The Ancient Japanese Good-Family Clans and Piracy (3-2) ——“Goko” or Belligerent Hire (2)——

When government servants attached to a government department A were employed by another government department B, the employment was called “wa-ko”, literally contract hire. When neighborhood people were employed by a government department, the employment was called “wa-ko” too. Basically, “wa-ko” was the employ on compact between an employer and an employee with, sometimes but unnecessarily, better pay. If “wa-ko” was forcibly practiced by someone like central noble families or temples, the employment was called “go-ko, belligerent hire.