Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 556
"Changed clothes—"

In the Beijing camp, Jia Yan took a few battalion officers and swaggered to collect dozens of carts of clothes, and then asked everyone to come to the school grounds to collect them.

"Guerrilla, there are 970 people in the camp, except for 37 people on sick leave, all of them have arrived—"

The deputy guerrilla shouted at the top of his voice, with a bit of sweat on his forehead, showing his hard work.

"Read it—"

Before distributing the summer clothes, Jia Yan was not in a hurry, but instead asked the military judge to read out the military order of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

That is the new rank law.

Thanks to the abbreviated military rank of Wusan rank before the emperor, soldiers are familiar with it now.

"Your Majesty personally ordered, the cabinet drafted an edict, and the commanders of the five armies will follow the following rules. The military ranks have been passed down for many years, and it is out of date. Today, they have been revised many times, and the ranks are lowered. Everyone below the capital camp must abide by it..."

"The team is awarded the sergeant, or the left soldier, and the deputy captain is awarded the right soldier,"

"The battalion commander is the lieutenant colonel or the left colonel, the deputy battalion commander is the right colonel, and the military judges of each battalion are the second assistant officials, and the ranks vary from sergeant to sergeant."

"The guerrillas of each association are awarded the right lieutenant or the lieutenant, the deputy guerrilla is the right lieutenant, and the second left is from the official rank, ranging from senior colonel to left colonel..."

"The members of each wing will be Zuo Wei, or Captain..."

The Beijing camp has been restructured. Now the military system is divided into Wu, Shi, brigade, battalion, association, and wing. The battalion is the battalion, commanding 500 people.

The guerrilla is in charge of the association, and the general is in charge of the wing.

One wing governs the four associations, A, B, C, D, about ten thousand people.

Because he was awarded a baron and had sufficient qualifications, Jia Yan was promoted to guerrilla officer naturally, and he was in charge of 3000 people, including [-] soldiers.

The rest are coordinating soldiers and horses, such as personal soldiers, luggage, military judges, gang leaders, messengers, medical officers, etc.

Each battalion has a battalion department, which adds up to quite a lot.

As for the second-class honorable princes, they either command troops abroad or serve as food in the five-army governor's mansion, which is rarely seen in the Beijing camp.

It took half a quarter of an hour to finish the chanting. Although the faces of the soldiers below were different, none of them dared to speak, and they just stood upright.

"Very good!" Jia Yan showed a smile on his face: "Although the military rank has been changed, the salary has not been reduced, but the name has been changed to make it easier to remember."

"In addition, from now on, military rank will be the most respected in the army, regardless of position. You must avoid bowing and salute when you see above. Don't forget."

After some encouragement, Xia Yi was released.

Take the battalion as the leader and lead each of them.

Hats, red scarves, clothes, shoes, bamboo mats, towels and so on.

The soldiers are all happy, who doesn't like new clothes.

The rectification of the army has affected all aspects.

In addition to military ranks, the style of military robes has gradually become uniform.

Military uniforms are purely red because of the "powerful martial arts", but other colors are used as matching colors, such as yellow armor, blue and white armor, and green cloth armor.

There are even more colorful helmets and scarves. When the army is inspected, it can be described as very spectacular.

(The five-color armor that was scolded in the movie Great Wall does exist, but it is mostly used for exercises)
But the army is here to fight, and it is very important to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. The colorful colors make the eyes uncomfortable, so it is necessary to unify the style of the military robes.

Taking advantage of the spring and summer changing season, Jingying took the lead in changing clothes.

The first is the helmet, that is, the hood, or it is called a helmet. In the Ming army, there are two kinds of flying saucer hats and bowl helmets, while the Beijing camp is customized with bowl helmets.

It is composed of five parts: the tassel spear, the helmet top, the helmet body, the eyebrow shield, and the neck.

It was the kind of head that looked like a lightning rod that was common in the Qing Dynasty, and later it was inherited on the civil servants' hats, but it was shorter in Ming Dynasty and not so exaggerated.

On the armor, ordinary infantry, such as shield players, grenadiers, spearmen, etc., wear light cotton armor; Musketeers wear cloth face armor, which is light and suitable.

The heavy infantry is heavy cotton armor, chain mail inside, interlayer inside the cotton armor, iron sheets inside, and dense iron buttons on the outside.

As for the cavalry, choose light cotton armor, which is conducive to marching immediately.

As for the navy, sailors don't need to mention that iron mountains are easy to rust, and only the marines have cloth face armor.

On military boots, shallow cloth military shoes are usually used, and wool long military boots are also used in autumn and winter.

What is eye-catching is that all Ming soldiers wear red triangle scarves behind their necks.

Fortunately, there was no fighting in the Beijing camp, and the armor came slowly. As for the summer clothes, they were mostly made of breathable linen.

"Guerrilla, what is this?"

In the end, the officers above the deputy team gathered together, looking at the cloth strip in front of them and the embroidery pattern on it, full of astonishment.

"Put on your new clothes, this is your military rank."

As he said that, Jia Yan found the cloth strip embroidered with two five-pointed stars, and buckled it directly on the left seam of his shoulder.

"You are Yingzheng, the title of lieutenant colonel is two five-pointed stars, the left colonel is three, and the senior colonel is four."

As he spoke, he pointed to his shoulder and said, "I am the right captain, a crescent moon."

"Then, Guerrilla, how much money can we get for this rank?"

Jia Yan said excitedly: "Your Majesty is sympathetic to us. Last time we only paid supplementary food, but this time we will eat more half salary."

Civil and military salaries are now the same, from ten yuan for the ninth rank, to 20 yuan for the ninth rank, and ten yuan for each rank, until the seventh rank.

From the seventh rank onwards, it is calculated according to the annual salary, which is 200 yuan silver dollars, two hundred stone grains, and each rank increases by [-].

"I'm Guerrilla, Captain You. From the fifth grade, the annual salary is 260 silver dollars, half of which is [-], so it's [-]—"

"By the way, there are also the baron's three hundred stones, my God..."

After counting with both hands, Jia Yan felt that his legs were a little weak, so he just sat down on his buttocks. How much is this!
Even if one mu of land is ten silver dollars in the capital city, dozens of mu of land can be bought every year, and if it accumulates over time, it is a huge sum.

Everyone is doing calculations and getting a rough number, not to mention how happy they are.

"Long live Your Majesty—"

Someone couldn't bear the excitement and shouted.

Others also shouted along.

Then, as if it was contagious, cheers for long live erupted in the barracks one after another.

Jia Yan is surprised, this is my salary increase, what are you soldiers shouting about?What should I do if there is a camp noise?
He came out of the tent angrily, and was about to yell at him, but the deputy guerrilla broke in suddenly and took a newspaper.

It turned out that the cabinet issued another bulletin called "Daming Military Daily".

The Daming Gazette published government orders, making it difficult for officials to deceive the people, while the Military Daily published military orders and reported important military affairs, such as salaries, benefits, and military ranks.

The "Da Ming Gong Pao" requires money, while the "Da Ming Military Daily" is distributed to all armies for free, requiring each army to have a copy.

This was unimaginable in the past, but years of teaching in the military academy has greatly increased the literacy rate of soldiers, otherwise no one would read it if it was given to newspapers.

Jia Yan hurriedly searched for an article to read, only to see that in the new newspaper, there was only a big word at the beginning of the article: The monthly salary of the Beijing camp has greatly increased.

An article is still in the vernacular, half of the article praises the emperor, and half of the article talks about the difficulties of the court. At the end, it is said:
Since the first day of April, the monthly salary of the soldiers in the Beijing camp has increased from [-] Wen to [-] Wen, which is two silver dollars.

Although it looks like a small number, the Beijing camp includes food, food and clothing. Even in the capital city, two silver dollars are definitely more than enough to support a family.

"This is the third monthly salary increase."

Jia Yan muttered, the emperor is really unambiguous about the army!

(End of this chapter)