Chapter nine hundred and seventy-eight: If you don't break the Loulan oath, you won't pay it back
"What does this mean? Not Latin? Where does this gen come from? No one needs to carry food and grass? Do you not even need auxiliary soldiers? Once a war begins, money and food will go out like flowing water. The court really has so much money and food, which is enough to start a war?"
Many people are confused.
Since ancient times, no one can escape the war, and no one can escape the corvee service. This is why many people have spent countless efforts to avoid corvee service. Some people even have their bodies left behind because of their service, or their families are destroyed.
Therefore... although the people are afraid of the Hu people, in fact, if the war is really about to start, most people are afraid. It is good to attack the Hu people, but by then, the court will mobilize hundreds of thousands of labor to accompany the army, countless people will transport food, and even countless people will need as assistance. This... it will all require human beings.
No one, what kind of war?
What's more, it's such a fierce battle!
This is the fear of the people, but now they are more suspicious. Some have raised doubts, but no one has solved them.
As for not increasing taxes, it is also surprising.
However, at this time, another official document was sent to the county. This was obviously a detailed rule drawn up by His Majesty the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. The county immediately started to post a list. Zhang Du saw the people flocking, and strode forward with his servants, shouting: "Don't push them all, let those who know literacy come forward. Whatever you squeeze, you may not be able to understand after reading it?"
Then, a literate person stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty is very kind and orders all prefectures and counties to recruit people..."
It turns out that I still have to recruit people.
Many people suddenly started to wail. This labor service is not a good thing. Men were taken away, women and children stayed at home, and they were helpless. This was fine. If they died on the road, they would become the bones of the Wuding River. The family was destroyed and the people were killed. Many people burst into many painful memories, and they were silent.
But someone shouted: "Don't make a noise, just finish it first. In order to make the government disturb the people, all prefectures and counties should not force the recruitment. Anyone who has forced the recruitment will be treated as a thief."
This time, many people were smiling happily.
You must not force the levy, that is, if you don’t want to go, you can’t go?
This...is a good thing.
But someone said, "If you don't force the levy, who will go? I'm afraid that the government will not force the levy at that time, and if you can't recruit people, you will have to force the levy in the end!"
"Yes, yes, the wife, children and mother are all there, and there are no men on the land they rented, but what should I do? The family cannot live without men. Although it is not good to follow the army on an expedition, it is fine. Selling some strength to fight the Hu people can be regarded as serving the country, but the family really cannot live without young and strong..."
Someone also said, "All the Ding households conquered must be voluntarily and cannot misinterpret their original intentions and serve the country. The court should deal with the aftermath. Therefore, if all Ding households are selected to join the army and enter the new army, they will have five taels of silver per month and enter the camp to train, and all food and fodder must be sufficient; those who follow the army as auxiliary soldiers will have two taels of silver per month and half a liter of yellow rice per day."
All of a sudden, everyone understood.
If you can join the new army, you have to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but the treatment is extremely generous. It is said that the new army's food is good. If you die in battle, you will also have pensions. If you come, you may be able to fight for a future. Although it is dangerous, for many young people, this is a shortcut to change their destiny. Moreover, even if you don't fight for military merits and futures, the monthly salary of five taels of silver is a lot. In a year, you can earn one or two acres of land for your family. If it were, it would be a high salary.
Even the auxiliary soldiers are only responsible for transporting food and grass along the way, guarding the city or digging and building ditches, and there are two taels of silver. For many people who are digging food in the field, over the year, they not only provide half a liter of yellow rice per day, but also ensure that they can eat enough, but also have a surplus of more than twenty taels of silver. If so, not only can the family be settled, but the wife and children are worry-free, but they can even save a lot of money. In the future, they will not worry about being hungry, and it is enough to even buy some clothes for women and children.
In this era of large-scale poverty, this condition is attractive enough.
Those who are from a good family are at ease. Since the court paid to recruit people instead of using labor service, they would not worry that there would be no strong men to follow the army and would be spared from the risk of serving.
But for those poor people, they seemed to see hope. Do their nephews have to try their luck and see if they can join the new army. And I might as well go with the army as well. This is better than living a hard life.
For a moment, people were surging and no one was worried about them before they could vent their emotions.
Especially when someone chanted loudly: "Your Majesty is to fight against Hu to repay a thousand-year-old hatred, and blood debts are required to be paid for. The subjects of the country in the pass have no distinction between Chen Yan, nor the people of Chu and Yue, and they all come from the same source. Now the Hu people are becoming more and more powerful, and Xiliang is paying his respects to him. This is a great humiliation from the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Your Majesty will fight against Hu. He will not kill Hu in the future. He will not return his troops. This thousand-year-old hatred will not be able to repay the spirits of his ancestors. Now he will not be able to repay the soldiers and civilians. If he is strong, he will have to work hard and will be rewarded in the future!"
Suddenly, many people became excited.
It is a fear that people simply let their subjects sacrifice themselves to divorce their wives and children in order to fight Hu Dafa. But now, it saves people from worries, which not only makes people happy but also arouses the desire to share the same hatred of the enemy.
In the past, people mentioned war fearing it like a tiger, but today, they were extremely excited. Someone shouted: "Try to ask for the household... to ask for the Hu..."
"Let's go, go to the army, where is the recruitment..."
The crowd was noisy and couldn't help it anymore.
Zhang Du was busy and started to lead people to maintain order. Another place was shouting. It didn't take long before he saw the Jinyiwei and the civil servants of the Ministry of Personnel came, and they even joined the Censorate. Obviously... this was to prevent someone from deducting or preparing for a job. They came here in person to check the number of people.
Zhang Du couldn't help but admire him. His Majesty was considerate in everything, especially the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei was established by himself and was the most selfless. Now, he has come with the people from each department, so I am afraid that no one dares to cheat.
He tried hard to maintain order, and he was also a little excited. After careful calculation, his monthly money and food were only higher than ordinary auxiliary soldiers. If he hadn't had some other oil and water, he would have been a little moved and wanted to follow the army to attack Hu.
But... he was a public servant after all, not an ordinary citizen, so he couldn't help but feel a little doubtful. If this was the way of fighting, how much money and food would it cost? The question is, where did the imperial court come from?
Chapter completed!