Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 147
"Your Highness!"

It has only been three days since Zhu Yixi returned, and the heat in Xiangyang City is getting stronger, the rainy weather seems to be dissipating, and the sun hangs high in the sky.

Zhu Mou ran over sweating profusely, smiling all over his face.

Seeing her, Sun Xuan got up with a flushed face, twisted her legs, and walked away quickly.

Zhu Yixi smiled faintly and wiped her hands.

Apart from other factors, he was still happy with Zhu Mou's arrival.

After the establishment of the Staff Department, the first confirmed official was Zhu Mou.

As a clan, and also affiliated to the Heyang royal family, the shrewd and capable Zhu Mou, who was in his thirties, became Zhu Yixi's right-hand man.

The staff department has a total of merit examination, search (recruitment of soldiers), food and salary, medical office, navy, equipment, and Liucao.

Zhu Mou is also the most important meritorious service officer, food and salary officer, all the meritorious service, payment of salary, and logistics.

"Why is it so late?"

Zhu Yixi handed over the kettle and asked.

"Hey, speaking of it, you are also familiar with the suzerain, that is Zhu Yiquan, you know him!"

Zhu Mou drank his saliva and smiled.

"I know that Juren in Xi'an City is from a rare family background."

Yi character generation, the five elements belong to water.

Zhu Yixi thought for a while: "Why, what did he want from you?"

"Hey, he escaped from Xi'an after him, and now he came to Xiangyang from Hanzhong, so he wanted to ask me for a job."

Zhu Mou said quite proudly: "At the beginning he didn't even look at me, but now he bows his head and acts like a small boy, not to mention how happy he is."

"Juren, from the clan!"

Zhu Yixi thought about it, and said, "Let him be the county magistrate. I'll ask the Military and Political Department to arrange it later."

After being reminded by Zhu Mou, Zhu Yixi remembered that when he evacuated from Xi'an, he took many people with him.

These people, in a sense, belonged to his township party, and their reliability was self-evident, at least much stronger than those appointed and dismissed by the Chuangjun left behind.

At that time, one or two can be arranged.

Thinking in his heart, Zhu Yixi said to Zhu Mou: "This is a reward drafted by the Military and Political Department, just look at it."

"The generals are generous, but the soldiers at the bottom are too stingy!"

Zhu Mou took a rough look, and his thin face was full of complaints: "Wine and meat are the right thing to do, if according to the above, the brothers are born and die for a few months, and the monthly salary is one or two, but the reward is only five or six. gone."

"If this is not done well, it may be a mutiny."

Hearing these words, Zhu Yixi didn't feel disobedient, but said seriously: "This is the deep meaning of my calling you here."

Nearly 50,000 people, ten taels per person, is 500,000 taels. If you come a few more times, who can afford it?

Therefore, the only way to lure the soldiers is to give up money and choose land.

"The Military and Political Department has reserved a large amount of land in Wuchang Mansion as a reward."

After speaking, Zhu Yixi said seriously: "For example, if you reward five taels of silver, if you choose the land, you will get ten mu of land. Isn't this better than five taels of silver?"

"You mean, let me encourage soldiers and exchange silver for fields?"

"No, the land is exchanged for meritorious service."

Zhu Yixi shook his head and said: "Every time you go through a battle, you can get one to five points of merit, and you will calculate it through the merit division."

"If ordinary soldiers want to exchange money, they can exchange for a tael of silver or two acres of land for a little merit."

"As for officers, merit points are equal to one-tenth of soldiers and horses."

"Merit point?" Zhu Mou was stunned, this is another new word, so special feeling.

After a long time, he understood clearly, his eyes lit up, and he said seriously:

"In this way, in the future, you only need to reward according to the number of merit points, and calculate the increase or decrease. Although it is a bit troublesome, it is also very fair."

"Now that you understand, let's do it!"

Zhu Yixi waved his hand and let him retreat: "It's just right, it can be implemented this time, and try to let everyone exchange for land."

"Obey!" Zhu Mou cupped his hands and left immediately.

……

When the King of Hanyang came back, the news that the rewards began to be distributed quickly spread in the army, and everyone was looking forward to it.

The generals are not in a hurry, but the ordinary soldiers are very eager. Even if there are two catties of meat and two taels of wine, it is good.

Chen Tieniu was eating, looking at the vegetable cakes and fish soup, but he was not energetic.

"Tie Niu, what's the matter?" The big man on the side asked, "I don't have the energy to eat, which bitch are you thinking about?"

Ha ha ha ha--

In an instant, everyone burst into laughter. The topic of women is never tiresome in the barracks.

Chen Tieniu was used to it, he raised his head, and muttered: "These days, the monthly salary is saved, and there is still some shortage. If the king rewards some, I can get married and get a mother-in-law."

"You boy, what's so good about Auntie Nan? Auntie Mizhi is good!"

"Surreptitiously save so much, you boy, no wonder you don't go out during the week."

"It's also because of his good luck. Your Majesty pays monthly and never owes money. If you didn't pawn your mother-in-law in the past, it would be considered pretty good."

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

In the three side camps, there are all elite soldiers from the frontier town, and the suffering in them is hard to measure. For the fact that they can eat enough and get paid every month, they feel like they are living a fairy life.

"It's not like you, once the waistband is loosened, the monthly salary will be gone. You can only be happy for a while, but you can live happily for a lifetime!"

Chen Tieniu said proudly.

Everyone was silent.

It's not their fault, it's because they were much poorer in the past, I'm afraid that today's salary will be gone tomorrow, and besides, wars are frequent and precarious, so they can't enjoy themselves in time.

Save too little money.

"Clang, clang—"

Suddenly, there was a sound of gongs and drums, and everyone put down their meals and looked around.

"Your Majesty issued a reward, line up according to President Qian!"

hula-la-

Everyone rushed out in a hurry.

"Sanbianying, went through Sanguan, Xianrenguan, Xiangcheng, Wuchang, Chengtian, Jingzhou, a total of six battles, and each person counted six points of merit."

Zhu Mou shouted: "You can exchange six taels of silver, or twelve mu of land."

"What are merit points?"

"Why is it only six taels!"

Everyone started talking about it, and they were quite resistant to such a reform, and they were very confused.

So, when it was their turn to claim it, they kept asking questions one by one.

However, under the temptation of good paddy fields, one by one finally chose the land instead of silver.

"Hey, in Yulin, you can get five or six taels of water for an acre of irrigated land. It's so cheap."

"Hey, the king is still taking care of us, it's no different from the white-haired one."

"A little meritorious service is one tael of silver, or two acres of land, choose one of the two."

When it was Chen Tieniu's turn, he listened to it several times before blushing and said: "I have saved five taels of silver, can I exchange it for ten mu of land?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Mou on the side was startled, and immediately said hurriedly: "This is not acceptable, the land exchanged for merit points cannot be sold, that's why it is so cheap."

Chen Tieniu's face was full of regret: "Everything is worth the land."

Therefore, the Kao Gongsi stamped Chen Tieniu's name on the merit book.

"Sign, here is the certificate, you take it!"

Zhu Mou affixed his own seal and Li Jizu's, so that it is complete.

Thanks to literacy homework, Chen Tieniu can write his own name.

So Chen Tieniu's land deed reads like this:

Wuchang Prefecture, Xianning County, [-] mu of Duishui Field.

Signed - Chen Tieniu.

Seal: Kao Gong Si Zhu
Li Jizuyin
"In this way, I have twelve acres of land? Good irrigated land?"

Chen Tieniu still couldn't believe it, it was actually true.

"That's right!"

Zhu Mou explained again and again: "You only need to hand this over to the county government, and it will be cashed in for you immediately. If you don't agree with it, they will punish you at that time."

"When will the king fight again?"

Chen Tieniu blushed and asked excitedly.

(End of this chapter)