Become a feudal king from today

"We are ready. We will proceed as soon as His Highness gives the order." Chang Wei said.

Although there have been assassinations and arrests of officials and generals who have collaborated with the Yuan family in the past few days.

However, the reasons for rewards and punishments for this war have been advancing.

This also includes the burial of fallen soldiers.

"Your Highness, here are the documents of rewards and punishments. Please take a look at them." Zhao Xu mentioned this matter, and Liu Fu took out a booklet from his arms and presented it to him.

This is a list of rewards and punishments based on merit that he and Chang Wei researched.

"Captured Chalha in the battle of Wu'an County, Luchang, promoted to captain, commanded five thousand troops, and was rewarded with one thousand taels of silver."

"In the first battle of Yancheng, Bai Shang guarded the north gate and refused to retreat. The whole battalion killed one thousand enemies. He was promoted from captain to captain and commanded five thousand troops."

"In the battle of Yancheng, Qinshan captain, he led his troops to kill more than 1,200 enemies. He shot and killed Beidi Langlu Mutuo and was promoted to captain."

"..."

Zhao Xu looked at them one by one and saw that there were many generals involved.

In the front are those promoted from captain to captain, in the back are those promoted from captain to captain, and other soldiers are promoted.

The criteria for judging their promotion are basically the number of enemies killed in the battle and whether they were brave in fighting.

After roughly looking at the list, Zhao Xu nodded, expressing his agreement with the list.

This was similar to what he knew. These captains who were promoted to captains often received praises from Chang Wei.

Needless to say, Lu Chang, this Bai Shang was also one of the imperial guards who protected him before.

Due to the lack of generals in the army, Chang Wei was sent to leave.

Qin Shan was a former general in the county army and was born as a commoner.

He used to serve as the commander-in-chief of the county soldiers, and later became the school captain.

In addition to these three people, there are three captains, namely Guantong, Weiqun, and Niucha.

Among the three people, Guantong and Weiqun were from the Imperial Guards, while Niucha was from the county soldiers just like Qinshan. Both of them came from poor families.

"Chen Hu is not included in the reward this time?" Zhao Xu asked casually.

Chang Wei laughed and said, "This guy is feeling aggrieved. He said that the infantry fought this battle, and their cavalry didn't even eat shit."

Zhao Xu and Liu Fu laughed out loud after hearing this.

Liu Fu said: "The cavalry is His Highness's treasure. Of course, it cannot be used so casually."

Zhao Xu said: "It is true that he was not given the opportunity to make merit this time. Without him, there would be no him. However, he has no merit and has worked hard. No matter what, we must give him collective credit."

"Collective credit?" Chang Wei and Liu Fu were stunned for a moment.

They knew that once King Yan came up with these new words, he would have a new idea, so they listened carefully.

"This list of merit-based rewards is good, but I feel that there is still something missing." Zhao Xu said, "The promoted generals have outstanding merits, but just like Chen Hu, there are still many who have contributed or have no chance. Those who go into battle to kill the enemy cannot be said to have no merit.”

Chang Wei nodded, he had thought about this problem.

But I don’t know how to solve it for the moment.

"In my opinion, let them collectively receive the merit, make a badge, and hang it in their barracks. It will at least warm their hearts. In addition, they will be rewarded with some silver. This collective merit will be divided into three grades. First grade , second class, third class," Zhao Xu said.

Then, he picked up the paper on the table and showed it to the two of them. This was what he had just drawn.

Chang Wei looked around and saw a circle above, with a long sword and a shield crossed in the circle.

There are three circles in total, with the words first-class merit, second-class merit, and third-class merit written on them.

"These badges will be made of gold." Zhao Xu continued, and then he said sternly: "In addition to setting up collective skills, I have another consideration, which is to prevent soldiers from grabbing heads on the battlefield for their own merits."

Chang Wei frowned.

To him, soldiers have relied on head count for merit since ancient times.

Now that King Yan said this, he was a little surprised.

"This king was watching the whole battle. After the soldiers killed the enemy, they were busy cutting off the enemy's ears. However, the battle in other places was still going on. This caused their support to be slow, which inadvertently caused the palace soldiers to be even more serious. casualties.”

"What's more, some soldiers even started fighting in the street over their heads. This is simply embarrassing to me." Zhao Xu increased his voice.

Chang Wei's face turned red. What King Yan said was true, but because it was true for everyone in Da Song, he didn't feel there was any problem.

But King Yan pointed out the shortcomings, and he suddenly came to his senses.

Liu Fu's eyes rolled. Although he was not in the military, he was still thinking about this issue.

"Could it be that His Highness wants to abolish the military merit system based on heads? But in this way, how can we inspire soldiers to have the courage to kill the enemy?" Chang Wei asked.

"I don't want to cancel it, but to set up a dedicated person, for example, designate a soldier in each team to collect it, and then count it after the war." Zhao Xu said.

This is ancient times, and the quality of soldiers is not comparable to that of modern soldiers who have received ethnic education. Sudden cancellation may be counterproductive.

Therefore, what he wants is improvement.

At the same time, the establishment of collective merit is based on the overall head count and ignores the individual head count.

Subtly, soldiers no longer pursue individual head counts. After all, the more enemies they kill overall, the greater their rewards will be.

Chang Wei's eyes lit up, "This is a way. There is a dedicated person to collect them. There are ten soldiers in a team, and the other nine can concentrate on fighting."

And when he heard Zhao Xu's purpose of establishing collective skills, he nodded repeatedly.

The most important thing on the battlefield is formation, and formation requires collective discipline and combat effectiveness.

Strengthening the collective merit can strengthen the combat effectiveness of the entire army.

In general, the small reform of the King of Yan did not weaken the individual military merit system for killing the enemy, but also strengthened the collective military merit system.

"After you go back, you can report the squads, flags, general flags, battalions, etc. that have performed well." Zhao Xu said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded.

After setting the military merit system for the royal army, Zhao Xu turned to the back of the merit book.

There is a pension for soldiers who died in battle.

"One hundred and eighty taels of silver will be issued to soldiers who died in battle." Zhao Xu read a sentence.

"This is the soldier's five-year military pay." Liu Fu added.

In Dasong, this is already a very generous pension.

Even for the imperial army, the death of a soldier is only one hundred taels of silver.

Of course, this is just a rule. In fact, many soldiers died in battle and got nothing, and they were all embezzled.

"Too little." Zhao Xu shook his head.