Li Chenfang got up and walked forward, ignoring Kataoka Saemon and the other three who were caught by the guards, and stopped until he reached the outer room of the castle tower. He said with a grim expression to the hundreds of volunteers outside the door: "Our army came to Osaka to call on the princes to help our army, not to seize the ruling power of the city, but for the righteousness that our army upholds.

What is the righteousness of our army, it is the righteousness of our army to sweep away evil and protect the people. If all our army brings to the citizens of Osaka is killing and looting, then what is the difference between us and ** officials like Shigesumi Sakai?

If you think that you assisted our army in taking Osaka Castle in order to become a second Sakai Shigesumi and live a life of oppression of the people, then I can tell you right now that you have found the wrong person. If you want to stand with the three of them, pull out your swords, step over my corpse, and then bully the people. ”

Although the volunteers outside the door wanted to support Kataoka Saemon, they didn't think about offending Li Chenfang. Although they still don't know the name of this young adult, they can take Osaka Castle with a few hundred people, which is something that those military gods of the Warring States period could not do.

Therefore, when Li Chenfang walked out fearlessly to deal with it head-on amid their drumming, these volunteers who were frivolous because of victory and alcohol subconsciously retreated. In front of Li Chenfang, they once again resumed their fear of authority, leaving several of Kataokazaemon's subordinates in front.

After losing the protection of the volunteers, Kataoka Saemon's subordinates suddenly became timid, and they could feel that the volunteers who were still standing with them before were simply cut off with them under the scolding of the adult in front of them. It is also true that although everyone was a comrade-in-arms who opposed the shogunate, most of the ordinary volunteers in the castle were ordinary Osaka citizens, not the wanderers of Osaka.

Even if they were able to defeat this lord here, it was still unknown whether they would be able to do so, and the iron cannon force under this lord was simply formidable, defeating hordes of shogunate samurai countless times in today's battles. If the ordinary volunteers outside this courtyard heard about what happened here, I am afraid that not only would they not stand with them, but they would have followed this lord to defeat them together.

It was only with great difficulty that they were able to recover from this adult, and they clearly had no reason to stand with Kataoka Saemon at the risk of becoming ronin again. The friendship between the people in the market is actually not as good as the neighborly mutual assistance relationship of ordinary people. Once this friendship hurts their own interests, they consciously choose the decision that is best for them.

The other volunteers outside the door were drunk back, and Li Chenfang looked at the few ronins who were still kneeling in front of him. Compared with other ronin volunteers, these subordinates of Kataoka Saemon are obviously more righteous, but this can't change Li Chenfang's determination.

After glancing at these ronins, he softened his tone a little and said, "However, Kataoka Saemon, Gorou Saemon, and Ishida Kishi are the first righteous men to respond to our army's call to serve the Heavenly Shrine, and they must not be unsympathetic in addition to righteousness. Therefore, their rewards and samurai status can be passed on to the designated heirs, and who is still against my disciplinary orders? ”

Gorouzaemon and Ishida Kishiwa were already slumped to the ground unable to speak when they saw the ronins retreating. Kataoka Saemon was born as the leader of the town, and after seeing that the matter was irreparable, he became single. He stopped struggling, straightened up and shouted at Li Chenfang: "The villain has never heard of the adult's righteousness before, so he will make such a mistake, the villain is willing to accept the adult's punishment, but please also ask the adult to give the villain a little time, let the villain deal with the aftermath." ”

As the first ronin leader to respond to him, Li Chenfang knew that Kataoka Saemon was quite prestigious in the market and had always been known for his righteousness. But in today's Osaka, he doesn't need a local leader who is difficult to control, and he is more worried that these ronins will gather the local citizens and then fight against him, and his power in his hands is much less than that of Sakai Shigesumi.

Cutting the connection between the ronin and the townspeople is why he is in a hurry to punish these volunteers. Rather than let them communicate with each other and then rebel against their own people, it is better to take this opportunity to see if the righteousness between these ronins is really as solid as they say.

When those ronins retreated, Li Chenfang already knew that he had made the right bet, as for Kataoka Saemon's request, he only thought for a moment and then motioned for the guards to let him go and said: "Come to Sannomaru Nishidaemon before noon tomorrow to confess, if you don't come after noon, you and your subordinates will be deprived of your samurai status, and your rewards and annual salaries will also be recovered, do you understand?" ”

Kataoka Saemon glanced at Li Chenfang deeply, then bowed to him, then turned around and left with a few subordinates. When Li Chenfang returned to his seat, Zheng Xiang said with some unease: "Is it appropriate to let him go like this?" He's not going to just run away. ”

Li Chenfang replied disapprovingly: "If he takes the opportunity to escape, it will eliminate a hidden danger." The ronins could not find an excuse to complain that we were too harsh, and they lost their righteousness in the hearts of the citizens. Why not. ”

After Li Chenfang replied to Zheng Xiang a few words, he sat up straight and continued to announce the list of people to be punished. However, with the experience of Kataoka Saemon and the other three, everyone present did not dare to raise any objections. And Li Chenfang's punishment is also exalted, he has only one purpose, hoping that this punishment will tell the volunteers and citizens in the city who is the supreme ruler of the city.

Regarding Li Chenfang's behavior of restraining the volunteers, both the Toyotomi remnants and the shogunate officers and soldiers who surrendered anyway have a supportive attitude, the former is to maintain their righteous reputation, and they want to restore the honor of the Toyotomi family, not to sack Osaka Castle like a group of bandits. And the latter himself hated the actions of the volunteers, not to mention that Li Chenfang was protecting their families now.

Li Chenfang was also relieved in his heart, judging from the current performance of these people, they didn't have to worry about being kicked out of the city soon. Rewarding what is rewarded and punishing what is punished is the beginning of the establishment of order in a group. But rewards and discipline alone are not enough, if you want to gather the hearts and minds of a group, you must first establish a goal for the group and let everyone work together.

Therefore, after Li Chenfang established his initial authority, he opened his mouth and said to everyone: "I was entrusted by the Great Nayan to lead the army to recover Osaka Castle, which is a beginning rather than a final goal.

Our ultimate goal is to ask the three generations of generals to return the great government to His Royal Highness, reform the shogunate with the assistance of the great admiralty, eliminate those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and return the world to a prosperous future.

However, the three generations of shoguns sat in Edo, and Edo was the foundation of the shogunate, and the banner alone claimed to have 40,000 people, and if you add the peasant soldiers that the shogunate requisitioned from the Kanto Plain, the shogun's power in his hands was 100 times or 1,000 times that of ours.

However, although the power of the shogunate was as strong as night, it could not convince the people. Our strength, though weak as a candle, can illuminate the night. It is human nature to be close to the light and hate the darkness, and it is also the righteousness of the world.

We walk in righteousness as if we walked in the night with a candle in hand, and the darkness will be driven out by the light. As long as the people of the world understand the righteousness that we insist on, they will naturally stand on our side and defeat the Edo shogunate, which was presided over by three generations of shoguns, just as the sun rises and banishes the night.

The princes should have confidence in our prospects, and as long as we have the support of the people, the shogunate will surely fail. Of course, the shogunate's army could not be retreated by righteousness alone, so we must also have an army that can defend the people.

I decided to build two divisions, the Osaka 1st Division and the Osaka 2nd Division, based on my direct troops, the shogunate soldiers, and the volunteers in the castle.

The establishment of the troops is divisions, regiments, wings, brigades, squadrons, and squads, with a quadruple system, with no more than 35 people in the squad and no more than 2,500 in the wing, with a total of 5,000 people in the two divisions.

The commander of the 1st Division was Yuta Higuchi, the former Osaka Obantou Yuta, the deputy division commander and the commander of the 1st Wing was Goro Hirano, the 2nd Wing Captain was Katsuie Mori, the 3rd Wing Commander was Junichiro Noma, and the 4th Wing Commander was Matsudaira Kazuma.

The commander of the 2nd Division is himself, the deputy division commander and 1st Wing Commander Sasaki Jiro, the 2nd Wing Commander Sanada Daisuke, the 3rd Wing Commander Hayashi Majichi, and the 4th Wing Commander Kawada Yuji.

Do you have any comments on the above appointments? ”

Naturally, there was no opinion on the formation of a full-fledged army to resist the counterattack of the shogunate army, and many people were relieved. They are not worried that this young adult has any unattainable goals, but they are only worried that this young adult has no goals, and they will leave with the idea of making a fortune from Osaka Castle, then they will be cornered.

Moreover, the two troops formed by Li Chenfang took all the factions present into account, and everyone could find a general to represent them, so except for some ronins who felt that they were more suitable for someone's official position, everyone else nodded in favor of Li Chenfang's appointment.

After deciding on the matter of reorganizing the volunteers into the army, Li Chenfang felt more confident in his heart. That's when he talked about civil affairs, "... Osaka's former eastern and western offices were located in the castle, and there were not enough people to take care of the social order of each town.

Therefore, I decided to set up three new offices outside the city, namely, the south, the north, and the port, and set up patrol police stations in each town, which were subordinate to each office and were in charge of public order issues. The personnel are selected from the eliminated volunteers.

In addition, the post of chief commissioner of the castle was added to the castle, and the former Osaka Higashi town commissioner Mizuno Shinko was in charge, and his main job was to assist the official in handling the civil affairs of the castle and to manage the work of the various commissions, and the commissioners were recommended to me by Mizunoden, and in addition, please write a notice of peace tonight, and order someone to announce it to the citizens of the city tomorrow..."