The village chiefs and some old men who belonged to the representatives of the people's will began to tremble when they arrived in Qianshan City.

The blood on the ground had not yet been cleaned, irritating their eyes, and the surrounding ashigaru and patrolling samurai looked fierce.

They trembled into the castle tower, the smell of blood in it was even stronger, and they could see the servants being cleaned.

Immediately afterwards, they were brought to Ueda Shinkasa.

Ueda Nobukata smiled very kindly: "Don't be afraid, I originally came to drive away the Takeda family, and there are too many Saku people who died at the hands of the Takeda family."

As for this former mountain castle, Sadasho Banno has been killed by me because he is unwilling to surrender because he has taken refuge in the Takeda family.

According to the custom of war, I should indulge my men in plundering, but you are poor people ruled by Takeda, how can the Shinano people embarrass the Shinano people? ”

One of the landlords immediately said, "The city lord is really merciful! But there are commands, and they will be effective in the next. ”

Ueda Nobukata smiled at this man who was very knowledgeable about current affairs and said, "Hahaha, I am really happy that you can have such an awareness."

The soldiers are born and die, and the villagers can't let them have enough to eat, right? If the Takeda family comes, they will want to list you as enemies, kill the men, and take the women and children back to Kai as slaves.

You don't want to see such a tragic scene, and I don't want to see it, don't you think? ”

The landlord hurriedly answered: "What the city lord said is so right, the villagers in Xia and the villagers definitely can't bear to see the sons and daughters hungry, I don't know how much the city lord needs?" ”

Ueda Nobukata waved his hand and said, "Eh, you have misunderstood what I mean, how can I blackmail you like Takeda?" ”

As soon as these words came out, even the head of the land panicked, there was no specific number, and it was even more terrible than the specific number, because the upper limit was too high.

As soon as Ueda Nobukata saw the expressions of these people, he knew that they had misunderstood, and immediately said, "Let's count according to the number of people in the village, five yuan for one and two yuan for children."

If you can't come up with the money, you can pay off the debt with wild vegetables, turnips, fish, etc. ”

Hearing this number, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, this point is better than being robbed.

Ueda Nobukata said again: "I heard that the Takeda family has a lot of taxes, and the tax on this building is relatively high?" ”

The landlords didn't know what Ueda Nobukata wanted to do, so they said truthfully: "Yes, the lord of the castle, the Takeda family wants to collect money from us." ”

One of the main forms of taxation for daimyo in the Muromachi period was the "Tonbetsu Fee", which was paid on a house-by-house basis, and was divided into two types of payment: "Tonbetsu Money" (paid in money) and "General Servitude" in which labor was performed by manpower.

During the Muromachi period, the tonbetsu service was only a temporary tax for the repair of temples, bridges, and other buildings, but in the Warring States period, the tonbetsu service was paid on a regular basis, and it became a regular income for the daimyos.

In the Takeda Harunobu era, in 1542, the year after he succeeded to the family governor, Takeda Harumun established the "Tobetsu Bill" and used it as a standard to levy the Tobetsu service in the country.

In the 16th year of Astronomy (1547), Takeda Shingen ordered Masatake Komai to draft the Takeda family's division of the country, the Koshu Hose no Sho No, which was the most authoritative legal document within the Takeda clan's domain.

There are two versions of the Koshu Hodo, one with 26 articles and the other with 57 articles, the latter being deleted and added on the basis of the former, and the six laws of the Takeda family related to the Tobetsu service are all from the 57-article annex.

In the Koshu Laws and Regulations, the Takeda family's house has the following characteristics: First, if a resident is unable to afford the service of the house, the village where the resident lives is required to bear the burden for him, and if the payment is delayed, the amount is doubled (Kitamura Family Document).

Second, if someone flees to avoid the service of the building, it is necessary to trace and collect the arrears in time. Third, the Takeda family does not accept any lawsuits related to the service of the building.

As can be seen from the above payment, the Takeda family was one of the main taxes of the Takeda family, and the Takeda family was very strict about the collection of the Tsubetsuri service, and especially did not accept the objections of the residents.

In the first year of Koji (1555), Harunobu Takeda carried out the "Todai Reform" in the domain, and the standard for paying the Todai fee was reformulated.

It is stipulated that the main house of the residents is required to pay 200 yen per house, 50 yen per house (later increased to 100 yen) for each newly built house, and 100 yen for each "piece house" that is not considered a house due to its structure.

Although the donbetsu money was one of the main taxes of the Sengoku daimyos, the Takeda family's donbetsu was one of the heaviest taxes in Japan at the time, twice as much as the Mutsu Date family and four times that of the Sagami Hojo family.

In 1556, the second year of the Tsudoku reform, Takeda Shingen stipulated that the Todai fee should be levied once a year in February and once in August.

At the same time, it is stipulated that if a resident fails to pay the house fee in time, the agent who is responsible for collecting the local house fee shall be responsible for it.

In addition, Harunobu Takeda is probably still somewhat self-aware. In the previous year, the Takeda family was not allowed to accept lawsuits related to the service of the Tsubetsuri in the Koshu Law Degree, but in the same year, it was also relaxed, and if the service of the Takeda family was not able to bear the service due to special reasons such as natural disasters, the Takeda family could report it to the Takeda family first, and the Takeda family could make a decision.

So at this stage, Saku does not obey Takeda's rule, and there are still many reasons.

Ueda Nobukata looked at the people below and showed a panicked expression, and explained unhurriedly: "The Takeda family's don't collect too much money, and they don't care about your feelings at all.

As a Shinano person, I was naturally not as cruel as Takeda, and I only paid the money once in the future, and as for the amount, the amount of money to be paid for each of the main houses "Honya" was 100 yen per house, 50 yen for each newly built house "Shinya", and 50 yen for each "Kataya" that was not enough to be considered a house due to its structure. How is it? ”

Several landowners hurriedly bowed and said: "The city lord is merciful, and I am very grateful to the city lord for his generosity. ”

Ueda Nobukata smiled: "Haha, in the future, you will all be the subjects under my rule, I am a person who loves the people like a son, and I didn't want to collect heavy taxes."

But there are always wars in this world, and if I don't collect taxes, I can't support an army, and I can't protect you without an army, so collecting some taxes is also a helpless move.

As for the six gongs and four farmers of the Takeda family, I only need five gongs and five farmers to make the decision, and if you want to sell rice, come to me directly, and I will buy it at a fair price, which is better than those merchants who buy it at a lower price. ”