During the half month of the grand appraisal meeting, Kira Yoshitoki repeatedly summoned his retainers to hold military meetings, asking them to quickly formulate a plan to march into Kanto. In fact, the relevant plans have been in progress since last year, but they were distracted by several wars.
However, the progress has been delayed. Now that winter has turned to spring and it is a good season for the spring river water to be warm, Echigo's further attack plan has also been put on the agenda.
Just when the ministers were discussing the marching plan, a piece of news from Yuezhong broke his good mood. Yuezhong, which had only been stable for half a year, had been in trouble again. The officials in Tobo County were resurgent and making trouble everywhere. There is evidence that this
The matter is related to the chief priest who fled to Kaga. Since this person abandoned Masuyama Castle and fled to Kaga, Shenlong has been missing, and it is very difficult to control the movements of Echu through his own influence.
Tokiyuki Yamamoto was unable to come up with a good solution to the current new situation in the local area. This was because they were different from the violent group led by Shengxing Temple and Zuisen Temple. Since the army of the two temples had been annihilated,
Since the Jialan temple was demolished and burned to a white ground, the Yixiang Yikui in Yuezhong have broken into pieces and lurked. As long as they want to hide their identities and beliefs, it is almost impossible to be discovered with the help of local believers.
The lurking backbone of the Yixiang sect can only be regarded as a hidden danger to public security, but when they combine with the local people who are dissatisfied with the rule of the Kira family, the local servants and Socun, and the Yixiang sect breaks out, it will bring more troubles.
Often when a large army is dispatched to pursue and destroy the village, the main force of the village has long been transferred to other areas. Even if Yamamoto Tokiyuki sets a trap and surrounds it, there are still ways to escape. Even if some small fish and shrimps are caught, they can still dig out.
No more valuable information is available.
"Damn the Ichikai clan, and that godly protector should be damned!" Kira Yoshi suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and exhaled, and said calmly: "Tell the master and let him go ahead. Be careful of the Ichiki clan infiltration in the direction of Kaga.
If necessary, send messages via waterways! We need to put more effort into collecting intelligence between Vietnam and China."
"Yes! Your Majesty, I will do it as soon as possible." Mochizuki Yoshinaga responded respectfully. In fact, the intelligence channel between Yue and Zhong has been smoothly assumed, such as Toyama Castle, Matsukura Castle to the seaside, and flying pigeons from Jin Castle to Uozu Castle to pass the message.
, and then take a speed boat to Naoetsu early in the morning via the sea channel connecting Echigo to deliver the information. This can ensure that the information will be delivered to Kasugayama Castle within two days.
"By the way, An Yunshou's son is also fourteen years old this year, right? What's his name?"
Mochizuki Yoshinaga whispered: "Inuko's name is Mochizuki Ojiro Yoshimitsu this year. He is starting from the lowest level of ninja in the ninja army."
"Yu Zheng was thinking about one thing. The Mochizuki clan in Saku County is the clan of your clan. How about letting your son become the heir to the Mochizuki clan and inherit the clan's territory? What's left of the Mochizuki clan's original twenty-five villages that were demolished?
The territory of the next eight large villages has not been reduced at all. If you hand it over to your son, you can still preserve the clan of the Mochizuki clan."
"This..." Mochizuki Yoshinaga moved slightly, and then said calmly: "Don't Yoshino Gozen's children inherit the clan?"
Kira Yoshi had long expected that he would ask this question, and said with a smile: "Yoshino is too young, and Yu has not planned to give birth to a child for Yu yet. There is no rush to wait for another two years. The children she gives birth to for Yu will naturally
There is a family to inherit. But he will not be the lord of these eight small villages, so you can feel free to inherit!"
"I have another question. If Inuko inherits the Mochizuki family, will my salary and that of the Mochizuki ninjas be cancelled? Will the Mochizuki ninjas have to move to Saku County? It's not that I'm greedy for wealth, it's me.
There are more than two hundred Mochizuki ninjas, and with close to a thousand family members, it is not a small number. If it is not handled properly, I am very worried that the ninjas under my command will complain." Mochizuki Yoshinaga expressed his worries. He has not yet said the number.
Will the larger Koka ninja be affected?
It even further affected the internal structural changes of the Kira ninjas. Since the Mochizuki family, which represents the Koga ninjas, was promoted to Monomishou by Kira Yoshitoki, the status of the Koga ninjas has steadily risen and gradually suppressed the rising Iga ninjas, while the foolish Mochizuki
Yoshino is the guarantee of the status of the Koga ninjas. I don’t know how many Koga ninjas secretly pray for Yoshino to have more boys behind his back.
The rise of the status of the Koga ninjas made the Iga ninjas feel very nervous, especially in the third battle of Kawanakajima. After the Koga ninjas successfully invited the Togakure ninjas and made great achievements and were highly praised by Kira Yoshitoki, in just a short period of time,
For many years, the pressure of the Koga ninja and the Togakushi ninja to form an alliance and strengthen their cooperation was like a huge mountain on the shoulders of the Iga ninja.
As the supreme leader of the Iga ninjas, Hattori Masakiyoshi, Monomichi's deputy minister, has always been very secretive about this. Hattori Masakiyoshi knew very well that Kira Yoshito hated the fierce internal fighting among the retainers, and even more hated retainers who made trouble on their own initiative. He had always been cautious.
Being careful not to take a step too far, his elder brother, Hattori Bounaga, made a mistake again because of the problems of his sons. Being demoted to Sakamoto to retire was equivalent to actually withdrawing from the rank of important ministers of the Ashikaga family.
Of course he didn't dare to make any bigger moves, but the moves of the Koga Ninja were too big. If he didn't make any moves, he would inevitably be looked down upon. So Hattori Masakiyoshi took the initiative to become an ally with the leader of the Genzaru Ninjas, Kato Danzo, probably.
It is equivalent to the nature of holding together to stay warm and tide over the difficulties together, thereby stabilizing one's position and maintaining the confrontation between Koga and Iga, rather than one party being annexed by the other.
In the past, Kenzaru's status was aloof. You don't need to look at the face of the Kira ninjas, and they could repeatedly ignore the restrictions of the Kira family's political orders. However, since their initiative, Uesugi Masatora took the initiative to end the dual-headed political structure and respected Kira's righteousness, he became the master of the Three Kingdoms of Yuexin.
Since then, Genzaru has naturally been classified as the Kira Ninja. Now he serves as the third person in the Kira Ninja, which happens to be a little higher than the new leader of the Togakure Ninja, Toda Gohei, who can only be ranked third.
four.
The combination of his four ninja families has indeed made Kira ninjas unprecedentedly powerful. There are more than 2,000 light ninjas. Over the years, more than 5,000 people have been recruited to provide intelligence. They are mainly concentrated in Echigo, Shinano, and Ueno.
, followed by Vietnam, the Kinai countries and the Kanto region, as well as the newly opened Dewa country, Western country, Shikoku, and Kyushu regions. The intelligence has not yet been developed. Even so, it is enough to make this powerful ninja army proud of the world.
Strong but not united, the effect of the four ninja families forcibly kneading together is naturally not very ideal, and small frictions and even serious conflicts often occur. Fortunately, the leaders of the four ninja families also know the priorities and always control such conflicts.
It did not explode within a certain range.
Moreover, the nature of the work of ninjas means that their conflicts with each other always happen silently. They start silently and disappear without leaving any traces. Even Kira Yoshitoki did not notice how serious the friction between them was. I just knew that the four ninja armies seemed to be divided into two groups who disliked each other. I didn't expect how much change one of my policies might bring to them.
Just when Mochizuki Yoshinaga was frowning in thought, the paper door of the assessment room was gently opened, and Nangang Toutofang walked in gracefully with a peaceful smile, waving his feather fan, and said: "An Yunshou can rest assured. Your Majesty's arrangements are always foolproof. I happen to know your Majesty's plan, so I must be planning to use An Yunshou as the first example!"
"Yeah! I have this intention. An Yunshou obtained 3,200 kilo of land from these eight villages. Last year, because the land had just been acquired and he could not make further improvements, last year's autumn harvest was 42,800 kilo. This spring, it has already been If you sow rice seeds, you will surely reap a harvest in the fall. In addition, the total population of these eight villages is more than 28,000, with an average of more than 3,500 people per village. All nearby walled cities have been demolished, and the land has been leveled. Various irrigation canals were built according to the plan, and it happens to be the richest land in Saku County. This territory is not only given to An Yunshou, but not to you. Does An Yunshou know what I mean? "
Mochizuki Yoshinaga, who is in charge of intelligence collection and compilation, naturally knows this information. In addition, it is the clan territory of the Mochizuki family and he will pay more attention to it. He also knows that the demolished walled city and village materials were used in the construction of new and larger villages. The farmers They were organized to shoulder the burden of collecting labor to complete the construction of their new homes. The incentive was to build the new homes better and stronger. The farmers were very motivated and could make the farmers work hard to serve the Kira family unknowingly. This is Mochizuki Ji. What I most admire about Kira Yoshiki.
"Does the Lord mean..."
"Actually, it's very simple. Your son Mochizuki Yoshimitsu took over the position of family governor from you, and then passed to your clan, the Shinano Mochizuki clan, as a leader of the Mochizuki clan. The power of the Mochizuki ninjas was stripped from your hands. I will transfer it to your son, and the more than one thousand members of your Mochizuki clan plus the members of the Mochizuki clan in Saku County will be put under the charge of Mochizuki Yoshimitsu.
Mochizuki Jichong inherits a clan but does not need to be a local lord. The management of the territory is left to the rest of the followers. Every year, based on the statistics of stone heights in Mochizuki clan, and after deducting taxes, Mochizuki Jichong will be given the corresponding annual tribute. .You Mochizuki ninjas are still staying in Kasugayama Castle to serve Yu Fengong with peace of mind, and you are still doing Yu's work."
After Namioka Tobobo explained from the side, Mochizuki Yoshinaga roughly understood the meaning of the family governor's decision, which was to let his legitimate son Mochizuki Yoshimitsu inherit the Mochizuki clan, and then transfer Mochizuki to the Saku County of Shinano Province. The eight villages were handed over to Mochizuki Yoshimitsu, but these territories did not need Mochizuki Yoshimitsu to take care of, nor did he need to go to the countryside to establish villas to take care of the territories, including supporting agricultural reforms, establishing canals for drinking water irrigation, and building river embankments to protect fields and ridges. They are all handled by agents appointed by the public.
And this territory is called the flag family, which means the hereditary territory of the Ashikaga family's flag family. As long as the master family still preserves this territory, it will always belong to their family. It will be passed down from generation to generation, whether the Mochizuki clan makes a mistake or not. Or the extermination of heirs will not deprive their family of their territory, and the master's family will find a collateral relative for him as his successor to keep the family line from being cut off.
In fact, the general meaning is just like the earlier European Middle Ages in the same period. The rise of the knight class was based on the enfeoffment of manors similar to banners. They did not need to take care of the farmland in the village and did not care whether the farmers had enough to eat or sleep well.
I feel that all agricultural issues are handed over to the officials appointed by the monarch. This is equivalent to liberating the retainers from the role of local people, relying on the influence of the fields and geographical factors, and concentrating on honing their skills for the master.
Feng Gong.
Seeing Mochizuki Yoshinaga's thoughtful expression, Namioka Tobo said with a smile: "In fact, my lord has long had the idea to change the existing system. The earliest warriors who followed my lord did not have the corresponding territory. Although I, the Lord, have
The Ashikaga family has high salary support, but this method is unable to continue to be promoted. The majority of the people in Echigo, Shinano, Ueno and even Echichu are pure local samurai. They have their own inherent territory, and they have just begun.
The new retainers who have surrendered will definitely not hand over their territory in exchange for a relatively generous salary. I think An Yunshou can understand this, right?"
Mochizuki Yoshinaga nodded in agreement, as if he was remembering something, with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes. After a long time, he sighed: "Yes! I have lived in Koga for more than thirty years, and I know that the people here are well aware of the situation."
, The land servant has a very deep obsession with the land. No matter how high-ranking the official is, the salary is not as good as the land before him. After all, whether the fields are dry or flooded, it all depends on his own struggle. Even if the grain production is reduced in a disaster year, it is better than losing the land.
It’s useful to exchange for some floating wealth that won’t last long.”
"Before this, the Lord lived in a small area between the two counties of Omi Province, and he was unable to seal the land to protect the interests of the clan members. In the past few years since he came to Echigo, he has devoted all his energy and thoughts to opening up the situation as soon as possible and expanding the territory to ensure
The reputation of my family, the Ashikaga family, has not diminished. Five or six years have passed and now we have a territory. The members of the family who had followed the master without any regrets have also begun to think about their territory and knowledge.
In the past two years, some different voices have reached the public through various channels. After learning about this matter, the Lord attached great importance to it. After careful consideration and repeated deliberation, he finally decided to change the existing Fenggong structure, so this plan was
It came into being at the right time, and An Yunshou is very lucky to be the first person to implement this plan. You can see how much the Lord values An Yunshou!"
Nangang Toutou's answer was simple and clear, which made it easy for him to accept this plan. He knew very well that there was an insurmountable gap among the family members, that is, those who received salaries and those who ate the food produced in their own land.
In Pudai, although it seems that everyone is laughing and joking together in harmony, getting together to drink and brag about each other like good brothers during the first month of the year, but because of this essential difference, they are naturally divided into two camps, and there is always a strong relationship between them.
Some small knots are difficult to untie.
However, the emergence of this plan can avoid related incidents to the greatest extent. Once the system of banners is successfully promoted, all existing retainers in the Ashikaga family will receive corresponding banner salaries, and they will basically be able to obtain food from their own land.
The treatment is not much different from that of local warriors.
The only difference is probably that these banner generations do not need to worry about the shortcomings of the family members in the farm. They do not need to worry about whether the seedlings in the fields are not growing tall enough or the ears of rice are not full enough. They do not need to worry about the river embankments being washed away by floods every rainy season.
, every dry season, I worry that the water in the ditch is not enough to irrigate my own land, so I don’t have to worry about the cats that get up early and stay late at night to dig for food in the fields.
Living in Kasugayama Castle is not only hassle-free but also very comfortable. Living in a farm is in no way as convenient and fast as coming to Kasugayama Castle. Walking out of Kasugayama is Naoetsu, the most developed town in Echigo and even the latter half of Hokuriku.
You can taste all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables shipped from Kinai at any time, beautiful clothes carefully made by the Wufu House under the jurisdiction of Bipa House, as well as Nanban dioramas, colorful gems and precious silks and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty.
The acquisition and use of resources cannot be compared with the Chinese lords living in the countryside. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, your support is my greatest
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