To be honest, Zhang Xianzhong didn't know how good he was at raising children - he had done two relatively successful things in his previous life, one was to rebel and become the emperor; the other was to raise four very good godsons.
Now Zhu Youjian can't let him rebel, so he can only let him take care of the children!
Of course, the job of raising children is still very troublesome. Zhu Youjian can't treat Zhang Xianzhong too badly. What can we do if Zhang Xianzhong feels that there is no future for raising children and rebels and becomes the emperor again?
Therefore, Zhu Youjian made an exception and rewarded Zhang Xianzhong with the official title of "Hundred Household Trial" - "Hundred Household Trial" is a military attache from the sixth grade. The military attachés in the Ming Dynasty were all set on a high level, so the general "Hundred Household Trial" is not valuable. But Zhang Qianjun was an anomaly. The hundreds of households in front of the account and the hundreds of trial households generally serve as the commander-in-chief, with dozens of cavalry under their command. It may not seem like many, but when Zhu Youjian defeated tens of thousands of Western thieves on the Fugu River Beach, he only brought 61 warriors with him. No matter how you look at it, the 100 households in the account front army and the 100 households in the trial are still very valuable.
Moreover, the hundred households in the military examination before the account were given a full salary. The monthly salary was 8 taels (stones), which was 96 taels (stones) a year, which was more than twice as high as that of ordinary knights.
In addition, after the officers of the Zhangqian army received the commission, they could also get another "monthly rice". The total monthly rice was 3 shi (or 3 taels of silver), and 36 taels (shi) a year. Including a full salary for a trial of 100 households, the annual income is 132 taels (stone).
If you include the income from the 500 acres of knight's land, the annual income of a former accountant with the rank of 100 households in the military examination is more than 250 taels (stone).
Although this income is incomparable to the income of Long Live Daxi Lao, how does Zhang Xianzhong know that his future as a rebel is so good now?
Besides, in his previous life, he never met the Nandi Chongzhen who was the best in martial arts! If it really happened, how could his rebellion be so successful?
So after receiving a salary of 250 taels (stone), Zhang Xianzhong happily went to take care of the children for Zhu Youjian - the official paid homage to the right-hand camp commander of the Pro-Army Youth Army.
This pro-military youth army in front of the tent is a new team. In addition to the deputy general, there is also a teaching camp below.
After all the "lonely youths" have arrived, a youth league and youth camp will be organized. The people in charge of these youth leagues and youth camps are the instructors of the left and right instructor camps - Zuo Wen and You Wu. The instructors of the left instructor camp are all literate and hyphenated, and the instructors of the right instructor camp are all martial arts instructors.
As for the origin of the lonely boy, there are two ways. One is to send instructors to the five towns in Shaanxi to recruit people; the other is to wait for the famine in Shaanxi to pick up the lonely boy from the hungry people gathered in Xi'an.
In short, there will be no shortage of young men without food in the Ming Dynasty now...
After arranging an official position for Zhang Xianzhong and giving him another 100 taels of housing allowance, Zhu Youjian had someone take him and Zhang Kewang to report to the Young People's Army Yamen in front of the tent in the Prince of Qin's Mansion. The Young Army Yamen in front of the tent would naturally give him the money. Arrange accommodation with Zhang Kewang.
Li Zicheng was "detained" by Zhu Youjian, and he had new errands to do.
"Cousin-in-law," Zhu Youjian looked at Li Zicheng with a smile, "This trip to Yulin was done well... I am very satisfied!"
"Long live my Lord," Li Zicheng replied, "This trip to Yulin is just an errand, nothing difficult."
Zhu Youjian smiled and thought: Isn't it difficult? It's hard to catch the two thieves, you and Zhang Xianzhong. Now they are finally in my hands. But you Western thieves have too many talented people, so you have to keep working hard!
"Then I will give you another errand," Zhu Youjian paused, and then said, "Recently, many heroes from all over Shaanxi have arrived in Xi'an...all here to catch up with the exams. Former knight and Yanshan sergeant. Cousin-in-law, you are my relative and have been traveling in the world for many years. You should know what kind of people can be former knights and Yanshan sergeants, right?"
Li Zicheng understood immediately, crossed his hands and said, "Long live my Lord, I'll give you a hand, and will you be invited to see the chosen one?"
Zhu Youjian nodded and said with a smile: "You go find some people, preferably knights from Shaanxi, form a group of examiners, and select people together... The number of knights in front of the account is limited. This time Only 1,500 people can be selected. As for the Yanshan and Daning armies, they have more sergeants, and they can recruit tens of thousands of households!"
The knights in front of the tent are too expensive. The land granted is 500 acres, so it is impossible to recruit in large numbers. However, Zhu Youjian still had to expand his recruitment, not to expand the size of the front army and horse army, but to provide officers for Zhu Youjian's direct armies such as the infantry army, youth army, and Xinjing camp.
According to Zhu Youjian's plan, in the future all the direct troops of the Ming Emperor will include the Zhangqian Army, the Jingying Army, the Yanshan Army, the Daning Army, the Xuanfu Army, the Datong Army, and the Xinzhou Army. It is best for the officers of these troops to come from the Zhangqian Horse Army, and they are all Zhangqian Knights - the Zhangqian Knights will become the core of Zhu Youjian's direct Ming army!
As long as he masters this core, Zhu Youjian will have 120,000 to 150,000 elite soldiers in his hands!
With this elite army, Zhu Youjian's emperor can feel at ease!
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In winter, outside the city of Xi'an, it was desolate and solemn.
Although Zhu Youjian worked really hard after re-starting his life, God did not reward him with food. Therefore, both the martial artists in the border towns and the farmers in the prefectures and counties in Shaanxi still lived under the haze of hunger and poverty.
However, Zhu Youjian still worked very hard to open a small opening in this haze, allowing some of the brave and powerful people to see a little bright sunshine.
Liu Zongmin, a blacksmith from Lantian, Shaanxi Province, was attracted by this splendor. He had already led a horse and walked to the outside of Xi'an City, looking west. The high, thick and solid city wall exudes a majestic air in the sunshine, which seems to indicate that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is still quite solid!
There were many cars and horses coming and going on the road, and from time to time, one or two big men from Guanzhong, who were about as heavy as Liu Zongmin, were leading horses and carrying swords and bows on their backs. They looked like knights who were going to travel around the world. But now they are all heading in the same direction - Xi'an Fucheng!
Glancing at the two strong men heading towards Xi'an Mansion, Liu Zongmin couldn't help but speed up his pace - although he was a very good blacksmith and lived a life of food and clothing, he didn't have this ambition. That's why he took out the money he saved from blacksmithing to study with a master, and learned some bow and horse skills, hoping that one day he could show off his skills and make a career.
However, from the perspective of Liu Zongmin, who had been poor since he was a child and had suffered all the hardships of this world, the Ming Dynasty would not last long, so he did not want to work hard for the Ming Dynasty at first... Otherwise, in the first year of Chongzhen, he would He is already a knight in front of the tent.
When the news that Shaanxi Route 36 rebelled against the king reached Lantian, Liu Zongmin was very excited. He even made an appointment with several bachelors like him in the village to join the rebels when they approached Lantian.
But the development of the matter was far beyond his expectation... The Ming Dynasty actually gave birth to a young emperor who was particularly good at fighting. The imperial commander personally marched to Fugu and easily defeated the 36 anti-kings!
Later, Liu Zongmin's hometown, Lantian County, posted an imperial list for recruiting knights and sergeants. Now Liu Zongmin no longer hesitated, and immediately went to the recruitment office of the Zhangqian Army in Lantian County to sign up, received a pass, and went to Xi'an by himself. The government is here.
Just when Liu Zongmin was about to arrive at Changle Gate in Xi'an Prefecture, Tian Jian Xiuzheng from Suide, his fellow countryman Feng Shuangli, and Bai Wenxuan from Wubao County near Suide were traveling together. Holding their necks, they wandered the streets of this bustling city that had only appeared in their dreams, and from time to time they asked people where the emperor lived.
The residents of Xi'an City had probably seen a lot of country bumpkins like them during this period, and they didn't say much to them. They just pointed in the direction of the imperial city and dismissed them... But in their hearts Everyone felt that the little emperor's behavior was a bit ridiculous. These guys didn't look like good people! Can they also be good ministers of the Ming Dynasty?
