Pillars of the Wu family

"Sure enough!" Nakajo Fujisuke sighed, and the only one who can say that the Miura Party and the Chichibu Party are ministers is in this name. Both the Echigo King and the Kanto Governor are just retainers of the Ashikaga family. , it is only natural for a group of them to obey the Goichimon of the Ashikaga family.

"My family wants to announce here that all Echigo people have let go of the past, and must abide by my Kira laws from today! As for Honjo Shigecho and Kurokawa Mori, they will be reduced to a thousand stones and think about their mistakes behind closed doors. When will you figure it out? When will you come again? Kasuga Yamashiro." Yoshitomo Kira waved his hand and asked Hojo Takahiro to take the two of them down for a private exchange.

"Wuweidian! You can't do this! It is absolutely impossible to reduce the seal..." Kurokawa Mori was still struggling, and Honjo Shigenaga raised his head and shouted: "Why should we reduce the seal? No one can reduce the seal ! Even if you are Wuwei Palace!"

There are 1 shi in the territory of the Zhuang family, especially in the large mountainous area near Dewa, which is his family's territory. It was cut off by Kira Yoshishi, and only [-] shi was left, which means that there is only a little farmland near Honjo Castle. , Kurokawa Mori was a little bit close, but he still had a territory of [-] shi, and only [-] shi was cut down. Such a harsh punishment can't help but make the people of Vietnam break into a cold sweat.

"Press it down!" Watanabe Kotsuna was also angry, and several Kira family samurai immediately came up to carry the two out.

When Hojo Takahiro rushed to Kirayoshi, he bowed and retreated. He came to Shimoe this time to shoulder the heavy responsibility of persuading the two traitors. He knew what this Wuweidian was worried about. The sudden illness of Nagao Jinghu made Echigo's situation very bad. At this juncture, it is more appropriate to be still and not to move.

Letting him, a person who participated in the rebellion and surrendered, come forward, can greatly damage the confidence of Honjo Shigecho and Kurokawa Moriji.What better way to know their minds than an accomplice?Of course he is not alone.For a long time, Ben followed him out with a smile on his face.

"Okay! Let's not talk about this. Let's talk about rewards! This time, the Nakajo Echizen Hall, the Xiaoguo Zhushui, and the Jinjin Xinbing Weiwei Hall have made great contributions! This achievement will be shared by the three of you!"

It is also a deliberate decision to share some achievements with the three Echigo people. Although Fujisuke Nakajo contributed a lot, the loss was not severe. Oguni Yorihisa and Kanetsu Yoshiki lost hundreds of people each in the Honjo Castle battle, so It doesn't make much sense for the three to share the same credit.

The reward for some meritorious service is five thousand guan of Yongle money, five thousand shi of rice, one hundred shi of soybean oil, and half of the captured armor and weapons will be distributed to the three families.This bounty is absolutely frighteningly high. It can be said that it can be said, but there is no land to know how to increase the title. Nakajo Tengzi expressed doubts about this.

"Knowledge increase? Hehe..." Kira Yoshishi laughed, and all the samurai of the Kira family also laughed. The idea of ​​land extension was not popular in the Kira family. None of the thousands of samurai in the Kira family had land to know what to do With the salary given by Kirayoshi, this rule was naturally carried over to Echi.

"Money and food are always good, but it's always not as secure as having land in your hands! I, Teng Zi, still think it's better to know how to increase the land." Although other people in Echigo couldn't get in their mouths.But she still looked at him expectantly.

"Land knowledge? Hehe!" Kira Yoshitoki smiled, and said to Watanabe Kotsuna: "Takatsuna, tell him. What is the annual salary of the ashigaru general of the Kira family? What about your annual salary?"

"Yes!" Kotsuna Watanabe bowed, stood up, raised his chest and raised his head, and said proudly: "My azuki general of the Kira family has an annual salary of 150 kan Yongle sen, of which the money and grain are halved. Normally, I pay 210 kan Yongle sen, 150 kan You can also get four buckets of salt, six stones of vegetables, [-] poultry eggs and one stone of aquatic products for one stone of rice. Besides, the warriors of my Kira family don’t need to support their retainers, and they don’t have to bear military service to raise soldiers and store food. more comfortable!"

"Yongle money, food, salt, vegetables, poultry eggs, aquatic products? This... what are they? I've never heard of such a strange salary, it's almost..." Zhongtiao Fujizi was tongue-tied, and the people in Xiayue were also stunned. Stunned, this is the life of the Wu family, it is more chic than the life of guarding the daimyo, giving money, food and a bunch of things that have never been thought of, after careful calculation, it is indeed better than the life of the rich family of three thousand shi good.

"My Gao Gang's annual salary is 150 guan, and every year I can receive 450 guan of Yongle coins, [-] shi of rice, seven buckets of salt, [-] shi of vegetables, [-] poultry eggs and three shi of aquatic products!"

Takatsuna Watanabe still kept a hand, because Kira's family is engaged in large-scale breeding of pastures, and his family's bastard Gengoro can eat pork every day, and there is a bowl of pork bone soup to drink every day. Cut, of course this is a secret and these Xiayue people should not know that eating meat is still a taboo in this era.

"This... is really amazing! What if we do the same?" The shocked Xiayue people couldn't help shaking their hearts.

Xiayueyangbei Zhongli is full of stones with a height of more than six thousand stones, and there are only a few families. Except for those large-scale warriors, most of the wealthy families have a total stone height of less than three thousand stones. The little family wealth that generations have survived is not as good as that of an ashigaru general from Kira's family. Judging from their appearance, it has been more than ten years. The gap is really too big.

Sebu Katsunaga is relatively old in Yangbei, and the veteran over [-] years old is not afraid of what others say about him, so he asked brazenly: "But I still have a problem with Katsunaga. If there is no land, what will happen in the future?" How to ensure that children and grandchildren can also inherit this annual salary?"

He also has a territory of 850 shi in his hand. After removing the Zhixing of a bunch of retainers, the direct collar in his hand is only about 2000 shi. According to the current annual tribute system of Gong Liu Min Si, the grain income that can be obtained is about 500 Two hundred stones fluctuate up and down. His own family needs to support 900 standing armed forces, plus more than 500 military service that the retainer group needs to bear. There are about [-] to [-] people. When the war is urgent, another five or six hundred A total of [-] peasants and soldiers.

Including Nakajo Tengzi, Honjo Shigecho, etc., and even the entire Echigo, Kanto is also the same. This system is also called the system of sending relatives and children. This system originated from the Lang party in the Kamakura shogunate era. The samurai family recruited some samurai with blood relatives or non-blood relatives into their own command, and established a master-slave relationship in the virtual parent-child relationship of military service.

After the baptism of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Jiaji Rebellion, and the Yingren Rebellion.As the guardian daimyo gradually changed to the Warring States daimyo.The daimyo system is constantly changing.In order to establish a stable political system, various samurai families established the separate country law. At the same time, the military service system was further established, so the system of sending relatives and children was established.

Such as Sebu Shengchang and other powerful warriors, they all hold the position of city lord. Under him, he receives hundreds of shi Zhixing's retainers, and they are sent relatives. The grassroots are farmers and soldiers, which is also a typical military system of the Japanese Warring States Period.

"The annual salary received by the samurai of my Kira family is the family salary. As long as the family has an heir to pass on from generation to generation, it doesn't matter whether it is a parent or an adopted child. Of course, the premise is to abide by the laws of my Kira family."

"So that's how it is!" Irobe Katsunaga frowned and said nothing. It's not surprising that this has been passed down from generation to generation, but I still have some doubts about having to accept the laws of the Kira family. After all, no one knows what happened to the Kira family. At least rely on subjective judgments The proud expressions of the Kira family samurai are not fake, they are indeed doing well.

"You guys can think about it carefully. If you have any questions, you can ask the direct ministers of the family. Today's evaluation ends here!" All that should be said has been said.Yoshiki Kira got up and left to give them some room to think.

At this time, Honjo Castle had become the base camp of the Kira Army, and the castle tower of the Honjo Castle was naturally requisitioned by Kira Yoshitoki.Push open the paper door and enter a spacious and bright room. This is the long living room that originally belonged to the village. It is the same as the traditional castle tower. There is a terrace on the other side to overlook the scenery below the city. The scenery under the mountain hundreds of meters away.

Hattori Yasumoto, dressed as a samurai, walked in with a heavily tied samurai. This samurai was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with light eyebrows and a pair of fox eyes. A cunning fox.

When he was looking at this person, this person was also looking at him. After a moment of silence, Kirayoshi gestured: "Untie him."

"This...yes!" Knowing the rules, Hattori Yasumoto hesitated and followed suit. The fox-like guy still smiled and rubbed his red wrists, muttering to himself: "It's really not kind at all. What! How do you say I don't look like a guy who would hurt others?"

"Without further ado……"

"Homoto can step down." Yoshiki Kira said, Hattori Homoto had no choice but to retreat angrily.

"What's your name, where did you come from? Why were you abandoned by the Supreme Army? Tell me everything you know." Yoshihiro Kira waved his hand to indicate that he could also sit down.

"The next Miao name is Namioka, and the name is Tongfang. He is the second son of Namioka's attendants. He is from the Namioka Imperial Palace in Tsugaru County, Oshu. Because of poor riding skills, he fell to the rear army and was captured."

Kira Yoshitoki hesitated for a while, and then asked: "Nangoka Shoufang? The grandson of Langoka Left Central General Hall?"

"It's the ancestor of the family!" Langoka Takabo smiled and stared at the somewhat surprised Kirayoshi. At this time, Mochizuki Chiyo came in with a plate of pastries and tea, and saw a stranger who hesitated and walked in: "Your Highness !Try Chiyo-no's handicraft! It will definitely be no worse than Sister Aju!"

"Hey! Chiyo-nu go down and have a rest first! Let's talk about it later, okay?"

"Okay!" Chiyo nodded obediently. His identity is a close-fitting ninja, which is different from ordinary ninjas who sell their looks. In the past few years, I have learned many things from Aju, including when not to disturb Ji Liangyi. Samurai stand back when they need to talk.

When the footsteps of Chiyoka closing the paper door gradually disappeared, Kirayoshi said again: "Why are you here? Isn't the Namioka Imperial Palace very good? How did you appear in the Mogami Army?"

"It's a long story, so I'll make it short! Because I'm at odds with my brother, so..." Langgang Tanfang narrated his background.

Their Langoka family is not considered a samurai family, but an out-and-out public family. Speaking of which, his family is still a branch of the Chuin family. After the ancestors of the famous Northern and Southern Dynasties in Japan, the most famous family in this branch is The Beibata family is the mainstay of the Southern Dynasties, including the Ise Kitabata family, which also has the same ancestors as this family. After the death of the Beibata family, they have also been the pillars of the Southern Dynasty for hundreds of years.

Later, with the death of Kitabata Manya of the Ise Kitabata family, the last flame of the Nanchao Fang completely disappeared. Since then, the Nanchao Fang has been reduced to a local power. The Namioka family is also considered number one in Tsugaru, but the location is not very good, and it is a little difficult to develop between the Nanbu family and the Anton family.

Namioka Tanbo is the second son of Namioka Gutong. He also has an older brother Namioka Guyun and a younger brother Namioka Sallow. His father Namioka Gutong died of illness more than ten years ago, and the current family governor is still his. His grandfather, Namioka Koonaga, was the Left Lieutenant General Langoka mentioned by Kira Yoshitoshi.

Because he is the second son in the family and has no right to inherit, but he is self-confident and unwilling to be a retainer of his elder brother, so in a fierce quarrel a few months ago, he faced the venomous words of his elder brother and younger brother by himself, and finally got angry So he ran away from Mutsu and came to Mogami's house after a few months.

He was a guest general of no status in the highest family, he had no right to speak or make suggestions when it came to eating and drinking, and the highest righteous man regarded him as a vase of a famous family. In the end, he was unwilling to mix food and drink, so he volunteered to go with the army, and the result was the first. In the occasional battle, he was defeated by Kira's army, and he became a prisoner of Kira's family. (To be continued..)