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Oda Nobunaga was engrossed in fiddling with the tea set in front of him, and in a few moments, a pot of fragrant tea was brewed. Slowly pushed the teacup in front of Oda Yoshinobu, and said with a smug smile on his face, "Come, taste it~ This is the best tea from Mingguo." ”

Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu pursed his lips, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip casually, "Isn't that what it is?" ”

"Cut, sure enough, it's a waste to give you tea." Oda Nobunaga said disdainfully when he heard Oda Yoshinobu's evaluation, and then picked up the tea bowl on his side, blew a few tea leaves floating on it slightly, tasted it, and kept reminiscing in his mouth.

"Load! Keep loading! Oda Yoshishi thought with disdain in his confidence, he really couldn't get used to Oda Nobunaga's pretentious stupidity.

After a long while, Oda Nobunaga put down the tea bowl, and his expression when he looked at Oda Yoshinobu became serious, "The main reason for inviting you here this time is that I want to discuss something with you." ”

Seeing this, Oda Yoshinobu's expression also became serious, "Say, I knew that you definitely wouldn't call me over for no reason, what's the matter?" ”

"Remember before your family went into reserve service, you mentioned something about the reform of the military system?" Oda Nobunaga said in a deep voice.

"Military reform?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Oda Nobunaga for a moment, but he still reacted immediately, "You mean the separation of peasants and soldiers?!" ”

"Not bad!" Oda Nobunaga nodded when he heard this, and chuckled in an inexplicable tone, "Before, I was very interested when you proposed this idea, but because the strength of the family was not strong at that time, it could only be temporarily stranded. But now, I feel that my family is strong enough to carry out this policy. ”

Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu touched his chin and muttered, "The separation of peasants and soldiers can naturally be implemented with the current economy of the family. In addition, although the reform of the military system will indeed cause some chaos, the family has a reserve military service as a buffer, so there is no need to worry about attracting the enemy's attack because of the chaos. ”

The so-called separation of peasants and soldiers is a system that completely separates the peasants from the troops. For example, today's Ming Kingdom implements such a system, soldiers are soldiers, and in addition to training, they are wars. Farming is farming, as long as you are responsible for farming.

During the Warring States period of Japan, except for the Oda family, the policy of peasants and soldiers was implemented until now. The disadvantages of this military system are obvious, once a war breaks out when the farming is busy, it will inevitably make the cultivated land in the territory wasted, and eventually lead to a decrease in the harvest. Moreover, during the war, if it is busy with agriculture or harvest season, it will also bring the army's war-weariness to a peak. Therefore, most of the time, the war in this era will choose the period of non-agricultural busyness, and end the war before the agricultural busyness arrives.

At the beginning, Oda Yoshinobu and Oda Nobunaga concocted reserve military service were simply reformed by the temptation of money and samurai status. The first is to limit the age of the soldiers, and by virtue of money and status, all men who are attached to the conditions of the generals are forced to become reserve soldiers, and a lot of training is carried out for them.

In this way, the Oda family will be much higher than the peasant soldiers of other forces in terms of military resources, combat effectiveness, and loyalty. Not to mention that later, due to the increase in economic strength, the Oda family carried out a unified equipment restructuring for all troops. Strictly speaking, the advent of reserve military service has given the Oda family a significant lead over other forces in terms of military system.

If it were an ordinary force, I am afraid that after getting this result, I would already be very satisfied, but obviously, Oda Nobunaga has never been an easily contented man. So when he felt that the economy allowed, he immediately wanted to reform again. After all, no matter how powerful the reserve military service is, it cannot be compared with a real full-time army.

Hearing Oda Yoshinobu's words, Oda Nobunaga immediately discussed with him the details of the separation of peasants and soldiers. And at this time, Oda Yoshinobu found out that Oda Nobunaga came to ask him, I'm afraid it's just a habit. Because Oda Nobunaga seems to have done enough homework on the separation of peasants and soldiers. Oda Yoshinobu believed that even if he opposed it, Oda Nobunaga would be able to convince himself with countless reasons.

"With the current reserve as the standard, how about keeping one out of ten?" Oda Nobunaga asked in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu thought about it carefully and nodded, "Yes, according to the situation in Ise, if ten people are left alone, there will be about 8,000 people, but the combat effectiveness is higher, and the family will also have more manpower to open up wasteland or carry out other activities." ”

"Very well, then it's decided!" Oda Nobunaga said in a deep voice, not planning to let Oda Yoshinobu say anything more.

Three days later, Oda Nobunaga issued an official notice of the separation of the peasants and soldiers, and for a moment, all the retainers of the Oda family were stunned, and then many of the retainers sent people or went to Gifu Castle in person, hoping that Oda Nobunaga would retract the order. The reason is also simple, this order seems to them to be completely meaningless.

At this time, the Oda family had long been accustomed to the benefits of reserve military service, and in normal times, only a small amount of money and an illusory name could be used to allow countless young and middle-aged people in the territory to train hard, and there was no need to worry about delaying the farming. In wartime, they can mobilize a large number of troops at will.

But what if the separation of peasants and soldiers is carried out? In an instant, the troops will change from 10 to 1, and this level of reduction is difficult for anyone to accept for a while. What the? The combat effectiveness after the separation of the peasants and soldiers is very strong? No matter how strong it is, can it be 1v10?

It's a pity that Oda Nobunaga's decision is not something that anyone can dissuade, and important ministers such as Oda Yoshinobu and Shibata Katsuie have responded. In the end, the policy of separating the peasants and soldiers was enforced.

Soon after, a large number of screening work began in the Oda family's territory, and since only 10 could be left, it was natural to leave the strongest one. At the same time, all the Ashigaru who were already in the reserve were fighting for that few places.

For these ashigaru, their thoughts are much simpler. Become a standing soldier and become a true samurai! That's all they think. After all, isn't that why they became reserve soldiers in the first place?

For a while, a huge wave broke out in the entire Oda family, and even the Azuchi Monthly newspaper came out to join in the excitement and published the so-called "Ten Criteria for Screening", "Ten Methods Must Be Passed" and so on......