Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the ninth year of astronomy has passed, ushering in the tenth year of astronomy (1541).!

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the order of Masayo, the annual Chinese New Year's Eve banquet was held in the mansion of the lord of the Luo family.

Almost all the retainers of the Luo family were invited to the lord's mansion with their families. Even the families of Tsuda Hiromune, Heisa Masamune, and others who died in battle were invited. Samurai and Ashigaru were rewarded to varying degrees with various tasks, and everyone had a delicious meal of alcohol.

In the evening, the council hall of the lord's mansion was already packed. The council hall is large enough to accommodate hundreds of people at once, enough for everyone to sit. The first position is reserved for the first gate and the general, then the second row is the general, and the last row is the third row.

At this time, many retainers had already sat down in the arranged positions.

"Brother Changzhi?" Suddenly there was a shout from the crowd. It turned out to be Yoshida Shigemasa, who didn't have a family for the time being.

"Brother Shigemasa," Masanao Kinoshita, who had just walked into the council hall, immediately walked over happily.

"I've finally seen you," Shigemasa Yoshida was also quite happy. After becoming the right-hand man of the Luo family, the two were assigned important responsibilities separately, and then went their separate ways. Now we finally have a chance to meet each other.

"Well, you're doing well over there, aren't you?" Kinoshita asked immediately after sitting down. His place happened to be arranged next to Shigemasa Yoshida.

"Ha Lu Ha" Yoshida Shigemasa smiled when he heard this, "I didn't expect my family's Ashigaru training method to be so peculiar, it was really an eye-opener for me." ”

"Oh? Your team has started training too? Kinoshita asked immediately.

"Yes, since I'm on the front line of the territory, I'm going to give priority to supplementing my team, and now those newcomers have started training under the leadership of the old ashigaru," Shigemasa Yoshida replied with a smile.

"Hey, we'll have to wait a few more days before we can start replenishing manpower," Kinoshita immediately complained.

"Brother Changzhi don't need to be anxious, I heard yesterday that there is another batch of new ashigaru training camp that has completed the initial training, and I think I will replenish the manpower for you soon," Yoshida Shigemasa immediately whispered.

"I hope so," Kinoshita said, nodding his head.

In the midst of a conversation, all the retainers gradually arrived. After everyone was seated, the little surnamed Murakami Buji, who was standing at the door, shouted. All of them immediately fell silent.

"Oooo Behind him are the two mothers and daughters of Togo Ju, Tsuru, Butterfly and Matsumiko. Togo Ju has been pregnant for more than two months, but her belly has not yet appeared. Even so, she has become a priority for care. I saw that the crane and the butterfly were carefully supporting her, as if she was afraid that she would accidentally stumble. It's also the first time for the little guy Tamiko to attend such an important family dinner, and her little head is constantly looking around, as if looking for something fun.

"It's been a good year! I, Luo Zhengliang, would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you," Masahiro sat down on the main seat in the center. First of all.

"I am willing to do my best for the Luo family," Heiji Togo said first. He watched the young head of the family lead everyone from a small village oppressed by bandits to a powerful man with a high income of five stones. And this process took less than a year.

After Togo Heiji took the lead in expressing his position, all the surrounding retainers also expressed their allegiance in unison.

Masahiro took advantage of the fact that everyone was leaning down to salute and express their allegiance, and looked at the retainers below.

Sitting next to Masahiro are all the family members of Masayo, in addition. Sitting with them were Tsuda Hiromune and the widow of Hirasa Masatada. Three-year-old Nabeshima Naoshige was also sitting in it. The little surname Yoshinomaru and Takeyoshi Murakami knelt behind Masayoshi.

Directly opposite Masahiro. Sitting in the first row are the positions of Togo Heiji and Kosuke, and then the general Onishi Kuniji. Next to Onishi Kuniji are the lonely Shinnosuke Akabane and the family of Kakukuma Ishizong.

At this moment, although the Kakuma Stone Sect was sitting there, his face was full of helplessness. Why? Because he also knew that he had "resigned" from his position as a retainer in the Otomo family two days ago when he met the family members and clansmen who had been taken to the Luo family's territory, he had "resigned" from his position as a retainer in the Otomo family, and then changed to the Luo family. After learning the news, Kakuma Ishizong was immediately furious, and found the theory of political conscience on the same day. Zhengliang knew that he had done something wrong, so he also persuaded him with good words.

Fortunately, Kakukuma Ishizong is also a reasonable person. After learning that things are irreparable. In the end, Kakuma Shizong had no choice but to become a retainer of the Luo family.

Sitting in the second row are Ming Guo staff Liu Le, Monomi Bantou Kizo Shigetada, Black Eagle Leader Ichiru, Ashigaru General Kinoshita Masunao, Ashigaru General Yoshida Shigemasa, Ashigaru General and Physician Akimine Hidemasa, Ashigaru General Tomohisa, Ashigaru General Executor Tankane, Ashigaru General and Falconier Akuta, Iron Cannon General and Firearms Craftsman Andre, Navy General Sun Goro, Navy General Kunatsu, Navy General Murakami Mazuri, Navy General Noda Kazubei.

and the last row are the military head Fu Luo Sasuke, the military head Fu Luo Masahide, the military eye Fu Luo Shingoro, the public negotiator Ichijo Shenglong, and the public negotiator Duanmu Kiyomasa; Nobuyuan Aoyama and Li Hongfei, who are responsible for assisting in the handling of internal affairs; In charge of protecting Masayo, the side is close to Zhongfei Duan, Ueda Shinji, Uemura Hontsuna, Tetsunosuke, and Kira Nobuyi, and this time two more people have been added, this is Kato Duanzo and his nephew Ahri.

After being recruited as a retainer by Masarashi last time, Kanzo Kato finally found his nephew Ahri with the help of the power of the Luo family. It turned out that Ahri fled into the territory of the Luo family after being injured, and finally fell into a coma on the road after being seriously injured. Rescued by a family of Luo's family. Woke up with a head injury. Unexpectedly, he lost his memory, so he had to temporarily stay in the territory of the Luo family to survive. Later, it was finally found by Kato Duanzo. Kato Duanzo also abides by his agreement with Masayo. stayed in the Luo family and became a retainer of the Luo family.

Seems to be missing something, huh? After scanning all the retainers, Masato suddenly felt that something seemed to be missing.

Ah, when I think about it, it seems that there are a few fewer Southern Barbarians. I don't know what happened to Zhu Qinfeng and Zuo Moyang? Soon after the end of the war against Bodo, Zhu Qinfeng and Zuo Moyang officially submitted their resignations to Zhengliang. After Zhengliang kept it, he also said goodbye to the two happily. Of course, when the two left, Zhu Qinfeng's big ship was full of Luo's goods, including a lot of gold and silver. And Masashi not only purchased an additional ten arquebuses, but also reached a secret agreement with the two. It can be said that both sides are happy.

"Good, good, good" Seeing that all the retainers expressed their loyalty, Masayo was quite happy, and continued after signaling everyone to excuse himself, "This year, with the concerted efforts of all of you, the family has developed greatly, and has successively defeated strong enemies such as the Huzi family and the Hakata family. ”

As soon as everyone heard Zhengliang's words, they immediately listened attentively, and they knew that the Taoist master was ready to be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

"Togo Heiji!"

"Your Majesty is here," Togo Heiji immediately came out of the ranks and came to Masahiro.

"I'll leave the western part of the Matsuura Peninsula to you, take care of it for me. Awarded to the lord of Kamikura Castle, he is the general of the family," Masarashi said. Masarashi said this is equivalent to dividing the territory between the mountains east of Nogao Mountain and the mountain range where Kishigaku Castle is located to Togo Heiji, and he also promoted Togo Heiji from a general to a general, of course, because there is already a fief reward, so Yulu has not been improved.

Zhengliang's current sub-sealing policy is a bit different from other Haoqiang. As the lord of the fiefdom to which he was divided, firstly, it was stipulated that the total number of retinues, including retainers, attendants, ashigaru, and peasants, should not exceed fifteen; Second, the lord can only administer his own realm according to the laws of the realm, and may not issue any laws other than those stipulated in the realm; At the end of the year, the lord is responsible for leading the village leaders of each village to manage the territory, and can withdraw one-tenth of the income from the territory every year as his own knowledge and deeds.

Zhengliang's policy is equivalent to assigning a local official who is responsible for overall planning to the divided territory, and is responsible for leading the village head of each village to manage the administrative affairs and agricultural affairs of the territory. Assist the departments directly under the jurisdiction of the territory to conduct daily military training for the people of the territory, but do not have the right to mobilize the peasants, and can only mobilize the peasants and soldiers after the lord's order. It has no right to interfere with the deployment of the territory's standing team.

As for the income of the feudal lords. According to the current average tax revenue of four farmers and six gongs in the territory, forty percent of the income is reserved for the people, and after the Luo family collects the remaining sixty percent of the income, one percent of it is reserved for the lord of the territory as a matter of knowledge, and the remaining fifty percent is reinvested in the construction of the territory and the army, and the benefits are fed back to the people. This approach not only speeds up the construction progress of the territory, but also stimulates the lords of the feudal locations to increase the construction of the territory, after all, the more income the territory has, the more income they have.

In doing so, Zhengliang gradually separated the internal power from the military power, and handed over the internal power to each retainer, forming a three-level management system at the bottom, the local government, and the central government; Military power, on the other hand, is completely controlled by the head of the family, and each feudal lord only maintains the military power to maintain his own security. For the quota of fifteen people, retainers with good family backgrounds can recruit fifteen samurai, and those with poor family backgrounds can recruit fifteen peasant soldiers, and the richness of these retainers is linked to the wealth of their respective territories.

"Your Majesty dare not do your best," Togo Heiji said gratefully when he heard that he was being divided into feudal territories. You must know that the place that Zhengliang gave him now is the territory that the Luo family first mastered, and the degree of implementation of the territory law is the most profound, although the current population is still a little small, and it is not very rich, but the development potential is huge. Moreover, he also saw the intention of the head of the family, first, he hoped that he would speed up the development there, and second, he hoped that he would defend the territory directly under the head of the family located in the direction of the Nakano Takayama from the east.

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