After a whole afternoon, the meeting of the village was finally called, and when the meeting officially began, it was already close to evening.

Gao Shisheng sat upright in the large and wide room, which was not very spacious, and his eyes swept over the people who were nominally controlled by him in turn, I don't know if this is considered an evaluation meeting, but it will definitely be more unsmooth than imagined.

For this gathering, the village specially laid out a mat in the house, and under the leadership of the thief and the clerk, everyone took off their shoes and entered the table. The samurai and monks were divided into left and right, and the rest sat down in order of their own affiliation, their status, and their age.

The number of people in the left row is not much, most of them are wealthy families and local servants in their hometowns, all of whom are headed by Dai Bin's famous family.

Compared with the left side, the number of people kneeling and sitting under the head of Monk Zhenghong on the right is not only large, but also the identities are mixed. Under the rule of Pingshan Township, there are a total of 23 villages, large and small, of which it can be said that half of the Tai are attached to the umbrella of Zenko-in Temple and accept shelter, and there is a large group of merchants and wealthy craftsmen, who cannot sit in the house, and would rather stand in the courtyard to listen to the lecture than go to the left side to sit down, and the boundary between the two sides can be called clear.

Before leaving, Yamauchi reminded him that he must beware of the demon monks of the Pure Land True Sect, not out of pure personal likes and dislikes, but out of real worries, and Gao Shisheng couldn't help but regret a little in his heart, why he didn't secretly make a statement when he judged the 'sect theory', and drove away the monks of the Pure Land True Sect as well.

Gao Shisheng sat in the middle, saw that everyone had arrived, picked up the folding fan in his hand and knocked lightly on the table in front of him, kneeling beside him, the two people of Kitazhuang Manjiro and Nagata Shengshi who knelt beside him, immediately understood, picked up a number of writs that had been copied in advance, and distributed them to everyone, regardless of whether the other party could understand it or not, anyway, it was necessary to make a copy for everyone.

"The flood in Yuanzhou, I guess I don't need to go into too much detail. Junfu is now promulgating the 'Yuanzhou Zhude Order', ordering all counties to reduce or reduce their annual tribute and raise their own rice and grain for relief. 'Twenty out of ten in all desolations: one is prepared; Second, it is said to eliminate iniquity; 3. Saving the famine; Fourth, it is said to be distributed; Five, it is said to reduce the grain; Sixth, it is said that it is lending; Seven are called the endowment; Eight said to delay the levy; Nine said trade; Ten said to persuade to lose; One out of ten is said to build earth; Two out of ten are called exile. Let me know that. ”

These 12 aspects basically include, and the development of the past dynasties along the various disaster relief, famine preparedness measures, but as far as disaster relief, the disaster in Yuanzhou has not yet reached the point of irreparability, Junfu this return to the German decree, mainly summarized in the exemption, persuasion, relief, loans, security, deferred levy, pension and other seven aspects.

Taking advantage of the time when everyone watched the order, Gao Shisheng bowed in the direction of Junfu City in the east, and everyone didn't know what he wanted to do.

After the ceremony was completed, he got up and said solemnly: "Junfu has mercy on the head of the Qian, the people are not easy, now I am promoted as the right township, temporarily as the acting township, there is a decree as follows: no matter what the people are, they will be exempted from the annual tribute of five cents, the money of the section is thirty percent, and the money of the building is exempted, and the miscellaneous taxes are allowed to be offset by the flow of troubles, and the payment should be completed. In the same way, if there is favoritism and corruption, you can go to the county to govern, and the two halls of the lawsuit will ask the judge to come over and treat me for the crime of 'greed and favoritism'! ”

Hearing that half of the annual tribute can be exempted, I can't help but rejoice, and they have bowed down again to thank the grace, on the other hand, the faces of the famous lords are extremely ugly, whispering to each other, the edict only mentions that all the people are exempted, but there is no mention of the people, that is to say, this year they will have to take out their own money and food, to fill the deficit of the annual tribute.

In the end, two of the three charges were said against them, but no one dared to really jump out to refute them, or they were still within the bottom line.

Gao Shisheng's eyes gestured to both sides, and he sent another order, and warned in a calm tone: "In addition to the decree of virtue and politics, Junfu has another law to pass down, from now on, immediately stop all things of gods and Buddhas; Anyone who gathers more than three households without reason in addition to working in the fields will be punished as 'one culprit'; and anyone who dares to spread the proverbs of ghosts and gods without permission will be beheaded and will not be forgiven! ”

As he spoke, his eyes kept staring at Monk Zhenghong, and the meaning was obvious, now that Junfu has issued an order to exempt the New Year's tribute, if you dare to incite the people to fight against the law, don't blame me for not speaking of the same feelings.

There are dozens of detailed regulations on the laws that have been handed down, and Gao Shisheng only picks out the three that are most important to his side, and they are used for precaution.

If he doesn't stop the gods and Buddhas, if the Pure Land Shinshu gathers people to make trouble in the name of worship, he won't even have time to stop it. The prohibition of the people from moving around and assembling with each other is also to avoid collusion with each other, and the proverbs of the ghosts and gods in the territory of Fuzhi County about the imminent raising of troops by Yuan Yin Liang have been widely spread, and even he has heard the people talk about it a few days ago, and he does not shy away from the errands at all, if someone really acts in the name of ghosts and gods, there will definitely be many foolish men and foolish women to follow.

He can't manage other townships, at least he will never allow a single thing to appear under his own rule.

"The poor monks and others will never dare, let alone have the courage to resist the law of Junfu, and ask the township to investigate!" Although the monks of the Buddha Light School of the Pure Land Shinshu sect are indeed accustomed to inciting the same against the guardian daimyo, there is also a moderate faction who recites the Buddha and advocates 'mutual assistance and friendship as one', and Monk Zhenghong is the latter.

Otherwise, after the disciples were oppressed by the powerful, they would first come to the village to ask the acting official of the village to preside over justice in accordance with the law and law, and replace them with monks of the Buddha Light School.

"When you go back, you should show that you will tell the people of the village that you will feel the kindness of the Imagawa family." Gao Shisheng raised his hand and helped him, signaling that everyone could get up, no matter whether what he said was true or not, he was very obedient on the surface, which made people blameless.

"If you have any objections or unclear points, please feel free to ask me."

"Xiangsa, there are many Lang parties under the name of our samurai, and now at the end of autumn, after the harvest, it is time to train in case of bandits, and we are not allowed to gather crowds..." The speaker was a young samurai in brocade clothes, named Hamana Nobumitsu, the head of the Hamasa family, who received an order to go to the county to participate in the Hajj, and this time it was him, the young king, who represented the family and came to participate in the assembly.

"Hamana Sweep is a little reasonable, so Hongo Sao decided to transfer the family Lang Party to the village to serve the government, accept the transfer in a unified manner, and garrison the key roads in the township, is there anything else you still need to ask?"

Pingshan Township is located at the junction of three and two states, every autumn harvest there will always be true and false 'bandits' to come to loot, this year there is a flood, the number of bandits who want to take risks, I am afraid there will be more.

The wealthy families and villages, if they do not arrange manpower to guard, it doesn't matter if some grain is robbed, anyway, this year's harvest is generally poor, but if thieves kill someone, then the matter will be troublesome.

Gao Shisheng's decision was not only to guard against thieves, but also to further weaken the manpower of the wealthy families and prevent them from using force to force the village to pay more tribute.

"I don't know how to solve it for daily use?" There must be thirty or fifty people in each Lang Party, and the expenses are a lot just for drinking porridge every day, and the Lang Party also has land at home, so if you let them stop their farm work and go to stand guard on duty, they can't have nothing to say, and let people do it in vain.

"Of course, each family pays for its own food, is it not for the order of the village, don't you guard against thieves?"

Hamana Nobumitsu's face was embarrassed, his family had no intention of sacrificing himself, and just wanted to say something, he was dragged by his father-in-law Shi Matsu Fengjiu by his side, and he didn't let his son-in-law talk more.

The audience was silent, and after Nobumitsu Hamana closed his voice, no one expressed other different opinions for a while.

Gao Shisheng noticed that the monk Zhenghong took the order, and kept explaining the specific content of the above to the villages on both sides, although Zhuang had changed from Hanshu to 'Tongfake' when he transcribed it, most of the villagers were still illiterate, and they had to rely on the oral relays of literate people, and they didn't know what the great monk was muttering in a whisper, so he simply came directly and asked: "Master Zhenghong Yuan, is there anything incomprehensible?" ”

Monk Zhenghong turned around and replied, "The poor monks have nothing to understand about the Junfu Order, but there are still some worries in the hearts of the villagers. ”

"I don't know what to worry about, even though I say so."

Monk Zhenghong glanced at several wealthy families opposite, and then said: "The order of Junfu, the poor monks and the villagers have already understood everything, but they are still worried about whether they can get used to it to the end, after all, in previous years, there were always vicious people who disregarded the law and brutalized the people. ”

This sentence immediately aroused the great dissatisfaction of the head of the Oi family opposite, his family was just a land servant, and there was not much land, and he was already deeply resentful of this moral decree, and when he heard that Monk Zhenghong had gained benefits, he wanted to bite back, and retorted; "Xiangzuo Mingjian, don't believe in this gang of capricious Diao people, every autumn harvest they collude with the monks of the Pure Land True Sect, and try every means to resist the annual tribute, there are always endless excuses."

As soon as he said the word 'always', he was forced to look at the village with angry eyes, and swallowed back the last 'zong'.

'Ichijozong' is another name for 'Pure Land Shinzong', and it can even be said to be a slanderous name.

It has always meant that; Although many of the Buddha's followers denigrate the Pure Land True Sect as the 'Eternal Sect', and even many Pure Land True Sect believers call themselves 'Disciples', the Venerable Master Qin Luan has clearly issued a decree prohibiting disciples of this sect from calling themselves 'Disciples of the Pure Land Sect', and has said that 'Whoever claims to be the same is not my disciple', which shows that these three words are taboo for the Pure Land True Sect.

The head of the Oi clan is still a little anxious, and temporarily changed his words, if he really said the three words 'Yixiang Zong' in public, it is difficult to guarantee that after leaving the village, no one will take advantage of the darkness on the way back to let him see the profound Buddhism of the Pure Land True Sect.

Gao Shisheng was expressionless and replied coldly; "The master of Zhenghong Academy has not named his surname, why does Your Excellency bother with insults, could it be that he is a thief?"

"I... I..." The head of the Dajing clan remembered that this Zhuang Tou was also a disciple of the Pure Land True Sect, and he was afraid that his words just now would greatly offend the other party, and there was a way that it was better to be an acting official than to be in charge, although he was not afraid, but he was not willing to easily set up an enemy, so he couldn't help but shut up.

The worries of the villagers are also the most concerned issue of Gao Shisheng, if the township heroes do not comply with the order, then this moral decree of Junfu is completely a joke.

"If you are really bold and dare to do illegal things, you can sue me, and the village will send someone to ask!"

The villagers were skeptical of his words, and no one really took them to heart.

This was the second time that the law had been reaffirmed, but the villagers still thought he was talking about the scene.

Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he has seen the hearts of the people for a long time, and he has not been in the township for a long time, and he can't expect anyone to really obey his words, so he simply doesn't bother with this problem.

"There are three pences for famine relief: the extremely poor will give rice, the sub-poor will give money, and the poorer will give loans. Mr. Ritchie of Nagataso is willing to donate all his money to the Junfu to help the disaster, and you should know that there are many people in the disaster, and although the Nagata family is rich, there is a limited amount of money and food, and the specific distribution needs to be discussed by you and me. ”

I have long heard that the Changtian family is willing to give money and grain relief, and originally only the five villages under the rule of Zhuang made a profit, but this time Gao Shisheng was promoted to the right of the township, acting for the whole township, and the rest of the villages could also get a piece of the pie.

The village leader of Shimoda Village was the first to say: "The great kindness of the Nagata family, our village will never dare to forget!" ”

Elder Hasegawamura of Hirayama Village interrupted him and said, "No one likes to hear this, aren't we all ungrateful villains?" …… Zhuang Tou ...... No, it's the village of Zuo I who is short of money and food to help ......"

Before he finished speaking, the village leader of Lin Village also hurriedly shouted: "Xiangzuo, the villain's village has been seriously affected, you know!" ”

As soon as the conversation began, the village leaders refused to give in to each other and quarreled for the lead. Some said that they would renovate the fields and ditches; Some said that they wanted to repair the walls of their villages, while others said that there were too many widows and orphans in their villages, and that they were in urgent need of money and food assistance due to floods. They all said that the affairs in their village were the most urgent, and the people of the country, led by the famous family, all watched coldly, whispering to each other, not knowing what they were connecting with.

I have been arguing for half an hour, but I have not come to a result.

During this period, Gao Shisheng did not speak, but while listening to their arguments with each other, he took up the pen and wrote down the urgent matters of each village. I know what you have said, and I know what the villages need, so I might as well arrange it this way. ”

The village leaders of each village stopped arguing and wanted to hear what he had to do with it.