precedent

Lords of the eastern Japan had the same fate.
But its correspondence was different.
　
For example，reduction of land tax rate.
　
"Pay taxes by money instead of payment in kind.
Incidentally，tax reduction was subjected in this format.

At this time、the price of rice was set lower than the market value.
They was subjected to tax cuts without lowering land tax rate by it.
　
They were reluctant to make a precedent.
　
"Reduction of land tax rate."
The Tokugawa era was a precedent principle.
It may be lords did not want to make a precedent like that.
　
Of course this was a first aid.

After great famine until this restoration.
Population did not recover.
Such areas were also many.
　

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Debt from large merchants.
This case was many most.
　
And lords lost even the ability to pay interest on debt.
This also occurred frequently.
　
Then what happens?
　
They were not a company.
They were feudal lords.
　
"Eat and beat."
Merchants who had loans to lords.
They went bankrupt.
　
Of course，debt of lords did not disappear by it.
It was only lost the money to return the debt.
So lords looked for a new loan.

But they lost the trust from the merchant.
Conditions of the loan had become more and more severe.

Financial of lords became to deteriorate steadily.
　
　
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"During the five years.
Please downgrading our duty to ten thousand (koku).
Of course we will lower our income to that level.
We will pay the debt in its surplus.
And we will rebuild the lives of farmers."
Soma clan was submitted its petition to the Tokugawa regime.
　
This was the only Soma clan in the nation.
This was breaking the precedent.
　
The Tokugawa regime had approved this.