Chapter 183: The Terror of Concession

The second update of today's two chapters.

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Giving benefits appropriately can boost the morale of the people, so that the leaders of the Qians who have received the benefits are happy to accept the rule, and Lu Zhe is very clear about this. He did not disappoint the leaders who stretched their necks to look at the generals, and stood up when Ji Bu and Yoshikane bowed their hands.

It was not a very loud voice, and Lu Zhe spoke in a very slow tone: "Those who have no service at home can get five catties of food, one and a half taels, and those who have people in the family can get ten catties of food, three and a half taels." ”

One herald after another passed on Lu Zhe's words, and the onlookers erupted in joyful cheers.

After receiving the reward again, the leaders began to have a thought in their hearts, the county lord really treated his subordinates differently, and the treatment of those who served in the family was different from those who did not serve.

In the crowd of onlookers, there were men in their families who had served in the army, and their faces were filled with joy and pride, and there seemed to be a hint of charity in their eyes when they looked at those whose families had no one to serve as soldiers.

Some of the people who received the war dividends were both happy and embarrassed and thought: "It's really embarrassing, after I go back, I must let men serve in the army, otherwise it will be too embarrassing!" ”

And it seems that wanting to serve in the army is not a simple matter in Nanjun, after Nanjun stabilized, Lu Zhe only carried out one recruitment, and there were less than 40,000 soldiers behind the scenes.

At present, the military structure of Nanjun is very special, most of the soldiers are the remnants of the six countries who moved south, accounting for 110,000 of the 190,000 troops in Nanjun, and 30,000 of them are county soldiers, 10,000 are reinforcements sent by Xianyang, and only 40,000 soldiers are recruited later.

Of the 180,000 soldiers, 55,000 of the 80,000 soldiers were from the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, and about 12,000 were from the orthodox Qin army. Only 13,000 people are native to South County.

"Meritorious soldiers, behead the enemy, promote one knight, reward one stone, reward two stones, and make ......" This time it was the turn of the soldiers below to burst into huge cheers, and Lu Zhe's voice had to increase: "...... Above the upper class, the commander of the army will be rewarded with an additional ten catties and two and a half taels, and the tun commander will be rewarded with an additional twenty catties and four and a half taels. Above the rank of doctor, the hundred will be rewarded with an additional five stones, ten and a half taels, and the five hundred lords will be rewarded with an additional ten stones, twenty and a half taels. Above the rank of the prince, the military marquis will be rewarded with an additional fifty stones, one hundred and a half taels. ”

The cheers were almost like to lift the sky open. The soldiers and officers had reason to be excited, and they were overjoyed by the generosity of the county lord.

"The families of the fallen soldiers," Lu Zhe waited for the cheers to stop: "Each family can get ten times the pension!" ”

The people who heard this were stunned, and the stunned look on their faces was enough to express their shock.

Since the Zhou royal family, conscripted soldiers who died in battle have never received a pension, and this is the first time they have heard that the relatives of the war dead can receive a pension.

There was no imaginary cheer that made Lu Zhe frown, and he looked around, seeing the stunned and shocked faces of the generals.

“…… In addition to the tenfold pension, you can receive one stone of grain and three and a half taels from the local government every month. Such subsidies last for five years. Those who have children in the family are given priority to be recruited by the army. ”

As soon as Lu Zhe's words fell, the sergeants on the platform took the lead in kneeling down on one knee, followed by the division of Ban Shengzhi directly below the platform kneeling on one knee. Then there were 40,000 soldiers, and everyone including Qianshou bowed to the ground, and among the hundreds of thousands of people, only Lu Zhe standing on the high platform stood alone.

It was as if the leylines were breathing, and a "Whew!" from nearly 300,000 people came out. ”。 After that, the earth-shaking "Banzai-Banzai-Banzai-" was constantly shouted, and the roar spread through the mountains and rivers. All the way to the end of the earth.

At present, "long live" is not a title used to call the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, it has always been a cheer for people to express their extreme joy and celebration in the Zhou royal family and even in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In the cheers, Lu Zhe's soul was greatly satisfied, his scalp trembled in the cheers, and goosebumps rose uncontrollably all over his body.

Yan Bi, who was kneeling under the platform, quietly looked up at Lu Zhe who was standing between heaven and earth and receiving cheers, from Yan Bi's perspective, Lu Zhe's figure became extremely majestic in the sun, giving people a feeling of surrendering heaven and earth in the sound of "long live".

"It's really getting more and more mature...... Yan Bi was so excited that she burst into tears, and she couldn't stop trembling and trembling: "This is really good!" ”

Senior generals such as Ji Bu, Gongwei, and Yoshikane, who were also kneeling on the ground, could see the black crowd below even if they knelt on the ground, and the scene of hundreds of thousands of people kneeling down to someone at the same time was the first time they saw it in their lives, and countless thoughts suddenly appeared in their hearts.

"It's vast!" Ji Bu clenched his fists, and he looked up at Lu Zhe with a serious face: "The eldest husband was born between heaven and earth, so it should be!" ”

Gongwei and Yoshikan buried their heads lower, and their heads were full of awe.

About five miles away from Jiangtai, Cao Ji and Xiang Bi listened to the whole process, listened to the subtle music with enthusiasm, heard the cheers and felt frightened, they looked at each other and were extremely curious about what was happening in front of them.

"I heard that the class victory ceremony is performed according to the traditional ceremony?" Xiang Wei was a little strange: "I don't know if Lu Dao is a gift for generals or a gift for princes?" ”

Cao Ji shook his head slowly, knowing that those etiquettes were basically collected by the First Emperor in Xianyang Palace, and the people who knew the Spring and Autumn Rites in the world did not exist in the people at all. He shook his head: "Listen to that music, not the old ritual music." ”

Xiang Wei blushed a little, and said, "No matter what kind of etiquette it is, listening to the cheers that came, Lu Shizhe has already gained a firm foothold in Nanjun." ”

Not long after, dozens of horsemen galloped from afar, and those knights were still roaring loudly as they rode across their horses, and listened carefully to relaying what was ahead.

Unconsciously, after listening to a general argument, he exclaimed: "God! Is Nanjun really so rich? Lu Shizhe is rewarding the whole county and the whole army, and the reward is so generous! ”

Cao Ji's face was also full of shock, and he was shocked and at the same time had a sense of fear in his heart.

There are more than 1.3 million people in Nanjun, so it should be between 200,000 and 220,000 households, and a household should take out at least 200,000 stone of grain for one stone, and there is also a reward for wealth, so how much grain and wealth should be taken?

The share of the reward is many, and it is not this that Cao is afraid of. He thought of Lu Zhe's terrible method. It is not difficult for him to imagine that the Qianshou of Nanjun who has been rewarded will definitely love Lu Shizhe even more, and with some civil affairs and publicity, the more than 1.3 million Qianshou of Nanjun will definitely be willing to die for Lu Shizhe!

"It's horrible!" Xiang Wei obviously also thought of this, "After the war is won, it will benefit the people, and while gaining the popularity of the people, it is still cultivating the militancy of the people, as long as it is a few more times, the Qianshou of Nanjun will be more eager for war than the Qin people in Guanzhong, so that the entire Nanjun will become a monster, always opening its claws and grinning fangs." Look at everyone like prey! ”

"Along the way, there are a lot of minerals in Nanjun, and Lu Shizhe is not short of money, so he dares to do that. Nanjun sent troops to Qianzhong County to seize countless grains and grass from Baiyue, and with the autumn harvest of Nanjun and Qianzhong County, Lu Shizhe mastered a large amount of grain, and he had the background to use this method. Cao Zhi looked at the iron-clad Xiang Debate, and then looked at the surrounding immigrants who were obviously eager to integrate into Nanjun: "Lu Shizhe is also opening up a large number of good governance, and using paid recruitment to make the heads of the people have work to do and get money. Give one to two years to South County. The entire Southshire will be fortified with fortifications. When the time comes, Nanjun, which has a well-established defense chain, and an army that has a strong desire for war, what do you think he will do? ”

Xiang Wei was speechless.

"For today's plan, we not only want to win over Lu Shizhe. I also have to hurry up and report everything I saw in Nanjun to the clan, and suggest that the patriarch should make a plan to let the Qin State turn the spearhead to Nanjun no matter what, otherwise we ......" swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and Cao Ji seemed to think of something: "I also want to suggest that the patriarch quickly contact the Baiyue people." Let the Baiyue people hurry up and send troops to Qianzhong County. A southern county is already terrible enough, if Lu Shizhe successfully digests Qianzhong County, what will happen at that time? It's going to be an unimaginable event! ”

Xiang Wei nodded in agreement. However, it seemed to hesitate for a moment: "It is understandable to let the spearhead of the Qin State turn to Nanjun, if Lu Shizhe focuses his energy on Baiyue, it doesn't seem to be a good thing for the anti-Qin cause, right?" ”

Cao Ji pondered for a while: "No, no matter what, we can't let Nanjun develop, so it is in our best interest to let Nanjun fall into a two-front battle." As for the anti-Qin cause......" paused and thought for a while, "Okay, let's meet with Lu Shizhe first, and see if he is willing to use the wealth of Nanjun to fund other rebel armies, if he is willing, it is better to say, and he is not willing to encourage the Baiyue people to retaliate against Nanjun." ”

It's easy to say, but Xiang Wei kept frowning, and he wanted to say something but didn't say it.

The Xiang clan is related to Baiyue, but no matter which branch of Baiyue is not a subordinate of the Xiang clan, whether it is Ouyue's translation of the Song Dynasty, or Minyue's Su Wuzhu, or Ouluo's enlightened pan, those Baiyue's alliance chieftains will not act at all because of Xiang's will.

The victory ceremony of Nanling was over, and the army began to return to the military camp in Gangneung with the sound of the order, but the leaders of the Qianqian stayed in place to revel.

Lu Zhe didn't plan to return to Jiangling today, he led a group of generals and civil officials to walk around Nanling, which could be regarded as taking a good break with a group of cronies.

On more than one occasion, the man in charge of the supplies in Nanjun had whispered that the bounty was too heavy, and that the treasury of Nanjun would be empty if he came a few more times.

Many people heard the complaints, and at first they just laughed, and then they looked at each other angrily when they felt that it was too bad for the scenery.

When Lu Zhe noticed it, he was already arguing with Yan Bi.

"The money that can be spent is money, and it is just some moldy money in the treasury. The captured grain was enough for the army for three years, and it was worth it to give less than half a year's worth in exchange for the joy of the whole South County. Lu Zhe's tone was full of relaxation, and he said more bluntly to the henchmen who were listening: "We are all outsiders, don't expect to be able to win the hearts of the people of Nanjun just by protecting the territory and the people." War is inevitable, it is cheaper to maintain the people's hearts and minds at a small price than anything else, and without a stable southern county, how can we deal with external threats? For this reason, I don't really value these things, which, if defeated, will become the wealth of other victors. ”

Hearing this, he still felt a little pity, and looked at Lu Zhe with a blank eye: "There is a lot of wealth in the treasury, but the grain really can't be rewarded anymore, after all, this year is a special year, and the grain harvest in the coming year will not be more than this year." ”

Lu Zhe didn't say anything, but Ji Bu said loudly: "After robbing Qianzhong County and Lingnan, how can there be no food!" ”

He glanced at Ji Bu, who was a little vigorous, and asked rhetorically, "Can you guarantee to grab more?" ”

Ji Bu turned his head to say something to Lu Zhe, and Lu Zhe waved his hand to stop their quarrel.

"The war against Baiyue should continue," Lu Zhe glanced at Yoshikane, "This battle of Hengshan County shows a lot of problems, and I want to solve these things in the next battle of Qianzhong County." ”

Yi Jian said "uh", some grievances and some puzzled...... (To be continued......)