"Your annual military salary is thirty taels of silver, twelve stones of grain, and a dou of salt. You have meat for three meals a day and enough food to eat.
In addition, compensation for death in battle will be one hundred and twenty taels of silver.
I will build a Martyrs' Shrine on Yanshan Mountain. Those who died in the war can enter the Martyrs' Shrine and receive incense and offerings from the world.
Raise your children until they are sixteen years old. If you have no children, you will receive an additional one hundred taels of silver as a subsidy.
The family is taken care of by the imperial court, so there will be no chance of death. "
After Chongzhen finished speaking, the auras of the sergeants who were full of chilling aura just now suddenly stagnated, and there was a slight noise in the team, but it only recovered in an instant.
But the expressions on the sergeants' faces showed how uneasy they felt at the moment.
The military pay is thirty taels per year, which is nearly half higher than that of ordinary soldiers, and cannot even compare with the most dangerous artillery.
The most important thing is that after the death of the child, the court is responsible for raising him until he is sixteen years old.
They are the breadwinners of their families. If it wasn't to support their families, who would be willing to fight in the army?
The army means death. If they die, the family will have no backbone. What will happen to their parents, wives and children?
In these troubled times, it is basically not far from home.
Now that the emperor has solved their worries, how can they not be excited? If it weren't for Cao Bianjiao's strict military discipline, they would all jump up and cheer now.
But the newly recruited sergeants couldn't do it, and they cheered. Cao Bianjiao frowned, but didn't say anything.
"Since I ascended the throne, I have fulfilled all my promises. I am the Son of Heaven and I follow my words. There is no need to doubt my authenticity."
"My fellow soldiers, this kind of treatment has never been seen in the Ming Dynasty for more than 250 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. High salary means high risk and high death.
There is no free lunch in this world, the risks and rewards are equal.
I will not play tricks with you. I will give you such a high military salary to solve your worries. To put it nicely, I will give you some preferential treatment as a master of the king. To put it bluntly, it is - money to buy your life.
What I hope is to create a strong army in which every sergeant can defeat ten, an army that is invincible and invincible.
An enemy army several times larger than our own can kill the king's army with seven in and seven out.
From now on, you will go wherever there is danger in the Ming Dynasty.
You are the highest requirement for all soldiers of Ming Dynasty. All soldiers of Ming Dynasty are proud to enter the warrior camp.
You are not only protecting my safety, but also the whetstone for Ming Dynasty. You are not only grinding yourself, but also grinding Ming Dynasty's 2.8 million troops.
If you can't do it and want to quit, you can bring it up now. I will never blame you. I will give you five taels of silver for travel expenses. Now you can choose! "
The faces of the two thousand warrior battalion sergeants were full of fanaticism. Let alone getting so much money and solving their worries, they just wanted to enter the Martyrs' Shrine and receive incense and worship from the world, so they couldn't withdraw.
They knew very well that they just had a head start, and it would not be easy to get in when the company expands in the future.
If they went home and told their parents about this, their parents would probably break their legs.
"war!"
A sergeant roared angrily, completely igniting the sergeant's passion.
"war!"
"war!"
…
"kill!"
"kill!"
…
Looking at the roaring sergeant, Chongzhen was very satisfied.
Cao Bianjiao's face on the side was also full of excitement. Chongzhen had talked to him once about the issue of pay for the warrior camp, and he was shocked at the time.
Raising children to adulthood, the Martyrs' Shrine, the highest honor of the military...everything exceeded his understanding.
Chongzhen stretched out his hand and pressed it in the air, and the roar stopped.
"My fellow soldiers, I tell you the truth, you will not be able to stay here forever. There will be an assessment every month, and those who have been in the bottom 100 of each thousand households for three consecutive months will be eliminated.
The camp of warriors means that the capable ones go up, the mediocre ones give way, and the mediocre ones go down. I’ll say this all, so you can take care of yourself! "
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Cao Bianjiao beside him: "Cao Aiqing, you must always remember what I said, the Ming Dynasty's whetstone is no joke, I will leave my face to you!"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will never betray your holy will!"
Cao Bianjiao instantly knelt down on one knee, his face extremely solemn, and the burden on his shoulders was extremely heavy.
"Your Majesty, now that the Warrior Battalion is out, I would like to ask Your Majesty to give names to the thousands of households in the Warrior Battalion to boost the military's prestige!"
Chongzhen nodded. Even if Cao Bianjiao didn't tell him, he would also give him a name.
After pondering for a moment, Chongzhen looked up at the two thousand sergeants: "The two thousand households now are Hubao and Feixiong.
The eight thousand households added later are the ten thousand households including Golden Spear, Red Flame, Gale Wind, Shence, Thunder, Longxiang, Panshi, and Iron Wall.
During this trip to Henan and Shaanxi, you can also ask if there are any brave people and recruit them. "
Cao Bianjiao nodded after hearing this, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
From these ten names, we can see His Majesty's expectations for the Warrior Camp, and at the same time, it also establishes the responsibilities of the ten thousand families of the Warrior Camp.
The first eight are obviously offensive, while the last two are defensive. The focus is on defense, but you can still attack.
The warrior camp becomes stronger when it encounters a strong force, and thousands of troops must enter and exit from it seven times, but this does not mean that they will fight hard. Necessary defense is still needed.
"Tiger and leopard!"
"Flying Bear!"
Two roars resounded throughout the camp one after another.
"lets go!"
Cao Bianjiao got on his horse and said to a military discipline officer: "The new recruit just violated military discipline and was punished by running for twenty miles. If he can't finish it in three quarters of an hour, he won't have to eat at noon!"
Then with a wave of his hand, two thousand warrior battalion sergeants also got on their horses and followed in an orderly manner.
Seeing him slowly leaving, Chongzhen nodded secretly.
A rough calculation shows that the new establishment of the Warrior Camp is ten thousand-household units, with a total of 11,200 people.
A year's military pay, food, equipment, pensions, etc. are conservatively estimated to be around 400,000 to 500,000 taels of silver.
This cost is almost equivalent to the annual cost of 30,000 ordinary troops.
Sometimes having more people doesn’t necessarily help.
If the warrior battalion can strictly select people, train strictly, have excellent physical fitness, and have excellent equipment, ten thousand soldiers can fight against an ordinary army of 30,000 people.
Now the operation is carried out in units of thousands of households. In the future, just raising a small flag will be similar to the special forces of later generations.
They can complete tasks such as reconnaissance and intelligence collection, attacks and sabotages, assassinations and kidnappings, and harassment and riots.
But this requires countless training and countless baptisms of blood to achieve, and slowly refine the general's soul.
Ming Dynasty’s whetstone is no joke. After pacifying Jiannu and the surrounding countries, Ming Dynasty will definitely enter peace.
It is good to let the horse go to Nanshan, but the most terrible thing is not having a sense of urgency.
At that time, the true role of the Warrior Camp will be highlighted.
As for whether such a high fee would cause sergeants and generals in other armies to question it, he had not considered it.
There are no restrictions on entry. As long as you have the ability, just get in and enjoy the same treatment.
If you still force yourself if you don't have the ability, then don't blame him for being rude.
Besides, what does the money from internal funds have to do with them?
"Daban, send an order to the Ministry of Industry to select a site in Yanshan and design a Martyrs' Shrine. The area must be large and it must be able to accommodate more than 10,000 people!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
"Go back to the palace!"
After saying this, Chongzhen got on the Luan Jia and slowly headed towards Qianqing Palace.
As soon as Luan Jia arrived at Qianqing Gate, Wang Chengen saw Fang Guangwei waiting outside the door, and immediately whispered something to Luan Jia outside.
"Your Majesty, Master Shangshufang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is waiting outside Qianqing Gate!"
