"Gao" and "Edict" are both types of official documents, which are special documents for conferring official positions or titles. In the 26th year of Hongwu's reign, it was stipulated that "a imperial edict is granted if the fifth rank is above, and an edict is granted if the sixth rank is below."
However, there are many changes now. Military positions and military rank promotions, except for generals, are all based on imperial orders. They are drawn up by the Military Promotion Department of the Ministry of War, and then submitted to the palace to be stamped with the seal of the "Imperial Order Treasure" and that's it.
Of course, the seal was just a formality to show that the emperor was the most powerful. In fact, it was basically decided by the Ministry of War, and the emperor had no time to review the promotion of a mid-level officer.
"When can the word 'tong' be removed?"
"Today next year."
What made Zhou Changfeng speechless was that when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, he had to bear the title "tong". The Ministry of War's explanation was that he was too junior and could not be promoted to a formal lieutenant colonel until he passed the assessment in one year. But other than that, There is no difference in treatment.
No one has made it clear why this rule was established, but everyone generally believes that it was specially created to prevent someone from rising to a higher rank on a rocket?
Seeing his expression, the lieutenant colonel couldn't help but smile: "You won't be more than twenty-seven next year. A twenty-seven-year-old lieutenant colonel... is not common."
As for the honorary officer, there is no need to say more. It is an honorary official position that has existed since ancient times, ranging from the lowest rank of the sixth-rank military cavalry officer to the first-rank Zhuguo.
Different from the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty's casual officers and honorary officers were awarded following the official officers. However, taking into account the circumstances of the times, the awarding of honorary officers has resumed the operation of the Tang and Song Dynasties - starting from the lowest level, with the military cavalry officer being the First turn, Yun Qiwei is second turn, etc., and so on, up to twelve turns.
According to the convention of "At the beginning of Yongle, the Ministry of Rites ordered the Ministry of Rites to follow Taizu's promotion and reward regulations, and take into account the actions, and divide them into three categories: extraordinary merit, first merit, and minor merit..." Military merit is divided into three grades. The first turn of merit, the second turn of first move, and the third turn of extraordinary move.
Zhou Changfeng was designated as the first meritorious service this time, so he was directly transferred to Yunqiwei.
Medals, on the other hand, are relatively casual because they are not taken very seriously. There is no detailed distinction between lapels, collar ribbons, and large ribbons. They are all worn on the left lapel in the form of lapels.
There are not many types of medals, they are only divided into three categories: bronze, silver and gold.
At the beginning, the army used Xiaoqi, the navy used dragons, and the air force used flying bears. These three types were of the same nature. However, it was later cancelled, and is now unified into the cross-service, universal Eagle Medal, which is equivalent in status to the Silver Star Medal or the Iron Cross Medal.
The Medal of Qi Li is awarded to injured personnel, which is equivalent to the Purple Heart Medal or the Medal of War Wounds. It is named after "In the 14th year of Orthodoxy, merit medals were created to reward merit, including extraordinary merit, first merit, and Qi Li... Although they were injured without merit, That is, and the Qili Pai..." example.
The Bronze Medal of Qi Li can be obtained by being wounded only once, the Silver Medal by being wounded or moderately disabled three times, and the Gold Medal by being wounded or severely disabled five times. The Gold Medal of Qi Li can also be obtained by losing fertility due to injuries.
In addition to these, Zhou Changfeng also got a check, a fixed-amount check from Sun and Moon Bank. The words "Withdrawal of 10,000 yuan from Sihai Banknotes by check" made him particularly surprised.
Ten thousand yuan? This is by no means a small amount. It is equivalent to four years of salary. How can you give so much at once?
He felt that the thick paper in his hand seemed to become heavier.
For a long time, Zhou Changfeng felt that he had no idea about money. There was no shortage of food and drink in the army, and it was easy to forget about the prices after staying there for a long time. It was not until the last time he asked about the price of air tickets in Chengdu that he realized how embarrassing it was to have no money.
He stopped at the gate of the Military Promotion Department for a long time before leaving. However, as soon as he returned to the camp, two civilians from the Military Department followed him as if they were stepping on his shadow.
"These are the commendation documents and medals from your department. Let's distribute them. Can you please cooperate with me, Commander Zhou?"
"I thought you would have to wait until the entire army is ready to move forward, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon."
"Since you guys have withdrawn first, we'll naturally start counting them. No matter what, we can't just sit idle, right?"
After calling the guards to come to help, two civilians unloaded five large suitcases from the car, which were full of documents, checks, medals and other things.
The distribution of various rewards actually does not take much time, just hand them over to the respective squad according to the number.
Checks with denominations of 500 yuan or 1,000 yuan were handed out like leaflets. In addition, all the soldiers in the battalion were promoted to one level. From today on, there will no longer be a private in the battalion. Liu Qidong and Xue Can were handed out two days ago. I have already reported to the Military Promotion Department.
By the time it was lunch time, it would be over. They had achieved military merits, been promoted in rank, received commendations, and received rewards. Ordinary soldiers really didn't have much to pursue. Today's series of happy events made each of them very happy.
In the afternoon, Zhou Changfeng, who was about to drink tea to relieve his fatigue, suddenly received a call from Shen Yu.
"Hey, brother, you are now a lieutenant colonel after being promoted and receiving the rewards today. How much did you get paid? Five thousand? Ten thousand?"
"What lieutenant colonel? You have to add the word 'same' in front of it. The check is quite a lot, ten thousand yuan."
"This is a good thing. Those who wait until the end of the year to get promoted are envious. Since ancient times, only military achievements have been real."
"Well, why are you calling?"
"Ahem... Do you think that you went overseas to kill thieves for nothing? There will be rewards for merit, but it is not convenient to make it public at the moment, so I will give you a special allowance. Someone will send it to you in two days."
"Okay, got it."
"I made a big fuss with you in Batavia this time. Damn it, the more I think about it, the more scared I am. You will have to treat me to drinks in the future, or I will come to argue with you." Shen Yu on the other end of the phone complained. .
"Come on, why didn't you say that you called me away before I finished eating that day?" Zhou Changfeng felt very unhappy when he mentioned this.
"Hey, which one is more important, the business or the love between children?"
The two chatted for a few more words and then hung up the phone.
After the sleepiness dissipated, Zhou Changfeng, who had nothing to do, began to read the newspaper.
On July 28, due to British diplomatic pressure, France gave up military assistance to the Spanish Republican Army.
On the same day, the two countries announced the joint establishment of a "Non-Interference Committee" and signed an agreement prohibiting the provision of military and economic assistance to Spain.
On July 30, the National Army set out from Seville and began to attack in the direction of Madrid.
On August 2, France officially closed its border with Spain and banned all travel.
On that day, Tsarist Russia openly supported the National Army. Two cargo ships loaded with ordnance unloaded anchor from St. Petersburg. Their destination was Porto, Portugal - because the Spanish navy was still controlled by the Republican Army.
On August 5, the German News Agency announced that it would organize volunteers to support the Republican Army against the "rebels", and the Red Eagle Legion was established.
Although it is called a volunteer, it actually consists of a motorized infantry regiment as its backbone, with an armored battalion, four light anti-aircraft artillery batteries, two heavy anti-aircraft artillery batteries, two howitzer battalions, and two communication companies, with a total strength of more than 6,000 people. .
When he saw the words "Red Eagle Legion", Zhou Changfeng, who was drinking tea, almost spit out the tea.
Grass! It’s against the law, it’s too against the law!
(End of chapter)
