Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1070

"Yes, Master!"

After receiving Wei Wu's order, Zhang Hai hurriedly stuffed the imperial edict into his arms and ran towards the stable of the post station without saying a word.

The establishment of a garrison is more than 5,000 people, and it is naturally impossible for so many people to be stationed in Suzhou City.

In fact, except for important military towns, all garrisons in the Ming Dynasty were located dozens of miles outside the city.

This way, the town can be guarded at all times and troops can be dispatched in time if something happens, without disrupting the lives of the people in the city.

Therefore, if Zhang Hai wanted to get to the garrison to mobilize troops as soon as possible, he had to ride a horse, otherwise it would take who knows how long it would take if he only relied on his legs.

After Zhang Hai left, Wei Wu turned around and looked at Ma Baoguo again.

"Don't worry, I will definitely give an explanation to those brothers who died in the Jinyiwei. Their deaths will not be in vain."

"By the way, how do you, the Jinyiwei, provide compensation for those who died in the line of duty?"

Wei Wu has always been famous for his generosity in the capital. He never hesitates to reward those who help him. The Jinyiwei all know this.

Hearing Wei Wu's words, Ma Baoguo roughly guessed what Wei Wu wanted to do, so he immediately said:

"According to the imperial court's regulations, the Jinyiwei received different pensions depending on their official positions and the reasons for their death."

"If a person dies in the line of duty and there is no one to inherit the position, he will be paid a full salary for three years at once, followed by a half salary per month for life."

"If the deceased has a son who inherits the position, only funeral expenses will be paid. If he is a minor, he will receive half the military pay every month until he inherits the position."

"If a person dies of illness and there is no one to inherit the position, only half of the military pay will be given to his wife and parents, but he can also receive it for life."

After listening to Ma Baoguo's description, Wei Wu actually felt helpless. It was like having a son or not, the result would not be good.

If you have sons, then if you die in the line of duty, you can only get funeral expenses. This probably means that the able-bodied men in your family can still use their military pay to support the family.

If there is no son, the court will compensate three years of military pay in one lump sum, plus a small amount of subsequent subsidies, but this is equivalent to having no descendants.

For the soldiers at the bottom, it seems that neither option is good, but that's the way the times are and there's nothing you can do about it.

The Ming Dynasty had a hereditary system of military households. As long as one was a military household, he had to send one person to join the army, which meant that if a soldier died or grew old.

Unless there are no able-bodied men in the family, they will have to provide a man to take over, in order to ensure the number of troops.

After all, war always results in the highest number of casualties in any era, so basically no one will volunteer to join the army.

However, Wei Wu thought that this pension was too little. The salary of a single soldier could only be said to be enough to make ends meet.

If a soldier has a family, his life will be very difficult. If a soldier dies in battle, there will be no able-bodied man in his family.

With only half a salary as monthly food allowance, if there are two or three people in the family, this amount of food is not enough to share.

Although the Jinyiwei were the emperor's personal army, they were also registered as military soldiers, and the consequences after their death were similar to those of ordinary soldiers.

If it is a small flag of the Jinyiwei, then even if the official position is lower, it is considered to be of good rank, just like Shen Lin and others in the past.

Originally, Shen Lin and his men were sent by the emperor to protect Wei Wu. Of course, it was impossible for him to send some inferior strongmen to do the job.

But most of those who died now were probably low-ranking strongmen, and their treatment was the same as that of low-level soldiers.

Thinking of this, Wei Wu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The hardships of the lower class people are simply incomprehensible to those at the lower class.

Fortunately, Japan has been conquered now, and the land tax is still being distributed. In the future, the court will have more and more money and grain.

After returning to the capital, Wei Wu also planned to discuss this matter with Old Zhu and improve the treatment of the lower-level soldiers.