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After the great victory at Maoshan, the Wei tribe gathered more than 100,000 Ming army prisoners in Nanjing.

Those who are selected and settle down as civilians will be paid a severance pay and be given land (according to the rules of the Ministry of Agriculture, it is equivalent to a tenant farm, but the rent is much lower than that of the landlord). Farmers only have the right to use and sublease once. Second subletting is not allowed.), and rations, seeds, and agricultural tools must be loaned.

Because only in this way can the eliminated soldiers be able to farm with peace of mind.

Of course, for those who really don't want to be farmers, Weibu also arranges another place to go, that is, to become an engineering soldier of Weibu.

You need to follow the orders from above to carry out various projects, such as water conservancy projects, roads and bridges, city construction, etc.

Although it seems to be the work of hard labor, the daily workload is definitely less than that of hard labor. The most important thing is that there is a salary and there is a certain promotion path.

As for those prisoners who have passed the selection and been incorporated into the People's Liberation Army, the Garrison Army or even the Standing Army, the Ministry of Health will provide one to two months of additional military pay depending on the situation.

In the past few days, the selection of these Ming army prisoners has been completed. Among the more than 110,000 people, there are more than 40,000 who need to settle down as civilians, and more than 70,000 are willing to continue to join the army and meet the recruitment conditions of the Kuei tribe.

To reorganize and settle these Ming army prisoners, and in addition to the fact that the Yi tribe already has hundreds of thousands of troops in southern Zhili, the money and food consumed every month is a huge amount.

Although Weibu had confiscated the properties of three vassal palaces and many evil gentry and bullies before, and the family was quite strong, it would not be able to sustain it if there was no significant income for a long time.

Liu Sheng knew that the noble family of Nanjing Ming Dynasty must have a lot of wealth, but he did not expect so much.

He gained so much from just one Xinchengbo, which made Liu Sheng look forward to the properties of other Nanjing dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty even more.

Of course, Weibu is not a bandit and will not directly send troops to raid these people's homes for no reason.

But as nobles of the Ming Dynasty, they themselves stood on the opposite side of the Yi army. Not to mention, these nobles are somewhat unclean, and have even done many things that are not in compliance with the laws of the Kueibei.

It's too easy to find a reason to raid their homes.

Liu Sheng asked the newly formed embroidered clothing guards to cooperate with the personal guards to handle this matter. The first was to train the embroidered clothing guards, and the second was to convince the gentry and common people of Nanjing, at least so that they could not find any serious fault with the behavior of the Yibu.

After Li Weiqi finished reporting on the seizure of Zhao Zhilong's property and left, Liu Sheng asked people to recruit Li Niu, Huang Jie, and Li Rongguang.

"Zhao Zhilong's house being ransacked is likely to cause dissatisfaction among the nobles in the city, so you need to keep a close eye on these people during the next period of time.

These people may not be able to do big things, but if they do some small things, they will cause some trouble. "

The three men marched and said in military salute: "As ordered!"

The three of them did not retreat immediately. Huang Jie hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the personal guards are now responsible for the defense of the imperial city and the inner city, and their strength is already insufficient.

In addition, the Yangtze River Navy cannot always be responsible for the defense of the outer city - is it time for our Guards to expand its army? "

Liu Sheng smiled after hearing this, "I think you want to be promoted?"

The three of them laughed sheepishly, but did not deny it.

During this trip east, the Guards also made a lot of contributions, and the soldiers should be rewarded.

Liu Sheng said: "Don't worry, the expansion of the Guards is being planned - this time the Tiger Guards and Shengjie Guards will be expanded to one division; the Xiaoqi Guards are restricted by war horses and can only add one regiment first and become a reinforced brigade.

But at least you have to wait until these Ming army prisoners in Nanjing have completed their preliminary training. Then you will send people to the divisions and brigades of the standing army to select officers. You will have to supplement the missing troops of the standing army, right? "

Hearing the accurate news of army expansion from Liu Sheng's mouth, Huang Jie and the other two were very happy. They said goodbye and exited the Fengtian Palace.

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After the general officer training class was over, Jin Shenghuan led a group of guards on horseback to the garrison camp at the main campus.

Accompanying him were three other generals who were also studying in the training class, Lu Guangzu, Hao Xiaozhong, and Meichun.

Like him, Lu Guangzu and Hao Xiaozhong were once Zuo Liangyu's generals, but now the three of them don't deal with each other, and they don't talk to each other all the way.

Among the three, Lu Guangzu was the most hostile to Hao Xiaozhong - he was considered one of the Yuan Cong generals who followed Zuo Liangyu in Liaodong in his early years. Although he gradually broke away from the direct relationship and preferred to be a subordinate general, he was Zuo Liangyu's old subordinate for many years.

A few years ago, Hao Xiaozhong was the guard commander of Prince Hui's Mansion in Jingzhou. Later, he made a big mistake and escaped overnight to join Zuo Liangyu.

It was Zuo Liangyu who withstood the pressure from Prince Hui's Palace and saved Hao Zhongzhong's life. Later, he made him a servant general, and was promoted many times, and finally became the commander of the servants.

Unexpectedly, Hao Xiaozhong stabbed Zuo and his son in the back.

Lu Guangzu hated Hao Zhongzhong because of this, thinking that this person was ungrateful and not a good person.

Jin Shenghuan didn't like Hao Zhongzhong either, but he also didn't deal with Lu Guangzu - after all, he was a peasant soldier and the first to rebel against the Ming Dynasty during the Battle of Nanjing.

He looked at Mei Chun again.

This guy can't deal with any of the three of them.

Mei Chun was the hereditary commander of the Xiaoling Guard after Mei Yin, a noble nobleman of the Ming Dynasty (Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law).

However, the Xiaoling Guard declined rapidly after Yongle. By the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were only more than a thousand people left. Moreover, with insufficient food and pay and old equipment, it could hardly be regarded as an army.

However, when the Yi army entered the city, the Xiaoling Guards were the only ones who gathered troops to resist.

Fortunately, Liu Sheng issued an order in advance and surrounded the Xiaoling guards but did not kill them, thus allowing Mei Chun and others to survive.

Afterwards, they sent Zhang Kuang and Wu Yuan Sheng (a military and political officer of the Huben Guard Brigade) to persuade them to surrender many times, and promised to settle the Xiaoling Guards and not destroy Xiaoling. Only then did Meichun lead his troops to surrender.

After Jin Shenghuan heard about Mei Chun's surrender, he immediately realized that Liu Sheng was quite fond of this person.

This can be seen from the fact that Meichun only led more than a thousand people to surrender, but there were only a few guards behind him.

The treatment of these demoted generals in Weibu is divided into four levels, corresponding to brigades, regiments, battalions and sentries respectively.

That is to say, the Ministry of Education promised that as long as they passed the general officer training class examination, they would be assigned at least a certain level of official position.

In order to ensure their safety (or surveillance), the Ministry of Health assigned guards to all reduced generals with treatment above the battalion level.

For example, because he led more than 10,000 people to surrender and helped capture the Moling Pass, he was regarded as having made a great contribution, so he received brigade-level treatment and was equipped with a team of guards.

Meichun was only one level below him, receiving regimental-level treatment.

Although Hao Xiaozhong's backstabbing of the general was shameful, he still helped the Yibu to eliminate 30,000 to 40,000 Ming troops in one fell swoop, and thus received brigade-level treatment.

As for Lu Guangzu, he used to be the most powerful under Zuo Liangyu, but now he is the worst, with only battalion-level treatment.

Although Jin Shenghuan didn't know why Liu Sheng fell in love with Mei Chun, it didn't prevent him from getting married to Mei Chun.

Seeing that he was about to leave the inner city, Jin Shenghuan rode close to Meichun and asked with a smile: "It's rare to have a half-day holiday today. I finished my homework in a while. Brother Mei, would you be interested in going to Tianxiang Tower for a meal and a drink?"

Mei Chun shook his head, "Not interested."

"Then what are Brother Mei's plans?"

"Go back to camp and read a book."

Jin Shenghuan was slightly annoyed. He didn't expect this Mei Chun to be so unkind and even pretending - we are all generals who surrendered to the enemy, so what are we pretending to do?