Warring States Eagle

In the meeting hall of the village city, all the retainers are participating in the evaluation.

"As for those remaining members of the original Qianlan clan and other tributaries, their territories will be confiscated, and they will also be dispersed and distributed to various places in the Luo family's territory. At that time, you will assist Dongxiang Heiji to deal with this matter." Zheng Liang's words decided the fate of these people.

"Your servant must devote himself to the Luo family and die." Yuancheng Temple Xinyin immediately leaned over and said.He was moved and terrified.What moved him was that his family got the orthodox inheritance right of the Qianlan family.Although this was only decided by the king, but with this great righteousness, and the fact that the Qianlong clan was also busy, it was almost a certainty, so he was very moved.What is frightening is worrying about the orphans of the clan and the clansmen of other tributaries who will be scattered to various places in the Luo family's territory.Although the country lord will definitely arrange everything for them, after they arrive at the new place, they will soon live peacefully again.But after these people are dispersed, it is almost difficult to gather together again, and the final result is that their clan is almost extinct.This is a slow way of genocide.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder, the Patriarch's move was really too vicious.At the same time, I am very grateful for the fact that I was on the right team.Although according to the law of the territory, the family's military strength and income will be severely reduced, but at least the clan will be preserved.It doesn't matter if the territory is confiscated and becomes state-owned. Anyway, the family can get one-tenth of the tax from it, and there is no problem in maintaining the survival of the family.And the more meritorious deeds one has, the more fiefdoms one must bring. As long as the clansman manages these territories well, the tax revenue will inevitably be a lot.This is almost the same as they used to completely own the territory.

"Well, you will also be rewarded with the territories of the original Qianlan family's family." Zheng Liang continued after thinking for a while.

Just as Xinyin of Yuancheng Temple thought, Zhengliang weakened the armed forces of these wealthy families through the law of the territory.If you think about it, you will know that according to the law of the territory, the rich people only have the right to manage their fiefdoms but have no ownership (the ownership is all returned to the lord, and the lords are distributed fairly according to the actual situation of each lord), which is equivalent to Worked for the lord.What was the most taboo thing in the Warring States Period?It's cutting down the feudal clan.Only nominal management rights.without actual ownership.Moreover, this kind of management power has to be managed according to the laws of the territory.Zhengliang's doing this is equivalent to reducing the territories of those wealthy families.

) are more intense, and even rise up.So Zhengliang has to go slowly.So Zhengliang thought of a way.That is, although the powerful clan who forcibly demands submission, enforces the laws of the territory.But it will also increase their entrusted territory, so that their territory is expanded in name, and the tax is converted back.The actual income is similar to the previous income, or even more, at least they can get by psychologically.But people with a discerning eye can still see that the most important ownership of the territory is still in the hands of the lords, and these so-called "lords" are only managing the territory on the basis of abiding by the laws of the territory.Moreover, its own military strength has also been greatly controlled.So there will still be dissatisfaction.

But Zheng Liang was not afraid at all.First of all, these appeasement policies of Zhengliang are only aimed at the wealthy families who have surrendered.As for those wealthy clans who revolted and failed, Zheng Liang would not hesitate to disperse them and distribute them to various parts of the territory, or even exterminate them directly.

And for these wealthy families who surrendered, what if they also rebelled?

Zhengliang is not afraid of this either.

According to the law of the territory, after surrendering, the armed forces of these powerful families are required to be limited to a maximum of fifteen followers, and the rest of the excess power will be arranged and disposed of separately. This law is implemented immediately after the powerful families surrender.No delay.Otherwise, it will be regarded as conspiracy and punished.

In addition, after the land ownership of the wealthy family was confiscated, the real beneficiaries were actually the people on these lands.When redistributing these lands, the personnel in charge of the distribution (basically all the personnel of the Luo family who have retired for various reasons) will tell these people.It was the lord of the country who personally arranged to allocate these territories to them for use. After that, they only need to pay the agricultural tax once a year.In short, they will continue to instill in them that what they get now is given to them by the king.

What is the basis of the Hao clan's rebellion?These are the people.As long as these people don't support them.Then they can only rebel with those loyal family samurai and ashigaru.In fact, there are not many people in this part, which is conducive to counter-insurgency.

Moreover, Zhengliang also wished that these rich families could rebel immediately.Anyway, the fewer such wealthy families in the territory, the more stable his rule will be.

In general, Zhengliang will mercilessly kill the rebellious wealthy families.For the wealthy families who surrendered, they will deal with it in the gentlest possible way, and will use various methods to compensate their losses; for the wealthy families who cooperate, they will not only compensate their losses in various ways, but also give more care.Zheng Liang hopes that through this comparison, all the powerful families will realize that only by cooperating can they get the greatest benefits.

However, this is a new land system, which is different from the prevailing land system in the Warring States Period. When it was first implemented, it would inevitably have various conflicts with these old-fashioned wealthy families. territory, the initial stage is the most dangerous.But for the implementation of this system, Zhengliang's determination is very firm.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of this system, Zhengliang mainly adopted several measures.

The first is to firmly control the ownership of each army and firmly implement the sovereign's direct management of the army.At present, the military forces in the territory are basically in the form of standing stocks. These standing stocks, whether it is ashigaru or samurai, are all selected and trained by the new barracks. Without the intervention of any other powerful families, the strength of each team is guaranteed as much as possible. Most of the soldiers will not be concentrated in the tribe of a certain wealthy family.Moreover, an ideological education system has been established in the army. From the moment each recruit enters the new barracks, he is indoctrinated with the idea that the Lord's order is above all else, and they are soldiers belonging to the Lord.As for the various generals, after being entrusted by Zheng Liang, they are actually considered a wealthy family.Of course, among them, there must be wealthy families born under the new system, and some wealthy families who surrendered under the old system. Generally speaking, the number of wealthy families representing the new system will be even greater.Regardless of whether the new or old wealthy families, they are allowed to lead their fifteen entourages to participate in the fan team.These attendants are not allowed to occupy any position in the team, but only exist as the general's guard.The general only has temporary command over the fan team and has no ownership.Once the lord's order comes down, no matter what the general's order is, the lord's order must prevail.

Second, employ a large number of grassroots retainers.Most of these retainers do not have much family ties, or their families are not in Zhengliang's territory, and there is no direct conflict of interest with Zhengliang.Zhengliang will promote them and make them a force to check and balance the vassals of the powerful families representing the old system, and at the same time make them the new powerful families under the new system.Of course, as the power and strength of these retainers continue to increase, perhaps they will want to get more or have other thoughts.But at that time, they suddenly found that they no longer had the foundation and resources to realize these ideas.

Third, increase patronage to the citizens.Whether it is the source of the army or the sources of various resources in the territory, they are actually inseparable from each citizen.In the existing system, in fact, each daimyo mainly relies on powerful families with different forces.The army of each daimyo is composed of the armies of various powerful families.The daimyo will be very dependent on the allegiance of the noble family, and if the noble clan betrays, the daimyo will be in trouble.Fundamentally speaking, the daimyo had to rely on them because the powerful clan controlled a large amount of military strength and resources, and directly controlled the people under their leadership. In the future, Oda Nobunaga actually weakened this relationship to a certain extent. For example, he established a standing system that was separated from the wealthy family, and then he developed various favorable factors and historical factors, and almost became the world. people.However, in the end, he still died because of his own character and the control of the powerful family over the army, and he did not get rid of this shackle even to the death.

On the one hand, Zhengliang is weakening the control of the rich families over the people under their leadership (the land is given by the lord, not the lord's decision; the tax is only paid once a year, and it is handed over to the lord, not to the lord; The lord can only supervise and manage the farming and civil affairs of the territory according to the territorial law), and on the other hand, strengthen the control of these territories through various patronage methods.It is through this method that Zhengliang allows the resources and direct control of the territory to return to his own hands, and no longer relies too much on various powerful families.Under this system, the influence of various powerful families on the daimyo will be greatly reduced, and they will gradually switch to the role of assisting the daimyo.

Of course, perhaps Zhengliang's idea is naive, and may even be stillborn.Judging from the current situation, if this system is implemented, there will be two dangerous periods.One is that at the beginning of the new occupation of the territory, once this system is implemented, there will inevitably be great conflicts with those old wealthy families, so it will inevitably be accompanied by various conflicts, and there may even be a matter of complete reconstruction Appeared; in another period, some wealthy families succumbed to the power of the Luo family, forbear for the time being, and would attack if given the opportunity.For the above-mentioned two dangerous periods, Zhengliang adopted the method of carrot and stick, appeasing with one hand and relentlessly hitting with the other.As long as it lasts for four or five years, after the new system is completely accepted, even wealthy families who have different intentions will lose the foundation and resources to realize their alienation.

(Khan! Due to line problems at home, the Internet was disconnected for two days, which caused today's update to be delayed. Please forgive me.)