Although there were differences in the rewards, the casualty rate of these troops was not as high as that of the frontline troops.
These were all very strict regulations, which were formulated by Xiao Ruxun together with the Ministry of Finance, the General Staff Department of the Ministry of War, and the military generals after referring to the reward and punishment standards of the previous dynasty.
The subdivision level by level was to not allow the people below to have the possibility of under-the-table manipulation, and to do their best to protect the interests of the grass-roots soldiers.
Even the pay of the Daqin army was personally collected by each soldier with his name tag, and it was directly distributed from the warehouse to the hands of the soldiers, but not by the hands of any officers.
How could such an army and dynasty not let the soldiers fight for it and risk their lives to protect it?
The joyous celebration banquet was over. A large number of soldiers and officers ate until their mouths were full of oil and they were drunk.
After three rounds of wine, Xiao Ruxun ordered his men to carry them to the wooden barracks to serve them, and then he quietly left the barracks with Zhenbang and the officials.
On the way back, it was already a little late. Zhenbang and Xiao Ruxun rode on a horse and couldn't help yawning a few times.
"Are you sleepy?"
Xiao Ruxun asked in a warm voice.
"Yes, a little."
Zhenbang answered honestly.
"We'll be back soon. Go to sleep when we get back. You don't need to recite tonight."
"En!"
Zhenbang was obviously happy.
It seemed that making him recite and check his homework every night before going to bed really put a lot of pressure on him.
It was really tiring to bring him to participate in this activity today. For the seven-year-old Zhenbang, it was indeed not an easy thing. Children loved to sleep, and it was really necessary to let children sleep more, so that they could grow up more healthily.
But as the Crown Prince, the future Emperor, there were always some things that had to be done and experienced. This was the Crown Prince's obligation.
"Do you know why I brought you to this activity today?"
Zhenbang nodded.
"They are all meritorious soldiers of the Daqin. My father is the Emperor, and I am the Crown Prince, so I have to do this."
Xiao Ruxun smiled.
"Yes, but not only that."
Zhenbang leaned in Xiao Ruxun's arms, raised his head to look at his father's chin, and asked curiously, "Then what else is it for?"
"Of course."
Xiao Ruxun lowered his head and smiled at Zhen Bang. "For the hearts of the people."
"Human heart?"
"Yes, the will of the people. To the Emperor, the will of the people is the most important thing. Obtain the will of the people, and obtain countless loyal subjects who are willing to die for you. The will of the people is the most important thing."
Xiao Ruxun raised his head again and said, "Although these soldiers are just soldiers, and the highest rank in the army is only a mid-level officer. They are far from the generals who truly hold power in the army. However, in Zhenbang, these people are the most numerous people in the army. Their positions are low and they don't have much power, but they are many in number.
There were only a few dozen Generals and Great Commanders, but there were a million soldiers. If you could obtain the hearts of the soldiers, then any Great Commander or Great Commander would obediently serve you. They wouldn't dare to have the slightest intention of overstepping their authority. Once they had this intention, even if you didn't do anything, no soldiers would follow them.
Today, these soldiers are soldiers now, but after they make contributions, they will no longer be soldiers. They will become low-level officers who will be in charge of a dozen people, a few dozen people, or even a hundred people. An army is made up of countless small teams of over a hundred people.
It is very difficult for the generals in the army to directly contact these soldiers and the lowest-level officers. They are unable to show kindness to the lowest-level soldiers and low-level officers and are unable to influence them. However, we can. We can use this method to contact them.
Zhenbang, by showing kindness to these current meritorious soldiers and future low-level officers, we can indirectly influence the soldiers they lead. They are the ones who have the most direct contact with the soldiers. The loyalty of one of them will drive the loyalty of ten, fifty, or even a hundred people.
This way, we can bypass the generals and directly influence the one million soldiers at the lowest level. We can let these soldiers know who they should be loyal to, let them know that they should be loyal to the Emperor and fight for the Emperor, not for the generals. "
After saying a lot, Zhen Bang seemed a little confused.
"Father, you mean that we should do our best to treat these people? Better than Uncle Zhao and Uncle Ma? "
This kid …
Interesting.
Xiao Ruxun smiled.
"Yes, the higher the status and the higher the position of the people, the harder it is to make them feel grateful. The higher their status, the more things they want, the greater their desires, and the harder it is to maintain their loyalty.
It is precisely the ordinary soldiers and ordinary people at the lowest level. For them, a little thing can make them feel grateful, and the number of ordinary soldiers and ordinary people is the highest. Zhenbang, among the one thousand people of Daqin, nine hundred and ninety are ordinary people.
If they feel grateful to the Emperor, to me, and to you in the future, then the whole country will be incomparably stable and strong. No one should think about shaking the stability and strength of our Daqin. Therefore, we need to constantly promote these ordinary people. "
Zhen Bang frowned and nodded in confusion. Then he asked, "But father, who would want to shake our Daqin?"
This question hit the nail on the head.
Xiao Ruxun thought for a while and said, "Zhenbang, you may not understand what I'm telling you now, but first of all, you have to know that the one who doesn't want to shake the Daqin the most is me, the Emperor, and the ordinary people in the world. Other than them, anyone else may want to shake the Daqin.
So for Daqin, for our family, for yourself, you must stand with all the people, stabilize them, and let them be your backing and be grateful to you. Then, as long as you say the word, anyone who wants to shake the Daqin will be torn to pieces by them. "
"Torn to pieces? That's scary! "
Zhen Bang had a shocked look on his face.
Xiao Ruxun couldn't help laughing.
"I'm just making an example. It's not that scary."
Then, Xiao Ruxun paused and put on a serious expression and tone, "But Zhenbang, you have to remember, look, these people behind us wearing official robes, each of them will have their own selfish motives, big or small.
They will think of deceiving me and you to get what they want, so you can't believe everything they say. No matter what they say, you have to doubt it. No matter how attentive they are to you, how much they care for you, how many good things they give you, how upright they appear, you have to always doubt them. "
Zhen Bang looked confused, as if he didn't understand.
Xiao Ruxun wasn't in a hurry to let Zhen Bang understand now, but he had to say some words in advance. As the Crown Prince, he couldn't grow up leisurely like an ordinary child. Zhen Bang would soon receive attention and schemes from all sides.
Xiao Ruxun didn't have time to educate Zhen Bang personally, so he had to hire teachers to educate him. And those teachers might not be selfish and tell Zhen Bang their own private goods. They might try to influence the Crown Prince to influence the future policy of Daqin. This was something that Xiao Ruxun absolutely wouldn't allow.
This kind of thing had happened before, so Xiao Ruxun paid special attention to it.
Zhen Bang was the key to maintaining the policy of Daqin. What Xiao Ruxun didn't have time to do, he had to let Zhen Bang do.
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