Wanli 1592

Chapter 1184
The turmoil caused by the death of Maeda Toshiie is constantly brewing within the Toyotomi Clan, and will trigger even bigger storms in the future. The conflict between the Toyotomi Clan and the Tokugawa Clan is on the verge of breaking out, the balance is broken, and the situation is extremely urgent .

At the same time, the city of Beijing was not peaceful, and there was no other reason. All the rewarded soldiers and trophies arrived in the capital, and a lot of things needed to be handled by the emperor himself.

So Xiao Ruxun had no choice but to put down the government affairs at hand, handed over the matter to Wang Xijue to coordinate, and took Zhenbang and officials from the Ministry of Rites to welcome the soldiers who had returned from the victory.

It is impossible for all the 16 troops to come back to receive rewards, so those who came back were beheaded soldiers of meritorious service above the thirtieth rank and some outstanding generals of the grassroots army.

This is Xiao Ruxun's rule. Generally, high-ranking officers do not come with the army to participate in the award ceremony. Those who come to participate are middle and low-ranking officers and low-level soldiers.

They came back with the [-] troops from the Qinglong Battalion.

In this battle, the Qin army beheaded a total of 630 Bozhou native soldiers, and a total of 660 three meritorious soldiers and middle and low-level officers came back to participate in the award ceremony.

They came to the capital full of people, and some of them were seriously injured, but Xiao Ruxun asked them not to leave one of them, and all of them arrived.

So this group of meritorious soldiers and officers were transported back by boat, and they were not allowed to walk a few steps. The treatment was very good.

The food and drink of those who came back were also taken care of, and the wounded were taken care of properly. When they returned to the capital, the injuries of these soldiers were almost healed.

Xiao Ruxun went ten miles out of the city to welcome the arrival of the meritorious soldiers, held Zhenbang's hand to personally inspect these soldiers and grassroots officers who had made great contributions, and had a cordial conversation with them.

Everyone was received by the emperor and prince.

Xiao Ruxun's concern for the low-level soldiers has never been reduced since the Ningxia period until now after he became the emperor. On the contrary, he has paid more and more attention to it. The emperor took care of them.

These soldiers who have made great contributions to the Great Qin will also become the backbone of the Great Qin army in the future. As long as there are them, the Great Qin Dynasty will be as strong as a rock.

Xiao Ruxun was very happy watching them shed tears because of the emperor and the crown prince's personal comfort.

Compared with healthy and normal soldiers, Xiao Ruxun paid more attention to soldiers with bandages on their bodies.

Xiao Ruxun paid the most attention to soldiers whose hands, legs, and even heads were bleeding from bandages.

"Why so careless? The ears were cut off?"

Xiao Ruxun caressed a soldier's side ear wound with a sad face. The soldier was treated like this by the emperor, and tears filled his eyes. He stood up straight and said loudly: "For your majesty, for Daqin, even if this life is gone, it will be fine." No hesitation! Let alone just one ear!"

Xiao Ruxun took a deep breath and shook his head: "I am very happy that you are willing to fight for me and Daqin, but I hope that you can continue to live in a healthy and normal way. more things.

I often entrust the clerks in the army to educate you, don't make sacrifices lightly until the last moment, each of you is an elite trained by me with a lot of painstaking efforts, I need you to live, and I will not allow you to make sacrifices lightly!Understand? "

Xiao Ruxun's face was serious, the soldier straightened up with red eyes, and all the soldiers and officers around shouted together: "Understood!"

"Ok!"

Xiao Ruxun slowed down his tone again: "There are enough medicinal materials and military doctors in the army. If you are injured or sick, you have to go to treat them. Each of you is my treasure. Compared with these trophies, these gold, silver and jewelry , I care more about you than these extraneous things, remember to cherish your body."

"Follow His Majesty's edict!"

More than [-] soldiers and officers shouted in unison.

Then Xiao Ruxun walked all the way, talking cordially with these meritorious soldiers and generals, holding their hands, expressing his gratitude to them for their unremitting efforts, telling them that Daqin will not forget their meritorious deeds, and then ordering the officials of the Ministry of War to read out the edict of rewards.

Everyone's name was read, and everyone got the rewards they deserved, not only silver taels, but also official positions, as well as the number of acres of tax-free land in the family, as well as oil, rice, flour and meat for the parents and families of military members.

These are the things that officers and soldiers at the bottom desperately want. For them, the value is more important than gold, silver and jewelry. They are fighting desperately on the front line. If something goes wrong with their parents and family Chilling?
Therefore, Daqin will give priority to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of each military family, so that soldiers will have no worries, so that soldiers can truly feel the importance of Daqin to them, and feel the sense of belonging and loyalty, so that they will be more willing to sacrifice their lives. battle.

The triumphant ceremony was very grand. After finishing the process, Xiao Ruxun rode the horse himself, put Zhenbang on the horse and rode together, and then led the meritorious soldiers to the barracks prepared for them in the northwest of the capital.

There are hot meals, hot dishes, hot soup, and hot water for bathing. Xiao Ruxun has arranged for the servants in the palace and the chef of the imperial dining room to prepare them for them. They can start enjoying them as soon as they arrive. After receiving the rewards, they can also enjoy them. They don't need to pay for the travel expenses during the half-month vacation to visit relatives.

The above-mentioned expenditures do not go to the treasury accounts, they are all the emperor's internal funds, and the Ministry of Finance, which Ye Xianggao is also in charge of, welcomes this.

The second half of the welcome ceremony was the welcome dinner. The dinner was hosted by the emperor himself. Xiao Ruxun personally led the soldiers to eat, drink and have fun. He brought them big pieces of meat and big bowls of wine to give them enough enjoyment.

In addition to them, there are naturally a large number of soldiers who have made meritorious service, as well as clerks and civilians who work in the logistics of the war, etc. Their rewards will be issued in strict accordance with the rules and regulations specified by the imperial court.

For the soldiers who are fighting for their lives on the front line, it is a kind of honor for the emperor to personally reward them.

Of course, level 29 beheading is a very important indicator. If it is less than level [-], even if it is only level [-], you cannot return to Beijing to participate in the ceremony where the emperor personally rewards you.

Military judges, clerks, and gendarmerie will strictly abide by military rules and regulations to conduct a tripartite review of the number of beheaded soldiers. Soldiers who have been approved by the three parties can participate in the reward ceremony. As for the purchase of heads and forced soldiers to hand over their heads, once found, No matter how old the officer is, he will be dealt with immediately by military law.

In the lightest case, he will be dismissed from his post, kicked out of the barracks, and imprisoned for punishment; in the most serious case, he will be beheaded on the spot to maintain the majesty of military law.

In the Qin army, the first priority was military law. Under military law, there were no monarchs, ministers, generals, fathers and sons.

Such strict and strict military law can indeed protect the interests of many grassroots soldiers, but it also makes many soldiers feel extremely regretful and hate their own incompetence, especially the beheading of soldiers with more than 20 levels, which will continue to promote their efforts to work harder in the future fight.

Naturally, they will also follow the regulations of the Great Qin Army, what will be rewarded for beheading at the first level, and what will be rewarded for beheading at the second level.

There is also a subdivision of credit for non-direct combat troops. For example, the bird gunner has the reward standard of the bird gunner, the gunner has the reward standard of the gunner, and the crossbowman also has the reward standard of the crossbowman. Due to the limitation of the arms, most of them are collective Rewarded, few individuals are rewarded.

(End of this chapter)