Pillars of the Wu family

Mochizuki Yoshinaga quickly realized the advantages of the banner skill system, but he felt something was wrong in his heart. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that his salary would disappear out of thin air. He couldn't help feeling very disappointed and anxious. Although the land is good, the high salary is even more coveted.

If you have food, you can eat enough without worrying about being starved to death. If you have money, you can buy the goods you like. Food is more precious than money during times of war. Money is a must, and you can't go out with a few catties of rice dumplings made by your own daughter-in-law.

The lodging house will not accept his rice dumplings. They only need golden copper coins instead of their own mother-in-law's food. Go to the store to buy fabrics to make some clothes. If you have no money, they will not sell them to you. Rice dumplings will not be accepted. , I don’t want rice, and the local products are not worth a few dollars.

Just like the imperial family in the Kamakura period, because they had to serve the Kyoto and Kamakura Daiban service, but they couldn’t live in the wilderness all the way without the money when they went out, chewing cold and hard rice balls. River fishing to Kyoto and Kamakura, if there is a samurai who dares to act so shamelessly, he might be confiscated and exiled.

But what if the Yu family have no money and only food?Those who were "forced" had no choice but to sell the grain in exchange for copper coins. This exchange was somewhat at a loss. The local royal family caught up with Feng Gong's emergency and exchanged copper coins wantonly, which greatly reduced the reserves of copper coins in the store. Naturally, it will fall accordingly, and in this way, the exchange will become more expensive. Many royal family members are tormented and unable to survive. The money is usually only enough to go to Kyoto or Kamakura. As for how long they can last there, it is hard to say. up.

Some royal family members may be deceived when they encounter illegal profiteers. The profiteers say that the copper coins are not enough to exchange for them. The "forced" royal family members had to exchange copper coins at a price several times higher than the market price or even more. These poor royal family members found themselves out of money as soon as they arrived in Kyoto and Kamakura, so they had to find merchants to borrow money to live on the spot. After returning to the hometown, the arrears will be converted into rice grains.

But the result of this is that some unscrupulous traders find business opportunities. If you have money, you have to buy food and cook it yourself. However, Kyoto and Kamakura are two central areas, one public and one military, and there are many townspeople and merchants who do not do agricultural work.Food prices will inevitably be several percent or even several times more expensive than those in the countryside. The cost of living has increased over time, and the Yu family finds that the money is not enough, so they have to continue to borrow money to eat.

When I return to my hometown, I have to borrow some money to go home. When I return to the country, the food becomes worthless, and it takes more food to pay back the copper coins. This time, many royal family members went bankrupt. The decree issued by the shogunate exempted the debts of the royal family, but it was self-defeating and forced the businessmen who had lost their money to dare not borrow any more.So it further forced the imperial family to have deep resentment towards the shogunate, and at the same time, the rampant evil parties that did not follow the king's transformation were the root of the Kamakura shogunate's demise.

Yoshitoshi Kira knew the reason very well. Not only did he know that the Kamakura shogunate failed to handle the relationship between the royal family and the shogunate, but the extensive enfeoffment was met with the constraints of the big military service, and the food prices of the royal family were too derogatory to those in Kyoto. The derogation of money made the royal family's only wealth be consumed in the link of merchants. [

He also knows the Tokugawa shogunate founded by the tortoise.Using similar censorship to constrain local feudal vassals, but overly strict census censors also faced the chronic problems encountered by the Kamakura shogunate, that is, the feudal vassals had no money in the local area and no food in the shogunate.Derogation at both ends drains their financial resources.

The Tokugawa shogunate forced the construction of river defense fortifications or dispatched general conscripts to make the vassal government worse. When the territory encountered a disaster year and had no assets to deal with, it could only borrow money from big businessmen. Big snowball, in the end, the feudal lord had no choice but to cut off the annual salaries of some of the lower-ranking samurai. In the end, the feudal clans were getting poorer and on the verge of bankruptcy, and the feudal clans were also reduced to abject poverty and struggling to die. .

"The practice of banner skills is just one of them, and then I will further implement supporting government orders. Over there is a strategy of combining family salary and job salary. Although the descendants of the genealogical generations are successive, they may not necessarily become the elders of the genealogical family. They are lacking in ability. Make way for those with "outstanding" abilities. Although there are differences in family wealth within the genealogy, the status of children in each family is the same in the family."

"Family salary? Job salary?" Mochizuki Jichang's head was a little dizzy. He had never heard of such a complicated system. He couldn't accept it at first. He took a deep breath and asked, "Please, my lord." Expressly, what is family salary? What is job salary? In retrospect, I seem to have heard something similar to family salary at home, but I just can’t remember it for a while.”

Ji Liangyi waved his hand and said, "Let Tanfang answer this question! Yu first drinks tea to moisten his throat."

Hearing the sound, Namioka Sallow House bowed to Kira Yoshishi, then sat up straight and shook his head and chanted, "Family salary is the salary of the ancestors who opened up the territories of the descendants successively! As the young hall of the An Yun Shoudian family will inherit This is the case for Mochizuki who received more than 1000 stones from eight villas! Those who have a salary, the positions they hold in the family, whether they are the elders of the family, or for the execution, or for the generals of the army are all jobs! For example, the annual salary received by Anyun Shoudian is six A hundred guanwen is a job salary, just like the [-] and two hundred kanwen money received by Sado Shouden is also a job salary."

"That's how it is! The benefits I received at home have become money grants, and there is also a grain grant for the banner skills. In this way, as long as the successors of each family are able to improve, one day my dog ​​may Is there any hope of being promoted to the elder of the Pudai family and gaining a thousand-year salary? This is really a great thing!" Mochizuki Yoshinaga was breathless with excitement, how could he not be excited by such good news.

Their ninjas don't need to intrigue with the officials, they don't have the pressure of fighting wars, and they don't need to worry about the benefits of local governance. They just need to collect and summarize the information and submit it to the Lord, and then protect the targets that need to be protected. All other problems are solved. In relation to them, the ninjas inside the Monument Practice play a circle by themselves, and hardly have any relationship with other genealogy generations. Although the responsibility expression is relatively small, the pressure is relatively small. The jonin who are the leaders only need to work hard. Dai Jialao was perfect.

"Theoretically it is possible! It's just that qualifications or merits are required. Those with high merits will have less probation. If they have special merits, they will be gradually promoted according to the family law for a few years. Those who have some merits need to increase probation or even be transferred. , Demotion, and if the fault is serious, there may be a penalty.”

Langgang's house is the heart of the speaker.But Mochizuki Yoshinaga is the listener's intention, Hattori Baochang made a mistake and lost everything. Thinking of his fate, he was punished by transfer and demotion. The mistakes he made at that time were enough to make him die and apologize. It was only a kind Lord. The boss did not do this, but just reprimanded him and sent him to Omi Sakamoto for the elderly. This benevolent lord who is rare to see in a century is also one of the reasons why the members of the Kira family are loyal.

Ji Liangyishi closed the folding fan and tapped the case to make a concluding speech: "The family salary is the land Zhixing obtained by the lords' hard work. From now on, I will go to the Ashikaga family's genealogy. The samurai family only needs to lead troops to defend the four directions, or sit in the center To take good care of the family business for the rest of the family, you have to worry about and don’t worry about the banner skills of the public. At least there are professional practitioners to take care of the banner skills. Not a single cent is missing.

In the job salary, there is not only the copper money salary, but also the support of vegetables, meat, eggs and fabrics that should have been in the past, but the corresponding reduction should be reduced to less than [-]%. Looking after such a large family business is not easy.Presumably, you can also understand, as for the current position and salary is always limited, there are only so many in terms of genealogy family elders, proselytists, and generals.

In the future, it is impossible for everyone to have a share like family salary. There will always be some people who can get a job while others will not. This is what is meant by the saying that the capable are at the top and the weak are at the bottom. Pu Daizhong should work hard to study military strategy and government affairs.Only by doing more meritorious deeds can you get a higher salary. "

"Your servant fully understands! Thank you Lord for your kindness and generosity. As ministers, we really want to repay the Lord's kindness. We can only repay the Lord's kindness by serving the public faithfully from generation to generation!"At this moment, he is really completely convinced by this young governor. This kind of method is really unheard of and unseen in thousands of years. He can be sure that this is the first of its kind, and his master will be a great person. .

Yoshihiro Kira accepted his pious thanks with a smile on his face. In fact, he was very proud of the family salary and job salary system he had figured out. It's different, it can only be regarded as a pot of dog meat cooked by the sheep's head of the Tokugawa shogunate when he sold him Kirayi. [

It is also so-called to allocate a part of the land from one's own direct collar to the retainers. How many families can have a wealthy and extinct clan like Mochizuki Kichimitsu to inherit?In fact, the distribution is only about [-]% of the grain in the land of hundreds of thousands of shi, so what can we do with them.Anyway, if I can't live or die, I either leave it in the barn to mold or cash it in copper coins for use.

His life can only be considered exquisite, but it is far from being as extravagant as the chief minister of the cabinet of the Ming Empire or the famous wealthy merchants in Shanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huizhou. One meal on weekdays is only four meals a trip, with meat and vegetables. , Come across a feast or add a few dishes.In addition, there are usually more cakes, fine silk from the Ming Dynasty, and local specialty fur clothes. This level can completely blow everyone in Japan, including the emperor, general, and the common people.

But this level is really not as good as the famous families along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They have several top scholars and Jinshi for generations. They enjoy the rich products of the Ming Empire. How can he compare with it? Even some royal families in Europe in this era also It may not be comparable to the luxury of the big families of the Ming Empire. The Ming Dynasty in this era is a well-deserved rich country in the world. Its military strength may not be the first, but its cultural development and wealth are definitely not comparable to that of a small country. , of course the Spanish Empire that dominates the Seven Seas is not included.

A few days later, the Kasuga Mountain Castle evaluation meeting was held again, and Yoshitomo Kira announced on the spot that Mochizuki Kichimitsu would inherit the order of Shinano Mochizuki's family to receive 4 koku, and at the same time announced the related banner skills amidst the surprise of the genealogy retainers. According to the plan, Mochizuki Kichimitsu used the inherited territory as the banner skill of the Kamiso Ashikaga family. It seemed that he was changing his mind to take advantage of the vassals of the family, but the actual specific arrangement was a huge profit.

The general meaning is to allow the family members who have been loyal to the public for these years to have the opportunity to enjoy the war dividends of the Ashikaga family. The original salary will continue to be paid as a job salary, and the original welfare will be reduced to [-]% of the original. Originally, the grant of food has become the grant of knowledge and action. Although it is a banner skill that cannot establish military service in the farm, and has no power to supervise one's own territory, if the family governor does not take it for nothing, it will be really stupid and hopeless.

The family salary of the ashigaru group head of each reserve team is between [-] and [-] shi, and the family salary of the ashigaru group head is between [-] and [-] shi.The family salary of an ashigaru general is between [-] shi and [-] shi; Between [-] and [-] shi, the new generals with [-] to [-] shi will receive between [-] and [-] shi. The family salary is between [-] shi and [-] shi.

In the magistrate, the junior magistrate corresponds to the head of the ashigaru group, and then the higher grades correspond to the intermediate magistrate, the senior magistrate, the magistrate, the magistrate, the magistrate, and the magistrate are corresponding to the samurai of their respective levels. The two levels of people are basically the same as the elite ashigaru and recruits in the reserve team.Only the corresponding support Lumi received.

For example, Tokiyuki Yamamoto won the [-]-goku territory near Uotsu Castle in Etchu-Shinkawa County. At present, there are only three genealogists of the Kamiso Ashikaga family, namely Uesugi Masatora, Yamamoto Tokiyuki, and Sanada Yutaka, so they are assigned to this level. few.

Another example is Hosokawa Fujitaka's chief reconnaissance, which is equivalent to the newly added general status. He obtained the [-] koku territory in Mishima County, Chugotsu. Matsui Yukan is also at this level. Takikawa Tokimashi is a young reserve general. Obtaining the Qiqianshi territory in Chugoshi Kariwa County, Honjo Shigecho, Kurokawa Kiyomi, Hojo Takahiro, Watanabe Takatsuna, Naito Masashige, Shiraku Sadomichi, Miyabe Tsutsuru and others are all at this level.

Kira Yoshitoshi also knew that this kind of temptation was huge.So they generously told the genealogy retainers group that as long as they are willing to change their own territories into banner skills, they can still enjoy relevant treatment, including the military service of their respective families, and they will not have to bear the burden in the future. , Basically, it means that a glass of wine releases military power.

This benefit made Echigo's family members envious, Uesugi Masatora didn't think so.The stone height of his own territory in Echigo Kingdom alone has reached a million stones. Although he declared that these properties will belong to Kira Yoshishi's eldest son, his weight and influence do not care about the profit of these tens of thousands of stones.But Echigo's old ministers all had red eyes, eager to rub against them.

In Etsuchu and Dewa, those who failed to attend the meeting, such as Yamamoto Tokiyuki, Saito Asanobu, Kakizaki Keie, Naito Masashige, Watanabe Takatsuna, Yasuda Keimoto, Yoshie Keisuke, etc., even if they agreed by default As for the government decree to change the flag's ability, many people in Echigo's country also eagerly came over.

Katsunaga of the "color" department was so greedy that he decided to switch on the spot. Usami Dingman was the second to jump out to support. Shino Honjo and Keishin Nagao were still a little hesitant, but after that, many people agreed gradually wavering Their judgments include the one group represented by Nagao Keiaki within the Nagao family system, the genealogical group represented by Yamayoshi Toyomori, and the side group represented by Nagao Kenao.The members of the wealthy clan represented by Ueno Iemari, the Ueda members represented by Nagao Masaki, and the Yangbei members represented by Nakajo Fujisuke approached one after another.In the end, seeing that the situation was over, the two had no choice but to bow their heads and accept their fate with wry smiles.

As for the people of Ueno and Shinano, needless to say, Sanada Yukitaka was the first to express his willingness to turn his own territory into a banner skill. Since then, he has also become the second generation family elder of Manshigao with [-] koku, Murakami Yoshiki, Takanashi Masahiro, Ogasawara Nagatoki and other Shinano people expressed their willingness to donate their territory. None of their stone heights exceeded [-], and it was not a problem to just enjoy the status of a general.

There is also a reason why the people of Shinano are so united. They are all based on Yishui's new genealogy and foundation. It is the new senators who have just been surrendered and vigorously promoted. If they do not form a group in private, they are not qualified to wrestle with Echigo's local Pudai, and the more powerful Mikawa Kyoto Pudai.

When they approached this big tree, they were all optimistic about the bright future of the Ashikaga family. Not to mention it was just a flag skill plan where the left-handed and right-handed territory Chiyoko did not lose a penny, it was to dedicate the territory to get a share like Mikawa Genealogy They are also willing to receive the opportunity of treatment. The territory of Shinano was recovered after the governor's ass. If the governor extended his hand to their territory, they would have no way to refuse, so they have always accepted this kindness.

Nagano industry is hesitating and unable to make up his mind. According to the previous records, his own territory is more than [-] koku, and [-] koku is still a little short. If it is converted into the land area and converted again, it will be about [-] koku. It is always a bit unwilling to bring all the warriors who can recruit good fighters to the direct leadership of Kira's family. At the juncture of his hesitation, Nagano Yemasa, Kobata Nobuya, Wada Yeshige, Yasuka Tadashi, Numata Yuyasu, Kiryu Suzuna, etc. People have expressed their willingness to cooperate.And dedicate their respective territories.

Then he just abandoned the name of Dahu Xiugang and changed his name to Shangquan Xiugang to express his break with the past. The sword master of Shangzhou also offered his territory. Just looking at this posture, I knew that I had no choice. Even the Takatome Nagano clan, son-in-law Kobata clan, Wada clan, Yasunaka clan, and Numata clan who were all relatives offered to offer, and most of the backbone of Minowa was taken away. It doesn't make much sense for him to insist on this empty shell leader.So he also agreed.

Echigo, Shinano, and Ueno have all changed their territories to banner skills, but there are still some people who are hesitant Yura Shigeru was not very happy about this kind of forceful agitation, as if they would be isolated if they didn’t choose this way. Fortunately, the Sosha Nagao, Shirai Nagao, and Ashikaga Nagao did not express their views. He was happy to hide behind and play dumb.

Nagao glanced at the increasingly rich face of his old master Uesugi Kensei, except for the dazed expression on his face, there was only a wandering expression, and secretly sighed that the Uesugi family in the mountains was completely finished.Ever since the old master went through the drastic changes in the war and watched the Ueno people conspire with the mortal enemy Hojo family to deal with him, so that his son was killed and his family property was destroyed, his spirit was completely broken.

Even the news of defeating Hojo Ujiyasu and regaining the Ueno Kingdom only made him excited to drink a few drinks, as for other actions, he didn't do anything at all.He would only hide in the residence hall all day long with his wife in his arms to make a child. In the past few years, he really gave birth to a boy. It is said that Mrs. Uesugi is still pregnant with a child in her stomach.I really turned grief and anger into passion and worked hard to manage the rest of my life.

Looking at Uesugi Xianzheng's graying sideburns and deep bags under the eyes, Nagao Dangda felt that it would be pointless to think about it any longer, so he sighed secretly: "Second minister!"

Nagao Kenkei of Shirai Nagao's family glanced at Nagao Tankei of Sosha Nagao's family sitting next to him. The latter understood that the general trend was irreversible. The control power of many Chinese in the three kingdoms of Ueno and Shinano, the Chinese were replaced by official genealogy, the knowledge and practice territory was changed to the banner, and the local samurai was concentrated.

Although there are many fools in this world, none of them who can sit in Kasuga Yamashiro Daihiro is a fool.The two of them can see clearly and transparently, so the other warriors must also have insight into the mystery, and it is because all warriors understand the inside story that they are more obedient.Not forcing or forcing them to make up their own minds is actually digging a hole to bury people. Anyone who is stupid at this time is digging his own grave.

Their Ueno Nagao family can still maintain a detached position in the era of Echigo Nagao's Nagao Kagetora. Once the duocratic politics is declared over, this aura will gradually fade and become the target of public criticism. The two look at each other from the other's eyes He understood the faint layer of Nai in his eyes, and knew that his good life was over, so he took a deep breath and bowed and said, "Senior!"

In the end, Yura Chengshige lost his cover and was exposed in the eyes of the public. He quickly responded with a bitter face, but secretly scolded these three guys for always disregarding the Kami Ashikaga family's military deployment and government affairs arrangements. What kind of tricks are they doing today? Feng suddenly obeyed, causing him to admit his bad luck, just like being beaten with a sap, but when he woke up, he didn't know why he was hit, it was really depressing.

Hosokawa Fujitaka sat in the front row and was on the right hand side. He had been carefully observing the movement in the large room. Seeing that all the samurai should join forces no matter if they were sincere or false, he coughed and made a new suggestion: "Let the banner book completely It is also inappropriate to separate generation and military service. After all, it is not humane to say that they are all their own soldiers. There are two hundred soldiers from ten thousand stones, and less than [-] will be reduced according to this standard, and the food for the soldiers will be provided by the lords themselves.

After becoming a permanent member, the training will be assigned to the unified deployment of the Ashikaga family. As for the command of the army, the master will appoint and hand over the generals to serve as generals. However, the generals who dispatched their own troops cannot command their own soldiers, such as relatives or righteous brothers. Relationships like this should also be avoided as much as possible. After the soldiers of each family die, the main family will be responsible for the compensation. The only trace of fetters in your original territory! "

Hearing this proposal, many samurai could not turn the corner for a while, but Nagano Karmasa was the first to react, and immediately stood up excitedly and shouted: "This is good! I will support it with all my hands! Isn't it just ten thousand stones? Hundreds of soldiers? We can afford to give back this bit of food! I just hope that my servants can do my best for the Lord!"

Usami Dingman was the second to jump up, and excitedly proposed loudly: "That's right! Isn't it because of this little ration? What are you afraid of? The daily ration for two hundred soldiers is not much for daily training. After careful calculation, it is just two stones with one stone." A bucket of rice grain, a bucket of two liters of salt, and two buckets of four liters of miso. In a year, it is only 430 eight stones of rice grain, 43 stones of eight buckets of salt, and 87 stones of six buckets of miso, even if half a year is combined During the war, the military rations were doubled, and the amount was doubled again, 870 six shi for rice grain, 87 shi for six dou of salt, and 170 for five shi and two dou of miso.

We produce refined salt by the Echigo seaside, the price is cheap, and the price is only three kanmons and one stone. The lower table salt only costs five hundred and one stone, and the homemade miso is about three kankans and one stone. , Salt and miso are all reduced to [-]% of the supply. Each person can eat one fish, two baked potatoes, and a bowl of pumpkin soup per day. These things are basically very cheap things. Qianshi came out.

Gentlemen, please don’t forget that we can get [-] shi of annual tribute out of the [-] shi. Even if the tax is deducted, it can be converted into about [-] shi of grain. Lu, plus all kinds of support far exceeds the income of [-] shi, this is really one out of ten!If you are reluctant to part with this little money, you are really ashamed of the warrior status that our ancestors bestowed on us! "

Hundreds of samurai in the evaluation room were shocked by his dazzling series of numbers, and many of them couldn't help nodding their heads in response. Not only did they report a series of numbers so quickly, they could also understand the military rules of the Ashikaga family. The meticulous attention to detail, including understanding of the new food regulations and related standards, this hard work is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Sitting in the front row, the chief ministers of Kotobuki looked sideways and gave the Usami Suruga Mamoru admiration. Gradually, the room returned to normal. The samurai who had recovered from the shock smiled and clapped their hands. High praise is given to this gray-haired warrior. He is very right and very good, and deserves unanimous praise from everyone.

Everyone clapped their hands, and the warriors sitting a little behind also applauded along with the flow. Hiding behind, Anzhong Zhongcheng glanced at the passionate old warrior, turned his face and asked his companion in a low voice: "How about you?" I have never realized that this Suruga Shouden is so good at planning, he can calculate a sum in a short time, probably only those few executioners have such ability!"

Kobata Nobusada and Yasunaka Tadashi are both the sons-in-law of the Nagano family, and the two families have some relatives who are close in age and relationship. Young people talk very casually when they get together. They look around first before pulling his hand. He lowered his head with his arms, motioning to look at the seat where Usami Sakimitsu, who was slowly retreating to his seat, was sitting.

After Anzhong Zhongcheng looked back at him blankly, he pursed his mouth and said: "This is because you don't understand! Suruga Shuden has expected this a long time ago, or else he has already settled this account, anyway. It is absolutely impossible to figure it out so quickly, otherwise Suruga Mamoru should be one of these honors instead of jumping out to make a speech at this time. If you take a closer look at Suruga Mamoru's current seat, you will know that his status is higher than ours It's worse!"

He Tian Yefan, who was sitting on the other side, also came over and said with a smile: "It's true when you say that! It's not like I haven't done things like counting soldiers and rations, but it's just that two hundred dongs are paid out of ten thousand stones." The standard has never been carefully calculated, this Suruga Mamoru must have done the calculation to report the accurate number so quickly!"

"Shh! Look outside, there is an urgent report coming from outside the hall!" Nagano Yegu stared at the edge of the large open space outside the Dahiro room, and a messenger with two white and two black miniature flags stuck in his back quickly approached Honmaru.

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