Save the Bachelor of Heaven

 Subsequently, after Xiang Nan ascended the throne, the second draft began.

 The Eight Banners disciples were all very excited when they received the news.

 According to the ancestral system, the draft was supposed to be held once every three years, but after Xiang Nan came to the throne, it was canceled several times for various reasons. As a result, the daughters of the banner family lost their way up the ladder and had to make do with marriages.

Now that the emperor has restarted the talent show, those families who have daughters with outstanding looks are very excited, hoping that the emperor can take a look at their daughters so that they can also jump over the dragon gate.

As for the Han officials, they were even more happy.

 In the past, they had no right to participate in the draft. They could only watch the Eight Banners and Baoyi send their daughters to the palace. At that time, once you become the master, the whole family will fly on the branches and become phoenixes.

With the help of the harem, it became much easier to become an official in the previous dynasty.

For example, the reason why Gao Bin was promoted from a historian of the salt transport between Huaihe River to the official minister, the crown prince's Taibao, the co-organizer of the bachelor's degree, and the military minister was all because his daughter Gao Xiyue was a concubine in the palace.

 For another example, Fu Heng was less than thirty years old, and he was already the Minister of Household Affairs, Taibao, and Military Minister, also because his sister was the queen. This means that someone in the harem is good at being an official, and the breeze blowing on his pillow is more important than any ability or merit.

 Hence, these Han officials responded positively and first selected good ones from their own families. If you really don't have a good one in your family, you can choose one from the clan. If you don't have a good one in your clan, you can just adopt one and submit it in the name of your own female dependents.

Anyway, when they enter the palace, they will be alone and helpless. The only people they can rely on are the officials of the previous dynasty, so they are not afraid that they will not help them.

Just like Zhen Huan, she was originally a Han military flag, but later she raised the flag and became Niu Hulu. She had no blood connection with Niu Hulu Ne, nor was she a member of the family at all.

But just because she raised the flag and became the Niu Hulu clan, and Neqin was a rare talent in the Niu Hulu clan, Zhen Huan regarded him as a member of the family and promoted him several times.

And Ne Qin also reciprocated the favor and used the influence of the previous dynasty to help Zhen Huan strive for greater rights and interests in the harem. Two people who were not relatives at first formed a political alliance just because of the same surname.

 In short, because of the emperor's draft, the people were in a state of panic.

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Xiang Nan did not pay too much attention to this matter. Instead, he took advantage of the success of pacifying Jungar to deepen his reforms, further abolished the Eight Banners soldiers, abolished the Green Camp, and gradually replaced them with well-trained new troops.

Xiang Nan actually brought 10,080 bannermen and troops when he personally conquered Junggar this time, but their performance was not good at all. Not to mention not familiar with firearms drills, he is not even proficient in horse arching.

In this expedition, their performance was very poor, and they could only be responsible for logistics and transportation. Therefore, Xiang Nancai dismissed the Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Camp on the grounds that the Eight Banners soldiers were corrupt and unfit for reuse.

Of course, the abolition will be done step by step. Xiang Nanxian used the reason that the Eight Banners generals needed to be familiar with the drills of new firearms, so he sent officers of the fifth rank and above to the Arms Academy to study, and sent the best of the new army to temporarily take their places.

 Then on the grounds of eliminating the old and weak and checking the vacancy of pay, the Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Camp soldiers were abolished. The Eight Banners Soldiers and Green Camp Soldiers are not only lifelong, but also hereditary.

 Therefore, among the Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Camp soldiers, there are many white-haired, old and feeble old men, as well as little kids who are still young and whose fetal hair has not gone away.

These soldiers have a hard time taking care of themselves, let alone fighting, so they are bound to be eliminated.   In addition, taking empty pay is also a good way for generals in the past dynasties to make money. For example, a battalion of troops should have 1,000 people, but in fact there are only 500. Then the military pay, military rations, and military supplies distributed by the court based on 1,000 people, naturally half of them will be corrupted by officials.

Xiang Nan is now eliminating the old and weak and checking the salary vacancies, which is to perform surgery on the Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers to remove the dross and extract the essence, so as to ensure their combat effectiveness.

 This naturally made the disbanded Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers very dissatisfied. After all, they get food and salary as soldiers. Without this income, how can the whole family survive?

 The reason why bannermen were known as "iron crops" in the Qing Dynasty was because they could serve as soldiers and receive pay as soldiers. The lowest-level soldier's monthly salary is four taels of silver, plus forty-eight hulum meters per year.

 In comparison, the annual salary of a seventh-grade county magistrate in the Qing Dynasty was only forty-five taels, and the annual salary of lumi was only forty-four dendrobium. It can be seen from this that the lowest level flag soldier can match the annual salary of a seventh-grade official, which is definitely a good treatment, and therefore he can support a family of several people.

 But now that the troops have been reduced and the food and salary are gone, it’s up to them what to do. The whole family was going to starve to death on the streets, so they all wanted to protest.

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In order to reduce the resistance to reform, Xiang Nan stipulated that all Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers over fifty years old would receive a pension after retirement until their death.

 The pension is half of the military salary, which is two taels of silver and twenty-four hus of rice. Of course, if you are a senior officer, your pension will be higher.

 As for the flag soldiers under the age of 50, they are still capable of working and should support themselves and make a living on their own. The court is not responsible for this.

 As a result, the resistance to reform is slightly smaller. However, a large number of flag soldiers and green camp soldiers were still dissatisfied and wanted to protest.

After all, compared with making a living and supporting themselves, they are not as happy as being paid as soldiers.

They don't need to train or drill as soldiers, they don't even have the usual routine, and they don't even have the chance to go to the battlefield. It is like being paid a white-collar salary and not working, which is why the Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers have developed the style of idleness, indolence, and pleasure-seeking.

Now that the food and salary are cancelled, forcing them to have to work for a living, how can these uncles be willing to do so?

 It's just that a snake cannot fly without a head, and a bird cannot fly without a head. No matter how unhappy those Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Battalion were, they themselves would not dare to blow up the thorns without the leader ascending to shout.

 Those officers have already been transferred to the Arms Academy to study. The Armed Forces School is under militarized management. Once they enter, it is like being under house arrest. They cannot come out to lead protests.

Coupled with Xiang Nan's power to pacify Jungar, the people's support, popularity, and prestige have reached their peak. The combat effectiveness of the New Army is also obvious to all. How can the old, weak, sick and disabled who have been eliminated be the opponents of the New Army.

What's more, Xiang Nan did not abolish all the Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers, but only eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled. There are still a considerable number of young and strong Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers who have not been eliminated.

 Therefore, even if the small group of Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers protested, they would not cause much trouble, and Xiang Nan could completely suppress them with his skills.

 In fact, this is also the case. In the end, Xiang Nan chopped off the heads of a few people who made too much noise, and the policy of abolishing the Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers was implemented.

 After the final dismantling, the Eight Banners soldiers were reduced by one-half and the Green Camp soldiers were reduced by one-third. The 800,000-strong army cleared out 450,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, which saved the court nearly 20 million in military pay every year. It can be said that it was a big burden.