Chapter 257: Dismantling the Liaodong Army

The destruction of the country in the Later Jin Dynasty caused a huge psychological deterrent to the ambitionists within the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Tusi rebellion area in Guizhou, which caused a great deterrent effect.

When the rebel officials learned that the Ming army had achieved an unprecedented victory in Liaodong, most of the local officials who rebelled with An Bangyan chose to surrender immediately.

The surrender of these local officials finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and soon Qin Liangyu obtained information from the surrendered local officials, and quickly dispatched tens of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress a mountain forest in Dading Mansion. This encirclement and suppression finally allowed Qin Liangyu to catch An Bangyan, the number one rebel.

Tens of thousands of stone pillar soldiers captured An Bangyan alive in the encirclement and suppression, and annihilated more than 5,000 rebels. An Bangyan was captured, and other local officials who were still resisting surrendered one after another, begging for forgiveness from the imperial court.

The Guizhou Tusi rebellion came to an end with An Bangyan being captured alive and the rebellious local officials surrendering without surrender, and An Bangyan, who was captured alive, was escorted to Beijing and a captive ceremony would be held.

When the great victory on the Guizhou side spread all over the north and south of the river again, those careerists were completely shocked, and they began to wait and see the situation according to their imminent rebellion.

In this era, there are actually quite a few shrewd people. Moreover, the military technology of this era has not yet eliminated cold weapons, and the success rate of civil rebellion is far from being close to zero as in later generations. Therefore, it is very normal for many people to see the Ming Dynasty weakening and rebel. Especially for those groups such as Tusi who have military power in their hands, there is an opportunity to directly launch a rebellion.

After successive victories, it is naturally the stage of rewarding meritorious deeds.

In the recovery of Liaodong this time, the greatest achievement was naturally the Central Army. Although the Liaodong Army has some soy sauce. But it also helped. Otherwise, the Ming army would not have such a big momentum. Therefore, those who change the reward still have to be rewarded.

Sun Chengzong is also relatively old, and he will retire after a few more years of work for the emperor. Zhu Youxiao took this into consideration, so he decided to give Sun Chengzong the title of earl.

Sun Chengzong's official residence at this time, plus the title of Taishi and Taifu, according to the normal reward specifications, is really rewardable, and it is almost the same to be crowned an earl in his retirement money.

Yuan Keli sits in Denglai. It also made great contributions to laying the foundation for the stability of Dongjiang Town and Jinzhou Town, and Yuan Keli did not have a few years, so Zhu Youxiao also decided to give Yuan Keli a count.

It is easier for Sun Chuanting to be rewarded, just seal the Taibao, and the official residence is a product. Sun Chuanting has changed from a small Beijing official to a first-class official in just a few years, and his promotion speed is unprecedented, and such a reward is already very weighty.

The military attaches below also have their own rewards, and Mao Wenlong has a meritorious service in raiding the rear of Jiannu. Promoted to the rank of major general, a large group of officers of the Central Army were also promoted to the rank of major general.

Zhao Shujiao and others of the Liaodong Army. was promoted to the rank of captain.

After the new military ranks were formulated, they were all given relatively low, which was precious.

But in terms of specific rewards, Zhu Youxiao was not stingy, the biggest reward was land, Sun Chengzong rewarded and Yuan Keli both rewarded 10,000 mu of land, and Sun Chuanting rewarded 8,000 mu of land. Mao Wenlong, as well as the high-ranking generals of the Central Military Department, were rewarded with 6,000 acres of land. The commanders of the Liaodong Army were rewarded with 4,000 acres of land.

Officers at all levels were rewarded, ranging from 3,000 acres to 300 acres.

Just for the reward of the officers, Zhu Youxiao directly rewarded 6 million mu of land.

The recovery of Liaodong this time was actually a good opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to cut military spending, so Zhu Youxiao was not stingy in rewarding it.

It was soon determined that the reward specifications for ordinary soldiers of the Liaodong Army were all rewarded with 80 mu of land, and tens of millions of mu of land were rewarded.

In contrast, the reward of the Central Army was much higher, directly rewarding each ordinary soldier with a hundred acres of land, plus the military merits converted from the first rank. In this way, some ordinary soldiers can get two or three hundred acres of cultivated land, and they are definitely a small landlord.

After such a reward, nearly 40 million mu of the 60 million mu of land obtained after the recovery of Liaodong was rewarded.

Among the remaining 20 million mu, there were originally tens of millions of mu of land west of the Liaohe defense line that were cultivated by Liao people, and about 10 million mu of land obtained by the royal consortium remained.

But it doesn't matter, minerals, forests and other resources are obviously bigger fat.

When the reward was given, the whole army was boiling. The emperor is too generous, and with these lands, it means that they will be able to have wives and children in the future.

Soon, the holy decree continued to be issued to the palace gates, and various rewards were determined.

Sun Chengzong was named Liaobo, Yuan Keli was named Xinghaibo, and the hereditary three generations were another sensation in the government and the opposition. There were only two civil officials knighted in the Ming Dynasty, one of whom was Wang Yangming, who was named Xinjian Bo.

Shortly after the announcement of the reward scheme, the Supreme High Command promulgated two bills, the Military Service Law and the Reserve Mobilization Law.

The "Military Service Law" stipulates that all men who have reached the age of 17 are obliged to serve in the military for a period of five years, after which they can be discharged from the army and transferred to the reserve, and the imperial court can help them change jobs. During the enlistment period, family members who own less than 300 acres of land can be exempted from agricultural tax.

The "Reserve Mobilization Law" is a bill for the mobilization of reservists, as long as the imperial court issues a mobilization order, there are no irresistible factors to respond to the call-up.

The compulsory military system proposed in the "Military Service Law" is actually Zhu Youxiao's decision to start reducing the scale of professional soldiers and preparing for the abolition of the nine sides.

After the promulgation of the "Military Service Law", Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered the conscription of 200,000 conscripts from all provinces, and then ordered the dismantling of Liaodong Town.

When the holy decree was sent to Liaodong Town, all the generals in Liaodong Town were shocked.

The first thing they thought of was 'non-bird slingshot hidden' and 'cunning rabbit dead lackey cooking', but under the imperial power, no one dared to disobey orders.

"The emperor's decree does not need to be overly speculated, so as to dismiss Liaodong Town, the main reason is that the officers and soldiers of Liaodong Town do not meet the standards of the new army. After the dismantling of Liaodong Town, all of you will be transferred to the Royal Military Academy to learn new military affairs, and after graduation, you can return to the army. Sun Chengzong comforted the generals of Liaodong Town, and then said: "If you don't want to continue to lead the army, you can also apply for discharge, according to the "Military Service Law", after the officer is discharged, the imperial court will also issue a retirement guarantee to you every year. ”

"Junmen, what about the soldiers we really have in Liaodong?" Zhao Shujiao asked Sun Chengzong.

"According to the will of the Son of Heaven, those under the age of 23 who are unwilling to be discharged from the army can be turned into compulsory soldiers. For those who are willing to retire from the army, the imperial court will each issue a retirement pension of 10 yuan. Those who are willing to receive the reward land for their own cultivation will also be given interest-free agricultural loans by the imperial court. Those who did not want to cultivate could invest their land in agricultural companies, and the imperial court would help arrange employment. Sun Chengzong was extremely cautious about the dismissal of Liaodong Town this time, and explained the policy formulated by Zhu Youxiao clearly, so as to avoid a mutiny among the soldiers of Liaodong Town.

Sun Chengzong could also understand the reason why the emperor was so anxious to dismiss the 120,000 officers and soldiers in Liaodong Town, after the morale of the Ming army was low, and the emperor had to form a large number of professional soldiers to stabilize the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. This kind of move has now become a serious financial burden for the imperial court.

Now that the Houjin has perished, the remaining 20,000 cavalry are powerless to shake Liaodong under the control of the imperial court. At this time, there were 130,000 Central Army, plus 30,000 Dongjiang Army deployed in Liaodong, which was already a serious surplus of troops.

Although Liaodong Town was rectified by Sun Chengzong, after seeing the simple military model of the Central Army and the strong combat effectiveness of open terrain, Sun Chengzong could also understand why the emperor abolished the Liaodong Army. More importantly, the Liaodong Army was not a descendant of the emperor.

The Central Army, as an official army personally formed by the emperor, will also face the situation of eliminating a large number of professional soldiers, not to mention Liaodong Town.

After the meeting in the military tent, Sun Chengzong sent a group of propagandists to follow these generals back to the camp to publicize the relevant resettlement policies of the imperial court to abolish Liaodong Town.

The mutiny that Sun Chengzong feared did not happen, and the soldiers of Liaodong Town were rewarded with 80 acres of arable land, which in itself had no other resettlement policy, and they were able to accept the imperial court's policy of dismissal and discharge. After all, it was eighty acres of land, and a small life could be extremely nourishing.

The days when wives and children were hot on the kang made the officers and soldiers yearn for it.

As for the identity of the big-headed soldiers, in their eyes, they are not valuable, and the big-headed soldiers in peacetime are basically not paid, which is no different from retiring from the army, but they may still be exploited and oppressed by the generals if they stay in the army.

What's more, this discharge from the army, there is also a retirement payment of ten silver dollars. For those who are unwilling to cultivate the land, the imperial court can also arrange for them to become regular employees of those enterprises, and they can be paid every month, and the welfare guarantee is very good.

A group of big-headed soldiers were happy and gladly accepted the dismissal and discharge of the imperial court. But a group of generals were sad and reluctant.

But no matter how reluctant they were, they couldn't help it, these big-headed soldiers couldn't stir up at all, and it was impossible for anyone to follow them to make trouble. Because after a great victory, the emperor's reward was too rich.

If there are no big-headed soldiers to come out and make trouble, how dare they be this up-and-coming bird? Is it long?

As a result, the measure of dismantling Liaodong Town began very smoothly, and the work of dismantling was completed in only half a month.

In the end, only more than 6,000 soldiers chose to become compulsory soldiers, and the main reason why they stayed was that they could still make contributions by staying in the army, and if they worked hard for another five years, they might be able to get more land rewards. There are many people who have the same mind as them, but unfortunately the age does not meet the requirements, so they can only choose to retire from the army.

Most of the young people who met the requirements and had passed the physical fitness test remained in the army, and they were to be integrated into the Central Army.

Most of the soldiers in Liaodong Town who retired from the army chose to cultivate the land on their own. The imperial court immediately divided the land in a good location and provided them with loans to build houses, buy cattle for farming, and so on.

The rest were helped by the imperial court to change careers, and they were recruited by various companies under the royal consortium. (To be continued......)