Chapter 33 Military Regulations and Bereavement Benefits
Liu Fan had no choice but to follow Yu Dacheng into the city to participate in the celebration banquet, at the banquet, Liu Fan tried to reduce his sense of existence and not have too much intersection with these officials, because Liu Fan did not want to make too many friends in the officialdom, once he had friends, there would be enemies, and he would involuntarily fall into the power of officialdom, and it would be difficult to get out at that time. Liu Fan comes from later generations and deeply understands his strengths and weaknesses, his biggest shortcoming is that he is not familiar with officialdom, and Liu Fan does not know anything about the code of conduct and unspoken rules of officialdom, Liu Fan is just a small **** in modern times, and he does not think that he can become an excellent politician. In ancient times, there were more restrictions than in modern times, Liu Fan was not born as a jinshi, it was impossible to integrate into the ancient officialdom, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty generally despised and even despised the generals, Liu Fan was at best a "factory guard" eagle dog or something like that, on the surface it seemed to be very affectionate to him, but once he got closer, the rest was just vigilance and hatred, and Liu Fan had no foundation in the Ming Dynasty, neither was he born in a big family or had clan power to rely on, but he was just a "black household" who wanted to get out in this era of more interpersonal than his background, It's a fantasy. What he can rely on is the soldiers in his hands and Chongzhen's trust, and these officials will be his biggest enemies in the future, so it is necessary to keep a distance! In case of being pestered and understood!
After coming out of the celebration banquet, Liu Fan hurriedly returned to the camp, because Liu Fan found that there were too many problems in the Broken Army, the most embarrassing of which was that there was no one to take care of the nearly 200 war horses he captured, and no one would feed them, they were fighting for the first two days, and Yu Dacheng's army had special guards to act as baggage soldiers Liu Fan didn't feel that when he was separated from them, Liu Fan found that he had no logistics! As a last resort, Liu Fan had no choice but to find Yu Dacheng's captain Ding to help, and asked him to lend Liu Fan some baggage soldiers, mainly military households who can raise horses, to temporarily relieve his urgent needs.
After returning to the camp, Liu Fan convened a meeting of the officers to discuss how to solve the major problems existing in the broken army. The first point is about the distribution of the spoils of war, because the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were accustomed to bringing the looted property with them when they fought in the war, and the broken army seized a large amount of property when cleaning the battlefield. According to statistics, after these two battles, the captives seized a total of 300 taels of gold, 2,000 taels of silver, two boxes of various gold and silver jewelry, 160 war horses, 60 horses distributed to Yu Dacheng, and 100 horses left plus more than 50 horses last time, a total of more than 150 horses, more than 800 pieces of various weapons, more than 30 pieces of cotton armor, 3 pieces of iron armor, more than 100 shields, and more than 50 bird guns. In the end, Liu Fan took into account the traditional factors of ancient times, and could not copy the method of returning the spoils of war to the public in later generations, otherwise it would be easy to cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers, so it was decided that all the spoils of war would be handed over in a centralized manner, of which three components would be given to all soldiers, one component would be given to the officers, one percent would be taken by himself, and the remaining fifty percent would be collected and kept as public property for use when needed. In this way, the regulations are formed, and they will be implemented according to this in the future.
There is also a very important thing is military discipline, in the past, they were all training behind closed doors, and they would not be exposed to too many external problems, but in the future, when there are more wars, they will have to face too many external factors, and there is no strict military discipline to restrict, and it is too easy to have problems, so Liu Fan announced a new military discipline after deliberation and combined with some methods in the Ming Dynasty and now. Liu Fan felt that the seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings of ancient Han Xin were very reasonable, so he took it as the main military discipline to abide by.
One of them: Hearing the drum does not enter, smelling the gold does not stop, the flag cannot be raised, the flag is not subdued, this is called rebelling against the army, and the offender is beheaded.
Second: the name should not be called, the time is not enough, the time is not violated, and the law of the teacher is changed, which is called a slow army, and the offender will be beheaded.
Third: Spread the battle at night, neglect and do not report, and even more plan to violate the slow, the voice is unknown, this is called slackness, and the offender is beheaded.
Fourth: complain more, anger its main general, do not listen to constraints, and teach it to be difficult to control, this is called forming an army, and the offender is beheaded.
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Fourteenth: out of the army, before and after, noisy speech, do not obey the forbidden training, this is called a chaotic army, and the offender will be beheaded.
The fifteenth: to use the wound to avoid the expedition, pinch the wound and fake the death, so as to escape, this is called the fraud of the army, and the offender is beheaded.
Sixteenth: The master is in charge of money and food, and when he gives rewards, he is a private relative, so that the soldiers and soldiers have a grudge, which is called a bad army, and the offender is beheaded.
Its seventeenth: the observation of the thief is not tried, the thief is unknown, to the point of not speaking, more is less, less is more, this is called the wrong army, the offender is beheaded.
In addition to these harsh beheading criminal laws, Liu Fan also selected several of them according to the "three major disciplines, eight points of attention" of later generations, one of them: all actions are subject to command, second: do not take a stitch from the people, and third: all seizures must be returned to the public, in addition to these three disciplines, we must also pay attention to speaking kindly, buying and selling fairly, borrowing things must be returned, and crops must not be damaged. The announcement of the new military discipline finally solved the shortcomings of the previous lack of military discipline of the Broken Army, and it was only at this time that the Broken Army was considered a complete army.
The last is the pension of the fallen soldiers, after 2 battles, the broken army has killed more than 40 soldiers, and more than 10 people are seriously injured and disabled, in the face of such a big loss Liu Fan grinned in distress for a while, dealing with these Liaodong soldiers who are not very effective There are such big losses, so what about the elite of the Liaodong soldiers? I heard that the Tartar Han military banner is stronger than them in combat! And what about the Mongol soldiers? What about the Tartar Eight Banners Elite? Liu Fan didn't dare to imagine it for a while! A deep sense of crisis struck, and Liu Fan, who was still complacent, instantly became numb, it seems that the development is going to be accelerated, otherwise facing the Tartar will be a food delivery life!
Regarding how to compensate the soldiers, Liu Fan originally wanted to follow the traditional practice of the novel to finish the work with one hundred taels per person, but then thought about it, this is completely a pit, if one hundred dies and ten thousand people die, the pension alone is one million taels! There will be more and bigger battles in the future, and according to this trend, tens of thousands of casualties are a very simple thing! Too much Liu Fan can't afford it, too little Liu Fan can't bear to watch the loyal soldiers lose their most precious lives for themselves, and their families have to continue to live a life of poverty and destitude, and Liu Fan has no good way for a while.
In the end, Liu Fan gathered all the soldiers to express their worries, and decided to pay twenty taels of silver for each person who died in battle, and the army would support their families, and distribute rice and grain regularly every month for ten years, and those who had old people and young children in the family could increase it as appropriate, until the old man died or the children reached the age of 16. Disabled soldiers are supported by the Broken Army and given priority to work to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing. When this regulation was issued, all the soldiers and officers were moved to tears, and they swore excitedly to die for Liu Fan. No matter what the soldier thinks, Liu Fan thinks that this is what he should do, and he can't ignore life from later generations, especially his own life.