July 1, the twelfth year of Astronomy (1543), Imagawa Hall.
Imagawa Yoshimoto is visiting the territory - this visit has lasted for 10 days. In order to complete Taiyuan Xuezai's instructions for him to revise the "Imagawa Kana Directory", Imagawa Yoshimoto had to "go to the grassroots in person" and go deep into the acting officials under Suruga's direct leadership to understand what problems would be encountered in the implementation of the bill. .
"Your Highness, this is our complaint over the past few months. Please review it."
"Your Highness, these are new mentions!"
"Your Highness, this pile is filled with year-long contracts that need to be extended."
"Your Highness, these are the annual contracts that were extended when the German government decree was issued last time. Take a look this time..."
Imagawa Yoshimoto felt like his head was getting bigger.
This time it was the same as usual. Before they had walked for half a day or completed a county, the agents had already submitted a mountain of files, complaints and annual deeds. Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around and looked behind him. The people who followed him were Furunoji Yutaka, Sena Ujitoshi and Hayasaka Nao. Each of them was holding a large stack of documents above their heads and pacing with difficulty - he was really I didn't expect that there would be so many disputes in the territory that needed to be decided by the family governor - no wonder the teacher is so busy on weekdays.
"Put it down." After returning to the castle tower, Imagawa Yoshimoto himself knelt down on the tatami in front of the desk. At the same time, he instructed Furunoji Yutaka, Sena Ujitoshi and Hayasaka Nao to put the documents brought back today in the corner - why It's in the corner - because there are still piles of documents collected three days ago in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto's desk - the documents collected yesterday and the day before yesterday have not yet been put on the table.
"Don't be idle, come together to help." Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at the pen and ink on the desk, he already had a headache and didn't want to work, and immediately called the three people to help.
"I'm responsible for the household expenses, and I don't know how to handle these documents." Furunoji Yutaka didn't want to touch this document as high as a hill, so he immediately found an excuse to shirk it.
"I... I am usually responsible for dispatching the guards and ninjas around you, Your Highness. I don't understand this..." Nao Hayasaka looked embarrassed and whispered shyly. He has always been "submissive", not because he wants to escape, but because he really doesn't know how to do these tasks.
"I understand." Sena Ujitoshi, who has thick dark circles on his face, has no intention of shirk. He upholds the same infinite masochistic workaholic spirit as his father Sena Ujisada and is ready to devote himself to the endless and tedious review process. . Yes, when Imagawa Yoshimoto and Taihara Xuezai were away, Sena Ujitoshi shouldered half of the workload of Imagawa Hall by himself.
Sena Shitoshi walked to the desk, took away nearly two-thirds of the files and documents, and piled them on his desk. However, even though only one-third of the work was left, Imagawa Yoshimoto still had a headache. After I opened the document and glanced at it for a few times, I couldn't read any more.
"When will this end? They are all almost the same, nutritious homework." Imagawa Yoshimoto put the brush on the inkstone, as if giving up the task, "This family is suing that family, that family Accusing this family has either stolen some land, blocked the canal, or snatched away the banker opposite, or endlessly extended the annual lease... There are thousands of wealthy people in the entire Imagawa family, how can I still Can you restore them one by one?"
"Before His Highness began to govern, I, Master Yukisai and other disciples have been doing this." Sena Ujitoshi had a gentle and kind smile on his face as always, and tactfully advised Imagawa Yoshimoto, " Your Highness, pay attention. Once you become familiar with it, your speed will be greatly improved. With the well-being of all people in mind and the teachings of Master Xue Zhai, there is nothing you can't overcome."
Imagawa Yoshimoto fell into deep thought after hearing this, and Sena Toshiro smiled happily - yes, for retainers, the lord can work hard to govern because of his advice - there is nothing more fulfilling than this. . Is this what my father has always been pursuing?
"I have an idea." After being silent for a long time, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly raised his head, took out the revised draft of the "Imagawa Kana Directory" from the drawer, and at the same time picked up the writing brush, "I know how to amend the law."
"Oh?" Sena Ujitoshi immediately put down what he was doing, stood up and came to Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had already written two drafts with flying colors——
(1) Even after the ruling, there is no problem in filing an appeal again with new evidence. However, if the same assertion as in the first instance is repeated, a penalty will be imposed.
(2) In the absence of a government order, unauthorized extension of the term contract is not allowed. Anyone involved in such a lawsuit would have one-third of the territory confiscated. The territory of the person who gave rise to the lawsuit was entirely confiscated.
"Your Highness?" The stunned Sena Ujitoshi took a breath of cold air and snatched the draft from Imagawa Yoshimoto's hand: "What are you doing, Your Highness? Who else dares to file a complaint?"
How can this be done with great efforts! This is just to be lazy and just practice the law!
"Sena, you haven't understood yet. These lords are taking advantage. Because our Imagawa family has many principles, handles things quickly, and has a more positive attitude towards complaints and accusations, so they have to report any small things to the upper levels. It’s a waste of devotees’ time.” Imagawa Yoshimoto pointed to the dossier to be reviewed on the hillside, and then pointed to the completed part behind:
"I didn't know it before, but I found out after a few days of approving it myself: out of a hundred complaints, at least ninety-five were returned unchanged, and only one or two that really had big problems were all. Isn't it just a waste of administrative efficiency? How much more can our followers do for the territory if we have the time to correct these? And because most appeals are meaningless, it also leads to slack among the followers, and many of them are dealt with just by looking at them. Just deal with it and uphold the original verdict if there are no major flaws. In just a few days, I found more than a dozen files where the verdict should have been changed but the original verdict was upheld."
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Sena Shitoshi frowned and slowly put the draft back on the table.
"Stricter restrictions on appeals and accusations will increase the cost of failure of this action, so that in the future those wealthy families will weigh it before they appeal, and some appeals that are unlikely to succeed or appeals that are of little significance will not appear again. On the other hand, if the appeal is still submitted after careful consideration by the wealthy family, it is obviously very reasonable, and then the followers must take it seriously when handling it, and cannot turn a blind eye like now I closed my eyes and upheld the original verdict on most of the appeals." Imagawa Yoshimoto plausibly explained to Sena Ujitoshi.
Sena Shitoshi nodded doubtfully, obviously still doubting whether Imagawa Yoshimoto was just looking for some high-sounding excuse for his lazy behavior.
However, Imagawa Yoshimoto seemed to have thought of something again. He quickly looked through the original "Imagawa Kana Directory", browsed a few items and then started to write. At the same time, he said to Sena Toshi:
"But if I change it like this, the power of punishment when handling appeals will be too great. Someone may collude with the enemy and impose harsh penalties on enemies. So I have to make a few patches."
"Article 2 of the old "Kana Catalog" is: In disputes regarding the boundaries of fields, mountains, forests and wilderness, after the original correct boundaries are clearly ascertained, if it is determined that the plaintiff or defendant has made an unreasonable and unfair lawsuit, the case shall be confiscated. One-third of that person’s entire territory.”
"Article 4 of the old "Kana Catalog" is: Before the end of the land lawsuit, if someone uses force to prevent others from cultivating, regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, the lawsuit will be directly judged as losing. Three years after the judgment, a new trial should be held. Let the right holders get their due rights."
"These two old laws give Feng Xing a lot of power. If coupled with the two new ones I added, wouldn't Feng Zong be able to cover the sky with one hand? In order to avoid someone bribing Feng Zong to favor himself in the sentencing or maliciously delaying time, I Some modifications need to be made to these two items.”
It was also Imagawa Yoshimoto who wrote on the paper:
(1) In Article 2 of the "Kana Catalog," "confiscation of one-third of the entire territory" was relaxed to "confiscation of territory twice the amount of land in question."
(2) In Article 4 of the "Kana Catalog", "While the land lawsuit is not over, if someone uses force to prevent others from farming, regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, the lawsuit will be directly judged as failed. Three years after the judgment, it should be re-examined Trial." However, because some people maliciously took advantage of this to delay the trial, those who did this in the future donated the annual tribute of that year as the construction cost of Sengen Shrine. On this basis, the proceedings will be reopened from the second year.
"How was it?" After finishing writing, Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around and looked at Sena Ujitoshi.
"I didn't expect His Highness to be quite political when he took it seriously." Sena Ujitoshi finally put away his suspicious eyes and praised with emotion.
"Yeah, right." Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded with satisfaction, and stood up easily at the same time: "After working hard for a long time, it's time to go to Cuju to relax. Seeing that I'm doing well, Sena doesn't want to go to the teacher Give me a report there."
"That's why I urge you to be diligent in your work!" Unexpectedly, Sena Shitoshi suddenly knelt down solemnly, blocking the way Imagawa Yoshimoto must pass when he went out, and said with fear and fear: "You have such a talent, if It is such a pity to waste time on sensuality! I cannot allow this to happen, otherwise I will be sorry to the ancestors of the Imagawa family! Please devote all your time to work!"
"There is really no way..." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled bitterly and rubbed his head, and had to sit back at the desk obediently: "Sena, Sena..."
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