Chapter 257: Dismantling the Liaodong Army
The destruction of the Later Jin Dynasty caused a huge psychological shock to the ambitionists within the Ming Dynasty, especially in the rebellious areas of Guizhou Tusi, which caused a great shock effect.o&1t;/p>
When the rebel local officials learned that the Ming army had achieved an unprecedented victory in Liaodong, most of the local officials who rebelled with Anbangyan chose to go down the mountain to surrender immediately.&1t;/p>
The surrender of these local officials finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Soon Qin Liangyu obtained information from the surrendered local officials, quickly dispatched tens of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress a forest in Dading Prefecture. This encirclement and suppression finally allowed Qin Liangyu to catch An Bangyan, the number one rebel.&1t;/p>
Tens of thousands of stone pillar soldiers captured An Bangyan alive during the encirclement and suppression, and wiped out more than 5,000 rebels. An Bangyan was captured, and other local officials who were still fighting stubbornly surrendered and begged for amnesty of the court.&1t;/p>
The rebellion of Guizhou chieftains came to an end with An Bangyan being captured alive and the rebellious local officials being exempted from surrender. An Bangyan, who was captured alive, was escorted to Beijing and a ceremony to offer the captive ceremony will be held.&1t;/p>
When the great victory in Guizhou spread across the country again, those ambitious people were completely shocked, and they suppressed their desire to rebel and began to wait and see the situation.&1t;/p>
In fact, there are many smart people in this era. Moreover, the military technology of this era has not yet eliminated cold weapons, and the success rate of civil rebellion is far from the kind of people who rebel in later generations. Therefore, it is very normal for many people to see the Ming Dynasty weakening and rebellion. Especially for those chieftains and other groups with military power, there is a chance to directly rebel.&1t;/p>
After successive great victory, it is naturally the stage of rewarding merits.&1t;/p>
This time, the Central Army was the one who made the greatest military achievements in regaining Liaodong. Although the Liaodong Army had some soy sauce, it also made great efforts. Otherwise, the Ming army would not have such a big momentum. So the rewards should still be rewarded.&1t;/p>
Sun Chengzong was also relatively old, and he would retire after working for the emperor for a few years. Zhu Youxiao took this into consideration and decided to give Sun Chengzong an earl.&1t;/p>
Sun Chengzong was at the first rank of the official position at this time, and the title of Grand Tutor was as follows: According to the normal reward specifications, there was no reward. It was almost the same for him to be named an earl if he retired.&1t;/p>
Yuan Keli was in charge of Denglai. He laid the foundation for the stability of Dongjiang Town and Jinzhou Town, and also made great contributions. Yuan Keli has not had many years, so Zhu Youxiao also decided to give Yuan Keli an earl.&1t;/p>
It is easier for Sun Chuanting to be awarded a reward. Just be granted a Taibao and a first-rank official. In just a few years, Sun Chuanting has changed from a small Beijing official to a first-rank official. His promotion is unprecedented. Such a reward is already very important.&1t;/p>
The military officers below also had rewards. Mao Wenlong made contributions to the rear of Jiannu. He was promoted to the rank of major general, and a large group of officers of the Central Army were also promoted to the rank of major general.&1t;/p>
Zhao Rujiao and others from the Liaodong Army were promoted to the rank of captain.&1t;/p>
After the new military rank is formulated, it is given relatively low to appear precious.&1t;/p>
However, Zhu Youxiao was not stingy in the specific rewards. The biggest reward was land. Sun Chengzong rewarded, Yuan Keli all rewarded 10,000 mu of land, and Sun Chuanting rewarded 8,000 mu of land. Mao Wenlong and the senior generals of the Central Army all rewarded 6,000 mu of land. The generals of the Liaodong Army rewarded 4,000 mu of land.&1t;/p>
All officers on all levels have rewards, ranging from 3,000 acres to 300 acres.&1t;/p>
For the officers’ rewards alone, Zhu Youxiao directly rewarded 6 million acres of land.&1t;/p>
This regaining of Liaodong was actually a good opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to cut military expenses, so Zhu Youxiao was not stingy when rewarding him.&1t;/p>
The reward specifications for ordinary soldiers of the Liaodong Army were soon determined, and all the land was rewarded with 80 mu, and tens of millions of mu of land were rewarded.&1t;/p>
In contrast, the rewards from the Central Army are much higher. Each ordinary soldier directly rewards 100 acres of land, and the military merits are calculated in addition to the level. In this way, some ordinary soldiers can obtain a cultivated land area of even two or three hundred acres, and they are definitely a small landlord.&1t;/p>
After such a reward, the 60 million mu of land obtained after recovering Liaodong was rewarded with nearly 40 million mu.&1t;/p>
Among the remaining 20 million mu, there were originally tens of millions of mu of land west of the Liaohe defense line for Liao people to cultivate, and the royal consortium only had about 10 million mu of land left.&1t;/p>
But this doesn't matter. Minerals, forest areas and other resources are obviously larger fat.&1t;/p>
When the rewards were issued, the whole army was in full swing. The emperor was so generous. With these lands, it meant that they could have a warm kang with their wives and children in the future.&1t;/p>
Soon the imperial edict continued to leave the palace, and various rewards were confirmed one after another.&1t;/p>
Sun Chengzong was granted the title of Liao Bo, and Yuan Keli was granted the title of Xinghai Bo, which was hereditary for three generations, which caused another sensation in the court and the country. There were only two civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, one of which was Wang Yangming, who was granted the title of Xinjian Bo.&1t;/p>
Shortly after the reward plan was announced, the Supreme Command issued two bills: the Military Service Law and the Reserve Mobilization Law.&1t;/p>
The Military Service Law stipulates that all the people of the Ming Dynasty, men over the age of seventeen, are obliged to serve in the military. The service period is five years. After five years, they can be discharged from the army and transferred to the reserve service. The court can help them to transfer to the army. During the enlistment period, their family members own less than 300 mu of land, and they can be exempted from agricultural tax.&1t;/p>
The "Reserve Mobilization Law" is a bill used to mobilize reserve soldiers. As long as the court sends a mobilization order, no irresistible factors must respond to the call.&1t;/p>
The conscript system proposed in the "Military Service Law" is actually that Zhu Youxiao is going to start laying down the scale of professional soldiers and preparing for the abolition of the nine sides.&1t;/p>
After the "Military Service Law" was issued, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered the recruitment of 200,000 conscripts from various provinces, and then ordered the abolition of Liaodong Town.&1t;/p>
When the imperial edict went to Liaodong Town, all the generals in Liaodong Town were shocked.&1t;/p>
The first thing they thought of was "no birds are hidden in slingshots" and "the cunning rabbits die and lack dogs cook", but under the imperial power, no one dared to disobey his orders.&1t;/p>
"You don't need to over-speculate the emperor's will. It is mainly because the officers and soldiers of Liaodong Town do not meet the standards of the new army. After the Liaodong Town is abolished, you will be transferred to the Royal Military Academy to study the new military affairs, and you can lead the army again after graduation." Sun Chengzong comforted the generals of Liaodong Town, and then said: "If you are unwilling to continue to lead the army, you can apply for retirement. According to the Military Service Law, after the officers are discharged, the court will also issue retirement guarantee funds to you every year."&1t;/p>
"Military Gate, what about those soldiers in Liaodong?" Zhao Rujiao asked Sun Chengzong.&1t;/p>
"According to the will of the emperor, those under the age of 23 who are unwilling to retire can be converted to conscripts. Those who are willing to retire will each grant ten yuan of retirement. Those who are willing to receive the reward land to cultivate themselves will also provide interest-free agricultural loans. Those who are unwilling to cultivate can invest in the agricultural company, and the court will help arrange employment." Sun Chengzong was extremely cautious about the abolition of Liaodong Town and explained the policies formulated by Zhu Youxiao clearly to prevent the soldiers in Liaodong Town from mutiny.&1t;/p>
Sun Chengzong could also understand the reason why the emperor was so anxious to abolish 120,000 officers and soldiers in Liaodong Town. The Ming army was depressed before, and the emperor had to form a large number of professional soldiers to stabilize the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. This measure has now become a serious financial burden for the court.&1t;/p>
Now that the Later Jin Dynasty has perished, the only 20,000 remaining cavalry are unable to shake Liaodong under the control of the court. At this time, there were 130,000 Central Army, plus 30,000 Dongjiang Army deployed in Liaodong, which had a serious oversupply of troops.&1t;/p>
Although Sun Chengzong rectified the Liaodong Town, after seeing the simple military model of the Central Army and its powerful open terrain combat power, Sun Chengzong could also understand why the emperor abolished the Liaodong Army. More importantly, the Liaodong Army was not the emperor's direct troops.&1t;/p>
As the official army formed by the emperor himself, the Central Army will also face the situation of eliminating a large number of professional soldiers, let alone Liaodong Town.&1t;/p>
After the meeting in the military tent, Sun Chengzong sent a group of propaganda personnel to follow these generals back to the camp to publicize the relevant resettlement policies of the imperial court to the soldiers of Liaodong Town.&1t;/p>
The mutiny that Sun Chengzong was worried about was not born. The soldiers in Liaodong Town were all rewarded with 80 acres of arable land. There was no other resettlement policy, and they could also accept the court's policy of dismissal and retirement. After all, that was 80 acres of land, and they could live a very comfortable life.&1t;/p>
The days when my wife and children are warm on the kang are thought to make the officers and soldiers yearn for it.&1t;/p>
As for the identity of the big head soldiers, they don’t think they are valuable. The big head soldiers in peacetime courts are basically not paid, and they are no different from being discharged from the army. However, if they stay in the army, they may still be exploited and oppressed by generals.&1t;/p>
What's more, this time the retirement period was ten yuan in silver dollars. Those who were unwilling to cultivate land could also arrange for them to become formal employees of those enterprises, not only to mention the monthly wages, but also to have good welfare protection.&1t;/p>
A group of big-headed soldiers were happy and happily accepted the court's dismissal. However, a group of generals were frowning and reluctant.&1t;/p>
But no matter how reluctant they were, they could not do anything. These big-headed soldiers could not incite them at all, and it was impossible for someone to cause trouble with them. Because after a big victory, the emperor's reward was too generous.&1t;/p>
Without big-headed soldiers coming out to cause trouble, how dare they be the first to be the first? Do they think they have a long life?&1t;/p>
So the measures to abolish Liaodong Town began very smoothly, and the abolition work was completed in just half a month.&1t;/p>
In the end, only more than 6,000 soldiers chose to become conscripts. The reason why they stayed was mainly because they thought that they could make achievements in the army. After another five years of struggle, they might get more land rewards. There were many people who were the same as them, but unfortunately they did not meet the requirements of their age and could only choose to retire.&1t;/p>
Most young people who meet the requirements and have passed the physical fitness will stay in the army, and they will be incorporated into the Central Army.&1t;/p>
Most of the soldiers who had retired from the army chose to cultivate their own land. The imperial court immediately divided the land in a good location and provided loans for them to build houses, buy oxen, etc.&1t;/p>
The rest was helped by the court to transfer, and was recruited by various companies under the royal consortium. (To be continued...)&1t;/>&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!