What is the difference between "soldier" and "brave" on the chest of a Qing Dynasty soldier? The brave word saw the soldier word and was frightened to take a detour!
People who have watched Qing Dynasty TV dramas will find a small detail, in the Qing Dynasty army, some soldiers have "soldiers" printed on their chest armor, while some soldiers have "courage" printed on their chests.
Ancient China was a feudal society, which was divided into three, six, and nine grades. Therefore, not only the imperial court officials are hierarchical, but also the management of soldiers. At that time, when the Qing government entered the customs, it was basically the Eight Banners disciples, and later after the establishment of the Qing government, the number of Manchu soldiers was of course unsatisfactory. Therefore, there are many Han soldiers recruited, which is also known as the Green Battalion soldiers.
The people who can enter the Eight Banners Army are proficient in horseback riding, good at riding and shooting, and have very good physical fitness. Although their quality was very high, after entering the army, they were treated preferentially by the imperial court, their lives became very corrupt, their physical condition slowly deteriorated, and finally they were completely reduced to a waste army. Officers and soldiers with the word "Yong" are recruited by the middle and late Qing Dynasty, and when fighting in the Qing Dynasty, they often encounter insufficient troops, so they recruit soldiers in the civilian country, which we call Township Yong, and when they are used to fight, they will be disbanded, and this unit will be disbanded after the war is over.
In fact, the difference is even greater than we think, the soldiers with the word "soldier" on their chests are regular troops who are in charge of the Eight Classics, and the soldiers with the word "yong" are only temporarily formed to cope with the war, not only do they not have proper salaries and salaries, but they do not even have a name, which is far from the treatment of regular troops. When the war started, it was even more inadequate, and compared with the brave soldiers, it was far worse, and the government became more corrupt in the late Qing Dynasty.