Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 638 Promotion and Award
Jinan Prefecture, Zhangqiu.

The old battlefield of the Shence Army under the Girl Mountain in the north of the city, the Memorial Tower of the Battle of Girl Mountain was built, and the nine-foot-high memorial tower stood on the old battlefield.

There is a monument in the tower, which engraves the course of the battle and the soldiers who died in this battle.

Zhao Xiaolou, Li Baoquan, Liu Maochun and other six people met here together to offer incense to Zhao Tiezhu and other six comrades in the same team who died in battle.

In front of the monument, there are people everywhere.

Not only the Shence Army Zuoxie stationed in Zhangqiu, but also the officials of the Zhangqiu County Government, as well as the local regiments, and the nearby villagers. It is the New Year's Eve, and there is a habit of going to the grave on the New Year's Eve in the north.

The court did not forget them either.

"Zhao Tiezhu, you are from the mountains of Yimeng. In the past, you always said that you couldn't get used to our Xin'anjiang cigarettes. It wasn't strong enough. You liked to smoke the General brand cigarettes from your hometown. It's Chinese New Year. I'll light you three General cigarettes. You used to like to smoke this Cigarettes, but always reluctant to buy, always smoke Baxi, and like to rub everyone's cigarettes, everyone says you are stingy.

In fact, I know that although you usually like to speak foul language, but your family has a lot of people and the burden of poverty is heavy. You have ten brothers and sisters, but six starve to death. Your salary is basically sent home every month.
Brother Tie Zhu, you can reincarnate with peace of mind, the world is good now, as long as you don't live in a place occupied by the Tartars, you can live a good life. "

Liu Maochun brought a bottle of wine to Tie Zhu and poured him a glass.

"Tie Zhu, I sent a letter to your family. Your family is fine, and the imperial court has already sent your ashes home for burial. The three-year salary is 150 yuan and 30 cents and burial fee is [-] yuan. An additional [-] yuan is also given. .

Your wife said she would stay and raise her two children, and the imperial court would give six buckets of rations every month.

I, Baoquan, Xiaolou and other six teammates who were still alive sent ten yuan to their mothers.

Rest in peace, a total of [-] yuan and [-] yuan, our military town came forward and negotiated with the local officials of the Yamen of Yizhou Prefecture and the officials of your county to buy land for your family. Irrigate the land without drought or waterlogging, a total of [-] acres, and refurbish five houses for your family, and buy [-] acres of land for your parents, brothers and sisters. Your money is useless. It is specially approved by the court. The installment land, some are repaid every year, and the interest is very low, so you don't have to worry about it when you are gone.

I saved part of the remaining money, and bought some national bonds, with good interest.I also bought some shares of Shaofujian's big mine in Yimeng Mountain, and the income was not bad.

When your baby is older, you can go to the new elementary school in the county to study for free.

In the future, after he is 16 years old, he can apply for a military academy, and he can be admitted first.If you study well, you can still enter the Imperial College, so you don't have to worry. "

Captain Liu became very wordy today, even a little sad.

Zhao Tiezhu and the other six teammates in the team who were killed in battle, the compensation and so on have been implemented, and everyone has settled their minds.

Li Baoquan opened a bottle of wine, drank a few sips, and poured the rest on the ground.

"Don't say anything, if there is fate in the next life, let's continue to be comrades in arms!"

Several other people also came up and said a few words.

A team of 12 people, six died, and six remained.

Years later, they will go their separate ways.

"Captain Liu, do you really want to be discharged from the army? In fact, you are a civilian. Even if you are injured, you can stay. The town also said to keep you." Zhao Xiaolou was very reluctant to part with Deputy Liu.

Old Liu smiled, "Although I took my life, but look at me now, I walk with a limp and one hand is still hanging, there is no place for me in the army. The government kept me, but I don't have the face, so I won't keep it as a burden. Fortunately, I have read some books, and the court has treated me well. It has already arranged a good job for me, so I don't have to worry about changing jobs to other places. "

Liu Maochun was seriously injured, his hands and feet were disabled, and he even had a few big scars on his back. Shence Town wanted to keep him and transferred him to the town's logistics office to be a civilian, but he voluntarily applied for a job change.

In the end, under Wen Hu's efforts, the imperial court arranged a good job for Liu Maochun.

Zhangqiu county lieutenant, from the eighth rank.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty did not have the official position of county lieutenant. In the Song Dynasty, the duties of the county lieutenant were basically in charge of Dian Shi in the Ming Dynasty.

Now the imperial court has made major adjustments to the central and local official positions.

Among them, the adjustment at the county level is relatively large.

For example, a new county captain was added, and even patrol inspections were added. Originally, inspection stations were only set up in some places, but now each township has a patrol inspection station, and its function is equivalent to that of the police stations of later generations.

The newly added county lieutenant is not only responsible for criminal justice and arresting thieves, but also responsible for the training of the township courageous regiment and the Baojia militia.

In the Ming Dynasty, only some counties had the county magistrates and chief books, especially most counties did not have the chief books.Now it is basically fully equipped, the county magistrate is the deputy county magistrate, and some large counties can also have two officers to take charge of administration and taxation.For example, in Xiangshan County, a county magistrate was sent to work in the Macau Legislative Office, and a permanent resident was sent.

The authority of the master register has also been increased. The master register is roughly similar to the office of a county secretary. With the removal of the magistrate's private staff, his powers have been greatly increased, and he is in charge of household registration, population, and archives.

Now in a county, the county magistrate of the seventh rank is still the top leader, followed by the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and chief bookkeeper. The other ranks are inspection, instruction, and discipline, and there are also chief case officers and township chiefs.

The county government officials are further improved, especially the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and master book are the county magistrates and assistant officials. They all have their own yamen, and they are not all members of the county magistrate. They also have the responsibility to supervise the magistrate and have the right to impeach. .

The county is doing big business, and these few people have to gather together to discuss.

Liu Maochun, the Zhangqiu county lieutenant, is from the eighth grade, and his rank is very low, but he is in charge of criminal justice, regiment training and Baojia, and has a lot of power, especially at present.

This official is not a miscellaneous job, so the future is still very good.

If you do a good job, you can be promoted to the magistrate of the county, and if you are promoted again, you can become the magistrate of a county's parents. He is still young. , responsible for catching and suppressing bandits, they can be regarded as counterparts.

Li Baoquan also suffered a few injuries, but only minor injuries. He was promoted to be the whistle chief, and he is still in the Left Association of the Shence Army.It turned out that he was the team leader, but he was actually a non-commissioned officer, not an officer.

The team vice-captains are non-commissioned officers.

Officers and deputy officers in charge of hundreds of people have only grades, and the ranks of the imperial camp are higher.

Li Baoquan was promoted from the captain of the team to the chief of the whistle. In fact, he has been promoted several levels. Not only has he crossed the hurdle of non-commissioned officers, he has entered the rank of officer, and he has directly reached the eighth rank. , The promotion is faster than others.

After the war in Shence Town last year, the emperor made a special decree, and the rewards were all added rewards.

Li Baoquan was a bit higher in rank than Liu Maochun, one was Zhangqiu county lieutenant, and the other was a whistle chief of the Shence Army.

Zhao Xiaolou was promoted to deputy whistler. Originally, he was promoted to team deputy at most, but he was also promoted due to his meritorious service. His partner Li Baoquan was deputy whistler, but it was temporarily acting, that is, temporary, so the rank was from eighth.

For Zhao Xiaolou, it was like a pie in the sky, it made him dizzy.

Officer.

Although the military officer's gown had to be paid for by himself, which is no more free than military uniforms, Zhao Xiaolou still happily paid for it and applied for it immediately.

His old Zhao's family is also considered to be smoked from the ancestral grave.

Of the six people who survived, in addition to Liu Dui's deputy who changed jobs, two other people also changed jobs. They were seriously injured and disabled. , one is canon history.

The classic history is now also from the ninth grade.

One is the director of the police station, and the other is the deputy director of the county public security bureau.

In the past, although most of the counties were exiles, the authority was important, so it was also selected by the Ministry of Officials, and it was even generally called the fourth master in the county.

Now that the imperial court has a sound establishment, the county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant, and master book are ranked fifth and downgraded to fifth master, which is still an important position.Although he is disabled, he is not even able to work directly in a big county like Zhangqiu like Lao Liu. If he has to go to some poor counties, he can also become an official.

Many soldiers in the imperial camp used to be of ordinary background. For example, Shence Town was the earliest rebel army in the Huzhou uprising in the west of Taihu Lake. Many of them were tenants, servants, buddies, and bankrupt peasants. Ninth Grade is also satisfied.

There was also a musketeer named Song En who was not seriously injured. He still stayed in the army and was promoted to platoon leader.

All six were honored after the war.

For example, Li Baoquan and Deputy Liu Dui were both awarded the third rank of honor flying cavalry captain, and they were regarded as the fifth rank.

Zhao Xiaolou and Song En are two-turn Xunyun Cavalry Captains, who are regarded as the sixth rank, and the other two transfers are first-turn Xunwu Cavalry Captains, who are regarded as sixth-rank.

It turns out that the honorary officer of the imperial court is actually an additional official title, which has nothing to do with actual position and salary, and is awarded according to seniority.

But now that the Shaotian Dynasty has changed the official system, the ranks of scattered officials are determined by ranks, called "benpin", and the ranks of officials are determined by errands.Officials are first assigned to dismissed officials and then appointed, and their salaries are based on the quality of dismissed officials, and official officials have corresponding salary subsidies.The ranks are similar, but there will also be low ranks and high ranks, or low ranks and high ranks.

Officers have different ranks.

Civil servants abolished honors, only military officers and soldiers had honors, and honors were restored to their original meaning, and honors were awarded for meritorious service in war.

A total of twelve turns of meritorious service.

The lowest regards the sixth grade, and the highest regards the first grade.

Twelve rounds of honor, awarded to Shangzhu Kingdom, is equivalent to super meritorious service.

Even if you switch from rank [-] to Wuqi Wei Xun, there are very strict evaluation standards. The first battle is based on fewer hits, the middle battle is based on the same number of soldiers, and the lower battle is based on more hits and fewer. According to the results, kill and capture the enemy More than four points is a top score, two points for killing the enemy is a medium score, and one point for killing an enemy is a low score.

You can get up to five ranks for the battle, four ranks for the battle, three ranks for the battle, and so on.

In addition to this, there is also an assessment of personal record. For example, if you win a battle, you have to behead five ranks, which is five ranks.In the battle, if you only cut the third level, you will get three turns, if you cut the second level, you will only get two turns, and if you cut the second level, you will only have one turn.

And in a battle where thousands of enemies are defeated, the casualties cannot exceed [-].

Only when all the conditions are met can the corresponding award be obtained.

Not only decapitation, but also quantitative restrictions.

Destroy 1 enemies, and in a big battle, only ten people will be awarded for jumping skills, and no more than 20 people will be awarded for pioneering skills.

The so-called jumping, facing the bandits in front of the battle, before the arrow and stone are handed over, the vanguard advances, traps the strong and breaks through the crowd, and the thieves are defeated, so it is called jumping.

Therefore, in a battle where more than [-] enemies are defeated, at most it can only be a five-rank honor, and there can only be ten five-rank honors at most. Many and thieves are thus defeated.

It is extremely difficult to meet these conditions at the same time.

So many people can get three ranks of honor, it's a big deal, even if it's one rank, it's not easy.

Zhao Xiaolou's team was on the first front line that day, fighting to the death without retreating, and the number of injuries was several times that of the Tatar cavalry. The entire Zhangqiu battle was actually a battle with more hits and fewer hits, but in the end they wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. Yu, is the winner.

Get on the bottom of the formation, and win in the middle of the formation, three turns.

The number of beheadings, performance, and injuries of Li Baoquan and Captain Liu were just enough for three ranks, and within the quota limit, Zhao Xiaolou and Song En were a little bit worse, only two ranks.

The other two were injured and did not participate in the subsequent battles, so their military achievements were reduced. Although they performed bravely and killed a lot of enemies in the front, they only got one turn.

Not many of the entire Shence Army were awarded honors.

Zhao Xiaolou and the others were all in the front and fought back with their lives.

For military meritorious service awards, a medal for meritorious service was issued directly. The third prize was a gold medal, the second prize was a silver medal, and the first prize was also a bronze medal with silver.

In addition, you can enjoy some treatment of visual products.

Merit can also be accumulated, this time you have a third-class honor, and you can continue to accumulate and superimpose if you make meritorious service in the future, until you reach the [-]th grade.But the higher you go, the more difficult it is, and the more feats you need.

It would be very honorable to be promoted to Shangzhu Kingdom of the twelfth rank and regarded as the first rank. Even if there is no official position, you can directly wait for the real position of the fifth rank.

Although it is actually a lot of downgrades to give real positions, but after all, this is also a very good way.

In addition, the quota for owning land, marrying concubines, clothing, carriages, gates and courtyards, etc. can all be considered according to the corresponding grade, so even if there is no salary or real job, the treatment is not bad. For example, the children and grandchildren of Shangzhu Kingdom can directly enter the Imperial Academy Enter Siwei and so on.

As long as you can get the three-rank honor, you can be eligible to be appointed as a ninth-rank real military attache.

Of course, in addition to the increase in the amount of land, they can also enjoy the real benefits of the Xuntian. This Xuntian is the same as their previous military land, which can be paid in installments at low interest rates to buy official land.

One can have the qualification of [-] mu of honored land after one transfer of honor, and the highest state of Shangzhu can have [-] hectares of land quota.

A soldier in the imperial camp can own [-] mu of land, and with one turn, he can increase [-] mu of land and become a small landlord with [-] mu of land. If he doesn't have these, he is just an ordinary citizen, and a strong man can only own ten acres at most. acres of land.

Money is limited to purchase.

This is a characteristic of the feudal system. Everything is linked to rank, not to money as in later generations.

(End of this chapter)