Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 124

[Chapter 124 Restructuring]

“It’s ready, just wait for His Highness’s order to proceed.” Chang Wei said.

Although it was another assassination in the past few days, it was also the capture of officials and generals of the Yuan family in Goulian.

But the reasons for the reward and punishment of this war have been advancing.

It also includes the burial of fallen soldiers.

“Your Highness, here are the documents of rewards and punishments. Please read them over.” When Zhao Xu mentioned this matter, Liu Fu took out a booklet from his bosom and presented it.

This is a list of rewards and punishments for meritorious deeds that he and Chang Wei researched.

“Cha Erha was captured in the battle of Wu’an County in Luchang, promoted to captain, commanded five thousand troops, and rewarded a thousand taels of silver.

” , led five thousand troops.”

“In the battle of Yancheng, the captain of Qinshan, he led his troops to kill more than 1,200 enemies, shot and killed Beidi Langlu Mutuo, and was promoted to captain.”

“…”

Zhao Xu looked at it one by one, and involved There are many generals.

In the front is the promotion of the school lieutenant to the captain, in the back is the promotion of the general flag to the school lieutenant, and the promotion of other soldiers.

The criteria for judging their advancement are basically the number of enemies killed in this battle and whether they are brave or not.

After roughly reading the list, Zhao Xu nodded, expressing his agreement with the list.

This was similar to what he knew. These school captains who were promoted to captains were often praised by Chang Wei in normal times.

Needless to say, Lu Chang, this Bai Shang was also one of the imperial guards who protected him.

Because of the lack of generals in the army, Chang Wei was sent away.

Qin Shan was a general in the former county army and was born as a commoner.

He used to serve as the general banner in the county army, and later became a school lieutenant.

In addition to these three, there are three captains, namely Guan Tong, Wei Qun, and Niu Cha.

Among the three, Guan Tong and Wei Qun came from guards of the Forbidden Army, while Niu Cha, like Qin Shan, came from a county soldier, all of them came from poor families.

“There is no Chen Hu in this reward?” Zhao Xu asked casually.

Chang Wei laughed, and he said: “This kid is wronged, saying that this battle was fought by the infantry, and they didn’t get any shit from the cavalry.”

Zhao Xu and Liu Fu laughed out loud when they heard this.

Liu Fu said: “Whoever made the cavalry is His Highness’s treasure, of course we can’t just use it casually.”

Zhao Xu said: “It is true that he is not given the opportunity to make meritorious service this time, without him there would be no him, but he has no credit, but also hard work, No matter what, he must be given collective credit.”

“Collective credit?” Chang Wei and Liu Fu were startled.

They knew that once King Yan came up with these new words, he had a new idea, so they listened carefully.

“The list of rewards for meritorious deeds is good, but this king feels that there is something missing.” Zhao Xu said, “The promoted generals have made outstanding contributions, but just like Chen Hu, there are still many who contribute, or have no chance to go to battle. Those who killed the enemy cannot say that they have no credit.”

Chang Wei nodded, he had thought about this issue.

But I don’t know how to solve it for a while.

“In my opinion, let them collectively receive credit, make a badge and hang it in their barracks, at least it can warm their hearts, and reward some silver, this collective credit should be divided into three grades, first grade , second class, third class.” Zhao Xu said.

Then, he picked up the paper on the table and showed it to the two of them. This is what he drew just now.

Chang Wei looked and saw a circle above, a long sword and a shield intersected in the circle.

There are three circles, with the words first-class merit, second-class merit, and third-class merit written on it.

“These badges will be made of gold.” Zhao Xu continued, and then he said seriously: “In addition to setting up collective merit, this king has another consideration, that is to prevent soldiers from taking heads for their own merits on the battlefield in the future.”

Chang Wei frowned.

For him, soldiers have relied on head counts since ancient times.

Now what King Yan said made him a little surprised.

“This time, the king watched the whole battle. After the soldiers killed the enemy, they were busy cutting off the enemy’s ears, but the battle in other places was still going on, which caused their support to be slow, and virtually caused the soldiers of the palace to become bigger and bigger. casualties.”

“What’s more, there are soldiers fighting in the street for the head, which makes this king feel ashamed.” Zhao Xu’s voice increased.

Chang Wei blushed, what King Yan said was true, but because Da Song was like this everywhere, he didn’t feel any problem.

But King Yan pointed out the disadvantages, and he came back to his senses.

Liu Fu’s eyes rolled. Although he was not in the army, he was still thinking about this problem.

“Could it be that Your Highness wants to abolish the military merit system that judges meritorious deeds by head? But in this way, how to inspire the courage of soldiers to kill the enemy?” Chang Wei asked.

“This king is not going to cancel, but to set up a dedicated person, such as designating a soldier in each team to collect, and count after the battle.” Zhao Xu said.

This is ancient times, and the quality of soldiers is not comparable to that of modern soldiers who have undergone national education. It may be counterproductive to cancel it suddenly.

Therefore, what he wants is improvement.

At the same time, the establishment of collective merit is based on the overall head count, ignoring the individual head count.

Subtly, the soldiers no longer pursue the ultimate number of personal kills. After all, the more enemies they kill overall, the greater the rewards they will get.

Chang Wei’s eyes lit up, “This is a way. Someone will collect it. If there are ten soldiers in a team, the other nine can concentrate on fighting.”

And when he heard the purpose of Zhao Xu’s establishment of collective work, he nodded repeatedly. .

The most important thing on the battlefield is the formation, and the formation requires collective discipline and combat effectiveness.

The enhanced collective contribution can further strengthen the combat effectiveness of the entire army.

In general, King Yan’s small reforms did not weaken the military merit system for killing enemies, but also strengthened the collective military merit system.

“After you go back, you can list the teams that performed well, small flags, general flags, battalions, etc.” Zhao Xu said.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei replied yes.

After establishing the military merit system for the prince’s family, Zhao Xu turned to the back of the merit book.

There are pensions for soldiers who died in battle.

“Soldiers who died in battle will be given one hundred and eighty taels of silver at a time.” Zhao Xu read.

“This is a soldier’s salary for five years.” Liu Fu added.

In Dasong, this is considered a very generous pension.

Even in the imperial army, the death of a soldier is only one hundred taels of silver.

Of course, this is just a rule. In fact, many soldiers died in battle with nothing, and they were all corrupted.

“Too little.” Zhao Xu shook his head.

(end of this chapter)