It's a pity that Zhang Yue can't do anything about Hexi.

At least for the time being, there was no way for him to interfere.

I can only quietly watch the situation develop.

On the other hand, with the reward of the meritorious general, the dust gradually settled.

The soldiers finally got their military rewards.

There are three main types of rewards.

One is the title, originally in the Qin Dynasty, there was only one kind of military merit!

Even if it is a royal clan, it is impossible to get a military merit when there is no military merit.

But in the Han Dynasty, because of the changes since Taizong, the system of military merit lords and famous fields collapsed.

A new pattern of the juxtaposition of the people and the officials appeared.

Among them, the civil lord became a property, and became the equivalent of gold and copper coins.

As long as you have money and spend a hundred thousand, you can let a businessman, a prisoner, or even Yidi have a title that ordinary people need to struggle for a lifetime to have, and enjoy the privileges brought by the title.

Most of the soldiers, in the past, were basically civil lords.

Moreover, there is still a distance from the five doctors who are the gatekeepers of the knighthood.

Generally speaking, most of the soldiers of the Han family, throughout their lives, have accumulated military merits, and it is difficult to break through the threshold of the five doctors.

This is because the title system of the Han family still implements the policy of the Shang monarch as the Qin court system in the past!

Below the five doctors, especially from the first level of public servants to the fifth level of doctors, the speed of ascension is very fast.

Basically, with one decapitation, you can move to one level.

To get from level 1 to level 5, only five decapitations or captures are required.

However, starting from the fifth-level doctor, the decapitation military merit required to ascend to the rank of knight is no longer an addition.

Instead, it became multiplication.

For a doctor to be promoted to an official doctor, it takes more than ten beheadings, and it takes twenty for an official doctor to be promoted to a public doctor, and forty for a public doctor to be promoted to a public doctor.

As the fifth-level fifth-level doctor who is the gatekeeper of the lord, the number of military merits required has directly increased fivefold, and two hundred levels are required.

The reason for such a terrifying increase is that starting from the five doctors, it is the ruling class of the Han Empire.

Han Feizi once said: The law of the Shang monarch is also, the one who cuts a poem, the first rank, the one who wants to be an official, the official of fifty stones...... The title of the official is commensurate with the decapitation!

Although this is not the case in the Han system (the people have no official status, they only seek their own body and their own family), but at the beginning of the five doctors, the policy of the Shang monarch was still implemented.

According to Shang Jun's policy, if the five doctors of the ninth level apply for an official, the starting point is directly 600 stones.

In the Han Dynasty, the officials of 600 Shi were the deputy of the county-level county lieutenant and county Cao, the county-level county lord Bo, Duyou and other officials, or the person in charge of important official offices.

Even in the central government, the 600 stone officials are also powerful officials with a lot of power.

Therefore, since Taizong, the Han family has been a distinct class between the people and the officials.

According to this system, most of the soldiers who followed Zhang Yue's expedition, and even the middle and lower-level officers, could not meet the standard of the five doctors.

Beheading two hundred levels, most people are out of reach!

Even those who served as commanders, team leaders, and even many lieutenants could not save this number in their lifetime (Note 1)!

But military merit is not just decapitation!

With the military period (arriving on time), first ascending (the first to enter/board/enter the enemy's city, strategic location), capture, capture, and capture are all military feats, which can be converted into the first rank.

In addition, because of the separation of the Han Dynasty people and officials.

As a result, the Minjue part has room to operate.

You can spend money to address some of the deficiencies.

It's just that when the group involved is a bit large, it's not something that a single person can handle.

Therefore, Zhang Yue has been leading his generals these days to run between Taichang, Shaofu, Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Doctor's Residence.

At the same time, a lot of time was spent investigating, clarifying, and counting the list of all the meritorious soldiers who were expected to win the title of the five great doctors.

Then it starts to be arranged.

After careful calculations, the first money was spent to help those who were beheaded and lacking in military merit to fill the vacancy of the title as much as possible.

Then he fought with the relevant responsible persons of the various yamen of Jiuqing, and tried his best to strive for a relatively high number of beheadings.

All kinds of means, countless efforts and urgency, spent a lot of money to buy the knight.

Zhang Yue finally won the best and most ideal treatment for his subordinates.

In terms of officials alone, there are more than 1,000 people who have reached the standard!

Successfully entered the ruling class of the empire, and the foundation of the Yingyang system was consolidated.

In addition to these people, other soldiers, Zhang Yue also tried his best to win a relatively good title for them.

However, these titles are not very useful.

Under normal circumstances, many people will choose to sell at the right time.

Compared to this, they are more concerned about the other rewards sent by the court.

First and foremost, the monetary reward!

According to convention, there are two types of money.

The first is the reward of the Son of Heaven that everyone, even if he doesn't have any military merits, he can get a coachman or groom who just plays soy sauce along the way.

The total amount of this bounty is thirty thousand dollars.

It was divided equally among all the soldiers and colonels participating in the expedition. According to the head, the average person got about 20,000 yuan!

The reason why it is so generous is that in addition to the fact that the Han army has indeed won a big victory this time, it is also due to the captured gold and livestock, which are indeed worth a lot!

Then, it's the reward calculated according to military merit.

This money is no longer distributed in the form of five baht.

Shaofu announced that they would spend half a year to mint more than 40,000 lintoe gold, and then distribute them to meritorious soldiers as a memorial according to their military merits.

At the same time, they will also melt tens of thousands of catties of copper and cast copper lintoe money to distribute to soldiers who do not have lintoe gold.

Finally, there is the physical reward.

According to military merits and titles, soldiers participating in the war will be rewarded with land, livestock, agricultural tools, cloth, salt and iron, armor, weapons, etc.

Moreover, it is a real distribution!

Meritorious soldiers below the rank of self-proclaimed monarch will be given land and mansions that match the titles they have obtained for their exploits.

That's incredible!

In other words, any soldier may get a hundred acres of land and a mansion.

Enough to start a family and raise a family!

If you have more military achievements, you will be able to get ploughing oxen, pulling horses, and even zigzag ploughs, cocoon carts, and even Xinfeng wheat seeds.

And this is the tradition of the Han Dynasty army.

As long as the battle is won, everything is easy to say.

It was rain and dew up and down.

Generals and captains, marquis and generals, generals in the army, promoted and wealthy, glorifying ancestors, lower-level soldiers, breaking class barriers, and becoming a landlord can become a powerful landlord and lay a solid material foundation for their descendants!

At worst, they can also change from tenant farming families to yeoman farming families.

Just like this time, the captain of Changshui, the captain of Wuheng, the Flying Fox Army, and even the Yicong of the clan, Wuheng, and Xiongnu who went out with Zhang Yue on the expedition, everyone made a fortune!

Plus the wealth they had previously shared from the spoils of war.

Nowadays, any soldier in the army has tens of thousands of floating money in his pocket.

Captain Changshui's soldiers are okay, they have been stationed in Guanzhong before, and they know that the money should be used well.

But others are different.

Especially the Wuheng Yicong and the Xiongnu Yicong, this reward has just been issued.

They're completely free of themselves.

And the merchants of Chang'an City have been eyeing them for a long time.

The day after the bounty was distributed, many rangers hired by merchants appeared on the outskirts of the barracks.

These rangers didn't do anything else, just squatted around the barracks, and when they saw someone coming out of the barracks, they stepped forward to get closer, and then took the opportunity to Amway Chang'an City to find all kinds of lively places and wonders.

Flower Street Willow Lane, is the focus.

Other cockfighting and dog farms in Song Street, wine shops and bazaars in the nine cities of Chang'an also have their own Amway.

These guys have lotus flowers, and what they say is so wild that the soldiers of the Flying Fox Army and Captain Wuheng are overjoyed and unable to help themselves.

As for Wu Heng Yicong and the Xiongnu Yicong, it was the first time that they felt the kindness and meticulous care of their father in the Han Dynasty.

In front of the five-baht coin, the merchants did not talk about doing business with Yidi beasts.

Even if you make a deal with the devil, you won't blink an eye!

As a result, the fragrance of fat powder in Willow Lane of Flower Street, the cockfighting lackeys of Song Street, and the bustle and noise of Chang'an Bazaar and wine shops came to the face.

The soldiers of the Han army, who had never seen this world of flowers, were instantly confused.

As for the Xiongnu Yicong and Wu Heng Yicong, they almost forgot what their names were? What's the last name?

If it weren't for the fact that Chang'an City would have to close its gates every day and enforce a curfew.

These guys are afraid that they will not spend the last five baht money they have taken out of their pockets, and they will not leave.

Driven by these soldiers, Chang'an's market economy soared in the early days of August.

Bosses from all walks of life are smiling from ear to ear.

In the past few days, the great unity of the nation has become a reality in Chang'an.

The Huns, the Wuheng people, no one belittled and ridiculed them anymore.

Even the treatment of other Hu people has also become better.

Of course, the issue of public order has also become complicated, and the officers and soldiers of Jing Zhaoyin, Zhijinwu, and Weiwei have suddenly become the busiest people in the city.

All kinds of fights, drunken madness, theft, and fraud cases emerge one after another.

In some cases, even the government is unable to control them, requiring the deployment of heavily armed troops.

However, these things have never caused any public opinion.

Because, the courtiers of the Han family have long been accustomed to it.

Moreover, in the eyes of the world, this is also what the great victorious master deserves.

An army that wins the battle, without any blame!

During these days, Zhang Yue has been at home, writing his own "Drill Codex" with peace of mind.

In addition, he sent someone to bring his family from Nanling to Chang'an.

Prepare for the ceremony of the full moon of the young son.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, a messenger from Lingju brought the news of the war to Chang'an.

Zhang Yue was immediately summoned to the palace.

…………………………………………

Turn back ten days.

On the 27th day of July in the autumn of the second year of Yanhe, he lived in the outer wilderness.

The cavalry of the Yueshi people began to gather.

Ji Si had a cold face, as if someone had killed the whole family, and looked at the Qiang people who occupied between the mountains and the wilderness viciously.

And the cavalry of the Yue clan behind him were all full of resentment.

Because, they were told that the emperor of the Han Dynasty had issued an edict to execute all the Yueshi people in Chang'an.

At the same time, the officials of the Han Dynasty in Lingju and Hexi were arresting the Yue clan servants in their territory and in the army.

This made them very angry!

Under the instigation of Ji Si and others, they were quickly organized, of course, not all the Yue clan tribes could be fooled by them.

The three tribes of the Hehuangyue clan, Shuihe, Jianhe, and Qingluan, did not listen to them.

Even, drove out the messengers of Jisi and others.

Therefore, Jisi only organized an army of no more than 7,000 horsemen.

Obviously, this little force can't be shaken at all, and the sturdy Ling Jusai is strong.

Even, you can't break through the perimeter!

Therefore, even if Ji Si was very annoyed and angry, he had to bite the bullet and find the Hao chiefs of the Qiang tribes and discuss with them to coordinate the attack.

The Qiang people agreed to it.

However, no matter whether it is the rich chiefs who raise Qiang, prison sister Qiang, or Xian Lingqiang, they are unwilling to take the lead.

They were only willing to attack behind the Yue's people.

She argued with them all morning, but nothing came of it.

Even if he tried his best to divide the three Qiang species, the effect was extremely limited.

He was even directly threatened: if your ministry does not allow it, our ministry will have to retreat!

The reason is that the food and grass are running out, and at the same time, the weather is starting to get colder.

They had to go back and find something to eat and a place to spend the winter.

As for where are those places to eat and spend the winter?

The silk is naturally clear.

There is no way, in the case of the firm attitude of the Qiang people, Ji Si knows that if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that these guys will really do what they said, turn their heads and go to the fire and Yueshi.

Therefore, he had no choice but to agree to the conditions of the Qiang people.

And in the afternoon of the same day, shortly after noon, the first exploratory assault on the beacons and fortresses on the outskirts of Lingju was organized.

About 800 Yue's cavalry crossed the barrier in front of Lingju and attacked a small Han army stronghold called 'Sanli Tunnel'.

The Han army stationed in the local area was only a dozen people.

After discovering the Yue's cavalry, they decisively lit the wolf smoke, then rode on their horses, abandoned the outpost, and retreated behind the side wall on the north bank of the Jianhe River.

So, the Yueshi people took this beacon tower without much effort.

At the same time, I also practiced it and told the Han family that I had rebelled with practical actions!

Hearing this, Li Guangli, who had just received the report from Luntai and was about to lead the light horse to Yumen, immediately took the case, like a child finally got the toy he wanted, and laughed: "Help me this day!" ”

Li Guangli's generals celebrated with each other, and said one after another: "The ancients said, good things come in pairs, the king waits for the good news that the Huns have entered the urn, and the evidence of the Yue's rebellion, congratulations, congratulations!" ”

In their eyes, whether it is the Yueshi or the Qiang people, they are already the numbers they boast about on their military merits, and they are the labor force for the future construction of Hexi!

Li Guangli waved his hand and said, "I will go to Yumen to preside over the battle of Luntai, and the war here will bother Captain Fan, General Zhao and all of you!" ”

"Be sure, strictly guard the border wall, and don't let Qianghu cross the border!"

"No!" The generals received their orders one after another, and they slapped their chests one by one!

In their opinion, the Qiang and Yueshi people are simply killing themselves!