Who wrote about the scenery of the mountain? There is a slanting geese in front of the building.

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Although the argument of high salary and integrity cannot convince Lin Guangyu, he still insists on giving soldiers sufficient respect and treatment. As a military enthusiast, he is asserted that this tarnishes the military's spirit of martial arts and violates the functions of the military. At the same time, he firmly believes that to change the sluggish national spirit and the social atmosphere of suppressing martial arts and respecting culture, soldiers must be given noble treatment, and even to a certain extent overcorrected - no matter how hard civil officials work, they will ultimately be strength and sweat, but what military generals may give life and blood, which is not completely equivalent.

In terms of philosophy, he regards soldiers as professions, a profession that depends on to support his family, and a profession that must pay opportunity costs. It is normal for him to advocate the noble sentiment of "not loving money", but first of all, the soldiers must have the capital to "not loving money" - the family is too poor to lose money, how many people can adhere to moral ethics and "not loving money"? It is legitimate to encourage "not afraid of death", but when soldiers are still worried about their hard-working wives and hungry babies at home, "not afraid of death" can only be the biggest irony. To make soldiers worthy of the country, the country must first be worthy of the soldiers - even more so when the powers are around and the situation is in danger.

In view of this, the emperor issued a special order: "In addition to referring to the new army, the imperial guards will be paid more and the imperial guards will be paid by the treasury."

Therefore, the military pay system of the Imperial Guards is divided into three parts: rank pay, rank pay and imperial pay. The rank pay is distributed according to military rank, and there is no distinction between the types of services; the rank pay is exclusive to active-duty officers and soldiers; the Imperial Guards are exclusive to soldiers of the Imperial Guards and distributed by the treasury. Anyone who is qualified or above in the year can enjoy it. Those who fail or commit crimes and violate military laws are not allowed to enjoy it. Please refer to the relevant works for specific regulations.

Referring to this ratio, although the additional royal salary is almost 60% of the regular salary, it is actually almost doubled, and the lower the military rank, the more obvious the feeling. In the Qing Dynasty, the so-called military salary was not the money that soldiers could get. It also deducted the expenses of a series of personal daily necessities such as food, clothing, shoes and socks. Taking the third-class private as an example, the monthly military salary is 5 taels, slightly higher than the level of 4 taels and 5 coins of the regular soldiers in the new army, but the maximum amount of military salary that can be obtained by seven or eight deductions per month is only over 2 taels. Although the Imperial Guards’ expenses in terms of food, clothing, etc. are higher than that of the new army, it will not increase too much. The additional royal salary is equivalent to the net money being received immediately.

There are several exceptions for the Military Pay Regulations. One is to provide professional additional services, artillery, engineering, military doctor, ordnance and other technical positions to refer to infantry, and cavalry will be paid 20% more; the other is to provide combat diligence. The first-class combat diligence refers to the military pay 30% more during the combat diligence period, the second-class combat diligence period, the military pay 20% more for the military pay, and the third-class combat diligence period, the military pay 10% more for the military pay.

After the military pay and rank regulations of the Imperial Guards were announced, they caused a strong sensation not only in various towns, but also in the capital. Many flag soldiers in the capital only walk their dogs and birds, drink tea and set up dragon gate formations, but now they are serious. They ask at night how to become the Imperial Guards?——"We have to serve the emperor, right?" There are also several red-belt marginal royal families shouting everywhere, "This is the royal guards. Our royal family must get a school and do it."

But is the Imperial Guard really so easy to be a soldier? Starting the next day, the Imperial Guard's recruitment notice told all the people who were eager to try. There were 8,000 people in the Imperial Guard, of which 500 were selected, and 6,700 people were selected for selection from the New Army towns. Only the new recruit training team had 800 places open to everyone.

Only 800? There are so many people who want to be this soldier, at least 10 times. What should I do? I tried hard - some people were begging people, while some were gritting their teeth and prepared a lot of gifts to be used for management - as long as I entered the Imperial Guard, I would have no worries about food and clothing in my life. Can the emperor treat us badly?

Although the emperor did not dare to treat the Imperial Guards badly, the premise was that you had to do it first. There were huge places in the open space in Nanyuan, and a big sign for the Imperial Guard training team to recruit soldiers. The recruitment was started in accordance with the notice. It was said that it would be recruited for one month in a row. Someone laughed wildly, and there were only 800 places, not to mention a month, and it would be fully recruited in one day. When the first day was started, everyone got up early, fearing that they would not be able to squeeze into the empty seats. Before the Imperial Guards could select the master to sit firmly, the place was surrounded by people. - It’s a pity that the Imperial Guards were treated generously and scary, and their selection standards were strictly scary.

"Listen, those who want to join the army will have to pass the barriers. Whoever doesn't queue up will not send an registration form to anyone."

The commotion finally calmed down and got the registration form one by one. Some people were impatient and began to pass the mark without waiting for the ink on it to dry out.

The first level is virtue - one needs a clean family background and no offenders within three generations. But everyone wants to be easy. Those who sign up for the registration are all talented people. They have already studied the notice and obtained the recommendation text issued by Zhou Nei through various means. Not to mention that there are too few people who have happened to their ancestors, and the selection officers do not seem to pay much attention to it. As long as you can take this certificate, you will pass the exam, and then you will stamp a bright red seal on the registration paper - "pass".

The "pass" seal of the second level is not so easy to cover. This level is the body - between 18 and 25 years old, the height is limited to 5 feet and 166.6cm or more. The southerners are smaller torso, and can reduce two inches as appropriate. At that time, Chinese people are generally shorter than today's people, with incomplete facial features, weak constitution, eye disease, and those with hidden diseases will not accept them. Those who are older than the limit cursed on the spot, but they can curse them no matter how much they scold them. The selection officer just pointed and made a point and made a statement without saying a word. When they were anxious, they squeezed out: "This is the constitution set by the emperor. You have the right to ask the emperor to argue with him." The new army standard is 2 inches shorter than the imperial guards, and there are not many people who are less than 5 feet tall. They complained - this is not a picking pole for crops, it is good to grow taller. But the boss likes taller, and can't he compete with the emperor? As a result, less than two-thirds of the red mark are stamped.

The third level is getting more and more sad. Wisdom is required to read a little bit of writing and literacy for more than 300 words. The method of judgment is very simple. The selection officer handed over a piece of paper with a thousand-character text on it. No word is repeated. As long as you can recite 300 words correctly, you will pass the test. It is pitiful that many people are illiterate who don’t know a big word. Except for their own names, they cannot recognize a lot of big words. There are also thousands-character texts? Several holding papers can’t even tell the difference between horizontal and vertical lines, and they make a fool of themselves. Less than 3,000 people passed the test.

The fourth level is the product - those who have smoked foreign cigarettes and opium, alcoholism, and gambling, and those who are addicted to gambling will not accept it. *, those who are addicted to gambling and drinking will not be able to see it for a while, but those who smoke opium can know that those who can't stand the time, runny nose and tears can all be included in this group, which is also difficult for them. They were not washed off in the second level just now.

Almost 90% of the people fell in the fifth level, and the force - it seemed very easy. It only required that the arms raised horizontally with more than 120 kilograms, and the weight of 25 kilograms can be carried for more than 10 miles in a quarter of an hour and 30 minutes. However, only when the stone axe was raised and the weight was running on the back, everyone knew how powerful these two were. The 120 kilograms of stone axe was only a short while, but this run? Many people gave up after running for two miles - it was too tiring, forget it, this money is not easy to make, so let's go home and continue to rest. Most people ran to 7 or 8 miles and gave up - it was really boring. The 25 kilograms on their backs seemed to be a life-threatening person. Only a few insisted on gritting their teeth and running, but many were still brushed down because of insufficient mileage.

On the first day, there were thousands of people going to apply for the recruitment. The conditions were met, and less than 300 people were stamped with five seals. Among these 300 people, there were clearly many students who were not admitted to the martial arts examination that year. They took the last bus to the Imperial Guards.
Chapter completed!