"In the twenty-three villages in the township, you either want to repair the ditch, or repair the wall, or rescue the orphans and widows, or take out loans, this is all right, but things must always have a priority, am I right?"

"What your lord says is very true!"

"In the German government decree promulgated by the Junfu, it also gave priority to requiring the acting officials of each county to give priority to the pension of orphans and widows, then to borrow money, and finally to build earth."

Orphans and widows are already vulnerable, and if they don't pay for them, they may not be able to survive this flood, whether they are in exile or selling themselves as slaves, it is the loss of Junfu to the population under its rule. Lending money and grain to poor households to help them turn around and be in need of emergencies is also conducive to the recovery of production and reconstruction after the disaster. The walls of the village are used to prevent banditry, and if they are not repaired quickly, there may be thieves who will raid them.

These three are all major matters related to human life, so they are the most important, and the rest of the things such as repairing ditches and repairing houses are just inconsequential little things in his opinion, purely following the coaxing, no one has paid for so many years, and it is not the same to make do.

Unable to refute it, everyone responded in unison: "Exactly." ”

The most severely affected is the riverside village, anyway, how to arrange it always has to be the first, and the village immediately flattered loudly: "What the townspeople say is extremely true, and the villains all approve of it!" "There are always a few of the rest who are not happy, but they are afraid to stand up and argue again.

The people do not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, Gao Shisheng said: "As a local official, I will not favor one over the other." The widows, the elderly and the weak in each village have pensions, and they will not be given to a single household in a single village, and you don't have to worry about shortages. Junfu decreed that the people of all countries should be converted according to the number of the high number, and all of them must provide grain relief. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people of the country could no longer sit still, and some people immediately objected.

"Junfu has a life, and we and other people who serve the public should serve their own orders, but some regulations should be drawn up in advance, so as not to be entangled, and it is not beautiful to hurt the harmony, my lord, do you say yes or no?" Misawa Saemon, who was sitting at the bottom of the left side, was shocked when he heard this. He was thirty years old, with an ugly and vicious face, and wore a long hanging bun in the style of the moon dynasty, which was coiled in layers of fine thread, and was tied in the foreheart, and he was dressed in a brown feather weave, with his shoulders exposed, and a knife at his waist.

"That makes sense, what advice does Saemon have?"

"I'm illiterate, and there's a lot of advice there!"

"Then I wonder what Saemon wants to say?" Gao Shisheng hated his style from the bottom of his heart, but he still waited for him to finish speaking.

"Our people have already obeyed the decree of Junfude, exempted half of the tribute for several years, and sent people to protect the township, why should we be asked to pay money and food, this is not good? Venerable Zhenghong asked for his life for the people, and he was supported by the people, so he should also show his face at this time! ”

"That's right! Right! Right! We can't just let us suffer from it! ”

"Isn't it true that each village itself has built an earthen warehouse?"

"It is always said that the less tribute is to be stored in the soil warehouse to prepare for the famine, why is the famine really coming, and we still need to save it?"

Misawa Saemon took the lead, and the rest of the servants echoed it, saying that they would take him as the leader and advance and retreat together.

Hamana Nobumitsu was suddenly very anxious, when he was connected just now, these people still had to serve his Hamasa family, why did he turn his face and throw himself into the 'tribal servant', just wanted to get up and say a few words, saved his voice, and was pulled back to his seat by his father-in-law beside him.

"Calm down, let's see what the tea slave has to say." Hisahide Ishimatsu whispered to his son-in-law.

These tribesmen were only allowed to wear 'tea' clothes, and even if Misawa Saemon became a minister and could wear haori, he could only wear 'tea', and the people in the village hated and feared this scoundrel, and I don't know who scolded him first, but soon everyone knew it.

"What the tribal chief said is true, the disciples in the township are in trouble, and the poor monks naturally have to contribute money, food, and effort, but there is no need to take care of the specifics." Monk Zhenghong hated it from the bottom of his heart, how could you still want to climb on him as a monk in your secular affairs.

"Well said!" Gao Shisheng praised the words of Monk Zhenghong, this is the responsibility that the monks of the Pure Land True Sect should have, and immediately picked up the brush and brushed a little bit, filled in a feeling, and asked people to send it to the other party.

Although Junfu was unable to transfer grain from Changping for disaster relief in a short period of time, in order to be able to smoothly collect grain for disaster relief, he sent a lot of money to the counties in one go, and covered the blank feelings of Zhu Juyin's seal in advance, as long as he donated enough money and grain, he could receive a 'blood-stained feeling'.

Originally, Gao Shisheng planned to fill out a copy to Nagata Rishi first, so that he could make persistent efforts and find a way to donate more, but now that Monk Zhenghong is willing to set an example in public, and as a villager, he can't be indifferent to his righteous deeds.

"This... What does this mean? "Monk Zhenghong couldn't cry or laugh, after living for so many years, it was the first time he saw a martial artist and sent a letter to a monk, and he was a real monk like himself.

"The master of Zhenghong Academy is willing to let go of the good newspaper treasury and save the people, and he is grateful beyond words, and he can only send the feelings given by Junfu to the Zen master!"

"When did the poor monk say that he would let go of the 'Good Newspaper Treasury'?" When Monk Zhenghong heard this, he got up and was about to argue, but he was pressed back by the quick-eyed Kitano Manjiro.

The good newspaper treasury is also known as the quality house, the unraveling of the treasury, and in layman's terms, it is used to store the treasury for money lending. Wealthy merchants, shogunates, temples, and daimyo were all involved in this kind of lending business with goods as collateral, and they were also engaged in credit lending.

In addition to the land, "there are more than 100 quality houses, named as big businessmen, and millions of dollars per year", which laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Ping family.

In addition to the general gold, silver, pearls, and jade money, sometimes even slaves, maids, cattle and horses. Ordinary people mostly use themselves and real estate deeds as collateral.

The term of the pledge loan is long and short, the interest is adjusted according to the time, and the pledge will often arbitrarily lower the price of the pledge, and if the loan cannot be repaid when due, the pledge will be confiscated, so it often leads to the bankruptcy of many families.

In addition to the Nagata family, the main reason for Hongo's lending is Zenko-in, why most of the villages in the township are headed by the monk Zhenghong, in addition to being a disciple of the Pure Land Shinzong, the main reason is that they owe the debt of the monastery, and how dare the creditor not be obedient when he speaks.

"Isn't the master of the courtyard going to say that he has everything he has?" Gao Shisheng said with a smile: "I know that there is no extra money and food in the monastery, so I only use the 'good newspaper treasury', and there is also a regulation for the recall of bonds in the decree of virtue, I don't know how to speak, but I don't want the Zen master to take the initiative to bring it up." ”

"Poor Monk..." Monk Zhenghong wanted to say, where did I say such a thing, but looked at the village around him, and finally did not dare to put forward the word refusal, although he has never instigated the word "one has always been one", but in the past when he practiced meditation in the country of three rivers, he has also seen the method of instigating his own brothers and sisters, which is nothing more than "the lord is cruel, please be virtuous, and forgive debts".

It is precisely because I know the attraction of the six words "please be virtuous and free of debts" to poor households, and it is my turn today, so I never have the courage to refuse.

"The poor monk listens to the orders of the village... Monk Zhenghong sighed, simply did not speak, and finally understood in his heart why his own brothers and sisters were so keen to incite and fight, organize monks and soldiers, and resist guarding by force, in the past, he still laughed at them for their heavy karma, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve bliss after death, but now it seems that it is ridiculous that it should be himself.

It's not that their group of monks of the Pure Land True Sect are vicious, but they are really officials who force the monks to rebel. If you are like the brothers and sisters in Sanhe, you can raise a large number of Dharma protector monks, how can you end up in today's situation of being exploited by others.

Monk Zhenghong thought clearly, but it was too late, or that Yuanjiang was not Sanhe, even if there were really monks and soldiers to protect him, would he still be able to block the thousands of elite flags of Sajiu City.

"I won't let you give money and food in vain." Witnessing that Monk Hong was soft, Gao Shi Sheng gently comforted the people, and said: "In addition to giving a letter of feeling, Junfu also has a method of donation, allowing the people to donate money and grain to buy official positions, if you are interested, you may wish to take this opportunity to promote your official position, don't say that you are alone, that is, the ancestors who died early, and you can also spend enough money to come forward by the Jun Mansion to buy posthumous gifts and legal titles from the imperial court and the shogunate." ”

This was already a blatant sale of officials and lords in the name of the imperial court and the shogunate, but this method of raising money and food was not uncommon, not only for disaster relief, but also for joint warfare and temporary collection of military expenses.

Since the Yingren Rebellion, selling officials for money can already be said to be the only source of income for the Kyoto Imperial Court, not a deception, and when he said this, there were many people who immediately showed an expression of interest.

"This is a great filial piety, with an official position and a legal name, it is also helpful for the ancestors to become Buddhas, and to be able to ascend to bliss as soon as possible, even if it is not for yourself, you should also consider it for the ancestors." Gao Shisheng hurriedly advocated that the purchase of officials and the Buddhahood were linked, which was not a mouthful, and the five official positions of the imperial court were known as the people of the palace, and they would be promoted to the five-grade official position and become the rank of the immortal class, which meant that the five-grade officials were eligible to be selected to be on duty in the 'Qingliang Palace' and serve the king.

After the introduction of Buddhism, the folk gradually became rumored to be a high-ranking official who was more likely to die in bliss, and this saying was not only believed by secular people, but also by monks.

Gao Shisheng did not urge, and asked people to distribute the next document to the people on the left and the monk Zhenghong, which clearly marked the price, from the lowest Weifu Palace Assistant, all the way to the East Palace Auxiliary Officer and the Lower Kingdom Shoujie, the highest can be renewed from the six-rank official position, and there are all kinds of law names to be sealed, but it only provides a rough reference price range, after all, the law name is a private order, one family a request, and everyone can discuss it when the time comes.

"If you are interested, you may wish to come to the village alone tomorrow to discuss in detail." Gao Shisheng coughed, suggesting that the people of the country should put away the documents first.

Buying officials is not a matter of bargaining with each other in full view, no matter what, this is also a face problem of the imperial shogunate and the guardian daimyo, as long as the people of the country know it, don't lower your price in front of the people of Qianshou.

The people of the country have come to their senses, put away the documents carefully, and leave them for the evening to go home to think about it, feeling that the appeal to the people of the country is not particularly large, but the promotion of official positions is conducive to raising their own reputation, which is still a bit of a lot of people want to consider.

There are even a few local servants with a bad background, and their minds are also lively, they don't care much about their official positions, but they want to ask if Junfu has a way to help them climb the door to relatives.

Ask if there are any down-and-out samurai families in Kyoto who want to renew their genealogy with powerful local people, or if there is a lack of filial adopted sons and grandsons to help inherit the family name.

It seems that there is no surprise, these people will definitely come back to Zhuang tomorrow to ask.

After Fang Cai's communication, the scene eased a lot at once, and Gao Shisheng also saw that as long as he was not too persecuted, he could still divide and win over some of the people to obey the law honestly and obey the law, after all, not everyone had the courage to blatantly confront the law of Junfu.

"Xiangzuo, you don't want to extort money and food from us?" Misawa Zuobei shook the slip in his hand and said: "I don't know how other people donate, and I don't bother to care, but I don't have much land in my name, and I am a minister of the people, can I give this loss to be exempted?" ”

What Misawa Left Guard said is really good, as a minister of the people, he does not have too much land under his name, and according to the law, he can't be an official, and he is only a self-proclaimed one, and the head of the ministry is also a subordinate officer established by the shogunate in various countries, and is not an official position of the imperial court.

It's not that he doesn't want to buy an official, but even if he really spends money to buy it, the court won't accept it, and if the 'tribal untouchables' can be officials, then where is the majesty of the court and the shogunate.

"It doesn't matter if there is no food, it can be converted into copper coins, and it can also help the people to serve the Junfu." Gao Shisheng remained silent, but he was angry in his heart.

The other party dared to resist himself directly, but he didn't expect it at all, he thought in his heart that as long as he spoke, a small 'tribal chief' was not at his own discretion.

"If you always have to talk about a reason, we tribal pariahs are already poor, and we can't compare to everyone here who has land and land, such a good thing, I still don't mix!"

Misawa Saemon is also famous in the county, although he is a 'tribal pariah', but by exploiting his subordinates' 'filthy people', the family's savings can be said to be second only to the Nagata family, and it is the second richest family in the township.

Misawa Saemon probably also saw this sign, so he simply turned his face under the pretext, as long as he left the gate of the village, he didn't believe that the other party still had the face to chase after his house to ask for money and food.

"It seems that Your Excellency is going to go your own way and fight against the law of Junfu?"

The Misawa Saemon family has served as the head of the chief official for generations, and after inheriting the ancestral business, he has been rampant in the township for many years, and in the past, he was the only one who threatened others, and when he saw the two sides tearing their faces, he simply got up: "Then I can only be sorry for Lord Gosa, forgive me for having something at home, and I can't do more to accompany him!" ”

After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out, and after he got to the door and put on his shoes, he saw that no one dared to stop him, and said with a contemptuous expression: "If Xiang Zuo thinks that I am guilty, you might as well go to the county to sue me!" ”

The implication is that on the first day Gao Shisheng came, he asked the county to send someone to help him solve the case to ridicule, saying that he had no great ability, and would only use the name of Junfu to intimidate the people.

Seeing that he was so rampant, Aoki Daizen immediately wanted to bring someone to arrest him back, but Gao Shisheng stretched out his hand to stop him, and let the other party take his own party away.