The last three kingdoms

Chapter 333 Recruitment
With generous treatment and conditions, Liu Yin's recruitment went relatively smoothly.Longyou is no different from the south, the food can only be matured once a year, and the land in Longyou is barren and the climate is harsh. Although the territory is vast, the people's life is still quite difficult due to the extensive planting and low income coupled with heavy taxes.For ordinary people, eating food and being a soldier is a way out. Seven out of ten of the troops Deng Ai brought to Yinping were children from Yongliang. Yongliang soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and they have always been the main source of soldiers for the Wei army where.

The terms Liu Yin offered were much more generous than those offered by the Wei army. In addition to the food and salary, Liu Yin also stipulated that all Yongliang children who enlisted in the army would be exempted from taxes and corvee for one year, and the future taxes would also be halved. Soldiers who were killed or disabled in battle, in addition to being paid generous pensions, their families would be exempted from taxes forever.

I have to say that Liu Yin's policy is very tempting. During the Three Kingdoms era, wars were frequent. Whether it was Shu Han or Wei Wu, the ratio of soldiers to people (note: the people here refers to the registered household registration, and also refers to the taxpayer population, excluding hidden households) They all reached a ratio of one to ten, which means that every ten people must support one soldier.In fact, it is far more than this number. The sum of officials from all over the country is not a small number. There are [-] officials in one state of Shu alone. It can be seen how many officials Wei, which owns ten states, has. People come to provide for them.

The tax rate of one thirty taxes in the Han Dynasty has long existed in name only. In order to meet the huge war needs, the exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes imposed on the common people have reached appalling levels. , there is almost no one in ten, especially in the Yongliang area. Because the land is close to the front line of the war zone, the burden on the common people is even heavier.

After Liu Yin entered Longyou, he did not announce a tax reduction policy. Firstly, all future military expenditures of the Shu army will depend on local taxes. Cutting taxes is equivalent to tightening their belts. Second, the common people Everyone has a mentality of inertia. It is easy to lower taxes, but raising them again will inevitably cause public dissatisfaction. It is better to maintain the status quo.

Of course, it is not impossible to obtain tax reduction or exemption. Based on the principle of who pays, who enjoys, as long as he enlists in the army, his family can get the new tax policy that will be halved after the year's reduction and exemption. Liu Yin wants to let the common people understand that, It is impossible for pies to fall from the sky for no reason, only by paying can there be rewards.

Liu Yin's policy is undoubtedly to tie the people of Yongliang to his chariot. At the same time, Liu Yin also stipulates the level of rewards for military merit. One can get a little military merit for beating an enemy, and the collection of military merit can be exchanged for official land. In exchange for ten acres of fertile land or equivalent money and silk, the highest first-class military merit can be promoted to general, marquis and noble.

The reason why the Qin State was strong and able to annex the six countries was because the Qin State implemented the military merit system, no matter how high or low they were born, anyone with military merit could be promoted. The powerful combat effectiveness of the Qin army is unmatched by the other six countries.

But in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the gentry economy dominated the world. The so-called upper class has no poor family, and the lower class has no noble family.

Liu Yin broke this stereotype and reintroduced Qin's military rewards. This is undoubtedly more touching than tax relief. After all, those who live at the bottom of society are not all cowardly and obedient. Among them, there will also be people with ideals and ambitions who try to change their own destiny. They are eager to obtain a higher social status and to be able to stand out.

The implementation of the military merit system will inevitably bring hope to these people. Only by seizing this opportunity can they change their lives facing the loess and back to the sky.But opportunities and challenges also coexist. Enlisting in the army can certainly change the future and destiny, but it is also the result of licking blood and fighting for life on the battlefield. Liu Yin wants to use the military merit system to tell every enlistee that opportunities are equal , If you want to get a bigger reward, if you want to get a higher status, you have to pay more.

With the support of two favorable policies, Liu Yin's entire recruiting operation went smoothly. In more than ten days, a total of more than 1 people were recruited. With the total population of Longyou area only 50 million, it is possible to It is indeed commendable to recruit [-] strong men.

The more than 1 people Liu Yin took the lead in enriching the Tiger Cavalry Battalion and Tiger Battalion of the Chinese Army. Those who could ride horses and understand riding skills were given priority to be hired as cavalry, and the rest were incorporated into the Tiger Battalion.

This time when the new recruits joined the army, Liu Yin did not set up a separate organization, but inserted them all into the old army's organization, and used the old to bring in the new to incorporate fresh blood.The Huqi camp and the Hubu camp were also divided into two, and the Huqi left camp and Huqi right camp, Hubu left camp and Hubu right camp were set up respectively. Fu Zhu and Fu Mo, the two sons of Fu Qian, followed from the battle of Yinpingdao. Following Liu Yin, he started as a military marquis and rose all the way to Sima and Xiaowei. This time, Liu Yin promoted them as Zhonglang generals, commanding the right battalion of Huqi and the right battalion of Huqi, and the left battalion of Huqi and the left battalion of Hubu. The battalion officers were still Deng Pu and Gao Yuan.

Longyou was the most important horse-producing area of ​​Cao Wei. Almost half of the war horses came from Longyou. After Liu Yin took Longyou, the Tiger Cavalry Battalion, which had been reduced to infantry, turned into cavalry again.In addition to the [-] war horses donated by Yang Xin, the prefect of Jincheng, Liu Yin collected nearly [-] war horses from Longxi Tianshui, Nan'an and other counties. Quite a few, the Tiger Cavalry Battalion really felt like a shotgun change this time.

Different from the terrain of Yizhou, the land of Guanlong is mostly plains, and cavalry is an indispensable force for fighting here. A high-quality cavalry team has a combat capability that is several times higher than that of infantry. The main reason for the expansion of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion is to fight against the Wei army in Guanlong. It is necessary to use cavalry to control cavalry and gain an overwhelming advantage in cavalry.

Deng Ai is deeply worried about this. High-quality cavalry cannot be formed successfully in a day or two. Deng Ai has seen the combat ability of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion. Compared with the real Yongliang Jinqi, the combat ability is poor Once the battle started, it would be very difficult for the Tiger Cavalry Battalion to defeat the Cao Wei cavalry.

However, Liu Yin is confident, because he has a real trump card in his hand, which is enough to improve the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion in the shortest possible time.

(End of this chapter)