Chapter 62 Military Regulations
Saying away the retainers who were either excited or worried because of the ambition of the lord, Zhengliang began to consider another important matter. At the end of the assessment just now, Daxi Guozhi reported that during the process of purge of the newly occupied land, there was a situation of privately hiding property. To be honest, Zhengliang was very angry about this. He provided all the armor and weapons of the samurai warriors in the territory for free, and also provided generous salaries to everyone. Even the land in the family was given to them by Zhengliang. Now there are still people who are not satisfied and have even begun to make up for his property? Zhengliang immediately issued an order to remove the privately hiding property from the samurai team. The weapons, salaries and rewards were confiscated, and they were demoted to labor service and participated in the territorial corvee for one year without compensation.
This incident also reminded Zhengliang that it was time to formulate the Luo family military law. In the past, because the establishment of the army was relatively hasty, it was enough to just require everyone to implement orders and prohibit them. There was a lack of a clear punishment system, which often led to many people taking risks in the face of rich goods. Therefore, a military law must be formulated that prevents everyone from crossing the red line. So what kind of military law should be formulated? Zhengliang first thought of the seventeen ban laws in ancient China, and its main content is:
First: When you hear the drums do not advance, when you hear the gold does not stop, you cannot raise the flag, and you cannot hold it down. This is called a contradictory army, and those who violate it will be killed.
Second: If the name is called, the time is not appropriate, and the time is not reached, the time is not violated, and the teacher's law is changed. This is called a slow army, and the offender will be killed.
Third: The night is a messy fight, and the sluggishness is not reported, and the plan is slow and the name is unknown. This is called a slacking army, and the offender is killed.
Fourth: If there are many complaints, angering the general, not obeying the constraints, it will be even more difficult to control. This is called building an army, and those who violate it will be killed.
Fifth: laugh and laugh, despise the ban, and rush to the military gate. This is called a light army, and those who invade will be killed.
Sixth: Weapons used, such as bows and crossbows, arrows without feathers, swords and halberds are not good, and flags are in danger. This is called deceiving the army, and those who violate the enemy will be killed.
Seventh: Rumors and slandering, fabricating ghosts and gods, pretending to dream, making a lot of evil sayings, and bewitching soldiers. This is called a lustful army, and those who violate it will be killed.
Eight: If you like tongue and sharp teeth, you will act rashly and make trouble, and you will be dispatched to make soldiers disagree. This is called slandering the army, and those who violate the army will be killed.
Nine: Wherever you go, you will abuse the people, and if you force a woman to commit adultery, this is called a traitor, and the offender will behead him.
Tenth: stealing people's money and property, taking their own interests, taking their own heads, and thinking of their own merits. This is called stealing the army, and those who violate the crime will be killed.
Eleven: The military and civilians gather to discuss matters, enter the tent privately, and inquire about military aircraft. This is called a military probe, and the offenders kill him.
Twelve: Some people may hear what they plan and hear orders, and leak them out to make the enemy know it. This is called being against the army and those who violate it will be killed.
Thirteenth: When calling, you will be unable to respond, lower your eyebrows and bow your head, and look in a difficult face. This is called a ruthless army, and the offender will be killed.
Fourteen: Go out of the army, support the front and back, speak loudly, and do not follow the ban. This is called a chaotic army, and those who violate will be killed.
Fifteen: He entrusted his injuries to get sick, to avoid conquering the expedition, to pretend to die, and to escape, so he escaped. This is called cheating the army, and the offenders were killed.
Sixteen: When the money and food are in charge, he is in charge of his relatives and makes his soldiers become enemies. This is called a bad army, and the offenders are killed.
Seventeen: If you observe the enemy without judging the enemy, you will not be able to find out the enemy. If you don’t say it, you will say less, and if you have less, you will say more. This means that if you miss the army, you will behead them.
Of course, the contents of the above seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four kills were a bit too strict and too complicated. So Zhengliang simplified these contents and repeatedly pondered them, and finally came up with the first military law of the Luo family, with the contents as follows:
1. Those who leak military aircraft shall be killed;
2. During the battle, the escapee without permission will be killed
3. Those who harass and abuse the people shall be killed;
Fourth, those who seize military merits shall be killed;
5. Those who do not obey orders shall be demoted to labor;
6. Those who private property confiscate all property and demote it to labor.
The above four kills and two demotions are to maintain the stability and combat effectiveness of the army, and the "two demotions" are Zhengliang's compromise on reality. Taking obeying orders as an example, it is unrealistic to ask everyone to obey orders at once. For example, if you ask him to go to the left, but he goes to the right because he can't tell the left, then he will cut and kill them? Obviously, it is not possible, otherwise most people will be beheaded soon, and they will defeat themselves before they fight with the enemy. Similarly, private property is the bad nature of the peasant soldiers of this era, and it is difficult to change in a short period of time. Well, how much private property you have, in addition to confiscating everything, will also demote you to labor until you have to create several times the value of private property for the territory free of charge, and you will be restored to freedom.
After formulating the first military law of the territory, Masarara personally copied several copies, and then asked Xiao's surname to notify Oxi Kuoji, Tsuda Hirozo, who were discussing the recruitment of new players, and two military matters who were working hard to study the military ideological education outline compiled by Masarara last night to the meeting hall. Soon everyone arrived one after another, Masarara immediately distributed the military law that had just been copied to everyone, and asked them to implement it in the army immediately after they went back.
"Your Highness, this is probably inappropriate." After carefully looking at the military law, Daxi Guozhi whispered in a low voice.
"Huh?" Zhengliang, who had gradually developed arbitrary habits, was obviously dissatisfied when he heard his retainers object.
"Your Highness", seeing Masayoro's expression change, Osaki Kyuji immediately fell to the ground, and then continued, "According to the habits of other powerful people, if they need to fight, they will issue a temporary conscription order to mobilize all the peasant soldiers to gather. These peasant soldiers need to prepare their own armor, weapons and basic rations. Once they win in the battle, these powerful people will allow these peasant soldiers to loot on the battlefield and even nearby towns. If our family enforces such military laws, it will probably cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers."
"Dissatisfied?" Masaruo sneered, "They are no longer ordinary peasant soldiers. They are the regular soldiers of our family. Besides, who gave their weapons? Who gave them their generous salary that is enough to ensure their family's food and clothing, and who gave them the land? Are they still not satisfied? Humph, this military law must be strictly enforced, Sahararo and Kissararo, you are responsible for supervision."
"Yes, Your Highness," Sahararo, and Kissaburo agreed loudly. They didn't care what others thought. They only knew that the Lord's words were God's will and no one was allowed to violate them. After feeling Masayoro's determination to promote military law, Osaki Kyuji and Tsuda Hirozo immediately took the orders tactfully, and then left with two army Mufu as if they were running away. Just kidding, if you continue, Lord's will definitely get angry, and then wait to bear the terrible anger of the Lord.
In fact, Zhengliang was not worried about the dissatisfaction of the army. Even if the lowest salary was 7 s. With the harvest on the land, the family would not only be able to ensure food and clothing, but also have some surplus. At the same time, Zhengliang was rewarded to varying degrees after each victory in the battle. What else would the above treatments be dissatisfied with? To be honest, Zhengliang can even be called a benevolent master. Those who are not satisfied can be said to be too greedy. Zhengliang did not mind attacking them at all to warn them.
Just as Masaru continued to distract himself, Heiji Togo hurriedly walked in.
"Your Highness", Togo Heiji gave a retainer courtesy to Masaru, his face full of joy.
"Oh, it's Heiji. Is there anything to be happy about?" said Masara.
"Your Highness, the Dono family, the Akasaka family, and the Takashi family have decided to win. Although the Dono family in Yunoo Castle resisted and defeated the enemy of Cangcheng several times, they were still broken into the city gate early the morning of the second day of the Battle of Cangcheng." Togo Heiji reported that "Heisa Taro escaped in the melee and found his family who settled in the territory of the family according to the letters left by His Highness. Now he is asking for a meeting outside the door, hoping to become a retainer of the family."
"Huh?" Zhengliang was stunned at first when he heard this, and then immediately reacted, "Very good, please." After he had been back from the first time when he arranged for Heiji Dongxiang to buy grain, Zhengliang intended to take the "general" mentioned by Heiji Dongxiang for his own use. Unfortunately, the territory was not enough at that time, and he really could not afford to recruit the other party, so he could only give up temporarily. Now that he heard that the other party was already outside the door and even asked to become an official in his family, Zhengliang was of course happy.
After the order was conveyed, a young man with a typical samurai head shape, about 1.65 meters tall, and with several scars on his face, walked in quickly. It was several meters away from Masayoro, and the young man knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "God to His Highness, villain Hirasataro, pay homage to His Highness."
"Haha, no gift," Masayora smiled slightly, and then continued, "Speaking of all, this is the first time we have met. Before that, Heiji had mentioned to me several times your "general" style."
"Your Highness, this is really a shame to kill the villain," Taro Hirasa immediately kowtowed, his voice choked, "After the villain was taken over, the villain was really ashamed of the head of the family. He was about to apologize for his saphenous apology, but he was too worried about his wife and children at home, so he temporarily had a secret life. The villain thanked the noble for protecting the villain's family." After that, Taro Hirasaki kowtowed again to thank him.
"After learning about the outstanding achievements of His Highness to destroy the bandits in an instant and even destroy the three powerful men, the villain was deeply impressed." Seeing Masaro's expression calm, Taro Hirasa immediately cheered up and said firmly, "For the sake of his wife and children in the family, he asked his highness to take in the villain. Even in the face of the ridicule of the world, the villain will do his best to contribute to the Luo family with his villain's remaining body." Taro Hirasa said the truth at this moment. After fatiguedly finding his wife and son at Heiji's family, Taro Hirasa was killed by Heiji Togo.
The situation was completely shocked. A young man who seemed to be only about 17 or 18 years old actually wiped out the bandits who had been doing evil for decades in less than two months, and even destroyed the local tyrants of the three families. What a difference? Compared with the senior head of the family who did not listen to his hard advice and was eventually killed, the despairing heart had hope. Under the persuasion of Heiji Togo, looking at his newly born young son in the family, Taro Hirasa gave up the idea of apologizing and decided to go to the Luo family.
At this time, the samurai still paid great attention to the so-called Bushido spirit. For Taro Hirasa, who was recruited by his lord, the most famous way was to seduce the stomach to thank him for not being able to protect his lord's sins. Therefore, Taro Hirasa, after his lord's death, he had to make a great decision to immediately become an official in another lord. Once it was promoted, basically no other powerful men were willing to take him in. In Masayoro's opinion, he also heard more from his loyal words. First, he indirectly stated that the previous head of the family had died and he was absolutely not suspected of spies; secondly, he was willing to take his wife and children as hostages, ensuring his loyalty to the Luo family.
"Well, Ping Zuo, you should talk about the situation of the Donoya family first?" Masayoshi decided not to rush to agree to the other party's request for office.
Taro Hirasa was stunned and immediately understood that the other party was testing him, so he immediately bowed and told the situation of the Dono family in detail. A month ago, the lord of the Yuno O Castle, Dono Kijiro accidentally learned that the nearby Akasaka family had just purchased a batch of weapons from outside and was planning to transport them to the Akasaka family's residence secretly. So he immediately planned to send someone to sneak into the Akasaka family's territory and wait for an opportunity to seize it halfway. Although Taro Hirasa strongly opposed it, Kijiro Dono did his own thing and finally snatched the supplies surprisingly. Nearly a month later, the Akasaka family did not respond. Kijiro Dono was even more proud and criticized the Pilgrimage of this matter several times. At the same time, the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgrimage of the Pilgri
In the front and back directions of Oi Castle, the two groups seemed to be ready and the troops were quickly dispatched. Because the two families seemed to be ready, the troops were moving very quickly. In less than a day, they arrived at the city of Yunoo Castle. Donoo Kijiro couldn't react in time, and even the peasants in the territory did not have time to summon the land. The two coalition forces launched the cage battle that night. Although the samurai in the city rose to resist, the city gate was still declared lost in the early morning of the next day. At this time, the reinforcements from the Donoo family's main castle had just set out from Tanoo Castle. Hessas Taro tried to protect Donoo Kijiro from breaking through the siege, but they were besieged by several times the enemy. Hessas Taro watched the head of the family being taken by the enemy. Just as Hirasas Taro was completely disappointed, the two coalition forces had riots due to the rumors that the Donoo family's troops were about to arrive. Hirasas Taro took advantage of the chaos to escape from Yunoo Castle.
"When the villain crossed the river outside Donoo Castle and rushed to His Highness's territory, the two coalition forces were fighting against the Donoya reinforcements who had arrived in a hurry," said Taro Hirasa last.
"Well, it's great. Now I officially appointed you as the general of the Football League to help Heiji Togo quickly stabilize the territory, with a salary of 40 stones," Masaru nodded. After listening to the detailed report from Taro Hirasa, Masaru was happy and worried. It was happy that the powerful people in the west of the family were fighting in a melee and had no time to take care of the family in a short time; it was worried that no matter who won this melee, Yuno O Castle will be guarded by heavy troops, which poses a great threat to the family. After all, no one wants to have a strong neighbor.
"Yes, Your Highness", after receiving Masaro's appointment, Heisa Taro was overjoyed and immediately knelt down and bowed.
After letting Heiji Togo and his two men go down quickly to continue to stabilize their territory, Masayoro was preparing to carefully check the account books left by Heiji Togo. At this time, Oxi Guoji rushed to see him again, and at the same time brought an unexpected guest.
Chapter completed!