In Huojia Town, which is only fifty miles away from the capital, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao were walking in this town wearing ordinary clothes.
The two people came to Huojia Town this time, obviously not to go sightseeing, but to pay a private visit incognito, specifically to see the recruitment situation in Huojia Town.
Liu Jin is now the counselor of the Fifth Military Governor's Office, a fifth-rank official, who is responsible for assisting Zhang Mao in reforming the military system. It was Liu Jin who proposed and formulated the compulsory military service system, and it is implemented here in Beizhili.
That was also Liu Jin's idea.
Therefore, this matter has become Liu Jin's top priority now, and almost all his energy is focused on it.
During these days after the New Year, Liu Jin never rested, running around every day, constantly running around.
The location selection of the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy, the start of construction of the military academy, the subjects offered by the military academy, the training methods, etc., all required Liu Jin to personally deal with.
In addition, how should these recruits recruited under the new compulsory soldier system be trained, how should they be arranged, the content of the training, etc. There are too many things that need to be arranged, and Liu Jin needs to do them.
Regarding this aspect, Liu Jin was completely discredited. Whether it was in later generations or now, he had never been a soldier, so he naturally did not know how to train soldiers. Fortunately, he had a golden finger from which he could learn how to train soldiers.
How to run an army.
Otherwise, Liu Jin really didn't know what to do. It was possible to build a strong army by relying on traditional military training methods, but after all, it was a traditional army, not the army that Liu Jin needed for later generations.
Although Liu Jin from later generations never served as a soldier, later generations were in an era of information explosion. The emergence of the Internet allowed people to learn more knowledge and see more things.
Combined with the knowledge exchanged in Golden Finger, we can always cope with it.
In fact, the entire new compulsory military service system is divided into two parts. One is ordinary recruitment. After passing the inspection and screening, ordinary people can become soldiers and perform military service, as long as they have completed four years.
The other part is the recruitment of military school students. This part is mainly for the children of Ming Dynasty's current military generals. As long as they enter the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy and graduate from it, they can immediately become officers under the new military system.
This point also refers to the system of later generations, and is also a system commonly adopted by countries around the world in later generations.
The enrollment of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty went very smoothly. These generals and nobles of the Ming Dynasty knew clearly that the emperor had military power, and their good days had come.
The new military reform is a new skill. If you want to be promoted and make a fortune, you must participate in it, so you are very active in sending people of the right age in your family to the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy.
Even Zhang Mao sent his grandson Zhang Lun to the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy, which was a good start for the military generals and noble group.
Liu Jin did not need to worry about the enrollment of the Royal Military Academy. What really worried Liu Jin was whether he could recruit 10,000 recruits from Beizhili.
Under the old concept, everyone is unwilling to become a soldier and is also afraid of becoming a soldier.
So Liu Jin also invited Zhu Houzhao to come to Huojia Town to see the recruitment situation.
Because Huojia Town is not far from Beijing, only a few dozen kilometers away, Huojia Town is also greatly influenced by Beijing and Tianjin. The most important street in the town is actually hardened with cement, and there are reinforced concrete on both sides of the street.
The house built also uses glass windows, which is very fashionable and trendy.
"It does have a bit of the atmosphere of later generations."
Liu Jin walked very casually on the streets of Huojia Town, feeling the atmosphere of Huojia Town, which was a bit like the Republic of China era in the movies he had seen in later generations.
The collision between tradition and new trends, some people still have long hair, wear robes, and beards, there are still a large number of traditional brick houses, etc.
Similarly, here you can see many young people with short hair, shaved beards, and new clothes. You can also see brand-new reinforced concrete buildings with glass windows.
This mixture of old and new gives people the same feeling as the Republic of China in later generations, but Liu Jin was able to see confidence in these common people, which was not available in the Republic of China in later generations.
"Dang~dang~"
"The army is being drafted~The army is being drafted~"
Just when Liu Jin was confidently feeling the atmosphere of this era, someone was beating gongs and drums on the street, shouting while beating.
With the sound of business, many people continued to pour out from every corner, and soon the entire street was filled with water.
"Dear fellow villagers of Huojia Town, the imperial court has promulgated a new military system and implemented a compulsory military service system. All men between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five are obliged to serve in the military."
"We have already formulated many of the conditions for military service. As long as someone is able to serve as a soldier, the whole family can be free of taxes and corvee during the military service."
"During military service, all expenses will be paid by the court, and there will be a monthly payment of one tael of silver. In addition, during military service, identity and household registration will not change, and will not affect future generations."
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused, a gentleman who looked like a gentleman from Huojiazhen stood up and once again promoted the imperial court's compulsory military service system to everyone very loudly.
It has been a rule since ancient times that the royal power does not go to the countryside, and the gentry governs everywhere.
Therefore, in towns below the county level, clan autonomy is the rule, and the squires have the final say. Major and minor matters are all decided by the clan elders and the squires in the town.
The compulsory military service system of the imperial court was also sent down from the higher level. Ten thousand recruits were recruited for the entire Beizhili. There were nine prefectures and two prefectures in Beizhili in total. Each prefecture or prefecture divided this amount equally according to the number of people in the prefecture or prefecture.
Ten thousand recruits.
Then the state capitals allocate the quotas equally according to the population of the counties below them, and finally the towns and villages are allocated a certain quota.
The advantage of this is obvious, that is, the new recruits come from different places. If these people are mixed together, there will be no small local teams in the army.
When recruiting soldiers in ancient times, soldiers were often recruited in one place at once. In many cases, it was easy to form small local groups, which was not conducive to management.
"Our Huojia Town has a prosperous population. According to the allocation above, our Huojia Town must send out 20 people to serve as soldiers this time, so here in our Huojia Town, we will first conduct a screening and screen out 100 people.
, and then these 100 people will go to the county seat for physical examination and review."
Huo Qingshan looked at the villagers of Huojia Town in front of him and said very loudly.
It's nothing if a town sends out twenty people to serve as soldiers.
"If you want to become a soldier, please come forward. The conditions are very good. One person who joins the army can be exempted from four years of corvee and taxes, and the whole family can enjoy the benefits. This is a treatment only available to scholars."
Huo Qingshan looked at the many young people below and said directly.
It is obviously unrealistic to conduct physical examinations one by one. When they arrive in the towns, they first select a certain number of people from a certain township, and then go to the county for physical examinations. Those who pass the physical examination are then screened. As long as good families are
In the end, only twenty people from the entire Huojia Town will serve as soldiers.
After Huo Qingshan finished speaking, the scene was completely silent. No one wanted to be a soldier at all. No one wanted to go.
"Looks like I don't even want to be a soldier~"
Liu Jin looked at the silent scene. There were many people here. Liu Jin estimated that all the families in Huojia Town had sent people, and there were also many young people.
During the war, no one was willing to take the initiative to stand up.
"The conditions are very good. If you want to be a soldier, you can stand up and be exempted from corvee and tax. If you serve as a soldier for four years, you are not going to die. There will be no impact after retirement. There are even arrangements made by the court.
of."
Huo Qingshan said helplessly again, wanting to see if anyone would take the initiative to serve as a soldier.
However, it is still the same as before, no one is willing to stand up, no matter how good it is, no one is willing to be a soldier. Everyone knows that a good man should not be a soldier, a good man cannot nail nails, and a shabby military household.
They are all afraid that changes from day to day will affect their descendants.
"Since no one wants to go, there is no other way but to draw lots~"
Huo Qingshan looked at it again, looking a little helpless.
"We have a total of 1,200 households in Huojia Town, with 320 people of working age. After excluding those who are sick and disabled, there are still 300 people. This time, 100 people will be selected to go to the county for a physical examination, so all those who meet the requirements will
All the able-bodied men who meet the conditions come up to draw lots."
Huo Qingshan seemed to have expected this situation a long time ago, and he nodded with the other squires and elders of various ethnic groups who were present, so he could only use this ancient method.
Soon, someone pushed out a box, and young men and women drew thousands of lots one after another. There were paper balls in the box. It was a very simple way of drawing lots, and it was also very fast and efficient.
"Haha, I didn't win~"
"Haha, me too~"
Someone didn't win and couldn't help laughing happily.
"What unlucky~I actually won~"
Only the person who won the lottery looked very frustrated and couldn't help but cursed.
"Me too, I'm so unlucky that I won the lottery~"
"Don't worry, it's just a matter of selecting a hundred people to go to the county for a physical examination. In the end, only twenty people will become soldiers. It doesn't matter if they are selected now."
After some people win the lottery, they can only comfort themselves in this way. After all, there are only twenty places in Huojia Town, and the number is very small. It doesn't matter if they win the lottery now.
