Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 664 Family Elder Rotation and Armament Production
Now that we have talked, it was introduced by Mr. Narita, who was in charge of the handicraft industry in the territory and the management of seats and merchants.

"My lord, the three iron forging workshops in Qitama, Shimono, and Hitachi can produce more than 15 catties of iron annually, forge more than 6000 agricultural tools, 7 knives, 2200 gun handles, 1 clusters of bows and arrows, and 1000 iron cannons. [-] rounds of projectiles. In terms of armor, it can produce more than [-] iron armors.

Today, there are still more than 3 knives, more than 6.4 gun handles, 27 arrowheads, more than 6100 iron cannons, and more than 3.2 projectiles in the arsenals of Fengchun, Edo, Suqiao, Guanlin, and Hachioji.

At that time, there were 1670 collars, 6940 collars for Ashgaru, more than 1 collars for belly rolls, and more than 430 collars for belly rolls, and [-] collars for other armor inlaid with iron cotton.

地处下总荣町的锻造所，年产小金炮（6磅）10~15门，大金炮（12）4~7门，如今在佐原城库房内有小金炮12门，大金炮3门，国崩炮1门（18磅）。

In the past two years, 10 seagoing ships from the Xiangchuan Temple have been launched. The big ship needs to be equipped with 4 large golden cannons, 6 small golden cannons, and the small boat needs to be equipped with 6 small golden cannons. All the main stocks are used to arm the seagoing ships. up.But the speed of our cannon casting is still not as fast as the speed of launching their sea ships. "

With the firepower of the Xiujia sea ship, it is at best an armed merchant ship, or even the lowest equipped armed merchant ship, so it can run rampant in the Ryukyu-Ezo transition sea area.

Once they pass Taiwan, let alone the East India fleets of the Netherlands and Spain, even the sea-going fleets of Shangming merchants are not enough to look at.

But Hideka still asked Mr. Narita to cast the cannons and loaded them on the ship.First of all, the route from Ryukyu to Ezo is not absolutely safe, and one or two guns can always deter some Xiaoxiao.

Secondly, this is also a way for the Xiu family to hide heavy weapons.Just imagine that at the level of the Xiu family's annual production of cannons, there are more than 20 large and small cannons produced in a year. It is unrealistic to hide so many cannons in any city.

The Xiu family simply put them on sea ships, usually used as armed merchant ships to travel between Ryukyu and Ezo, and when necessary, they would unload these ships and put them on gun mounts, and pull them with horses to fight land battles.

The Xiu family didn't know what level the current cannons were, but in his opinion, the number of cannons owned by the Toyoharu family was indeed enough to complete a small war.

After Narita grew up, the old writer Todo Takatora gave a concluding report.The specific basic data has already been reported to the Xiu family by the elders in charge, and what Fujido Takahu reported was mostly the transfer and promotion of some insiders.

The Xiu family was quite satisfied with the performance of the retainers during the period when he was no longer in Kanto, and immediately praised the elders.

He also said that Fujido Takatora, as a family veteran, managed properly, and Tachihara Hisakuna’s achievements in governance were outstanding, and each rewarded a bag of golden beans; the rest of the family elders rewarded a box of 1 pieces of gold leaves, and Xiujia also took 20 kan from internal funds Come out, and the family elders will distribute it to Fengxing, Yuli and Tongxin.

In fact, according to the judging standards of the Warring States Period, many of the elders present could have obtained the seal of knowledge and action by virtue of their outstanding governance achievements.

Leaving others aside, Liyuan Jiugang has been in charge of the property, farmland and people's resources in the territory. Over the years, Zhixing has increased by 40%, and the population has doubled. He can definitely get a seal of more than ten thousand stones.

But the current timeline is very delicate, Hideyoshi's health is getting worse and worse, and he is about to die, and he is more and more wary of the Japanese daimyo.

And for a big name like the Xiu family, which one of the people under his command doesn't have the knowledge and actions of more than ten thousand stones.

According to the decree of the Toyotomi family, granting and changing the territory of the famous masters above ten thousand stone, even the famous masters dispose of their attendants.Or if the accompanying ministers dispose of their own accompanying ministers, they must report the reasons to Toyotomi's family.

If the Hide family seals Tatsuhara Hisakuna at this time, they must report it to the Toyotomi family.How about the reason then?
Could it be telling Hideyoshi that my Toyoharu family has a huge territory of 260 million koku under the governance of Tachihara Hisakuna?Guess what, Hideyoshi is still able to sleep?
Therefore, the Xiu family is not planning to seal Tatsuhara Hisakuna at this time.And if even Liyuan Jiugang didn't seal it, what reason do others have to seal it?

Since the seal is not sealed, the Xiu family can only make compensation in gold and silver.The retainers received the reward from the Xiu family and saluted the Xiu family to express their gratitude, and then the Xiu family made some adjustments and arrangements.

First and foremost, the elders are responsible for project changes.

Although the family elders have shown outstanding results in the section they are responsible for in the past 6 years, the Xiu family is well aware of the dangers of fixing a person in this position, and it is very likely that he and his forces will change in some way. A situation where the tail is too big to lose.

The main reason why the Chinese family implements the official system is to weaken the influence of officials in this area, and finally achieve the purpose of centralizing the royal power.

But it is a pity that the floating official system also has disadvantages, that is, officials have no sense of belonging to the area where they serve as officials.

And because the time to manage a place is not too long, they focus more on short-term interests. For projects with a long investment time, even if there will be good output, they are generally unwilling to invest.

In addition, officials under the floating official system are more conservative.After all, for them, their term of office is only 3 to 5 years. As long as there are no major mistakes during this period, they can be promoted by half a level after the term expires. This is undoubtedly the safest way for the dangerous officialdom.

As a result, it is difficult for officials under the floating official system to sincerely consider the long-term aspects of the place where they work, and they even tend to borrow heavily to whitewash short-term economic data.

As for the debt left behind in the end, it was briefly brushed aside by the frivolous sentence "We believe in the wisdom of future generations".

In order to prevent this from happening, when the Xiu family established the system of officials belonging to the Fengchun family, it was said that all those who practice, work hard, and work together have a small test every year, and a big test every three years. Promoted, those with lower grades will be downgraded.

Under normal circumstances, they will not be promoted before the expiry date. Of course, if they are extremely outstanding in the first three years of evaluation, and their performance is outstanding, they can be promoted as a special case.

But once you reach the level of Jia Lao, there is actually no way to get promoted. If you want to upgrade, you can only wait for the position of Jia Lao to be vacated before you can be promoted. Or, like 6 years ago, the Xiu family is responsible for Jia Lao. Some subdivisions have been carried out, and there are more locations.

Although 6 years is still a bit short, the Xiu family is about to go to North Korea, and it is impossible to come back in 6 years to make arrangements for their elders, so the adjustment of people can only be made in advance.

①The head of the writing is Fujido Takatora, who is responsible for coordinating the overall situation, as well as the implementation of various departments, and the mobilization of forces; (President + Organization Director)

② Liyuan Jiugang removed the word alternate to become the official elder, and was transferred from being in charge of money and food management in the collar to being in charge of armament production management; (Minister of Armament Industry)
③ Qiu Shangjiu's family removed the word alternate to become the official elder, and added a privy elder who will continue to be in charge of military training and battles, and at the same time take care of the Privy Council; (Minister of Security)
④ Ota Zizheng is too old and has already retired. Kagawa Jingjing removed the word "substitute" and promoted him to the official family elder, and was transferred to be in charge of the internal code; (Minister of Etiquette)

⑤Oka Jiali is still a candidate for the old family. After returning from the battlefield, he will continue to manage the land in the territory and the management of the people's household registration. He will be transferred to the Privy Council to be responsible for the overall planning and transportation of armaments and military rations along the way; (Military Logistics Minister)
⑥ Huafang Zhengcheng is still the elder of the family, and he is in charge of the production and management of military equipment in the territory, and he is transferred to be in charge of the management of the acres in the territory; (Minister of Civil Affairs)

⑦The head of Narita is still the candidate for the elders, but the responsible aspect is changed from being in charge of the handicraft industry and seat and business management in the territory to being in charge of the trade and taxation work in the territory; (Minister of Taxation and Trade)
⑧ Akashi Quandeng was added as a substitute for the elders, responsible for the management of money and food; (Minister of Finance, Money and Food)
⑨Doju Qingliang has a family elder candidate who becomes an official elder, and is transferred from being in charge of domestic trade and taxation to the Privy Council, which is responsible for military merit evaluation and rewards. (Ministry of Defense Civil Services)
⑩The family elder Ming Shi Jingqin retired, and Xiangxi Jiaqing was replaced by Xiangxi Jiaqing as the general manager of Yiyu's affairs. He was promoted from the alternate of the family elder to the official elder, and also took charge of the affairs of Ryukyu and Besshi Tongshan; Governor)

Osafune Tsunao was promoted to be a candidate for the old family, and was appointed as the Ezo Chief Envoy, responsible for the government affairs of the Ezo area; (Ezo Internal Affairs Chief)
Elderly candidate Togawa Tatsuan, acting as an agent of the Privy Council, is responsible for the overall planning of wartime armaments and rations along the way, and is transferred to be in charge of construction projects and general requisition work in the territory; (Minister of Engineering)

The old family's alternate, Jiwa Jiuhu, the commanding officer of the Eizo Road Army and Horses, who also takes care of the acting affairs of the Privy Council, is responsible for the wartime military strategy deployment, and his position remains unchanged. (General staff)

At this point, after the Fengchun family was transferred to Kanto, the second personnel adjustment officially ended. Among the senior elders, Ota Zizheng voluntarily applied for retirement because of his age, while Akashi Jingqin and Osafune Sadakin voluntarily chose to retire , so as to pave the way for his son's future.

Since ancient times, the position in charge of treasury money, food, soldiers and horses is undoubtedly the most important position in Zhenzhi.

And Liyuan Jiugang was rewarded by the Xiu family for such a great achievement just now. He is also the teacher of the Xiu family and the hidden minister of the Xiu family. The Xiu family trusts him very much. For the same position, it is impossible to remove the important position in charge of money and food, and go to manage the production of armaments instead.

In fact, Xiujia has a deep meaning in doing so.Although Mr. Narita had done a good job in managing the production of armaments before, as Hideyoshi's health was getting weaker, Hideyoshi's demand for armaments became stronger.

The Xiu family needs to complete the reorganization of at least 3 troops in the remaining time. In this way, at least 1.2 iron cannons are needed, plus other iron cannons for the reserve team and spare iron cannons. At least 2 tanks will be prepared within 2.5 years.

There is still a shortfall of 1.2 iron cannons with existing equipment and inventory, which requires new masters to triple their production within one year.

As for such an important task, Xiujia thought it seemed that only Tachihara Hisakuna could complete it with quality and quantity.

In addition to the production of iron cannons, there are also production updates and equipment for knives, guns, and armor. This is not an easy job.

Moreover, the current time is very embarrassing, and it is necessary to hide the production scale after rushing to work. This is a higher level of demand for the elders. In the end, it can only be handed over to the most trusted Tachihara Jiuzuna of the Xiu family.

Due to the retirement of the above three elders and the addition of a few newcomers, the elders of the Fengchun family gradually became younger.

Most of them are still old ministers transferred from Jibei with the Hide family, especially Takatora Todo and Tomoki Kamei, who were promoted into the family, marking the beginning of new entrants to the Toyoharu family.

Of course, the second generation of the old family headed by Osafune Tsunao and Akashi Zento still occupy this crucial position in the Toyoharu family, and the Bizen faction headed by them is still the core of the Hide family's rule.

With Ota Zimasa's seclusion, Narita's head is the only one in the entire Kanto crowd to support the scene. This is actually not the balance of power that Hideka wants to see.

After all, there are 14 old seats in the family. If the Kanto family only occupies 1 seat, it will inevitably make some people feel that they are targeting the Kanto family.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Hideka decided to add another old seat, and Yura Sadashige, who was conferred 1.5 koku in Kiryu, Yamada County, was promoted by Hideka as a candidate for an old man.

But because he was in a very young grade, two years younger than the Xiu family, the Xiu family did not have a special position, but let him be in charge of the ritual affairs with Xiangxijing.

In fact, there are only so many things about Dianyi every year, and Xiangxijing himself is too busy to do so, and he doesn't need a deputy to help.

It's like rewarding the Hide family to hand over this position to Ota Susumasa. It's just an important but relatively vacant position for the elders of the family to provide for the elderly.

However, the Xiu family's purpose for letting Yuliang Zhenshige into the cabinet is to balance the relationship between the various forces in the territory. They don't want him to have too much contact with the confidential affairs in the territory. Naturally, it is impossible to entrust him with an important position. Tube.

However, since the position of Dianyi is divided into two people, the Xiu family can just make some requirements and agreements on the Dianyi affairs of the Fengchun family.

The most important thing is the sacrifice of the dead samurai, the ashigaru, and the condolence and management of the disabled samurai.

Just like when Xiujia was in Jibei, he used the shares of Besshi Copper Mountain to provide benefits to the families of the disabled and killed samurai, so that the samurai felt that after they died in battle, the daimyo would take care of their families, and it was quite a shame to die in battle. Only glory can make them really forget their lives on the battlefield.

Therefore, the Xiu family has always given preferential treatment to these samurai and ashigaru who died in battle or became disabled due to the war.

Needless to say, those who died in battle can enter the Fengchun Family Shrine to enjoy the incense. Those who have been disabled due to the war must be assigned a suitable position so that they will not become a burden to the family.

But to be honest, in this era, people with disabilities really have no human rights. Almost all work is done manually, and it is really inconvenient for a person with a disability.

But these people are all people who have suffered from the roots of their illnesses due to Fengchun's family. Needless to say, they are loyal to Fengchun's family.So Xiujia plans to teach them some handicrafts, such as weaving rushes, kneading ceramic clay sculptures and firing them to prepare pre-fired, etc., so that they can have a job to live on in the future.

For those who are particularly loyal and have complete hands, they can be handed over to the elder in charge of arms production, that is, the current Tachihara Hisakuna, and they will be responsible for the weaving and riveting of armor, the assembly of bows and arrows, etc., for the Toyoharu family. Produce armaments.

As for the job of docking with Tachihara Hisakuna and his subordinates, Hideka intends to hand it over to Yura Sadashige.His grade is not very old, it is time to establish the Three Views, let him understand why the Fengchun family warriors are strong, so that he is qualified to become a qualified Fengchun family elder.

(End of this chapter)