For the military households of Datongwei, today is a festive day, and they are divided into fields.

Among the many military households, Wang Da's family was the first to get the land deed. This man in his forties was crying like a child just now, but at this time, he was sitting at home happily.

Wang Da’s family has seven people, and his father has long been gone, but his mother is still there.

In addition to his mother, Wang Da's family also has him and his wife, as well as his two sons and two daughters. The eldest son is seventeen years old this year and is at the age of getting married, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for military households to get married.

No one wants to marry his son to a military household, this is something everyone knows.

But now, the family has land, and the old mother has allocated five acres of land, the wife has five acres of land, the eldest son and himself have ten acres of land, and the two daughters have one five acres of land and the other three acres of land.

The youngest son was assigned to five acres of land, and the family was assigned to thirty-three acres of land.

These fields gave Wang Da hope. Although it was not enough to allow them to live a prosperous life, it was a hope. The eldest son no longer had to be a military household, and he no longer had to use his daughter to exchange his son for his kiss.

"Should we sell the land to a few acres?"

Wang Da’s wife is a woman in her thirties. She married Wang Da because of her marriage. The hard days of these years have made her look very haggard. She is a little old and has white hair on her temples.

Looking at his wife Li, Wang Da's eyes were still a little red, and he reached out to hold his wife's hand.

"No, no, I heard someone say a few days ago that many people are hiring people to work outside now. I will take my boss to see if I can find some work and earn some money back."

"When the time comes, we will definitely have a good New Year this year."

Li smiled and nodded and said, "We don't have cows or horses in our family. Although there is land, farming is also a problem! When the boss is about to get engaged, we have to build a house for him, and the second brother is not young anymore."

Listening to his wife's nagging, Wang Da didn't feel bored, but instead felt that this kind of life was fun.

Although the road ahead is difficult, life has hope. These seemingly difficult lives are something I never dared to expect before. Looking at his wife's nagging, Wang Da laughed and comforted: "It will be fine, it will be fine."

At this moment, Wang Da's son Wang Chao ran in from outside in a hurry, and was still out of breath.

Looking at his son, Wang Da let go of his wife's hand, stared at him and said, "Where did you go to the wild? Where is your brother? Don't you know when you're going to have a meal?"

Wang Chao didn't care about this, but said happily: "Dad, do you know what is being discussed outside? They are talking about recruiting soldiers, and the court is going to recruit soldiers!"

After hearing his son's words, Wang Da's face changed drastically. He stood up in horror and said, "Didn't you say that you will change your household registration for us?"

At this time, Wang Da was really scared. He had just had hope. If all the things he said to his wife were gone, Wang Da felt that the sky had collapsed. If he had never possessed them, he would not be afraid of losing them. Wang Da is really afraid of losing now.

Wang Chao waved his hand quickly: "Dad, no, it's not like that!"

"It's recruitment. Now it's going to be a storm outside. It's recruitment, it's voluntary. If you go to join the army, the court will give you a deposit of ten taels of silver. If you are selected, you will be given a deposit of one tael of silver every month."

Wang Da looked at his son in disbelief: "Who is talking nonsense?"

"Everyone outside said that they said that the emperor abolished the military households this time and distributed the fields to us, but no one could defend the city!" Wang Chao explained excitedly: "But the emperor cared about the bitter cold of the border army, so he took out money to recruit soldiers."

"According to the years of military service, the salary will increase, more than one year."

When Wang Da was excited when he heard this news, he still said in disbelief: "Impossible, right?"

Although he said this, Wang Da couldn't help but be moved. He also felt that his son was right and someone had to defend the city! If this could be true, then if he went there, wouldn't he be able to earn money for the family?

"Dad, I want to go!" Wang Chao looked at his father and said.

Wang Da was stunned, looked at his son, and angrily scolded: "What do you want to go? If you want to go, I will go too!"

"Dad, don't think about it!" Wang Chao saw his father angry, took a few steps before speaking: "I said that if you are over 16 years old and under 20 years old, my father will definitely not be able to go there. I can only go to our family."

Wang Da was silent, and after a while he shook his head: "Son, no."

"You are seventeen years old this year, and it's time to get married. Dad can't let you join the army. I will go out to see you tomorrow. They said there is a place to work, work hard, make more money, and make a marriage for you after the New Year."

However, Wang Chao's attitude was very firm, and he shook his head and said, "Dad, I want to kill the Tartars."

Before Wang Da could speak, Wang Chao continued, "The last time our Zhao Baihu went to the northwest to kill the Tartars, he made great contributions. He cut off three heads and the court gave 120 taels of silver."

"I heard that I have been promoted to a deputy family, and the child wants to make a name for himself."

Wang Daran was silent. He felt that he should let his son go, but at the same time he felt that it was inappropriate.

That night, countless people in Datong Military Town had such troubles.

Who released the news of recruiting soldiers? Of course it was Zeng Shengwu.

Governor's Office.

Zeng Shengwu sat in front of the table with some annoyance. Since the start of dividing the land, Zeng Shengwu has been busy. Fortunately, with the management of the young master, there have been a lot of messy things missing.

However, there are still many things, and it is very complicated. After all, we still need to prepare for the next recruitment.

Zhang Weixian walked in from outside at this time, and was exhausted. He had made him very tired these two days. However, he was in a good mood. Seeing the military households crying with joy, Zhang Weixian was very satisfied.

"Mr. Zeng, are you still busy?" Zhang Weixian looked at Zeng Shengwu and said with a smile: "This is not OK. It's time for dinner. Mr. Zeng hasn't eaten yet, so he is exhausted. He can't eat first!"

Zeng Shengwu glanced at Zhang Weixian and smiled bitterly helplessly, but he was indeed hungry.

After following Zhang Weixian, the food was quickly put on. Zeng Shengwu was not polite and started eating with Zhang Weixian. However, both of them were identities. Although they were very hungry, they still ate very politely.

After dinner, the servant removed the remaining soup and replaced it with hot tea. Then the two of them sat down to have tea and chat.

"The division of land is going smoothly. The next step is to abolish the military and recruit soldiers. Do Lord Zeng have any ideas?" Zhang Weixian looked at Zeng Shengwu and asked with a smile. In fact, he had already written a memorial to enter Beijing and wanted to stay in the northwest to train troops.

After looking at Zhang Weixian, Zeng Shengwu smiled and said, "I have to discuss this with General Ma and the others!"

The change of military household registration system to recruiting troops is a lot of things, and there are many things. The first thing to do is to determine is the number of recruits. It is impossible to maintain the current number of people and the court cannot afford it.

According to the current Datong Town, the 140,000 people, the settlement fee is 1.4 million taels per person. The salary of one or two taels per month is 1.4 million taels per person, the salary of one or two taels per month is 1.4 million taels per month, and the annual salary is 1.68 million taels per year. Adding the 1.4 million taels of the settlement fee is nearly 3 million taels. This has not been considered as military supplies such as equipment for war horses, food and other military supplies.

Even if it is not counted as the settlement fee in advance, the imperial court will have two million taels of people in the northwest for a year. This is too much for the imperial court and the burden is too heavy. This is just a military town in Datong, and the Ming Dynasty has nine sides.

Reducing the scale has become a necessary thing. In fact, Zeng Shengwu also learned that the warable soldiers in Xuanda only had 60% of the book number. After deducting the empty salary but the shortage was only about 50%.

Seventy thousand standing troops are enough to deal with Xuanda defense line. If the Oirat were defeated, then fifty thousand standing troops would be enough.

For 50,000 people, the settlement fee is 500,000 taels, and the monthly salary is 500,000 taels per year. If this fee is placed in the past, it would be unimaginable, but if it is placed in the present, it would not be a big problem.

With Xuanda’s existing equipment, if all the equipment is concentrated, it will be enough to build these 50,000 people into elites.

The reduction in the number of people means that many places need to be reduced, such as the number of fortresses, the distribution of troops and the garrison, everything needs to be changed. This is a systematic project and it is very troublesome.

Seeing that Zeng Shengwu was unwilling to say more to him, Zhang Weixian smiled and said, "I have already written a letter to His Majesty and stay in the northwest to participate in the military reform."

Zeng Shengwu was stunned. He originally thought that Zhang Weixian would return to Beijing after he was shocked, but he didn't expect that he would stay in Xuanda to participate in the military reform. But after thinking about it, he felt relieved. This young master had to travel all over Xuanda these days.

As for whether Zhang Weixian can stay, Zeng Shengwu is not worried at all. Who is this person?

Anyone can see the young master of the British Duke's Mansion and the popular man in front of His Majesty. His Majesty intends to train Zhang Weixian. Maybe in a few years, this young master will become the number one in the military.

Now people say that this young master is the leader of the young military faction.

This young and powerful sect is different from the former nobles and generals of the Governor's Office of the Five Army. They are more from the academy and from the Royal Martial Arts Hall. These people are younger, more rushing in, dare to fight and fight.

In addition to Zhang Weixian, there are also Wu Weiying, the young marquis of Gongshun Marquis’ Mansion, the young marquis of Xining Mansion, Liu Zhen, the son of Liu Xian, the left admiral of the Jing camp of the Fifth Army, and Ma Dong, the son of Ma Fang, the right admiral of the Jing camp of Ma Fang, who has already died.

In addition to being young, these people also have a very obvious label on them, that is, they are all new generation generals trained by the emperor.

Zeng Shengwu also knew that his Majesty often compared himself to Han Wu, which was very similar to Han Wu. In order to expel the Huns, Emperor Wu of Han also trained many famous generals, such as the famous Wei Qing and the famous Huo Qubing. In Zeng Shengwu's opinion, his Majesty was probably going to treat Zhang Weixian as Wei Qing.
Chapter completed!