I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Tachibana was speechless for a moment.

Out of rules, Tachibana felt that Hasegawa, who abused public funds, must be severely punished.

But out of morality, Tachibana also believes that the reason why Hasegawa misuses public funds is not for eating, drinking and having fun, but for the operation of the foot farm, so it is not appropriate to give him too heavy a punishment.

"Although I don't get along well with Hasegawa's personality. I don't like Hasegawa very much either." Matsudaira Sadanobu said softly, "But it cannot be denied that Hasegawa is a rare capable official."

"He should be regarded as one of the best officers since the establishment of Huofu Thief Reform."

"His title of Guiping shocked Xiao Xiao who is not small."

"And as I said to Hasegawa just now, it's not that I don't understand the benefits of running Renzuyojo."

"How can I not know the reason why a large number of prisoners can be prevented from committing crimes after they are released from prison by operating the Renzu Depot?"

"It's just because the shogunate's financial situation is not good, I have not sent too much money to the people's feet."

"If Hasegawa can manage the two places, Huofu Thiefkai and Renzujichang, only with the funds allocated to Huofu Thiefkai, I would be happy to see the success."

"So for this reason, it is a pity that such a rare and capable official is moved to the left or given to death."

"So I came here this time just to remind Hasegawa."

There was a smile on Matsudaira Sadanobu's face that didn't feel warm at all.

"Remind him: I already know his little secret. And I can use your little secret to cure you at any time."

"From then on, Hasegawa, who was held by me, should be more dedicated to serving the public."

"Whether it's catching thieves or operating the Renzujiao, you shouldn't dare to relax."

"I see." Tachibana smiled wryly, "It seems that I still have a lot to learn from you, Lao Zhong."

Speaking of this, Tachibana seemed to have remembered something, paused, and then offered a suggestion to the elder in front of him.

"My lord, why don't you ask Hasegawa to investigate the attack on the Kitamachi Prefectural Office?"

Matsudaira Sadanobu naturally knew what Tachibana was talking about about the "Attack on the Kitamachi Magistrate's office".

About a month ago, the Kitamachi Prison Office was attacked by unidentified thieves. After the thieves killed all the officials who stayed at the Kitamachi Prison Office at that time, they painted "Taige Tong" on the wall of the Kitamachi Prison Office. The words "We will avenge the battle of Osaka" were written on it.

When this incident first came out, the hustle and bustle of Edo was on the rise.

Everyone was discussing whether the people who studied at the Kitamachi Magistrate were really Toyotomi's remnants.

In order to avoid panic, Matsudaira Sadanobu ordered to refute the rumors to the public in the name of the government not long after the incident: Toyotomi's remnant party and so on are just non-existent things, please don't panic.

While calming down the public, Sadanobu Matsudaira intensified the search. However, no progress has been found in this case until now.

The people who bloodbathed the Beiding Prison Office were not only skilled, but also extremely smart.There is not a single trace left in the Kitamachi Magistrate's Office.

After hearing Tachibana's suggestion, Matsudaira Sadanobu shook his head after pondering for a moment:

"No. This case cannot be handed over to Hasegawa."

"Hasegawa is the chief of Huo Fu Thief Kai, and he is only responsible for catching thieves and arsonists."

"As for the people who bloodbathed the Kitamachi Prison Office, they didn't steal or set fire, they just killed people. It's not the area that Hasegawa is in charge of."

"If this case is forcibly handed over to Hasegawa, it will only cause dissatisfaction among many people."

"So the team in charge of this case doesn't have to move now."

"Wait until the people in charge of this case really can't get any results, and then consider whether to replace them with other people."

"Tachibana, you are going to make a trip tonight and tell those who are in charge of this case to hand in satisfactory results when I return from Ezo."

"Yes." Tachibana respectfully responded, and silently wrote down Matsudaira Sadanobu's order.

Hasegawa returned to the headquarters of Huofu Thief Kai in the evening.

After returning to the headquarters, Hasegawa called his adjutant Imai over, and then told him what happened at the Renzujiao place today.

Imai is one of the few people who knows that Hasegawa has always used the funds from Huofu Thief Kai to speculate in coins and make money.

After learning that Lao Zhong actually knew Hasegawa's secret, Imai's eyes widened.

"Master Hasegawa, what should we do now?"

Because he was so shocked, Imai stuttered when he spoke.

"What else can I do?" Hasegawa's face was full of bitterness, "In short, my life is saved."

"Lao Zhong has hinted to me today that he won't do anything to me."

"But the premise is that I have to work hard and serve the public well."

After all, Hasegawa let out a sigh of relief.

"Being pinched"

"If something I do in the future dissatisfies the old lord, the old lord can take out my blame at any time to punish me"

"So in the future, I can only work like a cow or a dog as the old middle-aged man wishes, and show my loyalty to the old middle-aged man."

After another long sigh, Hasegawa smiled slightly at Imai.

"However, if you think about it on the bright side, at least as long as I work hard and don't annoy Mr. Lao Zhong, Mr. Lao Zhong will not do anything to me."

"All in all, in order to save my life, and also to save people's lives, I will work hard now."

"Imai, are there any thieves that our Huofu Thief Kai is still tracking but haven't caught yet?"

"Not much more." Imai said, "Currently we are in charge of the Huofu Thief Gai, but the thieves who have not been caught include Kirijiro, Hana Monk, and Buddha's Enemy."

After hearing the name "Buddha's Enemy" from Imai's mouth, Hasegawa couldn't help raising his hand and scratching his hair.

"Buddha's enemy? Among the three thieves who have not been caught, he is the most troublesome."

Chapter 450 The Birth of "One Knife Studio" and the Attack of Bandits! 【7600 words】

Kanjeong 12nd Year, November 4th

Nishinocho, inside a certain house

As soon as Ogata entered the house, he saw Jiro Nishino.

Nishino Jiro was sitting cross-legged on the ground, watching seriously the rehearsal of the members of Takarashimaya in front of him.

After seeing Ogata entering the house, Jiro Nishino and the members of Takarajimaya stopped what they were doing, and greeted Ogata with their faces.

With the concerted efforts of Ogata and Nishino Jiro, the script was finally completed the day before yesterday. It has to be said that Nishino Jiro is still very talented in writing.

In such a short period of time, a script that Ogata was quite satisfied with was completed.

In fact, Ogata did not understand kabuki, nor did he know what kind of kabuki script was considered a good script.

He only knew that under his guidance, Jiro Nishino's kabuki script basically conformed to historical facts, and could be read as a history book.

In Ogata's eyes, as long as the script based on his deeds is in line with the real situation, it is a good script.

After finishing the script around 9 o'clock in the morning the day before yesterday, Jiro Nishino excitedly took the script with him and took Ogata to find Takarashimaya, the only Kabuki troupe in Nishinocho.

According to Nishino Jiro, although Treasure Island House is a kabuki theater troupe, all members in it only regard kabuki as a full-time job, and there are no people who rely entirely on kabuki for their livelihood.

All members of Takarajima House usually have their main business, and only regard Kabuki as a hobby and part-time job.I usually do my own main business, and only when I encounter some festivals, I get together to perform a play together, satisfying my hobbies and at the same time earning some extra money.

Because they don’t rely on kabuki to eat, but rely purely on enthusiasm to perform kabuki, every play performed by Treasure Island House is of high quality. It is well-known in Nishikino Town and is very popular with the people of Nishikino Town. Welcome.

Whenever Treasure Island House is going to perform Kabuki, the tickets will be sold out quickly, and every show is basically full of seats.

Every New Year, Takarajima House will perform Kabuki in Nishinocho.

Because of the high popularity of Treasure Island House, watching the performance of Treasure Island House has become one of the things that many people in Nishino Town must do every New Year.

Nishino Jiro, who aspires to become a "Kabuki playwright", has a very good relationship with Takarajima House.

Prior to this, Jiro Nishino had made an appointment with Takashimaya for this year's New Year, and Takashimaya will perform a new play written by Jiro Nishino.

So for this script by Nishino Jiro, the members of Treasure Island House have been waiting for a long time.

The morning before yesterday, when Jiro Nishino handed over the finished script to the members of Treasure Island House for reading, all the members of Treasure Island House praised the script written by Jiro Nishino, saying that this is a movie that might be a hit. Welcome to a good show.

Treasure Island House has a total of 15 members, of which 8 are responsible for playing music and 7 are responsible for acting. All of them are eager to try. They just received the script the day before yesterday and immediately started rehearsing in full swing.

There are many similarities between Chinese opera and Japanese kabuki.For example: Both of these performing arts have special personnel responsible for playing background music on the spot.

In Chinese opera, there will be special personnel responsible for playing the erhu and playing the castanets behind the scenes, and adding background music to the performances in front of the scene.

In Japanese kabuki, there are almost dedicated people who are responsible for playing the shamisen, blowing the shakuhachi, and playing various musical instruments behind the scenes to provide background music for the performances in front of the scene.

In a professional kabuki troupe, in addition to those in charge of playing music and rehearsals, there are also those in charge of make-up, setting up the stage background, and doing miscellaneous chores.

And Treasure Island House is just an amateur troupe whose members only take Kabuki as a side job, so it is barely enough to have two people who are in charge of playing music and in charge of performances.

The play written by Jiro Nishino needs at least 7 people to play the right number.

Ogata also became somewhat curious about the art of kabuki through the time he spent writing scripts with Jiro Nishino a few days ago.

Since the script was compiled the day before yesterday and rehearsals have begun, Ogata's morning activities have changed from "writing the script with Jiro Nishino" to "come and see their rehearsal".

The room that Ogata is currently walking into is the place where the members of Treasure Island House are specially used to rehearse Kabuki.

"Good morning! Mashima-kun!" Jiro Nishino greeted Ogata with enthusiasm as usual.

"Good morning." Ogata nodded in agreement, and sat cross-legged beside Nishino Jiro, "How is everyone rehearsing?"

"It's going well so far!" Nishino's tone was full of excitement that couldn't be concealed, "Everyone is enthusiastic! We can't wait to perform this Yidao Zhai in the New Year."

One knife Sai Ogata and the others gave the name of this drama.

A good name, to some extent, determines the life and death of a drama.

If we can come up with a resounding, catchy title that can be remembered even by people who cannot read, it will greatly promote the spread of this play.

After finishing writing the script, Ooyo and Nishino racked their brains to think about what to name the play.

In the end, Ogata made the decision to name the show Yidao Zhai.

Although Ogata now has a bunch of titles, "Executioner Yidao Zhai", "Ogata Yidao Zhai", "Ren Zhan Yi Shi", "Sura"

But the most widely circulated is undoubtedly "Executioner Yidao Zhai".

Since Ogata left the feudal clan, almost all the people he met who used his title to call him used "Yitao Zhai" or "Ogata Yidao Zhai" to call him, and very few people used his other titles to call him he.

"Yidao Zhai" has only three syllables, which is catchy and widely spread.

This play is based on his deeds, so it is just right to use the title "Yidao Zhai" as the name of this play.

After Ogata proposed the name Ichidousai, Jiro Nishino immediately nodded in agreement with bright eyes.

That's how the name of the play was decided.

"That's good." Ogata nodded with a smile, and followed Nishino Jiro silently to watch the members of Takarashimaya who were rehearsing Yidao Zhai in front of them.

When writing the script with Jiro Nishino, Ogata also learned a lot about kabuki from Jiro Nishino.

Early kabuki was not something that could be put on the stage, it was a bit like a modern gray industry.

When Kabuki was first born, it mainly relied on selling its hue to attract attention.

Many female kabuki attract people to watch the performance by their beauty.

A very small number of female kabuki perform some physical transactions while performing kabuki.

After the Edo shogunate noticed this chaos, it felt offensive.So in the sixth year of Kanei, the Edo shogunate issued a ban on "female kabuki", and women were prohibited from performing kabuki.

Without women to perform, what about the female characters in the play?

Then let the cute boys play it.

After the Edo Shogunate banned "female kabuki", "Wakasho Kabuki" was born.

"Ruozhong" refers to underage men.

The ban on "female kabuki" has caused people to shift their attention to the lovely "Wakashu kabuki".

The important task of playing female roles and selling luster to attract attention has shifted from "female kabuki" to the shoulders of "ruozhong kabuki".

In the first year of Chengying, the Edo shogunate also banned Ruozhong Kabuki on the grounds of immorality.

So far, neither women nor underage men can perform kabuki, and only adult men can perform kabuki.

But Kabuki's troubled history is not over yet.

As the saying goes, "There are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom." After the Edo shogunate banned underage men from performing kabuki, many underage men continued to perform kabuki disguised as adult men.

And it's not only underage men who have cute looks, there are also a lot of cute-looking men among grown men.