Official rice mixed - Kanto Kongo

...The reason why the term taize (large tax), which had been used interchangeably with shozei (right tax) from this period onwards, is almost completely out of use seems to be related to the completion of the mixing of official rice and rice. A few years after the mixing of official rice and rice, shozei (right tax) underwent a further major institutional change. First, in 744, 40,000 bundles were allocated from shozei (right tax) to each province, and 20,000 bundles were donated each to provincial temples and nunneries, with the interest collected being used to build new temples. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "official rice mixing" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この時期を境に従来正税と混用されていた大税という表現がほとんど使われなくなるのは，官稲の混合が完了したことと関係しているようである。　官稲混合の数年後，正税はさらに大きな制度的な改変をうける。まず744年に正税から国別に4万束が割り取られ国分寺･尼寺に各2万束が施入され，出挙した利息を造寺用に充てるという処置がとられる。…

※「官稲混合」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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