different warring states of japan

Chapter 1113 benevolent government to benevolent government

Since Echigo's army returned north to Numata, Yoshigin Shiba lived in the residence behind the castle tower of Numata Castle, and Terotora Uesugi found another courtyard in the city.

At this time, Yiyin was walking towards the meeting hall of Your Excellency Tianshou, with a group of people supporting him with one heart.

Before the evaluation of military merits, you should first discuss with the followers, so that you can know how much money you have, and you will have the confidence to reward you.

Outside the meeting hall, the left and right flags bowed and saluted, and then the sliding door opened, and the room was already full of two families, who kowtowed to the aisle in the middle.

"The Imperial Palace is safe."

Uesugi Terutora sat on the side of the main seat, bowing slightly.Yiyin strode forward, took the main seat on the other side, and sat down.

"Get up."

A group of Ji warriors sat upright and bowed again to Yiyin to show their respect.The two factions pursue a clear distinction, sitting on the left and right sides of the aisle.

On one side is the Uesugi Magistrates led by Naoe Ketsuna, and on the other is the Kanto Office headed by Okuma Asohide.Naoe Kanetsugu and Ishida Mitsunari, two adjutants, were at their sides.

Yoshigin and Uesugi Terutora greeted politely, and then said.

"Everyone is here, let's start the review. Which one of you will come first?"

Naoe Ketsuna and Okuma Asohide looked at each other, smiled at each other, Naoe Ketsuna came out and bowed, and said.

"Please show me the imperial platform."

Yiyin laughed.

"This time we went south to win a complete victory, and you also contributed a lot to the preparation of food, grass and armaments in the rear.

Boss Naoe, there is no need to be formal, I just ask how much the logistics supplies are consumed, is it more than expected? "

Naoe Ketsuna said.

"I would like to report to the two Highnesses that the JJ market is prosperous and the military supplies are abundant.

It's just that the Kanto drought has failed, and the harvest in Echigo is only about [-]% more than that of previous years. The gap in military rations is supplemented by the purchased rations stored in Naoetsu.

After the army went to battle, a large amount of military rations had been transferred to Numata.Now the amount of military rations that Numata leads is enough for the army here to survive the winter.

However, Zhijiangjin still has about [-] stones in stock. I would like to ask the two lords to show me how to deal with it. "

Yoshigin nodded, and glanced at Uesugi Terutora beside him, seeing her looking back at him also meant to ask.

Since the opening of the Hokuriku Road trade route, Naoetsu has gradually replaced the declining Sunpu Castle in the Tokaido, and has become the largest transshipment market in Kanto and Kansai. If you have money, you are not afraid of not being able to buy military supplies.

What really restricts the army to fight is the food. In the farming era, there is never enough food.

Before going south this time, Yiyin fought against all opinions and decided to buy grain to maintain military supplies, instead of going south to grab grain in Guanbazhou, which was also suffering from drought.

Using the Hokuriku Road trade route, they have purchased more than [-] shi of grain in various places in the Kanto region. After removing the wear and tear, the grain stored in the Naoetsu warehouse is about [-] shi.

Now that the war is over, Zhijiangjin still has [-] shi of food in reserve.

In the severe drought in Kanto, food is more precious than gold.No one dared to make a suggestion on how to deal with these grains, and the two lords had to make up their own minds.

Yoshigin didn't respond to Uesugi Terutoro's questioning eyes, but changed the subject and asked about something else.

"What is the situation of the tax rebate by the second public? Is there any dispute over the money and food returned to various places? Is there a shortage of money and food allocated to the water conservancy project?"

Naoe Ketsuna replied.

"The second public tax return group sent people from each family to discuss the distribution together, and each took it for his own use. So far, the Zhijiang Jinguan Office has not received any complaints, and there have been no problems for the time being.

The cost of water conservancy construction for the Echigo Plain is a fixed amount, which is administered by the general of the Kanto Service Office and supervised by Ina Chuji.

I didn't ask about specific matters, but I didn't receive any complaints from her, so there should be no problem, right? "

Naoe Ketsuna said, looking back at Ina Chuji who was sitting behind Okuma Asohide.

Ina Chuji came out and kowtowed to the ground, and said.

"I have been keeping an eye on the water conservancy plan of the Echigo Plain. The allocation of money and food is going smoothly, and I am also responsible for the construction of various places.

Before the first winter snow, ditches, reservoirs and other facilities in various places have completed their construction goals for this year.Now that the Echigo Plain is covered with snow, the next goal will not be launched for the time being. "

Yiyin nodded, very satisfied.

The second public tax rebate and water conservancy plan are the most important political achievements of his two years in Echigo.

The second public tax rebate was originally intended to replace part of the land tax burden with the Hokuriku Road trade route, and change the tax rate of the six publics and four people in Echigo to the four public and six people.

But because of the obstruction of the interest groups in Uesugi's family, he could only compromise in the end.Handing over the disputed two public money and grain to the second public tax rebate reviewers is another way to reduce the burden on the local government and give feedback to local construction.

The water conservancy plan was forced to be extended to a five-year period to reduce annual expenditures, and it was barely accepted by the Uesugi retainers.

In the final analysis, Yoshihiro has been in Echigo for the past two years, and he is playing games with Echigo's largest interest group, the Uesugi vassal group.

It is necessary to unite them and prevent them from excessively exploiting the peripheral warriors in Zhongxiayue.Pull these samurai who were bullied by Uesugi's retainers to his side and become his own strength.

This kind of behavior is the acquiescence of the powerful Uesugi Terutora to help Shiba Yoshiyin.Otherwise, if we change places, civil war will start early.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless there is one male and one female.

Because of Uesugi Terutoro's deliberate concession, the current Echigo duopolitics, the special political structure in which Uesugi's vassals and Kanto servants stand side by side, are united and united to go south to the eight prefectures.

In this world, there is no love for no reason.

Daxiong Chaoxiu, Honjo Shigengaku, these local samurai masters in Zhongxiayue, are willing to follow Shiba Yoshiyin.It was because he was able to stop the exploitation of these peripheral samurai by the Uesugi retainers.

Therefore, when it comes to internal governance, Yiyin's first concern is the tax rebate for the second public and the water conservancy plan.Whether these two benevolent policies run smoothly is related to his foundation in Echigo.

The result of the inquiry made him very satisfied, so Yoshihiro turned around and said to Uesugi Terutora.

"Your Highness Uesugi, I have some ideas about the strategy of Kanto, please advise."

Uesugi Terutora laughed.

"Don't dare to take it, I'm all ears."

Yi Yin nodded and said.

"This time I went south, I observed all the way.

Although the Guandong Plain is the largest plain among the sixty-six countries, the Guanba Prefecture has millions of stones high, and it is known as the capital of the king and hegemony.

However, after a hundred years of war, the water conservancy fell into disrepair, the people scattered, and droughts and floods continued.The title of being a king and overlord is really a bit vain. "

Uesugi Terutora nodded.

"No matter how good the land is, it cannot withstand such waste.

From the time when General Kanto and the Kyoto Shogunate turned against each other, the Kamakura Ashikaga family, the Ryouesugi family, and the Hojo family, heroes from all sides appeared in turn.

The good Kanto Plain has been tossed into a mess, and its vitality has been seriously injured. It is no longer the origin of the rich and powerful Kamakura royal family. "

Yi Yin said.

"Therefore, the strategy of Kanto should not be a battle for hegemony, but a just battle to help Guan Bazhou regain its vitality.

I want to gradually roll out the tax rebate and water conservancy plans for the second public in our Guanbazhou and Xinling. "

Uesugi Terutora was stunned for a moment, then looked at Shiba Yoshigin.At the beginning, he promoted these two benevolent policies in Echigo, but the trouble was ugly.

In the end, it was successful not because of any justice, but because Uesugi Terutora's fist was hard enough, and Uesugi's retainers swallowed their anger.

But Guanbazhou is different. The local samurai here are slippery and cunning, and the Hojo family is even more aggressive.

If something goes wrong, there will be big troubles in the internal and external cooperation, which is not good for the Kanto Raiders.

Uesugi Terutora hesitated.

"Mr. Kenshin, the land of Guanbazhou is not as good as Echigo. I'm not saying that these two benevolent policies are bad, but I'm just worried about the unacceptable environment."

Faced with Uesugi Terutoro's subtle dissuasion, Yoshihiro had his own ideas, he said.

"His Royal Highness Uesugi, for our Kanto strategy to be successful, the Hojo family is not the only enemy. The local samurai families in Kanbashu who are accustomed to being loose and disobedient are also a problem.

The famous families in the Kanto region don't think about making progress, and wantonly squeeze the place.Hojo Shiyasu used the benevolent government of four publics and six people to win over the grassroots of Guanbazhou, and used the tax reform to reduce the burden on the villages.

Have you ever wondered.

Hojo Ujiyasu will not make the mistake of Sano leader again. It is not that Hojo Ujimasa is young and impulsive, she does not easily fight a decisive battle with us, but instigates local samurai to oppose us, what should we do?
A sentence of four men and six people is worth thousands of troops.If we don't have corresponding benevolent policies and only rely on forceful suppression, it is still unknown whether we can enter the Guanbazhou and secure this place? "

"This.."

Uesugi Terutora's eyes flickered. Her military talent was outstanding. In the Echigo Kingdom, she was tyrannical and suppressed dissidents.

After Yiyin came, he helped her clean up the troubles in the three directions of Beixin, Xiayue, and Yuezhong, and united the interior of Echihou.Let her have no future troubles, and concentrate on going south to the eight states.

Therefore, she has never suffered a lot, and she is somewhat disapproving of the benevolent government that Yiyin said.

But Yiyin knew how troublesome the old fox Hojo Shiyasu was.

He is going back to Japan soon, and he doesn't know that Uesugi Terutoro has the obsession to prove himself.He thought that Echigo's army would work for at least one or two years and would not launch a new major offensive.

In a relatively peaceful situation, the Hojo family's four men and six people, the tax reform, is a very lethal soft confrontation.

The famous families in Guan Bazhou have long been rotten, and the lower class has been exploited to the point of suffocation.

If Hojo Shiyasu is allowed to use it, she can immediately make most of the Musashi country go back by shouting the slogan of "four men and six people".

Don't think that the bigwigs of the famous family can stop this situation. Isn't it rare for the retainers to beg the governor with a knife?
Tax collection is always the most important thing for a regime, but the problem is how to collect it.

In ancient times, unlike modern times, most fiscal revenues were actually military expenditures.Without money, there is no army and no political power.

In the cycle of chaos in the celestial dynasty, when the country was founded, there was a lot of land and a small population.As long as they are willing to farm and have children, the imperial court will support it, and the imperial court's tax revenue mainly comes from poll tax and labor.

But with the development of the dynasty, the land was merged, and it began to become more populated and less landed.At this time, the tax revenue was not enough to maintain the increasingly bloated ruling group, and the imperial court hoped to supplement it with land tax and property tax.

The poor have no land and no money, and they will rebel if they charge too much.To raise taxes, it is better to pay for land and property owned by the rich.

But the question is, can you collect this tax money if you want?The failure of the reform is Wang Anshi, half of the success is Zhang Juzheng, anyway, the whole family will die in the future.

Japanese samurai are somewhat different from the Celestial Dynasty.

Taxation by the Celestial Dynasty may seem light, but it is actually heavy.The imperial court wants one copy, and the subordinates want ten copies.For those who eat public meals, how can there be any reason to fill the court and starve yourself?
However, the Japanese samurai family enfeoffed the land and collected their own taxes, as much as they should, and there were very few middlemen to make the difference.

But the samurai family also has its own troubles, because the annual battles are too expensive, and the people at the bottom cannot bear such toss, and the resistance is one after another.

When Xiaowu's family goes to the countryside to collect taxes, they must bring all their troops and equipment.If you dare to take a few less people with you, the cunning woman in the village will dare to kill you and hang the street lamp.It's called collecting taxes, and most of them rely on robbery. This is really poor and crazy.

The eight prefectures have been fighting all the year round, and the tax rate of six publics and four people is the basic configuration, and some people directly receive seven publics and three people directly.But the eight publics and the two people are rare, because the retainer group is about to rebel.

The most powerful thing about Hojo's family is not that her family can fight.The internal political management presided over by Hojo Ujiyasu controlled the tax rate within the Hojo family to four publics and six citizens, and gradually spread it to the outer territories.

Moreover, in addition to the basic land tax, there is also a unified standard of dongbei tax, suspension money, and labor tax, which is similar to poll tax and additional tax, which has lightened the burden on the grassroots.

The lower level of the samurai family benefited from the Hojo family, and even if the upper-level famous families hated it, they could only follow the Hojo family most of the time.

This is what Yiyin said about benevolent government.

Village women and common people are not considered human beings, but the local servants in the village are the foundation of the Wu family.Without their support, where would the lord collect taxes?How many faces can you recognize in the village?
If the war subsides, Echigo has no corresponding benevolence policy strategy to keep up.

Hojo Shiyasu only needs to say "four men and six people", and the local servants in the ten miles and eight villages will force the governor with a knife, forcing her to return to the warm embrace of Hojo's house.

The governor refuses?Kill him, and replace him with an obedient house governor.It's a traditional skill of martial arts.

This was a spontaneous behavior from the bottom up. Even if Uesugi Terutora marched in and forced the samurai to surrender, they would rebel again in a few days.

Violent suppression is useless. This is not a matter of political stance, but an economic matter of food and survival.

Seeing that Terutora Uesugi didn't care, Shiba Yoshigin sighed inwardly.Terotora Uesugi is superstitious about force, which is her biggest flaw as a rich second generation.The capital is too thick, and the self-esteem is very high.

But she is really kind to Yiyin, and they have been together for more than two years, except that they haven't slept together, they are already very close.There is another system task, the sword of Damocles, hanging high above.

Yoshigin is unwilling and impossible to abandon Terutora Uesugi, so he can only rack his brains to obtain her approval and cooperation.

He said.

"The second public tax rebate and water conservancy plan will not be fully rolled out to the eight states, but will only be used in the new areas that we have secured.

In addition, I want to melt those plate armors into steel ingots, and then transport the Naoetsu eight thousand stone grain.

Use this batch of steel and food to help the new collars of Guanbashu, and those Guanbashu samurai who are close to us, to survive the famine.

This can be exchanged for the concession of the two benevolent policies by the local samurai in the new territory, and the support of the samurai in Guanbazhou for us. "

Yoshigin's idea is still Echigo's old way, to give some sweetness in exchange for the cooperation of the local samurai.

(End of this chapter)