Daming 1805

After Zhu Jingyuan announced the rewards for meritorious personnel, at the end of his public speech, he also announced rewards for everyone in the world.

Counting from the first day of August in the fifth year of the Grand Duke’s reign, the whole country will be on holiday for seven consecutive days.

Starting from next year, the whole country will have a three-day holiday starting from August [-] every year as a festival to celebrate the unification of the world.

Zhu Jingyuan ended his speech amidst warm cheers.

The parade into the city to praise their merits continued, with a team composed of all generals and soldiers walking in a circle on the main road of the new capital city.

It was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that the parade returned to the camp one after another.

After the late lunch, the governors at all levels in the Dudu Mansion began to get busy, issuing edicts of rewards to the troops in charge of them.

Wu Xiongying, a pilot of the Air Force, has followed the army from the Urals to Gibraltar in the past year and a half.

Wu Xiongying graduated from an aviation university that was a military academy. With excellent grades, he graduated with the rank of lieutenant.

He has a very good talent for flying and loves flying very much. He also performs very well on the battlefield. The key is to be diligent enough.

The Ming Air Force absolutely crushed the situation on the battlefield, and most of the battles were one-sided.

It is also a skill to quickly obtain more results before the enemy collapses.

Wu Xiongying himself has always been among the best in terms of the number of aerial kills and the number of ground targets destroyed.

More importantly, his mind is also flexible, he has shown good management talents, and he can lead his teammates to complete tasks better.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty doubled its army before the war. A large number of newly established officers were temporary, and many deputy positions were even vacant.

Wu Xiongying quickly became a flight captain after adapting to the battlefield.

Then during one and a half years of participating in the war, he gradually rose to the rank of adjutant of the Air Force Department where he was located, and was in charge of more than 50 pilots in two outposts.

According to Wu Xiongying's current position, the military rank must be at least promoted to captain, maybe even major.

War allows talented officers to rise through the ranks like a rocket.

Wu Xiongying is only 21 years old this year, and he is still a pilot specially trained by the military academy. Even if the army is reduced after the armistice, it is basically impossible to retire directly.

Even if there were no more wars in the future, he could become a major general before the age of 40 simply by spending time accumulating qualifications.

If his career goes well in the future, he may have the opportunity to become the Governor of the Governor's Mansion.

Wu Xiongying also felt a little uneasy and confused.

Wu Xiongying knew that this war might be the last war, and there would probably be no war in the future.

Even if he continues to join the army in the future, he will only be able to survive for a long time.

I also know that this award will not only provide a large number of titles, but also a number of places to establish a country. If you get it, you will become the de facto king of a country.

In Wu Xiongying's view, according to his current merit and age, the lowest baron in the traditional formal title is not enough.

It is possible that you can only get the recently clarified squire or country scholar. This name sounds very rustic.

As for the chance of sealing the country, it is even slimmer.

Mainly because I was too young and had no qualifications before the war started.

Then I didn't know if I would be asked to stay in the army.

However, Wu Xiongying's anxiety and confusion did not last long, and his name was soon called.

Then Wu Xiongying received his canonization edict from the hands of the military governor where he was serving with unusual excitement.

"Wu Xiongying, Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, Jianghuai Province, was awarded the rank of captain of the Air Force.

“The title of Baron of Philo County is granted, and descendants can inherit it after passing the assessment.

"He also held the position of Lord Philo, inherited it for two generations and then transferred to the inner vassal, and after three generations he withdrew from the vassal.

"Specially allowed to remain in the Air Force."

Wu Xiongying was stunned after hearing this.

This not only directly gave him a title, but also directly made him the monarch of the vassal state, and he was also specifically allowed to continue to serve in the army.

Among Wu Xiongying's rewards, the actual reward was a top-notch one. It was not given to the lowest squire or country scholar, but directly to the baron.

The military rank was slightly lowered, and it was given to captain instead of major.

Because this is to allow him to continue serving, rather than to retire directly with a higher status.

A 21-year-old captain is already outrageous. He still has a chance to become a major general before the age of 40, and a general in his early 50s.

This slightly special arrangement was not even decided by the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War themselves.

Zhu Jingyuan also mentioned it a little bit.

Zhu Jingyuan attached great importance to the development of Ming's aviation industry, and was impressed by Wu Zhiyuan, who had had on-site political confrontations with him.

Knew that guy was far right.

Zhu Jingyuan was particularly speechless when he thought about the suggestion to "pay the price of millions of Ming Dynasty people to completely eliminate Thai and Western men".

At the same time, Wu Zhiyuan also won a large number of aviation competition awards.

In addition to the first STOL competition in Songjiang, Zhu Jingyuan later personally awarded Wu Zhiyuan two grand prizes.

At the same time, after the war began, Zhu Jingyuan was also more concerned about the Air Force's performance on the battlefield.

The military governor in charge of the report knew that Zhu Jingyuan was concerned, so he specifically mentioned Wu Zhiyuan in a certain report.

He has indeed performed well before, but he is just a young man now.

In the traditional culture of the Ming Dynasty, when mentioning a person, he must first mention his place of origin, and also introduce the background related to his current performance.

Of course, Wu Xiongying's father Wu Zhiyuan was mentioned.

After Zhu Jingyuan knew that Wu Xiongying was Wu Zhiyuan's son, he paid a little attention out of curiosity.

Finally, when I was preparing the reward, I also asked the person in charge of compiling the reward how to arrange it for this boy from Songjiang.

For Zhu Jingyuan himself, this kind of thing is an exciting reminder.

But as Zhu Jingyuan was the emperor, after Wu Xiongying and his son were remembered by Zhu Jingyuan, they became de facto "Jian is in the emperor's heart".

As long as Wu Xiongying performs well, he will receive corresponding full rewards in the future.

Will not be delayed or suppressed.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't even need to mention it specifically. After he mentioned it once, the bachelors, military ministers, Sima, and governors around him would all pay attention.

The military governor in charge of reading out the edict coughed lightly when he saw Wu Xiongying's reaction.

Wu Xiongying reacted and quickly bowed to thank him. Then he carefully took the edict and documents and looked at the details on them.

Where exactly is your fiefdom? There will be a map and introduction in the document attached to the edict.

The prefix of the title "Male from Philo County" comes from his own fiefdom.

This "Philo County" is in the northeastern corner of the Spanish region, located at the junction of Spain and France, and was historically part of Catalonia.

The largest city in the area is Figueres, and there is also a local port called Rosas.

When the Ming Dynasty dealt with the European and American countries in the past, and when it took over the lands of the European and American countries during the war, it faced a large number of place name translation problems.

If someone with the decision-making power in the Ming Dynasty had been interested and had time at that time, they might have considered the local conditions and chosen an elegant name with a beautiful meaning.

It’s just that most of the time the relevant people don’t have this interest.

If the Thai people took the initiative to introduce a certain place to the Ming Dynasty, they would take the initiative to use words with positive meanings to transliterate it.

People in the Ming Dynasty sometimes used it directly, and sometimes shortened one or two redundant characters, mainly words translated from the pronunciations that are particularly common in Thai and Western names.

For example, the city of Figueres will become the city of Philae, and Puerto Rosas will become Puerto Rosa.

If the Westerners had not introduced some small and medium-sized cities, then the Ming people would have had to transliterate them by listening to the local people's names in the process of receiving the cities.

The light sounds will be dropped, leaving the main pronunciation, and then the frequently repeated sounds will be removed and replaced with a word that is not too bad.

Eventually they will become Philae and Rosa.

When used as a general name for the entire region, the main residential areas are collectively referred to as Philo County.

The total area of ​​Philo County is about [-] square kilometers, which is a relatively typical size of a state or county.

However, three-quarters of the area in Philo County is mountainous and hilly.

The plain area is only about [-] square kilometers.

But this kind of reward is an absolute surprise for Wu Xiongying himself.

Four hundred square kilometers is 60 acres!
Mountainous areas are not completely useless and can be developed into orchards or tree farms.

In other words, I have 240 million acres of land...

Wu Xiongying is just 20 years old this year.

I just graduated from aviation school at the end of last year.

After working hard on the front line for a year and a half, he now owns a county fiefdom.

Although it is a small country, it is the de facto king of a country with the permission of the Ming Dynasty.As long as it does not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, I am the real king here, and what I say is the law here.

You can also pass it on to your son...

Even if he reaches his grandson's generation, he can still directly serve as the county magistrate for life.

Although they will no longer be able to directly control this land after three generations, the wealth created in three generations will not be confiscated.

The farmland, forest farms, factories and shops developed by three generations will continue to be preserved.

After losing the status of monarch, they will still be the most influential family in the local area and will definitely have a say in everything.

Wu Xiongying took the edict, looked at the description above, and looked at the various markings on the simple map. He was so excited that he could not speak for a long time.

After the rewards for Wu Xiongying's group were announced and the warlord and commander left, the scene immediately became lively.

Everyone held the priceless edict and documents and congratulated and complimented each other with joy.

Those who specially returned to the capital to participate in the ceremony this time will definitely be rewarded. It can be said that everyone is of the same kind.

They even instinctively thought that they could start to build a good relationship with each other and help and take care of each other in the future.

In addition, when I actually received the award, I was very excited and eager to share it with others.

So there was laughter and laughter everywhere.

Wu Xiongying heard the congratulations around him and finally fully accepted the reality.

Wu Xiongying also congratulated each other with his companions around him, chatted for a while, and arranged to find a place to have a drink to celebrate.

While everyone was chatting, something that was brought up repeatedly was the situation of everyone's fiefdom.

Things like titles and titles are made public when they are announced.

It's just that most people don't know where the fiefdoms are, and many of the place names in the West are newly adopted.

Even if you ask the Thai people, most of them won't know where it is.

You can only read the introduction on the canonization document.

Wu Xiongying chatted with the people around him and soon discovered that everyone's fiefdoms were far away from each other.

Wu Xiongying's is in Spain, and some of the people next to him are in Greece, some are on the Volga River, and some are on the Danish peninsula.

Soon someone expressed doubts:

"We are all from the Air Force. Is the court deliberately separating us?"

Wu Xiongying thought for a while:
“It should indeed be like this, but the purpose should be very simple, it should be to enable us and our brothers in the Army to help each other.

"Many brothers will become kings of a country in the future. From now on, they will have to manage their own feudal lands, mainly to control the Taixi people.

"The key is that most of our fiefdoms can only be regarded as small countries, and the power of a single fiefdom is very limited.

“It’s best to help and cooperate with neighboring fiefdoms so that we can exert greater power.

"Those of us in the Air Force may be good at air combat, but we don't understand ground combat.

“If the Army brothers on the other side also get together, they won’t have the help of the Air Force.

"When we fought in the past, we cooperated with the army.

"Now we continue to break up the distribution and mix them together for enfeoffment. This is also a very normal choice."

The people around him nodded after hearing this.

They really want to be with their Air Force comrades, but cooperating with the Army is a more realistic choice.

Everyone's mood also recovered, and the surroundings became lively again.

Soon someone suggested that we go out for drinks and dinner together.

Wu Xiongying did not refuse. People who were familiar with him and had interacted with him gathered together and left the military camp together.

According to the previously announced rules, after the edict and documents of the reward were issued, everyone was temporarily on leave.

Wait until you get back from vacation to go through more detailed procedures, and then go to the fief to take office after completing the procedures.

So it is not against the rules to go out drinking while chatting.

But Wu Xiongying and his companions wanted to celebrate, as did other guards and people from other military services.

The entire old and new cities of Yingtian Mansion are full of people.

A group of people searched for more than an hour before they found a restaurant with enough seats.

After a group of people drank three rounds of wine and had five tastes of food, their emotions were almost gone, and some people began to express different emotions.

"The monarch of the vassal state can only be passed down to three generations. It would be great if it could be passed on forever..."

"Children and grandchildren can only be blessed by children and grandchildren...ah no, three generations have already had grandchildren——"

"The title itself can be inherited indefinitely, as long as the descendants work hard and pass the assessment, what else do you have to be dissatisfied about?

"That's true, but I still want to pass it on..."

A group of people were talking, and someone looked at Wu Xiongying.

Everyone knows that Wu Xiongying is a very smart guy and can often give everyone advice.

"Brother Wu - no, Mr. Wu County - why don't you say anything?"

"You should be called Philo-kun now——"

"What do you think, Philo-kun?"

Wu Xiongying couldn't help laughing after hearing this, then he shook his head with chopsticks and said:

“Have you ever considered how many things in the fiefdom can become your own in three generations?

"In other words, have you ever studied how to transfer from an outer vassal to an inner vassal? How to withdraw from an inner vassal?"

People around him immediately became interested, and someone asked very cooperatively:

"How do you say that?"

"How do you say this?"

Wu Xiongying said with a smile:
"I have talked about it. This standard is actually very simple. It is written on the document signed by the imperial court and the vassal state.

“It can be summed up in three sentences: what belongs to the imperial court belongs to the imperial court, what belongs to private households belongs to private households, and those who damage it must be compensated.

"The so-called imperial court refers to government offices, military personnel, taxes, and public instruments of society.

“The so-called private property refers to houses, fields, manufacturers, and private wealth.

“The homes we build and use, the land estates we reclaim and operate, and the factories and businesses we invest and hold are all private wealth.

“Even after the vassal withdrawal, it still belongs to us.

"But the power to appoint officials, to recruit sergeants on one's own, to collect and use taxes on one's own, are all gone.

“According to Ming Dynasty law, undeveloped wasteland and mountains belong to Your Majesty, so none of them can be retained when the vassal state is withdrawn.

“If the forest is cut down without replanting, not only will the land not be retained, but the same area of ​​grain fields will be compensated based on the area that has not been replanted.

“So, after arriving at the fiefdom, it should be very simple for us.

“Using the power of the monarch, we opened up wasteland, built houses, built factories, and accumulated assets with our power in three generations.

"If three generations and 100 years later, all the mountains and forests in the entire fiefdom have been turned into orchards and forest farms, all the plains have been turned into grain fields, and we will have shares in all the factories and businesses in the city...

"Then even if we lose the power of public instruments, this fiefdom will still be the property of our descendants."

The people around him nodded after hearing this, and then some people couldn't help but drink heavily.

However, some people have also raised new concerns and questions.

"On our own...can we really develop the land in the fiefdom?"

"We don't have that much money, nor do we have enough manpower."

Wu Xiongying said directly:

"Of course we can't develop it all ourselves. I may not have the chance to run it myself. I can only see if my dad has any ideas.

“If the country is in a good location, it would be best if it can be developed by the four major groups. If not, private businessmen can be recruited to invest.

“However, considering our fundamental interests, for businessmen who are willing to invest, we should ask for shares as much as possible instead of collecting as much tax as possible.

“Invite and recruit businessmen with low tax rates.

“We can draw up an agreement where we give them tax relief and allow the other party to transfer a certain percentage of their equity to our children and grandchildren after a certain number of years of operation.

“Or directly convert a portion of the tax into equity.

"But you can't be in a hurry, you can't kill the goose to lay the eggs, otherwise no businessmen will go there..."

"In short, this is the idea..."