After the evaluation meeting, Li Chenfang left Mizuno Nobuko, Sasaki Jiro, and several officials who had previously assisted the acting officials in administering Osaka Prefecture to continue the meeting and learn from them about the current social situation in Osaka Prefecture and the problems that needed to be solved urgently. Please search () to see the most complete! The fastest update!

These shogunate officials who sneaked home but were caught back by Li Chenfang originally had some resistance. Because Li Chenfang did not treat them with the usual courtesy of other warriors, and did not give them the opportunity to choose to take refuge, he forcibly tied them back so much.

However, as this meeting continued, these shogunate officials admired Li Chenfang. Because although this lord is a little young and unreasonable, he has no official pretension when discussing things, and honestly asks them for advice on matters that he does not understand, and does not have the slightest style of taking things for granted.

The acting official Sakai Shigesumi who was driven away naturally cannot be compared with him, because this acting official has not dealt with civil affairs much since he took office. It was the same as the former acting official Abe Masaji, and it was also this one who paid more attention to the interests of the local people, which made several officials who already regarded themselves as Osaka people gradually cooperate.

When the East was white, Li Chenfang finally had a preliminary understanding of the situation in the entire Osaka Prefecture, he ended the meeting and straightened up and stretched his waist, although he didn't rest all night, but his face was still bright, and the older officials such as Mizuno Shinko, who had been crooked, were much more energetic.

Sasaki Jiro was about to wake up Mizuno Shinko and the others, but Li Chenfang stopped him and said, "Let them sleep for a while, you go and ask someone to prepare breakfast, and it's not too late to wake them up when breakfast is ready, they are busy today." ”

Sasaki Jiro retracted his hand, whispered yes, and walked backwards out of the room to find the handyman to make breakfast. And Li Chenfang continued to look at his research records this night, and his heart slowly had a few clear policies.

When it was bright and Jiro Sasaki and the handymen brought breakfast, Mizuno Nobuko and other officials were finally awakened, and they all felt ashamed of their behavior of falling asleep at the meeting, and everyone was also extremely grateful for Li Chenfang's compassion and generosity. If other people were in such a situation, it was inevitable that they would be reprimanded.

Li Chenfang stopped everyone from wanting to apologize, but motioned for them to eat breakfast first. After everyone had finished breakfast, he began to talk about his work, "Thanks to your hard work last night, I finally have a preliminary understanding of the basic situation in Osaka Prefecture.

The first is the issue of food prices, and Osaka Castle is the most prosperous city in the region, with no less than 100,000 merchants and craftsmen living on the land. If we allow food prices to rise in a disorderly manner, the vast number of urban civilians in castle towns will not be able to rely on their jobs to support themselves.

And when the price of food rises, the market is also expensive, and even the samurai who rely on the annual income cannot benefit from it. Because the benefits from rising food prices will be offset by other price increases, the lives of the samurai at the bottom will become more impoverished.

So who are the people who really benefit? It was the hoarders and usurers, and the corrupt officials who controlled the bureaucracy and the rice merchants. Therefore, the first order I issued after I took office as the representative of Osaka Castle was the Rice Price and Price Restriction Order, which stipulates that the selection of 12 commodities that are mainly consumed by Osaka citizens in addition to rice shall not exceed 105% of the average price from January to June of this year. The price of rice should not exceed 3 koshi per stone.

Each town office is responsible for inspecting the price of goods in the market, and if any shop exceeds this price, the first time it is found that the income is confiscated, and a fine of double the income is imposed; the second time it was found that he was detained for half a month and fined twice as much; the third discovery confiscated his goods and disqualified him from doing business..."

Mizuno Shinko and the others didn't have any opinion on Li Chenfang's proposal, if it weren't for the fact that those townspeople couldn't eat, they wouldn't have ended up like this. They obviously didn't want to go through the second Machito rebellion, in which case they would have to be hanged at the head of the castle before the shogunate army arrived.

Li Chenfang then said: "This second problem is the issue of land tax, when the Toyotomi family ruled Osaka Prefecture, there were still 650,000 stone high here, but after the destruction of the Toyotomi family, now there are only 600,000 stone high left in Osaka Prefecture. The Shogunate Tenryo has always been five princes and five people, but only Osaka Prefecture has adopted six princes and four people, which is obviously unreasonable.

Now that we have just recovered Osaka Prefecture, we are surrounded by enemies. Without the support of the peasants, we will become deaf and blind. Therefore, my second order is that this year's land rent tax will be changed to five public and five people, and all village chiefs and land heads who have not yet paid this year's tax will be immediately changed to five public and five people. If the payment has already been made, the head of each village and the head of the land will come to Osaka to register for a refund, and we will refund the overcharged ground rent at the price of 2,500 stones. In addition, next year's land rent will be changed to four gongs and six people. ”

Mizuno Shinko didn't speak out so quickly this time to support it, and set the land rent of Osaka Prefecture as six dukes and four people, which was set by His Royal Highness Quan Xian. The first is to punish the subjects of the Toyotomi family, and the second is to suppress the economy of Osaka Prefecture, so that the people here do not recover their strength too quickly. However, Osaka will become the business heart of today, which is probably unpredictable during Kwon Hyunden's lifetime.

Changing the policy set by His Royal Highness without authorization, Mizuno Nobugu was still a little hesitant in his heart, and he was silent for a long time before reminding Li Chenfang: "My lord, changing it to five princes and five people is already a virtuous policy, if it is changed to four princes and six people, I'm afraid His Royal Highness Zhongchang may not approve of it, right?" ”

Li Chenfang didn't have any worries about this, although he often talked about the name of Tokugawa Tadadenaga, but he really didn't have any reverence for this name. What's more, Osaka will not be in their hands next year, and it doesn't hurt to talk about the benefits of this kind of bearishness. Even if there was an accident, this is also something that Tokugawa Tadanaga should be worried about.

"No, Osaka is a commercial city, and if the surrounding farmers are too poor, it won't help Osaka's business. The four princes and six people can make the people's lives more comfortable, and they can also have some money to spend, which is good for increasing the industry and commerce in Osaka..."

Under Li Chenfang's arbitrary decision, the order to reduce the land rent was still passed, and after two orders were issued in succession, Li Chenfang paused for a moment before continuing: "For the industrial and commercial workers in Osaka, the biggest problem they are currently encountering is the problem of usury, because the continuous rise in prices since last year has caused many industrial and commercial enterprises to owe a large amount of interest.

If we let it go, many people will go bankrupt because of this, which is not a good thing for the market in Osaka. Therefore, the third order was to announce to the whole city that the interest on usury lent to merchants should not exceed 50% per annum; The interest on usury lent to craftsmen shall not exceed 30% per annum; Loans to samurai, peasants, and the unemployed may not exceed 16% per annum.

If the previous arrears have been returned to twice the principal amount or more, they can apply to the town office for cancellation of the debt. Anyone who dares to violate this order after the proclamation has been published shall be fined or even imprisoned, depending on the severity of the circumstances..."

For samurai such as Mizuno Shinko, merchants were the most useless class in this society, and the value of their existence was probably to pay taxes and give money to the daimyo to supplement the wealth of the feudal clan or the shogunate. There were many usurers who were the targets of the shogunate when they were short of money. Therefore, they did not object to Li Chenfang's policy of restricting usury, but felt that it was too merciful.

Mizuno Shingu personally wrote down the Anmin proclamation and the three policies issued by the new city representative, and at the end of the writing, he couldn't help but stop looking at Li Chenfang and asked: "Dare to ask the honorific name of the lord, and the lower officials can also write it on the notice." ”

Originally, it was just a simple question, but Li Chenfang was silent for a long time, he was neither willing to use the name of the Japanese to deceive these new subordinates, nor was he willing to reveal his identity at this moment, after all, before Japan declared war, it seemed not good to intervene in this siege war as a Ming Dynasty.

Li Chenfang was silent for too long, so that when Mizuno Shingu and the others began to be a little surprised, he said: "Fang, it's okay to issue an order in the name of Fang, and you don't have to hang up your surname." When His Royal Highness Zhongchang is newly appointed, I can also take over my position as acting city representative. ”

Mizuno Shingu subconsciously asked, "Then will His Royal Highness Zhongchang approve these three orders?" ”

Li Chenfang just glanced at him, and said unceremoniously: "My order is the order of His Royal Highness Zhongchang, and I don't need His Highness to approve it again..."

Mizuno Shinko had met Tokugawa Tadanaga in Edo, so he couldn't be mistaken, he just thought that the young samurai seemed to have the trust of Tadanaga. However, there were also officials who had never been to Edo before, and there were people who really regarded this young man who claimed to be His Highness Fang as His Royal Highness Tadacho who had come in disguise.

After Mizuno Shinko left, Zheng Xiang rushed back from the port, and he also brought back rice merchants such as Yodogo Musashi, the head of the Yodogo family. Yodowa Musashi and the others were also worried all day yesterday, and it wasn't until the early hours of the morning that they heard that Li Chenfang and others had really taken Osaka Castle, which made them feel unbelievable and ecstatic, knowing that this bet on the Ming people was a bet.

Next, the question of how much benefit everyone can get from this war. Early in the morning, Zheng Xiang rushed back and brought Yodo-Atsu Musashi and others back to Osaka Castle, and although these rice merchants were in high spirits, they did not know what they could do in this war.

Yodowo Musashi and other five rice merchants who chose the Ming people before the war, and also jointly purchased nearly 380,000 yuan of public bonds from the Ming people, and at this moment they are also their own people that Li Chenfang really recognizes. Therefore, after summoning the five people to the second floor of the castle tower, Li Chenfang said to a few people without concealment: "The capture of Osaka City this time is like divine help, but our army is weak after all, if we can't win the hearts of Osaka, when the shogunate army comes, it will be the time for us to withdraw from Osaka."

Osaka is only a little over 100 miles from Kyoto to the north, and there is a river that runs down the river, and if the shogunate army goes down the river, it will be a two- or three-day schedule at most.

To the south is Wakayama Castle of the Kii Domain, the domain of His Royal Highness Yoshinobu Tadacho's uncle. The two places are one hundred and twenty or thirty miles apart, and it is also a three- or four-day schedule. To the west is the Himeji Domain, Honda Tadamasa, and Osaka is also more than 100 miles away, four or five days.

Only Nara in the east was the Shogunate's Heavenly Domain, but the two places were separated by mountains, and Nara was surrounded by mountains, so the army was the weakest, but it was the one with the least to worry about.

Therefore, we must not only guard against the return of the western and northern sides and the army of Abe Masaji, but also worry about the Kii clan sending troops to attack us. In this way, the sea is our only way of life.

Zheng Wei can only stay here for three days at most, and then he needs to return to Tanegashima to ask for help from Xu Xunyue, which will take at least 20 days. It also means that we need to support for 20-30 days without sea support.

If we want to defend the city, we must gain the support of the citizens of Osaka. So I need you to mobilize the citizens of Osaka within these three days, so that they can fully support us in the coming war. In order to do this, it is necessary to control Osaka's various resources.

I need you to distinguish the merchants in Osaka Castle and pick out those who are unwilling to support us, and I will seal off their shops, confiscate their belongings, and drive them out of the city.

In addition, I also need you to print paper money to replace the current copper coins and gold and silver for circulation, so as to ensure that Osaka's supplies do not flow to other places and become military supplies used by the shogunate to attack us..."

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