Of course, although the current population of Xinghai Kingdom has reached 7.3 million, there are actually 5 million people who have not yet been fully mobilized. This requires naturalized civilian officials and technical personnel who go to Zhejiang, Jiangshu, Anhui and other places
Only after they are completely familiar with the work can they be gradually mobilized to allow these people to join the industrial and agricultural construction of Xinghai Kingdom.
Compared to the first-line troops, it is more troublesome to create second-line garrison troops and third-line reserve troops.
After all, the second and third lines are completely reframed.
Well, in order to better implement this military strategy, under the chairmanship of Fang Xiaoyue, the Senate passed the "Regulations on the Service of Soldiers and Officers".
To put it simply, after an officer has served at the rank of lieutenant for eight years, if he is unwilling to continue serving, he can withdraw from the front-line army, or transfer to the garrison force, reserve force, or social employment.
After serving for thirteen years at the first level of a school officer, he can withdraw from the front-line army and transfer to the garrison force, reserve force, and social employment.
There is no limit on the rank of general officer and he can retire.
Officers of all levels above can receive generous annuities of corresponding levels after retiring from active service or retiring.
The same is true for soldiers. If a first-class soldier cannot be converted into a sergeant after serving for three years, he can retire from active service and can be transferred to the garrison force, reserve force, or social employment.
Sergeants and sergeants have a service life of five to thirteen years. The fifth-level sergeants have the same treatment as a major general and can retire.
Of course, if you are injured in battle, you can be directly transferred to the garrison force, reserve force, social employment, etc.
After the service regulations for soldiers and officers were passed, Xinghai Daily made a large announcement on the masthead.
The imperial merchant envoy sent by the Qing court was worried about how to complete the task assigned by his master, when he saw the propaganda in Xinghai Daily.
After reading it, his eyes bulged.
It’s incredible!
Absurd! Ridiculous!
This is his first intuitive feeling.
In his opinion, when did soldiers enjoy such good treatment?
If I don’t serve as a soldier, can I still receive money every year?
This simply overturned his three views.
Well, for Huangshang, this is simply unacceptable.
It is like how uncomfortable the landlord would feel when he saw that the beggar had eaten enough and had big fish and meat for every meal.
However, the emperor merchant also understood something from this. No wonder this star navy is so capable of fighting. Even the invincible Eight Banners soldiers were beaten to death in front of them.
This also made his inner anxiety become more intense.
The people of Xinghai had a completely different view on this than the imperial merchants. On the streets and alleys, the people were in a happy mood.
Because Xinghai City probably has the highest rate of conscription in the entire Xinghai Kingdom.
It can be said that almost every household, or among relatives and friends, has children who are soldiers. There are even many children who have been promoted to become sergeants or sergeants due to their outstanding performance in combat, and some have gone to the Army Academy or Naval Academy to study and become officers.
It's everywhere.
After all, there are only 200 veteran officers in total, and many of them work in the Ministry of Military Affairs.
This makes the number of veteran officers extremely scarce, and it is basically impossible to arrange for officers at the company, platoon, or even battalion levels to have some naturalized civilians.
Under such circumstances, Xinghai Kingdom has improved the treatment of retired soldiers and officers, which undoubtedly makes them feel happy.
The first batch of soldiers from the Xinghai Kingdom to retire and join the garrison and reserve forces also made their selections based on this general premise.
After all, not every soldier wants to fight until he is old.
Besides, when the age limit is up, you must make a choice.
After all, as you age, your physical fitness and other aspects will continue to decline.
This requires younger soldiers to replace them to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.
Soldiers with rich combat experience who enter the garrison and reserve forces after retirement will receive promotions in military rank.
A first-class private is promoted to sergeant, a first-class sergeant is promoted to a second-class sergeant, and a first-class sergeant is promoted to a second-class sergeant.
Well, actually among this group of retired soldiers, there are very few first-class sergeants. After all, for the Ministry of Military Affairs, as long as they are sergeants, they are very valuable command talents.
Even though their educational level may be very low and they cannot meet the threshold to enter the Army Academy or Naval Academy, their existence can make it easier for platoon commanders, company commanders and even battalion commanders to command operations, and even check for leaks and fill vacancies, preventing some
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Of course, like sergeants, there are very few officers in this group.
This has given many senior sergeants the opportunity to study in military academies. After their three-month short-term training is completed, they can be promoted to officers in the garrison or reserve forces.
This can be considered an unexpected surprise.
As for soldiers who want to completely leave the military system and find employment in society, there are basically no soldiers.
No one is stupid. Although you will get an annuity when you are employed in society, you still have to adapt to society again. Compared with directly transferring to the second or third tier, many people find it difficult to accept psychologically.
When more than 20,000 soldiers were retiring from the first batch and being transferred to the second and third line troops, the imperial merchant envoy finally found the opportunity to meet with the new chief veteran Fang Xiaoyue.
Well, Fang Xiaoyue knew quite a lot about this imperial merchant envoy.
This guy is actually a big traitor, well, the kind recorded in history books.
Before the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, this guy had been delivering various materials to the Qing court for a long time, thus making huge profits.
It is precisely because of this that after the Qing Dynasty captured the country, this guy and his group were entertained by the Qing Emperor at a banquet, granted official titles, and were naturalized in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They became so-called imperial merchants and thus remained loyal to the Qing Dynasty for generations.
Taking this guy as an example, he was given the rank of Fengzheng, a second-grade official, and he achieved great glory for a while.
Fang Xiaoyue naturally felt uncomfortable seeing such a guy who betrayed his country and sought glory.
Just for the sake of Xinghai Kingdom's next strategy, he had to meet him and deceive the Qing court.
In fact, due to the division of the first, second and third lines, a large number of soldiers were transferred to the second and third lines, and a large number of new soldiers were added, making it impossible for the Xinghai Kingdom to launch a large-scale attack on the Qing court in a short period of time.
But this reason was naturally impossible to explain to the imperial merchants.
Fang Xiaoyue's general idea is that Xinghai Kingdom is willing to discuss peace with the Qing court, but the specifics depend on the sincerity of the Qing court.
Hearing this, Huang Shang was immediately overjoyed.
I didn’t expect that with my own efforts, Xinghai Kingdom could be solved so easily.
It seems that the heavy gift I gave to the chief elder has had an effect.
Of course, he didn’t know that Fang Xiaoyue didn’t appreciate his generous gift at all.