Chapter 3925: Veteran brothers looking for a way out
Liu Yu put away his smile and said seriously: "You are right, I have to consider all possibilities. However, this requires a lot of manpower to transport the coin rewards. Where do you get this manpower?"
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "If you want people to contribute, you have to provide enough benefits. As long as there are enough benefits, then given the current internal stability of Dajin, after the rebellion is suppressed, there is no fear of not being able to find people.
Not to mention anything else, even in the manor houses of aristocratic families, there are many dealers and guards. For a profit of about 20%, are you still afraid that they will not be willing to transport goods and money to your door? "
Liu Yu frowned: "Let them get 20% for nothing? Isn't it a bit much? Can't we let our army escort it?"
Liu Muzhi shook his head: "If you join the army, the system of civil servants will not be short of money. This is another job besides their responsibilities, and there is a lot of money in the middle. I am afraid it will be difficult for people to take advantage of it.
Greedy Mo, as for the wealthy families, all they need to do is negotiate the terms and provide benefits to the family as agreed. As for supervising the work of their subordinates, that is their business. There are wealthy families like the Xie family and the Wang family, who deduct the money that should be distributed to the soldiers.
, it should not be the case, and this is also a good opportunity for them to get closer to the soldiers, how can they miss it?"
Liu Yu said thoughtfully: "But in this way, wouldn't it turn this national favor into the private favor of a wealthy family? I'm not afraid that it will end up like what happened in the past many years. Even the soldiers only know that there are wealthy families and don't know about them.
Is there a country?”
Liu Muzhi said sternly: "It shouldn't be so. I have calculated that each soldier can get about 6,000 yuan in benefits from this distribution of money. This is not a small amount of money. It is enough for a pauper to marry, have children, and buy a house."
Moreover, when we were in Qingzhou, we explained this to all the soldiers and let them know that this money was given by the state and was distributed under your order, Marshal Liu. This is very important."
Liu Yu nodded: "Is this possible this time? Is it possible that in the future, every time we fight, or every big project, or after the corvee is over, we come here to reward the soldiers and civilians? This money is then transferred to the aristocratic family.
The rich people will send someone to deliver it to their door?"
Liu Muzhi frowned slightly: "Well, I don't think much about what happens in the future, just this time, but when you say that, do you have any good ideas?"
Liu Yu took a deep breath. Some of the future situations that had just appeared in his mind had already come to his mind. Now he turned into a mature train of thought and began to speak from his mouth: "I have been thinking about our soldiers.
, If you return home from the army and have the ability to fight and kill people, but have nothing to do, or have no property, or continue to bully aristocratic families and powerful people and defraud all your property, then how can you make a living in the future?"
Liu Muzhi blinked: "You mean, something like that happened to Brother Xie Tingyun? Alas, this kind of thing has happened at least hundreds of times, and it was reported to me after a serious case, but it was not reported.
Yes, I'm afraid there will be more. Historically, it has been difficult to deal with the matter of soldiers returning home from the army, and it seems that only the State of Qin has handled it better."
Liu Yu shook his head: "In my opinion, the Qin State did not handle this matter very well. They just went home to continue farming after retiring from the army to implement the national policy of farming and war. But in essence, after the soldiers finished fighting
We are still farmers. Except for a very small number of people who can get titles for their merits, it is possible to become officials. For most others, there may not be much benefit."
"This is also the reason why the system of meritorious service for the farming and fighting armies collapsed rapidly after Qin destroyed the six kingdoms. In the past, no matter what, the land and population after the conquest would be used to reward meritorious soldiers. However, in order to quickly unify the six kingdoms that were conquered, Qin Shihuang
The land of the country was still managed by the middle and lower class landlords of the six countries. The officers and soldiers of the Qin army did not gain much benefit. The rules of Shang Yang's reform for more than a hundred years were destroyed in this way. This also caused the world to be in chaos.
The result of being willing to serve Qin is worthy of our reflection and summary."
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Then what have you thought about and concluded? The distribution of land can only benefit a very small number of people. You don't seem to think it's perfect to send money home. So what's a better way?"
Liu Yu took a deep breath and said seriously: "The way I think of it is for the country or some forces supported by the country to come forward and start some businesses suitable for strong veterans, so that they can have more jobs without having to work in agriculture.
With more income, you can even go to the city to make a living. Only in this way can you change your life and reverse your destiny."
The fat on Liu Muzhi's face jumped: "I'm a little disappointed. This trick has never been done before. Isn't it the same with Xie Tingyun who sold his family business and moved his family to the city? As a result, his whole family was bullied to death.
This is not an isolated case."
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, it is indeed easy for one or two single people to go to the city one by one without any powerful background and be bullied by local gangsters, especially those with aristocratic family backgrounds. Although
Our Beifu brothers are all fierce dragons, but a good man cannot stand against the crowds, especially in the city. The methods of many rogue gangsters are not something that many of our simple brothers can handle. You also said that some of us
The rebellious brother was blackmailed and beat him up in anger. As a result, he lost all his money and was unable to pay for the soup and medicine. This is either a beating to pay for everything or someone slaughtering him, neither of which is the result we want."
"Actually, I have been thinking about why Xile has always been able to compete with me. His contribution is far less than mine, but there are also many brothers who are willing to die for him. After talking so much with you today, I gradually understood that because of him
There is always a way to find a better path for his brothers, and the path of being a gangster and collecting protection fees for a living, which I always looked down on before, may be just the way to solve the livelihood of the brothers."
Liu Muzhi laughed: "You won't really change completely all of a sudden, will you? What Xile is doing is not a right path. You also know that those are gangsters who rely on collecting protection fees to go out and kill people.
To kill and seize the sphere of influence, even brothers like Xie Tingyun have to pay them tribute money!"
"Just because the Tingyun brothers refused to pay this money, they would rather watch the Tingyun brothers being bullied by the Wang family than help them. This is the rule of their underworld. I think you will never accept it. To be honest,
Over the years, Meng Chang and I have had a lot of headaches dealing with the aftermath, not to mention tens of thousands of retired brothers, how big of a gang can we accommodate?"