Yu Qiuping's outstanding talent in military training forced Imagawa Yoshimoto to re-examine this young man whom he already valued very much. After asking Yu Qiuping about Yu Qiuping's training methods, he realized that it could not be promoted throughout the army.
Because of such high-intensity, large-scale corporal punishment and strict supervision training, it is very likely to arouse serious dissatisfaction between the ashigaru below and their superiors, and mutiny may occur. In addition, ashigaru are not equal, and the new ashigaru are not equal.
New recruits who join the army are often bullied by veterans, and various small gangs are formed among the Ashigaru based on their region, age, and where they come from. It is a fantasy to expect them to train these queue skills at the same pace.
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Yu Qiuping's army has a natural advantage. Yu Qiuping himself was very kind to the families of these two hundred people. Later, he personally rushed to Zhili to live and die with them, saving everyone's lives and leading them.
These slaves gained freedom and gained the respect of others. Coupled with Yu Qiuping's equal treatment of others such as abolishing the kneeling ceremony and the personality charm brought by Yu Qiuping's own kindness, Yu Qiuping has a very high prestige in this team and is favored by others.
The love of all Ashigaru. These Ashugaru were originally slaves at the bottom of society, and they were partners who lived and died together. The team atmosphere was also very good. This allowed Yu Qiuping to successfully implement his training methods and develop
An extremely well-disciplined force.
Such a unit, with a little martial arts training, will become a powerful force that is rare to encounter.
Yu Qiupei was originally worried that he would have to go back to Yue with Sena Jijun after returning to Sunfu. Fortunately, Sena Jijun was left in Suruga in order to assist Imagawa Yoshimoto in internal affairs management. Yu Qiupei
Therefore, I can stay in Sunfukan,
After Yu Qiuping returned to Sunfu, he sent the Ashigaru who had been trained by his devil for more than ten days on vacation to go home to visit their families. Although the longing family members already knew that the Mikawa area had saved the day, they were still worried about the lives of their children.
After discovering that most of the people could return safely, these families immediately fell into ecstasy. Every household erected a longevity monument for Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping asked the Ashugaru to clean up a little, and then went to Yu Qiuping with his family.
Akihira's newly acquired territory of 3,000 koku to the west of Ejiri. In the homes of those Ashugaru who unfortunately died in battle, Yu Qiupei went to their homes to express condolences. As early as in Okazaki Castle, Yu Qiupei collected all the red leaves of those soldiers who unfortunately died in battle.
The name of the deceased was written on each piece. He planned to keep these red leaves forever. The families of these martyrs, Yu Qiuping, also moved to Ejiri.
Ejiri Port is about 23 miles away from Sunfu Castle, and Yuqiupei's territory is located between Ejiri Port and Sunpu Castle, only 10 miles away from Sunpu Castle. On a hill in the territory, you can even see it from a distance
I saw the castle town of Sunpu Castle. The 3,000-koku territory of Uakihira has a total of 4 villages, 2 are fishing villages near the sea, and the other two are a little inland, small villages on the south side of the official road. These two small villages
Both villages have fertile paddy fields. The two villages near the sea make a living by fishing. Although life is a little harder, in bad years, the income from fishing is more stable than farming.
Yu Qiuping brought thousands of people to the outside of the westernmost fishing village and found that some people had gathered at the entrance of the village to greet him. When he took a closer look, he found that the leader was none other than Itami Yasushi.
clear.
"Mongye-kun, I've been looking forward to seeing you!" Itami Yasukichi rode forward and gave Yu Qiuping a hug on the horse.
"Now I am also a fellow samurai. We are so familiar with each other, so don't just call me Momiji." Yu Qiuping patted Itami Yasuki's back. After not seeing each other for a while, he also became stronger.
"Then you're welcome, Hongye, just call me Kangqing." Yasukyo Itami smiled. "First of all, congratulations to Hongye for his great achievements in Mikawa and for being granted this 3,000 koku territory. It is said that
The family governor’s main hall even personally granted him the horse seal!”
"That's right, I brought it to you another day." Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "Speaking of which, how could you come to greet me?" Yu Qiuping and Itami Yasukyo rode side by side, talking as they walked.
"This land has never been enfeoffed, so there is no lord," Yasuki Itami explained. "Our Itami family's territory is around Ejiri Port, the closest to here. It is usually looked after by our family and the acting official."
"When you come here, you are looking for someone to take over, haha," Itami Yasuki smiled at Yu Qiuping, "My father complained about this more than once. It requires money and effort to look after the village, but all the land taxes are turned over to the family governor's hall.
It’s a thankless task for us.”
"Haha..." Yu Qiuping also smiled, "If I don't understand anything in the future, I'm afraid I'll bother you again."
"That's natural, just say Hongye. The agent sent by the Governor's Hall will help you." While the two were chatting and laughing, they had already arrived at the entrance of the village. Dozens of people were kneeling at the entrance of the village, including four elderly people.
Grandpa knelt at the front.
"These are..." Yu Qiuping asked.
"These are the villagers who came to greet you. They are all residents of West Village who do not have to work now." Yasuki Itami said, "The four in front, from left to right, are the village chiefs of West Village, East Village, Hecun and Jiangcun."
"Everyone, please get up quickly," Yu Qiuping hurriedly got off his horse, "How can I have the nerve to let several elderly people kneel while I stand." After the flattered old people were helped up one by one by Yu Qiuping, the ashigaru people behind Yu Qiuping
He also helped to lift up the kneeling villagers behind him.
"You don't have to be so formal, we adults don't have any airs, it's just like that!" Nakahide Omaezaki said while helping the villagers up.
"What do you mean, just like that!" Yu Qiuping glared at him, "Do you know how to speak?"
The conversation between the two caused laughter all around, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.
"Lord," several village chiefs saluted respectfully, "The adults are famous, and the little ones are like thunder!"
"No need to say polite words, please introduce to me the situation of your village." Yu Qiuping went directly to the topic. Several villages introduced the situation of their own villages at once. The two fishing villages each have more than 100 people, and the two paddy villages
The population is larger, with more than 300 people in one village and nearly 400 people in one village.
"Then how much harvest can you produce every year in your territory?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"If it's a good year, we can harvest more than 3,000 shi of grain during the autumn harvest. But if the year is bad, we may only get 2,400 to 500 shi," said the head of the West Village.
"Then how much land tax do you have to pay every year?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"If you reply to your Excellency, it will be 1,200 shi," the village chief said.
"Is it too much?" Yu Qiuping murmured to himself. "After paying so much rent, are you living well?"
"If it's a good year, it will be easy and we can raise some livestock," the village chief said. "But when there is a bad harvest, everyone in the village will be hungry."
"That's it..." Yu Qiuping sighed.
"Four publics and six citizens is already a very good policy, and the land tax cannot be lowered." Amano Jingde saw that Yu Qiuping seemed to have the urge to reduce or reduce the land tax, so he said coldly, and at the same time glared at that man fiercely.
village head.
"Yes! The Imagawa family has been a great benefactor, and the rent is already very low." Amano Keitoku glared at the village chief and shuddered, "Even if the harvest fails, relying on the grain reserves from previous years, people in the village will not starve to death.
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"But whether it's a good year or a bad year, wouldn't it be too rigid if the rent remains the same?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"Generally, if the years are bad, the lord will reduce the amount appropriately." Chibei added.
"But every piece of land is divided into good and bad. Isn't it good for the residents to share the same rent?" Yu Qiuping asked again.
"Sir, do you want to take a commission based on the output?" Amano Keidero shook his head, "Someone tried it before, but all the farmers were too lazy to work hard and were unwilling to work hard to cultivate the land."
Yu Qiuping thought for a while and wanted to use his advantages as a time traveler to come up with some solutions.
Got it!
"How about this? Let's introduce the personal income tax system." Yu Qiuping smiled proudly. The time traveler was indeed a time traveler. After seeing several village chiefs, the subordinates around him looked incomprehensible, so Yu Qiuping explained.
road.
"We divide the income of each household into different levels to collect taxes." Yu Qiuping picked up a small wooden stick and rubbed it a few times on the ground. "For example, if a piece of land can normally produce one
Ten thousand shi of grain. Then, this is how we collect taxes."
Yu Qiuping first pointed to the bottom layer with a small stick, "There is no tax on the pieces from zero to three thousand stones. From three thousand stones to five thousand stones, there is a 10% tax. From five thousand stones to seven thousand stones, there is a tax of 10%."
The tax is 20%, the tax from 7,000 dan to 9,000 dan is 30%, the tax from 9,000 dan to 11,000 dan is taxed from four cities, and so on...that is, the better the year, the more taxes will be collected, and the year will be better.
When it’s bad, just charge less.”
"The more we produce, the more taxes we collect, so who will work hard to cultivate the land?" The stubborn Yoshioka Shengzheng obviously did not understand Yu Qiuping's model.
"Stupid! Are all the muscles growing in your brain?" Nakahide Omaezaki said with a smile, "This is to collect rent according to the steps. Your final output will not affect the number of rents for the steps in front of you? It doesn't matter.
Whether you harvest 10,000 shi or 15,000 shi, you will only pay a 10% tax on the grain between 3,000 shi and 5,000 shi."
"Then if you don't grow three thousand koku, then you won't be taxed." Ogawa Yudong took a sip of wine and asked. "Thank you."
"Yes, but it was already difficult at that time. We didn't even have the food to make wine, so why were we collecting taxes?" Yu Qiuping joked.
"In other words, this system ensures that farmers will have an easier time when there is a bad harvest, and the lords will get more during a good harvest. Especially during a good harvest, the steps with the highest yields will almost all be taken away, right?"
Chibei studied for a while and asked, "And no matter how much the rent is, if you work harder, you will have more left over after paying the tax in the end, so you don't have to worry about everyone slowing down work?"
"Haha, it is Chibei who understands me best." Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "Of course, these numbers are just what I said casually. How to operate them requires detailed research. The statistics of fishing income also need to be improved."
"How about this, you don't have to worry about bad times." Yu Qiuping looked at several village chiefs, only to find that two of them were already in tears.
"If you implement such a benevolent government, gods and Buddhas all over the sky will protect you." The village chief of the West Village knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Yu Qiuping. "I thank you on behalf of the whole village."
The new problem is that the whole village has brought nearly a thousand people with their families. How should these people be resettled? Yu Qiuping asked Itami Yasukyo if more land could be opened up. Itami Yasukichi said that it should be done
No problem. The Itami family was granted 10,000 koku of land, and they have slowly cultivated it to 15,000 koku. "Just don't invade other people's land."
So Yu Qiuping made the kinbei fully responsible for the resettlement of the families of these thousand people. Some of them went to the West Village, which has a lot of wasteland around them, and some were sent to two fishing villages for resettlement. Building houses and other things required strong labor. Two hundred people were enough.
Yu Qiuping was given three days' leave to help his family settle down. He and Amano Keitoku rushed back to Sunfu first.