Li Chunye discussed with several ministers of the National Defense Yuan for several days, and finally drafted a plan for military reform, and after handing it to Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen felt dissatisfied and asked him to take it back for revision, and revised it three times repeatedly, and Zhu Youzhen was basically satisfied. ← top novel,

Since it is about military reform, and the senior officials of the National Defense Yuan have collectively participated in the drafting of the plan, Zhu Youzhen is ready to directly announce and implement it, but Li Chunye believes that the current military reform has restored the titles of duke, uncle, marquis, son, and male, and there is a faint suspicion of improving the status of soldiers, and in addition, the pensions for the wounded and wounded soldiers are relatively large, so it is best to let the officials know.

Anyway, these systems need to be implemented by civil officials in the future, and it is impossible not to let them know, so Zhu Youzhen also agreed to Li Chunye's proposal.

At the grass court meeting, Li Chunye read out the draft of military reform.

The current military reform is mainly embodied in four aspects.

The first is the issue of pensions for wounded and disabled servicemen.

During the period of service, not only will the National Defense Institute provide food and weapons and equipment, but also basic salaries, which is equivalent to work, and the unit will not only provide food and accommodation, but also pay remuneration.

Although the income of ordinary soldiers is extremely low, only half a tael per month, it is almost enough to feed the small population of the family.

If a soldier has made meritorious service in the war, he can also get additional rewards, so that the soldiers are eager to make meritorious contributions in the battle, get more war awards, and let their wives and children live a better life.

Since it is a war, there may be casualties, once a soldier is disabled or dies, the life of his family will inevitably be affected, the death of a man in the family is a miserable thing, and life will also fall into an embarrassment, this is the biggest concern of the soldiers.

In order to let the soldiers have no worries, the Ming court has long established a set of pension system for the casualties, once the soldiers are disabled or die, the court will allocate money or money to ensure the normal life of the soldiers' families, so that the soldiers can serve the country without concern on the battlefield.

Otherwise, once a soldier knows that he is killed or wounded, his wife and children will not even have anything to eat, who would be willing to fight with peace of mind, move forward bravely, and sacrifice his life for the country? Your companion's today is your own tomorrow.

However, the pension system of the casualties of the Ming Dynasty has always been relatively chaotic, different armies, different local armies, pension standards are different, and many local pensions are issued by the local government, which brings opportunities to greedy ink, so that the pension issued to households is less and less.

Especially after Wanli, the imperial court could not make ends meet, so it began to owe soldiers salaries, and even pensions, which greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the army, and a large number of government soldiers were almost equal to ordinary people.

The current reform of the pension system is to establish a pension system with the same standards throughout the country.

If a soldier dies in battle, the army will send a soldier's death notice to the soldier's family, and if the soldier is disabled, after being discharged from the hospital, he will also receive a certificate of disability rating issued by the hospital.

According to the new "Pension System for Disabled Soldiers", soldiers and their families can know the specific amount of pension, how much they have died, how much they have been disabled, how much they have been disabled, how much they have been disabled, how much they have been disabled in the third degree, and in order to promote the law of the Ming Dynasty, corresponding notices will be posted on the walls of each county.

Soldiers and their families have the right to know the specific amount of pensions, and those who pay them naturally dare not deduct them.

It turned out that the pension of the Beijing division army was relatively high, and the pension of the local army was relatively low, on the one hand, because the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was insufficient, and on the other hand, the Beijing division army went to the front line more.

Now it is different, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty has greatly increased, has exceeded 23 million taels, and due to the widespread use of new firearms, the number of soldiers killed and disabled has been greatly reduced, and the conditions for the uniform payment of pensions have been met.

As for the fact that the Beijing division army goes to the front line more, it is not a problem, only when they go to the front line will there be wounded and disabled, and it is possible to receive a pension. The phenomenon of soldiers being disabled and killed in training is also existing, but it is not too much and can be ignored.

In order to ensure the implementation of the "Pension System for Disabled Servicemen," the National Defense Yuan has also set up a supervisory committee, which is composed of disabled servicemen, mainly to supervise the implementation of the "Pension System for Disabled Servicemen" and to handle related disputes.

These disabled soldiers, who have been baptized with blood and fire on the battlefield, can better understand the need for pensions for the families of disabled soldiers than others.

The members of the Supervisory Board are no longer paid pensions, but are counted in the payment of public servants, so as not to increase the financial burden, i.e. the disabled servicemen are essentially obliged to recover the pensions of their companions.

Due to the frequent fighting of the armies in the five northern provinces and the relatively large number of wounded and disabled soldiers, supervisory committees were temporarily set up in the five northern provinces, and the supervisory committees were under the jurisdiction of the general troops of each province.

The purpose of Zhu Youzhen is not only to put an end to the black hole in the distribution process, but more importantly, to publicize the law of the Ming Dynasty, and if there is a law, it must be followed, and he wants to make the people believe in the imperial court and believe in the law formulated by the imperial court, and the law is there, and no one can change it.

The pension system existed before, but there was no unified standard at that time, and the implementation was relatively chaotic, and it was a breeding ground for greed, if anyone opposed this reform, it means that you still want to fish in troubled waters and make a fortune from the original chaos, who has such courage?

Greed for ink is a shady thing, who dares to carry it out blatantly? And it was under the emperor's nose that Daming's "Anti-Corruption Law" was placed on the emperor's desk.

The first item was not objected to, which greatly boosted Li Chunye's confidence, and he then read out the second item of reform.

The second item is the issue of the honor of military personnel.

As a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, once there is an opportunity to defend the territory and open up the territory, who doesn't want to make meritorious contributions? Merit can generally be converted into material rewards.

The National Defense Academy believes that only material rewards are not enough, but also to establish spiritual rewards, so that the Ming soldiers are proud of the country's merits, defending the territory and opening up the territory, and even develop to be proud of becoming a soldier of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Li Chunye did not know about Nazi Germany and bushido Japan, and it was Zhu Youzhen who mentally inspired the soldiers. However, Li Chunye proceeded from the reality of the Han nation and thought of the honor system of soldiers, which made Zhu Youzhen very happy, and he sighed that "the erector can be taught".

Once a soldier has received an honor, he will receive the corresponding Medal of Honor, which has five grades, and both officers and soldiers can be awarded according to military merit, and one of the first class of the medal shall not exceed two per year after that.

The Medal of Honor only represents the honor of the soldiers, no additional awards, no economic benefits, except for the cost of making zuò, the imperial court will not increase the economic burden.

Since there was no need to spend money, and the ministers did not oppose it, it was a way for the imperial court to motivate the soldiers.

Due to the negligence of the National Defense Yuan, the reform plan did not explain the previous military achievements, that is, when the military honor system should be implemented, and the National Defense Yuan did not set a timetable.

Of course, the previous military exploits will not be traced back to the Mengyuan, the Two Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, that is, the Ming Dynasty, which has been founded for more than 200 years, and the founding generals have long since died.

In the end, the ministers have always agreed that starting from Zhu Youzhen's accession to the throne, the honorary military merits of the generals will be calculated.

It has been five years since Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, and the Ming Dynasty launched two wars, one was the Northern Expedition to Jiannu, and the other was the Southern Expedition to the Tibetan Rebellion.

Originally, the Medal of Honor should have been awarded by the National Defense Yuan, but this was the first time, and in order to let everyone have a good time, Zhu Youzhen and the National Defense Yuan both agreed to have it discussed by the ministers.

First of all, the Northern Expedition War, the Ming Dynasty solved more than 10 years of national trouble, this is the Ming Dynasty since the founding of the country, the largest military achievements, the largest scale of operations, the most land recovered in a war, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, Zhu Youzhen was elected by the ministers to obtain a first-class medal.

Zhu Youzhen is the emperor, he was originally unwilling to compete with the soldiers, but if he was unwilling to accept this medal, the other soldiers of the Northern Expedition would not be able to judge the merits, besides, he may personally command the troops in the future, with this medal, he can increase his prestige in the army, think about it and agree.

In addition, Yuan Chonghuan, who led the Middle Route Army of the Northern Expedition alone and later independently recovered the Nuer Gandu Division, was also awarded a first-class medal.

The 1st Marine Division of the North Sea Fleet made great sacrifices when covering Yuan Chonghuan's army across the Sancha River, and the division commander Li Changshan was awarded a first-class medal.

There are even more people who have won the second-class medal, Du Wenhuan of the Middle Route Army, Man Gui of the Left Route Army, Wei Xin, commander of the North Sea Fleet, and Hong Chengchou who stayed in Lingbei Province.

The number of low-ranking medals is estimated to be large, and the ministers did not discuss them one by one.

The war of the Southern Expedition against the Tibetan people, no matter its scale or influence, was far from being compared with the Northern Expedition, and the ministers only awarded the two commanders of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Mu Qiyuan and Zuo Liangyu, first-class medals.

In order to add a little festive effect to the Medal of Honor, Zhu Youzhen announced that the winner of the first-class medal does not need to kneel down when he sees anyone except the emperor; Winners of the second-class medal do not need to kneel when they see officials below the third rank; Winners of the third-class medal do not need to kneel when they see officials below the fourth grade; Winners of the fourth and fifth class medals do not need to kneel when they see officials below the sixth rank.

In Zhu Youzhen's mind, this is just a kind of etiquette, or a qualification for medal winners, without much substance, there will be no bowing in later generations, and people are equal.

But in the current Ming Dynasty, this is an incentive for soldiers and an honor that soldiers dream of.