Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

Zhu Youjian had previously asked the five chief managers of the Imperial Manor and the Hunting Manor. Each of the Imperial Manor had five to six hundred households of servants, which added up to nearly 3,000 households. Counting old, young, women, and children, the total population was nearly 30,000.

At that time, he only thought about reforming the four imperial estates and hunting estates, and didn't pay much attention to it. Before leaving, he suddenly remembered that if each household took one ding, wouldn't it be possible to form an army of 3,000 men?

They are all farm children with innocent family backgrounds, hardworking and hard-working, and they are all good candidates for the army. After careful selection, no matter how bad they are, they should be able to gather a thousand people.

It's not about having too many soldiers, it's about the quality. He just wants to create a few elite Royal Musketeers who are only loyal to him.

emperor……

When the five chief eunuchs saw the emperor suddenly stop and turn around, they were all frightened, and they all showed nervous expressions.

I have one more thing. Zhu Youjian looked at the five chief eunuchs and slowly spoke his mind.

If I want to form a new army, I will select about 2,500 young men from Zhuang Nu's servants as soldiers, and give each person a settlement allowance of ten taels of silver.

In terms of treatment, each soldier will receive one tael of silver per month, which is doubled during wartime. Ordinary soldiers will be given a pension of fifty taels if they are killed in action. Officers will be given a pension of more than 100 taels depending on their rank, and certain preferential treatment will be given to their families.

Each soldier who served in the army for five years, or who had achieved outstanding meritorious service, would receive one or more exemptions from slavery for his family, and would become free civilians, with a few acres of land to cultivate and settle down.

All the servants of Zhuang Nu have signed a contract of sale, and their children and grandchildren will all be slaves for generations. He made such a condition and believed that no one can resist such a temptation.

Your Majesty is wise.

The five chief eunuchs secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turns out that this is the case. This matter is easy to handle.

You know, as the Supreme Emperor of Huangzhuang Hunting Village, none of them are clean. They are afraid that the Emperor will audit the accounts. When the time comes to settle the accounts, they will lose their heads.

I can forget about the past, but from today on, you will do your best for me. Once you are done, I will consider bringing you back. Also, you can't be too greedy. Don't blame me for not remembering the old relationship.

Zhu Youjian seemed to have read through the thoughts of the five people, his face was solemn, his cold eyes slowly swept over the five people's faces, and his voice suddenly turned cold.

He is a threat to eat Guoguo. Whoever dares to be greedy again will have his head chopped off. If you don’t believe me, you can give it a try.

Here...

The five chief eunuchs were so scared that their faces turned pale. They were all old foxes who had been in the officialdom for many years. They knew very well that they were incomplete eunuchs who ate royal food. They could dominate and dominate in the palace, but outside But he was despised by others. If he wanted to live a decent life, he had to serve the emperor honestly.

Your Majesty, this servant is willing to donate five thousand silver to raise military expenses for the Emperor's new army. A chief eunuch had an idea and shouted quickly.

My slave will also donate five thousand.

My slave also donated five thousand taels of silver...

The other four eunuchs in charge hurriedly followed suit and actively donated money to help the emperor form a new army.

To be honest, even though they look generous on the surface, they feel heartache in their hearts. For five thousand taels of silver, it takes a while to get enough. Who wouldn’t feel heartache?

However, having said that, heartache is heartache. When it is time to make a choice, you must give up, perform well in front of the emperor, and strive to return to the center of power.

A eunuch who doesn't want to be the eunuch Bingbi is not a good eunuch, hehe.

When the five eunuchs in charge released the news that the emperor was recruiting soldiers, all the servants of Zhuang Nu went crazy, especially the young and strong young people, who shouted loudly that they wanted to join the army, and the whole scene was in chaos.

The Ming Dynasty seriously valued literature over martial arts. There was also a saying among the people that good men should not be soldiers and good women should not marry Qiu Ba. This shows that the people were very resistant to being a soldier.

However, there is full of hope for those servants of Zhuang slaves who have signed the contract of sale. Who doesn't want to give it a try?

Seeing the densely packed young men desperately clamoring to become soldiers, Zhu Youji couldn't help but be happy. My first royal regiment has a chance, hehe.