Chapter 173 "Military Merit Order"

If Shublu knew about this, he would not know what he would think? I am afraid that what he hated the most was not Zhang Zhun, but him, the prefect of Laizhou Prefecture! That's right, the Tatars who lost their minds will definitely vent all their anger on the head of him, the prefect! The Tatars are all vindictive figures, and Shublu will definitely take revenge!

"Come!"

"Come on! Where have people died?"

Sun Zhixie suddenly woke up and screamed.

It took a while before a follower arrived.

"Send someone to tell Zhao In-young quickly and ask him to take strict precautions!"

Sun Zhixie shouted in anger.

The followers who came in were quite inexplicably reminded Zhao Yinying to be on guard against whom?

Sun Zhixie was angry, but did not realize that there was a problem with his order. Seeing that the follower was still standing still, he became even more angry and cursed in anger: "Go quickly! What are you doing while standing?"

The entourage said carefully: "Sir, please remind Aoshan Guard who is prepared for?"

Sun Zhixie was not angry, so he picked up a white jade paperweight and threw it directly at his subordinate, which hit his subordinate's forehead. He suddenly felt blood flowing. However, Sun Zhixie ignored it and shouted hysterically: "Who else except the Tartars on Tianheng Island? Get out of here!"

The subordinate, who was bleeding from his head, hurriedly ran away with his head in his arms.

Sun Zhixie smashed a paperweight and felt that his strength was about to be exhausted. He kept gasping for breath. His body couldn't help but soften and paralyzed on the rattan chair. Fortunately, with the experience of the last time, the prefect specially changed a reinforced rattan chair to avoid repeating the same mistakes. After lying down, Sun Zhixie continued to breathe heavily. The more he thought about it, the more he became, the more he became scared, and the more he thought about it, the more dangerous he felt.

If Shublu becomes crazy, he will definitely be the first one to suffer. The Tatars' revenge mentality is the most serious. He is simply unable to avoid it and unable to escape. Shublu's revenge means nothing more than plundering ashore and creating a large area of ​​no-man's land. The greater the disturbance of the Tatars, the greater the risk of being held accountable. Although Denglai Governor Yang Wenyue was a boss who was transferred from Jiangxi and may not be very familiar with the situation in Dengzhou and Laizhou, he has participated in the suppression of the uprising army many times and was decisive in killing and fighting, and is not a person who is easy to get along with.

Lu Xingxing looked at Sun Zhixiu in embarrassment, and didn't know what he was thinking. At this time, he was not leaving, nor did he not leave. Let's go, this matter was a mess, and he didn't know how the prefect would deal with him. It seemed that all the incidents were caused by him. If he didn't leave, he saw so many embarrassing scenes. In the future, the prefect remembered that if he didn't give him dozens of pairs of shoes, the sun would come out from the west.

However, he couldn't understand what the prefect had to worry about? If more than 200 Tartars were handed over, they might have to be promoted to three levels in a row! Why are the prefect so worried? Is it necessary to worry? Even if the Tartars on Tianheng Island want to take revenge, it is reasonable! War is a matter of going back and forth, and you can't beat others, and others can't fight back? The Tartars went ashore to rob, which is also something that the Dusi system should be worried about, and what does it have to do with their governor's system?

How could Lu Xingxing know the key?

"Prepare a sedan!"

"Go to Dengzhou Prefecture!"

"I'm going to see the governor!"

Sun Zhixie shouted anxiously.

After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving the magistrate of Jimo County, dazed in place.

The magistrate looked at the sky, the earth, and then looked at himself. Finally, he was convinced that he hurried to report the good news, but he actually reported the mistake. However, he still didn't understand what he was wrong.

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The tricky thing that Zhang Zhun encountered was about the distribution of military merits.

According to the usual practice of the Guards, they mourn the dead soldiers first and then hold a celebration meeting. This time, of course, is no exception. The funeral of the martyrs was held and the prisoners were handled before the celebration meeting was held. However, when evaluating the merits, they encountered a more troublesome thing. The biggest problem is that the results of the war cannot be fairly distributed to each warrior.

Yang Zhiyuan, Hao Linyong, Yang Zixuan and others came up with several plans, but they all felt that it was not very satisfactory. This battle was completely a battle of the Tiger Bend, and everyone shot the enemy at a distance. In the chaotic battlefield, it was impossible to determine which enemy was killed. When cleaning the battlefield, it was even more impossible to distinguish. Moreover, in this battle, there was also the participation of the sailors. The sailors seized two pig-bearded boats from the Tartars. How should this credit be distributed?

It can be said that there is no such thing as beheading in this battle. Since it is impossible to determine who killed the enemy, how can these contributions be allocated to individuals? In the past, because the number of enemies killed was not large, everyone's contributions were not much different, and there was basically no problem. However, this time, more than 200 Tartars were eliminated, and the contributions were quite large. If the distribution was unbalanced and the gap was relatively large, some soldiers would definitely have emotions. No one would want to see such a situation happen.

The three senior officers Yang Zhiyuan, Hao Linyong and Yang Zixuan discussed and went there, but in the end there was no more perfect plan, and they felt very stressed. In the end, the three decided to come to Zhang Zhun and ask Zhang Zhun to make the final decision.

"Sit down and tell me what you think."

Zhang Zhun said in contemplation.

The four people had a small discussion on this matter.

During the discussion, everyone agreed that with the large-scale use and popularization of hot weapons, the original beheading theory was obviously not very applicable. There must be more advanced and scientific evaluation methods to replace the original beheading system. To stimulate the combat effectiveness of the guards, we cannot rely solely on the monotonous means such as military fields.

This battle destroyed more than 200 Tartars at one time. Well, to be precise, it was 211 Tartars. According to the ten acres of military fields in each Tartar, it was 2110 acres. It was a bit difficult for Liu Hang to free up so many military fields at once. This was just a small-scale battle, so many military fields were allocated. If there were large-scale battles in the future, wouldn’t it be...

Zhang Zhun felt that it was necessary to study new reward methods.

Although the charm of the military field is very large, it cannot be used without restrictions. In the past, Zhang Jun himself had no assets or any effective way to motivate the soldiers to fight, so he had to give others a favor and take other people's fields as a reward. Facts have proved that under the conditions at that time, rewarding military field was undoubtedly the best way. However, as everything slowly got on the right track, the disadvantages of military field began to gradually emerge. Because, from any angle, military field is a privileged existence.

Fortunately, the military field had been included in the scope of tax payment before, and military field had to bear the same tax rate as civilian field. Otherwise, several years or decades later, the fields across the country would belong to military field. The fields of the Ming Dynasty belonged to gentry and did not need to pay grain. As a result, more than 90% of the fields were placed in the name of gentry and the country could not receive a penny. Of course, Zhang Zhun did not want to repeat the same mistake.

After careful thinking, Zhang Zhun decided to implement the system of meritorious service in the guard team.

Making meritorious deeds is not only obtained on the battlefield. In normal times, as long as you make outstanding contributions, you can also obtain them. The person who makes meritorious deeds is not just the front-line troops participating in the war. Similarly, eliminating the enemy is not the only condition for making meritorious deeds. As long as there are outstanding performances that are different from ordinary people in battle, you should make meritorious deeds. Of course, it is still the most important condition. The ultimate goal of all merit evaluation systems is to inspire all soldiers to eliminate more enemies.

There are some basic principles for evaluating merit, which cannot be abandoned, such as the principle of first martyrs and then wounded. Without their efforts, there will be no victory in the battle. At the same time, it is stipulated which level has the power to make the selection. For example, the third-class merit must be recommended by the team, and this consultation and research, and then reported to Zhang Zhun for decision. As for the first-class merit and the second-class merit, the conditions are even more harsh. Unless there are very outstanding performances, it is quite difficult to evaluate the first-class merit.

After researching with Yang Zhiyuan, Hao Linyong, Yang Zixuan and others, Zhang Zhun decided to issue the Military Merit Order in the Guards to implement the special merit, first-class merit, second-class merit, and third-class merit system, and the rewards correspond to ten mu, five mu, three mu, and one mu of military field respectively. In other words, only by making merit can you get the military field reward. This replaces the previous method of calculating military merits according to the head of the Tatars, which can minimize the issuance of military fields.

The Military Merit Order clearly stipulates that under what conditions can we obtain military merits and which level of military merit can be obtained. Beheading is only one aspect, and there are many aspects to obtain military merits. For example, in terms of logistics, health, culture, technology, etc., military merits can also be obtained. For example, a soldier invents a faster loading method, or invents other combat modes that are more conducive to shooting, can receive military merit rewards.

Perhaps, some warriors cannot calculate how many enemies they have killed. As long as they perform outstandingly on the battlefield and are more brave and better than others, they should receive rewards. Especially those martyrs often cannot determine how many enemies they have killed. However, they should receive more rewards by using their lives to win the battle.

There is no need to hold military merit rewards after the battle. Fighting is only part of it. Of course, the rewards for combat are still the most abundant. Since the Qin Dynasty, all dynasties that focus on military merit have strong combat effectiveness. On the contrary, those who do not pay attention to military merits and even suppress military generals are basically on the verge of the destruction of the country and the destruction of the race.

The Military Merit Order stipulates that for those who have made meritorious service, each team will first democratically evaluate, select corresponding candidates, sort out their results or deeds, and select them one by one level at a time, and then Zhang Zhun makes the final decision. During this period, Zhang Zhun may talk to most candidates to understand their combat process, and thus make the final decision.

Of course, no method of evaluating qualities can be perfect. The evaluation system in later generations also has considerable loopholes. However, Zhang Zhun believes that as long as he has no selfish intentions and can be upright, he should be able to make this system as fair, just and open as possible. At the same time, if necessary, a special supervision agency can be set up to supervise the entire process of evaluating qualities.

Of course, these are all things that will happen in the future. The current guard team has only a few hundred people, and the relationship between them is relatively simple, and there is no need for supervision for the time being. The soldiers' thoughts are also relatively simple. Everyone's competition is united, upward, and positive, and there is no situation where they use tricks behind their backs. However, Zhang Zhun has been thinking about the establishment of supervision agencies.

The Ming Dynasty had its own complete supervision agency. Whether it was the Censorate, the Secretariat, or the Jinyiwei, they were all one of the supervisory agencies. However, the power of the Jinyiwei had a tendency to expand, and eventually became a privileged class. When the east factory, the west factory, the inner factory appeared, this kind of supervision had completely changed. In fact, any supervision above the law was fatal. The supervisor itself must accept supervision from others, otherwise, this kind of supervision would be a bad policy.

In fact, by the late Ming Dynasty, the emperor had already left the control of the East Factory and the Jinyiwei. This control did not mean that the emperor had no power to replace his head, but that he could not change its nature. The Jinyiwei and the Dongfa were both privileged institutions, and no one believed them. The Jinyiwei used the Jinyiwei to fight corruption, but the Jinyiwei was even more greedy than corrupt officials. The Dongfa itself was the biggest evil force, who would attack whom?

Therefore, it is really not easy to establish an effective but controllable supervisory agency. If the status is low, it cannot be supervised by others. For example, some supervisory agencies in later generations have to look at the faces of others and dare not exercise supervision power. However, their status is too high, as if the Jinyiwei and Dongchang have many problems. Zhang Zhun needs to carefully measure the degree in the middle.

At the same time, Zhang Zhun decided to try to limit the number of military fields.

Judging from the current situation, some soldiers, especially officers, have grown rapidly in the number of military fields. As long as you fight a few more wars, it will not take long to reach a remarkable number. Too many military fields may not be a good thing. As the number of military fields increases, the stimulation of military fields is obviously gradually weakening. Zhang Zhun tried to set an upper limit for military fields. The upper limit for each civil field is fifty acres, so there is also an upper limit for military fields, which is fifty acres.

What if a soldier receives a military field reward of more than fifty acres?

Zhang Zhun provided two paths.

Article 1: Glorious retirement.

If you choose this path, Zhang Zhun will award him a great medal of honor, allowing him to leave the army and enjoy the rest of his life. Anyone who reaches this condition will be respected by everyone, and his descendants can also be proud of it and write a lot of marks in the genealogy or genealogy.

Article 2: Continue to serve.

This needs to be divided into two situations.

One is an ordinary soldier who needs to participate in the war directly and may be in danger of life at all times. For such soldiers, they must be removed from the front line and save their lives as much as possible. The best position for these excellent soldiers should be the training instructor of the recruits battalion. His main responsibility is no longer to directly fight the enemy, but to teach the recruits how to fight the enemy.

It is like an American congressional medal winner. After receiving the medal, he is usually asked to retreat from the front line and ensure his safety as much as possible. From a humane perspective, this is a kind of protection for outstanding soldiers. From the perspective of military construction, this is the teaching of experience. More excellent experience can be passed on to more new soldiers.

The valuable experience on the battlefield is often exchanged for countless predecessors with their lives and blood. No matter how much the cost or how advanced the equipment is, they cannot be replaced. An excellent army must be often in a state of war, constantly accumulating, improving, and improving its own experience. An army that has not fought for decades can easily become empty.

The three major battalions of the Ming Dynasty are typical examples. The three major battalions had a very strong combat power, which was enough to shock other domestic armies and even the Mongols in the north. However, as the three major battalions participated less and less, the three major battalions had become completely decorations. Even the court itself no longer believed in the combat power of the three major battalions. With the decline of the three major battalions and the guards, the army of the Ming Dynasty is now mainly recruited combat soldiers.

Another type is senior officers. Generally speaking, in the era of hot weapons, senior officers are not likely to die, especially when their weapons and equipment are more advanced than the enemy. They can continue to serve and continue to gain military merits. If they choose this path, what should they do if they receive a reward of more than fifty acres of military fields in the future?

Zhang Zhun also provides a variety of choices.

For example, use special medals instead. Medals are like exchange items in online games. How many military fields can be exchanged for a medal. The higher the medal, the more military fields you need. Or, build a place like Lingyan Pavilion and engrave the names of the meritorious persons. Or, allow the families of meritorious persons to build a hero arch for everyone to admire. Even allow the families of meritorious persons to build a statue of meritorious persons to store forever.

In short, rewards beyond the fifty acres of military fields are no longer distributed, but honorary rewards are adopted. As for how many acres of military fields are corresponding to each medal, what conditions are required to enter Lingyan Pavilion, establish a archway, build a statue, and how many military fields are needed, these are all details, and detailed regulations can be made in the future.
Chapter completed!