Chapter 93: Bereavement Benefits, Routine (I)
In the city, the county office.
However, there is no county order in Fangling County, because it is adjacent to Zhuyang Pass, Fangling County implements military management, and all the military, political and civil affairs in this county are presided over by the guard general Zhang Ying. It's just that with Zhang Ying's greed and urine nature of eating, drinking and having fun, the people's livelihood in Fangling County is also inevitable.
Now, the guard Zhang Ying was already killed by Zhang Fei when the city was broken.
The battle was over, and the soldiers were resting.
After all, the weather is hot, and the troops will be sent to attack Shangyong in the evening, and the soldiers will not be able to rest well.
Jian Yong was temporarily appointed as the county commander of Fangling County at this time, and was leading 500 infantry to comb through the city. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the remaining six hundred elite horsemen to rush outside the city to join Zhao Zilong, and then they would arrive outside Shangyong City to ambush first.
In the county ya, there were only three people at this time: Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.
Others can rest, but there are some things that they have to discuss and deal with.
Zhuge Liang cooked tea, one bowl of tea per person, and then said: "In this battle, our army lost one hundred and thirty-two casualties and thirty-fifty-one. Among them, only more than 90 people can return to the team after recovering from injuries, and nearly 260 disabled veterans need to be retired. ”
After Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei entered the city, the battle losses were quickly counted. There are not many casualties, Zhuge Liang is also very timely, there are more than ten doctors in the army, and there is alcohol disinfection, even if it is seriously wounded, the chance of death is extremely small.
It's just that there are many seriously injured people, who are either missing arms or legs, or they are blind, and they all need to be retired.
And the first thing to be discussed now is the bereavement pension, as well as the arrangements for these disabled veterans
"These battle losses, although they are all borrowed Jingzhou soldiers."
"But in the future, these soldiers and horses are also our own soldiers, so the bereavement should be treated equally."
Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang arched his hand and said: "The minister suggested that the pension should be paid favorably and generously, so that the officers and soldiers in the army will definitely die in the future, and they can also buy the hearts of those Jingzhou soldiers." ”
"Those disabled veterans who have retired from the military should also arrange a job preferentially."
Pensions in the army have existed since ancient times.
During the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and now the princes are fighting each other, and after the soldiers die in battle, there are pensions, but not many.
There are also bereavement benefits for the disabled, even less.
These pensions are all one-time and the amount is very small, which is simply not enough to make a family of five spend long.
The families of the war dead are a little better, but the most miserable are the disabled veterans.
After the disabled veterans are retired, they have no skills and no source of livelihood, and after the few pensions are used up, most of them will become beggars, or simply wait for death.
If you have a family, it will be slightly better, at least you will have a family to support, but it will also increase the burden on the family.
A disabled veteran who doesn't have a family is really waiting for death in the end.
The fate of disabled veterans is really tragic.
In many cases, the soldiers see the fate of disabled veterans, which is quite demoralizing.
This is the tragedy of the whole era, and when the original owner assisted Uncle Liu Huang in his previous life, it was not much better.
However, as a guest in later generations, Zhuge Liang in this life did not want the soldiers to shed blood and tears.
It is important to know that even if it is a disabled soldier, there are actually better arrangements.
The political work departments of later generations are particularly worthy of reference for the arrangements made by those disabled servicemen after they retire.
Of course, whether it is giving preferential treatment to the bereaved or arranging the work of disabled veterans, all these can unite the hearts of the military and the people.
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"Preferential and generous pensions?"
"Arrange a job for disabled veterans?"
Liu Bei groaned a little.
There is no precedent for this.
In the past, whenever there was a battle, after the war, only some bereavement benefits were issued, and there were few of them.
Many times, when he Liu Huangshu lost the battle, there was no pension. It's not that Uncle Liu Huang doesn't give out the pension, but even the army is wooden, and who should the pension be given to?
Of course, Liu Bei also knows that if the soldiers have less worries, everyone will inevitably die, and they will not be afraid when fighting; Morale, military spirit, and the loyalty of the soldiers are there.
He Liu Bei pays attention to benevolence and righteousness, and naturally knows how to grasp people's hearts.
Just, arrange jobs for disabled retired veterans?
He Uncle Liu Huang didn't know how to arrange it.
"So, what does the military advisor think should be to give preferential and generous pensions, and how should disabled retired veterans settle down?"
After a while, Liu Bei asked.
Now, as the lord, Liu Bei also knows how to get rid of the burden. Anyway, as long as he Liu Bei can't handle things, or things he doesn't understand, he can just throw them to the two military advisors.
Isn't the counselor just to solve the troubles of the lord?
Zhuge Liang arched his hand and replied: "My lord, the minister suggests that in the future, the soldiers of our army, all those who died in battle, will receive a pension of 5,000 yuan." For those who have made meritorious contributions, the rewards for meritorious deeds will be counted separately; For those who have military ranks, the military pension will be counted separately. Those who are seriously injured and incurable will also be compensated according to the war death. ”
"In addition, the list of war dead must be recorded, and after the lord sits firmly in Hanzhong, he will also subsidize the families of war dead every year until the parents of the war dead die in the family, or the children of the war dead grow up to the age of eighteen."
As soon as Zhuge Liang's suggestion came out, Liu Bei couldn't even hold the teacup steadily, and the tea rippled a little.
Pang Tong also looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise.
This pension is a bit high.
According to the current popular market, the bereavement of the war dead is mostly about 1,000 yuan.
What's more, do you have to subsidize every year?
Even if calculated on a 20-year basis, this cumulative benefit, plus the pension, is not a small number.
Liu Bei secretly wondered, can his small treasury support such a generous pension?
The pension of three or five hundred people, or the pension of three or five thousand people, he Uncle Liu Huang can still barely support it. But in the future, once there is a big war, there will be tens of thousands of casualties at every turn, will he still be able to issue such a generous pension?
Of course, Liu Bei also knew that with such a generous pension, not to mention the soldiers' desire to serve death, in the future, I am afraid that there will be few traitors in the army; Moreover, maybe you can use this to recruit the enemy army, or recruit soldiers among the people, and you can also get twice the result with half the effort.
At this time, Liu Bei thought again, before entering the city, Kong Ming had suggested that Mi Zhu should be in charge of the official camp affairs.
"Maybe this is the source of our military funding in the future, right?" Liu Bei secretly thought in his heart.
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Zhuge Liang asked himself, is this bit of a compassionate pension?
If it is placed in the future generations, the pension worth twenty stone of grain, as well as a small amount of subsidies every year, is really not high.
But at the moment, it's a bit high.
If 20,000 soldiers are lost in battle, the pension alone will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, which is four or five hundred thousand stone of grain.
With so much food in hand, it is not a problem to recruit another 100,000 soldiers, but now you have to use this extra money to compensate the war dead?
The princes had an account in their hearts, so the pensions of the war dead in this era were very small.
With so many pensions issued, it is better to recruit more soldiers!