The third step of the enthronement ceremony is to issue an imperial edict in the name of the new emperor, informing the world of the new emperor's succession and the new reign name.

This step is considered completed by Zhu Ailao.

After resting for half an hour after lunch, Zhu Yuluo put on the imperial uniform customized by Hao Guangming in later generations and headed to the original Jingying Camp in the northwest corner of Nanjing City, which is now the 11th, 12th, and 4th Town of the Border Guard Army.

The camp of the Nanjing garrison.

Accompanying him were some Imperial Guardsmen, some soldiers from the First and Second Towns of the Imperial Guard, and most of the generals currently in Nanjing.

As for the civil servants, there were only the accompanying secretary Zheng Sen and several low-level officials and staff from the Military Academy in Nanjing.

The first thing Zhu Yusao had to do during her trip was to summarize and reward all the meritorious officers and soldiers since she left Beijing.

There are two main forms of awards: one is to promote meritorious officers and soldiers who can still stay in the army to fight in the army, to be promoted to a higher rank or even to a knighthood, with silver, cloth, "treasures" and military medals; the second is to reward those who are killed, disabled and retired.

Military merit fields and military medals are distributed to officers and soldiers who have achieved military merit in the normal ranks.

The "Military Merit Field System" can be regarded as Zhu Yuluo's further control over his troops, as well as further rewards and incentives for soldiers.

If those who died in battle had no heirs, the Ming Dynasty would select orphans to adopt as their successors, inherit their military exploits, and pass on their incense.

For disabled veterans, Daming will try its best to arrange suitable jobs and help them hire people to take care of their military fields.

The minimum military merit field is five acres, and depending on the quality of the land distributed, the maximum can be ten acres.

On this basis, for each additional level of military merit, the military merit field will be divided into five acres more, but the quota will no longer change depending on the quality of the land.

Military merit can be accumulated up to level nine. That is to say, if the basic military merit field is allocated ten acres, a maximum of fifty acres of military merit land can be obtained.

Also implemented here is the new military merit system conceived by Zhu Yucao based on the reactions of the Military Academy and the military commanders under his command in the past year.

It summarized the military merit system of various dynasties in the past, and also drew lessons from the military merit system of later generations. It canceled the beheading system and instead used the completion of combat tasks as the main criterion to evaluate military merit.

The meanings of war merit and military merit here are different. Military merit is a quantitative term based on "level", while war merit refers to specific merit.

Military merit is mainly divided into two categories: "collective merit" and "individual merit". From low to high, they are third-class merit, second-class merit, first-class merit, special merit, and combat hero.

Among them, collective military merit can only reach the highest level of special merit, while the title of combat hero is only awarded to individuals.

In terms of the exchange of war merit and military merit, one third-class merit can be redeemed for first-level military merit, one second-class merit can be redeemed for second-level military merit, one first-class merit can be redeemed for third-level military merit, one special-class merit can be redeemed for fifth-level military merit, and a combat hero can be redeemed for

It can be used against level 10 military merit!

There is no upper limit to the accumulation of military merit.

Those with military merit below level 10 will be rewarded with military merit fields. Once they reach level 10, they will be knighted and the military merit fields will be increased to one hundred acres!

And one hundred acres is the limit of military field.

Moreover, from the very beginning, Zhu Yuluo and Hao Guangming considered the problem of limited land, so they clearly stipulated that the shares of Ming Dynasty government-owned companies could be used to replace the military fields.

In other words, in the future, the land in the country and even overseas territories will no longer be enough to award rewards, and the shares of government-owned companies can also be used to award rewards.

Fields can be passed on to future generations to continue to generate income, and the same can be done for shares. The nature of the two is roughly the same, and the soldiers will not refuse after understanding it.

Even in the future, when the Ming Dynasty opened up to overseas markets, shares may be more popular than military fields, because at that time, the shares of some government-owned companies were definitely much more profitable than the fields.

When military merit reaches the tenth level, you will be awarded a title. Naturally, Zhu Yuluo will not use the three-level title system of the Duke, Marquis and Bo, which seemed to be extremely stingy in the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he will choose to learn from the Qing Dynasty after the system is complete.

When discussing this issue at that time, Hao Guangming once said with a smile, "If we take the path of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will have no way to go."

Zhu Yusao objected, "With me here, the Qing Dynasty will not appear at all, and there is no need to find a way."

Moreover, the system of the Qing Dynasty was also inherited from the experience of previous feudal dynasties and was not created out of thin air, so Zhu Aolao had no psychological barriers when copying it.

However, under Hao Guangming's suggestion, she did not copy it completely.

There were nine titles for heroes with different surnames in the Qing Dynasty. The Chinese names from lowest to highest were Enqiwei, Yunqiwei, Qiduwei, Qingcheduwei, Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, and Duke.

What is even more disgusting is that the Qing Dynasty also started with the title of Captain of Qingche, and divided it into first, second and third ranks...

This means that even though the conditions for meritorious service and promotion were relatively relaxed in the Qing Dynasty, it was still difficult to be promoted to the top Duke.

Zhu Yuluo and Hao Guangming both felt that the first, second and third classes were a bit disgusting, so they got rid of them.

However, the method of limiting the number of inheritances of some titles was adopted.

That is to say, the title of nobility is divided into two types: hereditary succession and inheritance by demotion.

To be hereditary is to be like those princes and princes of the Ming Dynasty who have been rich and noble for many generations, and can be said to live and die with the Ming Dynasty.

The promotion of nobility and demotion is also different from that of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, because the upper seven titles were divided into first, second and third ranks, the first rank could be inherited 26 times, and then decreased in sequence.

Zhu Yurao did not divide individual titles into different grades, so the number of inheritances was naturally reduced accordingly.

The lowest rank of Enqi Lieutenant can only be inherited once, and then upwards, the non-hereditary Duke can be inherited nine times.

But in general, Zhu Yuyao was still much stingier in terms of merit rewards than the Qing Dynasty.

Because in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the large number of nobles with different surnames, plus the salaries of the Eight Banners and clans, also became a heavy financial burden for the country. Even after the Qing Dynasty carried out modernization reforms, the fiscal revenue reached hundreds of millions of taels every year, and it had to deal with

The descendants of these lords are defaulters.

In addition, Zhu Yu'ao also knew that the meritorious nobles would probably become a defeated feudal force in a few hundred years. From now on, they may not be able to pass on for three hundred years.

In this case, she would simply make the rewards and inheritance conditions for the title more stringent from the beginning.

However, compared with the original merit and title system of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yusao's system still seemed much more generous.

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After arriving at the camp, Zhu Yuyao used the sound system to personally explain to the nearly 100,000 soldiers in the camp the conditions and methods for distributing "military merit fields" as well as the new battle merit assessment and statistical system on the main campus.

Later, he reiterated the various guarantees he had given to the military officers and soldiers.

Finally, she added: "I have ordered the establishment of the 'Ming Dynasty Heroes Cemetery' and a temple on the west side of Zijin Mountain. All the heroes who died for our Ming Dynasty will be put into this cemetery to share with Emperor Taizu.

Daming Incense Offering!

At the same time, I also ordered that a ‘Monument to the Heroes of the Ming Dynasty’ be built in the square outside Hongwu Gate in the imperial city.

Engraved on it are the names of all the soldiers, generals, civilian martyrs and other heroes who died for the Ming Dynasty, so that they will always be remembered by the world and their glory will be immortal!"

Originally, many soldiers were satisfied with the full payment of military pay and the retirement security system in the new army.

Today, after hearing about the "Military Merit Field" system and the system of being knighted after accumulating military merit to the tenth level, the hearts of the soldiers became extremely hot.

After listening to Zhu Yurao's talk about the "Cemetery of the Heroes" and the "Monument to the Heroes of the Ming Dynasty", all the soldiers present felt that even if they died fighting for the Ming Dynasty and for Zhu Yurao immediately, it was worth it.

But there was no fighting at this time, so under the leadership of some generals, nearly 100,000 soldiers in the entire camp knelt down one after another and shouted in unison—

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"Long live my emperor!"

"Long live long live long live!!"

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After that, Zhu Yurao personally awarded military medals to the soldiers who had achieved first-class merit and special merit.

There are not more than ten such people in the two towns' imperial guards and two towns' border guards combined.

And among them was Tiger Bird from the Suzaku Camp—she was the only one present who received special merit.

As for the Nanjing Garrison, they haven't had the opportunity to make meritorious deeds yet, so they can only act as spectators this time.

There were hundreds or even thousands of recipients of second-class and third-class merit. Because there were too many people and Zhu Aona was busy with other things, she gave them to the Matchmaker to award them to her.

After returning to the Forbidden City, Zhu Aona came to the back hall of Wuying Hall.

The Secretariat and Telecommunications Department staff who were staying here immediately came out and bowed to each other - it was Zhu Yu'a who requested that they be exempted from the kneeling ceremony during normal meetings.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Plain body."

After the simple etiquette, Zhu Yusao asked: "Have all the telegrams been sent?"

Yu Weixin, who serves as the team leader and temporarily acts as the director of the Telecommunications Division, responded: "Most of them have been sent out, and the rest are still being sent out."

Zhu Yasuo nodded, "Then continue."

For the formal imperial edict sent to all meritorious ministers, Zhu Yurao could have General Yousi send people to various places slowly, but she had to convey the "military merit field", "new military merit system" and new "title system" through telegrams first.

For several major local officials and generals.

Of course, she also revealed to these people the rewards she had given them after she ascended the throne...
Chapter completed!