It was getting colder and colder, and it was just the beginning of winter when it began to snow.

Since the first two days of the beginning of winter, the weather has been gloomy, especially on the night of snowfall, the wind has risen, the bamboo forest in the backyard has been blown and rattled, and the hall is cold, and the cold wind penetrates into the house through the cracks in the doors and windows, and it is cold and biting. If you climb high and look into the distance of Sichuan Lake, on the white vast field, there are clusters of grass houses, and these grass houses are the shacks that the village organized a few days ago to help the displaced people temporarily build.

Wearing thick winter clothes, sitting in a house with a brazier is especially cold, let alone the homeless people in the ice and snow.

Gao Shisheng sat on the couch, put down a piece of paper in his hand that was in a hurry, and sighed unconsciously.

Nobumitsu Hamana, Mori Nagata, Mori Oi, Master Seihiroin, and Hasegawa Father and Ancestor gathered in the hall to discuss matters.

Zhenghong Temple, who practiced Mahayana Buddhism, was influenced by the Lotus Patriarch's praise, and had compassion for the displaced people in the township, and said: "The township was in front of the grain, and the eight displaced people in the three rivers country and the two counties of Atsumi heard about it. Although the people should be ordered by the townspeople, they helped to build shacks, but the weather was cold, the wind leaked on all sides, and the shacks were afraid that they could not resist the cold······

Before the master of Zhenghong Yuan finished speaking, the Nagata Mori couldn't help but retort loudly: "What does this gang of sub-rogues have to do with us and other natives whether they die or not?" Could it be that we begged them to come over? In my opinion, it is better to ask the county to invite soldiers and horses to come, and drive them all back to Sanhe, so as not to turn into a group of thieves and plunder the countryside under the really poor and hungry, and regret it too late at that time! ”

Pingshan Township Changtian family is the richest, listen to the nursing home, outside the village has seen more than once with knives and sticks of the homeless sneaky, wandering, Changtian Sheng can be said to be three shocks a day, his eldest brother returned to Junfu to give gifts, took away a lot of courtyard armor, Zhuangyuan is now the time of emptiness, this back to the village, but also brought more than a dozen guards, for fear of being robbed by the rogue.

This is not that he spared his life, but the matter of the homeless people coaxing the passers-by, which has happened more than once, and once even the ox cart that distributed grain was robbed, and the cattle were also slaughtered and eaten, fortunately, there were no casualties, but it also caused a confrontation between the homeless people and the people in the township.

Since then, the Nagata family has simply closed the porridge shed, for fear that if one is not careful, he will be rushed into the village.

Hasegawa Mototada frowned and said, "If it is useful to drive away, why not wait until today?" The people of Sanhe are already brave, and they are also thieves, and after winter, they can hear the news of the active bandits every three or two days, and they rob the township······ Although the county guard is the uncle of the township, but he is also the guardian of half of the country, I am afraid that he will not have the spare energy to take care of us, and the heavy snow is not all without benefit, the snow is deep, and the road is isolated, but the number of displaced people will not increase. Looking at it now, as long as the displaced people in Misawa are well taken care of and do not cause large-scale thieves, these displaced people will disperse at the beginning of the next spring. ”

"Wouldn't that starve the homeless to death!" The lord of Zhenghong Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and the words of the caretaker were simply covering his ears and stealing the bell, and now the weather is cold, and even the porridge shed for relief is closed, and he only sends troops to send food every three days, and he gives food according to the head, even the porridge is not enough, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that in a few days I am afraid that I will not even have to stop distributing food, and it will really come to the spring of the next year, and I am afraid that there will not be a few people left if they are not alive.

"More than starving to death for the homeless, what should be feared is that they will unite and besiege the villages to seize food. The Zen master should know that there are no less than 1,000 displaced people in the countryside today, and even if you exclude the old, weak, weak, sick and disabled, you can expect to be able to be able to do hundreds of people who are idle all day long, and they are starving······ It is necessary to take precautions, and we should be on guard in advance. ”

After Hasegawa Motozhong finished speaking, he immediately won the support of the people of various countries, the population of each village in Pingshan Township is not large, the Nagata family and the Hamamei family still have a courtyard wall to protect, and the rest of the village people can only rely on the low wooden wall outside the village to defend it, and it is absolutely difficult to resist when they really encounter hundreds of rogue looting.

"What Elder Yuan said is very true, in the opinion of the boss, how to guard against it?" Among the people present, only Hasegawa Mototada had the most seniority, although he had never been a county official, he was the most knowledgeable, and Gao Shisheng relied on it very much, and he proposed the method of recruiting displaced people to replace the people for labor in exchange for rations.

"It's the same old way."

"Oh?"

"Continue to give relief to the victims so that they do not really cause trouble, and when the weather clears, we will recruit them as laborers to drain their mental energy, and then select and send them to patrol the shacks day and night to prevent them from causing a series of changes."

"Everything is according to the old man." Gao Shisheng is as good as a stream, although these are not good cures.

"In order to prepare gongs and drums in each village, dispatch young and strong people to form a team to guard the township road, echo with the village foot light inside and outside, once there is something, immediately beat the drum to gather the crowd, watch and help each other, but also strictly prohibit the homeless people to go out at will, so that even if there is chaos, it will not affect the whole township, and a township will hit a corner of the place, enough to easily deal with it."

"Do you understand?" Gao Shisheng's eyes swept over the villages and villages, and he sternly warned: "I will send samurai to restrain me, and if anyone dares to shirk military service and disobey the dispatch, they will be dealt with as chaos!" ”

Knowing that this was for the safety of their own families, the village was full of promises, and they would never dare to disobey military service, and promised that they would mobilize the whole village, young and old, to help take care of the displaced people.

"In addition, it is best to send someone to the county administration for help, and see if we can ask the county soldiers to assist in the defense and alleviate the problem of insufficient manpower in the township. Second, you can also buy some miscellaneous grains in the county, and when you see a grain cart entering the township, no matter how large or small, you can always reassure the hearts of the displaced people a little, so as not to let them take risks. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any objections?"

Everyone present is an ordinary countryman, has not read any books, and is also a short-sighted person, Hasegawa Mototada has talked about everything that should be said, and he has no other opinions.

The master of Zhenghong Yuan hesitated and said: "Xiangzuo, the poor monk has a plan, maybe he can solve the turmoil of the homeless people and the infringement of the people. ”

Since being coerced by Gao Shisheng and others, after participating in the killing of people, the master of Zhenghong Monastery rarely comes to the village again, even if he comes, he only listens to it, rarely participates in the discussion again, and expresses his own opinions, this time he suddenly offered a plan, Gao Shisheng was very surprised, but he was also willing to listen, a learned monk, it is more reasonable than the illiterate words of this group of people present, and asked: "Please Zen master teach me." ”

"In the past, there were homeless people who came to our courtyard to beg for food, and the poor monks listened to what they said, and many of them were believers in the Zenxiu Temple of my Pure Land Shin Sect, and now they are in trouble, and there are many people who are starving and freezing to death, and the poor monks are foolish: Can I write a letter by hand, on the condition of forgiving the Yada Fang officials, please ask them to send someone to receive the homeless people, and no matter how bad they are, they can exchange for some food and tide over the difficulties."

Yada Bokan, the Yada Sakujuro who absconded back to Mikawa after the murder in the Sonnon case.

After fleeing, although he was still at large in Mikawa Country, swaggering in and out of the temple, and opening an altar to preach the Dharma for believers, who could guarantee that after the Imagawa family turned the Mikawa family into a retainer, they would not arrest Yada Sakujuro and ask for the crime and execute him.

"Yada Sakujuro atons for his sins in exchange for money and food?"

Gao Shisheng groaned slightly, and asked Hasegawa Mototada and Hamana Nobumitsu's opinions: "Lord Motozhong, Kiyobei, what do you two think?" ”

Hasegawa Mototada replied: "The Yadabo official is hiding in the Mikawa country, and the Sunfu is really beyond the power to pursue him, and I am afraid that he may not be able to be arrested in another twenty years." ”

The implication is that he agrees with the statement of the master of Zhenghong Temple, and there is a time limit for the arrest of criminals, and those who have not been brought back for more than 20 years, the Junfu will revoke their official arrest, of course, it does not prevent the people from taking revenge privately, and if the monks of Umegawain Temple kill Yada Sakujuro after the wanted is revoked, they will not be questioned.

Hamana Nobumitsu also nodded and said: "What Lord Yuanzhong said is reasonable, it is better for the master of Zhenghong Temple to come forward and ask the monks of Zenxiu Temple to come and receive some of the displaced people, as for whether the crime can be forgiven, it depends on the meaning of the Junfu, and we are only requesting the letter on our behalf, even if we have not been approved, and it is not our fault." ”

Gao Shisheng did not hesitate, and immediately made a promise to Monk Zhenghong: "If Shanxiu Temple can really help Zhuang solve the problem of the displaced people, I will definitely ask my uncle to say something for him, so as not to make it difficult for the Zen master!" ”

Seeing that his own method had been adopted by Gao Shisheng and had been promised, the Lord of the Temples was overjoyed and humble, and repeatedly said that he would definitely convince the abbot of Zensoji Temple.

Speaking of Yada Sakujuro, Gao Shisheng remembered the Pure Sky Monk and asked, "Naito Mitsuhide and the Clear Space Monk live in your temple, can it be regarded as a habit?" ”

The master of Zhenghong Temple replied: "Jingkong practiced in the meditation room every day, and he claimed to be able to escape prison, and he was already very happy, and he didn't dare to do more extravagance, but the two Naito donors were very resistant to hair loss and shaving, but they were not like when they first came, always thinking about escaping." ”

When Gao Shisheng came back with his troops, he brought back the three monks and handed them over to the care of Zenko-in, and in the cellar of Zenko-in, several quiet rooms were built for the disciples who had violated the vows or for monks to visit and enlighten.

Seeing that the three of them were fine, they didn't talk much in front of outsiders, and Gao Shimori passed down the order one by one, asking Oi Mori to copy a few copies of the decisions made by Shicai and hand them over to the people of each country, and ordered Kitashiro Manjiro, Hasegawa Hayabusato and Ono Tadaaki, who was guarding in the shack of the homeless people, to be responsible for arranging and acting concretely, and asked Nagata Mori and the head of Seihiroin to send people to Guji and Zenhide Temple to inform them of these things and raise food by the way.

Just as the meeting was about to end, Nitsu Sun Ichiro, who was guarding the door, quietly opened the door, walked in quickly with a hunched waist, and reported: "Xiangzuo, the county has sent someone!" ”

Everyone followed the sound and saw several people in the clothes and hats, stepping on straw sandals, braving the snow into the courtyard, stopping slightly outside the corridor, patting the snow against each other, and after untying the hats, they hurried into the hall. The man at the head was of medium stature and had a dark complexion, and it was Itakura Shigekatsu.

Itakura Shigekatsu entered the hall, Gao Shisheng hurriedly ordered someone to let him near the brazier, and asked: "The heavy snow closed the door, Shiro hurriedly came to the village to look for me, could it be that there is an order from the county?" ”

Itakura Shigekatsu is the youngest son of Takashi Mori's grandfather's retainer, and he fought with the Kira clan in the town of Guzhi Castle, and the Nagata Mori clan and others have also met him, so he is very enthusiastic about his arrival, and Kitajo Manjiro even went out and helped him get a thick coat to keep out the cold.

Although the rest of the people had no impression of this concentric group, they all made a very polite appearance because of the face of the village, and Itakura Shigekatsu was anxious for official business, and he didn't have time to be polite, so he said straight to the point: "Senior Brother Hui, two days ago, the Junfu ordered to order troops to levy the military service of the thirteen counties of Yuanjiang, and went north to Shinano to support Takeda Daizen, and forced back Nagao Echigo in Kawanakajima. ”

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone present was surprised.

Aoki Dashan Huo Ran got up and said sharply: "The Takeda Army has suffered a defeat, what does it have to do with Junfu!" ”

Because he was busy spreading the news, Itakura Shigekatsu didn't care about following a lot, and responded: "The county just got the news, last month Naga-Echigo Ueda went out to fight, and the army led by Nagao Echizen Mamoru supported Uenohara, Sanada Danmasa, Yamamoto and other military divisions led troops to attack it, but it was broken, and the former ministers of Murakami, Oda and Wakatsuki, who assisted in the defense of Katsuyama Castle, were slightly turned against Murakami Habayashi and attacked and killed the Ochiai clan and re-established Murakami Habayashi as the main body. Nagao Echizen rebelled with Murakami Habayashi and Suda Mitsumitsu, and successively recruited the Okura clan, Hanamura clan and many other people, the form was reversed, and now the flank of the Takeda army was lost, and the Sunfu was invited by Takeda to decide to go out to support! ”

Sanada Yutaka and Yamamoto Haruyuki are both famous military divisions in the Kanto region, and they have been defeated by the Echigo army in a row, especially the loss of Katsuyama Castle, which is tantamount to giving the Takeda army that is facing off on Kawanakajima, a great pressure. In just a few words, it can be seen that the situation of Beixin is precarious.

The wealthy family of Kita-Shinano has long wavered between the Takeda and Nagao families, especially the former ministers of Murakami, who have secretly communicated with the old master many times, and the Takeda family has been conscripted many times, because it is backed by the Takanashi clan and the Echigo Nagao clan and has never been able to eliminate this big trouble in one fell swoop. In the last battle of the Inokawa River, the Imagawa family sent 3,000 troops to support Takeda in suppressing the Shinano rebellion.

Unexpectedly, at this time, when the domestic disaster in Yuanjiang had just subsided, Junfu conscripted troops to Shinano. How the Takeda family is, it has nothing to do with the people of Pingshan Township, but at the moment, the displaced people are lingering, where do they dare to risk military service at this time, and go out to Beixin.

Gao Shisheng was not surprised, the name of the battle of Kawanaka Island he can say is like thunder, he has long known that the battle will start, and he also has a hunch that Junfu may send Yuanjiang Qingzhuang to fight in Beixin, he got up and walked to the door, changed his hand and looked at the north, until the undulating mountains cut off his sight, and said in his heart: "The battle of Kawanakajima is already the third time, this is one step closer to the barrel narrow, so to speak, Junfu may not send troops to Owari next year·····