The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 31 Military Pay
Everyone immediately stood up and looked at Zhu Linmei.

"First of all, I am the commander of the new Longwei army, the rank of lieutenant colonel." In order to clarify the organizational structure, Zhu Linmi had to give herself a position first, and then continued, "From now on, as long as I am in the army, I will only be the commander of the army. , and no longer the king of the county. You can only call me Commander in the barracks."

Since it is an army, it must fully obey the management methods of the army system.Daming has always liked to intervene in the military by administrative means, and this is also some preparatory work he has done in advance to put an end to this long-standing malpractice.

The officers looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Obey!"

Zhu Linmei continued his personnel appointment, "Yu Xin, the commander of the First Infantry Battalion, the rank of captain."

"As ordered!"

"Huang Qishou, Li Ying, Liu Chang, Wei Hua, Qian Dapeng, Xia Fuxian, the commanders of the [-]st to [-]th companies under any battalion, with the rank of lieutenant."

"As ordered!"

"Brother Zhu, temporarily concurrently serving as the commander of the [-]th and [-]th Cavalry Companies, as well as the rank of captain."

"As ordered!"

"Liu Guoxuan, the commander of the independent company of the infantry, the rank of lieutenant."

"As ordered!"

"Chen Xiongfei, the commander-in-chief of the 31st Independent Artillery Company, the rank of lieutenant." Although Chen Xiongfei was born as a scholar, he has always been interested in the army and has read many military books.Let him be in charge of the artillery, mainly because he has some knowledge, which is helpful for learning the mathematics and geometry knowledge necessary for the artillery.

"As ordered!"

"Shi Lin, serve as the head of the personal army company and lieutenant." The personal soldier company is basically composed of the former guards of the palace, and Shi Lin is naturally leading it.

"As ordered!"

After arranging the main officers above the general level, Zhu Linming said again: "As for the lower-level officers in your own units, each drafts the candidates and submits them to me for approval. In principle, officers do not select people who have committed crimes. Make adjustments."

"Obey!" Several people said in unison.

Zhu Linmei looked at several foreigners and said: "Macedo, the chief instructor of the whole battalion, ranks as a captain. Faro, Vicente, serves as the chief instructor of the infantry, and ranks as a second lieutenant. Pastore, serves as the chief instructor of the cavalry, ranks as a lieutenant .Colloe, Chief Instructor of Artillery, rank lieutenant."

After hearing the translation, several foreigners stood at attention and said yes.

It's just that the military officers of the Ming Dynasty were unconvinced when they heard that the ranks of the barbarians were so high, but they could only suppress their thoughts when Zhu Linmi handed him the job.

“下面说军官俸禄。”朱琳渼一句话把所有人的注意力立刻拉了过来，“上尉军官，月俸45两。中尉军官30两。少尉军官20两。士官三等分别是8两、6两、4两。”

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyeballs of the people below almost popped out—a monthly salary of 45 taels, 540 taels a year!Even Li Ying, Liu Chang and other former generals or hundred generals, who are now second lieutenants, can get as much as 240 taels a year.This is four or five times higher than their previous salaries. In the past, including food allowances, their income could not have been so high.

When several officers of the Longwei Battalion inquired about the commissions of foreign mercenaries, they finally found some balance in their hearts.

Zhu Linming knows that if officers are not to be corrupted or paid for nothing, they must be paid military salaries that are in line with their abilities and official positions, otherwise they can only "find their own way" everywhere.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of military expenditure was invested, but the combat effectiveness of the troops was low, and the lives of the soldiers were difficult. The biggest reason was that more than [-]% of the salary was embezzled by the officers!

"The whole battalion will gather at the school grounds according to the new system," Zhu Linmi ordered.

"As ordered!"

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhu Linmi came to the school grounds, and found that except for the personal soldier company and Liu Guoxuan's clan brave, the other soldiers were still in a mess and they didn't even stand in line.

You must know that these soldiers were originally practicing all over the school grounds, and the furthest distance was only fifty feet.

He sighed inwardly, these semi-agricultural and semi-military guard soldiers were almost at this level, and there was still a long way to go to train them into an invincible army.

But when the more than 1000 people formed the team, the uniform army green uniform looked very spectacular at first glance, quite a bit of the spirit of a mighty teacher.

"Perhaps you already know that I am the current king of Chenzhou." Zhu Linmi said loudly while standing on a two-foot-high wooden platform, "but from now on, I am only the commander of the new army of Longwei. What I have to do There is only one thing—to attack the Jiankui from the north, and to recover the lands and rivers of the Ming Dynasty! May all the gentlemen work together with me!"

"As a meeting ceremony, let me announce a piece of good news." He continued, "I asked the Holy Majesty to revoke the military status of all the soldiers of the Dragon Guard New Army. The Holy Majesty has already agreed."

All the soldiers, including the officers, looked at each other in blank dismay. It is extremely troublesome to cancel a person's military registration. Now, more than 800 military registrations have been canceled at once!But after a moment of silence, the soldiers became agitated.

"Really? No military status?!"

"I'm not a military household anymore! I have to pay homage to my ancestors!"

"My kid doesn't need to be a soldier anymore! Haha!"

The officer immediately stood up and scolded, and the team quickly quieted down.However, it can still be seen that almost all the soldiers' eyes are shining with excitement, and even their hands and feet are trembling.

Military status, in the Ming Dynasty, was an inferior status.Now that they are out of the military, they can finally go home and be farmers with their heads held high!Many people are even thinking in their hearts that they have to find a way to leave the army.

Zhu Linmi was not surprised by the soldiers' reaction at all, and then said loudly: "The military salary standard will be announced below.

"From now on, the monthly salary of the first class soldiers is three taels of silver, the first class soldiers are three taels of silver, the second class soldiers are paid two taels of silver, and the third class soldiers are paid one tael or four."

There was an uproar on the school grounds again—compared to the military pay of only four coins before, the first class soldier has increased by nearly eight times!Even the salary of the lowest third-class soldier is more than three times that of before.

The soldiers who were still thinking about how to leave the army just now lost the idea of ​​leaving.Now it is possible to get a monthly salary of three, two, five, and the fool will leave.

Now a county magistrate's salary is converted to only four or two per month, and many of them are issued with precious notes that are often depreciated by a hundred times.As a big soldier, the salary is almost as high as that of the county magistrate.

Zhu Linming has the confidence to pay such a high military salary.First of all, he pursued the strategy of a small number of elite soldiers, unlike the traditional feudal army that often had tens of thousands of people, so even though everyone's salary was high, the total amount was not much.Secondly, he has opened up the overseas market for crucible steel. Guang Jiliang buys 10 catties of steel every month, which is enough for him to feed ten battalions of troops.Moreover, he believed that with the quality of the crucible steel, the sales volume would increase exponentially in the future.In fact, he still has a lot of ways to make money in his mind, and he is confident that the financial aspect will definitely not be a problem in the future.

Zhu Linmi didn't stop there, and continued to "bomb" the soldiers' hearts, "In addition, those who have been in the army for five years and have no violations of discipline can get one and a half acres of land, and ten years, they can get another two acres. The land can be divided according to the size of the achievements."

People in this era love land, and it is best to use land as a reward. In addition, having land at home can also enhance their sense of belonging to the country.

In fact, the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty allocated a lot of land to the military households of the guards, but most of them were occupied by officers, and the low-level soldiers had no land. This was also an important reason for the poor centripetal force of the army.

In fact, even if the 40 troops were divided into four or five mu of land each, it would not exceed 200 million mu.And the Weisuo of the Ming Dynasty farmed 4000 million mu of land!Instead, all the soldiers had no land at home.

Now even the officers couldn't hold back their bullets, and the soldiers couldn't restrain their inner excitement, and they all started whispering to each other.

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