In front of Ye Hua, dozens of young people stood upright. They all tried to keep their chests straight and look more energetic.

Ye Hua had a black face, walked from left to right, and from right to left, and his sharp eyes made several people creepy.

Zhao Yusheng, who was standing in the first place, couldn't bear it anymore, he felt like a recruit who made a mistake during the exercise.

"Master Hou, if there is anything wrong with the lowly positions, please give me advice, and we will correct it!"

The others also nodded, "That's right, Master Hou, the big guys are all soldiers, go straight, even if it is a knife and axe, we won't frown!" ”

Ye Hua finally stopped, and he let out a long sigh.

"You are meritorious people, of course you didn't make a mistake, I'm afraid that I was wrong and pushed you all into the fire pit!" Ye Hua looked worried.

The soldier next to Zhao Yusheng was called Xie Meng, he shook his head vigorously, and said in disbelief: "Master Hou will not harm us, but I am afraid that we have no ability and cannot complete Master Hou's task, and we will be embarrassed by the brothers in the army!" ”

Ye Hua finally smiled, "Of course I'm happy that you can think so, but it's easy to say, but things are hard to do." The next task for you is too heavy, I'm afraid you won't be able to carry it! ”

Zhao Yusheng patted his chest and said unconvinced: "Master Hou, the brothers are not even afraid of death, what else can not be done!" ”

Ye Hua shook his head, "The hardest thing in this world is death, but the easiest thing is death." You all crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and death is just a matter of a sword, a sword, and a closed eye, and the task I have given you is to be conscientious and conscientious for decades, and to manage yourself, your family and friends. There are countless pairs of eyes staring at you, as long as there is the slightest mistake, someone will jump out, make irresponsible remarks, pick fat and thin, insult and accuse, accuse and frame, in short, any means will come to you! ”

Listening to Ye Hua's words, Zhao Yusheng and the others couldn't help but change color, and swallowed and spat with difficulty, "Master Hou, how about changing a few people?" ”

Ye Hua glared at them, and said angrily: "If you get on the thief ship, you can't get off, it's yours to live or die, no one wants to run!" ”

A few people didn't dare to play tricks, Xie Meng scratched his head, "Master Hou, it's so serious, you don't know what you want us to do?" ”

"What I asked you to do is to be a good official!" Ye Hua said seriously.

Zhao Yusheng let out a long breath, that's all, it should be on the knife mountain and the oil pot!

He was puzzled, "Master Hou, what kind of difficulty is this?" Dedication to duty is our duty, and we will definitely do a good job! ”

Ye Hua chuckled lightly and looked at the others, "Presumably you and him have the same thoughts, right?" But I tell you, military service as an official has disappeared for almost a thousand years! You are also the first batch in the millennium, you yourself say, is it important to be heavy? ”

These dozen or so people were bluffed by Ye Hua and changed their faces and colors, they couldn't believe it, the first batch in the past thousand years, this is too exaggerated, right?

Not to mention, Ye Hua was named the champion Hou by virtue of his military exploits, and served as the envoy of the Xiong'an Army, no matter what, they are not the first batch!

Ye Hua shook his head, these stupid boys, where do you understand the key!

Conferring knighthood for military merit is a popular practice in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, among which the Qin Dynasty's 20-level military merit title system is the most famous. It is precisely by relying on this set of incentive methods that the tiger and wolf division of the Qin Dynasty can sweep Liuhe and dominate the world.

According to the provisions of the Shang Dynasty Reform Law, as long as the soldiers of the Qin State beheaded the enemy's "armor", they could obtain a first-class title, a hectare of land, a house and a servant, and the more heads they killed, the higher the title they obtained, and the greater the corresponding power, they could be exempted from forced labor, not worship officials, and even directly hold important positions in the court.

After the implementation of this set of military merits, the soldiers of the Qin State were brave in public war, timid in private fights, and fierce and brave in every war. swept away the Six Kingdoms, completely ended the era of the division of princes, and advanced history to the era of dynasties, you must know that this feat was two thousand years ahead of the world.

It was not until 1806 that Emperor Franz II was forced to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire and renounce the title of Emperor. This move is roughly similar to the Qin State swallowing two weeks and taking off the hat of King Zhou. And then the Qin State swept away the Six Kingdoms, unified the world, abolished the feudal divisions, and carried out the counties, but the emperor was defeated at Waterloo...... Therefore, the East has maintained a unified empire for more than 2,000 years, and after 2,000 years, the West is still a plate of scattered sand, dozens of countries, intriguing with each other, and there is no day of reunification!

The power of the military merit lord is absolutely at the level of a nuclear weapon.

The Han Dynasty inherited the old system of the Qin Dynasty and implemented a similar system.

However, with the peace of the world, the system of military merit awarding knights existed in name only.

The imperial court elected officials to use checks, conscriptions, nine grades of zhongzheng, and even the imperial examination.

Although in all dynasties, there have been generals who have risen step by step by virtue of their military exploits, held important positions, and even made marquis and king, but this is for individuals, not for all soldiers, nor for Gan Lin, just a few generals and commanders.

At most, the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions and beheaded will only be rewarded with money or promoted to official positions, and there is no other treatment, which is completely different from the Qin and Han dynasties, when they are victorious, tens of millions of people are rewarded and knighted.

Someone is going to ask, what did Ye Hua do this time?

He gave Chai Rong a suggestion to let the meritorious soldiers enter the local yamen and serve as small officials.

The influence of this move is definitely no worse than that of the military meritorious, and even surpassed!

Take the dozen or so people in front of Ye Hua as an example.

Zhao Yusheng killed eight Shatuo soldiers, returned to the locality, and served as a county lieutenant, responsible for hunting down thieves and maintaining law and order, and he was the highest official among these people.

Others, some in charge of warehouses, some in charge of prisons, some in charge of road repairs, some in charge of taxation, each with their own duties......

Each of the twelve states in Hedong needs at least a few hundred officials, in other words, this time there will be thousands of meritorious soldiers who will be awarded official positions.

Of course, the army also needs talents, and there are many meritorious soldiers who are unwilling to be petty officials, so deduct these people, at least take out more than 2,000 people from the army, and enrich the yamen at all levels.

Their positions are not high, they have little power, and they may seem insignificant, but don't forget, more ants can bite elephants to death. Among these people, as long as one-tenth or one-percent can climb to the county order level, or a higher position, it is enough to attack the civil service system and form a situation of competing with the literati in the imperial examination.

They started by virtue of military merits, and they were born to be allies with martial artists, with these people, civilian officials want to bully martial artists, so they have to weigh whether they have this strength.

For ordinary people, if they want to be an official and get ahead, there is one more way, in addition to the imperial examination, they can also join the army, make military merits, and then go to the local government to serve as a small official...... Looking down from above, the county orders are all sesame officials, and you can look up from below, even if they are ordinary officials, they are also enviable officials!

There are definitely countless people who flock to it and yearn for it.

And in this way, it will attract more excellent people to join the army, and the status of the warriors will also be greatly improved, in short, there are many benefits.

"The so-called success of a general, thousands of brothers, how many people can survive to the level of generals?" Ye Hua said earnestly: "Battlefield recruitment, swords have no eyes, the time suitable for being a soldier is only a few years, you can't be old and frail, and you still have to fight hard with knives and guns!" It is even more impossible for all the brothers who have made meritorious contributions to be promoted to generals. Leaving the army and going to work as a local official is a way out for the big guys. Your Majesty was gracious and merciful to everyone, and agreed to my suggestion. You are the first meritorious people to serve as officials. ”

"You can do a good job, become a capable official, an honest official, and become an example for the world. I can justify the name and ask the saints to arrange more meritorious brothers into the yamen. Kill the enemy on the battlefield and go home to become an official. Who would dare to look down on Takefu? ”

Ye Hua said again: "If you don't make a face, bend the law for bribes, make profits stupid, and can't bear the responsibility, you lose your official position and resign, it's no big deal, but the other brothers, I'm afraid they will never have a chance again, they can only suffer in the army, or go back to suffer the white eyes of others, do you understand?" ”

These dozen people, from Zhao Yusheng and below, Xie Meng, Peng Xiaodong, and a few others, all felt the pressure like a mountain, which was really a bit big!