Warring States Eagle

To become a well-established overlord family, in addition to having a solid retainer structure, a firm and good ruling organization, and a rich talent pool, it also needs to form a good social, agricultural, industrial, and commercial foundation within the ruling system. ..

After more than ten years of firm development, as well as Masaragi's deliberate support of resources, certain social, agricultural, and industrial areas have initially formed in the Luo family's Hizen Country, Chikugo Country, Chikuzen Country, Higo Country, and Iki Island. As well as the business foundation, as for the other areas of the Luo family, because they were gradually affected by the radiation of these areas, they gradually kept pace with the development of these areas, thus accelerating the integration of the Luo family's rule.

In terms of social foundation, as the Luo family's unique "Luo Shi Law" gradually became popular and gradually merged with the Luo family's ruling system, a relatively complete social management system was gradually formed in the Luo family's territory.

At the beginning of "Roche's Law", it is first clear that this law will be the only law for all the territories of the Luo family. In fact, it is already the lowest foundation of the Luo family's ruling system.The first part of the legal text is about land and other natural resources, which mainly has three contents:

[-]. All the land, trees, rivers and other resources in the territory belong to the Luo family, and the Luo family leases the land and other resources to the citizens for use.Each household must register the situation of land and other resources in detail, and pay taxes regularly.Resources such as land can be inherited by designated relatives, and if no one inherits, they will be owned by the territory.[-]. Land and other resources are not allowed to be traded without the approval of the Luo family's cabinet.

1. Before obtaining the approval from the Luo family’s cabinet, each household is only allowed to own five anti-lands (1 anti-land = [-] mu) and two anti-woodlands and mountain lands.

[-]. After the division of households, the territory of each household can only be inherited by one son or one daughter of the family.The other sons or daughters will be allocated land and other resources in other areas by the Luo Family Cabinet. (The main purpose is to avoid the over-concentration of the leading families. It is also beneficial to disperse the power of those families with a large number of people in reality.)

These laws on land and other natural resources are actually tantamount to bringing all natural resources into the hands of the Luo family. Under such circumstances, it is against the social background of this era, and will inevitably encounter obstacles under normal circumstances. , but because when the Luo family started their business, the territory of the Luo family was basically filled with refugees and filthy people who had no land in the first place.Or farmers with a small amount of land do not have any powerful clan forces, so there is no resistance when it is implemented.

In the future, with the continuous expansion of the territory.For the general hostile giants.The Luo family basically adopted the method of extermination (male men were killed, the female family members were scattered and rewarded or moved to settle down), until the Luo family became a powerful daimyo from a small wealthy family. At this time, the strength of the Luo family was already strong enough. , there is no need to worry about this problem at all.And the people in the territory have adapted to the laws of the Luo family, even to protect the fields in their hands.They will also take the initiative to stand on the side of the Luo family to deal with those hostile forces.Of course, the main purpose of implementing this order is to prevent new local tyrants from appearing in one's own territory in the future.For his own retainers, in order to avoid internal hidden dangers, Zheng Liang also made appropriate accommodations.A limited enfeoffment system was also implemented for retainers.The second part of the legal text is about the status of the citizens and the regulations on the agricultural tax. It mainly has two contents:

[-]. The people in the territory mainly have three identities: the people of the territory, the laborers, and the slaves.

First class citizens.The agricultural tax is eight public and two agricultural;

For second-level citizens, the agricultural tax is seven publics and three rural areas;

For the third-level citizens, the agricultural tax is six public and four agricultural;

Fourth-level citizens.The agricultural tax is five public and five agricultural;

For the fifth-level leaders, the agricultural tax is four public and six agricultural.

Labor labor: The former territorial residents who violate the laws of the territory will be demoted to labor labor, and will be executed for a certain year of long-term corvee according to the degree of violation. There will be no remuneration during the execution of corvee.After the period of corvée expires, the original status of the resident can be restored.

Slaves: Enemy captured persons are subject to long-term corvee service for a certain year according to the degree of harm to the territory, and there is no remuneration during the corvée period.After the period of corvée expires, one can become a first-class citizen.

[-]. Instructions for improving citizenship status:

First-class citizen: From the day the leader settles in the territory, he is a first-class citizen.

Second-level resident: After the first-level resident has settled in the territory for one year, he will automatically become a second-level resident; within one year after the first-level resident settles in the territory, he will send his relatives over the age of 14 to [-] to the territorial school, and guarantee Students who participate in the study organized by the school on time will automatically be converted into second-level citizens.

Third-level resident: After the resident has settled in the territory for three years, he will automatically become a third-level resident; at the same time, regardless of the length of residence and the original level of the resident, all resident, as long as one person in each household becomes a standing soldier of the Luo family , it will automatically be converted to a third-level citizen; moreover, the Luo family can also personally grant the status of a third-level citizen if they make contributions to the territory.

Level [-] Territories: After ten years of settlement in the territory, the subjects will automatically be converted to Level [-] subjects; all subjects, as long as someone in each household becomes a warrior of the Luo family or a retainer of various institutions of the Luo family, they will automatically be converted to Level [-]. level leader.At the same time, those who have made significant contributions to the territory can be personally awarded by the Luo family to a fourth-level leader.

Level 20 Territory: After [-] years of settlement in the territory, the leader will automatically be converted into a Level [-] leader; if he has made a major contribution to the territory, the Luo family can personally grant it to a Level [-] leader.

According to the law, for an ordinary citizen, the agricultural tax in the first year of settlement in the territory is eight public and two agricultural, the second year is seven public and three agricultural, the fourth year is six public and four agricultural, and the No.11 year is five public and five agricultural. No.20 a year is four people and six people.It seems that such an agricultural tax system seems a bit harsh, but in fact at this time in many areas of the Warring States period, the agricultural taxes of the rich families were all eight public and two rural (the Imakawa family implemented the agricultural tax of six public and four agricultural, but it has already He was praised by the people as a benevolent lord), and there are even situations where the people have no food to eat, so this stepped agricultural tax system is already very good. After all, the Luo family needs more to develop. What's more, these agricultural taxes were finally returned to the local people through various methods of work-for-relief.

After so many years of development, the average agricultural tax of the citizens in Hizen Country, Higo Country, Chikugo Country, the western part of Chikuzen Country, and Iki Island, which were first controlled by the Luo family, is already five gongs and five farmers. A little later, in Bungzen, Bungo, and the eastern part of Chikuzen, which were controlled by the Luo family, the agricultural taxes of the people in these areas were generally seven gongs, three farms or six gongs and four farms.Zheng Liang's ultimate goal.It is the agricultural tax that realizes that all the citizens in the Luo family's territory are five public and five peasants.

In the above-mentioned laws, in order to encourage the citizens to actively participate in the schools and military forces of the territory, some preferential regulations have been added accordingly; as for the fairness of these laws, in fact, the above-mentioned laws cannot take care of those whose children are young , There are no children, let alone families with young and strong men.It can be said that these are the most vulnerable groups. How to protect these families will be explained in the next article.

The third part of the main body of the law is the ordinance on territorial corvee, which mainly has five contents:

[-]. Cancel all taxes in the territory except agricultural tax and commercial tax.

[-]. Territorial people only participated in corvee service under the territorial organization.During the period of corvee service, meals were distributed uniformly by the territory.The territory gives reasonable remuneration according to the amount of labor (the remuneration is mainly based on food and homemade coins of the Luo family).

[-]. Residents in need at home can apply for relief at the designated place in the territory. After verification, the territory will provide relief according to the minimum allocation every month. The maximum relief period is one year, and repeated applications can be made.

[-]. Territors lacking agricultural tools can rent them at the designated place in the territory. The maximum rental period is seven days.

V. Relief and Lease Repayment Method:

Directly use food or coins to repay;

After the annual autumn harvest, use grain or coins to repay;

After participating in the corvee service of the territorial organization.Territory is deducted from the remuneration due.

Here, Zhengliang used the concept of "loan" in later generations to allow the people to apply for agricultural tools, even food and coins, and return them later, which greatly ensured the survival of those vulnerable groups in the early stage of settlement; at the same time, they encouraged the people to Actively participated in all kinds of corvee organized by the territory.In order to enable the Luo family to increase the income of the people in the form of work-for-relief, it also speeds up the development of the territory.

The fourth part of the main body of the law is the ordinance on territorial secrecy.There are five main contents:

[-]. Residents are not allowed to leave the territory without the approval of the Luo family;

[-]. Territorial citizens are not allowed to mention any information related to the territory to anyone, such as laws and technologies;

[-]. Once a suspicious or unfamiliar person is found.It must be reported to the territory in time. After verification, those who have not reached the third-level leader will be directly promoted to the third-level leader; those who have reached the third-level leader will be given stone grain rewards.

[-]. If the report violates the confidentiality regulations, after verification, those who have not reached the third-level leader will be directly promoted to the third-level leader; those who have reached the third-level leader will be given stone food rewards.

Many of the policies and technologies that Zhengliang implements in the territory now surpass this era. Once acquired by the enemy force, it will not only strengthen the opponent's strength, but also greatly threaten himself. When he is not strong enough, these things Must be kept strictly confidential.However, it is difficult to keep secrets only by relying on the defense force of the territory, so the only way to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the people in the territory is to make the whole people become the monitors of secrecy.After this period of development, areas such as Hizen Country, Higo Country, Chikugo Country, the western part of Chikuzen Country, and Iki Island have become watertight places. As long as suspicious people enter these areas, they will be identified soon. Come out, as for other areas, with the encouragement of the Luo family's rewards, they have also received a great response, and the awareness of prevention among the citizens has become stronger and stronger.

The fifth part of the main body of the law is about the ordinances of the civil weapons in the territory, which mainly has five contents:

[-]. Without the permission of the Luo family, one is not allowed to own swords, spears, footwear, bows and arrows and other weapons stipulated in the territory;

[-]. Those who already own weapons must hand in the territory, and the territory will give corresponding food and currency compensation;

[-]. Any private collection, once discovered, will be confiscated immediately, and the private collection will be punished with a certain amount of hard labor.Those who do not report will also be punished.

[-]. Without the permission of the Luo family, all artisan houses in the territory are not allowed to make weapons. Otherwise, not only the artisan houses will be confiscated, but all the staff in the artisan houses will be invited to serve and punished.Even other artisan house personnel who had not participated in the weapon making were implicated and punished.

In fact, this is the "Knife Hunting Order". Although the territorial laws have benefited farmers a lot, it is difficult to rule out that they will still be bewitched by some people, and then they will make a one-time or even one-time one. This is enough for themselves, so in order to prevent Before it happens, it is better to implement this measure as soon as possible.At the same time, in order to strengthen the prevention, the same system of sitting together as the slave team was adopted.Encourage citizens to supervise each other.

The seventh part of the legal text is mainly about the regulations on rewards and punishments of the territory. There is only one ordinance, but the content is very detailed. It mainly lists the contents of daily civil crimes, and clarifies that once these contents and the laws and regulations of the territory are violated, the corresponding penalties will be borne. years of service.For whistleblowers.Give a certain amount of food and even a leader level reward.

The seventh chapter of the legal text mainly stipulates the specific responsibilities and rights of each organization of the Luo family and each corresponding specific position, and what punishment will be imposed after violation.At the same time, it also lists in detail the rewards that need to be given for various military contributions.

The entire "Roche's Laws" has a total of six or seven chapters and 38 regulations.general speaking.With these laws.Can make everyone understand what can be done under the rule of the Luo family?What can't you do?What can be obtained, and how can it be obtained?In a nutshell, through these laws, a society with legal constraints, clear class distinctions, effective pensions and assistance, and work-for-relief systems will gradually be established in the territory of the Luo family.In this way, the basic social system of a new country is formed.

Some people may think so.Such a law obviously lacks fairness, but after all, the background of the entire Warring States period is like this at this time. It is ridiculous to blindly pay attention to the so-called equality of everyone, and it may even be overthrown and annihilated in the tide of history.Since this is a hierarchical society.Then, as a ruler, one must adapt to the background of this era.At the same time, create a class that supports the development of its own rule.What's more, such a social system will also encourage the people in the territory to develop proactively, thereby accelerating the development of the territory.

certainly.In fact, the system of the Luo family at this time is not exactly the same as the system of the general daimyo in the entire Warring States period. The most fundamental difference is that the Luo family does not allow a country within a country to appear in its ruling system, while other The big name is powerful, and it is ruled by a strong or weak state within a state (or an alliance).This led to the expansion of the Luo family, which inevitably conflicted with the interests of these famous and powerful families.But Zheng Liang had already prepared for this, anyway, he would use violence to completely destroy these obstacles, and then re-establish the system according to the laws of the Luo family.

It's just that it can be dealt with in this way for big names and wealthy families who have direct conflicts of interest, but it cannot be done for ordinary people.But people are very strange. When a new culture and system enters their lives, they can't help resisting it. When they find that others accept this new thing, their life becomes better and better. So they took the initiative to accept it.

At the beginning, when the Luo family started their business, because there was no resistance, the law of the Luo family naturally began to spread easily in the territory of the Luo family. With the development of the past ten years, the Hizen Kingdom, the Hihou Kingdom, the The Chikugo Kingdom, the western part of the Chikuzen Kingdom, and Iki Island have become the areas where the Laws of the Luo family have been implemented most deeply, and the citizens of these areas have naturally obtained the most benefits.

Therefore, under such circumstances, with the demonstrations in these areas, the western regions of Bungzen, Bungo, and Chikuzen have also been affected at this time. The citizens have received so many benefits, and their lives are getting better and better, so they have begun to take the initiative to accept the laws of the Luo family, and even actively support these laws that can bring them benefits.Similarly, following the demonstration of these people in the Kyushu region, the same changes will take place in the Nagato country, Zhou Fang country, An Yi country and other regions that have just become the territory of the Luo family.

With such a social system as a foundation, agriculture, industry, and commerce under this system have all been greatly developed.

In terms of agriculture, in the areas of Hizen, Chikugo, and Higo that were the earliest territories of the Luo family, after more than ten years of continuous reclamation, most of the local reclaimable fields have been reclaimed.The local water conservancy facilities are relatively complete, especially the famous Zhengliang canals that have spread over the local fields, and similarly, those Zhengliang waterwheels are also spread all over the banks of the local rivers.Under such a farming system, even in the event of floods or droughts, the local agricultural income remains basically stable.The number of cattle has also reached the level where there is one cattle in five households on average.

At the same time, since the fields in these areas have been reclaimed, the local people have also started to cultivate mulberry fish ponds, cotton forests and other farming methods under the demonstration of a large number of slave farms set up by the Luo family's cabinet.A large number of fish ponds, mulberry trees, sucrose, cotton, hemp and other crops appeared in the local fields and forests, realizing the effective use of land.

and.With the promotion of more than ten years, Zhengliang melon (also named Shengua, actually sweet potato) has become the same name as rice, wheat, and miscellaneous grains (such as soybeans, corn, and millet). One of the four major grains in the territory.At the same time, advanced farming methods such as fire ash-based fertilizer, manure-based fertilizer, standardized field farming, and two-system farming have also been completely accepted by the people.In particular, the farming method of the two farming methods has completely changed the current situation of the Luo family's farming and created a precedent for farming in the Warring States Period.

In fact, other areas of the Warring States Period at this time.Even in areas such as the Nagato country and Zhou Fang country that the Luo family had just occupied, they all adopted the method of farming, that is, spring plowing in spring and autumn harvesting.Mixed cultivation of crops is not known at all.Realize the farming method that summer and autumn all have income.

With the development of agriculture, after the basic life of the local people was guaranteed, they began to pursue a higher quality of life, so raising chickens, fish farms, farmers' trade markets, and farm tool artisan houses appeared in some areas one after another. Under the strong advocacy of the Cabinet, the citizens began to breed goats imported from the Ming Dynasty in their homes.At the same time, increase the support for their own farm cattle, hoping that they can give birth to more calves, and then sell these grown goats and calves to the Cabinet.

In order to guide the people to raise more meat and livestock, the Cabinet of Ministers also deliberately added such things as cattle farms, goat farms, and chicken farms to the slave farms (these chicken breeds were raised for several generations by the pheasants captured by Zhengliang at the beginning. Later transformed into domestic chickens) and other breeding industries, on the one hand, it is used to provide meat supply for the Luo family's army.On the other hand, it is used to demonstrate to the local people, and to provide the local people with provenance and breeding methods.So as to achieve the purpose of transferring these breeding work to the territorial people.

The formation of a good agricultural farming system, animal husbandry, fishery, and agricultural trade system all constitute an agricultural system that has entered a virtuous circle.Of course, such an agricultural system is currently only formed in the regions of Hizen, Chikugo, and Higo.As for the Chikuzen Country, Buzen Country, and Bungo Country, which were later controlled by the Luo family, they have just started, while Nagato Country, Zhou Fang Country and other places are backward areas that need a long period of transformation before they can start.

Agriculture has been greatly developed, and industry has naturally also developed.Of course, what is referred to here is the handicraft industry.

In terms of workshops, there is only one paper-making and printing workshop, which is located near the Hizen Country Kishizan Castle. Due to the need for confidentiality, this workshop has been strictly controlled by the Cabinet.Also for the sake of confidentiality, there is only one textile workshop, which is also located near Hizen Kishizan Castle. With the supply of local cotton and silk, the textile workshop weaves a large amount of cotton fabrics and a small amount of silk.Among them, cotton fabrics are mainly used for internal consumption of Luo’s family (especially military products such as matchlocks, military uniforms, and quilts are never allowed to be sold outside), while silk is partly used for internal consumption and partly sold to other regions of the Warring States.

There are five low-quality cement workshops, which are located near Nodakayama and Kishidake Mountain Castle in Hizen Country, near Mount Aso in Higo Country, Higata Mountain in Chikugo Country, and Qibu Castle in Bungo Country.These low-quality cements are mainly used for road construction, water conservancy facilities, house construction, and city wall construction in the territory. Although with such quality, they will definitely be investigated and closed down in later generations, but compared to the construction mud of this era , the effect is much better.Similarly, in order to avoid strengthening the strength of other forces, these cement technologies and finished products are not allowed to be exported outside the territory of the Luo family.

There are only three pottery workshops, located in Imari and Arita in the Hizen country, and Hita Sarayama in the Bungo country.Like the silk in the weaving workshop, the artisans of these ceramics were invited back from the Ming Dynasty together with their families, and some local craftsmen from the Wa Kingdom were also hired.Although the finished product is not very exquisite compared to the ceramics smuggled from the Ming Dynasty, it can already meet the needs of people in this era.Some of these ceramics were used for internal consumption, and some were sold to the Roche House for sale to various places in the Warring States Period. )