The wind rises and falls, and the autumn leaves in the sky are rolled up and fall down like a goddess scattering flowers. Red, yellow, and green look gorgeous and colorful under the sunlight.
Unfortunately, for the soldiers in the Beijing camp, the biggest benefit of autumn is that food prices drop. The copper coins in their hands become valuable and they can buy a lot of things.
"The weather is getting colder and colder."
Wang Fuchun muttered and stood at the gate of the military camp to inspect. The beautiful scenery in other people's eyes seemed to him to be a sign of coldness.
Suddenly, a team of mules and horses slowly drove into the military camp. They watched four-wheeled carts pulled by donkeys slowly come in. Countless people in the camp were also watching.
"what happened?"
"I heard that he came from the palace and brought a reward!"
Hearing this, Wang Fuchun was overjoyed.
At the beginning of the month, he returned from Liaodong with the army. After resting for a few days, he heard that all the generals had received rewards, and many of them had been promoted to noble titles.
After so many days, it was finally their turn.
Looking at the endless motorcade, first the carts of wooden boxes, and then the conspicuous fat pigs imprisoned in wooden fences, and the jars of wine, Wang Fuchun's mouth almost watered.
"My dear, why don't you die happily?"
The arrival of the motorcade aroused all desires.
However, the whole town could only endure it and watch the commander-in-chief hand over the matter.
The reason why it is called a town instead of the previous wing is simply to adapt to the situation and change the military system.
After years of fighting, the military system of the Beijing camp has matured and an effective combat organization has been formed.
Military ranks distinguish status and treatment. The fourth-level sergeants, colonels, lieutenants, and generals are divided into four levels: right, middle, upper, and large. Generals only have two levels, which are divided into hussar generals and state-holding generals.
In terms of military organization, the association and wing systems were changed into battalion, regiment and town systems.
That is, every hundred people form a team, and every five hundred people form a battalion. The five battalions plus the regiment headquarters form the basic establishment of a regiment of 3,000 men.
Among the five battalions, there are three battalions of infantry, one team of shields, one team of captains, one team of archers, two battalions of firecrackers, one team of cavalry at the regiment headquarters that also serves as communication scouts, one team of artillery, one team of cooks, and one team of personal soldiers. Soldiers, and the rest are clerical and staff establishments.
In this way, among the three thousand people, there are artillery, cavalry with multiple roles, as well as muskets and basic infantry. Their combat capabilities are beyond imagination.
The regiment leader is a guerrilla general or a general.
The four regiments plus the headquarters regiment, totaling 15,000 people, form a town, and the head of the town is the general soldier.
This is the infantry town structure.
In addition, with the development of the war in the past few years, the Beijing camp has also begun to formulate extensive cavalry towns.
That is, cavalry with muskets and artillery.
However, unlike infantry, cavalry requires more and is organized differently. There are three thousand people in a regiment, and there are only one thousand real cavalry. The remaining two thousand are auxiliaries, which can also be called attendants.
This is because the cavalry in the Beijing camp implements a system of one person and two horses. It seems too tiring to take care of them, so they must be assisted by others.
However, these auxiliary soldiers are also reserve cavalry, and can take to the battlefield as long as there is a sufficient supply of horses.
In addition to infantry and cavalry, there are also musketeers.
The organization is the same as that of infantry. What is more special is that all musketeers have short knives on their muskets.
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This also means that after the gunpowder is exhausted, they can engage in bayonet fighting without directly losing combat effectiveness.
In addition, there are heavy artillery for support. They are all powerful red artillery, and they are experts at demolishing cities and villages.
Therefore, after several years of intermittent reorganization, the strength of the Beijing camp has successfully exceeded 160,000.
Among them are 120,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, and 10,000 artillery.
In addition, there are the Bohai Sea Division, Donghai Navy, and Nanhai Navy. Although they are under the command of the Fifth Army Commandery, they have not been returned to the Beijing camp.
If you include them all, it would be over 200,000.
In the past, if there were only a few hundred thousand people in the capital, especially in a border capital like Beijing, it would simply look like they were dying.
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Even after Li Zicheng destroyed the city of Beijing, there were still 70,000 to 80,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people in the capital camp.
Standing all over the city walls of Beijing, there are probably more than 200,000 people standing there.
The Northern Song Dynasty raised 500,000 to 600,000 imperial troops in Kaifeng to embolden them.
But now the world has changed. Now is an era of mixed cold and hot weapons, and the cost of raising soldiers has skyrocketed.
For example, if an arrow is disabled and recycled, the gun head can be used for several years, but the gunpowder is really gone as soon as it is consumed. After a hundred rounds, the barrel will be scrapped...
The cost of raising these 150,000 people exceeds that of the previous 500,000 people.
The annual salary, food, clothing, and losses for one town of soldiers and horses, the ordinary infantry cost 500,000 yuan, the cavalry cost three times the loss, and ten towns cost 8 million silver coins.
There are also large local patrol battalions and naval divisions, with annual military expenditures exceeding tens of millions.
If it is during a battle, it will be doubled.
So although the muskets are sharp, they are purely made of money.
Too far away...
Return to the military camp.
After the convoy entered the military camp, everyone was called to the school field.
At this moment, the cloth covering the donkey cart that had just come in was lifted.
For a moment, the brand-new silver coins piled on the car were exposed.
The silver-black silver circle is very conspicuous.
There was an uproar in the crowd, many people's eyes widened, and there was a commotion.
"My sons, these are the money from the palace. They have just been minted and have not been used yet. They are just to reward you for your meritorious service in Liaodong."
In an instant, the atmosphere reached its peak.
Afterwards, the merit rewards were distributed according to the order of first, second and last merits.
Then they are sorted according to the first, second and last third of each battalion in the regiment.
The ranking within the town is due to the different rewards; the ranking within the regiment is to increase seniority and add luster to future promotions.
With the same merit, those with more seniority will definitely have priority for promotion.
In front of a dozen tables sat the town's military police and clerks.
One is to confirm meritorious deeds, and the other is to register them.
"Tian Fuchun, Third Town, Second Team of Battalion A, Captain Li Changshou, yes or no?"
Tian Fuchun exchanged the rotation positions, couldn't wait to come to the table, and began to receive credit.
Or merit points.
"Yes, that's right."
"The third town was ranked second in the battle of Liaodong and received four points of merit. Battalion A was ranked as the last meritorious..."
"The merit points are four, do you want fields or silver?"
the gendarme asked without looking up.
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Although 99% of people will choose land, there are still fools who will choose silver dollars.
"I heard that the land is in Liaodong?"
"That's right." The clerk nodded.
"It's still land!" Tian Fuchun gritted his teeth and agreed.
In the merit system, one merit point is exchanged for one acre of cultivated land or two silver coins. Anyone who is not a fool will choose land.
Now that the world is at peace, the price of land on the market has increased significantly. One acre of irrigated land in the capital is worth more than ten silver coins, and ordinary dry land is worth more than seven.
The average price is 5 yuan in Hebei and Shandong, and the cheapest ones are in Shaanxi, Gansu and Yungui areas, with an average price of 3 yuan.
As for Liaodong, it was freezing cold and the war was over, and both were too much.
But there is no way, no matter how bad the earth is, it is still earth!
Moreover, in order to curb land annexation, the emperor greatly increased the deed tax, and the tax rate reached a huge 50%.
If you spend ten yuan to buy an acre of land, you still have to pay the deed tax of five yuan.
If you don't hand it over, it won't work. The court won't recognize it, and if you are robbed by force in the future, there will be no place to file a lawsuit.
If this was revealed, it would even affect future generations taking the imperial examinations.
"Now the land is in Liaodong, and the land outside the pass is different from the land inside the pass, so according to the new rules, one point of merit can be exchanged for three acres, and it cannot be resold."
"In addition, the town rewards three yuan for the first merit, two yuan for the second merit, and one yuan for the final merit. You can get a silver dollar..."
"The internal fund reward is half a bolt of cotton, half a catty of salt, and half a catty of vinegar. Please keep the voucher and go to your regiment headquarters to get it..."
The rewards that followed were quite satisfactory, so he was not surprised. He was just shocked when he heard about three acres of land.
"Doesn't that mean that I can get twelve acres of land?"
As a small leader, he has only accumulated fifteen acres of land over the past few years, and this trip is actually worth the previous two or three trips.
If you exchange this and settle down in Liaodong, it will be completely comfortable.
For a moment, he felt a little dazed. He took the voucher and slowly moved outside.
Everyone maintained great joy and discussion about this matter: "The emperor is too generous——"
You must know that in recent years, the land in Gyeonggi, Hebei, and Huguang has basically been divided. The land rewards in the Jingying camp are mostly in the borders of Shaanxi and Gansu, or in Henan. There has never been any saying that one is equal to two.
Honda's value is decreasing, but the enthusiasm of the soldiers remains as strong as ever.
No one has too much land.
Everyone knows that with the peace of the world, land resources are becoming less and less, cultivated land is becoming more and more expensive, and it is not easy to buy. Some rewards are good.
Tian Fuchun could hold back the joy in his heart. At this time, he was thinking about leaving the army and moving all the land in Shaanxi to Liaodong. In a few years, he could accumulate some land and form his own family.
"With all the Jiannu slaves gone, I'm afraid there will be no war to fight in this world..."
"What if we don't have a fight? I still want to earn some land and marry a wife——"
"No more fighting, no rewards, hey..."
Standing in a long queue, Tian Fuchun clutched his voucher and was shocked.
He turned around suddenly, like a frightened tiger, and whispered:
"What do you mean?"
"There's no need to fight!"
The soldier behind him glanced at the bare shoulders and lacked a military rank, and said angrily: "As the saying goes, when the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden. Our Beijing camp is sweeping the world. Who dares not to surrender?"
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"If there is no battle, there will be no meritorious service and no land..."
After finishing these words, Tian Fuchun was startled.
The soldiers in the Beijing camp around him started buzzing with each other, thinking about the future.
For soldiers like them who practice fighting, it would be very frustrating if they really spent their time in the military camp to get paid.
Not only can you get promoted by fighting in wars, but you can also get rich by capturing things, and you can also get rewards.
After tasting this, who can still maintain a normal mind?
"What nonsense are you talking about? There is no Kaka Mongolia in the north, and there is also Mongolia in the west. How can there be no war?"
"Impossible, the world is so big—"
Controversies continued, affecting order.
Ying Zheng could only take action and roared: "Please be honest, if anyone yells again, no one will drink the wine later——"
There was no one in the army who was not greedy for wine, so they all stopped talking.
Wang Fuchun returned to the room carrying the cloth and salt and vinegar.
The military camp was built with mud bricks and covered with a layer of tiles. A row of large bungalows was built for each team, and then divided into fourteen rooms.
Each room is ten feet long and two feet wide, and can accommodate ten or ten people.
Together with the wooden fence, there is a team of people.
Then use the five teams as the core to form a battalion.
Then the big circle is surrounded by the small circle, forming a hollow circle layer by layer.
In the middle is the huge school grounds.
Five people are in a group, ten people are in a group.
Since we have enough money and food, and we are doing things for ourselves, although it is a large shop, it is spacious and bright.
Wang Fuchun crossed the regimental guard post, then to the battalion, then to the team, and finally to his own.
What caught my eye was the rows of shoes, socks and clothes at the door, which were full of stench.
When you enter the room, there are towels, tubs and eating utensils neatly placed behind the door, so you can go out and prepare meals as soon as possible.
Then, there are long rows of fire pits, with reed mats on them, and then neatly folded square quilts and wooden pillows.
Order in the military is strict, requiring neat bedding and clean rooms, and military judges also conduct random inspections from time to time.
At the end of the month, the ten are ranked, and the youngest is the most unlucky.
Everyone had to be beaten with military sticks.
Only ten strokes, neither light nor heavy, and the pain will last for half a night and then it will be fine.
Not to mention taking off her buttocks and spanking, she still had to clean the latrine for a month.
Who can bear this?
As a chief, Wang Fuchun had no privileges and could only enjoy Datong Shop.
Put the things in the innermost place. This place is usually a place for groceries, but now it is a place for gifts.
"Chief, are you coming back?"
When my subordinates saw him, they immediately took him over and placed him there.
The cloth is placed in the cabinet, and the clay pots of salt and vinegar are carefully placed separately.
The clay pot has to be returned. Even if you don't want to return it, you can just buy it for a silver cent.
The pottery is not valuable, this is several times more expensive.
"Sir, is this battle really over?"
Suddenly, a group of commanders gathered together, and a certain corps commander couldn't help but ask.
"How did I know? Ask the captain, the camp is on its way."
Wang Fuchun said angrily: "There are still classes in the school in the afternoon, and this time I have to write from memory. I don't want to clean the team's yard. If any of you are holding back, I'll wash my socks for a month -"
After the establishment of the military school, it has never stopped and has been teaching soldiers basic knowledge of reading and writing, trumpet command and flag, and weapons usage fees.
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It brings a little comfort to the boring training life.
However, the impact of ranking of merit is so great that everything in the military will be ranked.
The punishments are similar. They all have to do work, such as sweeping the yard or toilet, cracking firewood, cooking and other sundries.
So much so that Huotoujun only needs to cook, and the rest of the work is taken care of.
Thanks to Hountian's encouragement, the morale of the soldiers in the Beijing camp was high. However, as the news of the end of the war spread, the whole Beijing camp was in an uproar.
The military judges responsible for punishment and rewards noticed the situation and gave feedback one after another.
There was no small incident in the military camp, and the news came to the emperor quickly.
"finally come."
At Yuquan Villa, the emperor, who was admiring the grace of fallen leaves, couldn't help but sigh after hearing the situation.
This was as expected.
