He discussed with Cui Shang about the burial of fallen soldiers, the merits and awards of merits, the military family's family, the continuous clothing and food, and the enlistment of the nephew for more than an hour.

Cui Shang obviously made some hard work on this matter, and he knew very well.

In fact, there were quite complete regulations on the aftermath of the fallen soldiers in the Li Tang Dynasty. However, as the vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal va

Cui Shang also proposed that small counties like Gushi are currently unable to afford excessive benefits, and are treated like meritorious and meritorious. Especially the number of soldiers killed in these two battles is too large. If they have to be solved according to the standards of the Li Tang Dynasty, they will not be able to bear it at all.

What's more, now there are frequent floods and droughts and natural disasters, wars and chaos, and the number of victims who fled famine and became refugees is extremely large, so there is no problem of insufficient military sources.

Taking Gushi as an example, as the ant thieves rampant in Shouzhou, the number of refugees who fled from the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Huoqiu, and Huoshan to Gushi was quite large. Recently, because Yingzhou was robbed by ant thieves, the number of refugees who crossed the Huai River increased significantly. Currently, the number of victims in the east and north of Gushi is tens of thousands, and many are heading towards Gushi County.

Previously, when the Caizhou soldiers were heading south, they intercepted and captured many refugees and directly joined their civilian team. It can be said that many of the civilians who died in the battle under Gushi City were war-torn refugees in Yingzhou.

"Erlang, referring to the current preferential treatment regulations in various places, there are almost a few categories. The most common ones are chosen to replace the army. Because the soldiers in the army are given high salaries, especially elite soldiers and imperial guards. Secondly, they keep dressing and food for their families. Before Muzong, they kept dressing and food for five years, but after Muzong, it was changed to three years, mainly to provide five years of living needs for the children of the dead soldiers. Secondly, to double the merits and award merits. Although there are regulations, in fact, due to the lack of official fields, the rule of awarding land is difficult to implement, so it is more likely to replace it with rewards."

Cui Shangyang introduced the preferential and polite rules of the Li Tang era, and made an analysis based on the current situation of the Gushi Army. He believed that the Gushi Army currently does not have the conditions to solve the preferential and polite rules in a parallel manner according to the three systems envisioned by Jiang Feng, which is too expensive.

Although Gushi has now received financial support from Daliang, Nanyang and Ehuang, this is only a short-term benefit. It is still difficult to say whether he can obtain such support in the future.

However, Gushi's current economic strength is obviously unsupportable, and if the promise cannot be fulfilled, it will cause greater damage to the morale of the military.

Jiang Feng stroked his jaw and did not speak for a while.

He understood Cui Shang's meaning. The area that the Gushi Army can control now is too narrow. Just Gushi County can barely add an Yincheng County that is still uncertain.

These two counties were very little affected by ant thieves, and most of the familiar land was under the control of local gentry, and the government had very few official fields.

However, because Yincheng is small inhabited, it is close to the Dabie Mountains in the south, and there are some raw land and forests under the control of the government, but the conditions are not good.

"Bai Ling, what do you think is the most attractive to the soldiers, or what is the reason that makes them fight without fear of life and death?" Jiang Feng said slowly, word by word: "What is the most realistic and tempting factor for the soldiers?"

Cui Shang was a little stunned by Jiang Feng's words, and then thought about it and said, "Of course, it is a meritorious service. On the one hand, you can get promotion. On the other hand, even if you don't have a meritorious service, you can at least have alternative money."

"Do you mean Xuntian is the most attractive?" Jiang Feng asked again, and he heard Cui Shangyan's implication.

"What else is there to ask about this? More than farmers, who can provide them with a land that is not controlled by foreign gentry and even tax exemption, and can be passed down by their descendants. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a heirloom. It is of course worth their lives to fight for their lives." Cui Shang said naturally: "Where are the provinces and counties still giving land? Tenants hire farmers either rely on gentry or can only hiring temples and temples. Their nature is similar, and they must not be missing any land, labor, and nothing can be missed. How can they compare with the honorary fields that do not have to be paid?"

Indeed, in fact, since the middle of the Li Tang Dynasty, the equal-field system had gradually collapsed, and no land could be granted became the biggest problem. Without this foundation, the system of government troops naturally collapsed and then returned to the recruitment system.

Entering the era of the vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vass

Even if the soldiers fought to death for their interests, they would rather use silver, money, silk and other things to reward them, than give a penny of land to the soldiers. This has become a common practice in various places.

Unless some newly rising vassals, who have made great contributions to themselves, or the wealthy families who need to rely on, may be able to reward the other party from the new land, soil, mountains and forests, increase their loyalty, and encourage their life for themselves, other ordinary soldiers will never be able to receive such a generous reward.

In this era, land is still the most important thing in everyone's mind, better than everything. For Jiang Feng, he did not have this complex. Moreover, for him, he needed a group of soldiers who were firmly united around him to fight and die for his regime's survival. This is the most important thing, so for himself, the fields, soil, mountains and forests seemed less important.

Similarly, the reason why people like Yang Kan, Ding Man, Guo Tai, Ge Han, Li Tong, Wu Shier and Wu Shisan came to Gushi from Daliang thousands of miles away, although they felt that the Gushi army had a future and could show their ambitions, but they could get more opportunities in Gushi, especially the desire to build a family business for their children and grandchildren in the future.

Because this is the case with their ancestors, after the Huang Chao Rebellion, the Lao Liang King conquered the world and conquered the Daliang world. Only then did they come from private salt dealers, butchers, beggars, hawkers, refugees, farmers, etc., but now they can become the family of the wealthy family of Daliang. Now they also want to replicate this dream.

"Bailing, I'm afraid we have to consider this point. Our Gushi is too weak now. From the siege of ant thief to the attack of Caizhou army, how much damage will our soldiers have been lost after the two wars? It's too big. Perhaps due to floods, droughts, natural disasters and military chaos, there are a large number of victims and refugees who can provide us with a source of troops, but it is not easy for officers who really play a key role to train and train them."

While sorting out his ideas, Jiang Feng explained his thoughts and intentions.

"At present, the Gushi Army is facing huge pressure to rebuild. The threat from the Caizhou Army has temporarily retreated, but its threat to us is long-term. The contradiction between us and them is irreconcilable. The existence of ant thieves will also pose a huge threat to us. Although it seems that they helped us in this previous battle, it cannot change the fundamental contradiction between us and them. This also requires our Gushi Army to be stronger to defend our own safety."

"And we need to build a stronger army, which requires a multi-faceted, sufficient and stable source of troops, high-level officers, and the economy that can support this army, well, including money, food, horses, weapons and armor, everything, and the foundation is land, territory,..."

Jiang Feng spent a lot of effort to explain his views to Cui Shang, how to make Gushijun survive in this crack and grow stronger.

To achieve this goal, the most fundamental problem is to make these officers and soldiers willingly work for themselves, and what they can give is land.

Of course, this must also face many problems, such as where the land comes from, and how should wealthy families and gentry in the places that hold a large amount of land reach a compromise.

But Jiang Feng wanted Cui Shang to understand that the fundamental reason why the Gushi Army could truly stand firm was the Gushi Army itself, not the wealthy families, at least not yet.

In short, Jiang Feng is still a military leader who has nothing but the army. He must first ensure that the officers and soldiers in his army can get something to work for him and let them work for him wholeheartedly, so that they can talk about other things. The interests of the gentry and clans can only be temporarily placed behind.

"Erlang, I understand what you mean. Are you planning to use land to repay the soldiers?" Cui Shang took a deep breath and nodded.

He understood what Jiang Feng meant. The gentry clan was not the object that Jiang Feng could rely on now. At most, he was a partner who could use each other. The one who really relied on was now military soldiers. He would still be military soldiers for a long time in the future. Even in the future, the military soldiers would be Jiang Feng's foundation.

Because Jiang Feng himself was born into a commoner and had no background in a prominent gentry. Even if he might have a relationship with the success of his marriage and the gentry and prominent gentry in the future, Jiang Feng was very clear and he could rely on the army.

Now considering that other things are unrealistic delusions, for the benefit of the army, even if they temporarily harm the interests of the gentry and prominent families, they will do whatever they want.
Chapter completed!