different warring states of japan

Chapter 1509 The Trend of Issuing Food Coupons indiscriminately

In the meeting hall, Yoshihiro listened absently to Ishida Mitsunari's report, and looked at Li Huazuo who was sitting next to him from time to time.

Her expression was indifferent, like an ice doll without emotion.Yiyin didn't know what the behavior of last night was in her heart.

Looking at her cold expression, Yi Yin recalled Jill's warmth as if it was burned last night.Between ice and fire, he couldn't help suspecting that he was just having an unrealistic dream.

Until Ishida Mitsunari called softly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Yiyin came back to his senses and said with a smile.

"Where did we go?"

Ishida Mitsunari bowed.

"The summer annuities have all been distributed in the form of food stamps, and the granaries in Siboling in the three places still have enough food for the time being.

However, His Highness Oda has closed the Lake Biwa waterway, the Hokuriku Road trade route has been interrupted, and the grain delivery to the granaries in the three places has to be stopped.

You see, with regard to the annuity distribution in winter, will it continue as usual? "

Yiyin said solemnly.

"It must be sent as usual, no matter how tense the war is, we must not send one less."

The Shiba organization represents Yoshigin's favor to the samurai under his command, and promises to share the income of the Shiba family with all Shiba retainers. This is also the biggest reason why Shibaji samurai is loyal to him.

With hard-core crops that guarantee harvests during droughts and floods, the middle and lower classes of the Spocky Warriors are far richer and more stable than ordinary Samurai groups.

The benefit of six shi a year does not seem to be a big number, and the lowest rank of official career has a salary of [-] shi.

However, warrior Ji who has become an official needs to undertake military service and armaments. The maintenance of swords and guns alone is not a small sum.

Therefore, for the middle and lower class Ji warriors, the six stones of welfare food can ensure that she and her family will not be starved to death, and have the most basic decency.

The lowest need of human beings is to survive, and all ideas, dignity, and pursuits are based on solving the most basic needs of survival.

In this medieval samurai society, Yoshigin did not have the guts to learn from Oda Nobunaga to break the class ceiling and use a larger civilian class for his own use.

Things that undermine the interests of the ruling class are fun to do, and die quickly.Yi Yin carefully and moderately adjusted, and his actions were always within the tolerance range of the Wu Family Group.

Improve the living environment of the middle and lower-level Hime Samurai, and give the middle and lower-level Hime Samurai a chance to rise. Although this also offends the high-level Samurai, it is much gentler than Oda Nobunaga's innovation.

High-ranking samurai take less, middle and lower-level Ji samurai take more, and the entire samurai group will be more united and more powerful to suppress civilians ten times its own, achieving the goal of long-term stability.

And the support of Yiyin by Ji warriors in the middle and lower classes is also an important reason why he claims to be the patron saint of the warrior family and his prestige is getting higher and higher.

Fight hard, and everyone will only be afraid of you.Give benefits, and everyone will love you.

Therefore, no matter how expensive and troublesome this war is, the pension benefits of the Sibo family cannot be stopped.

This model project is a big cake that Yoshihiro painted for samurai all over the world. It is a key part of Yoshihiro's construction of Shiba's soft power, and an important reference for Shiba's image as a beacon of samurai leadership.

The annuity is distributed twice a year, three stones each in summer and winter.After the reform of the food stamp system, the annuity payment has been completely changed to food stamps.

Takada Yono accelerated the three economic plans, completed the monetization of food stamps, and was desperately printing food stamps. Ishida Mitsunari had no shortage of food stamps.

The problem is that the logistics are interrupted, and the grain stored in the granaries in various places cannot keep up with the number of food coupons. If there is a panic run because of the lack of food, it will be a big trouble.

The food stamps in the hands of Yono Takada can be deposited in the stocks of the Hokuriku Road Commercial Road, and can be deposited in the sale of Sibo Real Estate. In the short term, there is no need to worry about the large-scale exchange of food stamps impacting the market.

Ishida Mitsunari has a demand for hard cash for the welfare food stamps issued to Shiba's retainers. She must ensure that the food stamps in the hands of the retainers can be exchanged for food, otherwise what is the difference between food stamps and waste paper?
In retaliation for Yoshigin's hostile actions, Oda Nobunaga had already shut down Lake Biwa water transportation, which resulted in the Hokuriku Road trade route being forced to close early this year after only operating in the spring and autumn.

Yiyin is raising supplies and dispatching troops to prepare for a decisive battle with Oda Nobunaga next year.

Oda Nobunaga is also desperately trying to extinguish the Ichikui that keep coming and going in his own territory, and he wants to clean up the rear before the decisive battle with Yoshigin.

Both Shiba and Oda have actually acquiesced in a decisive battle next year, and it is impossible to open the Hokuriku Road trade route before the end of the war.

As the person in charge of the Shibazhong Fund, Ishida Mitsunari couldn't sit still.

Takada Yono can put all the responsibility for this year's operating loss on Oda Nobunaga, and stop paying dividends on the grounds that the Hokuriku Road business route has been cut off, so as to delay the future for shareholders.

It seems that the severance of the Hokuriku Road business route has caused great harm. In fact, Takada Yono is secretly engaged in financial realization, and she may earn more this year.

But Mitsunari Ishida couldn't play the trick of tearing down the east wall to pay the west wall. On her side, it was all hard cash and hard demand. Shiba's retainers wanted to exchange food stamps for food and go home for dinner.

Welfare food stamps can't be exchanged for food, if Samurai Sibolingji samurai gets into trouble because of this, how can she explain to Yiyin?
During the war, troubles broke out and the morale of the army was shaken. Even if Yi Yin cut off her head, everyone would applaud and no one would speak up for her.

Therefore, Mitsunari Ishida had to report and let Yiyin decide what to do with the follow-up benefits.

Ishida Mitsunari smiled wryly.

"Your Majesty, how many food stamps do you want.

But now that the Hokuriku Road trade route has been cut off, Lord Yono Takada and Lord Okuma Asohide are desperately collecting military rations to meet the needs of next year's war. There is not much food that I can buy.

Now, the granaries in Siboling in the three places are unable to replenish their grain reserves due to the interruption of logistics. Even if they can move this winter, they will not be able to survive the beginning of next spring.

During the busy season of farming in spring, everyone has to eat enough to be able to work hard, and the exchange of food stamps will definitely increase greatly.

The granary will be completely empty before the next wave of annuity payment pressure comes next summer. "

Ishida Mitsunari was ashamed, and she had to pretend to be very ashamed in this fashion.

Because when Yoshiyin had just had a falling out with Oda Nobunaga, she took the initiative to meet him, vowing that she would not hold you back.It's only been a few days, and she said that the granary is hard to support.

In the past, he was rushing to show his loyalty, but now he is worried about the stability of the emperor's great cause. No matter how his own affairs are handled, he must act as a loyal minister.

Because the Shibachu Fund is too important to the Shiba family, the position of Ishida Mitsunari can only be occupied by diehard Yoshihiro.

Therefore, she must be Yiyin's diehard loyalist, the kind of loyalist who resolutely obeys the leader, and there is no second way of interpreting her personal performance route.

But spirit can't replace material after all, no matter how loyal you are, you have to pretend to be pitiful when encountering practical difficulties, otherwise this life will really be impossible.

Yiyin didn't want to embarrass Ishida Mitsunari. This person followed him to the Kanto for a few days, and he was a trusted economic leader.

Ishida Mitsunari owes a great deal to the fact that Shibazhong Fund was able to get on the right track so quickly.

Yiyin thought for a while and asked.

"The welfare food prepared by Sipo has been distributed for two years. In recent days, Sibo has received it four times, and the rest of Sibo has received it three times. The retainers in various places are still desperately hoarding food?"

Ishida Mitsunari said.

"Your Majesty's kindness is so great, how can they eat up the welfare food of six stones a year.

Last year, many Ji warriors wanted to take the food home as soon as possible, lest if they got it late, the benefits would be cancelled.

This year, the food stamps issued in summer are rarely redeemed on the spot.

With so much food piled up at home, if it is not properly cared for and it becomes moldy and rotted, it will be really distressing.

After all, the granary is managed by a special person, anti-corrosion and mildew-proof, and the grain is first in, first out, which is better than keeping it at home.

In addition, the distribution of granaries is reasonable, and everyone can exchange for food nearby, which is very convenient, and naturally there is no motivation to drag it back at once. "

Yiyin nodded, he probably understood the situation.

In the past few days, Sibo territory has been the first to enjoy benefits. In the territory of 20 shi, more than a thousand people have obtained the Sibo system.

After two years, one person can get no less than 1000 shi of food, and [-] people can get [-] shi. This is a huge number.

Because the Sibozhong Fund is the basic welfare food, it is not included in the work, salary, knowledge and action, so this is an additional income.

According to the land tax payment of the four princes and six people of the Shiba family, 20 shi can be used to collect 16 shi of grain in two years. Given the normal operation needs of the samurai family's territory, under normal circumstances, it can't save half of it.

That is to say, taking the general samurai territory as an example, a territory of 20 shi cannot save [-] shi for food in two years.

As for Yiyin, after two years of work, he spent more than [-] shi on the basic welfare alone to enter the border of several Sibos.

As time goes by, there will be more and more redundant food.This is also the reason why Yoshiba decided to carry out the Shiba New Life Movement in the first place to increase the spending power of Shiba's retainers.

Cheap grain hurts farmers, and too much food will depreciate in value. Shiba's retainers can't consume so much food, so they have to use the excess food to upgrade consumption and improve their lives.

For example, eat more white rice, white tofu, and white radish delicacies, buy more cloth to keep warm, let cash crops from other places flow into Siboling, and exchange for excess food.

The advantage of doing this is that all samurai will envy the good life of Shibaji samurai, and agree with Yoshigin's new idea of ​​samurai, which replaces conquest in troubled times with peaceful development.

Now, Ishida Mitsunari's trouble is not that Shibajiaji samurai can't eat, because the food in Shiba collar itself is surplus.

Ishida Mitsunari was worried that the grain in the granary would not be enough to support the exchange requirements of the Shibajiaji warriors.

Once the granary is empty, a panic wave of a run is formed, and things that were not troublesome at first will become very troublesome.

Yi Yin said.

"Ishida Hime, I have two ideas, you can help me think about it."

Ishida Mitsunari bowed respectfully and said.

"Your Majesty, please show me."

As long as Shiba Yoshihiro is willing to come up with an idea, no matter how bad the idea is, Ishida Mitsunari will agree.

With Jun Shang as the backer, everything is easy to handle, and all hurdles are easy to overcome. This is the purpose of her visit this time.

If the king is willing to take responsibility, her small shoulders can be relaxed, and the sky will not fall.

Yiyin was very aware of her small thoughts, seeing her relaxed expression, smiled slightly and said.

"First, encourage the vassals of the three lands to use food stamps as much as possible and not exchange them for food.

Now there is no shortage of food in Siboling in the three places, but the retainers are prepared for danger in times of peace. They are afraid of living in poverty before, and their brains can't turn around for a while.

There are only a few stomachs in the family, and if you are full, you will be full.

Is it good to stuff the extra food into the stomach?Why not use food stamps to exchange cloth, salt, tea and other daily necessities?
Although the large logistics of the Hokuriku Road business route has been cut off, there are also our allies and friends around the three lands of Siboling, and they now recognize the value of food stamps.

Encourage retainers to go to the surrounding samurai homes to collect consumption, buy other people's cloth, buy other people's salt, and buy other people's local products.

Don't forget that the Shiba New Life Movement is to make everyone live a better life.

If we can use consumption to drive the development of other samurai clans around us, the attitude of other samurai clans will be closer to us. "

Ishida Mitsunari hesitated for a moment and asked.

"Your Majesty, it's a time of war, so it's not appropriate to encourage enjoyment?"

Yi Yin shook his head and said.

"Just because Shiba's retainers have lived a dignified new life for Shiba, they will know how to cherish the present, and will work harder to serve their duties and fight to the death for the Shiba family.

If someone doubts, you can use my words to block their mouths. "

With Yoshihiro's words, Ishida Mitsunari felt relieved, and kowtowed to the ground with a smile.

"Hey, my lord understands."

Yiyin said again.

"Of course, not everyone likes to enjoy the present, and we should not force everyone to consume. If there are retainers who like to save, then provide them with better storage channels.

The food stamps are worried about being lost, and the food will become moldy and rotted. Since they don't want to use these food stamps for the time being, they might as well hand them over to the Si Bozhong Fund to take care of them.

After you go back, make a plan and set up a reverse repurchase of food stamps.Allow Shiba's retainers to deposit their welfare food coupons back to the Shibazhong Fund.

Save for a year and give half of the interest. It is divided into monthly, quarterly, annual, and three-year different lengths of time. The longer you save, the higher the interest.

Since they don't want to spend it, don't put it in their hands, so as not to cause trouble, and you can invest it again when it returns to your hands.

With Sibazhong Fund's absolute advantage in the Hokuriku Road trade route, you won't lose money on the welfare food coupons with half a year's interest, right? "

Ishida Mitsunari smiled and said.

"Your Majesty, this is slapping me in the face.

As long as the Hokuriku Road business road is reopened, I will definitely make a profit by repurchasing the low-interest loan with half an annual interest rate of food coupons. "

Yi Yin nodded and said.

"You can make the specific plan for the reverse repurchase of food stamps yourself. I only have one request, that is, to keep capital and interest.

This is a reverse repurchase of food coupons conducted by the Sibozhong Fund to Sibo's retainers, and no loss will be allowed and the situation of being unable to pay when it expires will never be allowed.

I don't care how you operate, you must keep capital and interest. "

Ishida Mitsunari smiled.

"Your Majesty, food stamps are not food.

How can Mr. Takada Yoshino lose money when he prints something every day? "

Yiyin shook his head, and secretly said something wrong.

Takata Yoshino released the shameless money printing machine. I don't know if there will be big troubles in the future?

Human greed is endless, even if she is still restrained now, who can guarantee what will happen in the future?
The banknotes of the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, which were not the guaranteed value at the beginning, turned into waste paper issued indiscriminately, and it was too hard to wipe the buttocks.

At this moment, although Yoshihiro faintly felt that it was not a second, but in the face of Oda Nobunaga's aggressive strength, even if he drank poison to quench his thirst, he could only bite the bullet and drink it.

(End of this chapter)