Furthermore, foot soldiers who returned to faming were given goshi` (rural samurai) status and as such were permitted use a surname and wear swords as well as guard province borders and to patrol frontier areas..
また、足軽を帰農させ軽格の「郷士」として苗字帯刀を許し、国境・辺境警備に当たらせた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
In reflection of a massive influx of peasants from farming villages to Edo, Tadakuni issued the 'Hito gaeshi-rei' (a law to return peasants to their villages) to reconstruct faming villages, and also banned luxury goods and reinforced tighter discipline on public morals in order to rehabilitate the city which was loosened up during the Ogosho Period.
農村から多数農民が逃散して江戸に流入している状況に鑑み、農村復興のため人返し令を発し、弛緩した大御所時代の風を矯正すべく奢侈禁止・風俗粛正を命じた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス