Chapter 408 The whole family, father and son
But without reorganization, the upper limit of the army is almost reached. Moreover, more troops are not always better. In most cases, one elite army is more powerful and more cost-effective than two ordinary troops.
Liu Feng laid out what he was thinking, and emphasized that the entire army would need to be adjusted in the future. The Destroying Front Army was just a trial. Once the training was successful, subsequent military reforms would follow.
After listening to Liu Feng's thoughts, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others fell into deep thought again.
They had to admit that Liu Feng's concerns were very reasonable.
Tao Qian is the best example. He once rewarded the Danyang army generously, not only giving him a relatively high salary for the same period, but also giving him many favors.
But the result was that once the Danyang army collapsed, Xuzhou could no longer produce any combat-effective troops.
Moreover, everything Liu Feng did was grand and far-reaching.
Since ancient times, how could any central army in the Central Plains have no salary and can only rely on seizures and looting to survive?
What's the difference between that and the barbarians on all sides?
"Look, gentlemen."
After Liu Feng said something, he took out a silk book and handed it to Zhong Yao.
Although Zhuge Liang was definitely the one whom Liu Feng trusted, valued, and protected the most, among all the people present, Zhong Yao was the eldest regardless of status, status, fame, or age.
If this was given to Zhuge Liang first, bypassing him, it would simply be an attempt to bring trouble to Marquis Wu.
Any tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
Not to mention this kind of destructive behavior.
Zhong Yao first bowed in respect, then carefully took the silk book and read it.
It turned out that Liu Feng recorded the military reform plan in detail in the silk book.
First, the entire army sets up soldier ranks and divides them into upper, middle and lower ranks.
The lowest-ranking lower-class soldier received a monthly salary of 20 yuan and a bucket of food in kind.
Subsequently, for each liter of salary, ten yuan was added to the salary, and an additional bucket of grain was added in kind.
The highest monthly salary for a superior soldier can be as high as 40 yuan, and three measures of food in kind.
Above the rank of private, there are the ranks of non-commissioned officers, which are also divided into six levels, and each level also lists the increase in salary.
In this expansion of the army, all soldiers will theoretically be given military ranks. As long as the Destroying Front Army, which is positioned as the ace army, successfully passes the assessment and is selected, it can be designated as a superior soldier and enjoy additional allowances.
Liu Feng's setting is actually on the low side, at least not as good as Yuan Shao's Euphorbias, Cao Cao's Qingzhou Army (which did not yet have Tiger and Leopard Cavalry), Liu Zhang's Dongzhou Army, and Liu Biao's Spear Army. Steps.
The salary of the ace tribe of these princes is very high. Although they can't get much in five baht, they can get a lot of physical currency. Cloth, grain, and salt are enough to feed a family.
However, Liu Feng's army also has unique advantages. First of all, there is very little corruption in the army. Liu Feng has zero tolerance for corrupt military pay and rewards. Once caught, even if he is not executed, he will be included in the death squad and lose all merits and achievements. status.
Secondly, the food treatment in Liu Feng's army is much better than that in other towns. If Liu Feng's food subsidies are included, it is basically the same as the ace army under other princes.
Then, Liu Feng's troops also have unique and systematic spiritual rewards.
Other princes' subordinates may also have spiritual encouragement, but most of it comes from the superior officers' personal favor, respect, etc. Although this is also spiritual encouragement, it can easily form a personal attachment and bond with the superior officers.
However, the increasingly mature military merit badge system under Liu Feng's command is not only far more effective than the attention of superior officers, but also effectively solves the relationship of personal dependence, truly making Liu Feng's soldiers all Liu Feng's, not Liu Feng's The leader of his subordinates.
The last point is that this was also caused by the unique economic environment in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was always a copper shortage, but in the late years when the princes were in chaos, the money and copper shortages became even more serious. But the thing about Guidao is that although the market is very short of money, the value of money is constantly avalanching.
On the one hand, everyone has no money, but on the other hand, the price of one stone of grain has been sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars. This is still the normal market. If there is a severe drought in Yanzhou and Jianghuai, one stone of yellow rice can be sold Dozens or millions of dollars.
You must know that during the time of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, one stone of grain only cost just over one hundred yuan.
Therefore, soldiers in this era did not prefer coins, and preferred physical currency.
The plan set by Liu Feng included a small salary in coins and a large salary in kind, which also made up for part of the gap in military pay between the two sides.
During this military reform, Liu Feng also plans to continue to add rewards to the military medal system. Now the military medal system has confirmed that military medals are an important bonus for promotion. At the same time, recipients of military medals have the privilege of not bowing to officials.
This is not because Liu Feng likes to kneel down. He actually hates this, but he still can't abolish it for a while, so he just used military medals as a breakthrough.
In addition, Liu Feng is also considering some benefits of the military medal system, such as an appropriate increase in military medal allowances.
After Zhong Yao read it, he handed the silk book to Dong Zhao, followed by Yang Xiu, Zhuge brothers, Pang Tong and others.
Zhong Yao calculated silently in his mind that even if all the troops were inferior, an army of 200,000 would require 50 million a year. In addition, he would need 240,000 shi of food, as well as other physical rewards such as cloth and salt.
Moreover, Liu Feng also said just now that the 20,000-strong Destroy the Front Army will be guaranteed to be treated as upper-class soldiers or above. The 20,000 sergeants alone will have double the treatment, and the treatment of non-commissioned officers and officers will be several times or even more than that of soldiers. More than ten times.
After thinking about this, Zhong Yao felt a sense of admiration for Liu Feng in his heart.
According to what Zhong Yao saw, the morale of Liu Bei's soldiers was quite good. According to Ziyu, Kong Ming and Shi Yuan, the morale of Liu Feng's troops was still higher than that of Liu Bei's troops.
If it were a different lord, he probably wouldn't want to improve the treatment of his soldiers at all.
But Liu Feng did exactly that, and the treatment he received was very comprehensive, which made Zhong Yao see the difference between Liu Feng and other princes.
Liu Feng has great ambitions.
Dong Zhao and Yang Xiu on the side also realized this.
Just like Zhong Zhong, Dong Zhao and Yang Xiu also noticed something strange about Liu Feng.
Fortunately for Dong Zhao, he was initially surprised by Liu Feng and valued by him, so he joined Liu Feng's command.
Zhong Yao was really half-recommended. At the beginning, he was just friendly to Liu Feng and established an alliance as a subordinate. To be careful, he was not really Liu Feng's subordinate.
But this time after leaving Luoyang, Zhong Yao truly came under Liu Feng's command.
Liu Feng's shogunate at this time really lacked capable generals who could take charge of internal affairs. Zhong Yao and Dong Zhao's move south was undoubtedly the best replacement.
Compared to the surprise and joy in Zhong Yao and Dong Zhao's hearts, Yang Xiu was much more bitter.
Yang Xiu is a smart man, and he is still at the top level. He naturally sensed Liu Feng's intention to conquer him. He also understood his value in Liu Feng's eyes.
But his father had just been deposed by Liu Feng and Cao Cao, and he suffered a lot in Luoyang Prison.
For the sake of his father's life, Yang Xiu had to surrender. But even though he was frightened and wary of Liu Feng, and still had a hint of deep fear in his heart, Yang Xiu still didn't want to surrender so quickly. But the magnanimity shown by Liu Feng and the great things he did now made Yang Xiu deeply aware of the huge gap between the magnanimity of Liu Feng and his father.
This not only made Yang Xiu fall into a deep sense of frustration, but his resistance to Liu Feng also faded a bit.
"This is a serious matter, and you must not leak it to anyone."
Plans such as expanding the army, distributing military pay, and selecting elites to form an independent army were too complicated. Even if there were countless talents in the world, they could not make up their minds for a while.
Liu Feng immediately said that he could go back and think about it. Anyway, there was no rush on this matter for the time being. If you have any ideas, you can report to him at any time.
The only thing is that this matter is very sensitive and must not be leaked.
Zhong Yao and others also knew that the matter was serious and responded immediately.
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Wujun, Qiantang.
A brave young man was kneeling on the ground, advising his father.
"Father, how long are you going to hesitate?"
The person the young man seeks is Quan Rou, a native of Qiantang in Wu County. During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Fan Lingju, the prefect of Wu County, was named Xiaolian.
Fan Ling was Sheng Xian's predecessor and a native of Longshu, Lujiang.
Longshu County is now occupied by Liu Xun. It is the front line of confrontation with the Liu family's forces. It is also an important left-wing town where Shucheng, Liu Xun's base camp, is located.
Fan Ling succeeded Nanyang Wenfu Lord and became the prefect of Wu County in the second year of Zhongping (AD 185).
During his tenure, he promoted Quan Rou, a famous scholar from Qiantang, to the title of Xiaolian, and recruited him to the prefect's palace. Later, he sponsored Quan Rou to go to Luoyang and served as a Langguan. Later, because of his outstanding talents, he was promoted to Shangshu Lang Youcheng.
This position is quite good, and it is indeed the fast track among filial piety and integrity. Next, he will either be promoted to the magistrate of the county, or promoted to the rank of Shizhong or Zhonglang general. The future is bright.
But no one could have imagined that less than four years later, Dong Zhuo would enter the capital, change the emperor for the world, and poison Empress He and Young Emperor Bian to death.
This frightened Quan Rou so much that he immediately gave up his official position and fled back to his hometown.
However, the family was a wealthy family in Qiantang after all. Zhou Qian, the governor of Yangzhou at that time, soon recommended Quanrou to serve as an official, and it was better not to be a high-ranking official of this level.
It's a pity that Zhou Qian died of illness soon, and Quanrou was dismissed by the new governor Chen Wen before he could even take the special position.
Fortunately, the whole family belonged to a high-ranking family, and Chen Wen honored Quanrou by appointing him as the eastern captain of Kuaiji. This position was a position of real power. When Zhu Zhi, the captain of Wu Commandery next door, responded to Sun Ce's move south, he pulled out thousands of troops to greet him.
Later, He Qi also put down the rebellion in the southern part of Kuaiji from this position.
But soon, in just over a year, the new governor Chen Wen also died of illness. Yuan Shu took the opportunity to go south and became the governor of Yangzhou himself.
Originally, this matter had little to do with Quanrou. After all, although Yuan Shu declared himself the governor of Yangzhou, the imperial court soon sent Liu Yao to serve as the shepherd of Yangzhou, and then directly drove Wu Jing and Sun Bi out of Jiangdong.
But no one expected that Sun Ce would cross the river quickly and defeat Liu Yao and his allies along the way. He was invincible and unstoppable. He captured most of Danyang County and most of Wu County in one year.
As a Wujun native, his hometown was already under Sun Ce's military attack.
Quanrou himself didn't have much ambition. In the original history, he chose the former between Sun Ce and Wang Lang, secretly abandoned his official position, led his troops back to Qiantang Jiangbei, and defected to Zhu Zhi together. Sun Ce.
But this plane was different. Sun Ce was indeed as ferocious as a tiger, but just when Quanrou wanted to surrender to Sun Ce, the Liu family's Qianlong also crossed the river. And he came with the monstrous achievement of capturing Yuan Shu in one battle.
At this moment, Quan Rouke fell into anxiety.
The choices before him suddenly became Liu Feng, Sun Ce, and Wang Lang.
His son Quan Cong strongly advocated defecting to Liu Feng, but Quan Rou did not dare to make the bet.
In his opinion, although Liu Feng was brave and good at fighting, Sun Ce's threat was right in front of him.
If he defected to Liu Feng, but the other party was far away in Wubei, once Sun Ce took action against his family, he would be beyond his reach.
Therefore, Quanrou finally suppressed her son's opinions and decided not to help each other.
Later, Sun Ce defeated Qiantang and Liu Feng won a great victory. Naturally, the whole family also surrendered, but Quan Cong was extremely dissatisfied.
It was not that he was dissatisfied that Liu Feng should not be surrendered, but that in Quan Cong's view, his father had squandered the best opportunity to make a meritorious deed.
If Sun Ce had lifted the Qiantang River when he was crossing the Qiantang River, he would have achieved great success immediately.
But Quanrou is stubborn, seeking no merit but no fault, and taking the preservation of the family as her top priority.
At present, Liu Feng has pacified most of Yangzhou, and good news is coming from Yuzhang and southern Kuaiji, and he will win it soon.
Quan Cong couldn't bear it anymore. He once again suggested to his father that he would devote himself to Liu Feng.
The investment effect that Quan Cong said was very different from the investment effect at this time.
Quan Cong's pledge was to use all his family's resources to bet on Liu Feng.
Just like in the original time and space, Quan Cong bet on Sun Quan with all his strength, dispersing his family property, providing relief to the people, recruiting troops, and conquering Shanyue for Sun Quan.
Now Quan Cong is doing the same, asking Quan Rou to donate all his family property, recruit warriors with gold and silver to help the people, and donate the land to the state capital like the powerful surnames of Wuzhong, the Zhu family, the Xu family, and the major gentry families in Kuaiji.
Quanrou was stunned by her son's words and couldn't believe it.
I have been stable all my life, how could I give birth to such a radical son.
"Father, Liu Zhengnan sent out troops in the middle of last year and raided hundreds of miles. He defeated Shouchun in one night, captured Yuan Shu, and sent a message to the north of the Yangtze River. After that, he crossed the east of the Yangtze River. The state pastor Liu Gong had little resistance, so he was relieved of his military power and sent to Tancheng.”
"Liu Zhengnan then fought dozens of battles in Jiangdong, winning small battles and big battles. He was almost unstoppable. Sun Bofu followed his father's bravery, but he was unable to save himself. At present, Yangzhou is all owned by Liu Zhengnan, and his general trend has become , if we and other local tribes cannot sink their boats, we will no longer have a chance to catch up with them.”
Although Quan Cong is young, only fifteen years old, he has a solemn expression at the moment. His forehead is blood red, which is obviously the blood mark caused by kowtow. A trace of blood flows down from his forehead and drips around the bridge of his nose.
But Quan Cong didn't care at all, he just stared at Quan Rou with red eyes.
Quan Rou felt soft in her heart at this moment. Although he had several sons, the one in front of him was the most accomplished, talented and magnanimous. Moreover, Quan Cong is Quan Rou's eldest son and the helmsman of the next generation of the family.
(End of chapter)