in front of him all had the same idea, so their morale seemed to be much higher than when they served in the special service!
Moreover, each of their equipment is in better condition than before when they served in the special service. The cloth armor and helmets have been repaired, the tips of the knives and spears have been polished to shine, and the shields have been painted several times. Look, The clothes were as good as new, and the muskets were polished to a shine... It seemed that every household had used all the old skills they had accumulated over the years!
"Okay!" Sima Yu nodded with satisfaction and shouted, "They're all good! Let me tell you some good news. The emperor has asked people to send land coupons to you, and we have arrived at the Wudu Mountain Camp. You can lead it... If you count stones, no matter how big or small your official position is, everyone will receive one stone!"
There are still 39 stones left to provide a palace soldier!
"Long live! Long live Dashun! Long live the Emperor..."
About eighty soldiers from the government shouted in unison.
"Zhong," Sima Yu waved his hand, and then pointed to the mountains in the north, "Brothers, let's go! Attack the Zhu family and earn land..."
"Fight the Zhu family and earn land!"
Everyone in the government soldiers responded, then they formed a team, led the donkeys (there were no mules or horses), and strode out of the school grounds.
Outside the school grounds, people came to see off the Fubing family members or civilians from Liuba County... These two types of people could be distinguished at a glance. The Fubing family members, both male and female, were all dressed in blue linen. A sword hangs from the waist (children also have wooden swords). The civilians, on the other hand, wore all kinds of clothes and did not carry knives.
However, whether they were civilians or family members of the soldiers, only men looked at the more than eighty Da Shuntian soldiers with envy!
