"Change the rules... General, what do you mean?" Zhou Shuyuan asked with shock and confusion on his face.

Wei Zheng nodded and replied: "It's very simple. Since we have become an official army, we must have all the rules that the official army has, and it must do better than the official army. Otherwise, why should our thousands of brothers work hard for us..."

Seeing the solemn expression slowly revealed on Zhou Shuyuan's face, Wei Zheng casually gave an example and analyzed: "Let's just talk about the simplest example, military pay. When the Tartars were there, their brothers would work hard to kill the Tartars in order to survive. But what about the Tartars leaving? Without the threat of death, why would the brothers work hard to help us with no benefit?"

"In addition, if we don't pay our brothers military salaries and let our brothers return to our Tiger and Leopard Army, after the Tartars withdraw from Zunhua, I can say with certainty that as long as we have a small ** in the court, our Tiger and Leopard Army will completely fall apart."

"You have to know that the brothers under us are the lowest-level people in our Ming Dynasty, and they don't understand any great principles. And the only idea of ​​letting them survive is to let themselves and make their families have enough food and clothing. If we don't pay military salaries, what will the brothers use to support their families? Even if their families can't even support their families, will everyone still work hard for our Tiger and Leopard Army?"

Seeing Zhou Shuyuan's face slowly showing a thoughtful expression, Wei Zheng changed his tone and said firmly:

"My idea is that since our Tiger and Leopard Army is going to expand our army, we will take this opportunity to establish a set of rules that belong to our Tiger and Leopard Army and build our Tiger and Leopard Army into a truly invincible army, rather than a bandit armed force."

More than 500 young and strong men, more than 200 prisoners of infantry soldiers, and more than 600 young and strong men left to build the Mutton Yu wall, almost 1,500 people. Under the organization of hundreds of new recruits, a large number of them stood in the training ground of the Tiger and Leopard Army in Mutton Yu city, waiting for Wei Zheng to come and give a lecture.

After glanced at the young and strong man in front of him who had been screened by the Tartars and almost everyone could join the army, Wei Zheng took out the imperial edict given to him by Chongzhen, and unfolded it with more than a thousand eyes, and shouted loudly.

"Brothers, I want to ask everyone, do you know what this thing is in my hand?"

"The imperial edict... is the imperial edict of the court." Under Wei Zheng's special arrangement, several voices quickly rang among the crowd.

Wei Zheng nodded and continued to roar: "These brothers are right. What I am holding is the imperial edict, and it is the imperial edict issued by the emperor himself to me and the entire Tiger and Leopard Army."

"Just a few days ago, our Tiger and Leopard Army officially became the imperial official army, and our Wei Zheng also became the Jinyiwei Qianhu..."

"In other words, our Tiger and Leopard Army is no longer a rebel army that specializes in fighting the Tartars, but a powerful official army recognized by the emperor and appointed by the emperor, and it is also the so-called personal army of the emperor."

"Our Tiger and Leopard Army now has not only the official army, but also the Jinyiwei, which is the personal army of the emperor."

"I believe many brothers here have heard of it and know the Jinyiwei. I can say with certainty that the Jinyiwei is one of the most powerful and most prestigious people in our Ming Dynasty."

"To my surprise, among the more than a thousand brothers in front of me, there are not only ordinary people, but also military households, and even border soldiers of the court. Since there are the Ming Dynasty official army, we should be clear about the military pay of the official army in various parts of our Ming Dynasty."

"Among all the officials in the Ming Dynasty, the best military pay is the border army, and there are three taels of silver per month. But how many of the three taels of silver are finally in the hands of the brothers? I can say with certainty that it will definitely not exceed two taels of silver."

"In addition, our brothers should have eaten and drunk enough to kill the Tartars. However, because of the corrupt officials at all levels, they ended up eating what they said in the mouths of their brothers. We didn't say anything about eating meat, even coarse grains and wild vegetables, we couldn't eat enough."

"You know, this is the best-treated border army among all the official troops. If it were an ordinary military household, how many people would starve to death just by starving in a year?"

"Maybe some brothers want to ask why I said so much. Here, I want to tell you that as the emperor's personal army, our Tiger and Leopard Army also has military pay, and these military pay is paid by my guards with the money from his own pocket."

"Since all military pay is my own money, in my Tiger and Leopard Army, my Tiger and Leopard Army, my Tiger and Leopard Army will not allow any corruption and levy military pay. In my Tiger and Leopard Army, new recruits will pay two taels of silver per month, veterans will pay three taels of silver, sergeant chiefs will pay five taels of silver, platoon leader will pay ten taels of silver, squad leader will pay twenty taels of silver, battalion commanders forty taels of silver, and regiment commanders will pay one hundred taels of silver. All these pays for brothers will definitely be paid in full to every brother in my Tiger and Leopard Army."

"In addition, in our Tiger and Leopard Army, we absolutely guarantee that every brother will have a full meal of white flour steamed buns every day and a meal of meat every two days."

"The last one, in my Tiger and Leopard Army, as long as you die on the battlefield, no matter what official position you are, your family will receive your usual five-year military pay as a pilgrimage, and will not ignore everyone like other officials."

Speaking of which, many people already have complex expressions of expectation and desire on their faces. Especially those officials and even young and strong men from military families, the expressions of desire on their faces seem particularly strong.

Seeing this, Wei Zheng no longer hesitated and directly expressed his purpose for his trip.

"Brothers, now, my Wei Zheng, will give you a chance to join the Tiger and Leopard Army, the Jinyiwei, and the Emperor's Personal Army."

"Brothers who are willing to receive military pay, eat a full meal every day and have a meal of meat for two days can join our Tiger and Leopard Army now and become our Tiger and Leopard Army."

More than 1,500 brothers, under these direct interests, directly joined the Tiger and Leopard Army.

Looking at the lively scene in front of him, Zhou Shuyuan, who was standing next to Wei Zheng, reminded with a worried look: "General, the military pay is set to be so high. Once our Tiger and Leopard Army reaches full corps, tens of thousands of taels of silver will be removed every month. It will be hundreds of thousands of taels a year. Do we have so much money in our hands?"

Wei Zheng waved his hand and explained: "Military advisor, you see the danger in front of you, but you don't see the long-term benefit of this incident."

"Think about it, in the face of such generous military salaries as the Tiger and Leopard Army, once we no longer obey the imperial orders in the future, or even rebel from the imperial court, will our brothers continue to follow us, or will they continue to go hungry with the imperial court, and even be captured by the Tartars as slaves..."

Zhou Shuyuan replied with a clear answer: "General, I understand... As long as our military pay continues to be paid like this, the soldiers will recognize our Tiger and Leopard Army, and you will recognize you... Because, as long as everyone has a chance and hope in their hearts, they don't want to go back to the past and go back to the hungry days."
Chapter completed!