Chapter 401

Chapter 401

Chapter 401

Seeing that Qian's side had settled the matter, the Xiu family immediately looked at Changchuan Zhenqin, waiting for him to express his opinion.

"All the families in the territory have just finished conferring rewards, and it may be somewhat difficult to provide the world with general invitations before they have mastered the territory.

Of course, His Highness also said that we should start with Bizen and Bichu, which have undergone minor changes, and then go to Sanuki and other countries. If we want to give the retainers a little buffer period, mobilizing people's power should not be a problem.

The most important thing is the issue of people's strength. This year, the territory has been mobilized because of the Kyushu campaign, and the people have already served in the military.

After a year of fighting abroad, I finally returned home to rest for a few months, and was called out to serve as a husband. I am afraid that the people will complain.

The meaning of Longchuan Zhenqin is very clear, just as he said in the assessment, he is tactfully rejecting the Xiu family's general application at this time.

In fact, the Xiu family he was talking about didn't know that?

General request, as the most important labor in ancient Japan, is the obligation of every resident to bear labor for the lord, but this obligation is not unlimited.

Generally speaking, a citizen needs to undertake one military service and one husband service for the lord a year, and the two times are roughly 2 months.

But how can there be any accuracy in the matter of war?
Take the Battle of Kyushu as an example. Ukido mobilized all the leaders for 6 months, and farmers and soldiers in Sanuki, Iyo, Mizusa and other places were even mobilized for a whole year.

Such a situation is considered to be over-service, and the lord not only has to give money compensation, but even offset this year's husband's service.

The meaning of Changchuan Zhenqin is very clear, that is, if you want to build a city and recruit people this year, it will be very difficult to mobilize the people to serve on a large scale. After all, the lord's family has to be reasonable.

As soon as Changchuan Zhenqin's voice fell, the hall fell into silence again.

On the one hand, due to the constraints of the rules, the citizens cannot be mobilized for general recruitment. On the other hand, the finances of the Uki family cannot support the recruitment.

When everyone was silent and unwilling to open their mouths to hurt Xiu's family, a voice resounded in the hall, "Well, I have an idea and I don't know if I should say it or not."

Xiujia followed the voice and saw that it was Jiuhu, who was participating in the meeting for the first time. Xiujia looked at him and said, "Bo Qishou has any ideas, but it's okay to say."

After getting a hint from the Hide family, Jiwa Jiuhu opened his mouth and said, "In the past, the Shimadzu family often encountered this kind of problem.

After all, people like Hyogotou (Shimadzu Yoshihiro), Repair Doctor (Shimadzu Yoshihisa) and others are all pursuing opportunism.

Once the fighter plane appears, it doesn't matter whether the peasants and soldiers have been recruited this year. As soon as the order is issued, all the rich families must lead the army to assemble according to the military service status. "

The Xiu family immediately became interested when they heard the words of Yan Wa Jiuhu, and he asked him, "Then how will the Shimadzu family solve this problem?"

"There are three main points," Kuwajiuhu replied, "The first is the system. The order of the Shimadzu family is given to the vassals and wealthy families, and the mobilization of the people is a matter of the vassals and the wealthy family. It has nothing to do with the Shimadzu family.

If someone does not mobilize troops according to the military service certificate, the Shimadzu family will not go to the civilians, but directly to the lord of the territory. If it is serious, it will be changed according to not serving the monarch. "

As soon as Jiwa Jiuhu's words fell, Huafang Zhengcheng said angrily, "It's unreasonable. I have already served this year, and the re-mobilization is beyond the deadline. Why should the Shimadzu family punish the samurai?"

Faced with Masashige Hanabou's questioning, Jiuhu smiled helplessly, "This is determined by the geographical environment of Satsuma Osumi and the personality of the people. The Ukita civilians in these two countries have descended from samurai for several generations.

Many people dream of making military exploits on the battlefield so as to regain their status as warriors. For them, they may wish to have the opportunity to go to war several times a year. "

"The second is the reward mechanism. Generally, in such extended mobilization situations, the Shimadzu family will allow soldiers to sweep up hostile territories.

As long as the spoils they get back, all they bring back belong to them, including the women who were plundered from the local area. The upper class of the Shimadzu family only needs to get the fields and cities. "

"The third is the compensation mechanism. If the recruitment is overdue that year, the Shimadzu family will promise to exempt them from the recruitment and their service tasks in the coming year.

After the three sets of combined punches, this makes the Shimadzu family's mobilization strength quite strong. They often return to China to repair after the first time they went to battle in other countries. Mobilize and break through the city when the enemy's defense is weak. "

After listening to the story of the Shimadzu family's way of winning consecutive victories in Kyushu, everyone nodded. Beginning to mobilize troops almost year after year, has the Shimadzu family really realized the third point you mentioned?"

颕娃久虎回忆了一下说到“殿下说的也不全对,岛津家在天正7年(1579年)、天正10年(1582年)是经过修整的,即便是在天正14年(1586年)也只是进行了小范围的动员。

基本上岛津家连续征战3年会进行全领范围内的修整1年,而在之前的3年中或多或少会有1~2次朝期服役的情况。”

Hearing this, Osafune Sadakin asked him: "If the overdue service exceeds two times, is it also a one-year repair?"

Jiwa Jiuhu replied, "Of course, the war situation is changing rapidly. The reason why the Shimadzu family can rise rapidly within ten years is to seize all the opportunities. Compared with the mobilization of soldiers within the time limit, it is insignificant."

Longchuan Zhenqin continued to ask, "But, don't ordinary people feel that they are at a disadvantage, which will cause a commotion?"

"Ichikui is there every year, but for the soldiers of the Shimadzu family, the past colleagues who set up a kikui will become a stepping stone on their way to promotion.

The two countries of Satsuma and Osumi are barren. For them, instead of farming, it is better to go out to fight and rob other people. What is the difference between robbing foreign countries and the crowd?

It is also under this martial atmosphere that Shimadzu will not be too harsh on whether the Shimadzu family governor has fully fulfilled the originally agreed conditions of the training business. "

After listening to the words of Naowa Hisutora, everyone in the hall clicked their tongues in amazement at the system of the Shimadzu family.

Only the Xiu family knew that such a system, like the Qin system, really stimulated the whole country to move forward during the period of rapid development, making this snowball get bigger and bigger.

But once you encounter a difficult situation and it is difficult to plunder materials outside, this system is called a dagger that stabs you, and it is likely to cause the family to fall apart.

After the story of Yingwa Jiuhu was finished, Changchuan Zhenqin quickly absorbed the meaning, and suggested to the Xiu family, "Now our family is in financial difficulties, and years ago, we could only provide the cost of His Royal Highness's wedding ceremony ceremony and city building materials.

I don’t think it’s better than this. The general recruitment will be carried out as usual, and the mobilization will still be carried out in the unit of the neighboring countries. Each country will alternate general recruitment for 45 days, and promise them to give each of them a reward of 1 kanwen after the general recruitment is over. start before.

Before the leaders of each country are mobilized, they are first given a set money of 200 Wen per person.The rest promised them to wait until the end of the general remuneration, that is, at the beginning of the spring of the next year, everyone would go to the county secretary to collect the remaining rewards with their service receipts. "

Regarding Nasafune's proposal, Akashi Jingqin still objected, "In this way, we will still have to spend more than 4 guanwen in the spring of the next year, and the rewards of the peasants can be delayed like this, and the craftsmen's money may not be delayed. .And there is also the problem of food for the peasants during the construction period, which requires at least 2 shi of grain."

Changfuen Zhenqin glared at Akashi Jingqin fiercely, and reminded him, "When the next spring begins, the trade tax will soon be collected, and Mingshang will come to deliver the supplies from the North Kingdom to us, and the payment will arrive soon. "

Osafune Sadaaki reminded Akashi Jingqin very cryptically, and Akashi Jingqin just remembered that there is also the trade of Ezo in the north, but this matter cannot be narrated in the hall, and all the proceeds go into the internal treasury of the Xiu family .

He looked at Xiujia and asked Xiujia if he could use the money, and after getting permission from Xiujia, he didn't say anything else.

Everyone didn't understand what riddles were being played between the three of them, but it seemed that the matter of the wages was settled.

Actually not, Nasafune continued to say, "In fact, there is another way, just like Hokishou said, we can issue exemption cards to the people who participate in the general recruitment this winter, exempting them from military service and civil service next year. service.

It must be very attractive to think that you can be exempted from two services in the coming year by serving one service in advance, but I am not sure whether I will send troops to fight again in the coming year.If His Royal Highness Guan Bai issues a military service certificate next year, it is likely to deal a blow to the image of the family. "

Hideka’s proposal touched the heart of the Hide family, and he blurted out, “That’s it! Promise to exempt labor and military service next year (1588), and ask the lords to mobilize as much as possible the people in their territories to come to Okayama to participate in the construction of the city.”

Having said that, Hideka did not forget to remind that "Togawa, Date, Akashi, Kamei and other daimyos will not participate in this mobilization because they need to build castles in the coming year."

Hearing that the Xiu family decided to solve the problem of people's power with the method of "eating enough food for free", Osafune Sadakin looked at the Xiu family sitting on the imperial steps, as if to say, "Is this true, Your Highness?" Are you sure? Why am I so unbelievable?"

No doubt by Osafune Sadakin, in fact, in the 13th year of Tensho (1585), Hideka had just completed the assessment of Shikoku.

At that time, Hideo was ordered by Hideyoshi to send civilians to Osaka to build the castle, and promised to exempt from labor in the coming year (1586). As a result, more than 3000 people from Sanuki were mobilized in advance to go to Kyushu, and 6000 people from Bizen to Mino.

Hideyoshi felt a little apprehensive at the sight of his elder brother Zhenqin, touched his nose with a guilty conscience and confirmed, "I'm sure that next year there will be no military action. This is what His Highness Guanbai told me personally, allowing the family to rest and recuperate in the coming year. "

Where did Hideyoshi say this to Xiujia? This was clearly guessed by Xiujia based on the historical process.

But Osafune Sadaaki didn't know. He heard Hideyoshi's guarantee, and finally he was relieved. He looked at the people present and said, "Since Your Highness has already expressed it. I propose that the support rice for the civilian husbands invited for the New Year's general election will be up to us." Everyone prepares by themselves.

In this way, there is no need for the common people to bring their own complaints, nor does the lord need to spend public funds to pressurize the finances. It is also a gift from us to congratulate His Highness on the wedding and the majesty of the mistress.

As family elders, we should lead by example, and my long-sufficient relatives take the lead in sending out food and people. "

Changfuen Zhenqin expressed his opinion, and other elders also saluted and promised to the Xiu family. Even Akashi Jingqin, who was exempted from hard labor by the Xiu family, said, "I am willing to donate 1000 shi of military rations for the general request."

In this kind of scene, Jiuhu, who had just been entrusted with the territory and didn't have much food left at home, seemed a little cramped.

Fortunately, Xiujia saw his embarrassment and said, "The middle of the year and the beginning of the year are the busiest times for Misaku. I really can't bear to work hard on Okayama general invitation right now.

I think it's better to hand over the general mobilization to Hokishou, and let him be responsible for the mobilization and material transfer work of the various states and territories, and assist Changshu Zheng's family in building Okayama Castle. "

When Yingwa Jiuhu heard that the Xiu family entrusted him with this important task, he said awkwardly, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your favor, but I am new to this family, and I am not very familiar with each family, and the general mobilization needs to be discussed. I'm afraid I won't be able to do a good job in communicating with each other."

Hideka waved his hand to indicate that this is not a big deal, and pointed to Yori Shimizu, the secretary behind Osafuna Tsunao, and said, "I asked Misaku Shogun Hanbei to lend you temporarily.

He was born as a servant of mine, and he is familiar with the big and small families of our family, so with his help, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. "

Seeing that Xiu's family said so, Ying Wa Jiuhu could only bite the bullet and take over the errand, and said that he would try his best to do it well.

Different from Yingwa Jiuhu's apprehension, all the family elders in the hall have different ideas. They exchanged glances with each other, and they all saw the answer from each other's eyes, "The Xiu family is planning to train a new elder in advance. It seems that this baby, Bo Qishou, is highly valued by the Xiu family."

After chatting for so long, the deadline for the construction of Okayama City was finally finalized, and Xiujiajiu moved on to the next topic without stopping.

The transfer of the Hide family this time moved the Ukita Kan family from Hoki to Sanuki, which made the Takamatsu Bei Cong Bei, which was originally organized in Takamatsu Castle in Sanuki, become a subordinate team of the U Kita Kan family.

It’s okay to say that, there have been cases in the past, transfer the samurai who are willing to go with the Xiu family to other places, such as Iyo and other places, and those who don’t want to go can be included in the backup team organized by Ukita’s own family. .

The most critical thing is the situation of Bai Hubei.

This reserve team is one of the 5 regular reserves of Uki’s family. Compared with the professional soldiers from ashigaru to samurai in the firearms equipment, the soldiers in it are all recruited, such as Gomoto, Qinglong, and Suzaku. Most of the ashigaru in Bei and Baihu Bei are landed civilians in the territory directly under the Hide family.

The biggest difference between them and other direct-government preparations is that their fields are cultivated by the Yuxiduo faction refugees, and they only need to be in charge of training for the Xiu family to fight for the Xiu family.

Now that Sanuki's entire collar has been sealed off, and the Xiu family has barely left an inch of land, then Bai Hubei, who was recruited from Sanuki, needs to be resettled.

Finally, after discussion, it was finally decided to transfer all of them from Sanuki to the three counties of Iyokuni Sangcun, Zhoubu, Niiju and Umo.

Of course, in this situation, there must be Ashgaru who is unwilling to leave Sanuki. It is too late for this group of professional soldiers, Ukita Kane, to take in all of them. He immediately assured Hideo that he will be responsible for the remaining Ashgaru and samurai.

(End of this chapter)