Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1526 The letter from the generation
It was almost the end of the new year, and Gao Yushi, who was always the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was extremely busy.

The accounting statements for the autumn grains converted into silver and put into storage have been submitted, not only need to be reviewed by the Ministry of Households, but also need to be used as a basis for merit assessment together with the Ministry of Officials;

The pre-deposit of next year's salary for imperial officials and the approval and issuance of this month's salary will be within the same month, and the reward after the merit test must also be prepared.In terms of rewards, civilian officials generally don't get much, mainly military generals get them, and this needs to be coordinated with the Ministry of War;

It is necessary to count the increase and decrease of fields in each county, prefecture, province, and Beijing area this year: in some places, the fields are barren due to geological disasters or other reasons, and in some places, the data has increased due to newly cultivated fields, and the fluctuations may vary. For mutual offset and the like, the household department should be the main one, and the official department should be supplemented in the calculation of merit;

Although the household department related to the Yiying Banknote Law of the Banknote Lifting Department was quickly reduced to the Qingshui Yamen after the establishment of the Ming Fed Reserve, they were not completely innocent. They still had the legal responsibility to supervise the accounts of the Ming Fed Reserve, gold and silver reserves, etc. Responsibilities, you have to go and settle accounts;
Household warehouses such as the Taicang bank, Yuma warehouse, military storage warehouse, and salt warehouse also need to be counted routinely.Gao Yushi has always attached great importance to warehousing work, and is very dissatisfied with the past warehousing performance. Since he took office, more than [-] warehousing officials and officials have been impeached or dismissed (depending on the grade), and more than [-] warehousing officials have been transferred or demoted.

The other is the new task of the household department that has appeared in recent years: mine statistics.With the rise of Jinghua, there has been a trend of opening mines everywhere in Daming, and it is different from the previous government-based model, and now there are more private mines.

As a result, the department of cleaning officials in each province of the Ministry of Housing (such as the Department of Cleaning Officials in Shandong Province and the Department of Cleaning Officials in Shanxi Province) must work with the procuratorate of the province (the censor’s office) and the local prefectural and county government offices to investigate private mines.This includes checking whether there is any illegal expansion of mining areas, whether there is any concealment of mineral production, whether there are false accounts, etc. - because these are all related to the amount of tax payment.

And after Gao Yushi changed the household department to the same four-servant system as the military department, the work of the two new yamen has also been on the right track, and they are extremely busy.

The annual Customs and Border Customs annual revenue report of the Customs Department should also be prepared to submit, which also includes a detailed comparison (year-on-year) of a certain Customs or a certain border customs data with this year's data (year-on-year), as well as an estimate of the possible income for the next year.When it comes to the general table of the customs office, year-on-year changes across the country and forecasts for next year's revenue are also needed.

As for the Audit Office, there is no need to go into details. Not only are the revenues and expenditures from various ministries and localities to be accounted for, but the changes in the population of fields, mines, and household registrations in various places are also included in the statistics. The accounting department will conduct accounting, and finally report the possible errors or errors in the reports of various places, so that the chief minister, the cabinet and the emperor can learn more about it.

I want to explain: the Audit Office is only responsible for auditing, and the errors and wrong data it finds are only allowed to be "reported" and not "distributed".

This approach not only strengthened the imperial power, but also strengthened the cabinet power, and at the same time strengthened the authority of the household department itself.Because apart from these three parties, the ministries and localities don't know whether the reports they submitted have been caught or not.

This can be regarded as one of the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, that is, whoever has the right to supervise is above all his supervised people.

When Gao Yushi started the Audit Office, many people did not take it seriously, at least no one regarded the Audit Office as more important than the Customs Administration.Who knew that the Customs Administration was an obvious move, apart from expanding the power of the Ministry of Accounts, it did not pose any threat to everyone.

On the contrary, after the establishment of the Audit Office, it soon became a "ghost-meaning" Yamen. People from the Audit Office never gave any notice in advance when they came to check the accounts. Directly "resisting the audit", the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang will form an investigation team at any time according to the emperor's order (the composition depends on the investigation object, not necessarily all five), and immediately stationed in the investigation.Instead, let's see how big a problem your account is, how dare you resist the audit.

All of the above led to the fact that the Household Office, which controlled the Audit Office, suddenly had partial supervisory power over the rest of the government offices, and even over local government offices, and the power of the entire Household Department skyrocketed visibly.

However, although the power has increased, the responsibility has also become heavier. As the official of the household department, Gao Yushi is even more busy.

On this day, when he returned to Shangshu Mansion, it was already [-]:[-].When we arrived downstairs at Rixin, we found that Liu Xin's office was still lit, so we went upstairs to see what she was up to.

After knocking on the door, I heard Liu Xin say inside: "I know you are back! Come in, the door is not closed."

Gao Wushi pushed the door open and entered, but saw Liu Xin reading some letter papers in her hand, and asked, "Where did you get the letter from?"

"Japan." Without raising her head, Liu Xin replied, "Liu Sanwu... Oh, a letter from Longze Shiyang."

"Oh, he's been there for two or three months, right?" Seeing that she didn't say hello, Gao Wushi didn't take it for granted, sat down on his own, and asked, "Have you found a way to get close to the high-levels of Daban City?"

"He hasn't started looking for it yet, so I found him by myself." Liu Xin finally raised her head and smiled sweetly: "I didn't know that the Japanese attached great importance to 'students'. When the big hat returned to Japan, he was noticed as soon as he arrived in Osaka Castle. There was a man called..."

She seemed to have forgotten the name, and looked down at the text on a certain page before she continued: "There is a Japanese named Masakae Nagatsuki, who strongly recommends him as the governor of Osaka Town, and concurrently as Tang Tongshi."

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, and asked, "What is the role of Osaka Township's representative? To manage the business of Osaka City? What is Tang Tongshi? Is it related to me, Daming?"

"Dai, it should be an agent, but Osaka Town's pursuit does not seem to be simply understood as managing the business of Osaka Castle. Although Long Ze Shiyang did not explain in detail, judging from the description of his job responsibilities in his letter, I think he may be a The mayor of Osaka—or at least the chief of the city’s police department, only now acting as an acting one.”

Gao Wushi was surprised and said, "Go to the sky in one step, and you became the mayor just after returning? Who is Changshu Zheng's family, so much face? Sigh... I seem to have a little impression of this name, but unfortunately it is not particularly deep."

"Does Niwa Chohide know? Ryuzawa Miyo said that Nagatsu's main house was originally Niwa Chohide's...well, deputy."

"Oh——" Gao Wushi suddenly said: "It seems that he should be an expert in internal affairs." After a pause, he asked again: "Nawa Chohide should be dead now, what is Nagatsu Masakaya doing?"

Liu Xin shrugged slightly and said, "I don't know his specific position. Longze Shiyang didn't mention it in the letter, only that he is now a 'Guan Bai Zhichen'."

"That's Toyotomi Hideyoshi's confidant." Gao Wushi nodded, thought about it carefully, and suddenly opened his eyes wide and said, "Ah, this guy seems to be one of the 'Five Obligations' in the future. This is a heavyweight person." , Longze Shiyang is so lucky that he fell in love with him as soon as he arrived in Daban City?"

"What you said is that you overestimated the role of luck and underestimated your own arrangements." Liu Xin shook her head helplessly, and said, "Let me just say that you are a bit like a parent. You see, you didn't personally arrange this matter." It was arranged, and with such a good result, you doubt that there is something wrong with it...

Let me tell you, the credit for this is mainly attributed to Cheng Guogong and Uncle Mo, and of course Jinghua Shipyard also has a part.The thing is this: Didn't Toyotomi Hideyoshi say he wanted to buy a ship before?But he wants too many ships, a total of [-] ships. Although our shipyard is large, it is impossible to have so many ships in stock.

Therefore, Cheng Guogong's face played a big role. He persuaded some businessmen who ordered gunless transport ships. The ships ordered by these people were about to be delivered, but now they were handed over to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. There are twelve ships in the batch, all brand new in stock.

Uncle Mo arranged another part of the matter, that is, to let Toyotomi Hideyoshi know that these ships were picked from the merchants of Daming, but he only said that Cheng Guogong's credit was Longze Shiyang's credit.

Basically, it means that Longze Shiyang relied on his status in our Liu family army to persuade those merchants who ordered ships one by one, and of course - he also spent a sum of money.Then, he personally escorted these ships back to Japan, specifically Osaka Castle, and the person who was handing over to him at this time was Nagatsu Masakaya.

Changshu Zhengjia heard him say these things, and learned that he had retired in Daming—well, in Japanese terms, it seems to be called farewell to the main family or something, anyway, that’s what it means.In short, when he arrived in Japan, he was regarded as a "wild samurai", that is, a free samurai.

At that time, Chang Shuzheng's family only expressed their welcome and didn't say anything else.However, on the second day, Changshu Zhengjia suddenly came to the door, saying that he had strongly recommended Guan Bai in front of him to be an official, and it was very likely that he would be reused.It's just that he needs to meet Guan Bai in person and accept Guan Bai's... Well, it means an interview. "

Gao Wushi nodded and asked, "Then what? He must go to see Toyotomi Hideyoshi. What did Toyotomi Hideyoshi ask?"

"Ask a lot of questions." Liu Xin stretched out her hand to flick the letter from Longze Shiyang, and said, "He first asked Longze Shiyang what he had done in the Ming Army these years, and what contributions he had made. Especially when I asked him how many troops he had led, in short, it was something about the army."

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, but didn't say much, and nodded, "What's next?"

"Then ask him why he retired from Daming."

"How did he say?"

Liu Xin laughed and said, "Then what can I say? He just said that Daming doesn't have much to fight now, and after all, he has accumulated some money over the years, and he wanted to return to his roots, so he bid farewell to me—oh, farewell Home, back to Japan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was quite surprised at the time, and asked him if the master of Ming Dynasty would tolerate the resignation of his retainers casually?This guy sold my house on the spot, saying that the master’s family was out of war, and he didn’t want to support Japanese people like them. He took the initiative to say goodbye and saved the master’s money... Pooh!
But Toyotomi Hideyoshi believed it, and not only believed it, but also cursed a few words, probably because the Tang people crossed the river and demolished the bridge.Immediately afterwards, he comforted him, saying that talents like him would be more useful in Japan.Toyotomi Hideyoshi appointed him on the spot as the governor of Osaka Town, plus a Tang Tongshi. "

Gao Wushi interrupted: "By the way, it seems that you haven't said what Tang Tongshi does just now."

"Tang Tong, the management scope of this position is quite large. Not only is it responsible for managing all the people in Da Ming in Daban City, but it is also responsible for all business dealings with Da Ming, as well as diplomatic relations with Da Ming... Oh, By the way, sometimes it is used as an interpreter. In short, everything related to Daming basically cannot do without the work of Tang Tongshi."

Gao Wushi chuckled, and said, "Toyotomi Hideyoshi is quite good at employing people. If Long Ze Shiyang wasn't specially arranged by us, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has made the best use of him."

"Of course. After all, there are only twelve gunless transport ships sent over. If according to what you said, he will attack Kanto next year, then he should be very anxious when the remaining [-] ships will be ready." In place. Since Ryuzawa Shiyang has such a network to use, how can Toyotomi Hideyoshi let it go?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "This is only one of the reasons. I think Toyotomi Hideyoshi's intentions are more than that."

"Huh?" Liu Xin frowned and pondered for a moment, then pondered, "I guess, you mean that he also took a fancy to Longze Shiyang knowing the inside story of my Ming army."

Gao Wushi said frankly: "Yes. But I have explained this to Uncle Mo, and Uncle Mo must have told them what can be said and what can't be said."

"That's good." Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately asked again: "What about the strength of the Beiyang Fleet or the Jinghua Liangyang Fleet?"

Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Longze Shiyang is not a member of the Jinghua Liangyang Fleet, so of course he didn't know anything." There are also some news that he needs to tell Toyotomi Hideyoshi on purpose."

"Just by looking at your expression, I knew that there must be another pit waiting for Toyotomi Hideyoshi to jump." Liu Xin rolled her eyes at him, but immediately reminded: "But I still want to say that Toyotomi Hideyoshi can jump from A monkey who doesn't even have a Miao character can be a fool in his current position, so your design belongs to the design, so don't underestimate him."

"I didn't underestimate him, and even during this period of time, I carefully recalled a lot of memories related to this period of Japanese history." Gao Wushi said: "Toyotomi Hideyoshi is now using Long Ze Shiyang, but in fact, it may not be because he believes him. I guess, apart from hoping that Longze Shiyang will continue to play a role in the purchase of the ship, he should also arrange some other tests for him."

Liu Xin looked at him in amazement, looked at him carefully, and finally nodded: "It seems that your success today is not entirely due to foresight. Your analytical ability is indeed not bad."

Gao Wushi's heart moved, and he asked, "Why, Longze Shiyang wrote to you because you passed the test?"

"Well... almost." Liu Xin handed the letter paper to Gao Wushi, and said, "Toyotomi Hideyoshi hopes that he will play a role and try to get the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance to move the Chamber of Commerce in Japan to Osaka Castle."
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