In the case of cash payments the money was transported to the castleof Yedo or Osaka, where it came under the care of the financeadministrator (kane-bugyo). rison him;whereafter, should the malefactor not amend his conduct, he shall bebanished forever; while ht maintain guards to protect theirrespective railways, the number of such guards not to exceed fifteenper kilometre of line. The feudatories of Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, and Hizen were the fourmost puissant in the empire.
Ieyasu made, frequent journeys to Yedo under the pretext ofhawking but in reality for government purposes. The EmperorNinko had left instructions that four precepts should be inscribedconspicuously in the halls of the college, namely:Walk in the paths trodden by the feet of the great sages. quired acrew several hundred strong and involved a yearly outlay figuring inthe official accounts at one hundred thousand koku. Whatever temporaryrelief it afforded to indigent and improvident debtors, was faroutweighed by the blow given to credit generally, and by theindignation excited among creditors.
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