Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 528

This brand-new new standard of military compensation for the guards of the Ming Dynasty has been greatly improved compared to the previous ones.

Those who died in battle were paid three years' compensation, those injured in battle were given one year's compensation, and those who were disabled were given an additional year's compensation, that is, two years' compensation at a time.

If he is disabled and retired from combat, he will be given a ration of one tael of silver and three buckets of rice every month.

Even widows, orphans, old parents, etc. will still have rations after his death.

Comprehensive protection.

In particular, although the monthly salary has not changed, a pension has been added, which is stored in it for three months every year. After death, illness, disability, or retirement, the payment will be doubled at one time.

An all-round benchmark against the Tartars.

They pay 150 taels of silver for each cavalier killed in battle, and we will pay full salary for three years.

They gave twelve taels of silver for burning and burying, and we also gave.

We must keep up with what the Tartars can provide, and we must not be inferior to them, at least we must do the same.

They were given [-] mu of land, and Zhu Yihai proposed that anyone who became a first-class soldier would also be given [-] mu of land.
Pulled from the official fields or the fields of the former Weisuo army, sold to soldiers at a price slightly lower than the market price,

And it can be divided into two or 30 years to pay the land purchase fee, which is spread out, and the money to be paid every year is very little.For example, how to sell an acre of land for only three taels of silver, and then divide it into 30 years, which is only a penny a year, and the 30-year installment is interest-free.

Thirty acres of land cost only three taels of silver a year, and repayment could be suspended for one year in case of a catastrophe.In this case, there is no need to worry about the repayment of the three taels of silver for farming [-] acres of land.

A senior soldier can get 40 taels of salary a year, and he has saved 27 taels of pension.

"Your Majesty, I feel that Your Majesty really cares about the soldiers and is unwilling to let them down, but this standard is indeed a bit high. Selling the 27 acres of land to the soldiers in installments without interest is basically giving away the official land for nothing. That increases by three months every year. Salary, I can’t see much now, but a senior soldier can accumulate 270 taels a year, 30 taels in ten years, if he can get 810 taels in 100 years, one hundred thousand soldiers is [-] million taels!”

"Although the Tartars paid generously to the soldiers of the Eight Banners, the combined total of the Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han armies of the Eight Banners was only one hundred thousand, and their treatment may not be fully implemented."

"Liu Zongxian doesn't need to say so much. It's true that the Eight Banners are less than [-], but they really give the money. Although there will be some embezzlement and corruption, it's a problem for the people below. The Tartar court really gave it. of.

We have more troops than them now, but that is also because we are a new army and we are not as well equipped, trained or experienced as they are, so we have to train more soldiers.

Five or sixty taels of silver a year for a soldier, don't think it's too much, this is a guard who rushes to the forefront and fights for the country with his life, the money is worth the money, and it must be spent.

When will the Tartars be expelled and the Central Plains restored, we will go to Kuma and release Nanshan with swords and guns, and then we will reduce the army and save military expenses. Now, we are reluctant to throw money at the army and the soldiers. "

"I believe that the Tartars are willing to spend so much money on the army and on the soldiers, so why can't I do it? Why don't I, Ming, have no money to spend or refuse to spend?"

"I would like to tell you, the people of the world, if there were not these desperate soldiers throwing their heads and blood, Jiangnan would be peaceful today?"

"Think about the evil the Tartars have done these years. Last year they massacred Yangzhou, a city of 80 people, and turned it into a ghost prison.

Like Yangzhou that was slaughtered, there are countless towns that were not slaughtered, but were looted. If there were no soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to fight back, how peaceful would Jiangnan be today? "

"Look at Huainan, Shandong, Henan and other places now. It is still a raging war and suffering. Therefore, the soldiers guard the frontier and kill the captives. The gentry and landlords, artisans, merchants, and farmers in the rear should also unite as one. Unite as one, each contributes its strength, the landlord pays the food, the businessman pays the tax, and work together to create peace!"

All the ministers who said something were very excited.

However, after pondering for a while, Liu Zongzhou still argued with reason. He agreed to increase the benefits for the soldiers, but he also believed that the current financial pressure was heavy, and even if the army expanded, it had to be done step by step.

He suggested that the reorganization of the provincial camps in each province should be accelerated, especially in the rear provinces. Only one town should be reorganized first. For example, in the seven provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangxi, and Guizhou, only one town should be reorganized at first. Even [-] soldiers would be fine.

Without fighting, reorganizing 1 people in the two towns is too much pressure.

There are three to five thousand, coupled with some regiment training, it should not be a problem to stabilize the law and order in the rear, and it can save a lot of expenses.

Both the Jiangxi and Guangxi camps can be suspended for the time being, and we can take our time in the future.

8000 people are still too many in the towns of the imperial camp. There should be 21 soldiers in each town. The existing [-] towns in this headquarters are enough, and even only [-] towns can be kept, with a total of [-] soldiers.

The Huguang, Sichuan-Guizhou, Shaanxi-Gansu, and Fujian four-line battalions should also be converted into battalions of 5000 men, or expanded into two line battalions of 4000 men each.

In short, Liu Zongzhou believes that the army is not only enough to have a large number, but also to be able to fight. If the number is small, it can be equipped with better equipment, and the army's food and grass can be guaranteed.

Even in provinces where camps are set up, there is no need to set up additional provincial camps, such as Fujian, Huguang, Sichuan, and Shaanxi-Gansu. In this case, each city in the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Jiangxi will have a provincial battalion.

Then the three provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui are under the responsibility of the Imperial Camp Headquarters and the Beijing Camp, and there is no need to set up a provincial camp.

In that way, 31 towns in the imperial camp headquarters, three towns in the Beijing camp, four towns in the line camp, and four towns in the provincial camp, a total of 15 towns, one town with 20 soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, that is a total of [-] soldiers. Soldiers, plus [-] auxiliary soldiers, all in the early [-]s.

A soldier's salary is five or sixty taels, and the military salary is in the early tens of millions, but it has been reduced a lot.

Zhu Yihai opened his mouth to Liu Zongzhou, but he didn't object.

In fact, the successive victories of the Ming Dynasty's military, especially the successive victories of the imperial camp led by the emperor, are completely reshuffle the forces in the areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty, including areas not directly controlled.

For example, Sichuan has successfully reorganized the army, and Jiangxi and Hunan have also reorganized well. As for Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, they have also won several games in several games. Basically put Lingnan under control.

Yunnan was still in turmoil, and Zhu Yihai also happened to send Guangxi and some nobles who were not very obedient to the military leaders to drive the tigers and wolfs away.

Generally speaking, the more victories the Imperial Battalion has fought, the better the situation ahead and the more obedient the rear will be.

The Jiangsu-Zhejiang area is now even more like an iron barrel operated by the imperial camp, and now Huainan has been newly taken, and half of Shandong and southern Liaoning have been seized.

The situation on the side of the Tatars is getting worse and worse. Their traditional fighting methods, against Zhu Yihai's chaotic cloak boxing method, are also beaten dizzily. Then being killed will also set off a new round of reshuffle.

This will inevitably affect the Tartars as well.

So at this stage, the Ming army has actually temporarily reached the peak of an offensive, and there is no room left for another fight.

The newly captured Huainan, Denglai, and Lushun all need time to consolidate. Without a certain amount of time, it is difficult to immediately launch a larger-scale attack on the important towns of Xu, Ying, and even Jinan.

And Zhu Yihai didn't want to besiege these fortified cities and heavy army groups at all.

It is one thing to avoid the real and attack the weak in mobile warfare, but it is another thing to attack hard and fortified cities. This kind of siege warfare is very easy to cause heavy casualties, and Zhu Yihai is not willing to besiege easily.

Besides, now he also needs time to rest and digest these newly occupied places.

Therefore, it may be necessary to readjust the deployment in the future. It is also necessary to make some appropriate adjustments to the imperial camp. It is even necessary to add 21 towns, three towns, Beijing camp, and provincial camps. There are more than 23 people, and then they are compiled into [-] towns. , It is also worth trying to become one hundred and twenty thousand soldiers.

In the past, the violent soldiers were also necessary for the situation, but now the strategic situation is very good, so it doesn't need to be so.

Those who are withdrawn are not dismissed directly, but can be pulled to the rear.

As Liu Zongzhou suggested, the four camps can be divided into two, and then there is no need to set up provincial camps in provinces with imperial camps, or two towns can be changed into one town, and five thousand can be changed to three thousand.

Transfer some imperial camps from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Lingnan, eight thousand Fujian camps, and then transfer 7000 people there. At that time, they can be divided into three, and become Fujian camps, Guangdong camps, and Guangxi camps, or just transfer three to five thousand people, and then transfer Add some local battalions and reorganize.

The original battalions continued to be reorganized, and most of them were abolished on the spot or transferred to local regiment training, so they were no longer active duty.

It not only saves military expenses, but also takes back the military power in Lingnan. With military power in hand, local administration, justice, finance and taxation can naturally be fully controlled.

According to this way of thinking, in fact, in the end, the imperial battalion can completely control the place, and the provincial battalion can be completely withdrawn.

The imperial battalion represents the authority of the central government and the re-control of the local factions.

And the imperial camp is the emperor's pro-army, which naturally means that the emperor has complete control over the court.

Doing this would be very beneficial to Zhu Yihai.

Ever since, the emperor accepted Liu Zongzhou's suggestion with a smile, and decreed that the imperial camp will be reorganized again, and the three towns of the Beijing camp will be divided into three capitals, Nanjing, Shaojing, and Tokyo.

The imperial camp will be divided into the headquarters and the row battalion. The headquarters will be reorganized into five chambers, front, rear, middle, left, and right, each governing four towns. Each town has ten battalions with five thousand soldiers and one thousand eight auxiliary soldiers.

The original four imperial camps will be expanded, and the Fujian camp will be reorganized into Fujian camp, Guangdong camp, and Guangxi camp.

The Huguang camp will be reorganized into the Huguang camp and the Jiangxi camp.

The Sichuan-Guizhou camp will be reorganized into Sichuan camp, Guizhou camp, and Yunnan camp.

The Shaanxi-Gansu camp will be reorganized into the Shaanxi camp and the Gansu camp.

The four battalions will be changed into ten battalions. The fourth battalion, the local provincial battalion and some soldiers transferred from the headquarters will be reorganized. After the reorganization, each town will have [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. The provinces will no longer set up another provincial battalion.

The four towns in the back chamber of the imperial battalion headquarters guarded Zhejiang, the four towns in the left chamber guarded Anhui, the four towns in the right chamber guarded Jiangsu, the four towns in the middle chamber guarded Shandong, and the four towns in the front chamber guarded Liaodong.

(End of this chapter)