Chapter 404: Commendation and Turmoil
After such a long period of statistics, the Anglo-French war exploits have finally been counted in detail. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In accordance with the General Staff's method of rewarding military merits, all military personnel who participated in the war were commended for their military merits.
Because this war not only obtained a large amount of land, but also seized a large amount of wealth, only India seized more than 2.5 billion summer dollars, considering that there will be a war against the Russian Empire and a war against European countries in the future, in order to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm for military affairs, Zhang Wei decided to reward those who have made meritorious contributions this time.
The rewards for the Janissaries and the Wehrmacht were mainly rewards for official positions, money and titles, and the rewards for titles were also accompanied by changes in land rewards and social status, which were one of the goals pursued by all officers and soldiers; Regardless of whether there are military merits or not, as long as they are combatants, they will enjoy a minimum reward of 20 yuan, and the maximum reward is a few hundred yuan, and more than 1,000 people have been named barons and more than 100 people have been named viscounts.
Due to the fact that there were not many British and French soldiers eliminated on the battlefield in this war, there were still a few individuals who had military achievements, and the battles with the greatest military achievements were the Singapore and Hanoi battles.
For the mercenaries who participated in the war, the battle of Hanoi was the most successful, followed by the war record created by looting supplies in India; In this regard, the General Staff treated the mercenaries who died in the Battle of Hanoi with a reward of 100 yuan, and their families could immigrate to Vietnam; For the disabled, in addition to the pension according to the disability level standard, the family members of disabled mercenaries who have lost their ability to take care of themselves are also allowed to immigrate to Vietnam together; If there are members of their families who meet the criteria for mercenaries, they are given the opportunity to be selected for enlistment.
For the mercenaries who killed the enemy, they will be rewarded according to the number of enemies killed according to the standard, and the top 100 mercenaries with the largest number of enemies killed will also be given preferential conditions for their families to immigrate to Vietnam.
For the army that has seized more materials, monetary rewards are given to stimulate their enthusiasm, and this time those who have made outstanding contributions, that is, individuals who have captured more valuable materials, will be rewarded generously, with a maximum of 2,000 yuan, and the rest are group rewards.
For these new immigrants, a special requirement has been added this time, that is, they must learn to speak Mandarin fluently in order to enjoy the treatment of citizens, otherwise each person will only be allocated 5 acres of food ration fields.
Despite the special restrictions imposed by the Xia Empire, those who received the immigration quota became the envy of all mercenaries and Japanese civilians.
As many as 15 corps, as well as officers and men of the navy and air force, with a total number of more than one million officers and men participating in the war.
In total, there were more than 1,150 families immigrating to the Xia Empire, which became the biggest and most popular reward for mercenaries.
In addition, Zhang Wei also paid 50 million summer yuan in banknotes.
Although the number of awards is extremely disproportionate to the captured trophies, it has already made the mercenaries who participated in the war cheer, and many veterans who participated in the Russo-Japanese War frankly admitted that the Russo-Japanese War was more intense than the battles they participated in now, and they were not as rewarded as the Xia Empire after the war, and they were very satisfied with this.
The Xia Empire's handling of this made all the officers and soldiers participating in the war enthusiastic, and they not only received a large amount of monetary rewards, but also did not abandon them to the sacrificed and seriously injured, let them and their families immigrate to the Xia Empire, distribute land and houses, and provide the means of subsistence and production, as well as food consumption before the first harvest season, so that they will have no worries when they go to the battlefield again.
As soon as the news of the commendation came out, it was immediately supported by the officers and men, which was all expected, and what Zhang Wei did not expect was that the mercenaries who participated in the war this time became the envy of all mercenaries, and other mercenaries from all over the country who did not have a reference sent applications to the general staff of the theater to participate in the war.
There are even several mercenary brigade commanders who have joined forces and written applications together, asking the mercenaries to form an army separately and not be assigned to the armies in this way, resulting in uneven combat achievements among the mercenaries under the jurisdiction of the various armies, some brigades have made a lot of profits, and some brigades can only get the most basic subsistence allowances, and after joining the army for so many years, many brigades have not even fought a single battle, have no combat merits at all, and the lives of their families have not been thoroughly improved, and this unbalanced situation must be changed.
There are relatively more mercenaries participating in the war this time, the scope of commendation is larger, and there are more immigrant families, which has set off a wave of military participation in Japan, but now the Xia Empire has set off a very strict standard of control, the first is that you must be able to speak fluent Chinese, relatively, as long as you can speak fluent Chinese, then you must be able to understand Chinese, this article has stuck a lot of young people, so that they must go back and work hard to learn Chinese.
This time, there was another shocking news from the immigrant family, the immigrant family members must be able to speak fluent Chinese in order to obtain formal citizenship, you must know that obtaining official citizenship can not only obtain land, enjoy preferential tax policies, children can go to school for free, but also take care of food, housing, clothing, books and other expenses, and can also receive medical treatment at half price after illness, which is equivalent to insurance for their future lives, no longer afraid of exploitation and starvation.
Originally, it was only young people who were determined to join the mercenaries who were working hard to learn Chinese, but now after several pieces of news came out, Japanese men, women and children have fallen into a frenzy of learning Chinese.
Regarding the turmoil over the application to participate in the war, Lu Weimin was also very difficult.
Zhang Weizhi read the mercenary's application to join the war and said to Lu Weimin: "The mercenary wants to participate in the war so much, is the amount of this reward too high?" So much so that they became jealous. ā
"Your Majesty, it's not like this, the treatment of mercenaries is not as good as that of the garrison, their income was originally obtained by military exploits, and the empire has fought so many battles, all of which are dominated by the Praetorian Guard, resulting in too few opportunities for them to participate in the war and too low income, which is the main purpose of their application to participate in the war." Lu Weimin replied.
Zhang Wei asked: "Then how many mercenaries are serving in the empire now?" ā
"Your Majesty, it is the mercenaries who are serving that there are 40 brigades, 400,000 people, and more than 100,000 in training; The number of people is very large, but the expenditure of the empire is not much, in addition to their food, housing and clothing, they are usually given 200 catties of food and 4 catties of salt every month, which is nothing to the empire; At that time, it was said that their harvest came mainly from the exploits of war and the share of the captured booty; Now there are more mercenaries, so many mercenaries have no chance to go to the battlefield, so they are eager to go to the battlefield. Lu Weimin said
Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and said: "It is absolutely impossible to concentrate together and set up a separate system, it is absolutely not good, the security is not easy to control, and they cannot be equipped with heavy artillery, so they cannot be supported in time, and if they encounter war, the battle damage will definitely be very large, so if it is really not possible, they will be paid in one lump sum at the end of each year or twice a year." ā
Lu Weimin asked: "Your Majesty, this is also a good way to stabilize these mercenaries, but how much is the appropriate amount per year?" ā
"1 yuan per month for soldiers, 2 yuan for non-commissioned officers, 4 yuan for ensigns, 6 yuan for lieutenants, 8 yuan for captains, and so on."
"Your Majesty, is it too much? In this way, the empire will spend nearly 8 million yuan more per year. ā
Zhang Wei said with a smile: "The original rice is 1 yuan and 200 catties, and now after the price rises, it will increase by 1 yuan and 100 catties, and the price will increase in the future, that is, they will be given this money, and in the end they will return to the empire, stimulate the economy, and the empire will not lose much, besides, this money is nothing to the empire, compared to other armies, this is not called money, for mercenaries and their families, this can improve their food and reduce the worries of soldiers, you know, soon to fight against Russia and fight against Europe, Many people will definitely die by then, and now we must give them a little sweetness, otherwise who will work for the empire. ā
Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty makes sense, then do it, I will immediately send the notice to all armies." ā
In the notice, Lu Weimin made it clear that as long as there are no mercenaries who have violated the law and discipline and obey the command and obey the order, they will be given a living allowance every six months according to their rank. (To be continued.) )