Chapter 164: A New Punishment System

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The biggest difference between this military rank system and the pre-Qin 20-level military merit title system is that the top of the pre-Qin 20-level military merit title system can be hereditary, while the military rank system used by Geng Jingzhong can't, at least not yet! The military merit title system is not only unique to the pre-Qin Dynasty, but also has it in almost every dynasty and every generation, but only the Qin Emperor and Han Wu have implemented this system thoroughly.

"The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home!" Huo Qubing killed 2,000 Hun cavalry with 800 horsemen, and killed the Hun Shan Yu's grandfather Ruohou and Xiangguo, Danghu and other generals, and captured Shan Yu's uncle Luo Gubi, who won by surprise, bravely crowned the whole army, and was named the champion Hou. The champion marquis is the title that enjoys the treatment of the nineteenth-level customs in the military merit title system. Decades after Huo Qu's death, the famous general Chen Tang wrote to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty with a sentence: "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away!"

However, Sima Qian has a sigh of "Li Guang is difficult to seal" in the historical records! Specifically, because the flying general Li Guang fought against the Xiongnu on the border of the Han Dynasty, he had rich combat experience and high prestige; But he was unlucky and was not able to be awarded the title of Marquis of Military Merit. There was also the experience of dismissal due to defeat. and the rising star Wei Qing, when Huo Qu was named a military meritorious marquis. Li Guang still did not get the title of military merit that he longed for, and this also reflected the characteristics of the system of military merit -- only actual military merit can get a title of military merit. Whether it is a veteran or a well-known soldier, as long as you do not have the head of the enemy army as a military meritor, you will not get a military merit.

Huo Quzhi is the reason why they have such courage. It is not because of how heroic each of them is, but because of the full implementation of this military merit title system. The soldiers under his command are brave and diligent, and they are not afraid of death. has always maintained a strong fighting spirit, which is the real reason for fame. The soldiers at the bottom are basically extremely lacking in cultural education, and talking to them about the Four Books and the Five Classics or other literary aspects is to play the piano to the cow, which can really stimulate their blood, one is righteousness. The most important thing is the benefit!

For the sake of the future of themselves and their families, they desperately seek military merits, saying that they are for the righteousness of the famous clan. This is not much, and it can even be said that it is rare. The Manchu Tartars entered the customs, and as soon as they slipped downwind, they did not encounter decent resistance. And there are a lot of dependents on them. Ahem. Geng Jingzhong's grandfather is one of the biggest traitors. Those armies who helped the Manchus only wanted to gain their own interests, but they ignored the interests of the country, which was of course a strict mistake, but it also reflected from the side the importance of stimulating the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

Like the scene in history where a certain army is desperately defending the city and dying with the city, it is basically knowing that the enemy will not let them go. will fight to the end. If there was a way to live, they would have retreated a long time ago. Otherwise, the book of soldiers will not record the trick of "three missing one". This is a situation that stimulates fighting spirit, and there must be brave men under heavy rewards, which is secretly consistent with the military merit title system.

"Father, this top twenty-level military rank is adapted from the previous system. Since we are an independent army, we cannot follow the old methods in the army. The posts of generalissimo and marshal are temporarily suspended, and even the three generals, generals, and lieutenant generals are not established for the time being. Navy Wang Zhenbang and Huang Dazhong and Army Ma Jiuyu and Zeng Yangxing all started with rear admirals and descended from below. All those who have never been on the battlefield are privates, and all upwards are converted according to military merits. Geng Jingzhong pointed to the contents of the paper and explained to Geng Jimao.

Geng Jimao nodded. "I understand this, the initial military rank can't be set too high, otherwise they will get military merits again, and you will not be able to promote them! Has the specific military merit conversion method been made? ”

"It's done, it's pretty much the same as the existing one, but it's more stringent. The child thinks so, on the mainland, of course, there is no war to fight for the time being, but there are enough enemies at sea. The soldiers had a place to earn their merits, and they would have been happy to accept the new system. ”

"Isn't the reward and punishment system on the back of this together with the military merit title system, how can I see the content of the punishment?" Geng Jimao looked at the paper backwards and asked suspiciously.

"Huh!" Geng Jingzhong smiled. "The reward system and the conversion of military merit are put together, and they are not written here. And these punishment systems were agreed upon by the child and Li Guangdi, and they were specially brought to show your father. ”

Geng Jimao continued to look carefully, and there were only about 200 words from the beginning, and he finished reading it quickly. "Tsk, your punishment is novel enough! I don't think any of the rules of discipline you set before will work! Geng Jimao was amazed as he watched. This son of his own is really smart, much stronger than himself, and the other two sons are far from comparable.

This punishment system has made some adjustments to the original military law, no longer beheading or something at every turn, nor cutting off hands and feet at every turn. Geng Jingzhong didn't like these criminal laws very much, but he couldn't let the soldiers in the army lose their restraint, so Geng Jingzhong thought of a good way - exile!

This exile is not the exile of the government in the Water Margin for 3,000 miles, like the Cangzhou prison city, or like the Manchu Qing Dynasty with Ningguta, and the armored people as slaves or something, this exile is also graded. The strictest of them is that if someone commits a major crime, they will be exiled to an overseas island thousands of miles away. When the time comes, the ship will travel thousands of miles, find a desert island at sea, give some food and utensils and throw the criminals on it, whether they live or die, it is all up to the fate of heaven, and their families will also be detained. It is estimated that the best outcome for those people is to be like Robinson, who can drift back to the mainland after a few years of being a savage.

In the second level, the prisoners and their families are sent to a large island not too far away to work as coolies, and they are detained by special personnel, and it is estimated that they will not be able to return to the mainland for several years or more than ten years, but when the time limit expires, they can still go back, but they cannot continue to gain a foothold in Fujian. Because in this way, all their preferential treatment for soldiers will be gone, and the entire Fujian workshops will no longer use them and their families to work, forcing them to leave their hometowns. It's not fun to leave the homeland, especially the people of this era, in fact, this is even more uncomfortable than killing them!

The second level is that the prisoners themselves are taken to labor camps, and their families do not have to sit together. But in the same way, there will be no more preferential treatment for military families, and if they don't want to be looked down upon, they can only leave the country.

"You're building a cell on an island! And let the prisoners go to the island to do coolies, which is really bad for you to imagine. I went to the outer islands, but it was even more sad than on land, but you let his family sit together and cut off his livelihood, a little too much! Although Geng Jimao is used to seeing life and death, but when he is older, he is still very taboo about things such as breaking his family and destroying his family.

Geng Jingzhong shook his head and said, "No way, this must be strict." Besides, it is already extremely preferential for the son not to kill anyone. With these rules, no one will dare to violate our military law again. ”

"Well, well! I have no opinion. Or do you stick these to the barracks according to the old rules? Geng Jimao asked.

"There's not a lot of stuff in it, and each battalion sticks a copy. On the navy's side, a copy will also be posted on each warship, indicating everyone. Fortunately, most of the soldiers in our army are now literate, and it is not difficult for them to memorize it! ”

"Hahaha!" Geng Jimao thought of this, but laughed happily. "From ancient times to the present, no one has trained the army to be as literate! I remember that three years ago, when you just asked your husband to go to the army every night to teach literacy, they were the boss's complaints! ”

"Hehe, the child has always thought that reading can be reasonable. Literacy is the first step, and only by recognizing words can we better implement the orders of the army and better understand what I mean. In the future, if you go out on an expedition and can't read a word, won't you even be able to understand the military order! ”

"Alright, help me up! Did you come back this time and see your mother? ”

Geng Jingzhong nodded and said, "As soon as the child came back, he went to the backyard to see his mother, and his mother told me that you and Wenwen were playing here!" ”

"That's good! The time for our grandfather and son to delay is not short, let's go, let's go back to dinner! ”

There are still a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is just the right time for Geng Jingzhong and them to rush back. The whole army will enlarge the holiday, and the Mid-Autumn Festival will just be over. This is not yet the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the palace is already ready. In a year, in addition to the Spring Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the most lively, after all, the Mid-Autumn Festival is another reunion festival.

Not only in the palace, but also in Fujian in the past two years, the life has been getting better and better, and the overall situation is much better than before. During the Chinese New Year, the streets become particularly lively. Businessmen from other places also like to come to Fujian to do business, because Fujian is richer than before and can afford to buy things, unlike before, only some local businessmen sell some gadgets to come, and the sales are not very good.

Since the roads between various prefectures and counties have been repaired, more and more people have come and gone between various places. At present, many people in the inland areas take advantage of the leisure time to come to the coastal cities to work, and then go back for a few days when the farming is busy.

In Kezhen and Tantou Town, on which Houyu Port rests, more than 50,000 workers have now gathered, and the whole of Chinese capitalism is most evident here. The products produced by these 50,000 workers have also made Houyu Port more and more prosperous, and the workers also rely on work to earn silver dollars to support their families, which is much better than farming. Moreover, here in Fujian, many people are landless.

Now it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, according to the rules set by Geng Jingzhong, the workers should be given a five-day holiday and let them go home for a reunion. After all, the transportation was not developed in this era, and walking on the newly built cement road by horse-drawn carriage was generally more than 200 kilometers a day. Generally, workers who travel far can get home in two days at most!

Just when Fuzhou Mawei was preparing for the festival, the first detachment that stayed in the Waguo to do business finally rushed back the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival! (To be continued......)

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