Prime Minister Bizen

From the moment the Korean envoys came to Japan, Hideyoshi's ambition to conquer the Ming Dynasty could not be restrained, and soon after, he issued an order to reorganize the army under the command of the world.

It required daimyos above ten thousand stone to provide warships for the expedition to North Korea. Daimyos near the sea could build their own warships, and daimyos whose territories were inland could directly hand over the shipbuilding funds to Hideyoshi, who would designate the shipbuilding.

Hideyoshi ordered to start from Hitachi in the east, pass through the South China Sea to Shikoku and Kyushu, and start from Akita, Sakata to Maori in the north. All daimyo territories in countries near the sea should prepare two large ships at their own expense for every [-] koku. If you are a daimyo, you need to hand in the shipbuilding funds according to the proportion of knowledge and practice.

The so-called big ship in Japan is the Ataka ship created by Oda Nobunaga.

Japanese warships are a hull and a superstructure on the deck in appearance.

Xiaozao is the smallest in size, and the deck is not considered a building, but only a guard; the Guan ship is larger, and the guard is closed, forming a superstructure; the Anzhai ship is the largest, with a length of 50 meters and a width of 10 meters. It is said that It can carry hundreds of people, and the superstructure is the tallest. There is even a "Tianshu" (attic) above the main building.

In fact, regardless of Anzhai, Guanchuan or Xiaozao, the basic structure is similar, but the size is different.

Its hull adopts lap joint technology, there is no closed keel, and there is no rib plate, which determines that these Japanese warships are very weak in strength, and they are completely unable to fight against the ships of North Korea and Ming Dynasty. An important reason why Chinese and North Korean naval forces like to use collision tactics in the Chen War.

This kind of ship does not have the capability of water warfare at all. Even if the height and the berth are enlarged, it is at best a larger troop carrier.

The Japanese themselves are also very aware of the problems with their own ships, so most of the tactics they use are long-range strikes with bows and arrows, iron cannons, and cannonballs. When they get close, they start springboard warfare.

Japan is very aware of the advantages and disadvantages of its own ships, but it is not thinking about how to improve its own problems. Instead, it is thinking about continuously increasing the height and size of ships to provide more carrying capacity and iron cannon shooting platforms. They do not know that the foundation itself is poor. No matter how optimized it is, it is useless.

In addition to the above two large ships that the daimyo need to undertake and build themselves, Hideyoshi also requires the daimyo of the neighboring countries to provide shipbuilding assistance to the Hideyoshi Naval Force. The standard is three large ships and five medium ships for every 2 shi .

These ships are used as warships of Hideyoshi's team, and Hideyoshi will allocate the required construction costs; the daimyos of various countries will report the required construction costs in the budget form.

For Hideyoshi's first conquest in history, the shipbuilding funds were paid in full, but due to the failure of the naval battle, Hideyoshi had to order the building of ships again. This time, many daimyo's shipbuilding funds were not received until the end of the war.

Hideyoshi also asked each seaport to send out ten sailors for every one hundred households to ride on the large ships built by the great names of various countries;

In order to increase the enthusiasm of each family, Hideyoshi promised to give the sailors two salaries each, and his wife's food would be paid separately. …

The ships and sailors mentioned above must be concentrated in the ports of Settsu, Harima, and Izumi in the spring of the 20th year of Tensho (AD 1592).

Calculating based on the size of Hideka, Tensho needed to provide Hideyoshi with 20 Antaka warships and 94 closed ships 94 years ago, of which 37 Antaka ships were borne by Hideka within his Zhixing salary, and the rest The 57 Anzhai Ships and 94 Guan Ships are warships built by Hideka in advance.

In addition, Hideyoshi's territory has a long coastline. According to the number of people in the sea town, it is estimated that Hideyoshi will need to provide no less than 2300 sailors.

According to the prices at that time, the funds needed to build an Anzhai ship were roughly 3 to 5 kanbu, and the cost of the Guan ship was 1 to 2 kanbu. Xiaozao was relatively cheap, and the standards were not uniform. The cost could range from 80 Penetration ~ 600 penetrating range.

The main reason for the difference in cost is the choice of wood. We all know that oak, camphor wood, teak and other dense wood are the best for building ships. If it is not possible, you can also use oily wood like pine.

The price of different woods is different, so the cost of warships will also be different.

However, if oak, camphor and other wood are used, operations such as blistering, drying in the shade, and painting are required in the initial stage of construction, and the preliminary work will take 2 to 3 years.

But now that Hideyoshi requires to complete the construction of nearly 1 ships within one and a half years, it is obviously impossible to follow the above steps.

At the same time, in order to reduce costs, the Xiu family can already see that most of the ships built for the conquest this time must be crudely built.

Most of Hideyoshi and his subordinates don't know how to inspect and accept sea-going ships, so they will inevitably let Kuki Yoshitaka to inspect and accept them. With Kuki Yoshitaka's knowledge, does he dare to risk the world's disgrace and become an enemy of most of the world's famous names?

The most important thing is that the daimyos will report the expenses to Hideyoshi for the ships built without Hideyoshi. The price difference can actually make up for the large ship construction costs that they need to bear at their own expense. Maybe a daimyo like Hideyo can make a fortune from the difference.

Kuki Yoshitaka himself is the Linhai daimyo and Hideyoshi's naval commander, who needs to undertake Hideyoshi's heaviest construction obligation. He is not the guy like Ishida Mitsunari, so he will definitely not do things that harm others or benefit himself.

This shipbuilding extravaganza may end up being a carnival for the world's biggest names.

In addition to the shipbuilding task, Hideyoshi also issued the task of armaments. This part of the task is the responsibility of the major names, and Hideyoshi will not pay for subsidies.

He made strict requirements on the military system. Based on the current military service account of 1 shi and 300 troops as the standard, Hideyoshi requires all members to wear armor;
Every 300 people need to equip 20 iron cannon ashigaru, each with an iron cannon, 20 rounds of ammunition, a rib for melee combat, and a knife; 10 arched foot light, each with 1 bow and 40 arrows Only; 80 guns and ashigaru, each gun is equipped with three long spears, 1 melee knife, and 1 rib. In addition, there are 1 armor servants, each of whom needs to bring his own armor, Weapons, of which 70 horse attendants are required.

The above are combat soldiers. In addition, there are 120 other people such as grooms and Xiao Hetua. Each of them is wearing light armor, a plain spear, a melee knife, and a rib.

In other words, the knowledge and practice of 1 shi required 15 horse-riding warriors, 55 household servants and low-level warriors, 80 spear ashigaru, 20 iron cannon ashigaru, and 10 arched footgaru. 120 people, as well as [-] auxiliary soldiers who were in charge of auxiliary logistics in peacetime and stabbed with short spears in wartime. …

这个武士/战兵/辅兵的比例已经及其夸张了，战国中期寻常武家的军役账要求算上武士及战斗足轻与其他辅助人员的比例普遍在1:1.5~1:2之间，而眼下秀吉要求整备的这只征伐朝鲜的军队战兵与辅兵的比例是1.5:1，也难怪会在战争初期杀得朝鲜国北衙精兵屁股尿流了。

Although the Warring States period has entered the final stage, the official price of an iron cannon is still as high as 40 guan/trunk. To complete the 20 iron cannons, you need 800 guan, which is almost equivalent to half a year's land rent income of 1 shi. In the Northeast Badminton area, this is the annual income.

Even for a daimyo with self-made ability, its forging cost will not be lower than 30 guan, just like Xiujia, who not only has self-made ability, but also has iron ore resources can reduce the cost to close to 20 guan .

According to the historical mobilization standards of 600 people in the four countries and 200 people east of Yin Dou, Xiujia needs to mobilize 171 people for 34200 million shi in Kanto, and 17 people for Yin Yu’s 10200 shi, for a total of 44400 people.

According to the army configuration requested by Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi’s army must have no less than 3000 iron cannons, costing 6 guan. They are not small heads, and the cost of equipment for these 4 people may be as high as 15.

Suo Xing Hideyoshi knew that the Hide family had to invest a lot in transferring the seals in the past two years, so he allowed the daimyos involved in the transfer of seals this time to halve the required application standards, and because the Hide family moved far away, they were allowed to apply according to 3 into preparation.

In other words, the Xiu family only needs to mobilize 1.35 people, and the preparation for armament expenditure is about 5 guan, and the number of shipbuilding is also allowed to be halved, and a total of 100 ships will be built.

Due to Hideyoshi's reduction in Hideyoshi's required military service allocation, the pressure on Hideyoshi to face the conquest is much less. It is said that Xiaoju, Hidecho, and Ning Ning and others interceded with Hideyoshi.

As Hideyoshi's order to prepare for the war was issued to all the daimyos in the world, most of the daimyos from Shangluo in Yuao area had been away from home for ten years, and they all planned to set off to return to the territory.

Hideyoshi originally wanted to invite them to return after spending the Spring Festival in Kyoto, but the shipbuilding and armament tasks assigned by Hideyoshi were tight and heavy.

Especially for the relatively backward Yuao area, the organization of its army is relatively low, and adjustment is difficult. Therefore, Hideyoshi's persuasion was declined, but he promised to come to Kyoto in the spring of the 20th year of Tensho (1592). Participate in military discussions.

And our Hideka originally planned to spend more time in Kyoto with Kikuhime and Kohachiro who gave birth, but not long after, they received the news that Kazuki appeared in Debasenbei.

As a matter of fact, Yuao's official position and land inspection work did not go smoothly. As early as when Xiujia and others left Kanto Shangluo, Tajima Kazuki happened in Aizu, but was suppressed by the garrison reserved by Xiujia in Koriyama.

This time, the scale of Ichikui is smaller. Although it has left traces in history as always, it is not well-known compared with other Ichikui.

In fact, as I said in the previous article, Japanese historians have their own standards for the use of war terms. The armed conflicts caused by civil forces are called "Ichiku", and the riots led by the samurai family are called "xx chaos".

The reasons for the outbreak of Kasai Osaki Ichikui, Kasai Osaki Ichikui, He Yubaikan Ichikui and Tajima Ichikui who are famous in the history of Uo area are very consistent, which is the riot caused by whether "Hata" is taxed. …

First of all, we need to distinguish the difference between Tian and Tian. In ancient Japan, Tian was the field where the main food rice was grown.

However, due to the differences in the geographical location and environment of the fields, dry fields called "hata" will inevitably appear. These fields can only grow wheat, beans, mulberry, mulberry, lacquer, tea, hemp, ramie, indigo, millet and other crops. .

Since this part of the field is not like a field when it is reclaimed, it has a strong ability to restore wasteland. Therefore, when facing the officials sent by the above to inspect the land, the local people are likely to turn this part of the field into a tax-free hidden field. After leaving, reclaim and resume farming.

Because the characteristic of the field is that the output in the first year is extremely unstable, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the people to reclaim wasteland, to prevent the internal friction caused by deliberately creating hidden fields, and to make the economic crops produced by the field become an alternative tax for the country In the early Warring States period, the daimyo's attitude towards Hata was extremely ambiguous.

Compared with the daimyos in other regions of Japan, the daimyos in the Ou region have always been slower in policy updates, which makes the daimyos in the Ou region still adopt a relaxed attitude towards Hata when other places are currently classifying Hata as Chikyo.

That is to say, daimyos in the Ou area usually adopt tax exemption or reduced tax for Hata, while other areas collect taxes based on Tian.

This caused Hideyoshi to seize the territory of Yuao area this time, and the tax-free fields of many people in the past were included in Zhixing, and they needed to pay taxes like fields.

Although Hideyoshi’s rated output for Hatasada is less than that of the field, and the relative amount of tax paid is less than that of the field, but don’t forget that Hata generally grows cash crops, and its economic value is far greater than the discount of rice in the field.

And the most important thing is that Ou Daimyo is tax-free for this part of the output. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Who would want to bear so much tax?
It is important to know that Japan’s administration is not completely ruled by middle- and lower-level samurai. There are many self-governing villages that are directly led by daimyo. Many of their village chiefs are not samurai, but they have great influence in the countryside. force.

The number of villages like Somura is precisely the embodiment of daimyo's control over the countryside.For Ou, Somura is not even a problem. In some areas, there is even a manor well field system in the Heian period.

If you pay taxes, do you have to pay the lord's tax in the middle?If he does not pay, will his tax be shared equally by the remaining 8 households?That tax pressure is even heavier.

In addition to the difference in the taxation system, Yuao area usually considers the characteristics of the instability of its first-year output in the taxation of Hata, and provides a tax-free system for the first year, but in the prosperous area under Hideyoshi’s rule. It is included in the taxation system in the first year of its reclamation, and taxes are paid according to the actual output.

Many people misjudged the Ou region because of Yoshitachi Masamune's joke that "one who was born 20 years earlier can conquer the world" and the economic strength of the Ou region in later generations.

In fact, before the reform of the economic system, the war potential of the Ou region was far inferior to that of Kinki, East China Sea and other countries. There is such a big gap between the two places in terms of taxation.

However, it is a very difficult task to reform the facts in the Yuao area. In addition, it is not difficult to meet the local daimyo's control over the countryside and other areas.

There are quite a few villages in its territory, and wars are relatively frequent. In order to provide enough soldiers for the war, appeasement is generally implemented in the countryside.

Under such circumstances, wanting to carry out reforms from top to bottom amidst internal and external troubles is simply a dream.

Don't you see that even Masamune Yinda, the dragon of Oshu, is helpless in this situation?The reform in the Sendai area was completed precisely by taking advantage of Hideyoshi Yushi's appointment and prefecture.

All in all, Hideyoshi sent people to the countryside to inspect the officials, because of the tax issue aroused the dissatisfaction of the rural people, which in turn triggered a civil war.

People's greed can never be satisfied, so this is actually an unsolvable situation. The flames in history will not be extinguished just because the Xiu family has made preparations in advance. All they can do is to prepare in advance to deal with it. .

And the flame of civil unrest, when the people in one place can't bear to ignite it, it will start to burn everywhere in the Yu'ao area like a spark of fire.