Wang Xiaolie looked at the official document in front of him, rubbed his eyes, and stood up. He walked back and forth for a few steps, then came back and stood looking at the official documents on the table.
Meng Du, a nineteen-year-old native of Chuantou Village, Changle Town, Pucheng, Huazhou. After Wang Xiaolie captured Shaanzhou, he joined the army together with his fellow villagers and entered the new military camp in Ruicheng. Because of his outstanding training, he was assigned to the Jiang Min division. I had participated in several small battles before and killed 16 enemies, and was preparing to be promoted to the escort team. Because of illiteracy, the matter was postponed. The army was originally planning to take time off for him to study specifically, but when he had time, he participated in the Battle of Northern Shaanxi. In the battle of Dantouzhai, he was ambushed by the Jin army and unfortunately died for his country.
He was originally from the Zhongyou Military Camp of Zhang Zhen Regiment. Because of the heavy losses in the former military camp, he joined the former military camp many times. In the battle, one hundred and thirty-four enemies were killed, including forty-three Jin men who were suspected to have been killed by Mengdu. Together with the former military camp, many wins were achieved.
"One hundred and thirty-four people, which is more than the number of enemies that can be wiped out in one city." Wang Xiaolie sighed. Such a soldier, such an ending, is indeed a pity.
He raised his head and looked at the afterglow of the setting sun outside. The setting sun casts a golden edge on the tables and chairs in the room.
If in the past, soldiers were not valued for their military exploits and only paid rewards, such soldiers would not even have their names left. Even the reward money issued will be withheld because the person is deceased. Mengdu's original record was only sixty-seven enemy kills, which was exactly half.
This is the case in Wang Xiao's hunting army. If it is in other armies, the situation will be even worse. It is not uncommon for names to be concealed and reward money to be divided privately. Wang Xiaolie will not investigate why his previous record is so small. Such situations abound, and there are reasonable excuses.
Next, there are the impressions of his colleagues on him. He is taciturn and has an upright temperament. He often has quarrels with the soldiers around him. Often a person is depressed, does not participate in activities with his colleagues, and does not know what he is thinking.
He seems to be an unsociable person, and he easily offends others with his words, and has a bad relationship with his peers. At this time, looking at the front again, it was said that because of illiteracy, I missed the opportunity for promotion. He was about to be sent off to study full-time, but before he had time, the war broke out. In this case, it is only for others to see after death.
Such modifications cannot be avoided. You can't verify it either. If you verify it, everything is true and there is nothing false.
This person is dead. Things behind him are either glorified, smeared with dirt, or ignored. There is nothing we can do about it. Choosing him to serve as an example for soldiers to calculate merit can only ensure that these things are within a certain range, and cannot be completely avoided.
He sat down at the table again and read Meng Du's information again before Wang Xiaolie made annotations on it.
"Honor can lead to a king's merit. After Mengdu joined the army, he trained hard and set an example. When he joined the battle, he fought bravely to kill the enemy and made great achievements. He should be rewarded with a medal. Today, the previous list of honors has been reduced to support the country and protect the army. , light chariot captain, cavalry captain, Xiaoqi captain, flying cavalry captain, cloud cavalry captain, and martial cavalry captain, etc., are rewarded to meritorious soldiers. Zhuguo and military guards are special merits, and the matters of enshrining the temple and their descendants are decided by the court. . The captains of light chariots and captains of cavalry were major meritorious deeds, and the affairs of enshrining the temple and descendants were in charge of the state officials. The rest were minor merits, and the matters of enshrining the temple and descendants were in charge of the county officials. Mengdu killed many enemies, and fought to his death When he dies, he should be rewarded with the honor of protecting the army. For the rest of the soldiers who have made meritorious service, all the soldiers with medium merit will be unified, and those with small merit will be unified and determined. The honorary rank is determined, and the whole army will reward the merit."
This is something Wang Xiaolie has been thinking about for a long time.
Xun is actually a kind of official, and the original meaning of Xun has been lost. During the Zhenghe period of Huizong, civil servants were no longer in charge of honors. In the past two years, military officials have only given out honors. Although there is no clear text now, Wang Xiaolie assumed that the imperial court had abandoned the honor system and instead awarded soldiers.
There are two systems for military merit rewards for officials and soldiers. All officials use the meritorious system. It's just that instead of using multiple words, only two words are used, and words are used to distinguish superiority and inferiority. The meritorious system of the Song Dynasty was abolished during the Yuanfeng period of Shenzong and was brought back again at this time.
These are actually the responsibilities of the imperial court, and it is inappropriate for Wang Xiaolie to do them. However, after receiving the edict from Zhao Gou, Wang Xiaolie decided not to worry about those false reputations anymore, and decided to make his own decision and it would prevail in his jurisdiction. What the court does is its business.
Wang Ruohai got the official document and was stunned for a long time when he saw Wang Xiaolie's annotation. Of course he knew that this was not something that the ministers could decide, but Wang Xiaolie had already decided and sent the official document after much hesitation. Since Wang Xiaolie didn't discuss it with him, he shouldn't ask about such matters.
Shu Jiming was awarded the title of "loyal and brave hero", the second level of great merit, which is still far away from special merit. Wang Zhongfu is a meritorious official of Guo Yi, with a third-level meritorious service. But the most important thing is that Mengdu was awarded the title of Protector of the Army, which was the only case in the entire army. An official document was sent to their camp, requesting a re-examination of whether Mengdu's achievements were true.
Shu Jiming and Wang Zhongfu, you look at me and I look at you. Finally, he said: "The Protector of the Army was originally the ninth rank of the rank, and it is impossible to receive it unless you are a meritorious general. Now that it is given to a soldier, what should I do?"
Wang Zhongfu shook his head and said: "Don't make blind guesses about this kind of thing. Xuanfu must have his own rules. We should do what we do and don't ask about the rest. After being given, Xuanfu must have specific rules. According to the requirements of his superiors, Just do the work.”
Shu Jiming shook his head and asked no more questions.
After arranging the matter, Wang Zhongfu took his official document and said, "What's the use of this for us? It says that the magistrate will take care of his family, greet him at all times, and make decisions when necessary. But for us, these are useless, right?"
Shu Jiming said: "How do I know? Anyway, this hero should be useful - at least there will be a reward."
Wang Zhongfu sighed: "I always feel that the rewards for soldiers this time are more useful, while those for officials are just some rewards."
Shu Jiming said: "Not necessarily. Soldiers must have special merit or above, and great merit is far behind. As for officials, I think of a benefit, that is, they may be promoted faster in the future. When I am promoted, I am a meritorious official, no more than others. Officials are strong?"
Wang Zhongfu laughed after hearing this, nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right."
Compared with before, officials' merit calculations are indeed about the same. But the sense of honor and affiliation has been strengthened, while the rewards have been reduced. Some are happy, some are depressed. Of course, the impact of being promoted to a higher position cannot be seen now, it will have to wait until later.
Relatively speaking, the recruits Wang Xiaolie recruited to join the army had no complaints, while those who transferred from the previous army had all kinds of strange things to say. In their previous armies, some had large rewards, some were promoted quickly, and there were always various reasons.
This phenomenon has always occurred more or less in various battles in the past, so it is not unusual. What's special this time is Mengdu's guard. Everyone is watching what is going on.
(End of chapter)
