Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 93
Katayama got out of bed with the edge of the bed, and after putting on his clothes, he motioned for his daughter Xihui to open the door.

After the door opened, it was Zhao Xin, followed by a middle-aged fat man.

"Sir, please come in." Xihui hurriedly bowed and saluted.

She has met Zhao Xin many times.

When I first met Zhao Xin with my mother, Duo He and my younger sister, I only knew that this tall young man was the leader of the Thor; after Katayama Kanbei was carried aboard, Xihui was surprised to find that this young man Zhao was actually the leader of the ship. Also know medicine.

Katayama Kanbei gave a deep salute at this time, and said in his mouth, "Thank you for your life-saving grace."

Zhao Xin waved his hand indifferently, and asked with a smile, "How is your injury recovering?"

"Oh. Dr. Hong said that it will be almost in three or five days." Katayama said, and hurriedly greeted: "Sir, please take a seat."

Zhao Xin took a look and saw that there were only two beds and one chair in this cabin, so he said to Katayama Kanbei: "Let's go out and talk on the deck."

When the four came to the deck, the sailors on board had already brought some chairs.After some humility, Katayama Kanbei sat down, and his eldest daughter, Nori, stood behind him.

It was already afternoon, and the sea breeze was blowing softly on his face.On the north side of Thor are lush mountain forests and the Shiraz River; on the beach near the pier, a dozen homeless people are picking up shellfish and seaweed.

The shellfish and seaweed found on the beach every day are sent to the large kitchen to make soup.

Katayama Kanbei looked around for a while, and then asked Zhao Xin respectfully, "I don't know if your lord is looking for me today, is there something wrong?"

Zhao Xin nodded slightly, raised his hand sideways and said, "Old Chen, this is the Katayama Kanbei I mentioned. Katayama-kun, this is Mr. Chen Qingsong, my deputy, who is currently in charge of internal affairs."

Chen Qingsong stood up with a smile, and habitually wanted to shake hands with Katayama; Katayama immediately stood up and bowed to salut.

He is not very clear about Zhao Xin's system setup here.He has basically seen the six-member group of the Security Department, and guessed that those people are senior warriors under Zhao Xin.

But since this middle-aged fat man, who has never met before, is Zhao Xin's deputy, and he is in charge of internal affairs, isn't his identity the same as that of a family in Sendai Domain?

"Katayama-kun, sit down and talk, don't be too cautious."

Zhao Xin waited for both parties to sit down before saying, "You should be curious why I came to see you today. I think, Katayama-kun, you can't go back to Sendai Domain."

"Yes, my lord. I am now a ronin who has left the domain." Katayama Kanbei said lightly.

From the Warring States period to the early Edo period, "leaving from the domain", as a serious act of betrayal, has always been regarded as a taboo for samurai.Because the samurai who have left the domain are very likely to leak the secret military, financial and other information of the domain, thereby damaging the interests of the domain.

After the middle of the Edo period, there was no war for many years, so the military secrets of the clans were meaningless.Therefore, if they are not important figures in the domain, they are generally allowed to leave the domain.

For example, they violated the laws of the local domain and had to take such measures in order to save their lives.Therefore, don't think that the samurai will have a caesarean at every turn, that is all forced helpless.

How fragrant to live!Although he has become a ronin, if one day another daimyo takes a fancy to him, he will be the master again.

However, in the above-mentioned situation, the relevant legal procedures must be completed after the consent of the local area.If you leave the domain without formalities, the person who leaves the domain will be charged with the crime of "owing (running)", the family name will be cut off and the property will be confiscated; if the person is caught, the death penalty may also be imposed depending on the situation. .

In this sense, Katayama Kanbei can no longer use the surname "Katayama"; and his family's house in Matsushima will also be confiscated by the government; as for his relatives, it must be will be implicated.

In the history of the middle and late Edo period, the most famous people who left the domain were the [-] Mito warriors represented by Kan Tetsunosuke and Arimura Jizaemon.Before the assassination of Naobi Ii, the chief of the shogunate, they made the choice to leave the feudal domain collectively because they were afraid of involving the Mito clan. (The famous change outside Sakurada Gate)
Next is Ryoma Sakamoto.This is because he is dissatisfied with the status quo of the Tosa domain, disgusted by the palliative policies of Yoshida Toyo and Yamanakado, and disapproves of Takeshi Ruishan (this one is also quite fierce, and was finally sentenced to belly-cutting) "One domain diligent king" policy.

Because of Sakamoto Ryoma's departure from the domain, his sister Otome had to divorce; Tosa domain also sent a knife to Sakamoto's sister Arong and ordered her to commit suicide. Later, the family spent a lot of money to settle the matter.

Therefore, although Kanbei Katayama did not take the initiative to propose to leave the clan, but he helped Zhao Xin to transport refugees to the sea, which was equivalent to betraying Sendai clan.

As a result, he only suffered a meal of flesh and blood, and his wife and children are safe and sound, which is already very lucky.

Of course, if it wasn't for Zhao Xin's bombardment of Ishinomaki Port, Katayama would surely die.

Zhao Xin got up, looked at the sea in the distance, then turned to Katayama Kanbei and asked, "I wonder what Katayama-kun thinks about his future? Here in Beihai Town, everything is booming. "

Katayama Kanbei understood that Zhao Xin wanted to recruit him, and he had no other choice, so he bowed and said, "But it is according to the instructions of the adults."

"Okay. My opinion, you're still doing your job."

"Old business?" Katayama raised his head and asked in surprise, "Sir, do you mean to let me be the local concentric?"

"No." Zhao Xin shook his head slowly. "He's the head of the local police station. If you have to compare..."

Zhao Xin thought for a while before continuing: "It's similar to the shogun's 'Hofu Kai' and 'Rogue Kai' combined. I don't know if you can understand this."

Katayama Kanbei thought for a while.Although he didn't understand what "police" meant, he knew that his future "Director of the Beihai Town Police Station" was responsible for preventing theft, theft and gambling.From concentric to one level, it has become with force.

To put it bluntly, it is the director of the film police.

Katayama was thinking when he heard Zhao Xin say again: "The reason why I invited Master Chen is because your future job responsibilities are mainly to cooperate with him. Master Chen is now in charge of all the internal affairs of Beihai Town, including land reclamation, Camp construction, day-to-day management of refugees. You meet today and work together later."

Hearing this, Katayama hurriedly bowed to Chen Qingsong again: "Master Chen, please give me more advice in the future."

Chen Qingsong smiled and pulled Katayama Kanbei's right hand, clenched it tightly, and said in Mandarin, "I'm counting on you for security matters."

Zhao Xin saw Katayama Kanbei looking at Chen Qingsong holding his hand with a strange expression, he explained Chen Qingsong's words with a smile, and then said: "This is a kind of etiquette in our place. Shake hands."

Katayama Kanbei understood.If it wasn't for Zhao Xin's explanation, he would have thought that the middle-aged fat man opposite had some unspeakable hobbies.

"Sir, when do you think I can take up my duties?" Katayama asked Zhao Xin when Chen Qingsong let go.

"Don't worry, you can fully heal the injury first. And you can't do this alone. I'll give you all the staff in the past few days. When the time comes, you can meet and get acquainted."

"Ha ha!"

Katayama knelt down on the deck and formally bowed to Zhao Xin.

(End of this chapter)