Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 35 Yuxiduo Military System Reform (22)

At the evaluation meeting on February 5th, the ninth year of Tianzheng, Xiujia promulgated the "Rush Law" and the "Law of the People's Health". Unhygienic, or a serious waste of resources, is absolutely not allowed for the sake of Yuxi's family's prosperity.

Xiujia requires that by the end of the month, all public toilets must be built in Geding and Zhuangtou, and residents must be relieved at designated places. Those who violate the regulations will be given a heavy fine of 500 cash, and those who report can be rewarded half of it.

At the same time, in order to avoid pollution, these feces will be collected by a special person every day, and they will be transported to Ukido at the mouth of the Yoshii River and directly led to Yizi City for refining. As for the refining method, which is a bit heavy, you can Baidu it yourself.

The order of the Xiu family was first issued to the directly governed territory. At first, the leaders complained a bit. They have been out in the open for hundreds of years. Now let us obey the rules?It's so difficult~.However, the Xiu family immediately rewarded the collection of the best village first half-year tribute. After the news came out, the popularity of the leaders increased.Of course, that's another story
What Xiujia didn't know was that it was precisely because of the hygienic collection of excrement that Ukita suffered the least damage from the Tianzheng epidemic.

Of course, in this evaluation, the Xiu family also sacrificed the "Salt Field Law". Salt is a small thing, despite its appearance, people still can't live without it. Before the Song Dynasty, most of the salt consumed in East Asia was mined well salt. This kind of salt is mixed with various toxic and harmful minerals, and the taste is extremely bad. Most of the coastal provinces represented by Shandong use the boiling salt method, which consumes a lot of wood to obtain relatively white snow salt.

It was not until the late Southern Song Dynasty that the salt field method began to be popularized on a large scale, but for Japan, this method had not been introduced until Edo.

In the past, the Uki family mostly gave the coastal fields to lower-level samurai, but since Hideka was planning to use the seaside fields to practice the salt field method, he naturally assigned a task to the Zhong family to replace the land with the inland cultivated fields and the samurai nobles near the sea at a ratio of 1:1. .I don't know where the samurai of the Yantian Law encountered such a good thing. They replaced the first phase of the test target of the Xiu family on the same day.

After completing the replacement of the territory, the Xiu family ordered the Zhong family to ask the farmers near the sea to change their jobs to be salt workers on the condition that the annual tribute would be exempted, and they would specialize in the work of drying salt in the salt fields.After hearing that the annual tribute was paid in person, these farmers were all overjoyed and called Xiujia the reincarnated Bodhisattva. How did they know that Yuxijia would use the salt they dried to sell the income several times more than the annual tribute.

The evaluation was almost over, and Xiujia asked casually, "Is there any adult who is only a mountain burdock?"

"Your Highness is talking about the kind of thing with a wide page, a tall stem, a thorny ball on the top, and fluff all over the body?" Someone in the hall returned.

When the Xiu family heard that there was a door, they immediately asked who was the answerer.

"Under Haiji Naohiro is the lord of Haiji's 800 stone"

The Xiu family may not remember so many samurai, but Kenjiro, who is the head of the Xiu family's valet, reminded him, "This is the Zhuang head of the whetstone place. The character is straight and the surname is changed to Haiji"

"So it's Lord Haiji, do you know the mountain burdock?"

"Yes, every year when the spring leaves are green and the leaves are not harvested, most of the local people pick the leaves to eat. The taste is harsh and unpalatable, but it is easy to fill their stomachs."

"Is Bizen Misaku widely distributed?"

"It's almost everywhere, and the leaders pick it at will, and we occasionally use it as food supplements for tooth-beating sacrifices."

'Okay, raw material settled. 'Xiujia thought about it, but still pretended to be sympathetic and said
"I didn't expect the life of the people in Yuxiduo to be so miserable." He stroked his eyes with his hands, as if he was crying. "An order was promulgated that all people who collect mountain burdock will be given 5 Wen per ten catties, or the corresponding rice grains, to subsidize the food of the people."

"His Royal Highness Shengming" present here are all bannermen and samurai directly under the jurisdiction of the Yuxi family, and they were all surprised by the operation of the Xiu family. They have never seen such a 250 head of the Xiu family in their entire life.

A moment ago, it was a waste of effort to ask the collar to collect useless excrement, and they used good ripe fields to replace their inferior salty fields, and now they are using money and food to buy useless mountain burdock. Stupider than the big fool Owari!However, on the bright side, Xiujia is still praised as a wise king who is considerate of the people.

However, the Xiu family and the Zhong family, who had communicated with the Zhong family in advance, knew in their hearts that once these policies were implemented, they would definitely bring a lot of income to Yu Xi's family.

After all, Oda Nobutada still owes 300 guns for 7500 iron cannons!Who in the world would dare to owe money to the Great Demon King!Didn’t you see that Sakai Port was almost flattened?
For the Yuxi family, only with income can the country become rich and strong. Maybe the Yuxi family will become rich and powerful in the future. If you go around Shanyin and Shanyang, ask Maori who is the father!

The samurai below saw that Hideka was a fool, so Hideka himself was not to mention how happy he was, and because these policies were first implemented in Ukita’s direct jurisdiction, there was no need for the three elders to discuss it together, and Hideka only needed to discuss with Zhongjia.Therefore, it can be implemented quickly.

After giving orders related to internal affairs, he finally entered the part related to military equipment.

Last time, after the Zhong family cleared out more than 3000 bows, although they were all Marugi bows and the weapons were not yet mature, this did not prevent the Xiu family from conducting military training first.Immediately, Xiujia promulgated the "One Collar Bow System" that had been considered for a long time

要求凡是年满14岁未满55岁的男子，年满20未满40的女子每15天都要凑2天到对应的郡代处进行弓术训练。在训练期间有宇喜多家给予粮食补助。

Of course, the Xiu family will not spend money for people to train archery in vain. After all, mobilizing the leaders in Japan is an obligation and there is no need to spend money. The real purpose of the Xiu family is to reorganize these leaders.

In the past, most of Japan's military system consisted of landowners, who arrested people from each household according to military service status, and then handed them over to their lords. I'm just in charge.This also led to the collapse of the whole team when the morale of the whole army collapsed.

But what the Xiu family has to do is to use these two days of military training to reorganize the peasants and soldiers. Instead of lining up according to Zhuangtou, they form according to height, physical strength, and specialties.

Those with short stature are ashigaru, or use three guns or iron cannons, practice stone throwing skills, and bow and arrow training will be reduced.

People who are taller than 1.55 meters are also ashigaru, but in addition to practicing guns and quilts, they also need to practice archery. This part of the army will become a multi-armed ashigaru that uses bows and swords from far and near.Only they can draw the 1.8m longbow.And they will also be Xiu Jiayu' Yuxiduo Gatling's dream is to implement.

The women's training is relaxed to 30 days every 2 days, and the training is also on par with the men's training, so that Xiujia can release some men to accompany them in the war, and see the city defense correspondingly hand over to the women's healthy women as long-range defense arms.

And the peasants and soldiers trained will be organized accordingly, disrupting the relationship between Zhuangtou and turning into a corresponding reserve team in turn, with 5 people forming a team, and they themselves will elect the team leader, and the equipment will be provided by Yuxijia as a control The half-samurai of the lowest combat unit in the future.

而原本的庄头、下级武士，则会统领相应的2组组成的小队（10人），或者3小队组成的中队（32人）。再网上就是有中级武士统领的由3个中队和1个直属小队组成的大队（108人）
最后由相应的足轻大将统领2个大队组成的连队、侍大将统领2个连队加1个直属大队组成的营、部将统领2~3个营的备队的格式，最后再将这些备队派给秀家直属的大将。

However, at this time, the number of Yu Xiduo's full-collar mobilization should be only 7000, and at most 7 reserve teams can be formed. The generals directly under his subordinates are no longer enough, and the Xiu family must carry out training for the banner.So that they can become unique warriors.

Moreover, the training of these farmers is also inseparable from these banners, so it is urgent to carry out training for the banner team.

As for the Xiu family's "One-Lead Bow System", the warriors who directly commanded it have already seen the three wonderful decrees of the Xiu family. Anyway, the territory is yours, so it's up to you to toss about it.We don't care about that.

Liberating the right to command the troops of the citizens of the directly-administered territories from the hands of military servicemen, the original military service certificate no longer needs to be executed by warriors. Although it was still notified by Zhuangtou and military servicemen before, after the county secretary assembled, the captains and generals would be in charge.

The Xiu family issued "One Leading Bow System" to the direct-controlled samurai who were doing it. When they heard that they were no longer under the military service certificate, but were under the direct control of Yu Xijia, and they still had income from the territory, they were very happy.

After all, many peasants could not afford the equipment required by the military service certificate, so they could only be purchased by the military service members. The method of wartime continued to meet the inspections paid by the army.After all, if you don't meet the requirements, you will have to undergo seppuku!

But now with this system, all the money is saved and can be used on myself!After listening to the samurai I was working on, my mind has drifted to ordering a stylish new pocket support for myself.

After the palace meeting was over, the Xiu family left the banner and prepared to conduct military training first.Now Yuxiduo’s banner has been inherited to the Zhijia era, and the total number of members is about 800. They are all composed of landed samurai and nephews of retainers and powerful families, which can be regarded as elites.

Hideo also incorporated Kenjiro into it to train according to the military training outline of later generations. Many people think military training is stupid, but the meaning of military training is not to stand in the military posture, but to train obedience.The Ukita Army after Hideo’s reorganization does not require the subjective initiative of PLA, but also requires the obedience and ability to resist pressure of a modern army.

After all, Hideka has to prepare for the worst possible "Battle of Sekigahara" in the future, and prepare an "iron army" that can resist Fukushima 250 and Kobayakawa Army God under the premise that the allies are all bad guys.

Although there are many misunderstandings about Xiujia's training, but under the stimulation of good food and rewards, the banner team quickly completed the training. After the training, the banner team's mental outlook has taken on a new look.

As for the nephews of these noble families, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are proficient in bow and horse from the military training they have received since they were young. The Xiu family has nothing to teach them on this point.

As for the ability to lead the troops, it is naturally left to the middle and high-level warriors. How can the Xiu family understand this? What the Xiu family needs to do is to let professional people do professional things.

For the Xiu family, this banner team is the seed, and these warriors who do not have the right to inherit the original will become the squadron leader and captain of Yuxiduo's new army system, and become the backbone of Yuxiduo.

For these banners, those who did not have the right to inherit either became ronin, or became monks, or became the banners of the main family, grabbing a chance to stand out in a fight.

But now the Xiu family dispatched them to the team, each leading 50 to 100 people. With the capital, they have a greater chance of making contributions. warriors of the land.

After these seeds germinate, it will become a demonstration effect. More and more samurai are willing to send their non-inherited nephews to the Xiu family's banner team for a future.

Finally, the suppression of the servants and powerful families is realized!
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Off topic:
I got off work early today, and my thinking is very clear. I simply took advantage of the fact that my mind is full of ideas and it is more like two chapters. I hope readers like it.

In addition, to fix a previous mistake, 1 shi of grain should actually be the food of an adult man for half a year. Under normal circumstances, due to the lack of fish, a Japanese adult man in the Warring States Period would consume 1 shi of brown rice a year, and 1.815 meals during the war. The meal is nearly 3 stones and 2 man.

The reason why Xiujia is eager to cultivate Ezo is that nomadic meat products in Ezo are needed to supplement the food waste caused by the shortage of meat and milk in Bizen and Misaka. With air-dried meat sent to Okayama, Ukita’s military food consumption is expected to be reduced by 1/3 Can support more people.

(End of this chapter)