Liu Yu said calmly: "Fat man, what do you think, if it is not the underworld gang like Xile's, but a formal business led by the state, or shops, or even gangs as the main body, organizing as few as dozens,
How about hundreds or even thousands of retired brothers come to engage in this kind of escorting and cargo transporting business?"
Liu Muzhi's expression changed slightly: "You mean, things like escorts and transportation should be done by our retired brothers and organized and led by the state?"
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, I know that most of our retired brothers go home to continue farming, and a small number of them are taken as tenant farmers by wealthy families and help them look after their homes and homes. These two models, in fact,
I don’t think it’s the best.”
"Go home and farm, and you will only be exempted from taxes for a period of time while you are in the army. After the war, you will get some money to go home. It seems pretty good this time, but what if we lose the war, or what if we are not destroyed like this time."
Nanyan has obtained other people's treasury and the treasures that the Murong family has plundered over the past hundred years, so what will we use to divide the benefits and send the army back home?"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, this time I made a fortune due to the war. There is a lot of money to distribute. Usually there is no such good thing. But the conscripts must be called upon, which is something that the National Guard cannot bargain for."
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Liu Yu sighed: "Forcibly recruiting according to national laws is completely different from joining the army willingly. The combat effectiveness is also very different. I am a person who leads troops in the army and I know this very well. Now I rely on my title and official position
It has gradually stopped attracting people to take the initiative to join the army, so we have to give them real benefits. Isn’t that what we are discussing now.”
Liu Muzhi softly said "Oh": "But people can live a good life as villagers, mercenaries, and tenants in the family manor. Liu Laozhi, Sun Wuzhong, and the others have been members of the Xie family before.
The generals also have enough food and clothing, and they don’t even need to buy weapons and ordnance themselves.”
Liu Yu shook his head: "Then it goes back to the old way, turning into aristocratic families to feed people. In the end, these brave men only recognize the aristocratic family and don't know the country. We just want to avoid such a thing, so we have to come up with something better than the aristocratic family."
The rich clan offers better conditions to attract veterans to join."
Liu Muzhi's eyes were shining. Apparently, he had also started to think about this issue seriously. Hearing this, he shook his head: "We can't compare with the wealthy families. At least in the past ten years, you can't compare with us."
Yes, they are not stupid. They know what we want to do. When the time comes, we will spend thousands of gold to buy horse bones, offer higher conditions to the best of hundreds of retired soldiers, and even become their boss, captain, etc.
Yes, we are responsible for the lifetime livelihoods of thousands to tens of thousands of retired soldiers, so what can we compete with?"
Liu Yu said confidently and calmly: "We have one thing that aristocratic families cannot give. In addition to ensuring that the whole family can live a good income level, the best thing is to give a person the qualifications of an official."
Liu Muzhi opened his mouth in surprise: "What are the qualifications of an official? This, can this be given casually?"
Liu Yu laughed and said, "Why can't you give it? This is not a title. You must fulfill your salary. The official qualification is just a qualification for exemption from labor. If they join this gang led by the state, they will work for the country."
, doesn’t that mean they have been working hard for the country? Then isn’t this what they deserve?”
Liu Muzhi swallowed his saliva: "It sounds reasonable. In this way, they don't have land and don't have to pay taxes. Instead, they need the state to provide money to support their family. Is that what it means?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, in the past, ordinary people or farmers and tenants farmed in the countryside to make a living, while scholars and traders lived in the city. Now, if meritorious soldiers can choose to enter the city, they can become
People with official qualifications can serve the country and do more work than escorting grain and grass. They have military talents and can also train the children of aristocratic families in martial arts. They can work as agents in the city to arrest thieves, or even work as guards.
The city gates, guarding the storehouses, patrolling the roads, etc. are the affairs of the wanderers.”
Liu Muzhi laughed and said, "If you do this, you won't have to recruit soldiers from the private sector to come to the city to do this kind of work of Kudin and police officers."
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, for farmers, we can reduce their burden, let them plant more land, and hand over more grain and cloth to replace this kind of hard labor. In this way, the division of labor in our country can become more
Reasonably, if these retired soldiers leave farming and engage in semi-military work in the city, it will also help them maintain their combat training and skills. Once the country is in trouble, they can be recruited from them at any time to form an army. Speed and combat readiness are required.
Far faster than recruiting men from the countryside."
Liu Muzhi still frowned and murmured: "But this will cost a lot of money to support them for the rest of their lives. This expense is not small."
Liu Yu said calmly: "The number of these positions is limited, and it is impossible to recruit people continuously without eliminating them. Now because of the new creation, everyone may be able to occupy a position. If you take a fancy to this benefit in the future, I would like to
Once there are more people who want to engage in this industry, we can compete and choose. Also, those who do this kind of thing have to travel around for many years, travel all over the country, travel by boat and walk, and they must be ready to fight bandits at any time. This is not
It's absolutely safe. If they get too old and can't do business anymore, you can arrange for them to run some small businesses in the city. By that time, they have been in the city for many years and have some foundation, so they won't be easily bullied by others."
At this point, Liu Yu paused and continued: "Just like in the army, outstanding soldiers can stay in their posts and be promoted to officers. Those who do well in this field can be evaluated and promoted like officials in the future, and those who are delinquent can be eliminated.
, the old, weak, and incompetent people are promoted to those who have done well and made achievements, and they can even be like the gangsters in Xile, some brothers become incense masters, hall masters, and lead an underground force."
Liu Muzhi laughed: "If you do this, let alone the powerful family, the first one to rob is probably Liu Xile's business. You know, escorts, brothels, gambling houses and theaters are his most important businesses.
The territory has been in Jiankang for many years, and for the sake of the underground order, I have often fought against the high-ranking families of the past. If it were you who snatched these businesses from him, do you think he would give them to you? "
Liu Yu pondered for a moment: "Well, let's not do it in Jiankang first. Except for the escort this time, other things should be done here in Qingzhou first. The first thing to do is the security guard of Lan Xiang's official school.
