Half a month later, with the efforts of the Kuroda family, as well as the cooperation of various local forces, wealthy clans, and landlords, the spring plowing work of the entire Kuroda family has been successfully completed, and there should be a good harvest after that. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, in the Imperial Pavilion of Kuroda Castle, Kuroda Zhitaka also summoned important ministers here to discuss the next important matter for the Kuroda family after spring ploughing.

In the main hall on the ground floor of Kuroda Castle's castle tower, the priests sat on the left, and the samurai sat on the right, and everyone had already sat down, waiting for Kuroda to arrive.

"Lord is here," Ansuke shouted at this time, and his partner Hyosuke Inoko opened the curtain of the side door.

The crowd immediately bowed respectfully in the direction of the side door.

Kuroda soon appeared in the main hall with Kuroda Itakaka, who sat on the main seat and Kuroda on the lower part of Kuroda's right hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is actually one thing to discuss with you here. This time, the family has obtained a total of more than 300,000 koku of land in the four countries of Bichu, Tajima, Inaba, and Hideki, and the territory has expanded a lot, the land has increased, and the population has increased, but the strength of the family has not changed, so I think that the Kuroda family still has an important thing to solve at present, and that is the need to expand the army. Only by expanding our army will we be able to better defend these newly acquired lands. Kuroda said slowly to the crowd.

"Expanding the army" "It should be expanded!" "That's the only way to develop" "That's right! "You should recruit more standing guards." Most of them were samurai.

"But how much is it better?" "My family is financially strapped right now!" "Yes! Money is running out of money" "Is it a bit radical? All that is said is the congregation.

"Okay guys, this time my Kuroda family is going to expand the army by 3,000 standing troops and 2,000 peasant soldiers, a total of 5,000 people. After the expansion of the army, the family's ability will have 8,000 standing troops, 7,000 peasant soldiers, and 5,000 local important ministers and wealthy families, a total of 20,000 people. Kuroda continued.

"Lord, don't do it!" At this time, a voice sounded from the left.,Near minister Nobumasa suddenly stood up.,And walked quickly to the middle of the middle and bowed down to Kuroda Zhitaka.,Said loudly.。。

"Oh! Tell me why you can't, Lord Near? Kuroda was still able to keep smiling.

"My lord, I think that the first task of the family at present is to stabilize the newly acquired territory, and it is best to bow down and develop slowly for a few years, and then accumulate strength and rise strongly, which is the right way. In his opinion, such a large-scale expansion of the army under such a situation without war is simply a reckless move of force and a way to bring about self-destruction. "The close minister Xinzheng really had something to say, and directly said what was in his heart.

After the words of the close minister Nobumasa, there was an uproar below, and there may be people here who think the same way, but in the face of Kuroda Nobutaka, no one really dares to say his truest thoughts like the near minister Nobumasa.

Kuroda looked at Shinmasa curiously, and there was a helpless smile on the corner of his mouth. Kuroda Vocational High School had heard of this outspoken and outspoken close minister Nobumasa before, and knew that he was sent to the border city because he annoyed Urakami Sokei, because he was able to be recruited by the Imate Tomoshi to the Kuroda family. When I was in my family before, I did see the ministers who believed in politics, but I really haven't seen his personality and style of doing things.

Now it seems that this close minister is really a direct minister who speaks out and dares to admonish! Such a person is indeed an unpopular existence at home, but if he really has real talent and learning, then he is really an existence like Wei Zheng, who can be a mirror of himself.

Moreover, according to Ide Tomoji, this close minister Nobumasa took the initiative to take refuge in Bizen Province at that time, which at least shows that he was not a fool, on the contrary, he also knew how to judge the situation. The reason why he is outspoken and dares to admonish may be that he takes his responsibilities very seriously, and he must dare to tell the truth!

But if it's just the kind of talker in the Ming Dynasty, he will only blindly lash out at current politics and make personal attacks on others, but he doesn't have real talent and learning, Kuroda Vocational High School probably can't help but let Tongxin people kill him directly and secretly.

However, Kuroda thought about it for a while, and there was still some truth in what this close minister Shinmasa said, and his idea was to make the best use of it. Maintaining the number of soldiers in non-war periods, reducing the pressure on fiscal expenditures, and accumulating wealth and grain and grass were actually very correct for the Kuroda family, whose finances had been very tight due to rapid development.

But from another point of view, what the Kuroda family needs to develop is to skillfully maintain elite soldiers, if it really waits until the time to expand, the Kuroda family then thinks of recruiting soldiers, these are all ordinary people who have just left the land, which is not much different from the peasant soldiers, such soldiers are actually useless.

If the Kuroda family uses these people to fight the world, the final result is self-evident, rather than that, it is better to sink down and develop, and wait for the surrender of the Oda family or the monkey, what else is Kuroda still fighting for.

"What? You say I'm reckless......" Kuroda Zhitaka heard the words of the Kontomi Nobumasa, his face suddenly turned blue, and suddenly he stood up from his seat and pointed at the Kontomi Nobumasa, Kuroda saw very clearly that his hands were trembling.

Kuroda turned around suddenly, and without everyone reacting, he snatched the katana from the assistant behind him, and instantly drew the sword out of its sheath, pointing directly at the close minister Nobumasa, his face was black, and he gasped angrily.

"Ministers believe in politics, you ...... Do you really think I don't dare kill you? Kuroda shouted loudly.

"My lord, I ask myself if what I said is not wrong, and I think about the Kuroda family and be loyal to the Kuroda family. If this is the case, Zai Xia is still killed by the lord with a knife, and Zai Xia has nothing to say. Nobumasa Kuroda looked at Kuroda with straight eyes, stood up and replied loudly, without any fear.

"You, I'm ......" Kuroda was confronted for the first time in these years, and he was really angry, and he almost reached out to cut down the minister.

It's not that Kuroda hasn't been confronted, it's just that as the Kuroda family has become stronger and stronger in recent years, there are fewer and fewer people around Kuroda who dare to tell the truth.

"My lord, please calm your anger." At this time, the two of them immediately said loudly, and they turned their heads to Kuroda and begged him to forgive the outspokenness of the ministers. (To be continued.) )