Chapter 899 Celebration Banquet - Medal of Remission once
Everyone looked around and saw a round yellow object in Yunxi's hand, with a dragon tattooed in the middle and some fine lines, but they couldn't see clearly. If these fine lines were not included, it would look the same as last year. The gold coins invented by His Majesty at the beginning of the year are almost the same.
"Back then, Emperor Taizu expelled the Tartars and restored China, reestablished the system of alchemy books and iron coupons, and rewarded all ministers who had made meritorious services."
"I believe that this kind deed cannot be limited to ministers with great merit. All soldiers are born and raised by their parents. After serving the Ming Dynasty loyally, they are unable to raise young children and cannot serve their parents. Isn't it sad?"
"What's more, if a child loses upbringing and makes mistakes since childhood, it would be even more sad if he is punished by the court's laws again."
"So I decided to establish something inferior to the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book, named it a first-class medal, and give it to the sons of all soldiers who died fighting for the Ming Dynasty. They promised to reduce their crimes to one level at a time. Except for heinous crimes, all other capital crimes will be reduced to exile. However, There is no need to avoid military law."
"Furthermore, this first-level medal can be hereditary. If the previous generation has not used it, it can be passed on to future generations. But it can only be passed on to descendants. If I have no children or descendants, the hereditary official position can be passed on to nephews and grandnephews, but this medal cannot be passed on to descendants. Pass. If you have a step-nephew, you need to register it in the guard office. If it has not been registered, you cannot pass it on."
"In addition, I feel pity for the injured and disabled people in the Ming Dynasty, so I will grant them a second-level medal. For crimes less than a capital crime, the sentence will be reduced by one level. The rest are similar to the first-level medal."
"For the soldiers who were killed or disabled before this battle, if their descendants who inherited the family property were underage when they died or were disabled, they will be awarded posthumous medals; the remaining families will be rewarded with ten guan of money."
The meaning of Yunxi's words is: These soldiers who died fighting for the Ming Dynasty are so pitiful. I must take care of them and decide to give their children a medal that can reduce the crime once and only reduce the crime by one degree. As for why the death penalty should be mentioned separately , because in theory, decapitation reduces the crime by one degree to hanging, and exile reduces the crime by two degrees. The logic of the second-level medal is the same.
Proposing this medal is also one of Yunxi's methods to improve the status of ordinary soldiers. Traditionally, the reason why people don't like to be soldiers is that they may die in war. Therefore, when the world is at peace, good people don't like to be soldiers. Soldiers They are all kinds of social scum. Of course, these people cannot be good soldiers after becoming soldiers. They harass the people and make the people have a low impression of them, which leads to the low status of ordinary soldiers.
Of course, there are other reasons for the low status of soldiers, but this is one of the most important reasons.
Yunxi thought of many ways to improve the treatment of soldiers, but most of them were rejected; he had previously thought of giving all those who sacrificed for the Ming Dynasty a hereditary hundred households with salary but no official rank, but found that if they were completely pushed back The Ming Dynasty had to go bankrupt and had no choice but to give up.
But we should not give them too many privileges. It is not a good thing for warriors to have too high a status. The example of the Tang Dynasty is vivid in our minds. Not to mention that An Lushan who rebelled was a Hu, and there were also many Han generals who followed him in rebellion.
Even after the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty said that the feudal governors were separatist, but in fact the so-called Jiedushi in many feudal towns did not count at all. The power was in the hands of a group of veterans who were prestigious among ordinary soldiers. If the Jiedushi did not suit their wishes, He dared to kill even Jiedushi, which feels a bit like the Imperial Way Sect in the Fuso Showa era. Such examples are vivid in the old and new "Book of Tang" and appear endlessly.
According to Yunxi, it is best to give ordinary soldiers a small privilege similar to that of a scholar. After thinking about it, he came up with this method. It is not a complete exemption, but a reduction of the crime, and it can only be used once. It will give them a little
The children's privileges will not be exceeded, and the local authorities will not be able to control them.
If there are civil servants present, they will definitely be dissatisfied with this and will immediately start to remonstrate. Even the most timid official who usually faces the emperor will definitely stand up. This involves the interests of all civil servants and must be remonstrated.
But there is not a single civil servant present now. The middle and lower-level military generals do not think as much as the generals. Although most of them have hereditary official positions, they do not have the iron book of alchemy. If they are unfortunate enough to die in battle - just like Ye Zi this time
Gao - With this medal, future generations will have more protection.
And this is not just an iron certificate of alchemy awarded to a few people. It will not have much impact if the emperor turns his back and takes it back; it is a medal awarded to all soldiers who died or became disabled for the Ming Dynasty. They can only use their imagination to accumulate it from generation to generation.
It is very likely that there will be hundreds of thousands or even millions in the future, and the court will never dare not admit it.
So immediately, the venue was filled with words such as "Your Majesty's Holy Might", the sound was deafening, and even people outside the celebration banquet could hear it clearly. Under such circumstances, even some generals still had no objections to this.
Dare to mention it.
After a long time, when everyone stopped shouting, Yunxi smiled and said: "After that, it will be my reward for all the meritorious ministers."
After Yunxi finished speaking, a sturdy guard stepped forward, unfolded the imperial edict, and shouted loudly: "Li Jian, Xu Jingchang comes forward to listen to the seal."
"Li Jian, the Commander-in-Chief of the Prince Consort,..., was granted the title of Bo of Hanoi, hereditary, and was rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and hundreds of pieces of silk and satin. I admire this. Xu Jingchang, the nephew of Wei Guogong Xu Huizu and a fellow commander of the Yulin Left Guards,..., was granted the title of Prince Consort of Hanoi.
My father, Xu Zengshou, was rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and a dou of pearls in order to capture a captive. I appreciate this."
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness. Long live your Majesty!" Li Jian and Xu Jingchang said at the same time.
The announcement just now that medals were to be awarded to them had already dispelled the sadness caused by the silent mourning for the fallen soldiers. Now the rewards have officially begun and two more hereditary titles have been awarded, which immediately made everyone happy and stretched out their ears to hear their own names.
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There were thousands of people present, and even reciting names would take a long time. If they were to recite them all, they would not do anything else until night. Fortunately, Li Jian was prepared in advance and had notified people with different merits.
At that time, these people gathered together under the leadership of the waiter to listen to someone reciting the imperial edict. For a time, the whole courtyard was filled with the sound of reciting the edict.
After all the imperial edicts were read out, everyone knelt down together and saluted Yunxi: "I thank your Majesty for your kindness. Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
"Everyone, get up," Yunxi said with a smile: "You are all my meritorious ministers. Today is a celebration banquet for you. There is no need to kneel down like this."
He also ordered the meal to be passed on: "You have been waiting for so long, it's time to eat." Li Jian immediately ordered and started to serve the dishes. I saw countless waiters reappearing, carrying covered plates in their hands, walking in to put them away
Go to each table. After a while, the courtyard is filled with the aroma of food.
Yunxi picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and ate it first. The soldiers below couldn't bear it any longer and started eating.