Chapter 469, New Military System
"Sell Newspaper~Sell Newspaper~"
"The imperial court wants to implement the compulsory military service system in Beizhili and carry out a pilot project~"
"The imperial court reformed the military system and took the lead in implementing a pilot project in Beizhili~"
The first issue of the new year's Daming Morning Post immediately released a bombshell news, the imperial court will implement a compulsory military service system here in Beizhili, carry out a pilot project, reform the military system, establish a military academy, and implement a compulsory military service system.
"Give me a copy ~ Give me a copy ~ "
In the streets and alleys of the capital, accompanied by the shouts of the newsboys, the old and young masters in the capital immediately took out copper coins to buy a newspaper, and were ready to take a look at this compulsory military service system.
Soon, as newspapers were bought, the old and young masters of the entire Beijing-Tianjin area began to look carefully at this new compulsory military service system.
According to the official report issued by the imperial court, the imperial court is ready to reform the military system, from the original military household system to the compulsory military service system, in order to implement a smooth transition and cohesion, the imperial court took the lead in the implementation of the pilot in Beizhili, the first to implement the compulsory military service system and the establishment of the first military academy in the Ming Dynasty - the Ming Royal Military Academy.
The Ming Morning Post clearly wrote the content of the compulsory military service system in detail.
According to the official document issued by the imperial court, the imperial court will abolish the military household system here in Beizhili, and all military households will be changed from household registration to peasants, and will no longer be subject to the restrictions of military household registration.
At the same time as the abolition of the military household system, a compulsory military service system was implemented here in Beizhili.
Under the new compulsory military service system, all adult men with household registration in the Beizhili area, and men between the ages of 16 and 25, are obliged to serve in the military.
The imperial court planned to recruit 10,000 recruits in the first batch of Beizhili, and all adult men who met the conditions and requirements had to report to the local yamen, and then undergo the first physical examination at the local yamen.
After the local yamen conducts the initial physical examination, they will gather in the capital for another physical screening, and at the same time, they will also need to be screened for identity information.
Recruits recruited under the compulsory military system are only recruited from good families, and those who have been involved in the crime department will not be accepted, and you also need a letter from the township to prove that you are a good family.
This is a bit like the imperial examination system, which requires strict screening of the candidates' identities to ensure that they are all from good families.
At the same time, the newspapers also published in detail the benefits of the compulsory military system.
First, if someone in the family is determined to be conscripted after passing the physical screening and identity screening, the imperial court will exempt the family from all taxes and forced labor during the four years of military service, and enjoy the same treatment as a juren.
Second, during the period of military service, all the expenses of the conscripts are borne by the imperial court, and at the same time, they can also receive a monthly ring, which is tentatively set at one tael of silver per month.
One or two silver a month, this level is formulated with reference to the income of the people in the Beijing and Tianjin areas, not high, but not low, the key is that the family is also exempted from taxes and conscription, and all the expenses during military service are also from the imperial court, which is very competitive.
Third, if you die in battle for the country during military service, you can be included in the Ming martyrs, you can be exempted from family taxes and forced labor for 15 years, and you can continue to receive the moon rings until all your children reach the age of 16.
Fourth, once you become a compulsory soldier, you can learn literacy and hyphenation for free in the army, arithmetic, astronomy and geography and other knowledge, and those who perform well can enter the Ming Royal Military Academy for further study and become a Ming officer.
Fifth, all conscripts who serve in the military will not be affected by any kind of military service after they are discharged, and they will not be affected by their children's examinations because of military service, etc., and at the same time, after retirement, the imperial court will have retirement work arrangements.
The Ming Morning Post wrote all the information about the compulsory military system in great detail, from the scope of conscription under the compulsory military system, the conditions for conscription, to the time of military service, the treatment that can be enjoyed, etc., are clearly written.
"Long live the Son of Heaven ~ Long live, long live ~"
"The military household system has finally been abolished, and we military households finally don't have to make cattle and horses for those thousands and hundreds of households, and we no longer have to look at the faces of those thousands of households and military households, and our children can also take the imperial examination~"
When someone from a military family saw the news, they couldn't help but feel bitter with joy.
The most bitter thing about the military household system is these military households.
If you want status without status, if you want money without money, if you want a future, there is no future, and even the children and grandchildren will be broken military families for generations, and it is difficult to marry a daughter-in-law, and no one is willing to marry their daughters to a broken military family.
The military household is really bitter.
The military field was occupied by the military generals and nobles, and it was difficult to even support the family, and there was not enough to eat, so the key was to make cattle and horses for the hundreds and thousands of households above, and work hard for them to farm and do things.
And they don't dare to complain, because their life and death are in the hands of hundreds and thousands of households, from generation to generation, and for their children and grandchildren.
Now in Beizhili here to abolish the military household system, the happiest is the military household of the various guards in Beizhili, there are many military households who secretly come to the Beijing and Tianjin area to do things, all day long are actually scared, for fear of being caught back by the thousands of households and hundreds of households in their own guards, so even the wages are lower than people.
As soon as the military household system is abolished, they will no longer be military households, but peasants, not only will they no longer have to endure the exploitation of thousands and hundreds of households, but their children and grandchildren can also take the imperial examination, learn crafts, go to business, and so on, and no longer have to be restricted because of the status of military households.
The military households who learned the news couldn't help but shout long live, chanting for the great tomorrow, as soon as this system came out, they really turned over, and from now on they can straighten their backs and be people, and they will no longer be called Qiu Ba.
"It's over, I'm going to be a soldier~"
Unlike the joyful celebrations of the military households, the other Ming people were terrified when they saw that everyone was going to serve in the military.
This good man is not a soldier, and he is good at iron.
Since ancient times, it is not a good thing to be a soldier, I didn't see how dilapidated those military households were, poor and miserable, the key is that these descendants are affected, and they can't even take the imperial examination, and they are the existence with the lowest status.
Moreover, the common people have always been afraid of military service, and this tax and conscription all require the lives of the common people.
What's more, this is still military service, and if you go to the army, it will be even more frightening.