A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1019 Rewards based on merit
Blue sky and white clouds, silver-white beach,
It was already August, but Luzon was still very hot. Wu Huaiyu estimated that the average temperature during the day was at least 30 degrees, and at night it was 26 or 7 degrees. Fortunately, there was wind on the beach, and I got used to it after a while.

The war on Moi Island is over,
Panlaka, which occupies the largest plain on the island, has been swept away by the autumn wind like fallen leaves.
"This troop dispatch went much more smoothly than we expected, with great gains and basically no casualties."

Panlaka Village has officially been renamed Buffalo Port.

The Luzon Army oversaw the captives' expansion of the harbor docks and the expansion of Buffalo Town.

The location here is good, with the sea to the north, the river to the west, and a mountain more than 100 meters high to the east.
Backing mountains, facing rivers and coastal areas,

Luzon will build a castle on the mountain, build earthen buildings at the foot of the mountain, and build a circle of earthen walls to enclose a town. From now on, there will be two port towns on the island.

The Moyibao side mainly develops minerals, while here you can engage in agriculture, forestry, fishery, and use the abaca textile manufacturing here.

Post-war statistics are already coming out.

Wu Huaiyu looked at the list in front of him and sighed.

It was a battle in which both sides dispatched thousands of troops and affected tens of thousands of people. As a result, the Luzon Army lost several people, specifically seven.

The numbers on Panlaka’s side are astonishing.

More than 300 people were killed and more than 30,000 people were captured.

Uprooted, no one was spared.

"The Panlaka clan has a total of thirty-three big houses, and the total number of families under them reaches 320. These 320 families also have 320 villages, and the total population reaches more than 30,000,"

On average, a village has about a hundred people, which is not a lot, but it is certainly not small.

The key is that they occupy the largest plain area on the island, and one tribe is dominant. The other tribes either only occupy small pieces of plains in other areas, or live in inland mountainous areas, and are simply incomparable to the Panlaka people.

"After our interrogation of the surrendered elders and clan leaders, we found that the Panlaka tribe is not the real indigenous people of this island. It is said that their ancestors sailed from the south about six to seven hundred years ago. Their ancestors and many The tribe was defeated in their homeland far south,
Forced to go to sea and sail northward, their family was one of the people who came all the way to the island. "

Wu Huaiyu was not surprised. After all, there was a prince from Funan Kingdom who went to colonize Liuqiu Island before. He remembered that before the Spanish colonized Luzon in history, the Luzon Islands had experienced several large-scale immigrants.

Basically they come from places like the Malay Peninsula or Borneo.

There were hundreds of years between major migrations.

The Panlaka people immigrated hundreds of years ago, and the tribes in the inland mountainous areas of the island were indigenous people who existed before they came.

Six or seven hundred years ago, that was around the Western Han Dynasty?

Now that the Wu family has come to Luzon, this can be regarded as a large-scale immigration of people from the Central Plains.

In the past, the Central Plains people discovered Luzon very early, but no one paid attention to this place. For the Central Plains Dynasty, it was too far away. The Central Plains Dynasty had more, closer and better areas that could be developed and conquered. How could it be wrong? Come to this sea,

Even Hainan Island was separated from the actual control of the Central Plains for hundreds of years during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The central government could only establish Zhuya in Lingnan, and the actual rule of Hainan Island was withdrawn.

Who would have thought that the Central Plains would one day come to the depths of the sea?
Even on Luzon Island now, most people don't quite understand what Wu Huaiyu did.

Nowhere is better than this Luzon.

Wu Huaiyu just smiled slightly after hearing this. It didn't matter whether the Panrakans came to Borneo or the Malay Peninsula.

Now they have all become prisoners of the Wu family, and most of them have become slaves.
"Have the combat achievements been calculated?"

Military merit, rewards and punishments are the most important things in an army.

Rewards and punishments must not only be fair, but also timely.

Rewards cannot be delayed gratification and must be distributed as soon as possible.

"Mr. Wu, this expedition is somewhat contrary to our plan," the accompanying shogunate personnel said. The battle went too smoothly. Although there were not many kills, there were too many prisoners, and all the enemy villages were occupied.

However, not much was captured. The Panlaka people were too poor. The more than 300 villages were all simple thatched wooden houses. These natives did not have much property.
"Why, the reward standards haven't been drawn up yet?"

The staff came up with several plans and asked Wu Huaiyu to decide.

In this battle, the Luzon Army dispatched more than a thousand men and defeated thousands of natives under Moyi Fort. They then pursued the victory and captured all the enemies. They also took advantage of the situation to force-land and occupy more than 300 of their villages.

If you decide to go into battle with fewer strikes and more strikes, that's also included.

But everyone also understands that they are facing only some island barbarians. Although the more than a thousand Luzon troops are new troops, many of them are well-trained and well-equipped guards.
It cannot simply be calculated on a per-capita basis.

"Mr. Wu, we all feel that this battle cannot be counted as a battle, and the generals of the Luzon Army have also taken the initiative to say that it cannot be counted as a battle."

More than a thousand Luzon troops defeated three to four thousand natives, defeated the enemy, and captured all of them. Then they captured more than three hundred native villages.

This battle can't be said to have been fought with too many blows.

An official said, "According to our statistics, the Panlaka tribe has specialized warriors, but the number is not large. On average, there are less than ten warriors per tribe, and the total number of warriors in more than 300 villages is less than 3,000, especially They are small families with few warriors.
We have calculated that their total number of soldiers is only about 2,000. This time, the number of soldiers fighting under Moyi Fort was only over 1,000. "

After Wu Huaiyu heard this,
"Do you mean that only their warriors will be counted in this battle, and the rest of the chiefs, children, tenants, and serfs will not be counted?"

"They're really not warriors."

"Then you mean that this battle will be in the middle formation?"

Another staff member replied, "In terms of the number of soldiers, they are quite similar, but our Luzon Army is well-trained and well-armed, so how can they be compared?
In the Han Dynasty, it was said that one Han army was equivalent to five Huns. We think that five native warriors were equivalent to one of our Luzon army. "

All the warriors of the natives combined were only over 2,000, and those in Moyi Port were only over 1,000. If divided by five, the middle formation would not even count.

Wu Huaiyu shook his head.

"In this battle, it makes sense to just count the number of enemy soldiers, but we can no longer count five to one like this." He knocked on the table. "In this battle, we will count as a hit."

"As for the kills, our army achieved a complete victory. It exceeded four points long ago, and our army's loss was less than one point, so we must definitely win."

Get in the middle and get the upper hand.

"Master Wu, if you calculate merit according to this, if you win in the middle of the formation, you will be rewarded with the second level." If you win in the middle of the formation, the collective merit will be the second level. Then, each person's military merit will be calculated and divided into five levels. The highest will naturally be Tiao Dang. Then there are the first and second vanguard skills, and then the fourth and fifth level skills.

Not everyone can get credit,
Even the fifth-class merit must have a sufficient standard of merit to be evaluated. As for the jumping skill, let alone Criticize ten people.

And this time the Luzon Army only dispatched more than a thousand people, so at most it can only be judged on one Tiao Dang skill. If no one performs enough merit, even this Tiao Dang skill will only be vacant.

If you win in the middle formation, your first meritorious service will be awarded four ranks of merit, your jumping skill will be awarded one meritorious rank, your second meritorious service as a vanguard will be awarded three ranks, your fourth grade merit will be awarded two ranks of merit, and your fifth grade merit will be awarded one rank of meritorious service.

As for those with merit below fifth class, they do not meet the standards for awarding medals.

However, all soldiers participating in the battle can still enjoy the second-class reward obtained in the battle. The reward is not low, including three pieces of silk and four stones of grain.

The staff felt that this reward might be too high.

In other words, the Luzon Army won too easily this time. If the victory is determined to be in the middle of the battle, it will be a second-class reward. All participants in the battle will be rewarded with three bolts of silk and four stones of grain.
This does not include their personal military merit rewards. For example, if the number of beheadings is enough, they can be promoted directly. If the number of beheadings is not enough, the heads can be exchanged for rewards.

The head of a native warrior was worth three pieces of silk, and each slave was worth one piece of silk.

This time, the Luzon Army beheaded only over 300 people, but captured more than 30,000 prisoners. Even though most of them were slaves, tribesmen, and civilians, the number of soldiers was small, but the victory was in large numbers.

Wu Huaiyu heard that they were reluctant to part with the large reward and wanted a discount.

But he shook his head.

"The standard of military merit follows the imperial system. The rewards for prisoners and beheadings are announced before the war begins. This cannot be changed, otherwise the soldiers will be dissatisfied."

"Mr. Wu, if we really want to cash in on the reward, it will cost a lot of money and food."

"What are you afraid of? Each person will receive a second-class reward. There are more than a thousand people in Luzon's army, and the total is only more than 3,000 bolts of silk and more than 4,000 stone grains."

"Mr. Wu, there are also rewards such as prisoners of first-level military merit."

"A native prisoner only has three bolts of silk, his head only has two bolts of silk, and the rest of the civilian slaves are even less valuable,"

Wu Huaiyu smiled and settled the accounts with them. Even if Luzon was borrowing money from the Wu family for development and operation, he would never lose money in this war.

"We have captured more than 300 villages. How much land does it add up to? A village has 1,800 acres. Even if it is 300 acres, it would add up to 100,000 acres. With so much land, we can sell it. You can also get a sum of money immediately."

"Mr. Wu, the land in Luzon is worthless now."

"No matter how worthless it is, it is still an asset. What's more, we don't just get these fields, we also have tens of thousands of captives, including young and strong people who are sold into slavery. We can also turn into a sum of money immediately."

When the Luzon army captured a soldier, the Wu family only rewarded him with three bolts of silk. However, if the prisoner was sold as a slave, even in Luzon, he would be able to sell at least dozens of bolts of silk. Captured slaves are only worth one hundred and fifty rewards, but young and strong male slaves can be sold for five to six thousand yuan, female female slaves can also be sold for four or five thousand yuan, and young and old slaves can also be sold for two or three thousand yuan.

An aide suggested that arrangements have been made for these prisoners. The young and strong will be sent to mines, while the old and weak will be sent to farms.

Huaiyu interrupted him. This arrangement was correct, but even if it was sent to the government-run mine for mining, the slave's money would still have to be paid by the mine.

One yard owned by a yard.

The staff were a little stunned, do you still need to pay?

Wu Huaiyu believes that money must be paid, which is like a government-run mine. After mining ore, you must first pay taxes. Although the profits from its operations must be coordinated by Lu Song, the internal profits and losses must also be borne by the cost of equipment, labor, etc. , it must be made clear and cannot be confused.
Even in the official business, there are still performance incentives. If you do well, you will earn more. All employees will receive performance rewards and dividends, and if you do not do well, you will be punished.

Wu Huaiyu picked up the pen,
Spread out the paper and personally write down the military merit evaluation of the Battle of Moyi Island on it.
Won the second-class collective reward in the battle, three pieces of silk and four stones of rice per person. Individual performance and achievements such as beheading and capturing prisoners will be separately reviewed for personal military merit. Five ranks will be awarded for jumping and dancing, four ranks will be awarded for the first vanguard merit, and three ranks will be awarded for the second vanguard merit.
The fourth-level meritorious service will be awarded two rounds of medals, and the fifth-level meritorious service will be awarded one round of medals.

If an enemy soldier is captured alive, he will be rewarded with three pieces of silk and two pieces of silk for his head. There are different standards for rewards for auxiliary soldiers and slaves.

In the second stage, the rewards for those who surrendered from the native villages were even lower and could not be counted as prisoners.

There are detailed standards for specific ones.
In general, during this expedition, the Luzon Army suffered no casualties, and even won a quick victory without much hardship, but the rewards were considerable.

Even if they are determined to win in the battle, everyone will have at least a guaranteed reward of three bolts of silk and four stones of rice, and there will be another sum for each person who is beheaded and captured.
Many people can even advance to the next level, and those who do not meet the standards for advancement can also receive many rewards in exchange.

The staff received the reward order signed and printed by Wu Huaiyu, and they were still amazed at Duke Wu's generosity.
Those soldiers this time are really just picking up the money and getting the credit.

After this battle, I really got a promotion, a fortune and a honor.
The number of people who can obtain fifth-level military merit will not be small. Although only one can be awarded for jumping skills, two for pioneer first merit, and four for pioneer second function, the remaining fourth and fifth grades are not so strictly limited. In terms of quantity, as long as the performance reaches the standard, especially those who meet the standard in beheading and capture, they can be awarded the medal.

The fifth level can at least be awarded a rank of honor.

And after receiving the honor, there will still be rewards from the honor field.

The staff are all scholars and literati.
At this time, they couldn't help but have the idea to abandon their writing and join the army, and they also joined the Luzon Army. Anyway, the scholars were not powerless. On the contrary, most of them were born in the families of nobles and landlords. He can ride and shoot, and is not bad at fencing or dancing with a sword.

If we fight this kind of battle a few more times, it will really be a great achievement.

Wu Huaiyu put down his pen,

He said to the group of complicated-looking staff in front of him, "This time you follow me out, and you are also on the battlefield in person. You are also considered to be expedition personnel.
Although he is a civil servant, he still deserves rewards for his merits. "

Wu Huaiyu spread out another piece of paper and wrote down a reward order.

All civil servants accompanying the conscripts will also receive the second-class reward they received in the formation. Each person will also receive three bolts of silk and four stones of rice, and this merit will be recorded in their files and included in the evaluation bonus.

A few bolts of silk and a few stones of rice are not much, but they can add something to the archives and make the assessment results better.

Even if he becomes an official in the imperial court in the future, he can still carry this military record with him.

"You all worked very hard this time,"

"Sanlang and I will each give you ten pieces of silk."

The staff were surprised, and then they were happy from the bottom of their hearts. Duke Wu was as generous and generous as ever. It's really good to follow this man.

Adding up the rewards before and after, one person can get twenty-three bolts of silk and four stones of rice. He just went out for a walk, just like watching the scenery, and he got such a generous reward, which was very comfortable.

(End of this chapter)