Build an altar to the fallen at the Temple of Heaven! Wu Gedeng was stunned, what is the Temple of Heaven? That's where the emperor worships the heavens and prays for the valley, is Zhenwu mistaken? The temple of the emperors of the past dynasties in Fuchengmen is a place specially designed to worship the emperors and generals of the past dynasties, even if it is to sacrifice the fallen soldiers, it should be in the emperor temple, why will the altar be set up in the Temple of Heaven? How could the ministers of the court agree?

After a slight groan, he asked suspiciously, "Is it to build an altar at the Temple of Heaven?" Did you hear it right? ”

Yande smiled bitterly and said, "When I heard this bereavement plan, my mood was a little agitated, and I vaguely heard that it seemed to be the Temple of Heaven, or I didn't know if I heard it wrong. ”

Did you hear it wrong? Wu Ge glanced at him suspiciously, and his majesty was distracted when he saw it? Are you kidding? However, Zhenwu's pension specifications for the navy are indeed high, not high, but outrageously high, high beyond imagination, and emotional turmoil is inevitable.

In fact, the pension system of the imperial court treats the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion differently, and the pension for the Green Battalion is much lower, and the pension for the fallen soldiers of the Green Battalion is 50 taels for the infantry, 70 taels for the horsemen, and only 200 taels of total pension silver from the five grades of Wei Qian. The Eight Banners are much superior, the pension for the infantry is 130 taels, the pension for the cavalry is 150 taels, and even the Langzhong and scribes who died in battle in Manchu and Mongolia are also 100 taels.

He originally thought that the navy was best to follow the pension of the Eight Banners, but he never expected that the Navy's pension would be several times higher than that of the Eight Banners, and the pension of ordinary soldiers would be as high as two hundred taels, which is not counted, and the positive endowment of fifty acres of land would be exempted, and there would be twenty taels of pension every year, and it would be issued for twenty years, and the pension alone would add up to seven hundred taels, plus the exempted taxes, one thousand taels could not be beaten, this is just an ordinary soldier, and the officer is naturally higher, God. This navy is really worth it, and the living military salary is high, even if you die in battle, it is a rich family.

Thinking of this, Wu Ge couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Now that morale is low, I am worried about how to boost morale, as soon as the standard of this pension is made public, that group of monkey cubs will immediately become a group of howling hungry wolves." ”

Yande didn't laugh. said sullenly: "Such a high pension is good, but I am worried about whether it can be honored, don't announce it and there will be changes in the future, then this soldier will not be able to bring it." ”

"You're really salty and don't worry about turnips." Wu Ge chuckled and said, "The emperor's golden mouth, how can he go back on his word?" ”

"It's not that I'm blindly worried, it's really that this pension is unbelievable," Yande sighed lightly before he said: "There is a big difference between the bereavement pensions of the Eight Banners and the Green Camp. The Green Battalion has long been dissatisfied, and now the Navy's pension has exceeded that of the Eight Banners. Does this still make the Green Battalion soldiers live? Most of the navy is Han Chinese, the same as the Green Battalion, why is there such a big difference? Besides, Eight Banners will not give up, once this matter is poked out, it will definitely be out of control, and I really feel mysterious. ”

"Rest assured to announce it." Wu Ge smiled slightly: "The navy is just walking in front. The Praetorian New Army is definitely the same standard, and the pensions of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion may also be raised, and the Green Battalion is more likely to benefit a lot. Military salaries and pensions may be the same standard as the Eight Banners, even if they are not the same standard, they are not much different, in addition, I estimate that the number of soldiers will also be greatly reduced, and there will be big moves in the military system, but no matter what happens to us, you can take the navy with peace of mind. ”

Eight Flags and Green Camp are treated equally? Yande looked at him with some shock and asked, "Where did you hear this rumor?" ”

"This is Tianjin, the water and land passage in and out of the capital in the south." Wu Ge said disapprerovingly: "The navy is now famous, and generals, admirals, and commanders from other provinces will come to the Naval Academy to observe after passing through Tianjin, and there have already been rumors of this." ”

Yande was overjoyed when he heard this, and smiled happily: "Since that's the case, then I can rest assured to announce, originally I planned to watch the movement for a few days." ”

"Hurry up and announce it." Wu Ge smiled: "Don't wait until the Beijing newspaper is announced, and if you announce it again, it will become an umbrella after the rain." ”

"How could I do something like delivering an umbrella after the rain?" Yande chuckled and paused slightly before he continued: "There is another big thing, I forgot." During this visit, the emperor deliberately mentioned the issue of the classification of naval soldiers. ”

As he spoke, he touched the epaulettes on his shoulders with his hand, and said: "Soldiers should also wear epaulettes and collar badges, which are divided into three levels, privates, senior soldiers, and non-commissioned officers. ”

There are three levels? Wu Ge's brows furrowed slightly, the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion are divided into two levels, that is, infantry and horsemen, why does the emperor want to divide them into three levels? After a little hesitation, he asked, "At the level of non-commissioned officer, does the emperor have an explanation?" ”

"Yes." Yande nodded and said: "The emperor said that non-commissioned officers are quasi-officers, which are higher than soldiers, and those who excel in the assessment of naval cadets can be directly awarded to non-commissioned officers, but the quota shall not exceed one percent." ”

This is a good way, Wu Ge raised his eyebrows slightly, as soon as this news is announced, the naval cadets still have to work hard? One step higher, the future achievements are not a star and a half, the soldiers in the army also have room for promotion, and they will secretly compete with each other, but this level, the difficulty of promotion is also greater, to be promoted, you have to be promoted one level at a time, however, in this way, the military system of the navy is more perfect.

As soon as the amount of the navy's pension was announced, it immediately caused a sensation, such a generous pension system, is something that the officers and men of the navy never dreamed of, not Yande himself announced, no one dared to believe that a soldier's death pension can be as high as 1,000 taels of silver, and the children of the family are enrolled in school, the army, and the official also have another care, compared to the pension of the green battalion, it is really a world of difference, this soldier should be worth, live and raise his eyebrows, die and die, die with peace of mind!

What reassured them even more was that the navy's bereavement was treated equally, regardless of the Han and Han banners, only the level of rank, which also made the Han soldiers who had been faintly worried about their identities completely relieved, and the navy's rule of not distinguishing between the Han and Han banners was thoroughly implemented.

In the south of the Yangtze River in April, it is the time when the sun is shining, the spring is bright, and the grass grows and the warbler flies.

With the arrival of the Beijing News, the American Gold Rush soon set off another wave of climax in Jiangnan, and the news that the Spaniards had plundered four billion silver in the Americas for more than 100 years was even more exciting for the Jiangnan businessmen, who now finally understood where the silver of the Spaniards in Luzon came from.

The first to be stimulated was the share price of the Qing Ocean Trade Fleet, which skyrocketed by 10% overnight! Followed by shipbuilding workshops in Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places, more than 1,000 materials, more than 2,000 materials of sea ship orders are continuous, and the price of ships also rises with a number of days, and then there are sailors with rich sailing experience, many maritime merchants are not hesitant to stoop down to personally come to the door to solicit, the price is also higher than one.

Not to mention the maritime merchants with a keen sense of smell, even ordinary people also knew that the opening of the American route meant that the Qing Dynasty would have an additional overseas territory rich in silver and gold.

Shanghai Evergreen Park immediately became a market, all the maritime tycoons want to get a piece of the American trade, everyone knows in their hearts, to enter the industry as early as possible, if you wait until the American trade is booming, and then want to get involved, it will be as difficult as ascending to the sky.

Zhang Yuanlong, the proprietor of the Qing Dynasty's ocean-going trade fleet, is actually just the spokesperson of Zhenwu, he is now a serious 800 imperial relatives, his daughter has been named a concubine, and the second son Zhang Decai is also a real grant of five products and thousands of households in Nanyang Karopa, even he himself, Zhenwu also rewarded the false title of four products, in Shanghai, this acre and three points of land, he is a noble status, and his status is respected.

However, Zhang Yuanlong did not publicize because of this, but kept in mind the advice of his daughter Zhang Mengjiao, kept his duties as a businessman, raised donations, paved roads and bridges, and helped orphans and widows and other charitable things.

Zhang Yuanlong did not refuse to come to meet a group of wealthy maritime merchants, and personally received them one by one, not deliberately lowering his posture, but having a secret purpose, and urging him to speed up the expansion of the scale of the ocean-going trade fleet, not only the American route, but also the African route and the European route must be formed as soon as possible, and the fleet of no less than 50 ships must set sail with the navy on the American route and the African route in September.

Ships, the ocean-going trade fleet is not lacking, the launch of new ships in the past two years is like dumplings, batch after batch, he promised 100 thousand and 5 materials and 2,000 materials of the sea ships were completed last year, however, the business of the ocean-going trade fleet is also more, Manila, Karopa, Europe and each divided a batch, the remaining in the hands of the can dispatch not even forty ships, he is worried about this huge gap, these maritime merchants sent to the door, he naturally will not slack off.

Soon, the Qing Dynasty's ocean-going trade fleet expanded its shares, and the news of only accepting more than 1,000 or five sea-going ships to buy shares spread far and wide, and the maritime merchants in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong came to hear the wind when they landed, and these maritime merchants who ran on the sea all the year round were not only well-informed, but also well-informed, and the momentum of the rapid development of the Qing Navy was seen one by one.

Being able to rely on the ocean-going trade fleet is definitely a lot of benefits, at least there are opportunities for ocean-going trade, and are qualified to equip self-defense firearms on the ship, the sea ships of the Qing Dynasty, and the ocean-going trade fleet can be blatantly equipped with firearms, these days, there is not much difference between merchant ships and pirate ships, the sea area of the Qing Dynasty is no problem, but the ocean is different, the general small-scale fleet, ocean-going navigation trade, is purely self-defeating, unless a large number of firearms are prepared.

On weekdays, not to mention the shares, is to spend money in the ocean-going trade fleet to hang a name, there is not the slightest chance, this time the ocean-going trade fleet is open to expand shares, a group of maritime merchants are naturally unwilling to miss this opportunity, there are ships in hand, or the ships are still being built in shipbuilding workshops, or even new ships have just placed orders, have rushed to Shanghai, trying to grab the share first.