Swallow Back

On the territory of [-] shi, there are about [-] residents, about the level of a community neighborhood committee, but it is a bit difficult to actually take over.The temple is small, the wind is strong, and the water is shallow.Sometimes the grievances and grievances in a small mountain village can be as complicated as a TV series.

Although the Oda family used the Shigao system, they did not inspect the land extensively. The numbers are only estimates, let alone the relationship between land property rights.

In the new territory of Baqianshi, about a quarter of it used to be produced by the temple of the Buddhist Tiantai Sect.After Mount Hiei Enryakuji Temple was burnt down, the monks who took care of the temple’s production packed up and ran away. It has now become a land without owners. As long as the tenants are a little appeased, a smooth transition can be made.

There are also a third of the territory, entrenched in some "local" families who are not recognized as official samurai, but have the right to speak in the countryside.In the process of paying tribute and serving, these "landlords" are the middlemen who earn the difference.

In the rest of the site, there are common self-governing organizations called "Sun Village".Often dozens of peasant households join forces to advance and retreat together on issues of finance, taxation and public security. Facing the oppression of the lord, they will make concerted efforts to negotiate the price, which is a bit troublesome to deal with.

Liu Yun asked Eguchi to help Zaemon, Hayami Kiyobei ​​and Shishu Xinghe and Shiji Suifeng to discuss this issue together.

According to the practice of the Oda family, the territorial people need to pay the "duan money" equivalent to the land tax, and the "dongbei money" equivalent to the property tax. Thirty-fifty days.The overall tax burden is more than [-]%, which is relatively heavy. (Of course, the great names of the nations are much heavier than this)

If there are "domestic" forces in the territory, it can be regarded as an extra layer of middlemen who earn the difference, and the burden on the people will be heavier, reaching more than [-]%, while the lord's income will be reduced from [-]% to [-]%.

The non-government self-governing organization called "Sun Village" will try to bargain and reduce the overall tax burden to about [-]%.

After the investigation by Hayami Seibei, the policy put forward is: to a certain degree to win over the "local" forces, so that they can become helpers to assist in governance, but the "Sun Village" organization must be resolutely attacked to eliminate the residual poison.The autumn harvest is just around the corner, so you can take the opportunity to clear up the order.

Eguchi Sukezaemon and Xinghe Shishu do not have much opinion.

Junior Brother Suifeng's expression was not very natural, and he seemed to disapprove of Hayami Seibei's opinion, but he did not take the initiative to speak.

Liu Yun saw it out of the corner of his eyes, and spoke out to encourage the younger brother to express his heart.

Junior Brother Suifeng said: "If you only consider the current tribute and corvée, you should really win over the 'land' and ban the 'Sun Village'. However, the Zuozuo family is going to stay in the new territory for many years. Although the 'land head' can help in governance, it is only a moth of rent profits. Too much indulgence to them may cause the people to flee and their livelihoods will suffer. On the contrary, allowing the people to self-govern is conducive to attracting displaced people to open up the land and increase the production of fields. If you can find a way to gradually obtain them If the 'Sun Village' takes the lead in various places, there will be Baili."

Hayami Seibei frowned when he heard the words, and also told his own truth: "The 'landheads' in the village are really just moths, but the existence of those people can remind the people that they must obey the orders of their superiors unconditionally, and these people can also replace the lords. To attract complaints from the people. On the contrary, if the 'Sun Village' is allowed to develop, it is to encourage the people to bargain with the lord, and even if it is beneficial to the farmers, it may not be worth the loss."

The two disagreed, and Liu Yunxia concluded: "Blind suppression and deception is not a long-term solution, and it is also possible to leave some room for autonomy for the people. For today's affairs, follow the advice of Junior Brother Suifeng."

After hearing this, Hayami Kiyobei ​​still had some resistance on his face, but he lowered his head and took a deep breath, immediately adjusted his mentality, and calmly took over the conversation and said, "Then, according to the master's intention, I will meet the people in the leadership. Dozens of 'locals' are selected. Those with better reputation and talents are promoted to the city as warriors, and at the same time cut off the power in the countryside; those who have committed serious evil deeds in the past will be brought to trial and their current power will be deprived. As for the common people The self-governing 'Sun Village' organization is allowed to continue to maintain, but trustworthy people must be sent in to supervise, and they cannot be completely let go."

Liu Yun nodded his satisfaction: "Okay. For the daily affairs here, as long as there is an order jointly signed by Qingbingwei and Junior Brother Suifeng, it will take effect. If it involves changes in real estate and criminal punishment, please submit a written pleading. Show me."

The two lead.

As for Eguchi to help Zaemon to patrol the security, Uncle Xinghe to handle the account documents, Qingtianfang Kurodafang to guard the mansion, and the Demon Endurance Team was hired to deal with monsters - these arrangements are not a problem.

The old monk Xinghe was a little dissatisfied: "I used to only calculate the accounts of the two thousand stone territory, which is already very laborious. Now it has become ten thousand stone, I am afraid I don't have time to clean up the things in the temple!"

Before Liu Yun could reply, the little monk interjected with the wind, "Uncle Shi, now our 'Shunshan Temple' has [-] stone monks, enough to support dozens of monk soldiers and servants, do you still need Uncle Shi to wipe the Buddha statue by himself? ?"

The old monk Xinghe recited "Amitabha" and remained silent.

Liu Yun smiled and reassured: "I know that my uncle has no interest in wealth and power, so just take it as a favor for me."

The old monk Xinghe sighed and nodded helplessly.

So the policy and division of labor arrangements for the new territory were decided in this way.

But it's not time to sit back and relax.

On the second day, four neighbors jointly sent a letter with a humble tone. They were Yamazaki Katajia who knew [-] stones, Ogawa Yuzhong who knew [-] stones, Goto Takaji who knew [-] stones, and [-] who knew and practiced [-] stones. Shi's Taga Tsunori.

Because of the contact between the territories, they want to negotiate a clear demarcation line in advance to prevent disputes in the future.

These four people are from the Omi country who joined the Oda family in recent years. Currently, they all belong to the Nobunaga Naomi sequence, and their status is almost the same.

Liu Yun thought about it carefully, he couldn't find anyone around him who was qualified enough to be a representative in diplomatic situations, so he could only go out in person.

It is not troublesome to draw the boundaries of the territory, as long as both parties are present, sign the documents, in duplicate, each with a backup, and then insert a wooden sign or bury a stone tablet as a sign.

However, the neighbors are very polite. After finishing the official business in three or two times, they insist on holding a tea party together, watching Noh drama, listening to Kyogen, hunting pheasants, appreciating Lian Song, watching sumo wrestling... The popular entertainment method of the samurai class is introduced. over and over.Don't look at how high these few people are. After all, they have lived in the Nanjinjiang area near Kyoto for a long time, and they know the way of life of the "noble people" in Luozhong well.

Liu Yun was very curious, and thought that it would be good to have a good vision. In addition, it was difficult to accept the kindness, so he wasted a while here.

Tea party, Noh drama, Kyogen, hunting, Lianga, sumo wrestling, etc. I didn't find it particularly interesting after I tried it.However, the deliberate flattery of the four "neighbors" is not bad.

Obviously they all know that Sasaki Liuyun has a promising future, and now they are here to invest in advance.

Who doesn't like being flattered?In particular, the flattery of the literati can be filmed just right. It is very flattering without being too exaggerated. It is refreshing and satisfying.

After ten or twenty days like this, I just felt a little tired, and I happened to receive a letter from Tokichiro Kinoshita in the north, saying that there were some serious things to discuss.

For this reason, Liu Yun said goodbye to his "neighbors", went home for a night's rest, and then was invited to go north.

I didn't know until I arrived that Kinoshita Tokichiro had a lot of trouble after he received 12 million shi of land in the three counties of North Omi.

The first is to announce that the exorbitant donations and miscellaneous labors that were arbitrarily increased or decreased during Asai’s rule were exempted, and only annual tributes for fixed items and fixed tax rates were received.Then forcibly abolished all the gates controlled by the power of the temple and society, and allowed the recognized merchants to trade freely.Then he demolished the ruins of Xiaogucheng, and planned to build a new city on the shore of Lake Biwa, which only considered convenient transportation and did not care about defense, and named it "Nagahama".And in the castle town of the new city, the policy of tax reduction and exemption and preferential land rental and sales was issued to attract businessmen.

Such a style, no matter how effective it is in the end, at least the attitude of making great efforts to revitalize one side has been put forward.

As for rewarding retainers, recruiting talents, etc., of course, there is no need to say. In addition, Kinoshita Tokichiro also followed the practice of Oda Nobunaga and specially organized a group of personal soldiers named "Huangmuyizhong" to specially accommodate nearby people who have not yet succeeded. The heroic people in the rivers and lakes will be favored and seduced into confidants.

When Liuyun arrived, there was only a rough outline of Nagahama Castle, and it was busy with civil engineering work.There are a large number of new businessmen who have been attracted by the policy and are also busy building their stores.In the chaos, people came and went very densely, which seemed to be full of vitality.

Chapter 131 The Name of Righteous Brother

"Brother Liuyun, what do you think of the name 'Yuchai Hideyoshi'?"

I came to Tokichiro Kinoshita's residence for the so-called "official business", but I didn't expect that the first sentence of the oncoming person was to ask this.

At this time, Shigeji Takenaka closed his eyes and smiled, as if he had fallen asleep, but did not express his opinion.

And Koichiro Kinoshita shook his head again and again: "Big brother think twice! After all, it is a name obtained from an ancestor. Although it is not noble enough, it can't be changed if it is changed."

Masataka Hashisuka seemed to be trying to reconcile: "According to your status, sir, there should be a formal 'name before', and the word 'Hideyoshi' is quite appropriate. But Koichiro Hall's opinion is also reasonable, Kinoshita Kazuo Yuchai, there is no difference between these two Miao characters."

Mae Ye Nagayasu's opinion is similar: "The word Kinoshita sounds like a craftsman or a farmer, and it's okay to change it. But since it's going to be changed, why don't you want to find a way to get a famous family name? Yuchai... I don't seem to hear much. Said?"

Masataka Hashisuka immediately continued to add: "That's right. Judging from the others, Mr. Akechi claims to be the descendant of the Toki clan, the guardian of the Three Kingdoms of Mino, Owari, and Ise. Who cares if he is real or not, it sounds pretty powerful anyway. According to me, why don't we spend some money to get one too!"

Kinoshita Tokichiro showed a look of contempt, and said angrily: "You guys really don't have much vision! This man, Wise, is very powerful on the surface, but in fact he is not popular at all, because he always likes to show off his family! Lord Takenaka, this You should understand, right?"

Masataka Hashisuka and Nagano Maeno looked at each other with confusion on their faces, as if they really didn't know what was going on.

Takenaka Shigeji was leaning against the wall at this moment, huddled into a ball, snoring slightly, as if he was really asleep.

Everyone was discussing, and when they saw Liu Yunjin, they greeted each other and returned to the original topic.

Kinoshita Koichiro's attitude was still resolutely opposed, he put on a helpless expression, shook his head and said, "In short, there must be a very good reason! You can't just replace the original Kinoshita two with a made-up Miao character so casually. Otherwise, what should I say to my ancestors when we worship our ancestors next year?"

At this time, Liu Yun acted as a puppet, and asked the right question: "Kinoshita-sama has never been a targetless person. Since he took out the word 'Yu Chai', there must be a deep intention behind it. Could you please explain the reason?"

Hearing this, Kinoshita Tokichiro finally showed a smug look, hehe smiled, and asked instead, "Brother Liuyun, can you guess?"

"How can you guess this!" Kinoshita Koichiro covered his head with a headache: "Brother, can you be serious?"

Masataka Hashika also smiled bitterly and said, "I can't think of it at all! If Takenaka-sama didn't pretend to be asleep, he might be able to guess it."

Liu Yunxin said it was a coincidence, I really know a thing or two.

So he deliberately pretended to nod and thought, looked up after a while, and said slowly: "The word Yuchai doesn't seem to belong to any Gao family in ancient times, so it must be newly made up. But even if it is made up, it should be There is a prototype, otherwise it will be fabricated out of thin air. Hmm... Yuchai, Yuchai... Could it be that Yu means Niwa and Chai means Shibata?"

Kinoshita Tokichiro was stunned for a while, and then looked up and down for a long time before he put his palms together and laughed: "Brother Liuyun, you can guess this right away, it's really amazing! Haha, yes, that's what it means. Use feather firewood as a The new Miao character expresses my ambition to learn from Niwa and Shibata!"

At this time, Koichiro Kinoshita calmed down, heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "It's okay, it's okay! For this reason, the ancestors can justify it."

Nagano Maeno felt it for a moment, and said with admiration: "I understand! Using this new Miao character can not only get rid of the traces of poverty in the past, but also won't be too ostentatious and cause disgust like the wise-sama. Everyone will think that you have both fighting spirit and modesty, good, good! High, really high!"

Hashisuga Masataka was a little puzzled, lowered his tone, and said in a strange tone of yin and yang: "Sir Niwa Nagahide, as a senior, has really taken care of us all these years, asking for a word from him to show respect, but it's true Very suitable. But Shibata-sama... He is also a senior, but he is more training for us than taking care of us. Of course, I am not saying that he has any bad thoughts, maybe this is Shibata-sama caring about the younger generation. How?"

"Hey...why are you talking so slyly!" Kinoshita Tokichiro teased, then showed a resolute and resolute look, and said solemnly: "Sir Niwa is the senior who helped me the most, and Lord Shibata is the one who picks me up the most. Senior, that's why I have to take a word from the two of them."

At this moment, Liu Yun added a key sentence: "It doesn't matter what the Oda family thinks about this. The most important thing is what Mr. Tansho (Oda Nobunaga) thinks about this!"

Hashuka Masataka finally came to his senses: "So that's how it is! I understand. In this way, I express my respect for Shibata-sama, and it shows the capacity of your heart. Then if we have a conflict with the people of Shibata's faction in the future, we will fight against Shibata-sama. (Oda Nobunaga) will definitely be more inclined towards us.”

Kinoshita Koichiro agrees very much with this: "Brother's trick is very beautiful, retreat is the advance! I have to learn something in the future."

"That's it! I've already sent the letter. As long as Tamsaka-sama (Oda Nobunaga) has no opinion, I'll be Hideyoshi Hideyoshi from now on! Well, Koichiro will change his name to Hideyoshi Hideyoshi." Tokichiro Kinoshita nodded with satisfaction. Suddenly he sighed again, and said to Liu Yun: "Brother, I think your wisdom is not much worse than that of Lord Takenaka, right? Wouldn't you like to spend a little bit on military studies and government affairs? Lest outsiders keep saying that you only have force. awesome."

Liu Yun smiled and said, "Forget it. For someone as talented as me, if they still study hard, how can others live? Too good will be punished by heaven, haha!"

Kinoshita Tokichiro also smiled and said nothing.

Liu Yun then restrained his smile and asked, "Sir Kinoshita, I came here because I heard that there was a business discussion. Could it be that you changed your name?"

Kinoshita Tokichiro shook his head again and again: "Of course not. I asked you to come here, mainly to talk about the arrangements for going to Kyoto."

"Go to Kyoto?" Liu Yun was a little puzzled?

Kinoshita Tokichiro explained: "Look, my brother, the Takeda family has returned to Jiaxin, Asai and Asakura have been destroyed, and the Miyoshi three people can't jump up for the time being... This Oda encirclement net is considered to have been completed. Broken, it's time to settle the account with the man behind the siege!"

"The mastermind behind the scenes refers to..." Liu Yun thought for a while, combined with the game experience in his previous life, suddenly said: "Could it be the Ashikaga family?"

"Yes!" Kinoshita Tokichiro said murderously, "It's the current general of the expedition, Yoshiaki Ashikaga! It was obviously because of the Oda family's hard work that he was able to secure his position, yet he dared to instigate the big names from all over the world to attack us. How daring! The big names from all over the world that he has provoked now either retreat or perish, so we will soon send troops to the capital to drive away this unremarkable general!"

Kinoshita Koichiro, Hashisuka Masakatsu, Maeno Nagayasu and others seemed to have known about this for a long time and were not surprised, but they all bowed their heads and remained silent.

It seemed that attacking the Great General Zhengyi was still a bit difficult for them to accept.

Although the Muromachi shogunate of the Ashikaga family was already in decline, in name it was still the co-lord of the world.

Takenaka Shigeji was still snoring.

Liu Yun is not under any pressure. He is a transmigrator, and naturally he has no special affection for the outdated and useless old-fashioned forces.

He just nodded calmly and said, "Understood. I will bring my troops and horses to the battle."

Seeing Liu Yun so calm, Tokichiro Kinoshita showed more admiration on his face, he paused, considered for a moment, and then slowly said something solemn: "Actually, let Brother Liu Yun come over today, the most important thing is The main purpose is that I want to set a name with you and become a righteous brother!"

Liu Yun, who had always been calm and composed, was finally shocked when he heard this sentence.

Righteous brother?

Which one is this sung wow...

Could it be that I have seen too much "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and want to learn Liu Guanzhang?

No, the culture of the Three Kingdoms has not become popular in Fusang these days. After all, Chinese characters are only understood by the upper class.It took hundreds of years for Yoshikawa Eiji to localize the whole set of stories before they became well-known and circulated for a long time.

Chapter 132 For the sake of my sister-in-law, I agree with you as a brother!

What a mess of righteous brothers...

Liu Yun only felt that this thing was troublesome and vulgar, and he was not interested at all, so he politely refused: "It's not good, as a mere Yijie and Li's retainer, how can I be so embarrassed to call you a brother? Humble?"

Kinoshita Tokichiro insisted on his own opinion: "I saw Brother Liuyun last year, and I felt like a good match. From now on, we will be like brothers, and we don't need to see outsiders. I don't pay attention to any rules here anyway..."

Liu Yun still shook his head and sighed, and declined again very seriously: "Please think about it again! It's not humility. I am an unknown Chinese citizen of Omi County, how can I be your elder brother's righteous brother? It's not right, inappropriate."

Kinoshita Fujikichiro said perseveringly: "I didn't just nod on the spur of the moment. I decided after discussing and researching with a few people." Then he stretched out his hand and explained: "Let's just talk about the few present. Koichiro was originally my biological brother, needless to say; Hachisuka and Maeno, 20 years ago, when they were still collecting protection fees on the Kiso River, they had already sworn brothers with me; Takenaka-sama, I have always been a teacher Look at it, it’s like relatives—hey, Master Zhuzhong, can you stop pretending to be asleep? Wake up and say something—brother Liuyun has helped me a lot this year, and we are like-minded again and become brothers, isn’t it? Is it good?"

At this time, Masakura Hashuka smiled and said, "That's right. The relationship between Kinoshita-sama and us is really not an ordinary relationship between monarchs and ministers. Ordinary superiors and subordinates may guard against each other and become suspicious, but we There is absolutely no time! Even when no one is listening, it's okay to say a couple of 'Tengjirou' or 'Monkey'."

The lean and capable yellow-faced man Nagano Maeno also nodded in agreement: "I am used to seeing the rivers and lakes. Many people call you brothers when they are poor, but once they become famous, they will not recognize old friends, but Kinoshita-sama will definitely No, after he gained a firm foothold in the Oda family, he immediately called all the old brothers over and tried every means to make us stand out together. He said that he would become brothers with you, that must be sincere!"