Among the ministers who participated in the court meeting, too many rebelled against Long Yuanxun.
Song Zhipu, Chen Hanhui, and Ke Xiaqing, the three emperors of Taizhou, had their cabinets changed several times, but none of them had any changes.
Yu Ying and Zhang Guowei have also been in the cabinet.
Among the six grand masters, only one, Qi Biaojia, was not originally a co-conspirator with Yuan Cong, but he was also from Shaoxing. He was also the first minister to respond. Now he has remained in the cabinet as a secondary assistant.
Xu Shiqi, Shen Chenquan, Yu Dafu, Chen Qianfu, Qian Sule, Sun Jiaji, Xiong Rulin, Shen Wenzhong and other confidants were also given the title of bachelor in the cabinet, and were awarded the positions of minister, general affairs envoy, minister of Dali Temple and other ministers.
There are also people like Shizhong Huaxia and Gu Yanwu, the censor in charge, who all have their palm seals. This is where the emperor's confidence lies.
It is because of them that the emperor can go all the way to where he is today.
Of course, there are countless generals who have not appeared here at this time, such as Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen, Wang Xiang, Wu Kai, Zheng Jiwu, Zheng Zunqian and other generals, who are the emperor's strongest confidence.
"We can't be inferior to the Manchu Tartars, right?" the emperor asked loudly.
"Look at how the Tatars treated the Eight Banners. They claimed that the Manchurian soldiers were the foundation of the country and gave very high preferential treatment and pensions to the soldiers of the Eight Banners.
Before entering the customs, each ding was assigned 30 acres of land and was exempted from taxes.
Those who wear armor and work as errands are also paid. After entering the customs, the Eight Banners forwards and guards, who are in charge of reminders and vests, are paid two taels of silver per month, which will be increased at the beginning of the year. Three liang, twenty-four shi of rice per year, and additional food for the expedition!"
"Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Spring Festival, there are also silver rewards, which can reach half of the salary."
"In addition, there are two bags of salt every year, and the vest also has extra money for fodder and horse maintenance."
"In addition to military service, the soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the strong men who work as laborers, etc., will never be paid!"
"And their rations are also very generous. The officers and soldiers sent out on expeditions are given two years' salary according to their rank, the horse soldiers are given fifteen taels, the infantrymen, the guards, and the newly recruited soldiers are each given six taels of silver.
"Their pensions are also very generous!"
When Zhu Yihai said this, he was actually a little emotional. The reason why the Tatars can fight is related to their treatment. If soldiers are treated so well, they will naturally be able to fight and dare to charge.
In fact, the Eight Banners soldiers are essentially the same as the Ming Dynasty guardsmen. They are all military households. Their only task is to train for war, allocate fields to them, pay them, train in peacetime, and go out in war.
If you go on an expedition, you will receive monthly rations, if you fight well you will be rewarded, and even if you are injured and die in battle, you will receive a generous pension.
This kind of system is actually the most motivating. The government military system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was essentially like this. Soldiers had basic guarantees, good remuneration, and even exemption from taxes, labor, etc.
The guard system in the early Ming Dynasty was okay at first, but it gradually deteriorated and all the soldiers were treated like beggars. There was no fighting ability at all.
The Tatar pension does not distinguish between the Manchu Mongolians or the Eight Banners of the Han Army. Any upright bannerman who is appointed as the Bajala guard and is killed in battle will be given 200 taels of silver, and 150 taels of horse and foot armor. If he is a Han domestic slave When a temporary armored soldier dies in battle, he will also be given one hundred taels of silver. This is a one-time cash pension and does not include funeral expenses and meritorious service allowances.
The green camp's salary is one level lower, with a pension of 70 taels for horse soldiers killed in battle and 50 taels for infantrymen.
Generally, there are still ten taels of silver left for burial expenses and so on.
The pension for officers is higher. For example, if an admiral is killed in battle, the pension will be 800 taels.
"Everyone, listen, the Tatars are a group of barbarians outside the Pass, but the food, wages and pensions for the soldiers of the Eight Banners make us ashamed? They only occupied a small area outside the Pass, but they dared to provide such generous food, wages and pensions.
Why can't we?"
Before the Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that if an officer died in battle, the eldest son would inherit the position. If the son was young, he could be given a full salary until he succeeded to the position of adulthood. If there was no eldest son, the eldest grandson would be the eldest son. The position could even be lent to brothers.
If a soldier dies in battle and no one inherits his position, he will be given full military pay for three years, and then it will be reduced by half. If there is a child who inherits the soldier's position, only funeral expenses will be paid. If he dies and no one inherits his position, his parents and wife will be given half for life.
Military pay: If a soldier is killed in battle, his wife will be given military pay for three years, and then for life, three to six bushels of food per month.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty had a military household system. Once a soldier became a soldier, he would become a hereditary military household. If he died in battle, his son would succeed him as a soldier. If there were no sons, his brothers would take his place.
If there is a replacement, after he is killed in battle, he will only be given some money for burning and burial.
If there is no one to inherit, he will be given three years of grain, one stone a month, which is thirty-six stone of grain for three years, and then the wife will receive half the salary, which is three to six bushels a month. If the wife remarries, it will be lost.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty's garrison was corrupt and had financial difficulties. Even the guards who were on duty could not get their monthly rations and were in arrears. It was even harder for the widows to get their monthly rations.
Even if you can get it, compared with the Tatar pension, there is a huge difference.
The same life should be of equal value on the battlefield.
As a result, the life of the Tatars was many times more expensive than that of the Ming army. They were treated well and had no worries, so they naturally fought bravely. The Ming army usually did not have enough to eat and clothing, so they went to the battlefield hungry, while their wives, children and children were still suffering at home.
Hungry, how can we fight here?
Even if you die in battle, your family will not be protected, so your death is in vain.
Who is willing to fight?
Zhu Yihai increased the military pay for the soldiers in the imperial camp, increased the military merit rewards, and also increased the pensions for those killed and injured in battle. Previously, those who died in battle were given twelve liang.
Later it improved a bit.
"Everyone, we want to fight the Tatars. If we want to win the Tatars, we can't just ask the soldiers to be brave and sacrifice. We must first provide them with at least the same armor and weapons as the Tatars, provide them with the same food and pay, and even give them
The same pension guarantee, if we can’t do this, we won’t have the face to ask them to be braver and braver than the Tatars!”
“In times of disaster, treat the disaster first and treat the officials first;
In times of war, you must first govern the country and the army!”
"If you want to run an army, you must first give generous rewards!"
"It is impossible to have a horse run but not eat grass at the same time. This is something that has never happened before in the world!"
The emperor said something that even Liu Zongzhou, the king of artillery, could not accept.
He opened his mouth several times, but finally closed it. Yes, if he only talked about sacrifices and not about treatment, wouldn't that be a hooligan? Liu Zongzhou valued morality the most, and he couldn't open his mouth at this time.
"Not to mention better treatment than the Tatars, at least we can't let our soldiers be worse than the Tatars! So not only will I not reduce their military pay, I will even increase it!"
"Before, our soldiers were actually paid half pay. When they were repaid during the New Year holidays, they were basically only repaid half, and they still owed a lot."
The Tatars also give out three rewards during the New Year, which is half of the monthly salary, which is extra.
Their waistcoats are given out forty-two taels a month, which is a real forty-eight taels a year. They can also give out 24 taels during the New Year, which means they get 72 taels a year.
Zhu Yihai, a superior soldier in the imperial camp, received four liang and five a month, but he received half of it on weekdays. He was paid two liang and five a month, three times during the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and New Year.
Three New Year's Days are equal to one month's full salary repayment each time, and in the end, three months are still owed.
The Tatars actually received seventy-two taels of vests in a year, and the superior soldiers of the royal camp received forty and a half taels.
The Tatars still have 24 shi of food a year, but the imperial camp only has 6 bushels of food per month, which is only 12 shi of food a year.
Zhu Yihai now talks about improving the treatment of soldiers in the imperial camp.
From now on, for example, the salary of a first-class soldier will remain unchanged at four, two, five, and half a month, and he will still be paid half pay during ordinary times. He will be paid one month's full pay every new year, and he will be owed three months in a year.
The court saved these three months' salary for them, and deposited another three months into it, which is equivalent to serving as a soldier in the imperial camp for one year, and receiving forty and a half taels of silver. The court also gave him half a year's salary in a special account.
Twenty-seven taels.
These twenty-seven taels are stored in it and will be distributed in one lump sum when they are killed or disabled in battle or discharged from the army.
One year is twenty-seven taels, and ten years is two hundred and seventy taels.
Liu Zongzhou couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the court to bear the burden!"
"Mr. Liu might as well look at it from a different perspective. Originally, the imperial court agreed to give the superior soldiers fifty-four taels of silver a year, but only twenty-seven taels of silver were given to them on weekdays. Thirteen and a half taels of silver were reissued during the New Year, and they still owe thirteen taels of pay.
Two and a half, right? Even if you give it all, it's actually only fifty-four taels a year, which is not much more than the Tatars' forty-eight taels. And their annual festival reward is given separately, which adds up to seventy taels.
Twenty taels."
"I'm actually increasing the pay for the soldiers now. Thirteen and a half taels a year, a little more than one tael a month. All added up in a year, that's sixty-seven taels and a half, an average of five taels a month.
Six cents is only two cents and five cents, which is still five and a half taels less than the Tatars."
"I have also considered that the government's finances are really difficult at the moment, so I don't say to pay it directly on a monthly basis, but to remember it with the three months. This can also be regarded as a guarantee for the soldiers. They are killed, disabled or old.
When you retire, the court will distribute this money in one lump sum. Those who are killed in battle can live with their wives and children, and those who are disabled are guaranteed for the rest of their lives. Even if they retire when they are old, they will still have a pension fund."
For the court, the money does not have to be paid immediately, it has always been on the account, and there is no need to pay additional interest. It is equivalent to issuing national bonds, and the government's future revenue will be used to slowly fill the current shortfall.
The thirteen and a half taels of silver each year should not be directly called an increase in wages, but should be renamed as a pension or annuities, benevolence, etc. The soldiers would definitely be very grateful.
After all, changing the name would be equivalent to additional security benefits provided by the court.
If it's a rate increase, it's equivalent to the rate the court owes them.
Now the imperial court owes you three months of salary every year, but the imperial court will deposit an additional three months for you. It will be given to you together in the future. When you take it in the future, it will be doubled. The longer you deposit, the more you will double.
Who can’t calculate such a simple account?
A simple method, but it can greatly boost morale and even make everyone feel very secure. It can even save the court three months of military salary expenses every year. Although it is said that this will be doubled in the future, the longer it takes, in fact
The cost is even lower.
This is a simple financial account.
"The compensation for those killed in battle and disabled persons must also be increased. The Tatar Bajala will receive two hundred taels for collection and one hundred and fifty taels for horse steps. We really cannot afford this.
We follow the old rules. Regardless of officers, soldiers, or auxiliary soldiers, as long as they die in battle, they will be paid for three years. For upper-class soldiers, they will receive a regular salary of 4 taels and 5 taels a month, which is 162 taels for three years. For example, 1 taels will be paid for funeral expenses.
"Those who are missing in action and whose victims are identified will receive a pension according to those who were killed in action. Those whose whereabouts are not found will be given half of the compensation for those who were killed in action."
"The combat wounded pension is divided into five grades. The first grade will be paid for one year, the second grade will be paid for nine months, the third grade will be half a year, the fourth grade will be three months, and the fifth grade will be two months. The casualty period will be half a year for the first grade, and half a year for the second and third grade.
Seventy days for injuries, 40 days for fourth- and fifth-grade injuries, and those who die within the limit will be compensated according to the case of death in action."
"Severely disabled persons will receive an additional salary based on the fifth-level standard. For example, those who are blind in both eyes and unable to move their hands or feet will receive an additional year's salary. Those who have lost one hand or one foot will receive an additional payment of half a year. Those who have injured one eye or cannot move one hand or cannot move one foot will receive an additional payment of one year.
Additional issue will be issued in March..."
"If someone is killed while breaking the city or on the way to official duties, he will be regarded as a martyr, and the salary will be reduced by half according to the death rate."
"Those who die of illness will receive half a year's salary!"
"Anyone who retires due to illness or disability, regardless of age, shall be given a ration of one, two meters and three measures of silver."
"Soldiers who are killed or injured in battle, and whose children are young, will be given one ration until they are twelve years old. Those who are widowed and have no children, or who have no wife and their parents are still alive, will be given one ration. If the widow remarries, the payment will be stopped.
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The emperor took out the plan he had prepared long ago and threw it out in one breath.
The Eight Banners of the Tatars, Manchus, Mongols and Han combined have about the same strength as the current imperial camp. They can provide troops under these conditions, why can't Zhu Yihai?
To compare with combat effectiveness, let's fight for a wave of military pay, pensions and benefits. When the east wind blows the war drums, who is afraid of whom?
You have the Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty, and I have the imperial camp in the Ming Dynasty!
You have a group of 200,000 military nobles, and I, Zhu Yihai, can also raise a group of 200,000 honorary guards.
