Chapter 733 0728 [Invite, Kill, Accept as a Dog]

After passing through the short hilly area, the valley in front suddenly opened up.

There were small hills on all sides with a large area of ​​low flat land in the middle. The city was built on the hill, and the flat land below the hill was where the castle town was located.

Hundreds of peasant soldiers had already fled in all directions, and some simply climbed up the hill.

The warriors of the noble families rushed towards the mountain city, and the Ming light cavalry pointed at these people and chased them because they had the best armor on them.

Those who did not ride horses were captured first, kneeling on the ground to beg for mercy and dared not move.

Zhu Shouyi took the lead, passing a large number of fleeing soldiers along the way, and only stared at Masuda Akiaki and chased.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer, Masuda Akiaki's son Masuda Akiaki shouted: "Father, go back to the city quickly, I will stop the pursuers!"

This guy was young and energetic, and he actually reined in his horse and turned around, holding his gun and charging back at the Ming cavalry.

Zhu Shouyi accelerated his horse, and when the two horses crossed, he raised his gun and knocked Masuda Akiaki off the horse's back, and then continued to chase and kill without stopping.

Masuda Akiaki was wounded but not dead. He struggled to get up, and the Ming cavalry that ran over stabbed him in the throat with another shot.

"Open the city gate quickly!" Masuda Akiaki shouted.

Iwami Castle has two inner and outer walls, and Masuda Akiaki has already run to the outer city. But there were not many soldiers guarding the city, and most of them were pulled out to fight. The few soldiers guarding the city were too scared to let Masuda Akiaki in when they saw the pursuers coming.

Masuda Akiaki turned his head and was immediately more panicked: "Open the city gate quickly!"

Due to the prestige of this man, the soldiers could only bite the bullet and open the door.

As soon as the city gate opened a crack, Masuda Akiaki dismounted and entered, shouting at the same time: "Close the gate, close the gate!"

Several archers on the city wall also shot arrows at Zhu Shouyi.

Zhu Shouyi did not chase him anymore, but turned around to surround the fleeing soldiers and waited for the large army to come to attack the city.

The castle town was in chaos, and the people closed their doors and hid. Those who were far away fled into the mountains with their families.

When Zhu Xiaozhong brought 3,000 soldiers to the castle town, the captured nobles and samurai, as well as the people who did not escape, were all stunned by these terrifying legions.

Japan imitated the Fubing system of the Tang Dynasty and established the Fangren system, also known as the legion system.

Like the Fubing system of the Tang Dynasty, the Fangren system collapsed with the collapse of the land system.

The Tang Dynasty supplemented it with the Jianer system, which was a bit similar to the Junhu system (not involving family members) and a bit like professional mercenaries, and the early Jianer still retained some of the characteristics of Fubing.

Japan followed suit and also adopted the Jianer system.

Jianers gradually evolved into the samurai class in Japan!

There were probably two types of samurai at the end of the Heian period.

One was the public land samurai, who were raised and dispatched by the officials of the national government.

The other was the samurai of the village lord, that is, the private armed forces of the big landowners.

But no matter what kind of warriors, at the official level, they are all "jocks" under the jock system. To put it bluntly, they are professional mercenaries, and have not yet become a social class!

Since they are professional mercenaries, the Ming army can also hire them.

Yuan Sheng pointed to the captives kneeling on the ground and whispered to the translator: "These jocks can be hired, but in order to show loyalty, their masters must agree."

Zhu Xiaozhong listened to the translator and immediately laughed: "Jocks come here."

The translator shouted: "Jocks come here!"

Those captured warriors came to Zhu Xiaozhong one after another and knelt on the ground again.

Zhu Xiaozhong pointed at the nobles and asked: "Are you willing to transfer these jocks?"

How dare the nobles say no?

They quickly agreed.

Zhu Xiaozhong asked about the warriors' wages again, and after listening, he curled his lips: "In the future, if you follow me, the rice you can receive every month will increase by 30%."

The warriors were overjoyed and knelt down to thank him sincerely.

Since the powerful families agreed to transfer the warriors and promised on the spot that they would no longer have a subordinate relationship, Zhu Xiaozhong asked the warriors to hold a loyalty ceremony.

Not loyalty to individuals, but loyalty to the Ming Dynasty court.

The warriors probably understood that they would be the "public warriors" of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

"Bring rice!" Zhu Xiaozhong shouted.

The crew brought rice from the port, advanced wages to the newly recruited warriors on the spot, and gave each person an extra bucket of "transfer fee".

The warriors carried the grain bags and shouted: "Swear to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty until death, swear to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty until death!"

The local powerful families were angry and dared not speak, but were extremely frightened.

Because they knew that these warriors were really loyal to the enemy.

Now is not the era of the samurai family, and the samurai class has not yet been fully formed. How can we still ask a group of professional mercenaries to be loyal?

Zhu Xiaozhong said to the warriors: "You all go back to your hometowns and bring your families here to settle down."

This is both taking the warriors' families as hostages and getting the warriors' families out of the control of the original owner.

Zhu Xiaozhong was not in a hurry to attack the city. He sent soldiers to accompany the local samurai back to their hometowns and spent more than half a month to gather the samurai's families. Then, he occupied a residential area in the castle town and let all the newly recruited samurai and their families move in.

Zhu Xiaozhong conquered nearly half of the main fighting force of Iwami Province, the strong samurai class.

Then, based on the information provided by these samurai, Zhu Xiaozhong sent troops to capture the Masuda clan and completely annexed the land under the name of the Masuda clan.

He gathered the captured nobles and pointed at the Masuda clan members and said: "Kill all the adult men!"

As the heads fell to the ground, the captured nobles were frightened and limp.

Zhu Xiaozhong also said to Yuan Sheng: "One-third of the land of the Masuda clan will belong to your Yuan family in the future. You can recruit strong men on your own."

Yuan Sheng was so excited that he wiped his tears and shouted: "Swear to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and General Zhu until death!"

Zhu Xiaozhong then said to the newly recruited warriors: "One-third of the land of the Masuda clan will be distributed equally to you. From now on, you will not only be the great athletes of the Ming Dynasty, but also the minor masters of Ishijian Kingdom."

The warriors looked at each other, then knelt down to thank him.

Land can buy people's hearts, and land can buy loyalty. The samurai in front of them, after acquiring the land, were determined to be loyal dogs of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the emperor sent troops to kill them, they would fight to the end.

The remaining one-third of the land of the Masuda clan, as well as many common lands of Iwami Kingdom, will become the common lands of the Ming Dynasty's overseas legions from now on.

In fact, it does not collect much tax. It is mainly symbolic and represents the Ming Dynasty's rule over Shijian Kingdom.

Zhu Xiaozhong stood up with a smile, and deliberately imitated Prince Zhu in every word and deed. He pointed at the mountain city of Shi Jianguo and said: "Attack the city tomorrow!"

There are not many soldiers left in the city.

Before attacking the city, Zhu Xiaozhong also asked the warriors to shout.

"The athletes in the city heard that the Masuda clan has been killed, and the Masuda clan's land has been confiscated. We have all received land rewards. As long as you open the city and surrender, you will also be granted land and become a minor master. Kill Masuda Akiaki, and another There are rewards for meritorious service!”

Can athletes be given land and become nicknames?

Is there a big reward for killing Akira Masuda?

The few warriors left behind in the city couldn't help but look at Masuda Akira.

Masuda Akira was horrified: "As long as the national city is defended, the Emperor's army will soon be able to..."

Before he finished speaking, a warrior rushed over.

The other samurai were afraid that they would not be able to achieve great success, so they also raised their weapons and tried to steal Masuda Akira's head.

Defending the national city?

What a joke, there are so many Ming soldiers outside the city, they can't defend it even with their three heads and six arms.

Soon, the city gate opened.

Peasants and soldiers trembled and knelt on the ground, while warriors came over holding human body parts to claim credit and receive rewards.

The one who grabbed the head was rewarded with five measures of grain and an additional acre of land.

Those who grab other parts will also be rewarded.

Everyone is happy.

In the city of Shijian, Zhu Xiaozhong summoned the powerful clans in the country and said to them: "The Masuda clan refused to surrender, so the genocide was annihilated. If you didn't resist and cause rebellion, our clansmen would not be killed, and you would not be confiscated." Even if the Emperor's army comes, you can join, as long as you don't contribute, you will officially surrender to the Ming Dynasty. "

These conditions are very lenient and considerate of the wealthy family.

Everyone was convinced, knelt in front of Zhu Xiaozhong, and vowed never to go against Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xiaozhong added: "I see that there are silver mines in the country. You each mobilize your clansmen and subordinates to go to the mountains to find the silver mines and silver veins. Once you find them, you will be rewarded. If you find them but hide them, I will destroy his entire clan." !”

The wealthy families accepted the order and stayed in the city for a good meal, then returned to their hometowns to look for silver mines.

In more than a hundred years, Iwami Yinshan will be discovered. However, due to low mining technology, only open-pit silver mines were initially mined. It was not until the Chinese learned technology from the Ming Dynasty that deeper silver mines were officially mined.

During the special period when Spain was frantically mining American silver, Iwami Ginzan actually accounted for one-third of global silver production!

But it is said that these wealthy families, after escaping back to the countryside, actively searched for silver mines for the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time sent people to Ping An Jing to seek reinforcements.

If the Emperor's army is defeated, they will seek refuge with the Ming Dynasty and dedicate their silver mines to the Ming Dynasty.

If the emperor's army wins, they can also perform meritorious service and divide the silver mines afterwards.

It’s not a loss anyway.

…

Emperor Toba, what are you doing right now?

Clean up the court!

His immortal grandfather finally died, and from now on he has the final say.

First of all, he welcomed Yasuko Fujiwara into the palace to gain the support of his relatives, the Fujiwara family, and use the Fujiwara family to suppress the forces promoted by his grandfather.

Secondly, consolidate your own administration and reject the administration left by your grandfather.

This guy is playing with fire. His grandfather vigorously promoted the middle and lower nobles, with the purpose of strengthening centralization.

However, Emperor Toba did the opposite and actually reused his relatives and nobles. This eventually led to the birth of Japan's first shogunate era, with the emperor becoming a complete puppet.

"Your Majesty, the Ming army defeated the Nagato navy and quickly captured Iwami Castle!"

When Emperor Toba first heard about this, he was really confused and asked: "Which country is the Ming Dynasty? I only know the Song Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom and the Goryeo Kingdom. Where is the Ming Kingdom?"

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty has died, and the new emperor of China founded the country with the name of Ming Dynasty."

"How could China send troops to kill them? And instead of coming to fight against Ping An Jing, they went to the remote Shi Jian Country?"

"I don't know."

"Call the army immediately! Before sending troops, send an envoy to Shi Jian to ask for clarification."

(Three corrections in previous chapters: first, Niron Mongolia was brain-beaten and became Sauron Mongolia; second, the light cavalry did rarely use super long lances, which have been changed from four meters to three meters; third, Ishimi The location of Guocheng has been corrected).