Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() The year-end bonus given to the soldiers of the Runing Battalion was the result of discussions between Wu Shigong, Deng Qifan, Xue Yongli and other staff and military officers.Now that the Runing Battalion has grown, in order to maintain the loyalty of its officers and soldiers, ideological education is inevitable, but necessary material rewards are also indispensable.

This is just like a modern enterprise. In addition to paying attention to corporate culture, a successful company also has an annual salary increase and an increase in year-end bonuses, which is also an important means to win the loyalty of employees to the company.

Wu Shigong went on to say: "Our Runing Camp has developed to the present. Some of the brothers present here started their business with me at the beginning, and some joined halfway. Made a lot of things."

"However, when many brothers joined the Runing Camp, their families couldn't afford enough to eat. But now, no matter what, the brothers who follow this officer always have no worries about food and clothing at home."

"But is this enough? The Runing Camp still needs to develop, so can't the Runing Camp be able to give riches and honor to the brothers? There is no need to say anything else. This officer is here to guarantee that after this expedition Come back, brothers here, as long as you don’t have a family, I will arrange a wife for each of you!”

"Brothers, do you still think about the life of beating a bachelor?"

"I don't want to!" The atmosphere of the soldiers was suddenly mobilized.They answered loudly in unison, and then broke out into a burst of joyous laughter.

After laughing for a while, Wu Shigong pressed his hands down to make the soldiers quiet for a while, and then said: "This time, we will go to the extremely cold place in Liaodong. If it is not dangerous, then I am lying to you brothers."

"But this time the imperial court also mobilized troops from all over the country to gather outside the customs. We don't need our Runing Battalion to bear any heavy burdens for the battle. Anyway, there is a tall man to carry it."

"As long as we brothers unite together and obey the orders of our respective leading officers, this officer will guarantee that we will bring all the brothers back no matter what."

Wu Shigong's army has been established until now, and after each expedition, not to mention bringing back the dead and injured soldiers, even the ashes of the dead horses were brought back for burial, so Wu Shigong's promise did not arouse any doubts from any soldiers.

"But there are always casualties in war, and I am not willing to let brothers live on the tip of the knife for the rest of their lives. Therefore, I have also decided that the brothers who join our Runing camp only need to serve in our Runing camp for eight years. Retire and return home. In case of a war, the month of service is counted as two months. In other words, four years of service is equivalent to eight years of service.”

"Of course, when the service period expires, if there are brothers who are willing to extend their service, I will welcome them. If they are unwilling to extend their service, this officer will definitely not force them. However, the retired brothers will transfer to the local militia. In case of war, This also requires retired brothers to defend their hometown!"

"The specific retirement regulations will be announced to the brothers in detail in the future. But this policy will definitely be implemented."

In fact, since Wu Shigong's army was established, Wu Shigong has heard some officers' reflections. Some of his own soldiers and even some officers have become war-weary during years of intense military training and life-and-death battles.

Therefore, this time Wu Shigong also took advantage of the trend to launch the matter of retirement.With the guarantee of retirement, soldiers have some hope to escape the dangerous war.This also has a great effect on stabilizing the morale of the Runing Battalion.

Besides, forming a reasonable flow of soldiers in the Runing Battalion is also of great benefit to strengthening Wu Shigong's strength.Because through the flow of soldiers, the number of soldiers who receive complete military training will also increase.And those retired soldiers will also become the backbone of the military in the local militia to form the reserve army of the Runing Battalion, implicitly expanding the number and strength of Wu Shigong's army.

There is another point that only Wu Shigong himself knows.This is about to cause chaos in the world, and the wars are frequent. In fact, it is impossible for those retired soldiers to retire completely.Wu Shigong just gave them a hollow gnocchi to eat.

But Wu Shigong's concern for these soldiers can be said to be in place.When the world was in chaos, those retired soldiers would at most lament their own fate, no matter what, they couldn't blame Wu Shigong.

However, Wu Shigong's words did not arouse much reaction from the soldiers.It's not that they are unwilling to accept Wu Shigong's policy.After all, not all soldiers like to use their lives to gain a rich future in war, and the vast majority of soldiers still hope to live a stable life.Therefore, the soldiers still welcome Wu Shigong's policy.

But many soldiers are also used to the life of being paid as soldiers. They thought about what would happen to them and their families if they retired and could not get the military pay.Is it going to go back to the bitter days of the past?

As if he knew what his soldiers were thinking, Wu Shigong went on to say: "All retired soldiers don't have to worry, I won't leave you alone."

"In the future, there are two ways to receive military pay from soldiers. One is to pay in full, just like now, and the other is to only receive [-]% of the military pay. Moreover, the payment of this military pay is also a combination of silver and food stamps."

"Brothers who choose the second method of receiving can, after retiring from the military, each according to the status of their family members and the position in the Runing Camp, come to the official to receive more than [-] acres of land for themselves. As long as they pay to the official [-]% of the harvest land routine, this land can be passed down from generation to generation."

Wu Shigong's words immediately caused a sensation among the soldiers.Being able to own land, even under the name of Wu Shigong, is a great happiness for most of the soldiers who are peasants.

In fact, the amount of military pay deducted by the soldiers is quite small compared to the price of the land. It seems that Wu Shigong suffered a big loss.

However, in order to protect their own land, and because the land owned by those retired soldiers would be in danger of being taken away without Wu Shigong's protection, these people will become Wu Shigong's diehard loyalists intentionally or unintentionally.

Besides, in addition to reducing the payment of military pay in the near future, Wu Shigong will also increase the amount of food stamps in the distribution of military pay.This is also very beneficial for Wu Shigong to save the cash in his hand and extend the time for Wu Shigong's army's military pay.

Now Wu Shigong's food stamps actually have some currency functions.If it weren't for the fact that the Ming court also issued banknotes, Wu Shigong would have to avoid unnecessary troubles. Wu Shigong might have already printed the amount of coins on the food stamps instead of the amount of grain.

As for the tricks between the number of food stamps issued and the amount of grain Wu Shigong has in stock, any modern person with some modern financial knowledge can understand.Of course, in order to ensure his reputation, Wu Shigong still issues food stamps according to the quantity of grain in stock.When the conditions are ripe in the future, Wu Shigong will also issue at a premium.

Of course, if there is a big economic crisis in the future, Wu Shigong will definitely issue food coupons indiscriminately.As for inflation, Wu Shigong will not care about it either.At that time, Wu Shigong must have reached the time of life and death, so why not care about others?

After listening to Wu Shigong's words, all the soldiers present were silent for a moment, and then let out a burst of deafening cheers.The morale among the soldiers suddenly boiled to the extreme.

"Master is wise!"

"I would like to die for adults!"

"Kill all the Tartars!"

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The slogans were repeated one after another, and Wu Shigong smiled and nodded to the soldiers again and again.

Listening to those slogans, Wu Shigong thought to himself: "Kill all the Tartars! This time the Runing Battalion is preparing to escape. It is best not to meet any Tartars."

"However, in my two expeditions, the last time I was a tortoise, and this time I wanted to escape as a rabbit. This is the Ming Dynasty version of the tortoise and the hare race, and my own Runing camp has been reversed. However, this man is a tortoise again. Being a rabbit again, how awkward it sounds!"