Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 310 Serving Nobles

"Obviously, once the twentieth-level military merit title system is implemented, all our Wu soldiers will surely fight the enemy bravely without fear of death."

Ji Zha talked eloquently: "Just now, the eunuch did not talk about it, but this system of military merit titles has a major drawback. The salary is too heavy?"

"Don't you know that the threshold for military merit is extremely high! Not to mention the hairpin, how easy is it for a first-level nobleman to kill an enemy soldier? If the enemy army has ten thousand soldiers, there may be no more than a thousand armored soldiers. There are only a few hundred people!"

"If our soldiers can behead an enemy soldier, what's the problem with this treatment?"

"This……"

There is nothing wrong with what Ji Zha said.

As Shen Xi said before, if Wu Jun had [-] hairpins, his annual salary would be [-] million shi.

Coupled with the daily loss of polished rice, sauce, vegetable soup and other foods, it is incalculable!
However, is it so easy to obtain military merit?

The first-level title needs to behead a "soldier" of the enemy, and a "soldier" is not an ordinary soldier, but a warrior wearing a battle armor. He is an elite in the army, and may be a low-level general (officer).

Generally, it is a forward force, and it is not so easy to behead, and its head must be brought back safely afterwards.

Although you can gain military merit by beheading the enemy, in principle, those with high titles are rewarded more heavily, and those with low titles are rewarded lightly.

The ninth-level title is a watershed. For example, in the Battle of Handan after the Battle of Changping, the first general (Wang Ling) of the Qin Army to appear was the ninth-level title and five doctors.

"Furthermore, the eunuch said that the twentieth-level military title system does not follow the ancient system, and the title should not be lower than ordinary people. It is a big mistake!"

Ji Zha said loudly: "Military titles and Shiqing Shilu have the same work but different songs, but they are fundamentally different."

"Military titles are only applicable to the army, even the Marquis of Guannei and Marquis Che. If they don't have an official position, they can't enter the palace and sit in front of the king with their second and third sons to discuss state affairs!"

Ji Zha's words were indeed a bit preposterous.

They have already made great military exploits and became Marquis of Guannei and Marquis of Che. How could it be possible that they were not made ministers by Qing Ji?
"Moreover, the eunuch stopped talking about the twentieth rank military title system, disrupting the law of the country. Da Miao!"

Ji Zha blew his beard and stared at him and said: "For meritorious deeds, one must be rewarded, and for demerits, one must be punished. Rewards and punishments are clearly defined, this is the principle of the ages!"

"Whether it's running a country, running an army, or even running a family, there must be a clear distinction between rewards and punishments."

"Since it can inspire soldiers to kill the enemy and serve the country, why not make it a blessing for the whole family? Benefit your wife and son?"

"If two soldiers of the enemy army are beheaded, the soldiers can be exempted from the crimes committed by their parents or the slavery of their wives. In this way, one person can achieve the Tao, and the chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven. Why not?"

"color!"

Fan Li, Sun Wu, Bo Tong and other ministers who had the right to speak in the court and were loyal to Qing Ji all applauded in support of Ji Zha.

"at last!"

Ji Zha said in a deep voice: "The servant is afraid that the killing will be too heavy, and the soldiers will kill the good and take the credit. Why don't the king set up a military officer to supervise, and if there is anyone who breaks the prohibition, he will be killed without pardon?"

"good!"

Qing Ji nodded slightly, agreeing with Jizha's proposition.

Shen Xi, Bei Li, Hu Yong and other old family ministers were also speechless by Ji Zha.

Qingji followed the trend and said, "Da Sima!"

"Chen is here!"

Grand Sima Sun Ping stood up immediately.

"The twentieth-level military merit title system will be promulgated in the army immediately to boost morale. In addition, there will be rewards and punishments. Afterwards, punishments will be established in the army as punishment!"

"Sir, obey the king's orders!"

Sun Ping agreed immediately.

Qingji is just throwing bricks to attract jade.

Using the [-]th grade military title system to lead to the most fundamental purpose-legislation!
Qingji then said: "I think that what the Dazai and the servant said just now are all reasonable."

"The so-called military merit system refers to the system of honor and salary that rewards titles, land and houses, and food towns based on military achievements. It is different from the Shiqing Shilu system!"

"That's why, such a generous reward should also have a corresponding punishment system."

"First, the army implements the law of sitting together. Five people form a team. If one escapes during a battle, the other four will be guilty. Only by beheading one of the enemy's heads can the punishment be exempted!"

"Secondly, five people who died in battle, and five people who died in battle will not have their corpses. The same army will take all their merits. Those who have no merits will be three years old and get their corpses. All crimes will be pardoned!"

"Thirdly, the people who are trapped in the team face eighteen people. The people who are trapped in the team know how to fight, but if they can't, they will be beheaded!"

"Five members of the team will be trapped in the team, and they will be awarded a rank of noble. If they die, one person will be the heir, and they cannot die. Thousands of people will be rings, and they will be admonished and tattooed under the city!"

"..."

Hearing this, the officials suddenly realized!

It turned out that Qingji was making big cakes for ordinary common people!
For ordinary soldiers, there are three punishment systems.

If a member of a team is killed in battle or a member of the same team fails to retrieve the body of his comrades, all the military exploits of a team will be deprived to offset it.

If the comrades died in battle and have not gained military merits, they will be directly sentenced to three years of frontier defense.

In the siege war, death squads called fighters in battle will be dispatched on the four sides of the city.

If the death squad does not get the first level of battle, it will be beheaded. If a death squad gets more than five heads, everyone who survives will be awarded a rank of knighthood.

If you were greedy for life and afraid of death, and retreated, the whole team would have to accept the humiliating punishment of stabbing the face and cutting the nose under the city under the watchful eyes of thousands of people!
Under such harsh standards, although ordinary soldiers can achieve first-level or second-level or third-level titles by fighting desperately, it is almost difficult to obtain titles above tenth level by killing enemies in battle.

This twenty-level military merit title system has opened up the passage for Wu Guoli and common people to rise from slaves, commoners to nobles. There is still great hope for an ordinary person to become a first-level "public official" because of his military exploits.

But the hope of becoming a top "Chehou" due to military exploits is almost zero!
That is to say, it is almost impossible for ordinary Li Shu to become an upper-class nobleman by virtue of military merit.

Historically, from the beginning of Qin Xiaogong's reform of Shang Yang to the unification of Qin State, there were only a few people in the history books who obtained the highest level of "Chehou", such as Shang Yang, Wei Ran, Fan Ju, Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, Wang Jian and so on.

They are either rich or noble, have they been promoted from the beheading of the first-level public servants?

In the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was even directly stipulated that titles above the eighth level public vehicle should not be granted to ordinary people.

After Shang Yang's reform, most of Qin's high-ranking titles were given to those royal family members who had military merits, and it was impossible for generals who were born as civilians to enter the upper class at that time.

Moreover, soldiers can be calculated according to their individual merit, while generals must be calculated according to collective merit, which greatly reduces the military merit of the generals!

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

The ministers shouted immediately.

They have basically figured out the essence of the [-]th grade military title system promoted by Qingji——

Soldiers want to gain military merit and avoid punishment, so they can only fight hard on the battlefield to kill the enemy.

Under such conditions, it is almost impossible to kill soldiers without any damage to one's own side during the battle.

Therefore, it is very difficult for ordinary soldiers to be promoted, and the military knight system generally serves the nobles!
From this point of view, there is no need for the ministers of the old clan headed by Shen Xi, Bei Li, Hu Yong and others to prevent Qing Ji from implementing this military title system.

(End of this chapter)