When Zhao Han returned to Nanjing, all the merit-reporting documents jointly prepared by commanders, military judges, and missionary officers from all front-line armies were finally delivered.
After discussion by the Ministry of War, it was decided as follows:
Zhang Tieniu's troops should be credited with annihilating Duduo's army and settling the battle in Shandong.
Rushing into Liaodong, breaking through several cities, attacking outside Shenyang City, and plundering tens of thousands of people from the Tatar lair, Hu Dinggui's department ranks second in credit.
Huang Yaobu, who captured most of Sichuan and captured the puppet emperor (King of Shu), was ranked third in military merit.
When Zhao Han proclaimed himself emperor, he did not give out large-scale rewards, but now he has to express his gratitude no matter what.
Zhang Tieniu was granted the title of Marquis of Yizhou, Hu Dinggui was granted the title of Marquis of Haizhou, Fei Ruhe was granted the title of Marquis of Jining, and Huang Yao was granted the title of Marquis of Chengdu. They were all awarded titles based on the place where they made meritorious service in battles.
For the division commanders of the remaining divisions, all those who have served as division commanders for more than two years have all the titles of marquis, and all those who have served as division commanders for less than two years have all the titles of uncle.
These titles are all hereditary.
In addition, Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu, Hu Dinggui, and Huang Yao are each entitled to fifty acres of land. The upper limit of land owned by each person in their family is increased by twenty acres, based on the land above, and is limited to ten people.
Zhao Han set a limit on farmland very early. Each person could only have a maximum of 100 acres of farmland, which translated into 500 acres of farmland.
Take Fei Ruhe as an example. If his family has ten registered residents, the total land property limit is 1,200 acres (top field)!
At this time, the land cap is useless, but it will be useful in a few decades.
Those who have made meritorious services can continue to receive rewards, and sooner or later, the family will have hundreds or even thousands of acres. The government will relocate some farmers in the area as appropriate, and the land will be released and given to the rewarded households. The relocated farmers will definitely be compensated and go to the north. More land can be divided, and cattle will be given as gifts. Normally, cattle will be loaned.
Hey, it's just hard to recruit tenants because everyone in the countryside has land.
The busy farming season is just that period of time. Apart from cultivating their own fields, farmers don’t have much spare time to cultivate other people’s fields. At that time, no matter how much land they receive, they still have to discuss it carefully with the tenants. Who would be willing to pay a higher rent?
The contradiction between land and population will not appear until at least fifty years later, because the north needs a large number of people to immigrate there!
Nowadays, when the population density in any county is too high, the government organizes the people to move out. In every county, town and village, every family has land and everyone has land, and pure tenant farmers have completely disappeared from the south.
Guangzhou and Fujian provinces, the main immigration places are Qiongzhou (Hainan) and Taiwan respectively.
Criminals moved to raw land to develop, and good people moved to cultivated land to cultivate. The so-called cultivated land refers to the land next to the mature land. The indigenous people there are highly sinicized, and the climate and environment are not very harsh.
In recent years, more than 100,000 people from mainland Guangdong have moved to Qiongzhou Prefecture, and Hainan Island has been increasingly developed.
As for Taiwan, the main immigration location is the northern part of the island. Zheng Zhilong moved tens of thousands of people there, Zhao Han moved tens of thousands of people, and thousands of bandits moved there. There are already very few Spaniards in Keelung, so the next step is to go there Chicken coop for immigration.
The Spaniards in Taiwan were not driven away by force, but Spain was shrinking its colony.
Portugal successfully gained independence from Spain, and coupled with the aggressiveness of the Netherlands, Spain was overwhelmed. Historically, because Spain evacuated too many people, the Netherlands would seize the chicken coop in a few years.
In addition to the commanders of each division receiving rewards, other officers and soldiers also received rewards.
In particular, soldiers who died in battle, including those who died of the plague, could receive a pension and five acres of land each as a posthumous gift. Their children would enjoy extra points in exams, and in the future, children of martyrs would be given priority when hiring officials.
The surrendered generals and rebels who performed meritorious service were also rewarded with land, and could be divided into fields as usual, but these lands were all rewarded in Shandong and Henan.
Two civil servants were also granted the title of Marquis. Pang Chunlai was granted the title of Marquis of Guangning because his hometown was in Guangningwei, Liaodong. Li Banghua was granted the title of Marquis of Jishui, also based on his hometown.
Xu Ying arranged detailed works and achieved great success, and was awarded the title of Shanbo.
Fei Chun raised money to transport grain and grass, which was also a credit to his hard work, and he was granted the title of Guang Xinbo.
In the entire Datong court, there are currently no dukes, let alone kings. The world has not been unified yet, so rewards will be given gradually upwards, and if they reach the top at once, how can they be rewarded in the future?
The Datong army system, taking advantage of this reward, has once again refined its system.
Soldiers are divided into three levels: lower pawn, middle pawn, and upper pawn.
General officers are divided into four levels, and each level is also divided into three levels: sergeant, lieutenant, colonel, and general.
These are all military ranks, and future salaries will also be received according to military ranks.
The ordinary soldiers who died in this battle were all given posthumous gifts as senior soldiers, and their pensions were also received according to the standards of senior soldiers. Zhao Han was not short of silver, he was only short of food now, so it would not matter if he gave more pensions.
Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu, Hu Dinggui, and Huang Yao were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and the other division commanders were awarded the rank of major general.
The entire Datong Army is distinguished by military ranks, military positions and honorary titles.
Salaries are received according to military ranks, and actual power is divided according to military positions. The honorary titles continue to be the same as those of the Ming Dynasty, such as Lieutenant Zhaoxin, General Wuyi, General Dingguo, Huaiyuan Army, and General Longhu. The highest level is the first rank.
General Xuanwei.
There are many ways to award rewards in ancient times, and it is rare that there is no reward at all.
Even though Fei Ruhe has been promoted to general, there are still a lot of honorary titles waiting for him, which are densely packed general ranks. After being promoted to the top general Xuanwei, there are still a lot of additional official titles, such as San Gong, San Gu, and Zhu.
country or something.
Although it is useless, it is all an honorary title, but the various honors added to it make it very awesome.
Moreover, despite the fact that Sangong and Sangu are empty titles without any power, when the emperor goes to court, Sangong and Sangu can stand at the front!
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cabinet.
Tian Younian asked: "Your Majesty, should we start preparations for the construction of the Forbidden City in Nanjing?"
Li Banghua also said: "It is indeed time for the Forbidden City to be built."
Pang Chunlai said: "It is indeed detrimental to the majesty of the country that the majestic emperor still lives in the official residence of the ministers of the former Ming Dynasty."
The three people unanimously requested the construction of the Forbidden City because the plague in the north was too severe. Not many people would die in Beijing, and immigrants from Beizhili would also need to be immigrated one after another. Therefore, it is unrealistic to move the capital to Beijing in the future, and it is impossible to change the capital to Nanjing.
Zhao Han thought about it carefully: "We can start preparations for the construction of the Forbidden City in Nanjing. But we should not call for corvee labor. I said I would exempt myself from corvee labor, and I will definitely not break my promise. The cabinet decided, and the Ministry of Industry took the lead and contracted the project to a private construction company.
The Ministry of Industry must strictly supervise and revoke the trading licenses of those who find subcontractors, those who cut corners, or those who collude with government and business. Those who should be beheaded will be beheaded, those who should be exiled will be exiled, and those who should be ransacked will be confiscated. Even if they are ransacked and exiled, their lives will be saved.
Yes, they are not allowed to do business for three generations."
With preparations underway at this time, construction will start next year at the earliest, and by then the food crisis should have been alleviated.
After the decision to build the Forbidden City was made, the scene was a little cold because the three cabinet ministers all wanted to say one more thing.
Finally, Pang Chunlai spoke up: "Can the Kong family in Qufu be spared for the time being?"
Zhao Han smiled and asked: "Did the Qufu County Magistrate find out something?"
Li Banghua said: "It is nothing more than the crimes committed by the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain, except that the Kong family in Qufu did more. Moreover, the pillars of a main hall in the Kong family are all carved with dragons... It is really arrogant to the extreme."
Zhao Han shook his head: "This Qufu Kong family is really not afraid of death. The emperor of Ming Dynasty is really merciful."
Under normal circumstances, folk architecture is nothing more than cornices, colors, etc., but the Confucian family directly used dragon columns.
There are two most outrageous things about the Kong family's arrogance in Qufu: using dragon pillars to enshrine the titles awarded by the Yuan Dynasty, and resolutely not using the titles given by the Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Han asked: "You all want to plead for the Kong family?"
Li Banghua said: "After all, he is a descendant of Confucius."
Zhao Han sneered: "If Confucius were alive and knew that his descendants would ignore the benevolence and righteousness upheld by Confucianism, what would Confucius think and do? Surrendering to the Qing Dynasty is unrighteous, and harming the people is unkind and unjust.
How can such people have the dignity to claim to be descendants of Confucius? Since they are not qualified to be descendants of Confucius, then they must be dealt with according to law! Anyone who has a murder case in his hands will be beheaded, and the messengers and connivers will also be beheaded!"
The three of them looked at each other in disbelief, and beheaded those who commanded and condoned it. How many of the elders of the Kong family could survive?
Zhao Han also said: "If some people in Qufu change their surname to Kong, they should be ordered to restore their original surname."
It is very common to give surnames. Many people with the surname Kong in Qufu are descendants of slaves of the Kong family.
Zhao Han thought for a while and continued: "If there are more than 30% of people named Kong in a village in Qufu, all the extra people will be ordered to move to neighboring counties. Anyway, Shandong has more people and less land. They are farming wherever they go. There is no need for people with the same surname.
People come together.”
This is forcing people named Kong to change their surname!
Just like the lower-class clan members of the Ming Dynasty who were unable to have enough to eat, the lower-class members of the Confucius family in Qufu were also exploited.
A large number of Confucius' descendants have long been reduced to domestic slaves and tenants.
Moreover, the senior officials of the Kong family have the power to enforce family law. As long as your surname is Kong, they can enforce family laws. Even if they kill you casually, the government will not ask.
If the commotion was really too violent, it would have to be reported to the emperor for handling. The local officials did not dare to arrest the Kong family.
In this case, if only a few people died, why should the emperor be alarmed?
Zhao Han suddenly laughed: "Confucius and Mencius, Confucius and Mencius, the descendants of Confucius are like this, the descendants of Mencius are the same, just follow this method. The descendants of Mencius will also be investigated and dealt with severely!"
Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t beg for mercy, the three of them begged for mercy from the Kong family and brought the Meng family into the mix.
Zhao Han continued: "The title of Duke Yansheng will be retained, and the head clan of Nan Kong will immediately move to Qufu to succeed Duke Yansheng. From now on, only one hundred acres of the sacrificial land of the Confucius Temple in Qufu can be reserved. Duke Yansheng
All the privileges of the Confucius family were cancelled, and they could only receive salaries based on their rank. The Confucius family had to pay for sacrifices to Confucius temples and several major academies. The government was not allowed to use civilian servants, and the Confucius family was not allowed to use common people as servants. If the Kong family commits crimes, Confucius will be punished.
Family members are not allowed to enforce family laws and must submit them to a competent court for trial. If you dare to use family laws privately, you will be punished for treason!"
