Yiyin is very interested in the food stamp system proposed by Daxiong Chaoxiu.
The annuity distribution of the Sibo Zhong Fund will be fully launched in Sibo Ling in various places in the next few years.
This time, Yiyin personally watched the annuity payment of Si Bo Ling in recent days in Duowen Mountain City, and the ladies were awe-inspiring, so it was in good order.
But in the future, there will be more and more places to distribute food, including Kanto, Owari, and other places in Japan. Yoshihiro cannot keep an eye on them.
If some of the Ji warriors below use their brains, do some tricks in the distribution and transportation, and turn the benevolent government that Yiyin has worked so hard to manage into a bad government, he will not be able to cry.
But Daxiong Chaoxiu proposed a method of issuing food stamps, which made Yiyin's eyes light up.
If the form of food stamp issuance can be realized, only a transit granary needs to be established in various places in Spoland, and the local Sbo family warriors can use the food stamps to exchange for annuity grain.
This eliminates new problems caused by too many intermediate links, such as wastage and corruption, and also makes it easier to send people to supervise and manage.
Yiyin looked at Daxiong Chaoxiu with a much softer look in his eyes. She is a talented person, and it would be better to tap it.
Da Xiong Chao Xiu felt a little relieved when he saw Yi Yin's approval. Da Zang Chang'an, who was standing beside him, had a calm expression on his face, but it was unknown what was going on in his mind.
Ina Chuji was a little distracted, thinking about the specific contents of the first phase of the Tone River diversion project. Both the funds and the construction site needed to be carefully considered.
She ignored the secret rivalry between Da Xiong Chao Xiu and Da Zang Changan. She was an expert in water conservancy and it would be difficult for her to climb to the top management position.
But her talents have already been recognized in Yiyin's heart, and the top leaders will not allow others to bully her at will, and their stance has become increasingly aloof.
The three beauties each had their own thoughts, and the audience slowly came to an end.
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After Sanji left, Yoshiyin sat on the main seat with his eyes closed and meditative. Kamao Clan walked in softly and bowed.
"Lord."
Yiyin opened his eyes and asked.
"What's up?"
"Naoe Ketsuna and Naoe Kanetsugu are here, hoping to see my lord."
Yiyin smiled and said.
"The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came so quickly. They seem to be in a hurry."
Naoe Keetsuna is an important minister of the Uesugi family, a leader of the family, and an old minister who has been with the master's family since the time of the Nagao family in the house. Naoe Kanetsugu is her daughter-in-law, and inherits the famous family business.
This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are the pro-Shiba faction of the Uesugi family, because the interests of the Naoe family are too closely tied to the Shiba family.
Naoe Keizuna was the leader of the Uesugi Order on the Hokurikudo Trade Route. Naoe Kanetsugu was in charge of the Naoe Jinkan Office and was directly in contact with the Kanto Official Office.
To put it simply, the Naoe family was the negotiator for the Uesugi family's cooperation with the Kanto Sheriff's Office. They reaped dividends when the two families cooperated to develop the Houriku Road trade route and the Echigo duopoly took shape.
Therefore, the relationship between Naoe's mother-in-law and Yoshihiro Shiba is too deep. Once the Echigo duopoly political cooperation collapses, the Naoe family will suffer heavy losses.
They must have received the news as soon as Yoshiyin arrived at Naojiangjin. However, the third concubine from the Kantō Service Office had gone to see him first, so it was inconvenient for them to come.
As soon as San Ji left, they asked to come in. They were holding a stopwatch, which showed how anxious they were.
Yiyin smiled and said.
"Shixiang, please sit down first. I have something to tell you."
Pushengshixiang said hesitantly.
"The two Naoe-sama?"
Yiyin shook his head and said.
"Let them dry out first, there's no need to rush."
Naoe's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have made huge profits in the past two years. The explosive expansion of the Hokurikudo trade route has rocketed the Naoe family's status in the Uesugi retainers, and they have gained a lot of money and power.
Because Uesugi Teruhora left alone, the Kanto strategy fell short. There was a lot of resentment at the Kanto service office, and rumors spread in Echigo's country.
Yoshigan came back this time to protect Terutora Uesugi with all his heart, and to suppress Ohumo Asahide was to suppress the anti-Uesugi faction within the Kanto Palace.
However, Terutora Uesugi was preoccupied with counterattack and had already begun to prepare to send troops to the Sano Territory. This was not in line with Yoshinoki's new strategy of peacefully transforming Kanhachi, which values peace as the most important thing.
Yoshigan needs supporters within the Uesugi family to help him convince Uesugi Teruhora to give up his thoughts on military conquest.
Naoe's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were in charge of the Uesugi Shokyo School and Naoe Jinguan Office. They were the biggest beneficiaries of the cooperation between Shiba and Uesugi and were the help he needed.
The more he hopes to get the support of the other party, the more he has to appear calm and unhurried to facilitate negotiations. Therefore, Yiyin first used his identity to cool off the two of them in order to seize the initiative in subsequent meetings.
When the Lord spoke, Pu Sheng's village naturally obeyed the order and sat down respectfully.
Yiyin looked at her and said.
"Spo and others followed me around, which was very hard.
Daxiong Chaoxiu asked me for instructions just now, saying that the people of Yue Yutai wanted to change their dietary welfare and instead directly distribute brown rice of equivalent value.
Tongxinzhong also enjoys the same treatment as Yutai people, do you think the concubines under your command can accept it?"
Pu Sheng's Township Thought Road.
"The delicious food and benefits provided by the Guandong Waiting House really make all the concubines grateful.
However, there was a severe drought in Guandong, and all the relatives and friends of Zhu Ji's family suffered from hunger. They were indeed intolerable and could not eat the delicacies gifted by their lord.
In fact, in the past two years, the Tongxin people have followed the Lord and rarely stayed in one place. Food benefits have long been paid by Daxiong Chaoxiu on a daily basis, and white rice or five times the amount of brown rice is regularly withdrawn.
This time, Mr. Daxiong Chaoxiu just wants to change the custom into a clear rule. I think it is feasible, and all the concubines will be grateful for your consideration."
Yiyin nodded and said.
"It's really hard for these half-grown girls to follow me.
The royal welfare of ten shi of brown rice per year and the Spozhong Foundation annuity of six shi of brown rice should be enough to repay their efforts."
Pu Sheng's village fell to the ground and kowtowed, saying:
"My lord Tian'en, sixteen shi of brown rice a year, the harvest is guaranteed despite droughts and floods. This is a blessing that they will never be able to cultivate in several lifetimes."
When serving as an official in the Wu family, a low-level warrior will receive a salary of thirty stones. After meritorious service, there will be additional favors, an increase in salary and a place of knowledge and practice. It may seem like a generous salary, but in fact it is not enough.
The Ji Samurai's job salary includes self-raised armaments, swords, guns, belts, bows, and arrows. The purchase and maintenance of war horses will eat up most of the job salary. Ji Ji warriors who have knowledge and practice are also responsible for the military food service.
After careful calculation, the wages of the middle and lower class Ji warriors are not enough to feed the whole family. Many samurai families have to go to the fields to cultivate the land and participate in labor.
As for the welfare of Sibo Tongxin, it is the net income in addition to wages. One person can enjoy sixteen shi of brown rice from hard-core crops, but thousands of shi of land may not necessarily lead a happy life like them.
A Ji warrior's annual ration is almost two dan, and half of that for her husband and children. Sixteen dan of brown rice is enough for the whole family to live a life without worries about food and clothing, not to mention the military merits and rewards of Zhixing.
Yiyin smiled.
"Before, I asked you and Tongxinzhong to prepare to take on greater responsibilities. Tongxinzhong will definitely expand its organization in the future.
The newly promoted Tongxinzhongji warriors can just get a share of the Shiba Zhong fund and no longer enjoy the benefits of being a member of the imperial family.
If everyone in the Guandong Public Service Office received a benefit, I’m afraid it would really bring down the Guandong Public Service Office.”
Kamousojigo nodded to express his understanding.
Previously, Yi Bank had serious talks with the Kamo clan in recent days. He gave the selection power of the Shiba family to the Kamo clan and gave the supervisory power of the Shiba Tadashi Fund to Ii Naomasa.
These two powers are too great and their tasks are too heavy. The expansion of the Tongxinzhong is imminent. As long as the Hamo clan comes up with a complete set of selection regulations, the number of Tongxinzhong will usher in a wave of expansion.
After the reorganization, Tongxinzhong is not only a close guard of the Yi Bank, but also a central core affiliated with the Yi Bank. Its functions include talent selection, financial supervision, ideological training, and official dispatch.
The Sibo Territory is more like local military districts scattered throughout the country, and the Sibo retainer regiments in various places are local warlords of various sizes.
From then on, Tongxinzhong was the central army of Yiyin, an important tool used to check and balance the local military regions and maintain his supreme power.
The game between the central army and the local army will happen sooner or later.
Therefore, the number of Tongxinzhong will not be small, and even personnel will be deployed in and out, becoming an area where the central and local governments interpenetrate each other.
Yoshigan needs to pick up the original Doshins, namely the Kanto Loli Sects headed by Kamao clan and Ii Naomasa, before the Doshins expand, to form the Central Army within the Central Army.
He proposed that the number of Tongxin people who can enjoy the benefits of the Kanto Palace can only be limited to the current quota. This is what he meant.
On the one hand, each person has ten stones of brown rice per year. After the Tongxinzhong expanded, there were too many people, and the Kanto Palace could not afford to support them.
On the other hand, it also elevates the status of Lolita who enjoy this treatment in a disguised manner and assumes greater responsibilities.
Kamojigo clearly understood, she said.
"What the Lord said is that this rule must be settled early. The number of Tongxinzong who enjoys the benefits of the Kanto Palace is limited to the current thirty people, and there will be no increase."
Yiyin nodded.
"We are all of the same mind. If the first movers get extra benefits, it always seems unfair and will make the latecomers unconvinced.
Let's do this, select the most loyal personnel among the Tongxin people to form a secretariat, responsible for the core affairs. The number of personnel is thirty, and the current Tongxin Princess warriors will temporarily serve.
I trust those girls under your command. They will all be reused in the future, and they cannot stay in the secretariat forever.
You have time to plan for the subsequent secretariat selection mechanism, so that newcomers can have hope of promotion."
Kamojigo nodded.
This is Yiyin’s latest instruction on Tongxinzhong’s future plans.
The outer circle of Tongxinzhong is the buffer zone for talent circulation between the central and local governments, and the inner circle of the secretariat is the trusted confidant carefully cultivated by Yiyin.
The outer circle observes and the inner circle selects to form a benign mechanism to cultivate reliable talents who are loyal to the Central Committee of SPO, and finally decentralize the SPO leadership to check and balance local forces.
Yiyin has been sold repeatedly for three or four years in these troubled times, and it finally gained some experience.
Through the strategy of occupying the magpie's nest, the Sibo Zhong Foundation, and the Wu Family Principles Promotion Association, they use blood ties, interests, and righteousness to bind the internal, middle, and outer Wu family groups from relatives to strangers, and promote a new path for the rejuvenation of the Wu family.
The Sibo family then built the Tongxinzhong into a central authority to form a positive interaction and dynamic balance with the local forces in the Sibo territory.
In the end, a new type of samurai interest group will be built with Shiba Yiyin as the core, bloodline occupying various places, central leadership of local areas, grassroots warriors sharing benefits, and having a righteous name to the outside world.
Yiyin thought for a long time and took a deep breath. If the Shiba family can really be like this, he can relax a little and won't be tricked everywhere anymore, right?
He said to Kamao clan.
"It's almost time. Bring Naoe Keetsuna and Naoe Kanetsugu to the tea room. They should be waiting in a hurry."
"Hi!"
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In the tea room, Yiyin watched the tea masters perform with relish.
In fact, he doesn't understand this so-called elegant art at all, but this tea man is quite handsome, and he tries his best to show off his coquettishness, and the visual effect is good.
Naoe's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were anxious and impatient but had to patiently accompany him to watch the tea, finally waited until the tea master presented the tea soup and bowed to leave.
Yiyin picked up the cup of tea and said slowly.
"Naoejin seems to be getting more and more prosperous, and the level of these tea people is almost catching up with the cultural people in Kyoto."
Naoe Keizuna complimented.
"This is all because Tsutado-den opened up the Hokurikudo trade route, benefiting all people and making immeasurable merit.
There has been a lot of construction in Naoetsu in the past two years, and it has also attracted many cultural people to live in the port town. It is indeed becoming more and more lively."
Yiyin smiled.
"The Hokuriku Road Trade Road was built by everyone's concerted efforts, and I just used my words.
The merchants along the way were willing to give me a little bit of help, and with the help of a man as talented and virtuous as Mr. Naoe Keizuna, the prosperity of the Hokuriku Road trade route was made possible.
This time I came from Sakai Port, and I saw prosperous trading towns along the way, and cargo ships swarmed in droves, making great progress with each passing day.
Takada Yono said that the number of caravans participating in the Hokuriku Road this year is more than the previous two years combined. Seeing the multi-million-scale market taking shape, both Shiba and Uesugi have benefited a lot."
Even though Naoe Keizuna was extremely anxious, he was moved by the scene described by Yoshigami and couldn't help but nodded.
"Yes, the income from the Hokurikudo trade route has exceeded the land income of Echigo country.
If we continue to operate well for a few more years, even if we include gold, silver, sesame, salt and other resources in Echigo, it will not be as profitable as Hokurikudo's business profits."
Yiyin sighed.
"Yes, this is the result of the hard work of the Shiba Uesugi family. We must work together to protect and cherish this hard-won good life.
Mr. Naojiang, tell me, is this true?"
Naoe Keetsuna was defeated by Yoshigan with his backhand, leaving him speechless.
As the direct handler of the Hokurikudo trade route, the Naoe family has made a lot of money in the past two years. Moreover, because of its control over the Uesugi Bodhisattva and the Naoe Jinguan Office, it is valued by the Uesugi retainers.
With all the dignity and respect, power and status greatly increased, who wouldn’t cherish such a good life?
However, Terutora Uesugi, the master, acted arbitrarily and did not listen to advice at all.
She single-handedly messed up the Kanto strategy, and dissent ran rampant within the Kanto service. Shiba Yiyin rushed back at this time, and all fools knew that he was here to investigate.
Yoshihiro Saba returned to Kogo last winter, and within half a year he overthrew the Rokkaku and Miyoshi families, raised a new Ashikaga shogun in Kyoto, and restored the operation of the shogunate.
The people in Kanto don't know how powerful Oda Nobunaga is, and most people give the credit for the re-establishment of the shogunate to Yoshihiro Shiba.
Coupled with the white flag of Hachiman Tainiang in his hand, it further deified his personal image of being invincible, benevolent, righteous and courteous.
Facing Yoshigan Shiba, who was revered as a god by the Kanto samurai, even if he just complained politely to Naoe Keetsuna, it made Naoe Keetsuna feel even more pressured.