"Gongzi has an order, from now on, the Jingzhou Army will restore the old system of 20-level military merit. From the prince to the liege, as long as they bravely kill the enemy and establish meritorious deeds, the commoners can also be crowned marquis and worship the prime minister......"

At the end of July of the 23rd year of Jian'an, just a few days after the Jingzhou Army launched a 'self-defense counterattack' against the Jiangdong Army's sneak attack, a proclamation resuming the implementation of the old system of 20-level military meritorious officers since the Qin Dynasty was soon issued to all counties, counties, townships, and li in Jingzhou under Liu Chan's order, including the newly recovered counties of Nanyang, Jiangling, Changsha, and Guiyang.

"Military meritorious? What's the use of that thing, isn't Childe deceived by the villain? ”

As the saying goes, the Jiangling City, which is the seat of Jingzhou's governance, and the people of Jiangling who live here are naturally the first to know the news of Liu Chan's restoration of the 20-level military merit system.

It's just that when the people knew that this proclamation was about the restoration of the military merit system, they lost interest in an instant, and even thought that Liu Chan had been deceived by the villain, so they issued this order that no one was interested in for a long time.

No way, who said that because of Emperor Guangwu, the 'son of the plane' and the 'great demon master', this military merit system was broken in the 'Eastern Han Dynasty' and became worthless.

Speaking of which, although the 'Eastern Han Dynasty' since the revival of Emperor Guangwu, the 'Western Han Dynasty' inherited from the Qin Dynasty also implemented the 20-level military merit system, but because Emperor Guangwu still relied on the powerful strength of the scholar clan to restore the Han Dynasty, the original military merit was completely reduced to a tool for the powerful and powerful to protect their own selfishness.

Therefore, since the middle of the 'Eastern Han Dynasty', the people's enthusiasm for the pursuit of titles has gradually faded, and the military merit system has gradually become a formality and exists in name only.

Correspondingly, the Han Dynasty's incentives for ordinary soldiers are no longer based on knighthood, but directly give very limited and meager material rewards. For example, rewarding grain, giving a few acres of land, commuting punishment, and so on.

Therefore, at this time, when the trend of the 'Three Kingdoms' has been completed, the military merit is basically the attitude of 'giving it without liking, taking it without fear' for the people of the Han Dynasty, and it is not as good as the role of a little safflower in the kindergarten of later generations.

"I said that all the fathers and elders are on a blind date, you can read the content of the back of this proclamation clearly, but the prince said that all those who participated in the Northern Expedition to Xiangfan and blocked the invasion of Jiangdong this time will be given knights. One hectare of Yitian, nine acres of Yizhai, one concubine, two horses of silk......"

Seeing that the people who were reading the proclamation shook their heads and prepared to leave, the little official in charge of the proclamation hurriedly stopped the crowd and hurriedly read out to them the real 'substantial' things behind the proclamation.

Just kidding, the purpose of Liu Chan's restoration of this military merit system is to transform the Han army and inject it with a real military soul, how could he not first figure out the reason for the decline of this system?

Therefore, after getting the reason from Pang Tong, the real 'native', in order to win the trust of the people and let the people change the status quo of 'not being afraid of taking the title and not liking it', Liu Chan even sent the rewards for participating in the battle of Xiangfan and the battle of blocking the Jiangdong Army in advance. Each person is rewarded with 100 acres of land, 9 acres of residential land, and the 'Shuren' is also a servant.

Not only that, but in addition to these most 'basic' rewards, there are other rewards, such as cloth, grain, and so on. No way, who called him 'rich and rich' now?

"Huh? What the official said...... But seriously, it can't be fun for the little people, right? This is a field and a homestead, and the servants are rewarded with money and food, which is ...... It's also too ......."

When the official who preached the proclamation told everyone about the content of the reward on the proclamation, the people, who had been disdainful of it before, were surprised at the same time, but all of them showed expressions of disbelief.

There is no way, although because of the troubled times, these lands are not as valuable as in the peacetime in the overall environment, but since Liu Chan took charge of Jingzhou, Jingzhou has been in line with the peacetime in recent years.

Therefore, these land rewards, which may not be so valuable in other places, still have a lot of gold content in Jingzhou.

"I said to all my fathers and fellow villagers, you don't want to think about what kind of place this is, this is in Jingzhou, in Jiangling. Who is so bold as to coax you in the name of Gongzi, don't you see that the Taishou Mansion is already arranging the distribution of servants? As long as the ...... who is from Gangneung"

Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces, the little official in charge of preaching the proclamation hurriedly pointed to the scribes who were setting up desks and preparing to 'work' outside the Taishou Mansion not far from here, and the large group of prisoners of war dressed in Jiangdong Army and Cao Army costumes on the side.

Obviously, these servants who were rewarded to meritorious soldiers as 'Shuren' servants were naturally those captured by the Jiangdong Army and the Cao Army who were selected and left.

Of course, these captives who were rewarded as 'commoners' did not mean that they could only live as slaves from now on. After all, what the Han lacks now is a hukou, so these prisoners of war also have a definite number of years of slavery.

Like Cao Jun's captivity, Liu Chan's rule was that he could be freed after three years of slavery. Of course, as long as you don't make any mistakes during this time.

As for the Jiangdong Army, because Jiangdong repeatedly betrayed the alliance and attacked Jingzhou, he was naturally treated differently, and the period of slavery was increased to five years.

"So it's all true! Hahahaha, the eldest of my family followed Guan Junhou to the northern expedition to Xiangyang, and the second child also participated in the battle to recapture Jiangling with his son, so we can get two hundred acres of land, two sets of homestead land and two servants? ”

Seeing the 'Shu people' waiting to be distributed outside the Taishou Mansion, an old man in his fifties immediately ran towards the Taishou Mansion with an excited face.

"What's so proud, after two years, the boss of our family will become an adult, and Lao Tzu will let him join the army!"

There are naturally those who are happy, but I have to say that Liu Chan's practice of immediately cashing in the reward is similar to the practice of Shang Jun's 'Ximu Lixin' hundreds of years ago, and it is easy for the people to regain their confidence and pursuit of military merit.

Of course, the 'times' are advancing, so compared with the previous military merits, the military merits formulated by Liu Chan are also different from them.

For example, although the right to use the 'common people' of this reward belongs to these knights, the ownership belongs to the state. Moreover, the right to use the 'Shuren' corresponding to each level of title also has different years of provisions.

In this way, it not only perfectly solves the problem of the insufficient number of 'Shuren' caused by the number of prisoners of war who are slaves as 'Shuren', but also maintains the enterprising spirit of the soldiers to the greatest extent and keeps them high in war spirit at all times.

In addition, just like the princes and kings of the 'Eastern Han Dynasty', whether it is the highest-ranking princes such as the Guannei Marquis or the Pavilion Marquis, the Township Marquis, and the County Marquis, all they can enjoy is the corresponding food and euphemism, and they still do not enjoy the same governance rights as the fiefs in the early Han Dynasty.

"Hehe, have you ever thought about what if you don't have so much land and 'Shuren' rewards in the future?"

Just when the people in Jiangling City flocked to the Taishou Mansion, above the city, Pang Tong, who was watching this scene with Liu Chan, looked at Liu Chan with a mocking face at this moment.

"Do you know how wide the mountains and rivers are under the sun and moon? As long as the military and civilians of our Han do not indulge in the status quo, and there is not enough land or people in the Han Dynasty, then let the Han be more 'big'...... As for what will happen thousands of years later, this son can't care so much, hahahaha......"

Seeing Pang Tong's teasing smile, Liu Chan, who hadn't even swallowed Jiangdong yet, and hadn't even finished the rice in the 'bowl' of the Han Dynasty, had already set his sights on this 'cauldron' under the sun and moon at this moment!