"I changed my clothes——"
In Jingying, Jia Yan took several camp officials and swaggered to collect dozens of carts of clothing, and then asked everyone to come to the school grounds to collect them.
"Guerrilla, there are 2,970 people in the camp. Except for 37 people who are on sick leave, all of them have arrived——"
The deputy guerrilla shouted at the top of his lungs. There was quite a bit of sweat on his forehead, showing his hard work.
"Read it—"
Before issuing the summer clothes, Jia Yan was not in a hurry. Instead, he asked the military judge on the side to read out the military order from the Fifth Army Commander's Office.
That is the new military rank law.
Thanks to the emperor's previous abbreviated military rank of Wu San, the soldiers are now familiar with it.
"His Majesty has personally ordered that the Cabinet prepare an edict. The Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies shall abide by it as follows. Military ranks have been in place for many years and are out of date. Now they have been reorganized many times and have lower military ranks. Everyone below the capital camp must abide by it..."
"The captain of the team is awarded sergeant, or left sergeant, and the deputy captain is awarded right sergeant."
"The commander of the battalion is the lieutenant colonel or left colonel, and the deputy battalion commander is the right colonel. The military judges of each battalion are assistant officers, and they are awarded senior sergeants or left sergeants."
"Each guerrilla association is awarded a right lieutenant, or a lieutenant, the deputy guerrilla officer is a right lieutenant, and the second guerrilla officer from the left is a senior colonel or a left colonel depending on his rank..."
"Each wing officer will be a Zuo Lieutenant, or a Captain..."
The Beijing camp was restructured. Now the military structure is divided into units, units, teams, battalions, associations, and wings. The camp is called the camp chief, commanding five hundred people. The generals, generals, and officers such as the thousand generals have been removed and merged.
The guerrillas are in charge of one association, and the participating generals are in charge of one wing.
One wing governs four associations, A, B, C and D, about ten thousand people.
Since he had been awarded a baron and had sufficient qualifications, Jia Yan was naturally promoted to a guerrilla officer and was in charge of 3,000 people, including 2,500 combat soldiers.
The rest are to assist the troops and horses, such as personal soldiers, baggage carriers, military judges, gang leader soldiers, order soldiers, medical officers, etc.
Each battalion also has a battalion headquarters, which adds up to a lot.
The second-class Dukes and nobles either commanded troops abroad or served in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army to provide food, which was rarely seen in the Beijing camp.
The chanting lasted for half an hour before it was over. Although the soldiers below had different expressions, none of them dared to speak. They just stood upright.
"Very good!" A smile appeared on Jia Yan's face: "Although the military rank has been changed, the salary has not been reduced. It's just that the name has been changed to make it easier to remember."
"In addition, from now on, in the army, military rank will be the most respected thing, regardless of position. Don't forget to give way and salute when you see someone coming up."
After some more encouragement, Xia Yi was sent off.
Take the battalion as the leader and lead each of them.
Hats, red scarves, clothes, shoes, bamboo mats, towels, etc. are just a few.
The soldiers are all happy, and who doesn't like new clothes?
The rectification of the military affects all aspects.
In addition to military ranks, the style of military robes has also gradually become unified.
Military uniforms are purely red because "military warfare is powerful," but other colors are used as color matching, including yellow hood armor, blue and white armor, green cloth armor, etc.
There are also colorful helmets and scarves. When the army is inspected, it can be said to be very spectacular.
(The scolded five-color armor in the movie The Great Wall does exist, but it is mostly used for exercises)
But the army is here to fight, so it is very important to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. The colorful colors make it uncomfortable for the eyes, so it is necessary to unify the style of military robes.
Taking advantage of the spring and summer clothing changing season, Jingying took the lead in changing clothes.
The first is the helmet, which is also called the helmet, or the helmet. In the Ming army, there were two types: the flying saucer hat and the bowl helmet. The Beijing camp used the bowl helmet as its custom-made helmet.
It consists of five parts: the tassel, the top of the helmet, the body of the helmet, the eyebrow cover, and the crown.
It was the kind that looked like a lightning rod on the head that was common in the Qing Dynasty. It was later adopted by civil servants, but it was shorter and not so exaggerated in the Ming Dynasty.
In terms of armor, ordinary infantrymen, such as shield bearers, grenadiers, spearmen, etc., wear light cotton armor; musketeers wear cloth armor, which is light and suitable.
The heavy infantrymen wore heavy cotton armor with chain mail inside. The cotton armor had a sandwich inside, iron sheets inside, and dense iron buttons on the outside.
As for cavalry, they choose light cotton armor to facilitate horseback marching.
As for the navy, sailors don't need to mention that iron mountains rust easily, and only marines have cloth face armor.
Military boots are usually made of shallow cloth military boots, and in autumn and winter they are also long woolen military boots.
What is eye-catching is that all Ming soldiers wear red triangle scarves on the back of their necks.
Fortunately, there was no fighting in the Beijing camp, so the armor was slowly acquired. As for summer clothes, they were mostly made of breathable linen fabrics.
"Guerrilla, what is this?"
Finally, the officers above the deputy team gathered together and looked at the strip of cloth in front of them and the embroidery on it, full of surprise.
"Put on your new clothes, this is your military rank."
As he spoke, Jia Yan found a strip of cloth embroidered with two five-pointed stars and fastened it directly on the seam left on his shoulder.
"You are the commander of the battalion. The title of lieutenant colonel is equal to two five-pointed stars, the rank of left colonel is three, and the rank of senior colonel is four."
As he spoke, he pointed to his shoulder and said, "I am You Lieutenant, a crescent moon."
"So, guerrilla, how much can we get with this rank?"
Jia Yan said excitedly: "Your Majesty is considerate of us. Last time we only subsidized food, but this time we will get half the salary."
The civil and military salaries are now the same, starting from ten yuan for the ninth rank, twenty yuan for the ninth rank, increasing by ten yuan for each rank, and ending at the seventh rank.
From the seventh rank onwards, the annual salary is calculated as two hundred silver coins and two hundred stone grains, rising by twenty for each rank.
"I am a guerrilla, right lieutenant. From the fifth rank, my annual salary is two hundred and sixty silver dollars. If it goes up by half, it will be one hundred and thirty. That is three hundred and nine -"
"By the way, there is also the Baron's three hundred stones, my God..."
Jia Yan counted with his hands and felt that his legs were a little weak. He sat down directly. How much is this!
Even if one acre of land in Gyeonggi Province costs ten silver dollars, it can buy dozens of acres every year. Over time, that is a huge amount.
Everyone is calculating and coming up with a rough number, not to mention how happy they are.
"Long live your Majesty——"
Someone couldn't bear the excitement and shouted.
Others shouted along.
Then, as if it was contagious, cheers of long live echoed one after another in the military camp.
Jia Yan was surprised, I am getting a salary increase, what are you guys shouting about? What should I do if I make a noise in the camp?
He came out of the tent angrily and was about to scold him when the deputy guerrilla suddenly broke in and took a newspaper.
It turns out that the cabinet issued another communiqué called "Da Ming Military News".
The Ming Dynasty Gazette published political orders, making it difficult for officials to deceive the people, while the Military Gazette published military orders and reported important military matters, such as salary, treatment, military rank, etc.
The "Ming Dynasty Gongbao" requires money, but the "Ming Dynasty Military Daily" is distributed to all armies for free, requiring each army to have a copy.
This was unimaginable before, but the years of teaching at the Military Academy have greatly increased the literacy rate of the soldiers. Otherwise, no one would read the newspapers.
Jia Yan hurriedly found an article to read, and saw the big words at the beginning of the new newspaper: The monthly salary of the Beijing camp has increased significantly.
An article is still in vernacular. Half of it praises the emperor, and the other half talks about the difficulties of the court. Only at the end does he say:
Starting from the first day of April, the monthly salary of regular soldiers in the Beijing camp has increased from 1,500 to 2,000, which is two silver coins.
Although it may seem like a small amount, the Jingying camp provides food, accommodation and clothing. Even in the capital city, two silver coins are definitely more than enough to support a family.
"This is the third monthly salary increase."
Jia Yan muttered, the emperor is really unambiguous about the army!
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