The reconstruction of Sakamoto Castle Town was very fast. With the cooperation of Ariana Taigong and Hida Gong, the castle town was demolished in half a month. Many tents provided by the Kira family were set up near Sakamoto Port. These tents were from last year's war. After the war, it was thrown into the warehouse and taken out to house the residents of Sakamoto Port, which can be considered as using the remaining heat.
The newly built town will have a main road every twenty kan, which is divided into modules of twenty kan horizontally and vertically, just in line with the castle town. At the same time, a six-kan wide street is left as the main road, and at the same time, Sakamoto The side of the port close to the shore of Lake Biwa is planned as a port town, responsible for the handling and transfer of cargo terminals.
Other towns with various weird names, such as Shang Town, Job Town, Min Town, Hanamachi, Funamachi, etc., were spread out one after another. Because the plan became bigger and bigger, there were overruns, and the total budget required an extra thousand kanmon. It was implemented smoothly. In the words of Fujitaka Hosokawa, if you spend more now, you will collect more taxes later, so Yoshitoki Kira agreed without saying anything.
The smooth implementation of the Sakamoto Raku City Ordinance and the Sakamoto Port Town Reconstruction Ordinance had a huge impact on the merchants in Sakamoto Port. The former legally severed the basis for their survival. As an artificial middle layer between the lords and the town residents, their existence was originally It is illegal, and the Kira family's decree endorses it, so it is natural that the townspeople will no longer listen to the calls of the merchants.
The latter's blow was more thorough. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the reconstruction of Sakamoto Port, the town residents and merchants were completely separated into two places. With the mobilization of the administrative officer, they recruited and recruited people on the spot to build a new town. Attracted by the strong vitality exuded by the nearby castle town, , the townspeople were quickly attracted by the pie painted by the Kira family. How could the zashou defeat the lord with military power, not to mention that Kira Yoshitoki was now a famous general all over the world, they could only knock off their teeth. And swallow blood.
Ninagawa, who is a general minister, is only 19 years old now. He cooperates with Fujitaka Hosokawa, who is only 18 years old, to plan the entire castle town. He is also responsible for supervising the construction. Although he failed to go to the battlefield and make meritorious service, he was promoted to an official position. He lived a very happy life during this year. He worked hard every day to make a city grow bigger and stronger in his hands, and finally gained a new life. This gave him a full sense of accomplishment, which was more interesting than going into battle and beheading people. many.
In contrast, the 25-year-old Odate Harutada is much more troublesome as the tax enforcer. He is responsible for collecting taxes and fees to replenish the government treasury. The most important tax collection is Duanqian, which is collected from farmers. To pay for the grain levy, some fishermen who do not farm have to calculate the value of the fish and shrimp. Not only that, they also have to find someone to sell the fish and shrimp as soon as possible, otherwise the tax will be in vain.
Taxation has always been a troublesome matter, and disputes with local farmers and landowners often arise because of taxation. The farmers have no money and just want to hand over the food. However, the food grown by each household is different. Some grow more rice but less miscellaneous grains. Some do the opposite, while others do not grow grain but plant vegetables, fruits, mulberry trees, etc. All of these must be determined one by one and the tax payment must be determined one by one, and then summarized by category. Those that are not suitable for storage must be sold immediately.
Not only that, he also has to collect building-specific money, which is a kind of house tax. The tax is levied according to the size of the house. The more houses there are, the more the tax will be paid. This tax is relatively easy to collect. The houses in the countryside are basically owned by farmers. For the houses you build yourself, the price per building is to check how much tax you pay for each house. Farmers usually do not reserve copper coins, so this is a troublesome matter.
Taxation is a hard job. It is really not easy to travel back and forth between the two prefectures of Shiga Takashima. Before this, Odate Harutada had to resist all the taxation by himself, but after Mitsui Toraka took charge of the prosecution, he was able to do it.
It's much easier to handle. The land inspector just talks about land issues with farmers in the countryside. With the help of this experienced land inspector, the work he has to do is reduced by half. Considering the practical difficulties of taxation, Kira Yoshishi
They were also specifically allowed to call on underground people in the countryside to assist in the collection of taxes.
One year younger than Odate Harutada, Matsui Yukan, who is only 24 years old this year, serves as a town official who is more capable than him. He is good at planning and proficient in arithmetic, especially the use of abacus, which has just been introduced to Japan a few years ago.
He also has a unique skill, which is the abacus with both hands, and he can do all kinds of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division very quickly with his fingers.
What's even more outrageous is that he has the ability to multi-task. While looking at the accounts, he can report the accurate figures with both hands on the abacus. All he needs is a person with a minor surname to record each set of figures in categories. Kira Yoshitoki once took Yamaoka Tokiyoshi out of curiosity
I watched it once, and even a group of friends were shocked by the scene.
However, as Hosokawa Fujitaka promoted the reconstruction of the castle town, Matsui Tomokane increasingly found that he was a little too busy doing two things. When he found Kira Yoshi again: "Master, please transfer His Highness Ina to help!
The work of building the city has been completed, and it is really a waste of talents to let His Highness Ina serve as a sinecure."
"No problem, I'm just about to tell you that since our family has returned to Sakamoto Castle, Fujitaka's position as castle representative has been removed and he will be appointed as the head of the family. His specific duties remain unchanged and he will become the head of the executive officer. Your position will also be changed.
According to the adjustment, the new position is the city affairs administrator, who is responsible for formulating finances and tax statistics, and assisting in the design and implementation of government affairs. Since you mentioned the Tadashi family, when he is dissolved, you will be the town administrator!"
"Yes! I understand! I also have a private request, please allow the master to allow my younger brother Shinzaburo Nobuyuki to serve in the Kira family."
"Oh! Is he the youngest of your three brothers? I remember meeting him once. He must have just turned twenty this year! Since he is your brother, he must also have good talents in government affairs! I have approved it!" Kira Yoshitoki
After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Let him be the first executive officer of the money house!"
Matsui Yuxian was very smart, knowing that he was tied to the Kira family ship, so he looked for opportunities to recommend his brother to be the person in charge of implementing the money order in Kyoto, and now he brought his younger brother who had just joined the shogunate to become an official in the Kira family, which was equivalent to
Tying one's own family to the big ship of the Kira family is the most typical political speculation in Japan's Warring States Period.
In early February, Kyoto's money order was promoted in full swing. Different from the previous money order issued by the shogunate, this time's law was also combined with the newly established money house in Kyoto. The designated place where the money was exchanged for Ju money and Yongle money was required.
Some well-connected Kyoto wealthy businessmen had already found out that the Kira family was behind this money house, so this unremarkable decree suddenly became heated.
It is worth mentioning that Yanagisawa Motomasa was appointed as the head of the Kyoto Zeniya. This gentleman was from the Yanagihara family of the Hino family branch of the Fujiwara Kita family. His father Yanagihara Shinemon Harumasa once appeared at the shogunate's official meeting.
, and also had a brief conversation with Kira Yoshitoki. This Yanagihara Harumasa served Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Ashikaga Yoshito for two generations.
Yanagihara Harumasa was loyal to two generations of the shogunate. When his son Yanagihara Motomasa was in the Yuan Dynasty, he officially changed the name of Miao to Yanagi Zai. This also showed to the outside world that their clan would firmly transform into samurai and serve the shogunate. Yanagihara
Harumasa joined the shogunate as a samurai, which was actually a trick the Hino family came up with to strengthen their bond with the shogunate.
The Hino family has had the wives of many shoguns, many of whom are famous figures, such as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's two wives, Hino Yasuko and Hino Yasuko, Ashikaga Yoshinori's wife Hino Eiko, and Ashikaga Yoshitsune's.
The main wife, Hino Muneko, the side wife, Hino Shigeko, and Hino Tomiko, who caused the Onin Rebellion.
Their family rose to prominence because the emperor, as the head of the Chimei-in, approached the ministers and asked for the declaration of the academy for Ashikaga Takauji. As the Ashikaga family became the generals who conquered the barbarians, they became associated with many generals and became famous for a while. However, since the ancestors of the clan, Ashikaga Yoshiharu
After marrying the daughter of the Konoe family, the Hino family began to be neglected, which is why their family came here with a mission.
Yanagisawa Motomasa, who just served in the Yuan Dynasty, cherished this appointment very much and worked very hard. He often traveled between Kyoto and Sakamoto with the materials for writing money orders. His father told him a simple truth: work down-to-earth and look for opportunities.
We must seize it, so when Kira Yoshito proposed writing money orders and money house official affairs at Nijo Imperial Palace, Yanasawa Motomasa volunteered to take over the job.
Compared with working as a valet beside the general and slowly gaining qualifications, being appreciated by Kira Yoshitoki and appointed as an executive officer is a shortcut. Now the whole Kyoto knows that Kira Yoshitoki is a popular person in the imperial court and the shogunate, and he can climb up his tree.
Big trees will definitely be of immeasurable help to the future.
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PS: Yanasawa Motomasa is a historical figure, but in history, he is just soy sauce. Most of the shogunate became soy sauce. This is related to the great tragedy of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. The third update is very unfortunate. Please collect it, click and recommend.
