(Suddenly I found that the chapter number of the previous chapter was wrong again. How embarrassing. Same as above. The content is correct. I have been really confused recently. I am really sorry.)

When Zhang Buyi returned to Luoyang again, it was already winter again.

It was just after winter when I left, and it was winter when I came back. A whole year was spent on the frontier.

However, the ending is still very satisfying.

This year has been full of gains for the big man.

Successive victories have made the environment in the north better, and the construction of the Great Wall has been put on the agenda.

Before winter this year, some local preparations were made, and construction can start directly in the spring of next year.

A new construction method was adopted, and Wang Buxu proposed to fill up all the gaps in the Great Wall before winter.

The difficulty of the project is actually not that big. Many things were already done during the Qin Dynasty. Now Wang Buxu just makes some repairs.

In addition, brick-concrete structures are built very quickly.

As for whether there are reinforced concrete or anything like that, there is no need for it at all. These days, you only need to guard against nomads like the Huns, and you don't need to guard against cannons or anything like that.

Rammed earth will work, but brick construction will have the best effect.

Luoyang.

Wang Buxu held a grand welcoming ceremony for the soldiers returning from the expedition.

But it was winter, and the weather was too cold to hold a banquet, so I distributed a jar of wine and a sheep to each person, and found a place to have a satisfying meal.

On the other side, Wang Buxu summoned all the generals outside at the same time.

With this year's great victory in the north, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the imperial court's focus on armaments will change.

And with the return of the imperial army from the expedition, many ministers in Luoyang City finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They have also been on tenterhooks this year because the number of imperial guards in Luoyang is really too small.

One thousand were used to guard the palace, two thousand were used to guard Luoyang, and two thousand were responsible for the expansion of the surrounding areas. There were simply not enough manpower.

The ministers are on tenterhooks, and the Imperial Guards are also very tired. Except for illness, the remaining 5,000 Imperial Guards are working around the clock all year round.

This is already the worst. Even in the army, even on the front line, there is one day off every ten days. On this day, except that you cannot leave the military camp, you can move around freely in the military camp without training.

It's a holiday.

"The empire can achieve success on all fronts this year, and it is inseparable from everyone's support. I am very pleased. All the soldiers who participated will be promoted to one level!" In the meeting hall, everyone was neatly organized, and Wang Buxu directly gave him this year's title.

The achievement determines the nature.

There are strict requirements for the examination of military merit, and it does not mean that the emperor can reward him however he wants.

There are specific departments at the Ministry of War that are doing this, and battle reports from the front lines have been sent back a long time ago. Half a month ago, the imperial court also distributed specific rewards.

Rewarding for merit is definitely not a joke.

A large-scale promotion to the nobility like Wang Buxu's was not unheard of in history.

Xiao He wanted to give some advice, but after thinking about the achievements of the Northern Army this year, he still felt that it was okay and there was no need for him to get into trouble.

There is no good in admonishing him, but he will be hated by the soldiers, and will eventually make himself embarrassed.

However, Wang Buxu changed his voice and continued: "Of course, there is progress, but shortcomings also exist. Some people value generals more than anything else, and even do a series of unbelievable things. If it weren't for many people,

Go ahead, I really can’t believe that a big man can be so shameless!”

“I don’t want to see this kind of thing that is not conducive to unity in the future!”

Everyone knew that the person Wang Buxu was talking about was Zhang Buyi, but Zhang Buyi stood behind him like a normal person and ignored him, as if he was not the person he was talking about.

As for eating alone, Wang Buxian certainly took care of it.

As for the more than 30,000 cavalry officers and soldiers, can we not deal with them?

But they really don’t have much military exploits, so they can’t just take the Imperial Army’s military exploits and share them with them, right?

The palm of the hand is meat, so isn’t the back of the hand meat?

In the end, the Ministry of War gave him a helping hand.

There is no exact reward standard for auxiliary merit. How much and how to reward depends on what kind of merit you, the main force of the regiment, can get.

The rewards received by the troops who have obtained auxiliary merits will be one or two grades lower than those of the main troops, depending on the role they played in the battle.

Since Zhang Buyi's regiment only had a few men, the imperial army went to make a sneak attack, and the cavalry went to the south to wait for the Huns. Although they did not wait for the Huns, this auxiliary service could be rewarded on a second-tier basis.

In addition, Wang Buxu also took out some cattle and sheep from the loot as rewards, and even sent someone to send some wine. This was able to stabilize the soldiers who were feeling cowardly.

Of course, Wang Buyi did not raise a hand to Zhang Buyi.

Instead, he gave me four words: no reward, no punishment!

In fact, Wang Buyi knew what Zhang Buyi did. He had already learned about some of Zhang Buyi's behaviors through scouts.

Even as far away as Luoyang, Wang Buxu felt embarrassed by Zhang Buyi's excuse.

After going back and forth, they only came up with those three excuses. In the end, the soldiers under my command had a headache and gave them a new excuse.

As a general of the Imperial Guard, Zhang Buyi does not need so many military exploits to show off himself.

He only needs to take good care of the three-thirds of the land owned by the Guards, and the opportunities for the Guards to go out to fight are actually very few.

That is to say, there is really a shortage of troops now, and there is really no other way. In addition, Wang Buxu wanted to use the border guards of the Forbidden Army to mobilize the fighting spirit of the people in the country, so he did this once.

And next, if nothing happens, the Forbidden Army will not have any chance to go out again.

After this winter, 130,000 new soldiers will join the army again, which means that the Han army will have another 130,000 troops.

With these people, even if the offensive is launched next year, the border defense force will be sufficient.

There were some things that everyone understood tacitly, but Wang Buxian didn't say anything and just brushed the matter over in an understatement.

Xiao He, Chen Ping, Guan Ying and others didn't say much, just as if this incident had never happened. They guessed why Zhang Buyi did this, and they had to admit that he was a courageous person.

"Let's talk about next year's arrangements..." Wang Buxu said directly. He summoned so many generals who were away from home. Naturally, it was not a long time since they last met to catch up with each other.

"Your Majesty, although there were three large-scale battles in the north this year, and the intensity of the battles was not high, they consumed a lot of energy. I suggest that next year the priority should be to repair the Great Wall, so that the soldiers can rest for a year, and at the same time summarize

I learned some lessons from this expedition to prepare for the next expedition!" Guan Ying said directly.

Although the troops he led were busy all the way, the mobile transfer of thousands of miles was also very tiring.

If they were to fight for many years, Guan Ying felt that even those well-trained soldiers would be hard-pressed to resist.

"Your Majesty... wait... wait for two years and wait for two years to fight..." Zhang Cang wiped the sweat from his forehead in the middle of winter, as if the sweat on his face could not stop as long as he saw the king.

"Yes, Your Majesty, if this continues, the Ministry of Finance will not be able to hold on anymore..." Xiao He also nodded in agreement.

The reorganized Han army was a gold-swallowing beast.

But compared with previous troops, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Now when the Han army goes to the imperial court, they don't need to prepare food and grass in advance. There are enough cattle and sheep on the border to provide meat, and there is also food for the army.

But military expeditions cost money.

What is a professional army?

That is, soldiers give up everything, enter the military camp, devote themselves to militarized training, perform military tasks with all their strength, break away from agricultural production, and focus on national defense.

Even if it is military reclamation, it still has the word "military" in it, and it is also one of the tasks of the army.

So when people join the army, it means that there is one less prime-age labor force in the family. In addition, the current Han army does not implement a compulsory military system, so how can we ensure that enough soldiers can be recruited?

Of course, the treatment is to be improved. The first is food and clothing. The army is fully responsible for these two aspects. If the food is better than at home, it will naturally attract people.

The other is to provide military pay, which is the most direct. After joining the army, the value of the military pay received is greater than that of farming at home, so the family's resistance to the loss of a labor force will not be so great.

After the restructuring, the final version was that the lowest-level soldier's monthly military pay was 5 qian, 60 qian a year. The price of food is now 4 qian per dan, which means that a year's military pay can buy 15 dan of grain, which is approximately equal to

The income from cultivating seven or eight acres of land.

For troops stationed in border areas, their monthly military pay is six cents, which is seventy-two cents a year. They can buy eighteen shi of grain, which is equivalent to cultivating about nine acres of land.

As for the cavalry unit, their monthly military pay is seven cents, which is eighty-four cents a year, and they can buy twenty-one stones of grain, which is equivalent to about ten and a half acres.

This is only military pay during peacetime, and there are war subsidies during wartime. Although it is not high, it is also an incentive for soldiers.

Every ten days is a unit, and the subsidy is one yuan for ten days, and three yuan more per month.

Just like this time, Han Xin and Guan Ying went out with 100,000 troops. It took more than four months and less than five months to go back and forth. If calculated based on four months and twenty days, it would be fourteen calculations.

unit.

According to the cavalry's military pay, it means that for this trip, two months more military pay will be paid.

Now the entire Han Dynasty is very poor, very poor. Although it seems that each soldier can not get much, when hundreds of thousands of people gather together, it is enough to cause a headache.

Everyone understands Zhang Cang's hardship. Other funds can be delayed temporarily, but the military pay for the soldiers fighting abroad cannot be delayed at all.

Usually a few days before the end of each month, Zhang Cang would have the money ready. He would just wait for the Ministry of War to report the specific order. He would quickly arrange for someone to review it overnight and then allocate it directly.

Naturally, this money cannot be sent to the frontline soldiers. Instead, the Ministry of Revenue distributes it to the government warehouses in various places in advance. After confirmation, the Ministry of Revenue orders that each place directly withdraws the corresponding amount of money from the special funds.

To the families of soldiers.

Thinking of Zhang Cang's life last year, Chen Ping couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Majesty, let's take a break in the north for a while. We have beaten the Huns so hard this year. It is estimated that in the next two
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