I want to be emperor

Chapter 527: Standing Out: Being a Soldier

After they have undergone simple treatment, these survivors will be sent to the rear of Shanhaiguan for further treatment.

After recovering from their injuries, some people are not suitable to continue fighting because of their disabilities, unless soldiers voluntarily request to continue serving, so they may be assigned to some non-combat positions in the rear.

Otherwise, they will usually arrange to retire and change jobs directly, mostly to work in local yamen, such as patrolling or other positions.

The Great Chu Empire has always treated soldiers generously.

This is the case when serving in the military, and the same is true for the arrangements for retirement!
Otherwise, why do you think there are a lot of young and middle-aged teenagers queuing up to sign up to join the army? Even if the conditions for joining the army in the Chu army are getting higher and higher recently, they can't stop the enthusiasm of the teenagers...

It's not because of how great Luo Zhixue is, nor how strong the patriotism of the young and middle-aged teenagers is, it's simply that being a soldier in the Great Chu Empire pays well...

For many children from poor families, joining the army may be the best and only chance for him to change the trajectory of his life and get ahead!
After serving as a soldier for a few years, he can attend literacy classes to read and write while he is full of care. After retiring from the army, he can be arranged in various local government agencies or enterprises affiliated to the Ministry of Industry.

How should I put it, the future of serving as a soldier in the Great Chu Empire is even more reliable than 211 in the later world!

If you go to 211, there is no way to give you an iron rice bowl, but you can serve as a soldier in the Great Chu Empire!

It is a pity that the current army of the Great Chu Empire is already very large, and it is impossible to continue to expand the army on a large scale. The number of recruits each year is also limited, and evenly distributed to all parts of the country, the number of recruits in each place is actually very limited. You can go there.

This is true for ordinary soldiers, but for the soldiers who died in battle, that is also a generous pension!
The current pension system of the empire will pay a three-year salary at one time, and then pay a certain amount of pensions every month.

Arrange for one member of the immediate family members of the fallen soldiers (adult eldest son to be preferred) to work in an official government office or government-run enterprise or exempt from agricultural tax for 15 years (land quota), choose one of the above two!

Underage males are arranged to enter government-run elementary schools for free for three years.

For multiple minor children, additional living allowances will be granted until they reach the age of 16.

Basically, the military of the Great Chu Empire ensured that the soldiers who died in battle would not have any worries!
The reason why the pension is so high is purely because the number of killed in the Chu army is very small... It is not so easy for you to die in battle as a soldier in the Great Chu Empire!
The Chu army has always had a relatively large advantage, fighting a war with superior firepower, and rarely fought with the lives of soldiers, so the battle casualties have always been relatively low.

At the same time, the battlefield treatment in the Chu army is not bad, and it also has a complete battlefield treatment system. It also uses shochu to purify it and then do alcohol disinfection to prevent infection, so there are relatively few deaths and injuries after injuries.

Unlike other armies, the mortality rate after injury is extremely high.

Therefore, fighting in the Chu army, there are few injuries, and it is really not easy to die in battle!
As for the deaths during non-combat time...the higher ups will not give you a quota for death in battle!

The death in battle represents the additional expenditure of military expenses, and the higher-ups are not stupid, so how can they give it by the way!

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After visiting the wounded soldiers, Zhu Xingfa summoned several generals under his command, and first focused on discussing today's combat situation.

Brigadier General Qi Lianghou made a self-criticism with a sober face!
Today, a cavalry sentry under his hand drifted away while chasing the enemy, and was almost surrounded by the enemy... Just looking at him at that time made his head hurt!
Because the higher ups will definitely criticize him again!

Sure enough, in the post-war meeting this night, he was scolded again, and after the scolding, he had to conduct a self-criticism. After saying something, he had fully realized his mistake, and he would correct it immediately when he returned, and he would never do it again in the future.

This can make him aggrieved!

And seeing Qi Lianghou like this, Zhu Xingfa smiled and didn't say anything!
He valued Qi Lianghou, and at the same time, he also believed that he could subdue this fierce general and let him fight according to his own combat intentions without chaos.

Not for anything else, just because Zhu Xingfa is one of the oldest cavalry generals in the Chu army, and also the cavalry general with the most military merit.

In terms of qualifications, no one among the cavalry generals could hold him down except Xiazi Wang.

Zhu Xingfa was born in the Yulin Frontier Army. He was one of the more than 100 Yulin Frontier Army who followed Li Tonglin's rebellion and became bandits.

Later, he followed Sun Mazi to Funiu Mountain.

After Luo Zhixue came to power, Xiazi Wang was the head of the cavalry post at that time, and Zhu Xingfa was the captain of the cavalry post. Later, he was promoted to the deputy head of the cavalry post, ranking under Xiazi Wang.

Later, the cavalry director was established, and he served as the deputy director. For a while, Wang Xiazi went to the army to become the commander of the cavalry brigade, and he also served as the cavalry director for several months.

This qualification is enough!
And military exploits... During the Jiangbei Campaign and the Northern Expedition, it wasn't Wang Xiazi who commanded the cavalry, but Zhu Xingfa who commanded the cavalry!
During the Battle of Tianjin, he brought together thousands of cavalry from the Chu army, and forcibly overthrew Zu Dashou's cavalry, forcing Zu Dashou to go around a long way before fleeing back to Shanhaiguan.

So it is different from Wang Xiazi who was promoted by relying on the rising tide, and Zhao Hongshu who was promoted purely by relying on Luo Zhixue's personal trust and loyalty.

He, Zhu Xingfa, was promoted by relying on his solid military exploits!

Now the three main cavalry generals in the Chu army, that is, Wang Xiazi, Zhao Hongshu, and Zhu Xingfa, are different from each other.

Blind Wang, this man was already one of the most important generals even during the Funiu Mountain period. In his early years, he was even qualified to compete with Luo Zhixue for the position of general after Sun Mazi died of illness. He just quit because of self-knowledge. Not only did he voluntarily withdraw from the competition, but he also supported Luo Zhixue's superiority.

Since then, Wang Xiazi has been the head of the cavalry in the Chu army. In the early days, he was the head of the cavalry sentry. After the establishment of the cavalry director, he served as the cavalry director three times. In the early stage, he also served as the only first cavalry brigade in the Chu army. The position of brigade commander was not until the Northern Expedition, when the scale of the cavalry gradually expanded, and Wang Xiazi gradually stopped serving as the brigade commander of the cavalry brigade.

But now, blind Wang is already a general of the army, with the title of Minister of Military Affairs of the Military Affairs Academy, and at the same time he is one of the few dukes in the empire.

It's just that the current blind king is mostly symbolic for the Great Chu Empire, because the Minister of Military Affairs of the Military Affairs Academy, every general who has no actual position has such a title!
It's just a title, if Luo Zhixue doesn't arrange actual assignments for them, he doesn't have any rights.

The real power is the ministers, deputy ministers, directors, deputy directors, and the real military bosses are the ministers on duty and co-organizers.

In fact, the situation like Wang Xiazi was very common among the early founding heroes. There were dozens of military affairs ministers, military affairs coordinating ministers, and military affairs association ministers hanging in the Military Affairs Academy...all of them were the founding generals who mixed up in the early days.

These early founding heroes have done a lot...

But with the development of the empire and the changes in the situation, their ability and vision can no longer keep up with the development of the empire.

Therefore, Luo Zhixue is also more cautious about the arrangement: in principle, he is given enough glory and wealth, and he is also given a reputation and dignity, but the actual power is not given.

Blind Wang is such a typical example!
As for Zhao Hongshu, although he started his career by holding Luo Zhixue's thigh, many people in the army looked down upon him, but this was just one side of him.

Another aspect is that Zhao Hongshu is easy to learn and can endure loneliness.

Zhao Hongshu was born in Luo Zhixue's own army. He didn't do well in the early days, but he was ambitious and willing to learn. At the same time, he didn't limit himself to cavalry.

In the early days, like many early generals, he was sent to lead troops in the garrison. Up to the top.

But Zhao Hongshu is different. Although he went to the garrison, he did not give up and had a thick skin. He wrote to Luo Zhixue to show his presence when he had nothing to do. Learning opportunities for refresher classes.

He himself also hired a teacher to read and recognize characters, and by the way, he learned various military books and the like.

Later, the garrison was disbanded, and many generals of the garrison at that time were directly arranged to retire at that time, but he wrote to Luo Zhixue again, saying that he wanted to continue to join the army and kill the enemy...

Ever since, he was assigned to serve in the second-class division. At that time, his military rank had already become brigadier general.

At this time, ordinary people basically don't have to worry about it. After two years, if you hint to your superiors that you are going to retire, then your superiors should arrange for you to be a major general in the army. You will be promoted today and retired tomorrow.

Staying decent can also ensure better treatment in transfer arrangements.

But Zhao Hongshu is different!

He tossed desperately in the second-class division, forcibly trained a cavalry battalion in the second-class division, and performed well in several battles in Shanxi.

This re-entered the high-level field of vision!

Of course, everyone knows that he is one of Luo Zhixue's first four personal soldiers... There is a bit of old love.

Your Majesty doesn't say or do it, but the courtiers have to do a good job!

As a result, Zhao Hongshu was soon transferred to the commander of a cavalry brigade under the Shanxi Campaign Command, still with the rank of brigadier general.

After the victory of the Shanxi Campaign, the Shanxi Campaign Command was abolished, and many troops and generals were incorporated into the Xuanda Frontier Defense Command. He also took advantage of the opportunity to become the cavalry chief of staff of the Xuanda Frontier Defense Command, and was promoted to Major General at the same time.

He led the reorganization of many cavalry under the jurisdiction of the Xuanda Frontier Defense Command, and successively reorganized the Fourth Cavalry Division and the Fifth Cavalry Division.

At the beginning of the year, after several years of suffering, he was finally promoted to lieutenant general and served as the commander of the newly established Second Cavalry Corps.

Zhao Hongshu took a different path from many generals in the early Funiushan period.

He did not rest on his superior status as Luo Zhixue's personal soldier in the early years and lived, but continued to enrich and learn, and finally stepped up step by step to become a senior general of the army.

You can say that he is thick-skinned, but you can't say that he doesn't work hard!

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and other early generals of his time.Especially the soldiers of Luo Zhixue's early days, most of them have disappeared from the crowd. Although they basically have the titles of a school officer or even a brigadier general and a major general, that's all.

Most of the military ranks were still promoted today, and they were transferred to the local garrison headquarters tomorrow, and they were arranged to retire and change jobs after a short while.

For example, Lin Dongsheng and Xu He, the post commanders and even the battalion commanders of the Funiu Mountain period, are no longer seen in the field troops and the two directors of the four divisions.

Lin Dongsheng had been transferred to the garrison commander of Jiangnan Province the year before last. After serving for one year, he was transferred to the reserve army with the rank of Lieutenant General. Now he is living a rich and relaxed life in Jinling City, and he no longer even wears military uniforms.

Xu He, he was also transferred to the garrison division a long time ago, and then he was mixed in the second-class division for two years, but he still failed to mix up, and he has always been a major general of the army.

Last fall, when Luo Zhixue summoned a group of founding veterans, Xu He approached Luo Zhixue to complain. Although he didn't say it directly, he also hinted that he hoped to move up his military rank before retiring.

Among the important generals in the early days of the founding of the country, as long as they were not dead, they were all lieutenant generals, and he was the only major general, Xu He, who couldn't afford to lose face.

Faced with this kind of veteran's request, Luo Zhixue naturally would not dismiss it, and comforted him on the spot. A few days later, an imperial decree was issued to transfer Xu He to be the garrison commander of a certain province.

And the garrison commander of a province in the Great Chu Empire was equipped with the rank of lieutenant general as standard, so Xu He was able to be promoted to lieutenant general.

But Xu He actually didn't take up the post at all, but complained of illness in Jinling City... because he knew very well that the position was not his at all, and he was only temporarily lent to him for a period of time to solve the problem of military rank.

A month later, Xu He wrote to beg for the bones, Luo Zhixue refused twice, and then officially approved for the third time.

As a result, Xu He retired with the rank of lieutenant general and was granted the title of marquis at the same time. However, this marquis cannot be inherited by the original noble for three generations. It can only be Xu He alone.

This kind of title is rather special, it is different from the former nobility granted by the Great Chu Empire, inherited three generations of marquis, and the reduced inheritance system of barons.

It was in the last two years that Luo Zhixue was dedicated to the placement of some of the founding heroes who had made great contributions but whose abilities could not keep up with those who had gradually withdrawn from the military.

To be more specific, the hero himself was awarded the title of marquis, the second generation inherited the title of earl, the third generation continued to inherit the earl, the fourth generation inherited the title of viscount, the fifth generation inherited the title of baron, and the sixth generation inherited the title of reduced rank. To the lord, the lord can be hereditary.

And this lord is also an honorary title created by Luo Zhixue to appease the heroes. This title does not even have a title salary, nor any privileges. It only has an honorary title, which is specially awarded to the descendants of non-hereditary high-ranking nobles.

Currently, there are actually two types of meritorious titles in the empire: inheriting from the reduced rank to the hereditary baron, and inheriting from the reduced rank to the baron.

As for the inheritance of the original duke for three generations, this is a special grace, and it is not a common practice to only grant a few dukes and marquises with outstanding military exploits.

In the case of reduced inheritance, some high-ranking nobles, such as all earls and some marquises, may be reduced to people after a few generations because there is no original earl inherited for three generations, and there is no reduced hereditary to baronial hereditary. , if the replacement of each generation is faster, maybe it will disappear from the noble line in a few decades!
This will obviously greatly reduce the gold content of the title, and the title is an important incentive and a symbol of honor in the Great Chu Empire, so Luo Zhixue still wants to increase the gold content of the title as much as possible.

All kinds of practical privileges, especially political privileges, cannot be granted, let alone fiefdoms, which are even more impossible to grant, and in terms of titles and salaries, in order to control financial expenditures, they cannot be given too much.

Under such circumstances, Luo Zhixue could only think of a solution based on honors, titles and the like.

Ever since, such a lord who didn't even have a title of salary and was nominally under the baron, but strictly speaking he was not a noble.

It is specially awarded to non-hereditary nobles above the count.

In general, you can think that the person with this title is a person whose ancestors were high-ranking nobles who were born above an earl, and they are still their direct blood, not collateral.

Because of collateral, he cannot inherit the title of Lord.

Because the aristocratic inheritance laws of the Great Chu Empire are very strict on inheritance, they must be the heirs of the direct line, and a strict system of eldest sons is implemented, such as reducing the nobility without sons.

Do not recognize the inheritance rights of the so-called bastards...

Because the Great Chu Empire does not recognize concubines of any nature, and at the same time strictly prohibits human trafficking, slavery, etc.

Under such circumstances, in order to further correct the social atmosphere and at the same time ensure the seriousness of inheritance, all inheritance laws only recognize the inheritance rights of children born to wives.

An illegitimate child has no inheritance rights... Well, it's another thing to gift property yourself during your lifetime.

How should I put it, there is no genetic paternity test these days, you have no way to ensure that your son is your own, and the authorities have no way to determine whether this person is a bloodline heir...

In order to ensure the seriousness of the law and avoid making more mistakes, the Great Chu Empire only recognizes the inheritance rights of legitimate children in formal marriages without a will!

Strictly speaking, this right of inheritance does not come from blood, but from marriage!
Because of the bloodline, you can’t confirm it, and the authorities can’t confirm it. When you go to court, it’s impossible for you to get a blood test and give you an inheritance. Therefore, you can simply recognize the inheritance rights of legitimate children.

Of course, you can give your illegitimate child a large amount of money before you die, but this involves the issue of marital property control. If your wife finds out, you may go crazy and sue to recover the marital joint property. But this is a matter of marriage law, and inheritance Law is irrelevant.

Bloodlines can't be confirmed privately or officially, but marriage relationship can be legally confirmed.

To give an extreme example: In the Nobility Inheritance Law, the eldest son inheritance system is directly stipulated, and the nobles themselves have no authority to change the order of inheritance.

This also means that if a nobleman's wife cheated and gave birth to a son, if the nobleman's husband does not have clear evidence to prove that this is not his son, and at the same time the nobleman's wife insists that this is the nobleman's son.

So neither the nobleman himself nor the official can determine whether the child is the son of the nobleman himself... Well, unless the person involved himself admits it, such as the mother of the child!
But the child's mother does not admit that this is the son caused by cheating, and if the son is still the eldest son, then the title will fall on him!

It doesn't matter whether you object or not!

Because his right of inheritance is derived from the legal marriage between his mother and 'father', which has been confirmed by the imperial aristocratic inheritance law, not from his father's gift!
Whether to inherit or not has nothing to do with the attitude of the nobleman himself. You will not change just because you like or dislike him and doubt whether he is your own son. Everything must be done according to the law.

Although it sounds nonsense, the law is all about rules and not human feelings!

Who made your wife cheat and give birth to someone else's son... and he is the eldest son!Who can blame...

Of course, I believe that with the means of the military nobles of the Great Chu Empire, this kind of thing should not happen... After all, they are used to seeing life and death.

Well, it should be!
(End of this chapter)