Chapter 64 The core of welfare is the military field
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The matter of "Juntian exemption" was handed over to the relevant personnel of Shengxia Sect to be responsible, and Zhang Zhun plunged into the expansion of the guard team of Fushan. This time, the expansion of the escort team is quite large, and of course he must go all out to do every detail in the middle to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the escort team continues to improve, not decline.
The establishment of the Ming army was basically a five-five system of gangs (10 people), teams (50 people), associations (150 people), sentinels (750 people), and battalions (3,250 people). The numbers in parentheses are for combat soldiers, excluding officers and auxiliaries. With the addition of officers and auxiliary arms at all levels, the strength of each battalion is basically about 4,000 people. Why is it similar to the five-five system? This is because each association only governs 3 teams.
Zhang Zhun means that the five-five system is implemented from beginning to end, and each association still governs 5 teams. As a result, the number of soldiers per association increased to 250, to 1,250 per outpost, and to 6,250 per battalion. Of course, this is for later. At present, the number of guards has increased from 80 to about 400, and the team under the jurisdiction is still the same.
After adjustment, the Fushan Guard's team has a total of nine teams. The original eight teams were expanded into eight teams, and the teams were Yang Qianqiang, Yang Zhiyuan, Yang Hongwen, Yang Junjie, Hao Linyong, Yin Fengyi, Zou Mingjia, Li Jiaxi, and the team deputy was Zhang Yatie, Wu Xinshui and others. The biggest highlight of this expansion is the addition of a musket team, which is being served by Yang Zixuan.
The original team leader and team leader became the team leader and team deputy respectively, and the original guard team soldiers naturally became the new team leader and team leader. According to the standard equipment, each team should not count officers, there should be 50 soldiers, in fact, each team is not full, there are vacancies. The biggest shortfall is, of course, the musket team. These will be added slowly in the future. Four hundred people are out of work, which is almost the limit of the Fushan Institute.
On the morning of April 22 in the seventh year of Chongzhen, all the young and middle-aged people who were interested in joining the guard team of the Fushan Station gathered at the Hongshitan training ground. In order for them to join the escort team, they must also pass Zhang Zhun's assessment. Early in the morning, at the Red Rock Beach Training Ground, the atmosphere was solemn and crowded. At a glance, all of them were black heads.
Peng Feizai is also among the people who participated in the assessment. No one had a stronger desire to join the Guard. Following him was nearly 100 young adults in Maojiatun, if he himself could not be selected, in Maojiatun in the future, he would not want to raise his head.
In addition to these young people, there are many parents and villagers, gathered around the red rock beach, pointing and pointing, and it was very lively. Either they are the parents of these young people to see if their children can pass the test. Or just come to see the excitement. Because I don't know where the news came out that the escort team was going to hold a grand flag-raising ceremony.
Before this, the flag-raising ceremony of the escort team, which was rendered by Lin Bin and others, was unprecedented, and everyone couldn't help but come to see it, which could be regarded as an eye-opener. When they went to Liaodong to fight against the Tartars, there were still many people in Fushan who participated, and they wanted to see what the difference between this flag-raising and the sacrificial flag of the Ming army was.
In fact, even Yangjiatun's fathers and villagers were allowed to watch the training of Yangjiatun's escort team up close for the first time. Previously, the training of the convoy was closed and no outsiders were allowed to watch. Last time, they only enjoyed the flag-raising ceremony and did not see the real training of the convoy. Now it is different, Zhang Zhun announced that this morning, there will be a training demonstration, so that everyone can see the combat effectiveness of the escort team up close.
Sure enough, early in the morning, the escort team conducted an assassination drill for half an hour. Eighty people were divided into groups to demonstrate their assassination skills. Although they all used bamboo guns wrapped in cotton cloth to cover up the murderous spirit of the bamboo guns, the powerful and clean assassination action still gave the audience a great shock. Yang Kaide and others were very satisfied. The power of this thorn, even if it is a Tartar, may not be able to resist it, let alone some troops of the Ming army like tofu scum?
In addition, Yang Zixuan's team also demonstrated the power of muskets. Three Rumi muskets became the brightest stars on the training ground. At a distance of 100 meters, three Lumi guns concentrated their fire on a piece of limestone, which was smashed to pieces. Putting aside the quasi-head for the time being, this destructive power alone is terrifying. Even Yang Kaide and others, who had been to the front line in Liaodong, had never seen such a powerful musket.
"If we had such a powerful musket before......"
Many old people who survived from the Liaodong front couldn't help but mumble to themselves.
It's just that they don't know that Lu Mi Gong has already existed in the Wanli period, and it is possible to localize it, and Zhao Shizhen has mastered the process of making Lu Mi Gong. It is only because of the [***] and short-sightedness of the imperial court that such sharp firearms will be missed. However, the key element of war is people. No matter how powerful the firearms are, those incompetent commanders of the Ming army can only be the captain of the transport brigade in the end.
After the training, Zhang Zhun announced that the flag-raising ceremony had begun.
The soldiers of the Yangjiatun Guard, dressed in neat military uniforms, gathered around the flag-raising platform. They straighten their waists, hold their heads high, and show their most powerful side to everyone around them. Just the action of the queue and the posture of the queue are enough to make Yang Kaide and others admire. Back then, they didn't have such basic skills.
Four energetic guards slowly entered the stadium holding bright red military flags.
The yellow six-pointed star in the middle of the military flag, illuminated by the morning sun, is particularly eye-catching.
"Raise the flag!"
"Sing the military song!"
Zhang Zhun announced loudly.
In the loud song of "Unity is Strength", the military flag was slowly raised.
This common military song in later generations was plagiarized by Zhang Zhun without hesitation, and with a few minor changes, it became the military song of the escort team. Every day when the military flag is raised, and every morning and evening, before the lecture begins, the military song is sung. Zhang Zhun believed that this kind of repetitive and repetitive spiritual indoctrination is conducive to improving the mental outlook of soldiers.
The flag-raising ceremony was something that the military households in other tuns in Fushan had never seen before, and for a while, the audience was solemn. Whether it is the bright military flag or the loud military song, it makes everyone's blood boil. Especially those young people who came to participate in the assessment were eager to try and wanted to become one of them immediately. Look at this military uniform, look at this military flag, how charming!
After the flag-raising ceremony, Zhang Zhun took the stage to speak,
Standing on the top of the point-and-place platform, Zhang Zhun glanced at everyone around him and announced the relevant benefits of the escort team.
The first one was a tael of silver a month. Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all free.
The second, each soldier of the escort team, after joining the army, can get five acres of "military land". The term of service of each soldier is five years. After five years, those who continue to serve will be given an additional acre of military land for each year of service. The military land is not recovered after the death of the owner, and is permanently owned by the heirs of the descendants or the family. The more people in the family join the army, the more military land they get. The longer the length of service, the more military land is obtained.
The third is about the method of rewarding meritorious service for killing the enemy. The more enemies you kill, the more rewards you get. The form of the reward is also in the form of a military field. Kill an enemy and you'll be rewarded with at least one acre of military land. Kill the enemy's important people and get a reward of three acres or more of military land. The more meritorious service you make, the more military land you get.
The fourth, whether killed in battle or disabled, has a military field subsidy. The war dead will be subsidized at least 20 acres of military land, and the maximum subsidy will be 100 acres. The disabled will be subsidized at least 5 mu of military land, with a maximum subsidy of 50 mu. The higher the skill level of a soldier, the more military fields he will receive after being killed or disabled in battle.
The fifth, the disabled, can also enter the injury retirement division and continue to exert residual heat.
The sixth, the number of military fields, is not subject to the limit of fifty acres.
"If you have the ability, you will chop Huang Taiji, and I will reward you with 3,000 acres of military land!"
These are Zhang Zhun's exact words.
Warm applause rang out below.
"In the battle with the Panthers, three of our fighters were unfortunately killed, and five of our soldiers were wounded and retired! I declare it now in front of everyone! For every soldier who sacrificed, his family members could be rewarded with fifty acres of military land! Every wounded warrior can get a reward ranging from ten to thirty acres! ”
Once again, deafening cheers rang out below.
Lin Bin and others all left tears of excitement.
He had been told by Zhang Zhun that according to the degree of disability, he would be rewarded with fifteen acres of military land as his usual source of livelihood. These military fields will never have to be taken back. In other words, his children and grandchildren will all own these fifteen acres of military land in the future. At the cost of one leg, in exchange for fifteen acres of military land for his descendants, Lin Bin thought it was too valuable.
In fact, the core of a series of welfare benefits implemented by Zhang Zhun is "military field".
The military field is relative to the civilian field. According to the detailed rules for the exemption of land equalization drawn up by Liu Hang, Wang Mingyu and others, the fields allocated by the people are called people's fields, and after the death of the owner, they must be taken out and redistributed. In the future, when the population increases, it may have to be readjusted. But Junda is different. The military field is hereditary, and it does not need to be taken out and readjusted, how much it was at the beginning, and how much it will be later.
If a piece of land is included in the military field and belongs to a certain person, then the land belongs to that person forever. After his death, the land belonged to his descendants. If there are no immediate descendants, it is owned by their collateral relatives. Others may not encroach in any way. The award of military fields must be approved by Zhang Zhun.
The use of military fields as a way to stimulate the morale of the fighters was proposed by Zhang Zhun after careful consideration. For military households, giving land is much more attractive than giving silver. Many of the lessons learned from the Guanning Iron Cavalry show that land is more attractive than silver. Moreover, if the land is given, Zhang Zhun himself does not have much economic pressure, and the silver saved can be used for other purposes.
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