Chapter 407
God Controls God
Chapter 407 God Controls God
However, judging from the process of history, the Romans accepted Chechidan, and the Mongols accepted Xingyue, to a large extent, they were assimilated from the bottom up.
When the foundation has been assimilated, in order to continue to rule, the ruler can only be forced to accept sects with different ideas from his own.
Moreover, religion is a thing that spreads very quickly for the first time. Once it reaches a certain base, it is very difficult to eradicate, and it will inevitably be accompanied by iron and blood. This is what the Xiu family wants to avoid.
Chechidan is really powerful for the assimilation of aborigines. It is no wonder that the primitive religion in Europe was completely replaced by Chechidan in hundreds of years.
But this religion is too aggressive and exclusive. If it is not restrained, it will weaken Xiujia's control over Ezo.
After thinking about it, there is one and only another religion that can assimilate the ignorant people, which is to defeat magic with magic.
But as Tachihara Hisakuna said just now, Buddhism is so vulnerable to Qiezhidan, and even the foreign enemies are so powerful, but they are still fighting among themselves. Such a sect is not what the Xiu family needs.
After ruling out Kiritan and Buddhism, the Xiu family seems to have few choices. Then pick up the religious trash can, hold up the banner of Shintoism, and help them get closer to Ezo.
In fact, Shintoism is the same as Taoism, Shamanism, Nordic and Greek native religions in mainland China. It is a national religion originally born in Japan's Yamato nation. It is based on Japanese folk beliefs and nature worship since ancient times. It belongs to panspiritual polytheism.
Its characteristic is that all things in the world that are awe-inspiring and worshipped are regarded as gods, ranging from natural objects or phenomena such as mountains and seas, ancestor spirits, gods and heroes in traditional myths, and even various ghosts and foreign characters. Yes, the number can be described as "800,000 gods" or "8 million gods".
In other words, Shintoism is more of a general term for various beliefs in Japan, because their beliefs are extremely complicated, and even rice gods in different neighboring countries have different images and worship objects.
Since ancient times, polytheism has rarely resisted the invasion of monotheism, and the reasons for this are enough to write a paper with hundreds of thousands of words to discuss.
Here I will briefly summarize two main points:
First, polytheism believes that ordinary people and gods live in the same world, and that there is a bridge between ordinary people and gods, which weakens divinity, makes ordinary people lack fear and admiration for gods, and is not conducive to controlling ignorant people.
Second, in order to be compatible with each other, polytheism itself is not exclusive to other gods. Many monotheistic religions themselves spread through the protection of polytheism during the missionary stage.
In other words, polytheism is naturally weak against monotheism.
The native Shintoism in Japan is precisely the belief that was born in the Jomon period, through the assimilation of different tribes through strategies, and the absorption of their local gods.
At that time, Japan's social status was the same as that of India, and the religious priests similar to Sudra were the first-class people. They were also the prototype of Japanese aristocrats, and the so-called emperor was the mythical leader of the religion after the official Shinto alliance.
The difference between Japan and India is that people like Kiyomori Hira appeared in Japan, who led the samurai to complete the leap of class, and through the rule in the next thousand years, firmly implanted the concept of samurai ruling the world into everyone's mind .
This step is actually very similar to the social class transformation of the Xia and Shang era in mainland China, but they were not as thorough as the transformation in mainland China, leaving behind the formal co-lord of the emperor.
As for the so-called general, it can be seen from the name that he lacks the legitimacy of ruling all Japanese, and "he" is just the monarch of Japanese warriors.
In addition, since the Pingyuan era, the general's power has come from the emperor, the "sacrificial leader acting on behalf of the gods", which invisibly put a shackle on himself, which also left hidden dangers for the end of the shogunate.
When we look back at the three East Asian states of the mainland, Japan, and India, they are just the epitome of changes in social class status in ancient times.
Back to the topic of Shintoism, the most outstanding point of Japanese Shintoism is that since the Tang Dynasty, the emperor, as the leader of the Shinto gods and the descendants of Amaterasu, took the lead in believing in Buddhism.
Essentially, Shintoism accepted the Buddhism spread from the Tang Dynasty, and the Buddhist gods themselves were also incorporated into the Shintoism system.
Because Buddhism itself is also a polytheism, it has no exclusiveness to Shintoism, which also allows the two religions of ancient Shintoism and Buddhism to survive relatively harmoniously in Japan.
This is why the official religion in Japan is now Shintoism, but many people in Japan believe in Buddhism, because they also classify Buddhism among the gods of Shintoism.
And this is exactly what the Xiu family intends to take advantage of. Since the Shinto religion is relatively lax about the management of the gods, and even different neighboring countries and different sub-counties have their own patron saints, why doesn't the Xiu family create a kami by themselves?
For Japan's Mishima, Shinto is the 3 million gods of heaven, but for the Ainu people, this new god created can be an exclusive monotheism!
The Xiu family who wanted to understand this point seemed to have been opened up to the two veins of Ren and Du. Looking back on the past, I still wanted to use Qiezhidan and Buddhism to spread it. It was a bit stupid, and now I really regret it.
Now after all this, the Xiu family suddenly became enlightened, and instead of thinking hard about which god to create, they simply mythologized themselves!
After all, it is I who brought fame and hope to the Ainu people who are still using stone tools. Instead of letting the so-called Jehovah be honored, why not become the kami who brings them light and hope?
And if you want to kami yourself, the most suitable place is the Okayama Shrine at the foot of Okayama Mountain.
It seems that after the end of the meeting, I need to go to the shrine, find the shrine priest, and discuss the plan to spread my image.
But just having the image and teachings of God is not enough. According to Tachihara Hisakuna, Kirichidan has already gained a considerable image in Ezo, and Hideka must ensure the spread of his deification.
Thinking of this, Hideka suddenly thought of the orphans who were adopted by him from Nobi, Mikawa, Omi and other places, plus the orphans who lost their parents in Kibi, there are more than 3000 of them.
If there was no Xiu family, they might have starved to death long ago. How could they have learned arithmetic and the art of war as they are now, and they will be able to do both in the service and in the battlefield in the future.
It means that the Xiu family paid for their education and gave them the possibility to become warriors, so how could they not be grateful.
They were about the same age as the Xiu family, and they had been raised by the Xiu family for military training. Originally, the Xiu family planned to become their own guards in the future.
Thinking about it now, it is entirely possible for them to become their own believers. After all, they have been carrying out ideological education for so many years, that is, loyalty and worship to the Xiu family.
Now that I think about it, I feel like I was carelessly planting willows and willows. After picking and choosing, this group of children can form a cathar with nearly 2000 people, just like the Crusaders of Chezhidan and the Immortal Army of Zoroastrianism.
Because the god they believe in is themselves, so even if they grow stronger, the Xiu family doesn't have to worry about them rebelling against them. They can calmly control the conflicts between the army and different parishes, and balance the forces of all parties.
Thinking of this, the Xiu family couldn't help but patted himself on the head, and sarcastically said, "What kind of bad ideas did you think of before?"
After thinking about this, Xiujia said to the Seto family, "Come back for a meeting in a few days, and then I will reorganize the Ezo Temple and bring the latest management personnel to see you. All we have to do is to prepare a fleet that can accommodate more than 4000 people, and take them to Ezo when the ocean current goes north after the spring.”
"4000 people!" Not to mention that the Seto family was shocked, the other people in the hall were shocked. It is not that there is no such thing as Nenglixiu's house, but it is the case that the most were transported to Ezo at one time.
The most important thing is that Xiu's expedition to Ryukyu took most of the big ships away. Now there are more than ten Guan Ships + Anzhai Ships on Xiu's side. Excluding the sailors, they only transported more than ten people. , Xiujia now this request really startled him.
"Your Highness, all the large ships in the territory are now diverted to the south, and the remaining ships may not have enough capacity." Chang Chuan Zhenqin reminded the Xiu family not knowing their own strength.
Akashi Jingqin also persuaded from the side: "Even if the ship is built now, I'm afraid it will be too late, and it may cost a lot to build the ship first. Could it be that Your Highness has forgotten that you have just issued an order to build the city, and it will take up a lot of budget."
Xiujia glanced at them, and said calmly, "Is it difficult to rebuild the ship that transports people and supplies now? Assemble multiple small mornings, put a straight-through board in the middle, and set up a single-story wooden flat house on the armor.
Asking for nothing else is just shelter from the wind and rain.If you only sail in the coastal waters, and then use iron chains to connect these ships to each other, there is no risk of capsizing.
One Xiaozao can transport 15 people except the crew, and after the decks of 6 Xiaozao are merged, they can transport 60 people even if the crew is discounted, which is almost the same as a closed ship.
It is not difficult to use 200 Xiaozao to transform this kind of transport ship before the beginning of spring. If Xiaozao is not enough, use Qianshi ship and merchant ship to rebuild it. In short, this matter must be completed. "
Several retainers in the hall exchanged glances with each other, and they all saw embarrassment in each other's eyes, but since the lord had already given the death order, they could only bite the bullet and go on.
It's just that Xiu's family didn't explain the reason for doing so, so they could only be curious.
The reason why Hideka did not choose to announce the change of personnel of the Ezo Local Government Office here is that he has not yet decided on a candidate. Anyway, the Seto family will not leave until January next year, and Hideka has already made preparations by then.
Putting aside the matter of making gods first, Xiujia looked up at Tachihara Hisakuna, and continued to ask, "You said earlier that Sabutou has developed a good business in Ezo, so let's talk about how much territory Zhixing has developed."
Hisakuna Tachihara, as the predecessor of Ezo, is still very familiar with the data of Ezo, but it is not very good to report this number.
He asked Xiu's family for a complete map of Eizu, spread it out in the hall, and said slowly, "Ming Shi's sweeping department has indeed made great achievements in assimilating the aborigines and expanding the ruled area. The influence of the magistrate has expanded to the Hiraoka area."
(That is, the southernmost point of Sapporo City in later generations)
However, as I said earlier, religion can quickly assimilate the indigenous tribes, but it cannot make the Azou enforce the actual rule over them.
And last year, because of the policy of mopping up heads, there were constant conflicts between different sects in the territory. The territory that we really controlled was the part of the land opened up on the length of the marsh to the east of Changdu, about 800 shi.
Anping is in charge of Mr. Ukita Zongsheng. Most of the surrounding area is flat land, which can be cultivated after logging and reclamation. About 1500 stones have been reclaimed.
Hidaka is handled by Mr. Kiyoji Ewara. There are many small rivers here, which often flood in summer.
Mr. Jiangyuan organized people to rectify the river when he first arrived in Hidaka. For this reason, he also asked me to send people. At present, Buchuan has basically been dredged. At least it has not been flooded in the year I left.
Benefiting from the dredging of Fuchuan, he built more than 1000 shi of paddy fields on both sides of the river, but he suffered from the lack of population, otherwise he might double it.
Mr. Jiushan’s fields have just been replaced, giving up about 6000 shi of land to the east of Tomakomai. According to the official accounts, there are only 5000 shi left, which is considered to be greatly reduced.
Before I left, he had already moved the city to Itoi, and had just conquered the Shiraoibe, and with the Shiraoi River as the baseline, he began to cultivate new fields on both sides of the river.
Akashi Jingqin, who heard the news, couldn't sit still, and interrupted Tachihara Hisakuna's narration and exclaimed: "What? That kid Quan Deng forced his colleagues to give up nearly half of the territory!"
In fact, the Xiu family has discovered this problem just now, and they just plan to wait for Tachihara Hisakuna to finish speaking before speaking. Now that Akashi Jingqin has spoken, the Xiu family also took the opportunity to ask Tachihara Jiugang, "Akashi Sweeping Department really has some questions. Ability, it’s just that Jiushan has the military power, wouldn’t such persecution force him to turn against him?”
Hearing the Xiu family's questioning, Akashi Jingqin also said at the side, "Yes, I think the sweep department is still too young, and it is still incapable of dealing with a country rashly. Please recall it, Your Highness."
He knew very well how much the warriors of the Warring States period valued the land. The Xiu family needed a reason to reduce their retainers’ knowledge and practice. Why did Akashi Jingqin force the family to transfer the fiefdom and reduce the fiefdom? My son is about to be reimbursed.
Who knows that Liyuan Jiugang is not in a hurry, he explained to Xiujia, "Do you still remember the rules you set at the beginning? The Zhixing land opened up by Ezo, the rich family who developed the local area and His Highness 55 are divided equally, but they are allowed to occupy the other half. A 10-year tax agreement."
"That's what happened."
"Master Jiushan's field is the well-developed plot of Yonghong, and the area around Xuanzhu City. This is his original site, and most of it has been developed for more than five years."
"Even if it has been 5 years, it is not yet 10 years. Isn't it a violation of my political name by doing such a thing? I am not afraid of chilling the hearts of the wealthy families who went to pioneer, and causing the wealthy families to backlash!"
After hearing Tachihara Hisakuna's explanation, Hideka not only didn't feel relieved, but said angrily, "I think what Iyomori said is good, and sweeping the head is really not suitable for serving as Ezo. I have to think about his appointment."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiujia said these words, Liyuan Jiugang first explained to Akashi Quandeng, "Your Highness, I am quite capable in dealing with government affairs in Eizo, and he made the decision to withdraw Zhixing in advance. I agree."
"Your?" Xiujia asked in surprise, "You are an old minister, how can you mess around like him?"
"His Royal Highness, let me explain the reason." Faced with the Xiu family's questioning, Li Yuan Jiugang did not panic, he explained to the Xiu family, "What we are waiting to remove is the control of Jiushan Temple's territory, not taxes. The Jiushan Temple still enjoys the 5000 stone tax in the Yonghong area for 5 years.
His Highness has not been in Ezo for a long time, so he doesn't know much about the local conditions. Ezo has more plains than mountains, and the rich and common people are very happy to open up wasteland.
It is also in this situation that we found that they developed too much in the past two years, and in just a few years, several powerful families of Daqianshi were formed.
Now it has only been cultivated for 5 years. If I sweep the books in another 5 years, I am afraid that there will be several Wanshi masters in the local area.
That's why Sabutou came up with this method, using sectarianism to force Lord Jiushan and other powerful families to promise to reduce the control over the development of the territory from 10 years to 5 years.
Five years later, the territory was taken back by Ezo Mahogyo and redistributed to landless commoners, or tenant farmers who were already farming here.
The Ezo Enforcement Office directly governed the land, and when necessary, the military was recruited, and the military service certificate was changed from the hands of the nobles to the name of the Ezo Enforcement Office.
As compensation, the output tax of this land is recorded at 5 gongs and 5 people, of which 5 gongs are still enjoyed by the original rich family and extended to the 12th year. "
Speaking of this, he softened the expression of the Xiu family, and he also said with a smile, "This is exactly why I said that sweeping the head has the ability to manage politics.
He knows how to overwhelm people, take back the control of the territory in advance, and at the same time knows how to be flexible and give certain compensation conditions to make up for their losses.
Although the wealthy families who were asked to take back their territories were somewhat reluctant, they all chose to accept it, and voluntarily handed over their land registers and military service certificates. From this point of view, they are quite cooperative.
I believe that Sweeping Butou can clearly discover hidden problems, and make such an arrangement under pressure, grow the power of the Enforcement Office in a peaceful and orderly manner, and not cause the rebellion of the rich, which is enough to witness his outstanding internal affairs ability. "
"Hit a big stick and give me a sweet date." Hearing Tachihara Hisakuna's narration, the angry Xiujia calmed down, and whispered, "I didn't expect this Akashi Quandeng to be quite capable."
(End of this chapter)
However, judging from the process of history, the Romans accepted Chechidan, and the Mongols accepted Xingyue, to a large extent, they were assimilated from the bottom up.
When the foundation has been assimilated, in order to continue to rule, the ruler can only be forced to accept sects with different ideas from his own.
Moreover, religion is a thing that spreads very quickly for the first time. Once it reaches a certain base, it is very difficult to eradicate, and it will inevitably be accompanied by iron and blood. This is what the Xiu family wants to avoid.
Chechidan is really powerful for the assimilation of aborigines. It is no wonder that the primitive religion in Europe was completely replaced by Chechidan in hundreds of years.
But this religion is too aggressive and exclusive. If it is not restrained, it will weaken Xiujia's control over Ezo.
After thinking about it, there is one and only another religion that can assimilate the ignorant people, which is to defeat magic with magic.
But as Tachihara Hisakuna said just now, Buddhism is so vulnerable to Qiezhidan, and even the foreign enemies are so powerful, but they are still fighting among themselves. Such a sect is not what the Xiu family needs.
After ruling out Kiritan and Buddhism, the Xiu family seems to have few choices. Then pick up the religious trash can, hold up the banner of Shintoism, and help them get closer to Ezo.
In fact, Shintoism is the same as Taoism, Shamanism, Nordic and Greek native religions in mainland China. It is a national religion originally born in Japan's Yamato nation. It is based on Japanese folk beliefs and nature worship since ancient times. It belongs to panspiritual polytheism.
Its characteristic is that all things in the world that are awe-inspiring and worshipped are regarded as gods, ranging from natural objects or phenomena such as mountains and seas, ancestor spirits, gods and heroes in traditional myths, and even various ghosts and foreign characters. Yes, the number can be described as "800,000 gods" or "8 million gods".
In other words, Shintoism is more of a general term for various beliefs in Japan, because their beliefs are extremely complicated, and even rice gods in different neighboring countries have different images and worship objects.
Since ancient times, polytheism has rarely resisted the invasion of monotheism, and the reasons for this are enough to write a paper with hundreds of thousands of words to discuss.
Here I will briefly summarize two main points:
First, polytheism believes that ordinary people and gods live in the same world, and that there is a bridge between ordinary people and gods, which weakens divinity, makes ordinary people lack fear and admiration for gods, and is not conducive to controlling ignorant people.
Second, in order to be compatible with each other, polytheism itself is not exclusive to other gods. Many monotheistic religions themselves spread through the protection of polytheism during the missionary stage.
In other words, polytheism is naturally weak against monotheism.
The native Shintoism in Japan is precisely the belief that was born in the Jomon period, through the assimilation of different tribes through strategies, and the absorption of their local gods.
At that time, Japan's social status was the same as that of India, and the religious priests similar to Sudra were the first-class people. They were also the prototype of Japanese aristocrats, and the so-called emperor was the mythical leader of the religion after the official Shinto alliance.
The difference between Japan and India is that people like Kiyomori Hira appeared in Japan, who led the samurai to complete the leap of class, and through the rule in the next thousand years, firmly implanted the concept of samurai ruling the world into everyone's mind .
This step is actually very similar to the social class transformation of the Xia and Shang era in mainland China, but they were not as thorough as the transformation in mainland China, leaving behind the formal co-lord of the emperor.
As for the so-called general, it can be seen from the name that he lacks the legitimacy of ruling all Japanese, and "he" is just the monarch of Japanese warriors.
In addition, since the Pingyuan era, the general's power has come from the emperor, the "sacrificial leader acting on behalf of the gods", which invisibly put a shackle on himself, which also left hidden dangers for the end of the shogunate.
When we look back at the three East Asian states of the mainland, Japan, and India, they are just the epitome of changes in social class status in ancient times.
Back to the topic of Shintoism, the most outstanding point of Japanese Shintoism is that since the Tang Dynasty, the emperor, as the leader of the Shinto gods and the descendants of Amaterasu, took the lead in believing in Buddhism.
Essentially, Shintoism accepted the Buddhism spread from the Tang Dynasty, and the Buddhist gods themselves were also incorporated into the Shintoism system.
Because Buddhism itself is also a polytheism, it has no exclusiveness to Shintoism, which also allows the two religions of ancient Shintoism and Buddhism to survive relatively harmoniously in Japan.
This is why the official religion in Japan is now Shintoism, but many people in Japan believe in Buddhism, because they also classify Buddhism among the gods of Shintoism.
And this is exactly what the Xiu family intends to take advantage of. Since the Shinto religion is relatively lax about the management of the gods, and even different neighboring countries and different sub-counties have their own patron saints, why doesn't the Xiu family create a kami by themselves?
For Japan's Mishima, Shinto is the 3 million gods of heaven, but for the Ainu people, this new god created can be an exclusive monotheism!
The Xiu family who wanted to understand this point seemed to have been opened up to the two veins of Ren and Du. Looking back on the past, I still wanted to use Qiezhidan and Buddhism to spread it. It was a bit stupid, and now I really regret it.
Now after all this, the Xiu family suddenly became enlightened, and instead of thinking hard about which god to create, they simply mythologized themselves!
After all, it is I who brought fame and hope to the Ainu people who are still using stone tools. Instead of letting the so-called Jehovah be honored, why not become the kami who brings them light and hope?
And if you want to kami yourself, the most suitable place is the Okayama Shrine at the foot of Okayama Mountain.
It seems that after the end of the meeting, I need to go to the shrine, find the shrine priest, and discuss the plan to spread my image.
But just having the image and teachings of God is not enough. According to Tachihara Hisakuna, Kirichidan has already gained a considerable image in Ezo, and Hideka must ensure the spread of his deification.
Thinking of this, Hideka suddenly thought of the orphans who were adopted by him from Nobi, Mikawa, Omi and other places, plus the orphans who lost their parents in Kibi, there are more than 3000 of them.
If there was no Xiu family, they might have starved to death long ago. How could they have learned arithmetic and the art of war as they are now, and they will be able to do both in the service and in the battlefield in the future.
It means that the Xiu family paid for their education and gave them the possibility to become warriors, so how could they not be grateful.
They were about the same age as the Xiu family, and they had been raised by the Xiu family for military training. Originally, the Xiu family planned to become their own guards in the future.
Thinking about it now, it is entirely possible for them to become their own believers. After all, they have been carrying out ideological education for so many years, that is, loyalty and worship to the Xiu family.
Now that I think about it, I feel like I was carelessly planting willows and willows. After picking and choosing, this group of children can form a cathar with nearly 2000 people, just like the Crusaders of Chezhidan and the Immortal Army of Zoroastrianism.
Because the god they believe in is themselves, so even if they grow stronger, the Xiu family doesn't have to worry about them rebelling against them. They can calmly control the conflicts between the army and different parishes, and balance the forces of all parties.
Thinking of this, the Xiu family couldn't help but patted himself on the head, and sarcastically said, "What kind of bad ideas did you think of before?"
After thinking about this, Xiujia said to the Seto family, "Come back for a meeting in a few days, and then I will reorganize the Ezo Temple and bring the latest management personnel to see you. All we have to do is to prepare a fleet that can accommodate more than 4000 people, and take them to Ezo when the ocean current goes north after the spring.”
"4000 people!" Not to mention that the Seto family was shocked, the other people in the hall were shocked. It is not that there is no such thing as Nenglixiu's house, but it is the case that the most were transported to Ezo at one time.
The most important thing is that Xiu's expedition to Ryukyu took most of the big ships away. Now there are more than ten Guan Ships + Anzhai Ships on Xiu's side. Excluding the sailors, they only transported more than ten people. , Xiujia now this request really startled him.
"Your Highness, all the large ships in the territory are now diverted to the south, and the remaining ships may not have enough capacity." Chang Chuan Zhenqin reminded the Xiu family not knowing their own strength.
Akashi Jingqin also persuaded from the side: "Even if the ship is built now, I'm afraid it will be too late, and it may cost a lot to build the ship first. Could it be that Your Highness has forgotten that you have just issued an order to build the city, and it will take up a lot of budget."
Xiujia glanced at them, and said calmly, "Is it difficult to rebuild the ship that transports people and supplies now? Assemble multiple small mornings, put a straight-through board in the middle, and set up a single-story wooden flat house on the armor.
Asking for nothing else is just shelter from the wind and rain.If you only sail in the coastal waters, and then use iron chains to connect these ships to each other, there is no risk of capsizing.
One Xiaozao can transport 15 people except the crew, and after the decks of 6 Xiaozao are merged, they can transport 60 people even if the crew is discounted, which is almost the same as a closed ship.
It is not difficult to use 200 Xiaozao to transform this kind of transport ship before the beginning of spring. If Xiaozao is not enough, use Qianshi ship and merchant ship to rebuild it. In short, this matter must be completed. "
Several retainers in the hall exchanged glances with each other, and they all saw embarrassment in each other's eyes, but since the lord had already given the death order, they could only bite the bullet and go on.
It's just that Xiu's family didn't explain the reason for doing so, so they could only be curious.
The reason why Hideka did not choose to announce the change of personnel of the Ezo Local Government Office here is that he has not yet decided on a candidate. Anyway, the Seto family will not leave until January next year, and Hideka has already made preparations by then.
Putting aside the matter of making gods first, Xiujia looked up at Tachihara Hisakuna, and continued to ask, "You said earlier that Sabutou has developed a good business in Ezo, so let's talk about how much territory Zhixing has developed."
Hisakuna Tachihara, as the predecessor of Ezo, is still very familiar with the data of Ezo, but it is not very good to report this number.
He asked Xiu's family for a complete map of Eizu, spread it out in the hall, and said slowly, "Ming Shi's sweeping department has indeed made great achievements in assimilating the aborigines and expanding the ruled area. The influence of the magistrate has expanded to the Hiraoka area."
(That is, the southernmost point of Sapporo City in later generations)
However, as I said earlier, religion can quickly assimilate the indigenous tribes, but it cannot make the Azou enforce the actual rule over them.
And last year, because of the policy of mopping up heads, there were constant conflicts between different sects in the territory. The territory that we really controlled was the part of the land opened up on the length of the marsh to the east of Changdu, about 800 shi.
Anping is in charge of Mr. Ukita Zongsheng. Most of the surrounding area is flat land, which can be cultivated after logging and reclamation. About 1500 stones have been reclaimed.
Hidaka is handled by Mr. Kiyoji Ewara. There are many small rivers here, which often flood in summer.
Mr. Jiangyuan organized people to rectify the river when he first arrived in Hidaka. For this reason, he also asked me to send people. At present, Buchuan has basically been dredged. At least it has not been flooded in the year I left.
Benefiting from the dredging of Fuchuan, he built more than 1000 shi of paddy fields on both sides of the river, but he suffered from the lack of population, otherwise he might double it.
Mr. Jiushan’s fields have just been replaced, giving up about 6000 shi of land to the east of Tomakomai. According to the official accounts, there are only 5000 shi left, which is considered to be greatly reduced.
Before I left, he had already moved the city to Itoi, and had just conquered the Shiraoibe, and with the Shiraoi River as the baseline, he began to cultivate new fields on both sides of the river.
Akashi Jingqin, who heard the news, couldn't sit still, and interrupted Tachihara Hisakuna's narration and exclaimed: "What? That kid Quan Deng forced his colleagues to give up nearly half of the territory!"
In fact, the Xiu family has discovered this problem just now, and they just plan to wait for Tachihara Hisakuna to finish speaking before speaking. Now that Akashi Jingqin has spoken, the Xiu family also took the opportunity to ask Tachihara Jiugang, "Akashi Sweeping Department really has some questions. Ability, it’s just that Jiushan has the military power, wouldn’t such persecution force him to turn against him?”
Hearing the Xiu family's questioning, Akashi Jingqin also said at the side, "Yes, I think the sweep department is still too young, and it is still incapable of dealing with a country rashly. Please recall it, Your Highness."
He knew very well how much the warriors of the Warring States period valued the land. The Xiu family needed a reason to reduce their retainers’ knowledge and practice. Why did Akashi Jingqin force the family to transfer the fiefdom and reduce the fiefdom? My son is about to be reimbursed.
Who knows that Liyuan Jiugang is not in a hurry, he explained to Xiujia, "Do you still remember the rules you set at the beginning? The Zhixing land opened up by Ezo, the rich family who developed the local area and His Highness 55 are divided equally, but they are allowed to occupy the other half. A 10-year tax agreement."
"That's what happened."
"Master Jiushan's field is the well-developed plot of Yonghong, and the area around Xuanzhu City. This is his original site, and most of it has been developed for more than five years."
"Even if it has been 5 years, it is not yet 10 years. Isn't it a violation of my political name by doing such a thing? I am not afraid of chilling the hearts of the wealthy families who went to pioneer, and causing the wealthy families to backlash!"
After hearing Tachihara Hisakuna's explanation, Hideka not only didn't feel relieved, but said angrily, "I think what Iyomori said is good, and sweeping the head is really not suitable for serving as Ezo. I have to think about his appointment."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiujia said these words, Liyuan Jiugang first explained to Akashi Quandeng, "Your Highness, I am quite capable in dealing with government affairs in Eizo, and he made the decision to withdraw Zhixing in advance. I agree."
"Your?" Xiujia asked in surprise, "You are an old minister, how can you mess around like him?"
"His Royal Highness, let me explain the reason." Faced with the Xiu family's questioning, Li Yuan Jiugang did not panic, he explained to the Xiu family, "What we are waiting to remove is the control of Jiushan Temple's territory, not taxes. The Jiushan Temple still enjoys the 5000 stone tax in the Yonghong area for 5 years.
His Highness has not been in Ezo for a long time, so he doesn't know much about the local conditions. Ezo has more plains than mountains, and the rich and common people are very happy to open up wasteland.
It is also in this situation that we found that they developed too much in the past two years, and in just a few years, several powerful families of Daqianshi were formed.
Now it has only been cultivated for 5 years. If I sweep the books in another 5 years, I am afraid that there will be several Wanshi masters in the local area.
That's why Sabutou came up with this method, using sectarianism to force Lord Jiushan and other powerful families to promise to reduce the control over the development of the territory from 10 years to 5 years.
Five years later, the territory was taken back by Ezo Mahogyo and redistributed to landless commoners, or tenant farmers who were already farming here.
The Ezo Enforcement Office directly governed the land, and when necessary, the military was recruited, and the military service certificate was changed from the hands of the nobles to the name of the Ezo Enforcement Office.
As compensation, the output tax of this land is recorded at 5 gongs and 5 people, of which 5 gongs are still enjoyed by the original rich family and extended to the 12th year. "
Speaking of this, he softened the expression of the Xiu family, and he also said with a smile, "This is exactly why I said that sweeping the head has the ability to manage politics.
He knows how to overwhelm people, take back the control of the territory in advance, and at the same time knows how to be flexible and give certain compensation conditions to make up for their losses.
Although the wealthy families who were asked to take back their territories were somewhat reluctant, they all chose to accept it, and voluntarily handed over their land registers and military service certificates. From this point of view, they are quite cooperative.
I believe that Sweeping Butou can clearly discover hidden problems, and make such an arrangement under pressure, grow the power of the Enforcement Office in a peaceful and orderly manner, and not cause the rebellion of the rich, which is enough to witness his outstanding internal affairs ability. "
"Hit a big stick and give me a sweet date." Hearing Tachihara Hisakuna's narration, the angry Xiujia calmed down, and whispered, "I didn't expect this Akashi Quandeng to be quite capable."
(End of this chapter)