Chapter 42 Rewarding the Retainers

After the Uesugi family's encirclement was lifted, the Uesugi family gained a large amount of territory. The court also held an assessment in Wakamatsu Castle in the early morning of April 10.

At the beginning of the evaluation, Nikaido began to recite the 'merit text' written by the Guidie Gang Dynasty, praising the heroic killing of the enemy by his retainers and the dedication of the Uesugi family who sacrificed their lives to die. These are what makes Nikaido read straight is that it's called a tired! Although Guidie's handwriting is very beautiful, it is the first time I have read the long article Nikaido Naoyuki. Although there were some staccato on the way, the retainers continued to listen without a sound.

After half a pillar of incense, this article was finally read intermittently by Nikaido, and the next thing is the list of rewards that Sanada Masayuki received.

"The old Ota Mino Shouzi of the pen family originally led Tsugawa Castle and Jinshang Castle 25,000 stones, and sealed the Guhu Castle with 200 stones and Okukawa Castle with 2,000 stones, and now Ota Mino Shouzi has a total of 27,200 stones." Sanada Masayuki, as a small surname, stood beside Asada, reading the sealed list written on the paper.

"Thank you, Lord! The minister will do his best to continue to serve the Uesugi family! "Ota Shimasa is not very demanding, and the most basic thing to do as a samurai is to know what to do.

"The old man of the family, Hata Kenji, originally received 6,000 stone from Shinmiyagi Castle, and transferred it to 4,000 stone from Takakujo Castle and 2,000 stone from Takada Castle, as well as 1,500 stone from Nanyuan Castle."

"Thank you, Lord! Kenji Hata swears allegiance to the Uesugi family! "Namba Tian Kenji has sealed 1,500 stone this time.

"Miyagi Zhengye was promoted from the general of the family to the elder of the family, and the original leader of the castle of Sakaxia was transferred to Xiangyu Black Mountain Castle. He received 3,000 stone from Kuroyama City and 500 stone from Karusawa City. ”

"Thank you, lord!" Miyagi is the happiest among the retainers, and he has not made any credit for taking 500 stone for nothing.

"Due to improper command, Nambada Hiroyoshi has lost more than half of his family's important combat power, the Kawagoe Knights, and the merits and demerits are offset. Therefore, the ability to salt river city 5,000 stone. ”

"Yes! The minister will surely wash away the shame next time! "After hearing this appointment, Nambada Hiroyoshi also admitted it, who told him to reimburse half of the most important combat power of the Uesugi family at once! Even Miyagi's political career can be rewarded with five hundred stone without any credit, which shows that Chaoding wants him to reflect on it.

"The Ashina family governor of the Ashina clan originally led the 4,000 stone of Takakujo Castle, and now it has been transferred to 4,500 stone of Kawaguchi Castle."

"Xie Chaodinggong!" The Ashina clan is also the same as Miyagi's political career, and has gained some knowledge and practice without any merit.

"Usami was promoted from the general of the main family to the general of the servant, and he was transferred from 1,000 koku from Toyama Castle to 2,000 koku from Kanyama Castle."

"Thank you, lord!" Usami was sure to win, and finally came out of the ravine that froze to death in winter!

"Hojo Takahiro was promoted from a general to a family elder, and received four thousand stones from Suga River Castle."

"Yes!" Hojo Takahiro was arranged by the court to move his family to Sukagawa Castle just after the end of the war.

"Hojo Takamasa was promoted from the general of the ashigaru to the general of the squire, and he led the two thousand stones of the castle."

"Yes!" At first, Hojo Takamasa felt dissatisfied with leaving his old lord, but after his brother had made a lot of merit and was able to gain more knowledge and action than before, he understood what he was doing.

"Ashigaru General Yoshitaka Momoi leads the main Miyagi 3,000 stones."

"Yes!" Yoshitaka Momoi has been a ronin for a long time, but now he finally has the place of knowing how to do it, not to mention how happy he is.

"Ogasawara has been a general of the family for a long time, and he was transferred from 2,000 stone to 5,000 stone from Nihonmatsu Castle."

"Thank you, lord!" Ogasawara became a retainer of the Uesugi family after a long time of helplessness, but this is better than staying in Echigo! At least Ogasawara has more and more territories now, and his long-cherished wish to return to Shinano is coming soon.

"Ashigaru General Omori Fujiyori, leading the three generations of the castle 2,000 stones."

"Thank you, lord!" Asadaki has finally given him more territory now, and Omori Fujiyori was originally just the acting official of a city.

"The main general of the family, Kato Duanzo, gave Inamura Castle five hundred stone Zhixingdi!"

"Thank you, Lord! Chankato Duanzo will definitely do his best to serve the public! "Having a ninja-turned-Kato Duanzo as the lord is something that none of the retainers present here expected. But after thinking about it again, I can figure it out, this time the Uesugi family has obtained more territory.

"Ashigaru Fantou Honjo Fanchang was promoted to the general of Ashigaru, and he was transferred from 500 stones in Bagou City to 2,000 stones in Xiaofeng City."

"Thank you, lord!" When it was time for Honjo to finally be sealed, he took the lead when he broke the siege for Hojo Takahiro, in order to get more knowledge and action!

"The courtier, Ogasawara Sada, and the two thousand stones of the Dao Tanizaka Castle."

"Xie Dadian!" Ogasawara Sada himself didn't expect to be able to take the land of knowledge by attending the evaluation meeting! And also as a juror.

"The pig seedling generation Shengguo was promoted from the general to the elder of the family, and he was sealed to guard the mountain city with a thousand stones."

"Thank you, lord!" Inowashiro Shengguo also had a harvest this time, first swallowing Osaki Dewa's territory and then being rewarded with a thousand stone of Zhixing.

"That's all for the list to be sealed this time, and the rest of the cities will be sent to manage them as direct leaders, hoping that you can continue to serve your family with all your heart." Asada took the list in Sanada Masayuki and looked at it again, and after confirming that there was no shortage, he ended this month's evaluation.

Just when Chaoding walked to the tea room to prepare for a tea break, it happened that Ayahime and Guidie were chatting in the tea room.

"Husband, the concubine heard about what happened to Guidie's sister, and she was deceived into bed by your rhetoric. Then why didn't you bring a concubine with you when you went out to Shinano? Ayahime put down the tea bowl in her hand.

"This, I originally asked Guidie to give me an idea, but in the end, before Kyoko arrived, I couldn't help but want to get a little 'meaty'." After Chao Ding sat down, he could only smile, but fortunately he didn't go to a place like the whale house.

"Forget my sister, I don't know what will happen if my sister marries Owari's big fool." Guidie didn't dare to think about it, her life was a little better than when she was in Minong. At least not as a hostage.

"Since my sister said so, so be it." Ayahime actually wants a child very much, but in the past two or three months, Asadaki has been fighting outside, and there is no extra time to accompany her. Even when I went to fight the Second Battle of Kawanakajima, I took Gui Butterfly with me.

"Ayahime is jealous? I'll go to you tonight. Chao Ding smiled after taking the tea handed to him by Gui Die.

"The concubine is not jealous, but she has no children yet...... "Ayahime knew that if the Nagao family and the Uesugi family wanted to have a deeper bond between the two families, they would have to give birth to a child.

"I know this, then I'll go to you for half a month." After Asadaki understood Ayahime's thoughts, he knew what he should do next. Speaking of big fools, Asadaku was a little eager to meet Oda Nobunaga.

In fact, after fighting with the daimyo and the people of South Oshu this time, Chaoding knew that his military strength and combat effectiveness were still insufficient. The combat effectiveness of the conscripted ashigaru and traditional samurai is not at all on the same level. Just like in the battle of Xiangyu Black Mountain City, four hundred cavalry can kill more than 1,000 Yamanuchi troops and 600 people, which is the best example. On the 11th, Chaoding was ready to implement the sword hunting order. Then recruit a large number of standing ashigaru teams and samurai teams, and fill the two hundred vacancies of the knights! At present, the territory of the Uesugi family is 141,700 koku, and there are two mines in the territory. There is basically no need to worry about the funding for recruitment and maintenance.

He first summoned the generals and the elders of the family to discuss in the large room, and then asked the leaders to take the initiative to hand over weapons and sufficient military supplies. Naturally, the retainers have no opinions, and they don't have to worry about farming in their own territory when they go to war in the future.

The Uesugi family's standing ashigaru team currently has only 100 iron guns. For the iron cannon Ashigaru, Asahi came up with a clever trick - a bayonet. If you have a bayonet on top of the cannon, you don't have to worry about the melee ability of the iron cannon. This proposal was implemented first, and everything that should have been laid in the Aizu area was laid, so a large number of craftsmen can find it at will! After half a month of busy work, the Iron Cannon Ashigaru finally used an improved version of the Iron Cannon. The length of the bayonet was one foot three inches, and the length of the handle was two inches and four minutes. All 100 bayonets were built, and after the inspection, the court officially handed over the iron cannon to Ashigaru for use. Then the Iron Cannon Ashigaru had a few new trainings - chopping, stabbing, and scarecrow. In addition to this training, Asadachi also had them run five laps around the castle town of Wakamatsu Castle every day.

Since there was no power in the Aizu area, it was said that the sword hunting order would be implemented quickly. The first step of the sword hunting order is to have the people of each village and each family consciously surrender at least one pair of armor or one weapon. This step can be said to be very smooth and completed. In just ten days, the Uesugi family received 300 naginatas, 1,000 knives, 5,000 spears, 600 guns, 100 swords, 300 bows, 3,000 arrows, 5,000 barrels, and 200 carcass. And that's just the first step! The sheer number of weapons handed in is staggering!

The court decided to let the materials that had been handed over be piled up in the warehouse of Wakamatsu Castle Honmaru first, and then prepared to start the separation of soldiers and peasants next month. The virtue of frugality began in the time of Uesugi Asakō, who had not even had a decent funeral since he had been fighting with Hojo Yasushi for more than ten years! His last words were to let the money he saved go to build a castle to defend Hojo. Again, this habit is practiced today. Since the court had never worn fancy armor, the retainers under his command naturally did not dare to wear it. Now, even some of the daimyo who often hold singing and dancing banquets in Ohiroma are not staged in Wakamatsu Castle, and those mechanical dances are not interesting to the asahi on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is unpleasant to watch the dancing like a psychotic with a ghost mask. In fact, if you want to sing and dance, you can go to Echigo to see. Uesugi Kenmasa happily plays happily with the 'maid' and Mai Ji in the Imperial Pavilion under Kasugayama Castle every day, and he doesn't feel that his sister-in-law has passed away and the old domain has not been taken away. Even the retainers who followed Echigo were very worried when they saw Uesugi Kenmasa like this, so it was better to find someone to inherit the name of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi.