Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 472, when the conscription is in progress
In Huojia Town, which is only fifty miles away from the capital, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao walked in this town wearing ordinary clothes.

The two of them came to Huojia Town this time, obviously not out for sightseeing, but for a private visit, specifically to see the conscription situation in Huojia Town.

Liu Jin is now the Counselor of the Fifth Military Commander's Mansion, an official of the fifth rank, who is responsible for assisting Zhang Mao in reforming the military system. This compulsory military service system was proposed by Liu Jin, and it was also formulated by Liu Jin. It is implemented here in Beizhili. That was also Liu Jin's idea.

So this matter has become Liu Jin's top priority now, and almost all his energy is put on it.

These days after the Chinese New Year, Liu Jin has never rested, running around every day, constantly running around.

The site selection of the Daming Royal Military Academy, the start of the construction of the military academy, the subjects offered by the military academy, the training methods, etc., all require Liu Jin to personally intervene.

In addition, the recruits recruited by the new conscription system, how to train, how to arrange, the content of the training, etc., there are too many, too many things to arrange, and Liu Jin needs to do it.

Regarding this, Liu Jin is completely discredited. Whether it is in later generations or now, he has never been a soldier. Naturally, he does not know how to train soldiers. Fortunately, he has golden fingers, and he can learn how to train soldiers from golden fingers. How to run an army.

Otherwise, Liu Jin really didn't know what to do. Relying on traditional military training methods, it is certainly possible to train a strong army, but it is a traditional army after all, not the army similar to later generations that Liu Jin needs.

Although Liu Jin from later generations has never been a soldier, the later generations are in an era of information explosion. The emergence of the Internet allows people to learn more knowledge and see more things.

Combined with the exchanged knowledge in Goldfinger, it can always be dealt with.

In fact, the entire new compulsory military service system is divided into two parts. One is ordinary recruits. After ordinary people pass the inspection and screening, they can go to the army and serve in the military. It only takes four years.

The other part is the recruitment of military academies. This part is mainly aimed at the children of the current generals of the Ming Dynasty. As long as they enter the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty and graduate from it, they can immediately become officers under the new military system.

This is also a reference to the system of later generations, and it is also a system generally adopted by countries in the world in later generations.

The recruiting at the Daming Imperial Military Academy went very smoothly. The group of military generals and nobles in the Ming Dynasty clearly knew that the emperor had mastered the military power, and their good days for military generals and nobles have come.

The new military system reform is a new opportunity. If you want to get promoted and make a fortune, you must participate in it if you want to be a prince. Therefore, you are also very active in sending people of the right age in your family to the Daming Royal Military Academy.

Even Zhang Mao sent his grandson Zhang Lun to the Daming Royal Military Academy, which was a good start for the military generals and noble groups.

Liu Jin doesn't have to worry about recruiting students from the Royal Military Academy. What really worries Liu Jin is whether he can recruit [-] recruits from Beizhili.

Under the old concept, no one wants to be a soldier, and everyone is afraid of being a soldier.

So Liu Jin also invited Zhu Houzhao to this Huojia Town to see the recruitment situation.

Because Huojia Town is not far from the capital, only tens of kilometers away, Huojia Town is also greatly influenced by Beijing and Tianjin. The main street in the town is hardened with cement, and there are reinforced concrete on both sides of the street. The built house also uses glass windows, which is very fashionable and trendy.

"There is a bit of aura of later generations."

Liu Jin walked on the streets of Huojia Town very casually, feeling the atmosphere of Huojia Town, a bit like the Republic of China era in the movies that later generations have seen.

The confrontation between tradition and new trends, some people still have long hair, robes, and beards, and there are still a lot of traditional brick houses here.

Similarly, many young people with short hair, shaved beards and new clothes can be seen here, as well as brand new reinforced concrete buildings with glass windows.

This mix of old and new gives people the same feeling as that of the later Republic of China era, but Liu Jin can see self-confidence from these ordinary people, which is not available in the later Republic of China era.

"Clang~clang~"

"Conscription~conscription~"

Just when Liu Jin was confidently feeling the atmosphere of this era, someone on the street was beating gongs and drums, shouting while beating.

Accompanied by the sound of business, many people poured out from every corner, and soon the entire street was filled with water.

"Fathers and folks in Huojia Town, the imperial court has promulgated a new military system and implemented a compulsory military service system. All men who have reached the age of [-] to around [-] are obliged to perform military service."

"The many conditions for military service, we have already formulated to everyone earlier, as long as someone can serve in the army, then during the military service, the whole family can enjoy free tax and corvee."

"All expenses during military service will be paid by the imperial court, and there will be a moon ring of one tael of silver every month. In addition, military service will not change your identity and household registration, and will not affect future generations."

Seeing that everyone's attention was focused, a gentry who looked like Huojia Town stood up and loudly announced to everyone the compulsory military service system of the lower court.

It has been a rule since ancient times that the royal power does not go to the countryside, and the country gentry rule the Quartet.

Therefore, the townships below the county level are governed by clan autonomy, and the squires have the final say, and all major and minor matters are decided by the clan elders, the squires in the town, and the like.

The compulsory military service system of the imperial court was also dispatched from the upper level. The entire Beizhili recruited [-] recruits. There are a total of nine prefectures and two prefectures in Beizhili. [-] recruits.

Then the state capitals divided the quota equally according to the population of the counties below them, and finally reached the townships, and each township was allocated a certain quota.

The advantage of doing this is obvious, that is, the recruits who are recruited come from different places. If these people are mixed together, there will be no small local teams in the army.

In ancient times, soldiers were recruited in one place at one time. In many cases, it was easy to form small local groups, which was not conducive to management.

"Our Huojia Town has a thriving population. According to the apportionment above, our Huojia Town must send [-] people to serve as soldiers this time. Therefore, in our Huojia Town, we will first screen and screen out [-] people. , and then these one hundred people will go to the county seat for medical examination and review."

Huo Qingshan looked at the villagers of Huojia Town in front of him, and said very loudly.

Twenty people from a town go to serve as soldiers, which is nothing at all.

"Those who want to serve in the army stand up for themselves. The conditions are very good. One person can be exempted from four years of corvee and taxes, and the whole family can enjoy the blessings. This is the treatment that only scholars have."

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 a town, they will first select a certain number of people from a certain town, and then go to the county for a physical examination. Those who pass the physical examination will then be screened. Zidi, in the end there will be [-] people in Huojia Town who will serve as soldiers.

After Huo Qingshan finished speaking, the scene was completely silent, no one wanted to be a soldier at all, and everyone didn't want to go.

"It seems that I don't want to be a soldier~"

Looking at the silent scene, Liu Jin saw that there were a lot of people here. Liu Jin estimated that all the families in Huojia Town had sent people here, and many young people also came, but they really wanted to be When he was in the army, 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 taxes. After serving as a soldier for four years, you are not going to die. It will not have any impact after you retire. Even the court has arrangements. of."

Huo Qingshan said again helplessly, he wanted to see if anyone would take the initiative to join the army.

However, it is still the same as before, no one is willing to stand up, no matter how good the saying is, no one is willing to be a soldier, a good man does not serve as a soldier, good iron does not nail, everyone knows the dilapidated military households, They are all afraid that the changes from day to day will affect their descendants.

"Since they are unwilling to go, there is no other way but to draw lots~"

Huo Qingshan looked again, slightly helpless.

"Our Huojia Town has a total of [-] households, and there are [-] people of the right age. Excluding those who are sick and disabled, there are still [-] people. All the strong men who meet the conditions come up to draw lots."

Huo Qingshan seemed to have expected this situation long ago, and nodded along with other squires and elders of various ethnic groups who were present, and could only adopt this ancient method.

Soon, someone pushed out a box, and thousands of young and old people drew lots. There were paper balls in the box. It was a very simple way to draw lots, and the speed and efficiency were also very high.

"Haha, I didn't draw~"

"Haha, me too~"

Someone who didn't win the draw couldn't help laughing happily.

"It's really unlucky~ I actually won the lottery~"

Only the people who got the lottery looked very frustrated and couldn't help but curse out.

"Me too, what a pity that I won the draw~"

"Don't worry, it's just a matter of selecting [-] people to go to the county for medical examinations. In the end, only [-] people will be enlisted in the army. It doesn't matter if they are selected now."

After some people are drawn, they can only comfort themselves in this way. After all, there are only [-] places in Huojia Town, and the number is very small, so it doesn't matter if they are drawn now.

　I don’t know how to recruit soldiers like this, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)