Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 521
Early the next morning, Hideya opened his eyes in a daze, and habitually called Sanada Nobushige's name "Genjiro~"

But just as he said the words, he remembered that Nobushige Sanada was no longer his captain of the attendants.

Hearing the Xiu family's call, the door was opened, and a warrior of the same grade as the Xiu family saluted the Xiu family and asked, "Does Your Highness have any orders?"

The Xiu family took a closer look, and found that this was the son of the horse farm worker, Ma Chang Shizhi, or his little cousin.

The Baba family used to be Ukita Kunisada's retainers, and had a hostile relationship with the Ukita Nao family.And because he was a land servant before, his reputation in Bizen was not obvious.

However, because of the heroic battle at the Ukita House, Naoya remembered him. After the war, he was recruited with 300 shi, and then he began to be active in the battlefields of Mizusa, Bizen, and Bichu.

The Zhi family recognized his bravery and considered him a rare talent. It happened that his first wife had just passed away, so in 1570, he accepted a younger sister from his retainers and married a horse farmer's family as a follow-up (no record of who he recognized) .

So from a legal point of view, the horse farm worker's family is the Xiu family's uncle, and the young man in front of him is the horse farm worker who was born in the same year as the Xiu family.

At that time, the racecourse worker was already 40 years old!

"It's Jusuke." Hideka looked at the horse farm and asked him, "Is Genjiro outside?"

"You mean Sanada-sama?" Baba Mitsuko replied, "He left after I finished my shift this morning, and he asked me to say hello to you on his behalf."

"Is that so." Listening to Nobushige Sanada's leaving without saying goodbye, Xiujia smiled warmly and cursed, "What a stinky guy."

Then he raised his head again and asked him, "Why do you have something to report outside?"

Bachang Shizhen and Xiujia were born in the same year, but they didn't have much contact with each other when they were young, because although the Bachang family is a member of the Yuxi family, their knowledge and practice are only a few hundred shi.

When the Xiu family succeeded to the throne, the knowledge and practice of the horse farm family was 600 shi. Even after the transfer to Kanto, the knowledge and practice of the horse farm family was only 1800 shi, which is considered to be in the ranks of Dashen Banner.

Even with the addition of the 380 shi from the real job in the horse farm, the knowledge and behavior of the horse farm family will exceed 2000 shi, and they have no right to set up a feudal formation or even build a city.

The children of a Xiao family like this, basically the Xiu family may not see each other once a year, and the Jin Guang family celebration was completely an accident.

Later, the racecourse worker was reused by the Xiu family, and was gradually promoted to the captain of the reserve team many times. During the Battle of Kyushu, the racecourse worker went out with his father to complete his first battle.

As the only son of the Bachang family, the Xiu family called him into the attendant team early in the morning, and he was the earliest member of the attendant team.

However, the 19-year-old racecourse real-timer has already left the Xiu family's attendant team three years ago when he completed the Kyushu first team.

But because it was the old son of the racecourse family, the Xiu family didn't want to see the racecourse family die out, so they never enlisted him into the Banner Congregation.

As far as the Xiu family knew, the real job at the racecourse has always been in the state of following his father in the field. Although the grade is on the military service account of the family, it is a subsidiary of the job at the racecourse.

Hideie is still surprised to see him now in the Utsunomiya Castle Honmaruchikan, the house where he lives.

Asked this question by the Xiu family, the racecourse worker bowed to the Xiu family, and slowly replied: "I was selected by several adults to take up the position of His Highness's personal attendant temporarily."

"A close attendant?"

"Yes, Your Highness." Baba's official position was very low, and he replied with his head down, "Your Highness may have forgotten that the three close servants by your side, Sanada and Takeda, have already entered the vassal. Kagawa-sama is taken by you. Sent out to do the task.

Sanada-sama was asked by you to leave today, and you rested early, so he consulted with several elders on this matter.

In the end, because I have experience in the entourage and front-line training, I found my lord. Before you find a suitable person, the adults asked me to serve your highness temporarily.

Of course, His Royal Highness will decide whether to stay in the end. "

After being reminded by the horse farm manager, Xiujia remembered that two of the three most convenient attendants in his hands had already left, and Kagawa Jing was sent to Kyoto by himself.

The personal servant is different from other servants, and will have access to many secrets of the Yuxi family, so it is impossible for non-trusted people to serve.

Looking at the trembling body of this little friend who was born in the same year as him kneeling in front of Xiujia, Xiujia knew very well that he wanted a chance to show off.

Therefore, even though he was arranged by the family elders, in terms of status, as the cousin of the Xiu family, serving as a close servant seems to be a good choice.

So he said to him, "Get up, if this is the case, you can listen to me and dispatch."

The real job at the racecourse, which was recognized by Xiujia, responded excitedly to Xiujia: "Yes! My lord!"

Immediately, under his service, the Xiu family quickly washed and dressed, and came to the assessment room again.At this time, the elders have been waiting for Xiu's family for a long time.

Seeing the Xiu family's arrival, the elder Chang Chuanzhen bowed to the Xiu family and said, "My lord, your body is safe."

The Xiu family sat down on the imperial steps with great strides, and started this small meeting with only 3 elders present.

Of course, it is impossible for them to be the only four of them. As the new attendant of the Xiu family, the horse farm real-timer sits behind the Xiu family, and Shimizu Xin, who is in charge of the secretary, also attends behind the elder of the family. Family.

"Master Akashi will return to Iyo later, and we will leave after our Kanto side has settled down a bit." As soon as they sat down, the Hide family began work arrangements. It will be held after I return to Kyoto.

Regarding the matter over there, I have already written a letter to Dazai Shuai (Ukita Kan's family) to contact.

But here, in Kanto, the marriage with Ashikaga and Narita needs to be prepared.

It is already May now, and the best month is held around July, when Gamo Ogasawara and other daimyos have finished evaluating the northeast and south.

I am currently living in Utsunomiya for the convenience of monitoring the Tohoku. The wedding will still be held in Iwazuki, the city. You still have 2 months to decorate Iwasuki in advance. "

Hearing Xiu's order, Mingshi Jingqin replied without the slightest hesitation: "Yes~"

Hideka looked at Fujido Takahu again and said, "During this time, I will take more care of you and be responsible for handling the Kwantung military service form and land inspection. It's not easy, but I still hope to finish it before the end of the year."

"You can go to Toshihei for the district inspection," Xiujia said, pointing to the only person who was not a member of the elders' association and said, "His execution ability is recognized by me.

You are the chief inspector of district inspection and military service accounts, and you are in charge of the preparation of military service accounts. You will coordinate the inspection of districts and he will execute them. "

After finishing talking, the Xiu family said to Changshu Zheng's family, "Li Bingwei, I'm really sorry, your name was not included in yesterday's entrustment. After all, you are a retainer of Guanbai Palace, and it is only my power, your knowledge and fiefdom. After I need it, I will confirm with His Highness Guan Bai and give it to you."

Changshu Zhengjia was actually very sad that he didn't hear about his reward yesterday, but after hearing Xiujia's explanation today, he hurriedly said, "It doesn't matter, Your Highness, I won't delay my work because of my knowledge and deeds."

Hideka nodded and said to him, "Although Lord Asano and Masuda were appointed by His Highness Guanbai to preside over the land inspection work, but the area of ​​Kanto is so large, it is impossible for the two adults to end in person. You still need to be careful about this." Some.

Do a good job with the land inspection. After the land inspection, I will work with the two adults to help you show your merits to His Highness Guan Bai. "

Changshu Zhengjia replied: "Yes, thank you for your care, Your Highness."

The Xiu family looked back at Takahu Fujido and said, "Do you know why I entrusted you to be responsible for the land inspection and military service accounts? Did I even send you an expert to help you?"

Fujido Takahu replied: "The establishment of the prefecture and the military service account complement each other. Your Highness wants us to complete these two things at once, right?"

"Part of the answer is correct." The Xiu family nodded and shook their heads when they heard the news, looked at the four people below and said, "You should know that the system implemented in the Kanto region is the Guangao system, which is common in the world with our family in the West Kingdom and His Highness Guan Bai. Is the system biased?"

Changchuan Zhenqin heard the Xiu family's question, and took the initiative to say, "There is indeed such a problem. After His Royal Highness was entrusted yesterday, many Kanto wealthy families came to me in private and asked me about the conversion of the Guangao system and the Shigao system. From their It seems that he is quite reluctant to implement the Shi Gao system."

Akashi Jingqin on the side muttered: "Of course they don't want to! After all, it is more convenient to ask for supplies from the local people only through the high system.

Taxes are paid with copper coins instead of goods. When paying taxes on autumn grain, farmers are deliberately suppressed in price, otherwise they will not be able to sell the grain and pay taxes. "

The Xiu family on the top leaned forward slightly, and asked Osafune Sadakin, "How is it? Is there a big resistance below?"

"Alas~" Nasakami sighed and said to Xiu's family, "I can tell that the people in the Kanto region are quite resistant to the reform of the Shigao system."

Just at this time, Akashi Jingqin who was on the side also spoke, and he said to the Hideka and Osafune Sadakin, "My lord, there is one more thing. Don't forget, the Hojo family's taxes are 4 gongs and [-] people!"

The so-called Guangao system is the all-inclusive system that the lord doesn't care about how much copper money you pay me every year, how many soldiers you pay me, and how much output there is when the land is assigned to you.

This all-inclusive system is from top to bottom. The daimyo is contracted to the lord, the lord is contracted to the servants of the land and the people of the country, and the servants of the land and the people of the country are contracted to the peasants.

What the peasants planted on this land and how much wasteland they reclaimed, the people above don't care at all, they just need to pay taxes and provide soldiers.

The Shi Gao system is similar to calculating money by work.The most important product of value in an agricultural society is food. If you want to implement the Shigao system, you must inspect the land. Otherwise, what is the basis for your tax collection?
Hideo understands what the two of them mean. Nowadays, Kanto generally implements the high-level system, and it is necessary to inspect the land, but the Hojo family implements the high-level system. The taxation standard is 4 public and six people. The standard is five public and five people.

However, the land inspection is from bottom to top. The first to be damaged are the farmers and land attendants at the bottom. The fields they developed outside of tax payment due to the high-level system were relatively tax-free. Now once the land inspection is carried out, these fields will be destroyed It must also be included in Shi Gao, and soldiers and taxes must be provided accordingly.

This is essentially detrimental to the interests of farmers and land servants.

If the tax difference between the 4 citizens and 6 citizens taxed during the Hojo period and the 5 citizens and 5 citizens of the Xiu family is added, then in fact, these people will have to pay a lot more taxes every year in the future than in the past.

But historical experience tells us that there is only one result of messing with farmers and land attendants, and that is Yikui.

Xiujia can understand the resistance of his subordinate Kanto samurai to the district inspection and Shi Gaozhi.

Many people are actually unwilling to fight against the Hideyoshi family. With the lessons learned from the Hojo family, even if the Hideo family was driven away by them, they would not be able to withstand Hideyoshi's hundreds of thousands of troops. In the end, they could not escape the consequences of the family's demise due to the rebellion.

But the basis of their rule comes from below. When the terrain and peasants below force them to rebel, they either stay with them or are crushed by them.

The folk customs in Kanto have been strong since ancient times, which is why most of the Western countries have carried out tax reforms, while the Tiao clan in the North of Kanto is so powerful, but there is no movement for a long time.

Because he didn't dare to touch this bad luck!
However, the difference between the Ishitaka system and the Kanko system in terms of war mobilization potential and control of the territory has been extremely obvious. This is also one of the reasons why the Hojo clan faced the Oda Tokugawa and other families in the later period, and the war was so weak.

Of course, the taxes in the Warring States Period were not limited to land taxes. The Hojo family’s Sigong Liumin and the Hide family’s Wugong Wumin both referred to land taxes.

In addition to the land tax, there are land tax and Biedong money. The land tax is equivalent to the number of people, and each person has to pay a fixed amount of tax every year.

In addition to the houses in the monastery, each house has more land area and geographical location to collect taxes ranging from 50 to 100 ren per year. By the middle and late Warring States period, it had become the main source of taxation for Daming Gate.

Generally speaking, regardless of whether it is the West Country or the East Country, the comprehensive tax cost is around 6% to 6.5%, and the farmers in the field will run away if there is more!

And Hojo's so-called "four publics and six peoples" at least played a role in the propaganda of the right, making the people mistakenly think that this is a benevolent government.

Then you say that since this is the case, the Hide family is also like the Hojo family. On the surface, it is better to implement the four publics and six peoples, but it will not be long before they recover the land money and other building money in private?
Even in order to accept the regime smoothly, wouldn't it be enough to directly continue the Guangao system in Kanto?In this way, conflicts will be avoided below.

But the answer is: no!
Because the Hojo family is an independent daimyo, and the Hide family is now a daimyo within the Toyotomi family system, and is the retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The most important thing about being a retainer is that the policy is in step with the master.

You said that you, as a retainer, implement a system completely different from that of your superiors. It is a small matter that you cannot integrate into the system, but it is a big problem that you make your superiors feel that you deliberately conceal something from your knowledge and actions!
All of a sudden, the Xiu family was caught in a dilemma.
(End of this chapter)