Chapter five hundred and fifty-two awards and military heart
Liangzhe Province, Taiping Prefecture.
Inside the cave in Qingxi Mountain, the lights are dim.
This is the place where Fang La died. Countless heroes committed suicide along with him that day.
Although King Fangla of the Ming Dynasty was short-sighted, his city was not deep, and he did not have the temperament and ability to achieve great things, he was a man of all nations, generous and heroic, and many men were heartbroken by him and were willing to follow him to death.
In the Qingxi Mountain area, since Fang La's death, it is said that there are often ghosts crying and wolves howling in these caves, and the locals dare not approach them easily.
At this time, a group of people gathered in the cave. The leader was dressed in brocade clothes. His clothes were neatly packed and his face was spotless. He was Gu Nanshan from the Gu family, a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River.
He escaped from Hangzhou that day and could not be traced, so he unexpectedly hid here.
The Gu family's wealth was so great that at its peak, there were more than fifty officials above the prefect level.
Even though he was on the run, he was still so wealthy and had so many servants.
In the cave, everyone looked at Wang Jingang in the middle. He was currently lobbying these remnants of the Ming Cult and the Jiangnan gentry.
"In the beginning, when all the countries were competing for supremacy, the Qin State had strong soldiers and horses, and was invincible even with the strength of the other six countries. However, at the Mianchi meeting, Lin Xiangru could make the King of Qin strike the fou within five steps. What is the reason for this? The timing is well chosen, and the anger of a common man can also be achieved.
It can bring great changes to the world."
Wang Jingang looked around and continued: "Now the Song Dynasty seems to be powerful, but it is aggressively militaristic and makes enemies everywhere. There is Jiaozhi in the south, Dajin in the north, a group of tigers and wolves in the west, and the South China Sea is also at war with the Champa people.
Think about it carefully, how is this different from Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, who stood up to create a prosperous Tang Dynasty again, because there is something impossible about it."
Gu Nanshan hated Yang Lin the most. He was a good member of the Gu family, but he suppressed her head and tail. It was indescribably uncomfortable.
He clapped his hands and said: "Okay, Master Wang is right. Yang Lin is going against the grain and making people panic. I think he is a bit like Wang Mang in the Han Dynasty. This is the authentic way of taking death, and it will be overthrown sooner or later. Do it as soon as possible.
If you start something, you can be the first in the world.
My second brother is in Jiaozhi and has made good friends with Emperor Li Chao. When the time comes, we will ask Jiaozhi to send troops, then contact the Jin Kingdom, bribe the Champa people, attack from the north and the south, and arrive by land and sea. We will bloom from Jingchu, the heart of Jiangnan, to
At that time, the world will be in chaos. Yang Lin's enemies are all over the world. If the world is in chaos, there will definitely be a swarm of them, so why worry about not being able to accomplish something big."
As he spoke, everyone in the cave began to shout excitedly. The sound was amplified by the cave, and it really sounded like a ghost crying or a wolf howling.
At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the killings in the Jingchu area were too heavy. In addition, this place was originally a place where various evil witchcraft and Taoism were prevalent. Therefore, the combination of Maitreya Sect and Ming Sect attracted many believers.
In addition, through the group of scholar-bureaucrats within the clan, the great assistance of the Jiangnan gentry who had exploited the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years made the cult more and more powerful.
Outside Qingxi Mountain, where Fang La died, a new storm is brewing.
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Yunnei, Datong.
The plague has been brought under control, and nearby soldiers and civilians began to move into the city one after another.
In the camp on the outskirts of the city, a high platform was erected, with flags covering the sky, facing the strong wind.
Yang Lin generously rewarded the Western Army for their outstanding achievements this time, especially the soldiers who had made outstanding achievements in street fighting.
Zongze and Wang Zhen also arrived. When they blocked Wanyan Agu's attack, they made a timely attack and played an important role.
The high platform is filled with some medals, and each of the special medals is registered and linked to the holder.
These medals are engraved with the word Fuyun, and next to them is the Fuyan medal.
The commanders of each battalion recommend soldiers who have made outstanding contributions in the war. After review, only if their merits are genuine can they be awarded this medal.
Wearing it, you will not kneel in court, and your family taxes will be halved.
In the Song Dynasty, only literati with status could enjoy this treatment. In order to avoid the consequences of the rebellion caused by the warriors of the Five Dynasties, the Song Dynasty desperately suppressed the warriors and praised literati for governance, and was even willing to spend money on scholar-bureaucrats and literati.
There were civil servants in the Song Dynasty who not only had high official salaries and generous rewards, but could also protect their families and were exempted from all majors, becoming a privileged "official household" class in society.
As a result, the scene of "catching a son-in-law under the rankings" appeared. On the day when the imperial examination results were released, the families of wealthy gentry from all over the country went out to select the sons-in-law who were high-ranking officials. The scene was simply a robbery, and people called it "catching a son-in-law."
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The reason is that the treatment of civil servants is so good that people can't help but feel moved.
The salaries and benefits of civil servants in the Song Dynasty were very high. Their salaries were rich and substantial, and they were promoted and promoted, not just giving out money.
In fact, the welfare of civil servants is amazing, including salary, grain, salary, spring and winter clothes, food and clothing, tea and wine, cooking materials, firewood and livestock feed, basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, and even the expenses of the family members.
The state pays the bill.
If a minister becomes prime minister or privy councilor, his annual salary is 3,600 guan, 1,200 shi of corn, 40 bolts of damask, 60 bolts of silk, 100 taels of winter cotton, 14,400 bundles of salary, 1,600 pounds of charcoal, and 7 stone salt.
Plus food and clothing for 70 servants.
Calculated based on the purchasing power at that time, the annual salary of the prime ministers and privy councilors of the Song Dynasty was equivalent to between 8 million yuan and 10 million yuan in later generations. The well-known Bao Qingtian and Bao Zheng's annual salary was an astonishing more than 10 million yuan.
Yuan, which was about the same as the annual tax revenue of an entire state at that time.
Yang Lin's conferment of honors can be regarded as the first step to break the privileges of civilian officials and slightly spread this benefit to military personnel.
This was already a remarkable change, and everyone in the army was very happy, at least there was hope.
On the high platform, those who kill more than ten enemies are considered first-class meritorious service. Yang Lin and Zongze will personally award medals, which is the ultimate honor.
All the soldiers wished that they were the ones being awarded the honors above, instead of just watching helplessly.
Zongze, who was standing on the platform, glanced down and felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart.
The gazes of those soldiers gathered together were really shocking.
It is said that Shang Yang spurred the soldiers of the old Qin Dynasty with military exploits, and the Qin people are still happy to hear about the battle. Yang Shaozai not only improved the morale of the warriors, but also gathered the morale of the army in one fell swoop.
All the generals in the army would be willing to serve him. This man was the hope in the eyes of the Song Dynasty warriors.
If this award had been given to any other person, or if someone had done this in the past few years, the person would have been dead before the ceremony was over.
Only Yang Lin with such power would dare to do such a thing. Thinking of this, Zongze turned around and saw that Yang Lin's expression was no different, still calm and calm.
It seemed to him that this shocking day was ordinary and no different.
Is this person...really the top scholar? What is his intention? Why dares to break the privileges of scholars without any fluctuations?
He personally hung the last first-class medal on the chest of a one-armed veteran, Yang Lin patted his shoulder, and the people walked down in groups.
Yang Lin turned around, and there was a roar of cheers from the mountains and the tsunami. At this moment, the whole cloud was cheering for Yang Shaozai.