Chapter 376: Get money to recruit people

The house where you will live is still under construction.

The honey strategy formulated by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan played a little role, which was reflected in the fact that the yamen recruited yamen runners. There were not many yamen runners in Jili Prefecture. The main reason was that there was little oil and water, and the monthly payment was not much. Unless there was no way, they would come to the yamen to do things.

In addition, the previous governor was quite stingy, and his family was poor and he had to give gifts to others. As a result, he was unwilling to give to those who were doing things in the yamen for a little benefit.

Otherwise, the chief clerk would not be busy going home for spring plowing, and if he wants to eat, he has to work hard.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan’s honey strategy is to lose money and spend money to subsidize people in the yamen, increasing the monthly rate by five times.

"Come on, come and go out for a walk with me." The weather is good today, cloudless, and the breeze is not as cold as when I first arrived here. After a few consecutive rains, the weather gradually warms up, and the temperature in Dalian is still relatively comfortable.

Zhang Xiaobao decided to go out and take a look. He wanted to contact the local people more. He greeted him and twenty guards came over and walked out of the yamen with Zhang Xiaobao.

The Dengwen drum outside the yamen was re-established and the door was repaired. However, no one beat the drum recently. After asking the yamen runners, they realized that the local area was really in trouble and didn’t look for the yamen because if you want to complain, you need to take out some of the money first.

The previous governor was very good at making money, and there were no decent counties in the local area, so the county magistrate was not needed. The entire state affairs were managed by the yamen. If you want to file a lawsuit, you must have a lawsuit, that is, a lawsuit paper. There are a few people in this place who can read, so they have to find someone who can write in the yamen.

You have to take out at least five cents when writing a copy, only collecting cash but not things. If you have to take things, it is worth ten cents.

So the local people developed a habit, that is, if something really happens, they will solve it themselves in the village, and the people in the city will ask older people here to help mediate, and they will not come to the yamen to complain and cannot afford to spend money.

Zhang Xiaobao heard something very magical from the yamen runners, that is, one person beat the other to death, and the same is not passed through the yamen, but through local people, letting this person be responsible for the lives of the two families, and even the other party’s wife was also responsible.

This time I took advantage, because the yamen runner said that the wife of the man who was beaten to death was more beautiful than the wife of the beating.

After gently patting the drum with his hands twice, Zhang Xiaobao walked forward with his hands behind his back. From time to time, he could see women carrying children and rushing on his head with something on his head. Occasionally, he met a few men and saw them squatting there playing the chess they had figured out, which seemed very leisurely.

Zhang Xiaobao knew that this was determined by national characteristics. Due to the war, the number of adult men was reduced, and all men became treasures. If a person with a little bit of property, he could get several wives. The women here could work, but they were still the kind of hardworking.

If a woman helps the man in the family while working, the woman will feel very happy.

Men rarely work and only need men when fighting.

It was because Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan asked him to repair the house, cut wood and tilt stones, and the man came out after the request of him.

As he walked around, Zhang Xiaobao came to the side of a river. He saw many women here with their children looking for a comfortable location by the river to beat things with ***. When they got closer, they found that the attack was numb. After rotting and banging, the fiber tissue was left.

At that time, you can make sacks, ropes, fishing nets or clothes.

Zhang Xiaobao had no purpose when he came out, so he squatted beside him and watched. The woman working only glanced at Zhang Xiaobao and others and continued to be busy. The children kept fighting. Perhaps because of the stranger coming, some children became a little more honest, while the other children were making more fun.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't make a sound, squatting and looking at the other things on the numbness that were beaten and allowed to wash away the water. He watched the hardworking woman waving her *** in her hands one by one.

When a woman was waiting for a woman to beat a ball of numb and put it next to the drying, Zhang Xiaobao leaned over and pinched it with his hands. The woman's child immediately became alert, afraid that foreigners would snatch the numbness away. Her fists were clenched, as if she was ready to fight desperately at any time.

Zhang Xiaobao quickly retracted his hand, smiled at the child, took out a small piece of paper bag from his sleeve, opened it and took out a small piece of rock candy, and said to the child: "Give you a piece of candy."

The child was still as alert as before, not moving forward, and put his eyes on Zhang Xiaobao's hand, to be precise, on the candy, without moving.

"Hold it and put it in your mouth and it will be sweet." Zhang Xiaobao leaned over, pulled the child's little hand with many bugs, put the candy on it, and asked again: "Where is your father?"

The child stuck out his tongue and lip, but he couldn't bear the temptation of Zhongtang. He put the rock candy in his mouth and immediately showed a happy smile. He was not as alert as before, and replied: "Sleep at home."

At this time, the other children also found that it was beneficial, so they came over and looked at Zhang Xiaobao, waiting for Zhang Xiaobao to give them some candy.

Zhang Xiaobao was very generous in splitting all the candy, then stood up, looked at the hard-working people, and turned around and walked away elsewhere.

A guard who protected Zhang Xiaobao came over and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Young master, this is the case here. Men rarely want to work. Anyone who works, just look at the appearance of that family, will know that they must live better than others."

"Well, I know, but it's too difficult to change them. I can only take other measures. Let's go back and post a notice in the yamen."

Zhang Xiaobao was a little angry. Why do you have to let women do it? Men still want status and want to be lazy. They must organize them so that they cannot be lazy. When they get used to it, they will be much better here.

When he returned to the yamen, Zhang Xiaobao immediately wrote a few notices with the same content, and asked someone to post them, and stood next to the notice to explain to the people who came over.

The content is very simple, which is to recruit jobs and farming land. The land is here, but Zhang Xiaobao bought a lot of them, all of which are mountains and they are cheap when they buy them. Zhang Xiaobao doesn't care that someone impeached him to use his position to facilitate himself.

After buying the mountains one by one, they recruited workers from the local area. They first cut off the trees on the mountains, then made them into terraces, and then planted grain. Although the good time for spring plowing has passed, Zhang Xiaobao is still preparing to let someone plant rice. At worst, they can harvest it later. Moreover, the climate in Dalian is good and the rice grows quickly.

After this implementation, Zhang Xiaobao sent some people to the north, bringing them weapons and salt, allowing them to take the initiative to attack when they are threatened, and want to protrude Mohe first, and then continue to check there to see if they can pass by the two continents next to each other.

This thing cannot be done immediately. It takes at least half a year to wait, and it may not be possible to reach that strait.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan went to remote places, and the capital seemed to be less lively. People who usually think about Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not mention it in the capital. After all, Jilizhou is too far away and is a remote place and will not be valued.

Compared to the many people in Baoxin County who want to arrange their people as officials now, no one in Jili Prefecture expects them. They don’t believe that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are really capable of building a place with a lack of population into a prosperous place, not to mention that there are many mountains there.

Recently, people with agility have focused on money shops. Datang Money House is getting bigger and bigger. People come to save money every day, and people come here to withdraw money every day.

Saving money requires a storage fee, which is much less than other money houses, so there are more people coming to save, most of them are merchants. This makes it much easier for them to go to other places to have money houses.

As soon as they go in and out, the money shop increases, and gradually stabilizes, and you can lend money to the outside world. This is what people who are active in mind pay attention to. They all want to borrow money from the Tang Dynasty Money shop to do things.

Just as many people's eyes gradually shifted, a saying suddenly began to spread in the capital, that is, to join the army to defend their own country, their relatives, and the emperor.

This is not about recruiting soldiers, but about conscripts. It is about the court that will immediately recruit conscripts from the Tang Dynasty. With a three-year military system, we will receive training during these three years and if we encounter war, we will go to the battlefield.

Three years later, I will stay and continue to join the army, but this time it will not be in vain, but that I have money to take. If the soldiers who cannot stay will get some money to go home.

It gives people the same feeling as the recruiting system, but the connotation is different. Even if you give money, the conscripts get relatively little money.

If this is the case, no one would be willing to be a conscript. What's more important is that the news came out that anyone who became a conscript, once three years later, in addition to getting a sum of money, can also do the job arranged. This is the most attractive thing.

But the rumors are rumors after all. The court did not say that they really wanted to do this. There was no accurate news, which made many people wait and see.

The rumors were more than rigorous in the performance, and finally reached the court. The officials knew about it, Gao Lishi knew about it, and Li Longji naturally heard about it from others.

On this day, Li Longji called Gao Lishi, Zhang and several other people who could speak and asked where the matter happened.

"Your Majesty, I think it doesn't matter where it comes first. What's important is to clarify it immediately. Otherwise, the recruitment system will be over. The most attractive thing about this new rumor is to wait for three years to arrange things to do. If the recruited soldiers are forced to let the court do this, where will the court arrange their positions for them?"

Zhang Shuo was most anxious about this matter. He proposed the border cutting army. He proposed the soldiers who consolidated the capital. He recruited them with money. He could be said to have made the most contribution. If he really did it according to another method, his contribution would become smaller invisibly.

So he first raised his objection.

Zhang Jiuling also said from the side: "Your Majesty, it's not just this. Perhaps the person who released the rumor felt that the effect was not good enough, so he added another one, that is, those who stayed in three years can become officials and serve in the Ministry of War. This is the most touching thing.

Being an official requires exams or being embraced by the elders. Many ordinary people are waiting for the court to turn the rumors into truth. I heard that people from other places say that such things have begun to spread in other places.

To put it very well, it is a matter of glory to defend the Tang Dynasty. People in the Tang Dynasty must maintain the dignity of the Tang Dynasty. The country and the country, where can the family come from without a country? It also says that one person is a soldier and the whole family is glorious, and there is a song that makes you not join the army. If you don’t join the army, I won’t join the army. Whoever defends the motherland will defend the family, whoever defends her mother will defend her.

In addition to these, there are also people who say that someone from the family joins the army and is elected, and this family can receive tax-free treatment and can also receive food or other things sent by the court during festivals.

The rumors are so terrible. It is said that many people in the places want to join the army, and they don’t know who spread it. After finding a solution, otherwise the various places will be in chaos.”

Li Longji really didn't know that things had developed to such a level, and he didn't have the idea of ​​a conscript. He always felt very familiar with what Zhang said and Zhang Jiuling said.

"Your Majesty, if you can't use this method, I guess it's better to ask Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. With their abilities, they will definitely be able to guess who is posting the news."

Bi Gou knew who Zhang Jiuling said. Apart from Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he could not find anyone else. The force was too great, but he could not say it without evidence, so he had to go around and remind the emperor.

Li Longji finally remembered that Zhang Xiaobao mentioned that day, but said that other aspects needed to cooperate. Now Zhang Xiaobao has taken action, so the so-called cooperation is naturally a rumor.

Zhang Shuo also figured it out at the same time, feeling helpless and frustrated, and said, "Your Majesty, what Zhang Xiaobao does is easy to ruin my Tang Dynasty. We must not let him continue. We should send a stern decree to Jilizhou and tell Zhang Xiaobao to stop immediately."

"I think it's inappropriate. Since Zhang Xiaobao can come up with a solution, there will naturally be a solution. There are many business deals between Zhang and Wang family. If the rumors are really released by him and Wang Juan, they will definitely be able to solve the problem of resettlement of soldiers in three years. Why not ask them what their plans are."

Old Man Bi immediately opposed Zhang and said that he still believed in the ability of the Zhang and Wang families, especially the propaganda said, which was much better than the current situation of directly recruiting soldiers with money. Even if the governors wanted to raise private soldiers, they would not be as relaxed as they are now.

Li Longji also thought of this. When recruiting soldiers, he was also worried that the power of the Jiedushi was too great. Zhang Xiaobao mentioned that the Jiedushi's military power would be difficult to control after it became more powerful. To put it bluntly, it was rebellion.

Thinking of this, Li Longji looked at Gao Lishi again and hoped that Gao Lishi would stand up and say something.

This was the first time Gao Lishi encountered it, and he really couldn't think of the specific benefits and disadvantages. When he saw the emperor seeing it, he could only tell the emperor what he had just thought of.

"Your Majesty, I think I can write a letter from my family and ask Xiaobao what he planned and asked him to list the recruitment matters according to the plan he made when he was a local official in his family."

As soon as they said that, they decided that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were the drivers behind the scenes. Only they were brave and dared to spread rumors casually. Even Zhang Zhong, who was still in Luoyang, wouldn't dare to talk about the military system randomly?

Li Longji nodded slightly, "The Lishi wrote a letter to tell Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan that he would say hello first if he wanted to do something in the future, and then... I would be angry once again."

Li Longji was also very helpless. The two little guys didn't make people worry. They would always make something happen. They went to Jilizhou. They didn't want to build well in the local area and had the leisure to spread rumors in various parts of the Tang Dynasty. Can't the small population in Jilizhou make the two people embarrassed?

Gao Lishi immediately started writing letters, and Zhang said that his face looked very ugly. He could see how much the emperor had indulged Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. If it were someone else, he would have sent troops to arrest him and brought him back to the capital.

If rumors about the places where the Tang Dynasty could completely rule have gradually been accepted by the people, then the rumors about the Anton Protectorate's Mansion will be even more powerful.

Not only does it include the affairs of the Tang Dynasty, but it also has an additional part of the content, that is, anyone who joins the army to defend the Tang Dynasty and the emperor will be killed in battle, and his family will be managed by the court, and his children can enter the school without spending a penny.

At the same time, it is said that the Tang Dynasty is the real motherland and the emperor is the only one, and all soldiers must listen to the emperor.

As soon as the rumors came out, the local people with soldiers were unhappy because their soldiers did not live so well, especially the children at home. They did not say that they could go to school because they were in the army. Even if they wanted to, there would be so many schools.

If this is not considered a shake of the morale of the army, the rumors say that any soldier does not need to match his own weapons or armor himself. He can also eat three meals a day, with meat every meal and drink wine every ten days, which really makes the soldier people start to hate him.

They clearly felt that their soldiers were hesitating, not as loyal as before, and were not energetic when they were training, so they could get better if they fought, but they kept their minds hidden.

There is no way Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have to do this. They need population, so how can they attract people? They say they are exempt from rent and taxes, but now they don’t pay, saying they are here to give good land, who are they cheating? They are all hills, and where can they get so much good land? They say they are building workshops and paying more money, so someone needs to get the benefits first.

So the two of them discussed and started to take action while helping the court build conscripts.

At this time, I felt that the time was almost done. Five hundred yamen runners were in their seats, and the gunboats would arrive in another half a month. The two of them began to carry out the next step, recruitment.

After finding Xue Daobi, Zhang Xiaobao said to him: "This time I will give you a very important task. You must find a way to complete it. If it is done well, I will immediately promote you and build a good house for your home, and give you more salary, at least twice as much as it is now."

When Xue Daobi heard Zhang Xiaobao say this, she immediately became energetic and patted her chest and promised: "Don't worry, even if you are a small sword, you dare to go and make a breakthrough."

"It's not that serious, so you won't let you break into the sea of ​​fire. If you go to another state, you will release an important news, that is, the recruitment of soldiers in Jili State begins. Anyone who is willing to come to join the army will have three meals a day, meat meals, and drink wine every ten days, and his family will come together.

Even if the people in their family don’t work, the yamen in Jili Prefecture will be supported. If the people in their family are sick, the yamen will be treated and they don’t have money. The children in the family go to school in the state. Three years later, if they continue to serve in the army and give money, they don’t want to be, they can get thirty cents of money.

When fighting, you are injured and unable to work. You are kept in the yamen and died in battle. Their relatives are relatives of the yamen. Go and let me spread the news. If it is someone else, I am worried. You must be careful not to let the soldiers catch you. Take a few more people. If you are caught and send someone back to report the news, I will rescue you even if I give you everything."
To be continued...