The Manchu Qing dynasty is the closest to us, and it is also the one that Chinese hate the most, because the culprit responsible for China's recent history of humiliation is the Manchu Qing. Since the British launched the Opium War, it has been bullied by Western countries for a century, and the national treasury accumulated over the years has been defeated by the Manchu Qing. Everyone knows that the late Qing Dynasty was very corrupt, the economy was depressed, and the army was like a soft-footed shrimp. But no one knows that in the early days of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty stabilized the Taiping Dynasty in the middle of the Qing Dynasty with millions of troops in its hands, saying that it was no problem to say that it was the strongest army in the world. Moreover, Under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, China was also the largest dynasty in history, but it was later defeated by its own arrogance.
Through some Qing Dynasty court dramas, we will find that although the clothes of the Qing army are similar from the overall point of view, in fact, the words on their clothes are not the same. What you may not know is that the "soldiers" and "braves" in the clothes of Qing Soldiers, although they are only a word difference, have a world of difference in status.
The uniforms are printed with the word "bing" soldiers, they are the regular army of the Qing Dynasty, mainly the Eight Banner Army and the Han people who followed the Qing Dynasty to fight the world at the beginning, these are the troops that are truly recognized by the Qing Army. In addition to their professional training grounds, they also regularly have Feng Lu to lead, which is also the main combat force of the Qing army.
The "Yong" soldiers were a group of miscellaneous soldiers, most of whom were peasants, and the Manchu Qing dynasty was not responsible for their food, clothing, shelter and transportation, but only as a backup option, occasionally organized to help the government maintain order. Most of these people actually worked at home, because there was little time in the early days when they were needed.
Although the starting point of the "brave" character soldiers is not as high as the "soldier" character soldiers, they also have the opportunity to counterattack, and as long as they perform prominently in the war, they will have the opportunity to break through the rules and be promoted to "soldiers". And once they become real "soldiers", they also have the establishment of the state, and enjoy the same welfare benefits as the "soldiers".
Unfortunately, the Manchu Qing government began to become corrupt in the later period, and these "soldiers" who were closest to the country also became corrupt. When opium came to China, most of them were consumers of the Opium Wars. Moreover, because they had not been trained for a long time, these people had no combat effectiveness to speak of, so the local government quickly organized the poor people of the "Yong" character to rise up against foreign enemies, and in the back, the "Yong" soldiers became the main force of the Manchu Qing.
Because these "brave" soldiers are organized by local governments, although the welfare benefits have increased a lot, in fact, the status is far from that of the "soldiers". After the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the "soldiers" almost became history, but these "brave" soldiers became the prototype of warlord forces.
It is undeniable that the status of a country needs to be supported by a strong army, but if the army cannot maintain a high degree of discipline all the time, as long as the time goes on, these people will be completely abolished, and then the country will no longer have any self-preservation ability.
Chinese people's liberation army is one of the most powerful armies in the world today, and our fellow military personnel are trained the hardest to play a greater role when the country needs it, and as long as they exist, China will never fall.