Xue Rengui was willing to promote Li Xiao, a young man, and lead him into the military service of the Wei Mansion.

The Tang Dynasty's military soldiers, especially those in the early Tang Dynasty, were extraordinary. Even Li Xiao knew clearly that the military soldiers had a high value. Although the military soldiers were actually a bit like militias, not everyone could be the militias in the early Tang Dynasty.

This is similar to the state-owned enterprise workers or civil servants who were later reopened before the reform and opening. Not to mention the iron job, it is indeed very popular. Because of this, it is not something that anyone can be a soldier who wants to be a soldier.

The 12 guards and four prefectures of the Tang Dynasty, six or seven hundred military prefectures, had hundreds of thousands of military prefectures, and the number was very large. The Tang Dynasty chose the military prefectures every three years. Once they were selected as the military prefectures, they would basically be the military prefectures for life, and they would end their military prefectures at the age of 60.

In ancient China, many dynasties actually had poor treatment for military service, especially in those chaotic times, they even forced men to become soldiers. However, the military soldiers from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties were the opposite, which many people could not be able to take. Even the imperial guards who received salary in the Song Dynasty were not as good as those.

"Be a farmer in your spare time, a soldier in your war, and train your martial arts skills in peacetime. When you encounter war, you can fight with your true skills and make achievements. This is a rare opportunity for ordinary people to change their destiny." Xue Rengui said with a smile.

"Mr. Xue is kind, but certain conditions do not meet the standards for selecting soldiers." Li Xiao replied. He was actually not willing to join the army. Although it was good to join the army, it was full of dangers. After all, in the era of cold weapons, the danger of joining the army was extraordinary and he might die at any time.

If there are so many peaceful days, who is willing to work hard?

"Well, the law of the Tang Dynasty, the method of selecting points. Those who are equal in wealth will get strong, those who are equal in strength will get rich, and those who are equal in wealth will get a lot of people first." This is the standard for selecting government soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. First of all, you must have money, because the characteristics of government soldiers are self-equipped, and they usually have no food, salary and salary. After being selected as government soldiers, they will have a reputation for military service and serve for life. The court will distribute these fields to military fields. These fields are exempted from renting and mediocre transfers. The government soldiers usually have their own income. They use this income to buy military equipment, and even go to war. They have to bring dry food and even prepare mules and horses to go out for war.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty soldiers must have money, but they cannot afford to buy these equipment without money.

First of all, there is a lot of wealth, so who are the first choices for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty? They are the children of landlords and rich peasants. Their families are rich enough to support them in establishing military weapons, food, mules and horses.

Having money is only the first condition for choosing a military soldier in the palace, and the second condition is to choose a strong person. It is not enough to have money alone, but you still have to be strong and healthy. After all, choosing a military soldier is necessary to fight, and being weak is not enough to be weak.

The third condition is Dingkou.

Your family is a landlord and you are strong, but if you are the only son in the family, then it doesn’t work and you still can’t be selected.

A family must have at least two strong men to choose one. If there are many male men in the family, the first choice is preferred. This is also because the war is cruel and it is easy to die in wars. If there are many cents, one family will have male men to support him. If there are only one cents, then if you go to the army and die, the family will have no pillars. The court is still very humane in this regard.

Of course, there are some conditions, such as if you want to be a soldier, you have to be a clean family. First of all, you have to be a good citizen, a lowly slave, or a businessman. These people are not qualified to be a soldier. In addition, if there are direct blood relatives in the three generations who commit any serious crimes, they are naturally not qualified to be a soldier.

Get the roots are right and the seedlings are red.

For example, the guards of the three guards of the inner palace have higher standards and are all children of honorary officials.

Li Xiao’s conditions are indeed not qualified to select a military soldier. The Li family used to be a landlord’s family, but now they are very poor. At most, they only have a good citizen status, with no wealth or a large number of people. They meet their physical conditions, but they are not qualified in other aspects.

"But the rules are dead, and there are always methods." Xue Rengui said, "I was poor and had a young family back then, so I didn't have enough conditions to be a military soldier. But later, Taizong personally conquered Liaodong, and the strong children in the country were willing to voluntarily join the army. I was a volunteer soldier who volunteered to join the army."

Volunteer soldiers are a rather strange situation. In the event of a great war, the court recruited a group of strong and brave men to join the army, but they were not formal soldiers and had no military reputation. But as long as they could make meritorious contributions, they would be rewarded.

When Emperor Taizong's order to conquer Liao was heard, countless children enthusiastically joined the army. It was through this way that Xue Rengui joined the conquer Liao army and thus made his mark in Liaodong and was promoted to an officer.

After all, whether it is a government soldier or a volunteer soldier, the key thing that attracts people is not the tax-free military fields, because although military fields are tax-free, the cost of purchasing military uniforms is also very high. What really attracts everyone is to have the opportunity to kill enemies and make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, earn fame, and obtain a way to become an official. At least, if you cannot become an official, you also have the opportunity to make meritorious service through wars, earn money and rewards from the land.

In this era, what is the most valuable thing?

For ordinary people, one is the land, which is the foundation for their survival, and the second is the official position. Being able to become an official is not simple. This is to change one's own destiny or even the fate of the entire family. Once an official is an official, the family will become an aristocratic family.

Even if it is just the lowest-level little gentry, that's different.

Although there are imperial examinations these days, the path to imperial examinations is still too narrow, and you have to study to get an imperial examination. Most people cannot afford to study.

Therefore, if ordinary people want to be an official, there is no other way except relying on military merits. If they become a military soldier, they will have tax exemptions, and have the opportunity to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, be rewarded and even become officials and titles. Who would like to miss this opportunity?

Thinking of Xue Rengui, although his ancestors had been crowned kings and had been high-ranking officials for several generations, his family was in decline when he arrived. If he hadn't been to become a volunteer soldier and made meritorious contributions in wars, he wouldn't have been able to turn things around.

Seeing that Li Xiao was a talented person, he had extraordinary conversation and broad knowledge, and was interested in cultivating and supporting him, Xue Rengui pointed out a clear path for him.

"Is the court ready to conquer Liaodong again?" Li Xiao asked.

Xue Rengui was a little surprised. When Emperor Taizong personally conquered Liaodong, he also captured countless cities of Goguryeo, but he eventually retreated and failed to destroy Goguryeo in one battle. Later, Emperor Taizong also intended to conquer Liaodong again, but he still failed to continue.

Eight years have passed in a blink of an eye, and now it has been four years since the new emperor ascended the throne.

The emperor and many elders in the court intended to conquer Goguryeo again, but only the top officials in the court knew about this, and Li Xiao could guess it, which really surprised him.

"It's not impossible. If you conquer Liaodong again, the imperial court will most likely recruit another volunteer athlete to join the army. Then it will be your chance." Xue Rengui said.

"Mr. Xue, I think that if the court conquers Liaodong again, this is really a chance for Mr. Xue."
Chapter completed!