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286 Buying the Military Heart

If you lie beside the bed, how can you allow others to sleep?

Liaodong is the foundation of Dong Kefu, and he must take Liaodong in his own hands. Although the Great Sui Dynasty is in chaos, the main army in the court is still there, and Dong Kefu is only hanging over Liaodong overseas. If he rebels now, Yang Guang could only send troops to Beiping County to lock him up in Liaodong, and even if the troops advance a little more and block them west of the Liaohe River. With the current strength of the Great Sui Dynasty, Dong Kefu may not win. It is very likely that he and the Great Sui Dynasty both suffered losses, and the last ones were the peasant army in the Central Plains and those aristocratic families.

Dong Kefu would never do anything to do wedding clothes for others. At present, he continued to impose a slap in vain with Yang Guang, and accumulated strength on one side to completely control the Liaodong troops. On the other hand, he was also watching the world's storm and stood up, making him unwilling to do what others picked up. But he wanted to stand on the city tower and see the mountain scenery. When the Central Plains Peasant Army and the Great Sui army were greatly damaged, and when the Great Sui ruled the heavens were angry and resentful, he would go down the mountain like a tiger and kill with one blow.

However, although this strategy was established, the Liao King and a group of veterans entering Liao also made Dong recover with great pressure. None of these characters is simple, and the other is not good. Liaodong is even likely to evolve unconsciously by them.

If he wants to prevent things from moving in this bad direction, then Dong Kefu will follow his soldiers and be dissatisfied with the court. At the moment, the first day of the officials entering Liao, this is a great opportunity to change the reward. Although he did not want to make a big splash, he could arouse the dissatisfaction of the soldiers with the court through this matter, and even turn to the dissatisfaction of these local officials who represented the court from the east, deepening their conflicts.

Yang Lai stood there, looking at the noisy school grounds below, and then heard that there were many soldiers and families outside, and his face turned pale. He didn't expect that on the first day he entered Liaoyang City, he was still very satisfied with Liaoyang City on the street, but why did he suddenly become like this?

His first reaction was to protect his safety. This time he brought five thousand guards, but when he entered the city, he only brought a team of fifty guards, and the rest were all camped outside the Xicheng Gate. Seeing these moving officers, Yang Liang could not guarantee whether these people would do anything wrong.

Recruiting the personal guards around you, "You go to the military camp outside the city immediately, pass on my orders, and ask General Yang to transfer five thousand guards into the city to quickly."

The officers in the school ground were becoming more and more noisy. Jishi saw the trend of being out of control under the leadership of many spies from the Jinyiwei of the Investigation Office. Yu Juluo, Tu Wanxu, Dong Chun and others were all veterans in the army for many years. They naturally knew that the mutiny of the soldiers was the same as the military camp at night. Once things were out of control, the Qiu Ba who was in the movement would really do something that no one could think of without hesitation.

The army mutiny is no more than the peasant mutiny. Once they mutiny, the entire Liaoyang City and even the entire Liaodong may have unimaginable consequences. Li Benlei was very anxious when he saw these past orders, the three armies suddenly changed from officers to this. He was determined to be a pure soldier, and the appearance of these soldiers in front of him made him feel shocked. It is easy for these people to move, but if they do something like mutiny, then what they will face next is something they cannot bear.

Yu Juluo was tall and saw Dong Kefu standing there without saying anything at first sight. He walked over with thoughtful thought.

"Master Dong, the following officers are your old subordinates. Now you are the military officials of Liaodong and the seven counties in Liaodong. You are also the military of the court. Don't let them cause any trouble at this time, otherwise Master Dong will definitely know the consequences of these people. At that time, I'm afraid that Lord Dong can escape. Lord Dong, please come forward and stop them, and you can't continue the trouble." Yu Juluo is a veteran general in the army, so he naturally knows the traditions of the army. His subordinates will generally give a warning to the newly appointed generals. If the general is capable and hammered, then the new official will take office with three fires and kill the powerful sticks to hammer these subordinates. But if the general is incompetent, it will be difficult for these subordinates to admire them in the future. Generally, such generals cannot stay in a military force for a long time.

In Yu Juluo's opinion, the current irritation of these soldiers and horses, even if it was not arranged by Dong Kefu, was definitely the result of his indulgence. Otherwise, he would not believe that Dong Kefu, with such an army without any military discipline, could win consecutive battles in such a short time and finally destroy Goguryeo.

Dong Kefu smiled and said, "What does Yu Taishou mean? Everyone thinks this is planned by our official...

? If this is spread, it will be a slander for me." "No, I misunderstand what I mean. I mean, although the court's actions are a bit inappropriate, the court also has difficulties for the court, otherwise it would not have done so. However, it is not a matter for the soldiers to make such a fuss. If there is always something too much, then these soldiers will be guilty at that time. These are all soldiers led by me. You will have the heart to see that they will make irreparable mistakes because of today's move in the future?" Yu Juluna stared at Dong Kefu with her eyes tightly.

Fan Zigai, who was in his seventies, also came over, "Mr. Dong, now you are not only left behind in Liaodong, but also have the military service of these seven counties in Liaodong. These soldiers are still your subordinates. If something happens to them today, you will have a lot of responsibility."

Outside the campus, countless people were already coming at this time, and even soldiers and horses that were originally stationed in the city were lined up. The rumbling footsteps and the noisy shouts of the people suddenly turned the originally joyful Liaoyang into a dry volcano.

Yu Wenhua had already sent people at this time, but the five thousand soldiers and horses from outside the city were transferred into the city just in case. At this time, the soldiers and horses outside the city were not able to arrive. He hurriedly squeezed into Dong Kefu's face, "Brother Pojun, it seems that these Qiu Ba are willing to listen to you. You must come forward and explain to them clearly. This is not our intention to change the reward. This is the will of the court. It will be useless for them to cause trouble like this."

Among the people, Su Wei was the only one standing aside and silent. He had been in Liaodong for almost two months, and he had a deep understanding of this young Dong Kefu. Liaodong is Dong Kefu's territory. With Dong Kefu, there is Dong Kefu, no matter whether he did something today, there is no need to worry. He knew that things would be solved in the end. Since Yang Guang could not tolerate him in the court and sent him to Liaodong, he would definitely stay in Liaodong for a long time in the future. Su Wei has now understood a very smooth ability, which is a way to protect himself. Even at this moment, by grade, he is the third person second only to Liao King and Dong Kefu among everyone, but he seems to be fine.

Yang Lai bowed to Dong Kefu and said to Dong Kefu, "Sir Dong, you really need to calm this matter."

Dong Kefu shook his head, "What do you guys and the prince mean? Do you think it's me behind the scenes that I can't do it?"

Everyone shook their heads. It was not easy to offend Dong and recover at this time. Let's calm the matter down first.

Dong Kefu was silent and said in embarrassment, "The court's decision this time is indeed a bit too sudden, and these people can't accept it at once. I didn't know that this would be the result. Otherwise, I would not gather the officers to listen to the order. If it were conveyed in the army level, such a thing would not happen. It would be difficult to calm this matter. However, Your Majesty also mentioned in his decree that all reward exchanges will be discussed with you. If we can set the conditions for reward exchanges to be more generous, I believe that the soldiers should be able to accept it.

Fan Zigai and others looked at each other and nodded, "There are more people in Liaodong, and it doesn't matter if you divide more places. I think it's better as the adults say, and the conditions are improved, so as to help these soldiers as soon as possible."

We just arrived in Liaodong and were not sure, so Lord Dong would make the decision in full." "Since you all handed over this matter to me, I will no longer refuse." Dong Kefu nodded, and he also realized that there was a trend of completely out of control below. Moreover, more and more people came from outside. If the matter was delayed, he would not dare to guarantee that he would be able to control it.

Walking to the front of the parade platform, Dong Kefu reached out and pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, and pointed to the sky with a clang. "Stand firm!"

It seemed as if he was back on the battlefield, the officers below had queued up in their previous training. Dong Kefu yelled stupidly, and the soldiers subconsciously looked up and stood firm, waiting for the next order.

"Do you remember why you joined the army?"

"Do you remember what I said to you when we captured this city on that rainy night?"

Dong Kefu shouted loudly at the quiet schoolyard, and a powerful voice came from Xu Yuan.

"Did you come for official positions and money when you joined the army?" "I remember clearly that in that dark night, you and you, the people who were mostly civilians, suddenly took the Liaodong City. Just on the Dongcheng Tower, I told you that we stayed in Liaodong and did not choose to retreat to the new city, but took the initiative to attack Liaodong City. Our purpose was to defeat the ambitious Goguryeo people, so that they no longer had a day to cross the Liaohe River, and no longer had the opportunity to burn and kill our fellow tribes and brothers and sisters in the Central Plains." With one roar, Dong Kefu's roar calmed everyone down. Not only in the schoolyard, but also the people who had just arrived outside the schoolyard stopped and stood there and listened.

"At that time, what we thought was not fame or fortune, nor profit! What we thought of was to use our flesh and blood to protect our relatives behind us. Now we have won, and we have defeated the Goguryeo people with our own hands and pacified Liaodong. For this reason, we have died too many brothers and comrades. Compared to them, you should feel more lucky, because there are still many brothers who have not even waited for this moment."

"Now, the court has the difficulties of moving the court. It is an order to change the previous rewards and exchange military merit rewards for fields. It does not mean that all the achievements you have fought before will be erased. Brothers, it is already a blessing to survive dozens of wars. Now, the court has decided to exchange military merit rewards for fields, and everyone should not be dissatisfied. I have just discussed with you and the prince, and this exchange will be fully presided over by the general.

Dong Kefu pointed at the sky with his sword and shouted, "Brothers, on the battlefield, you believe in me again and again, with blood on the sword, gun, and fearless. Now, I personally preside over the exchange of military merits. Do you still believe me?" Believe! We believe in the commander." Several loud roars sounded in the schoolyard.

One shout after another sounded, and everyone expressed their belief in the Marshal and believed that the Marshal could help them exchange it fairly.

The voice gradually merged into a neat roar, "Believe! Believe! Believe!" Dong Kefu put down his sword and lifted it flat, and the soldiers in the schoolyard quieted down.

"Okay, you choose to believe me, and I will not let you down. Now I announce that in the military merit book, every first-level merit is exchanged for twenty acres of land, and in addition, the money rewards in the original merit book are exchanged for two acres of land. On the other battlefields, the various military merits are divided into ten levels, the lowest ten levels, and the military merit is ten acres at a time, and the highest level is one hundred acres at a time.

All the officials who were revoked this time after the promotion were replaced by 100 acres of land from the ninth rank official position and 150 acres of land in the ninth rank, which is accumulated. The maximum of 1,000 fields, calculated by the cancelled level, will be exchanged for acres of land."

There were three types of rewards in total, one was promoted, one was the military merits that had not been exchanged on the military merit book, and the other was the money rewards that had been determined in the previous decree. At present, these three types, whether they were agreed to, money, or unexchanged military merits, will be directly converted into fields in Liaodong. In fact, after each battle, Dong Kefu's rewards have been fulfilled. However, that was not the imperial court, but the Liaodong army. Now Dong Kefu continues to take them out and redeem them to the soldiers with the previous rewards.

Whether it is an officer or a soldier, every soldier, will have military merits in every battle, from the lowest tenth level to the highest first level, and the first level is calculated separately. Even in wartime, soldiers from the logistics battalion who only transported equipment in the back formation will also be awarded a tenth level of merit. In this way, the exchange conditions given by Dong Kefu before were already quite thick. If a soldier participates in the battles of 20 to 30, even if he determines a tenth level of merit every time, this is considered as military merit and can be exchanged for 20 to 30 acres.

Even if the officers on the field are like a gang leader, they can exchange them for rewards of various military merits and positions, and they can exchange them for at least four or five hundred acres of land. Most of the senior generals in the army can even exchange for thousands of acres of land.

Such conditions made the officers on the field, the military families and soldiers outside the school and the soldiers were very happy.

"In addition, all soldiers injured in the war will also be identified as disabled by the lowest level ten to the highest level, ten acres, and one hundred acres. In addition, all soldiers who died in the battle will be given pensions according to their military ranks, with the lowest level one hundred acres of privates, 120 acres of corporals, 140 acres of sergeants, 160 acres of sergeants, 180 acres of honorary warrant officers, and 20 acres of lieutenants. In this way, 20 acres of lieutenants will be added to each level. Moreover, the families of the fallen soldiers can also divide a piece of land in Liaodong according to the level of all soldiers before their lifetime."

With this opportunity, it is necessary to make the soldiers dissatisfied with the court, but it is also to buy the hearts of the soldiers in the army. Since it is to win the hearts of the people, the building of Krashu naturally opened at a high level, and it is almost hundreds of acres at any time. Not only are the soldiers, but there are also disabled, and there will be no less of the ones killed in the battle. At this time, the people in the Central Plains had generally equal land of 80 acres, but now the land of equal land is basically no more. Young people generally cannot get the land. But now the building of Krashu is extremely generous. In this way, excluding the previously divided by people and the rewards in the army, each soldier can get at least two or three hundred acres of land, and the whole family has at least three or four hundred acres of land. Even if it is divided into three guns and plows, it is equivalent to one hundred acres of land in the Central Plains. This is a great wealth.

Fan Zigai was the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and often dealt with people's livelihood. When he heard the conditions offered by Dong Kefu, he was shocked. After all, the other soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty should not be envious and fearful. If he also wanted such treatment, he would not cause trouble in other places.

"Sir, is this condition too generous?

You see, although there are many lands in Liaodong, there will be other people moving in in the future. Another thing is to say, if you have such generous conditions in Liaodong, will it be difficult for the soldiers in other places of the Sui Dynasty to dissatisfie? Otherwise, what if it is reduced by half?" Fan Zigai moved and forgot that there were still thousands of officers below, and there were several military families outside the school grounds. He opened his mouth and said it loudly.

As soon as he spoke, he also noticed that the sound was a little loud and the occasion was wrong. Sure enough, the soldiers in front had heard his words. One by ten, ten by hundreds, and the other by the cross-section, after a while, thousands of people below all looked at him, and everyone's eyes were full of anger. The previous rewards were changed to fields, and everyone was unwilling to accept them. Suddenly, Dong Kefu came forward in person and took out such generous exchange conditions, so they agreed happily. But they never thought that the old man ran out again to stop him.
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