The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 253 Military Merit System

Seeing Gou Chun take over the task, Liu Tai believed that he would bring Qingzhou's rules to the local aristocratic families.

To be honest, Liu Tai didn't think that the family would kneel down so quickly and would honestly abide by the rules they set.

After all, whether it is an additional tax imposed by the Chida Tax or a corvee tax imposed on the corvees under their command, although it does not touch the foundation of the family, it is still heartbreaking for people to pay the cost, and some people will definitely jump out to oppose it.

All reforms in the world are caused by bloodshed. Nowadays, the aristocratic family can only stand out and use their lives to make other aristocratic families adapt to the times.

After all, the person who killed all the aristocratic families in one go was called Huang Chao. After all, he couldn't be as courageous as him.

I respect and revere history, but I don’t want to be scolded by subsequent aristocratic families for thousands of years.

Therefore, after creating the military and military history by himself, another political force is needed to restrain them.

Just when Liu Tai was thinking about whether to take out the imperial examination system, Chu Hui, Zhou Ping, Chen Yuanda and others also arrived one after another.

Liu Taidao also wanted to give it a try. After all, the imperial examination is indeed a good policy, but he has not yet forced himself to use this policy.

After all, during the war, the military system and the land equalization system were ultimately the most effective. Relatively speaking, the imperial examination system was more used to govern the world and break up the recommendation system of the clans.

"I have met the king!" Chu Hui, Zhou Ping and Chen Yuanda saluted after seeing Liu Tai.

After Liu Tai returned the gift, he said, "It is because of your help that we can successfully occupy Hebei now. Tai would like to thank you!"

Chu Hui took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty is able to unify Hebei because of your benevolence, virtue and majesty. I can't wait but to tinker behind my back.

I don’t know what the king is calling us to do today?But what about the military merit conference in a few days? "

To be honest, Chu Hui, Zhou Ping and Chen Yuanda were all used to Liu Tai holding a military merit conference after winning the war.

Generally speaking, this military merit conference will be used to complete the replacement of old and new soldiers in the army.

The reason is simple. In the beginning, Liu Tai only had Taishan County. After capturing Qingzhou, the soldiers in Taishan County got the fields. Although the soldiers in Qingzhou became soldiers, they mostly watched helplessly.

Later, after defeating Wang Jun, he took over the land of Jizhou and Youzhou. The soldiers of Qingzhou got the land in this place, but many of the soldiers of Jizhou and Youzhou could only watch helplessly.

After all, although the 100 wasteland quota given by Liu Tai is very good, more soldiers still hope to directly get the [-] acres of mature land that can be put into cultivation immediately in the second year. After all, what they get is the most real.

Opening up wasteland is really hard work. For many civilians, it may not be possible to open an acre of land in three years.

This level of difficulty is roughly equivalent to how difficult it is for you to believe that you can buy your own affordable housing and put down roots in an economically developed area after working hard all your life.

For many people at the bottom, it is not that they cannot see the hidden benefits brought by the [-]-point indicator.

But they really can't come up with the capital to support the realization of this wealth. In other words, even if they cultivate a hundred acres of land, whether they can keep it is still a question.

Because the reclaimed land does not have any other heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes compared to other fields, it is directly connected to the government's military land.

At most, the physical tax paid by the soldiers was designated to grow grain, and seven layers were left after the harvest, and the other three layers were directly handed over to the state as tax. As for the so-called corvee, for the soldiers, it was also to maintain local security. And manifest.

Because no aristocratic family was involved, the military history came to record, and the retired soldiers came to collect, and everything went through military procedures, so this policy was able to be maintained. After killing the middle class, both the people at the bottom and Liu Tai were very satisfied with the income. .

However, Liu Tai also knew that when he started his business, he could use the military to support him in everything, but if time went by, the military might become too powerful to lose.

Therefore, in the future, he will still need to reintroduce the power of aristocratic families, and even need to hold imperial examinations to form a third force among the people, thus forming a relationship of mutual checks and balances.

After all, if there are only two forces, then the development of conflicts will often intensify the conflicts and make both parties unable to stop.

The two sides can only achieve a relatively dynamic balance, but if you are not careful, this dynamic balance will be broken.

Now that Liu Tai has won the Battle of Hebei, it can be said that the largest arable land in the entire North China Plain and the Central Plains is in Liu Tai's hands.

His soldiers from Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou can carve up this land.

Of course, this will also encourage other soldiers whose lands have been occupied north of the Yellow River to join the government soldiers and war soldiers.

This is the reason why Liu Tai has no shortage of soldiers. It is also the reason why he probably suffered about 5000 casualties in this battle. However, subsequent soldiers are still being continuously added to his soldier system. The overall quality of the soldiers is in line with the army. It has no impact on morale.

Even with the full spread of the military system and land equalization system in Jizhou, Bingzhou and Sizhou north of the Yellow River, more people will be eager for war. After all, their land is now divided between Youzhou, eastern Jizhou, and Qingzhou. Got it.

They who had just joined the army were also very jealous and wanted land, women and wealth.

To a certain extent, this model is a bit like a Ponzi scheme, growing bigger and bigger. In the end, I thought about choosing Jiangnan as the location for the final conquest.

At this time, many nobles crossed south to the south of the Yangtze River. Now they should be involved in competing with the local people in the south of the Yangtze River for supplies and production, but they will also help the Jiangnan region develop to a certain extent.

When the time comes that I really want to crush them all, I will naturally be able to seize the land of all the aristocratic families and distribute them.

Compared with other regions, the Sima family in Jiangnan, coupled with the development model of other aristocratic families, is the model that is most likely to fall into internal strife.

Because Sima Rui's own foundation is unstable, he needs to rely on aristocratic families, but at the same time he needs other aristocratic families to check and balance the aristocratic families he relies on to prevent himself from being usurped.

After all, doesn't Sima Rui know how the Sima family got its position?

So he must have both used and defended against the Wang family. After all, what the Sima family did to the Cao family, the result must have all come back to him.

Therefore, if possible, we should let go of the dynasty that has the greatest internal strife and sort out its own internal problems first.

Don't be like the former Qin Dynasty who fought a war with Xie An. It wasn't even considered a war. If you lost once, you would self-destruct.

It simply does not look like what a regime that has completed the unification of the North should look like.

You know, as the greatest confidence for the North to deal with the Southern regime, it is that the Northern regime can come back if it loses ten times, but if the Southern regime loses once, it will die suddenly.

The biggest example is the Southern Song Dynasty. Basically, his winning rate was achieved by repelling the attacks of the northern regime.It's just that as long as the winning rate is lower than the seventh floor, it basically declares the demise of the big coward.

"The matter of the military merit conference was left to Xi Jian. Xi Jinping also provided merit records, but it was not because of this incident!"

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "I hope you can discuss a promotion system suitable for soldiers based on the Qin Dynasty's military merit system.

At what level of nobility, the court will arrange for women to arrange blind dates for them, at what level of nobility, the court will arrange land for them to cultivate, at what level of nobility, the court will give them chariots and horses for them to drive, at what level of nobility, the court will grant them independent mansions, etc.!

As we settled in Hebei, the original simple land equalization system and government army system were no longer suitable for these soldiers.

In particular, soldiers who have become combat soldiers need a military merit system that is more suitable for them, so that they know clearly what they have to do on the battlefield to get rewards! "

"Indeed, a more clear military merit system needs to be established!" Chu Hui did not object to Liu Tai's idea.

After all, you have become the number one in Hebei, and the next step is to unify the world. Naturally, you need to further improve the corresponding systems to prepare for unifying the world. Everyone present can understand this.

However, Chu Hui was a little worried and said, "If we copy everything, it will be easy to cause problems. Qin's law is too strict after all.

And before the war, it is easy to rely on this title to act, but when the world is unified, if the system is not suppressed, the whole country may be backlashed like the Great Qin, so if the Jin Dynasty is defeated, it will be necessary to deal with the military merit and title system. Trim! "

"A teacher who never forgets his past affairs, I know this truth!" Liu Tai nodded in recognition after hearing Chu Hui's words,
"However, the world is in chaos now. If we want to unify the world, we need to boost the morale of our officers and soldiers, and we need your help."

When Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words, he understood what Liu Tai meant and breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Tai continued: "The military merit system, where rewards are rewarded and punishments are punished, also needs to meet the basic needs of the soldiers.

This requires Zhou Pingqian to provide Mouyuan with the required soldier information, and Yuanda to assist Chu Hui in formulating the corresponding laws. "

"General, I obey!" "I obey," Zhou Ping and Chen Yuanda responded quickly to Liu Tai.

Liu Taize continued: "Of course, although the title also requires high punishment and high rewards, at about the fifth level, the soldiers can provide food and clothing for a family of five. At this point, a security line is set up, so that the title can be used to pay for the crime!

When he is almost at level nine, he will be qualified to leave his name in the history of his hometown.

As for the titles for those above the fifteenth level, they are Guannei Marquis, Ting Marquis, Duting Marquis, Xiang Marquis, Duxiang Marquis, County Marquis Chehou, etc., all of which have also been added to the military merit system.

All in all, before our next expedition, we should come up with this military merit system so that the soldiers know clearly how much merit they have made and what kind of treatment they can get. I'm afraid I will still have to modify it in detail in the future, but it will be hard for you! "

Chu Hui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Liu Tai would either ask him to take these out at the military merit ceremony soon, or immediately take them out. After all, Chu Hui knew very well that the next time Liu Tai would send troops, it would definitely have to wait until After next autumn harvest.

It’s a very simple reason, because the first goal next year must be to work hard to plow the land in Hebei.

The main tasks next year are basically to clear out Shi Le and Liu Yao's defeated troops, and to restore production. Even this kind of restoration of production may take at least one or two years, or even three years.

If there are no special changes in the south, Chu Hui can be sure that Liu Tai will never send troops.

Because Chu Hui has been following Liu Tai for a long time, he knows very well that Liu Tai seems to be reckless, but in fact he is too stable.

Therefore, Chu Hui also knew that he had enough time to slowly polish the West Street of military merit and nobility.

But that's exactly what happened. Chu Hui also understood how seriously Liu Tai attached importance to this matter and would never let it slip.

To be honest, this is because although Liu Tai knew about the military merit system, it could reward the people at the bottom to use it to kill the enemy.

But at the same time, through punishment, the nobles can be deprived of their original titles bit by bit.

In essence, it is a tool specially used for the emperor to centralize power. As long as there are no bugs like the Four Saints that will never be defeated, the military merit system can last for a long time.

At this time, I have already fought the most critical battle of Hebei. Next, I only need to fight Zu Ti in the battle of Dingding Central Plains, and then lead the troops into Chang'an. Then I only need to fight the battle of unification, and the rest The war can be entirely left to the men you trust.

As for the merits they can obtain, it is unrealistic to max out this merit system.

At least in my own generation, I can suppress the expansion of this merit system very well.

As soon as they are unified, this system will be changed immediately. Conquering the world will naturally require the military merit and nobility system. But when it comes to conquering the world, there will be no enemies. If the military merit and nobility system is not changed, I am afraid that we will follow in the footsteps of the Great Qin.

And by then, the ones who will suffer the loss should be the Jiangnan soldiers who joined their own military system after reunification.

But the problem is that they are the ruled, and they will suffer a little if they suffer. Who knows that they are working under the Jin court, and there is nothing they can do if they want to help them.

After all, there is only so much arable land in the world. Even if you go further south, there will be no arable land.

Should we allocate mountains like Fujian, where military strategists cannot compete, to these Jiangnan soldiers to become mountain bandits?

Therefore, we can only continue to suffer the people and soldiers of Jiangnan.

As this system instructed Chu Hui, Chu Hui began to search for the title system and obtained corresponding information from Zhou Ping and Chen Yuanda to slowly build a military title system suitable for this era.

Liu Tai also soon began to hold a military merit ceremony. This ceremony was actually quite long and took a whole day.

In the morning, it is mainly used to bury the dead soldiers and see off the soldiers who retired due to injury or age.

Funerals are held for dead soldiers, and the ritual standards of this funeral are basically what the standards will be after Liu Tai's death, then these soldiers who died in battle will be able to enjoy what standard rituals.

As for the Jingling Hall, one was also built in Yecheng, and monuments inscribed with the fallen soldiers were also erected.

Liu Tai knew very well that since he talked about patriotism and nationalism, he must make these soldiers feel the love of the Han Dynasty for them and the respect of the country for them.

These ceremonies seem to be a waste of time and money, but they also let the people of Yecheng know that serving as a soldier under Liu Tai is different from serving as a soldier under others.

Even if he died, Liu Tai came to preside over the ceremony in person. How about fighting for the Han Dynasty forever?Are you excited?

(End of this chapter)