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Chapter 286 New Guan Gao System, New Commercial Policy, New Monetary Policy
It was almost the end of the year, but Nobutora could not leave at this time. His policies in Settsu had just begun. Although the external threat had been resolved, internal troubles might still arise.

He did not want the local nobles to sabotage his new policies, so he had to stay in Arioka Castle and supervise the implementation of policies in various places.

The mission to Azuchi Castle was left to Tsuda Naganobu and Tsuda Nobuyasu.

The two of them went to pay homage to Oda Nobunaga on behalf of Nobutora to congratulate him on the New Year, and they also went to visit Asha on behalf of Nobutora.

A warm room was built at the Tsuda residence in Azuchi Castle. Asha could move freely in the warm room and no longer had to be bedridden like before.

In addition, the Tsuda family had new family members this year. Azhu gave birth to a boy named Heisaburo, and Aquan gave birth to a daughter named Yumei.

As for Shinjiro, he is now fifteen or sixteen years old. Nobutora plans to have him come of age and come to Settsu to work with him.

The coming of age ceremony of Shinjiro was still presided over by Nobutora himself. After all, he was Nobutora's second son. If anyone gave Shinjiro a kiss in order to get closer to Nobutora, it would offend the eldest son Naganobu.

Although there are no conflicts between the two brothers for the time being, who can predict what will happen in the future?
So no one dared to speak casually.

So Xinhu just did it himself, saving a lot of trouble.

Tsuda Naganobu and Tsuda Nobuyoshi had already prepared the New Year's gift from the Tsuda family to Oda Nobunaga. Before leaving, Nobutora told Tsuda Naganobu: "You must be careful with your words and actions while your father is away, and do not become arrogant just because the master of the family trusts you.

The reason why my father has been able to stand firm in the family over the years, in addition to his achievements, is more importantly that he is a cautious and low-key person.

You must remember the lesson of the Sakuma family. Sakuma Nobumori always relied on his status and showed disrespect to Nobunaga-dono. In addition, his ability was mediocre, so his later years were not auspicious. You must remember this."

Tsuda Naganobu nodded and said, "I've remembered that. Father, don't worry. Uncle Nobutsugu will be back soon. With him here, nothing should happen."

Nobutora thought of his younger brother, whose war in Tajima was going well, and said with a smile: "You have thought of it very well. Get closer to your uncle. Although he has changed his surname, he will always be my younger brother."

"Also, after the New Year, you will bring your brother Shinjiro to Settsu. I will give him the Genkifuki. After that, he will work by my side."

Tsuda Naganobu agreed to all of his requests and then set off to leave Arioka Castle.

Nobutora watched his son go away until the sky began to darken, then he turned around and returned to Honmaru.

He has a lot of things to deal with, such as the most important monetary policy.

Cleaning up the money market will inevitably harm the interests of many people, and there are already many rumors in the market.

Xinhu has to deal with these things as soon as possible.

After returning to Honmaru, Nobutora called Ishimaru Hachiro and asked, "Have you investigated the rumor? Was it caused by someone with ulterior motives or was it just a misunderstanding by the people?"

This answer must be given with caution. If someone did it with ulterior motives, then Xin Hu would have to kill people. If the people simply misunderstood the policy, then we would have to use guidance.

Ishimaru Hachiro heard the murderous intent in Nobutora's words, and he quickly said, "At first, the people misunderstood, but later the spies sent by the Mori family fanned the flames, so all kinds of rumors appeared.

Moreover, the banks and wealthy families who could no longer mint coins were quite dissatisfied, and they also intervened, but they only did it in their own territories. "

"Humph... these guys are really used to being comfortable."

Xinhu's tone was quite unfriendly.

"Pick out a few banks and wealthy families. I want to kill them as a warning to the others. Also, kill all the spies from the enemy country."

Ishimaru Hachiro asked, "Besides the Mori family, do we also need to deal with other spies who are hostile to us?"

Nobutora looked up and looked directly at Ishimaru Hachiro, who bowed his head and said, "I understand."

He backed away immediately.

As soon as Ishimaru Hachiro left, Numata Yumitsu said, "Master, even if we kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, I'm afraid it will be difficult to eliminate the people's misunderstanding of the new policy."

Honda Masanobu smiled and said, "I think this is not difficult. We can just set up a new bank and use it to exchange bad money with the people. Then the rumors in the market will be broken."

Money houses? This is indeed a good idea, but it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

Xinhu said: "There are not enough money houses. I want to set up Settsu Bank, which is a new institution. At the same time, I will also conduct a self-inspection of the money houses in Settsu. Those that fail to meet the standards must be closed as soon as possible!"

Although Numata Yumitsu was not very clear about what a bank was, he understood the following trick. This was strangling the opponent's neck. Those money houses had to either surrender or leave Settsu.

But Settsu is a prosperous place. Once the money business in Settsu is closed, many wealthy merchants will probably disappear unless they retreat to Sakaimachi now.

But you can hide for a while, not forever. Sakaimachi is originally the border between Settsu, Kawachi and Izumi. Although Sakaimachi is directly under the jurisdiction of the Oda family, after Nobutora destroyed the Honganji Temple, he had to build a castle in Osaka.

Furthermore, Tsuda Nobutora had a great influence in the Oda family. If Nobutora pushed for the banking policy and money shop review policy to be fully implemented within the Oda family, they would have to go elsewhere.

In short, disobedience basically means death.

In fact, Nobutora did not give them much room to survive, because he not only had to control the military and political power of Settsu, but also had to strictly control the economic environment of Settsu.

Nobutora is more inclined to the Tsuda family's macro-control and micro-control to control Settsu's market economy. Within this range, the market economy can develop freely.

By doing this he is preventing capital from manipulating the market.

In a city like Sakaimachi, due to the war and the development of maritime trade, many wealthy merchants emerged. These wealthy merchants organized themselves and set up a United Association to govern themselves in Sakaimachi.

Sakaimachi's policies are all for commercial interests. They don't care who is above them as long as it doesn't hinder them from making money.

From the perspective of the Tsuda family, such a united society and merchant forces must not be tolerated.

The wild growth of capital will make the Tsuda family sit on a pile of gunpowder, which can explode at the slightest spark.

Therefore, the Tsuda family must take the lead and guide people from other classes.

Banks are just the foundation, and he is already selecting officials to set up the Industrial and Commercial Enforcement Office to handle these matters.

Among his retainers were internal affairs officials who specialized in handling these matters.

The leader was the second-in-command of the family, Yamazaki Haramori, followed by the retainers Nagato Yoshimori, Nagaya Kosaburo, and Shioya Naruto.

Yamazaki Haramori served as the magistrate, Nagato Yoshimori served as the head of the clerk, assisting Yamazaki Haramori in managing the magistrate's office, and Nagaya Kozaburo and Shioya Naruto served as the clerks in charge of specific affairs. Although the organizational structure has been established, they do not know much about Nobutora's new business theory, and they still need Nobutora to teach them step by step.

Nobutora felt a headache when he thought about these things. Back then, except for being busy during the war, he left all other things to his retainers, who quickly took action to solve his problems.

The rest of the time was spent practicing martial arts, going hunting, accompanying Nobunaga and flattering him, coming back in the evening to drink wine, and having children with his wives and concubines. What a perfect life.

But what about now? He is already 43 years old, an age when he should be relaxing, but now he has to work overtime, which is really too hard.

Nobutora stretched and asked someone to call Yamazaki Haramori and others over. He had to discuss currency reform and commercial development with Honda Masanobu and others.

Soon, Yamazaki Haramori and the others arrived. Nobutora did not start the discussion directly. He asked, "You all know about the recent events. This is your responsibility. Do you have any solution?"

Yamazaki Haramori bowed and said, "Master, we have discussed this carefully in the past few days. The reason why the currency policy is not being implemented smoothly and the people are hesitant is mainly because the money houses in various places are not cooperating.

They have close ties with the local warriors, so they are fearless.

Therefore, our suggestion is that it is best to establish a bank in the name of the government, starting with Arioka Castle and the surrounding area, and then expanding to the entire Settsu area. "

Nobutora nodded slightly. Although a lot of people only thought of the money house idea, which was not as good as Honda Masanobu, the fact that they could think of this idea showed that the people in the Commercial and Industrial Bugyosho did not slack off.

“It can be seen that you have tried very hard, but this is only a temporary solution and not a cure for the problem.

I feel that we cannot allow those money houses to influence the policies of our Tsuda family, so what we need to do is to suppress them and treat them like dogs.

I want everyone to know that in Settsu, no one can be equal to the Tsuda family. You are either a minister, a commoner, or a dog. Do you understand? "

Yamazaki Haramori and others quickly lowered their heads, and no one dared to look directly at Nobutora.

After all, Nobutora's power over the past twenty years has been there. If Tsuda Nobutora gets angry, everyone will tremble.

However, as a veteran retainer who had followed Nobutora for more than 20 years, and also the second-in-command of the family and the director of industry and commerce, Yamazaki Haramori asked, "What does the master want us to do?"

Nobutora picked up a booklet, and a young man quickly stood up and handed it to Yamazaki Haramori.

Xinhu continued, "This is the bank I want to establish, but it still needs preparation and it certainly won't be done in a short time.

So recently you set up a temporary organization to recover the bad money.

Don't worry about the new money. I have already brought 30,000 kan from my fiefdom. In addition, there are some bad coins in Settsu, which are inferior currencies. I exchanged them with Nobunaga-dono for more than 10,000 kan, which is enough for the time being."

"First, use this trick to stabilize the new currency policy and improve the prestige of my Tsuda family in the hearts of the people of Settsu. Remember, there must be no shortage of weight in the exchange. Anyone who dares to take action will be killed immediately!"

Yamazaki Haramori agreed immediately and did not dare to neglect it.

Xin Hu nodded in satisfaction and said, "You must study this booklet carefully. If you don't understand something, come and ask me. As a follower, you must understand the essence of it as soon as possible.

Yuan Sheng, you are a loyal and senior official, you need to work harder. "

Yamazaki Haramori responded loudly: "Don't worry, Master. I will try my best to learn it as soon as possible and help you."

Nobutora had no choice. As retainers, they only needed to know what to do, unlike him as the head of the family who had to consider a lot.

So he had to give his retainers more responsibilities.

Xinhu continued, "This new policy is not independent. The new monetary policy is the foundation, and the commercial reform is the follow-up. These are all for the new One Whip Law I have established.

Previously, both the guangao and shigao were not very accurate, especially the shigao, which fluctuated greatly. After all, it relied on grain as an anchor. In a good year, the price of rice was low, and our income was less.

In years of disaster, rice prices are high and we are the ones who suffer. This is unacceptable, so I improved the Guan Gao and implemented the new Guan Gao system.

Although the new kango system still requires the people to sell the crops they produce in order to pay taxes, this will affect income due to bad money and market price fluctuations, which is why kango is not widely used in the capital.

But now the new monetary policy has solved the problem caused by bad money to Guan Gao, and commercial reform is to solve the problem of market price fluctuations.

We have established affordable warehouses and set an average price, so that we won't have a situation where low grain prices hurt farmers in good years and high grain prices hurt people in bad years.

As for those unscrupulous merchants who raised the price of rice during disaster years, we don't care about them. However, there is a new rule in the commercial law, which is that if the price exceeds twice the average price we set, we will impose high commercial taxes.

Not only that, if it exceeds three times, the store will be closed and the merchant will be fined, with no upper limit.

Do you understand the significance of my new policies now?"

Yamazaki Haramori and others still need to discuss to figure it out, but Honda Masanobu has already thought about it. After all, these policies still serve the purpose of taxation.

Stabilizing the taxation in Settsu is actually to maintain stability for the Tsuda family.

After all, since the Warring States Period, the daimyo have tried every possible way to extort money from the people in order to support their wars.

Therefore, all the daimyo, countrymen, powerful families and even the lowest-ranking samurai in Japan understood that money is the foundation of a family's development.

Therefore, various princes and forces tried their best to deal with the issue of taxation.

However, compared to the plundering of these powerful families, he found that the policies of the head of the family were more stable.

In fact, the reason why Honda Masanobu had such an idea was mainly because the times had changed. In the past few decades, the collapse of a force was just a matter of the blink of an eye.

Therefore, everyone’s first thought is not stability, but to strengthen their own strength in a short period of time to cope with new challenges.

Only those super-large forces are qualified to implement a stable taxation system. Others can only exhaust their resources, live beyond their means, or even borrow money from businessmen to fight wars.

Xinhu realized this, so he did not propose these new policies before.

Now that the situation has gradually stabilized, the Oda family's unification of Japan will not change, so he began his own tax system reform. In the future, when he is in charge of the Oda family's internal affairs, he will naturally promote these new policies that have been tried and tested to the whole country.

No one answered in the room, Xinhu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, go do your work."

(End of this chapter)