Thread:ChazmanianDevil/@comment-26535281-20170223020455/@comment-26535281-20170224010033

For recruitment I was thinking something like this:

Each house hold must provide one son to join the Imperial Army and this is a life time appointment if a family member must step down or is discharged a suitable male shall be chosen from the family.

Every other male of the house must train in the militia of the district they live in (On a monthly basis). Each district is expected to raise at least one regiment of troops.

There are some other military formations as well. Most importantly the banner men which are made out of the armies of noble families (Noble families own fiefs which are separate from districts) each lord (Nan) is expected to raise a regiment of Bannermen. All bannermen are trained swordsmen and used as shock troops by Imperial Commanders.

The Final formation is Yui which are the sons of nobles taken as a tax of loyalty to the state and are trained as archers (The bow is for nobles while the crossbow is the peasants weapon) Yui are also used as a secret police force (They wear Red armor when doing this duty)