A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 180 Separation of Soldiers and Peasants
Since the retainers were already very dissatisfied with Asai Hisamasa's cowardice and incompetence, after Asai Nagamasa showed extraordinary wisdom and martial arts, during the entire rebellion, except for Asai Hisamasa, there were only a few members of Koga's family. The ninja became the victim.

The ninjas sent by Momochi Santao were all elite, and with the little kunoichi around, those few Koga ninjas couldn't even make a sound and turned directly into corpses.

Although Momochi Santafu said that their ninjas would only stand behind the truly strong, what they meant was that if Asai Nagamasa could show enough strength, the Koga ninjas might also choose to surrender, but after all, they are now He was still nominally affiliated with the Rokkaku family and had not sent anyone to deliver any message of friendship, so Asai Nagamasa was not polite at all.

Xiaogu City is the center of his rule. How can he allow others to snore under his bed?
With the addition of many samurai such as Shima Sakon, as well as newly trained soldiers over 1000 meters high, the strength of the Asai family was not affected in any way by this turmoil, but instead became more united and stronger.

Asai Nagamasa also introduced Shima Sakon and other new samurai to the important ministers on the spot, and awarded them rewards.

Numata Yumitsu, Masuda Nagamori, Kaisou Yoshiyoshi, and Kizo Yuuri all had more than 100 koku, and their positions were all Ashigaru generals.

Only Shima Sakon himself was a higher-level general, with a salary of [-] koku.

After all, during those days in Jiezhen, when Asai Nagamasa was busy practicing spells, he was the one who commanded and trained the ashigaru of the thousand people, and he was the guardian spirit Tang Shishi, let alone a mere Five hundred stones, even if the salary increased tenfold, Asai Nagamasa still felt it was worth it.

Then there was his cheap apprentice Miyabe Tsurun, and Asai Nagamasa also promoted him one level and became a general.

He is the retainer who has been following him for the longest time, and he contributed a lot in this operation. When Asai Nagamasa was not in Otani Castle, he was the one who was busy and connected many important ministers. He should be given due consideration to both emotions and reasons. He has gained something.

Then came the professional soldiers who stood out in the previous battles. Although they were not samurai, Asai Nagamasa granted each of them ten koku of land, which was his previous promise.

For those who did not meet the requirements, Asai Nagamasa granted five koku of land, which was also the salary of all professional soldiers in the future of the Asai family. Although they failed to achieve their goals in previous battles, they basically achieved something. , this salary is not free.

As for the warriors sent by Aguo, based on their performance in repeatedly attacking bandits and bandits, Asai Nagamasa also granted different lands respectively, basically ranging from 35 to [-] shi.

In addition, Asai Nagamasa did not forget to promise the little kunoichi and Tokichiro's brother Koichiro a share of the land, so with just one reward, he directly divided nearly [-] koku of land from his family.

Seeing him awarding such generous rewards, all the retainers present were filled with excitement.

Serving as soldiers and fighting for food, isn't the reason why they choose to fight to gain more land?

Now that the lord is so generous, and has shown extraordinary strength and ambition, then I will never lack opportunities to perform in the future!
Especially veterans such as Hai Chiyu were filled with emotion. If the Lord could have been born ten years earlier and succeeded him when he and others were still able to carry a knife, how could the Rokkajia family be as rampant as they are now?

Then Asai Nagamasa also announced his first official order after taking over, which was for the entire Kitaomi, that is, the professional military system. He would officially begin to implement the policy of separation of soldiers and peasants.

Ordinary ashigaru summoned by peasants, no matter how many there are, can only fight with the wind. Once they lose the command of the samurai and the deterrence of the supervising team, they will be fine if they don't make trouble. There is no hope of saving his own life.

That's why Asai Nagamasa decided to build a professional army. Now the more than 1000 soldiers who have experienced combat under his command are the first batch of professional armies.

Soon all the retainers learned that according to the system established by Asai Nagamasa, the family's military positions were roughly divided into three major levels and six smaller levels.

The first level is the family elders and generals, who are highly respected veterans and important ministers who have served in the Asai family for many years. They often have their own cities and lands, and their jurisdiction is not limited to military matters, but also involves domestic affairs and people's livelihood. When a battle occurs, they are usually able to serve as the commander-in-chief of one side and command thousands of troops.

The three veterans such as Hai Chiyu, and Isano member Chamdo, who has been guarding one side all the year round and insists on the front line against the Liujiao family, belong to this category.

The second level is the generals and infantry generals. They are also important ministers who hold great power. They often manage different numbers of warriors and infantry in the city, maintain law and order in the city, train the army on a daily basis, and patrol outside the city and in the villages.

They are qualified to participate in various important meetings convened by Asai Nagamasa and put forward their own insights and opinions.

The reason why he is called an infantry general instead of an ashigaru general is because Asai Nagamasa wanted to distinguish professional soldiers from ordinary ashigaru.

Including Asai Nagamasa's former martial arts master Naotsuke Endo, the most outstanding member of the sect Ryochi Asai, and the brothers Naoyori Shinjo who are quite capable, they all currently belong to this level.

Anyone who can participate in such an occasion and meet with Asai Nagamasa in person shows that they all have certain abilities or influence, and they are no longer ordinary soldiers.

Retainers on the first and second floors will be eligible to choose a mansion of their own in Odani Castle. However, Asai Nagamasa has not started construction yet, so it is not available yet. It will be given to everyone after it is completed. distribution.

The third level is the infantry captain and infantry. They basically mean ashigaru-gutou and ashigaru, but they have become professional soldiers, so Asai Nagamasa specially changed their names.

They are the foundation of the army. All infantry captains and infantrymen will enjoy their own land. Infantrymen are entitled to five stones, and the tax rate is [-]%. After he has beheaded five people, he will be qualified to become an infantry captain and be given a sword and a tamaru. One set, enjoy fifteen stones of land, and the tax rate is adjusted to [-]%.

In the case where other great names in Nippon have six public houses, four public houses or even seven public houses and three private houses, Asai Nagamasa's tax rate can be said to be rare in the world.

Each infantry captain can command ten infantrymen and select a deputy captain to assist him in peacetime. If the infantry captain is accidentally seriously injured or killed in battle, the deputy captain will temporarily replace him and issue orders;
Each infantry general can command ten infantry captains and is qualified to establish a personal guard of no more than ten people. He can also select an infantry captain as his adjutant;
Each general can command ten infantry generals, and is qualified to establish a 50-man personal guard, appoint two adjutants and a military advisor. At the level of a general, he can command up to 1000 people in wartime. It does require a A famous military advisor.

All the above adjutants will receive an additional [-]% of their salary as a reward according to their level. Once they become professional infantry, they must live in a unified area near Xiaogu City to facilitate future management and training.

If you want to get rid of this rule, you can either refuse the call and remain an ashigaru as a peasant soldier, or try to become an infantry general. Once you have the ability and position to command a hundred infantry, you will naturally have more privileges.

Officially starting tomorrow, Asai Nagamasa will be ordered by Endo Naotsuke to start recruiting infantry for his family. Only the most elite adult men can be qualified to become infantry after passing certain screening and training.

However, ordinary peasant Ashigaru are not completely unqualified. As long as they behead 3 people in battle, they will be eligible to become formal infantry and obtain land.

If he is already a formal infantryman or holds a higher-level official position, his beheading may be recorded as a basis for future rewards.

If an infantryman has beheaded 5 people in total, he will be qualified to become an infantry captain or deputy captain. Even if there is no vacancy for this official position at the time, his salary will be directly increased to 10 dan. Although it is still inferior to the infantry captain, he is no longer an ordinary infantryman. , and if the army is expanded to prepare for war in the future, he will be promoted to captain first, and his salary will be officially changed to captain level.

In addition, since the iron artillery can kill the enemy without getting close and it costs a lot, the number of beheadings will be reduced to one-third of the actual number.

However, the number of beheadings of the archers remained unchanged. After all, according to the quality of Nibon's current bows and arrows, it would be much more difficult to kill people with them than with iron cannons or swords.

It's not that they really lack power. The big arrows shot by real professional archers are enough to penetrate armor within a dozen meters. Their biggest problem is their range, which even Nagamasa Asai can't change.

And he has no interest in changing it, because more powerful iron cannons have already appeared on the battlefield.

In addition, starting from the infantry captain, they are all eligible to receive spoils after winning a battle, [-]% of which is handed over to Asai Nagamasa, and the rest is divided layer by layer starting from the supreme commander at the time of the battle.

However, Asai Nagamasa will not interfere with the specific division ratio, as long as everyone has a share.

If you hold a special position in your family, such as a warrior executive, a military advisor, and soon in the future, a land inspector, an iron cannon head, a ninja head, etc., you will also receive additional land and money depending on the position. Salary.

If some people have special performance in battle, Asai Nagamasa may also give additional rewards or promotions, but that cannot be used as a regular rule for the time being.

However, all promotion standards have a common premise, that is, absolute loyalty to the family must be guaranteed, followed by ability and merit.

Of course, the treatment of these infantrymen belonged directly to the Asai clan. If the retainers wanted to train their own infantrymen, they would have to pay for it out of their own pockets.

After hearing this whole system, all the warriors present could not sit still, because this was obviously a system that benefited those who were truly powerful.

As long as you can fight well enough, you can gain merit and land!

Moreover, this system has clearly explained the lord's ambition, which is to actively expand outwards. Only war can quickly screen out the real elite, and only war can afford such a large expenditure for the family!

There are also some thoughtful people who have already thought of it first. The lord promulgated such a system as soon as he took office. Coupled with the more than 1000 elite soldiers and many extraordinary warriors, the lord is obviously very ambitious and has extremely clear goals.Faced with such a powerful lord, perhaps the "collegial system of important ministers" of the Asai family will completely disappear from today. The reason why the lord did not explain it directly was simply to save face for himself and others.

But being able to exchange a system for such a wise and powerful lord is a great thing for the Asai family!
Although some members of the clan, such as Ryochi Asai, had some objections to Asai Nagamasa's generosity, because this way of dividing the land was undoubtedly a weakening of the family's name, they were smart enough not to raise it on the spot.

On the one hand, it was because this was the first thing Asai Nagamasa announced after taking over as daimyo, and they could not easily refute it. On the other hand, these lands were all paid for by the lord himself, and they did not need to take care of them at all, and it was not for them. Really beneficial.

For more ordinary wealthy families, land servants and warriors, they are full of excitement.

Most of the samurai who were born in the Warring States Period were not afraid of death. They were only afraid of no future and no future. But now Asai Nagamasa has pointed out the direction for them!

Of course Asai Nagamasa also knows this, but he really doesn't care. The land doesn't mean much to him, and he is sure that he will get more soon.

Asai Hisamasa is afraid of the Rokkaku family, but he is different. Not only is he not afraid, but he also wants to get more from the Rokkaku family. After bullying the Asai family for so long, it is time to pay the price!
Seeing that no one had any objections, Asai Nagamasa finally ordered one more thing to be read out, but compared to the previous military system, this thing was less eye-catching.

Because this matter is actually very simple, that is, our family will establish a new set of beliefs and worship Huanglong and Hashihime in the Kitaomi area to worship the samurai and soldiers who died for our family.

Although many courtiers were very surprised by this, because they had never heard of Huanglong's name, and they had never seen any house that would enshrine Qiao Ji, but since it was the Lord's order, they naturally would not refuse, and they would build one anyway. The shrine doesn't cost much, and the family did lack formal belief before, so this just serves as a supplement.

Asai Nagamasa, who was sitting on it, suddenly smiled. Perhaps for many ministers, this matter was very ordinary and not even worth mentioning, but for him, this matter was also very important.

Starting from today, he will really start to promote Huanglong's belief. The little miko Kaga originally specialized in doing this at Izumo Shrine, and she is definitely very handy.

As for Qiao Ji's matter, he had only recently made a decision.

On the one hand, it was because his newly acquired guardian spirit Phoenix was extremely repulsive to these lower-level guardian spirits, especially Qiao Ji, whose attributes were incompatible with hers. She was even more displeased.

On the other hand, this is also for safety reasons.

As monsters appear more and more frequently, Nagamasa Asai has to take precautions. What if there are monsters in Lake Biwa?Sending Hashihime there and allowing her to enjoy the power of faith and incense is just a preventive measure.

Although most guardian spirits cannot exist independently from the possessed person, before becoming a guardian spirit, Hashihime was first and foremost the god of Takamagahara.

Although she had no idea how to use the power of faith before, after Huanglong passed on some of the relevant knowledge, she immediately expressed with excitement that as long as she had enough power of faith, she could be completely independent of Asai Nagamasa. It is not impossible to exist outside, even to return to her original strength, or even go one step further!

In the next few days, Asai Nagamasa arranged the food, clothing, housing and transportation for the new retainers and soldiers, while also convening many wealthy families and people of the country in Kitaomi to formally declare his succession as the new daimyo of the Asai family.

As the supreme ruler of Kita Omi, at least he should let all his retainers get to know him, right?

As for Asai Hisamasa, after he woke up, he was sent directly to the island in Lake Biwa. There were also several servants around him, and Asai Nagamasa also promised that he would have no worries about food and clothing.

In return, Asai Hisamasa tremblingly signed a statement in person, claiming that he felt deeply incompetent, so he voluntarily lived in seclusion, and handed over the position of Daimyo, as well as the ancestral family treasure Bizen Kanmitsu, to Asai Nagamasa.

Asai Nagamasa was very satisfied with this result. Although the other party was cowardly and mediocre in ability, he was sensible enough to prevent him from using other means.

Although "lower and higher" appeared in endlessly during the Warring States Period, if "son kills father", it will still have a great impact on reputation, and it is not necessary at all.

When Asai Hisamasa was still a daimyo, he could unite almost all his retainers to overthrow him. Now that he was penniless, unarmed, and without any trustworthy subordinates, what else could he fear from him?

Moreover, this can be regarded as a promise to Asai Ryochi and other members of the family, and they do not want to succeed in a bloody way.

Asai Nagamasa did not let these courtiers come in vain. He began to spend a lot of money. Almost every courtier who came would be rewarded with a certain amount of money and some goods from Tennoji House.

After he succeeded in succeeding, the shopkeeper of Tennojiya's Rokkaku family in Minami Omi immediately sent a congratulatory gift. Although it was not something particularly valuable, it was at least enough as a reward.

At the same time, Asai Nagamasa also began to deliberately cultivate and promote his own people, such as Shima Sakon, Kaigo Ieyoshi, and Kizo Yuri, who were immediately appointed by him as garrison officers of Otani Castle, responsible for daily vigilance and surrounding patrols.

For example, Numata Yumitsu and Tokichiro's younger brother Koichiro, he asked them to be responsible for preparing accommodation and banquets for many retainers from various places, so that they could take the opportunity to show their faces.

In fact, Asai Nagamasa has already made some changes regarding food.

Because he can't afford to raise livestock, he can't afford meat. He can completely understand this. However, even though Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Nippon, is nearby, enough to provide drinking water for tens of millions of people, what's wrong with the fact that he can't even eat fish? ghost?

If you don’t eat meat and only eat rice, you will naturally consume much more food. Moreover, if there is a long-term lack of meat, the impact on people will be very great. So much so that in Nibon, many farmers can’t even reach 1.5 meters or even 1.4 meters. No, even a 1.3-meter dwarf like Tokichiro is not particularly rare.

So for this aspect, Asai Nagamasa has only one requirement: fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, these things must appear on the menu.

Even in order to ensure that this was achieved, he personally gave some details so that they could ensure that it was cooked well. Although the taste was not particularly good due to the lack of spices, at least the fishy smell was not that serious.

After several days of busy work, Asai Nagamasa also roughly recognized many of his retainers and roughly divided them into three categories.

First of all, there are the Asai family relatives, including Asai Ryouchi and many other sects, as well as some relatives who are related to the Asai family by marriage.

In addition to Asai Ryouchika, Asai Nagamasa personally recruited several people, including his clan uncle Masaki Asai, and his two clan brothers Masamoto Asai and Masayuki Asai.

They are all capable samurai, but because they are branches of the Asai family, Asai Hisamasa has always been wary of them before, so he has not served as an official, but now that Asai Nagamasa is in charge, he can naturally use them boldly. .

Although their abilities are undoubtedly much inferior to those of Shima Sakon and others, the sect has never been outstanding for its ability. The reason Asai Nagamasa needs them is because under the constraints of blood and family, they will always be Will be your own solid backing.

Secondly, there are many family members who have served Asai Ryomasa, Asai Hisamasa, and himself, the three generations of daimyo. They are basically all old ministers who were born in Kitaomi and have served for many years.

The three generals of Umi Akame, Isono Umasa, Endo Naofune and others all belong to this category, and their composition is also the most complex.

Some are generals who have their own castles and can send hundreds or thousands of troops in war. Some have only one village, or even just come from a wealthy family or a local servant. Their abilities are strong or weak, and their loyalty to the Asai family and Asai Nagamasa is also different. They are all different, and they are the group of people who need the most attention next.

However, most of the truly powerful ones have chosen to follow the Asai family when they started out. They can be said to share weal and woe with the Asai family. For example, Akao Kiyosuna and others are all for the prosperity of the Asai family. He does not hesitate to bear a little stigma, but also supports Asai Nagamasa's rebellious actions.

It was only because the former Asai Hisamasa was too incompetent and cowardly that many people became disloyal and began to have their own little ideas.

But since Asai Nagamasa, who is more wise and powerful, has successfully succeeded, this problem is not too big.

Finally, there are the subordinates recruited by Asai Nagamasa personally, which can also be called gaijin, referring to samurai from other areas outside Omi Kingdom.

Shima Sakon, Nene, Numata Yumitsu, Miyabe Tsurun, Masuda Nagamori, Kaigo Ieyoshi, Kizo Yuri, Koichiro and others all fall into this category.

Their loyalties are different, and the reasons for their allegiance to Asai Nagamasa are also different, but the only thing they have in common is that they all have their own strengths, and they are also a group of people that Asai Nagamasa decided to cultivate vigorously.

Many of the original retainers of the Asai family, except for a few such as Asai Ryochika, Isono Umasa, and Endo Naotsuke, the rest were either too old and no longer able to fight on the battlefield, or they were incapable of being too conservative and not aggressive enough. , destined to be unable to always be by Asai Nagamasa's side.

Therefore, if he really wants to expand his territory, in addition to cultivating younger and more promising retainers, he must continue to recruit new and capable subordinates.

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