The latest website: Tadaoemon took the letter from Shintaro Terazawa and a small bag of gold to the Tokushima clan residence. He also brought two soldiers from the training team. This should not give Suga Qiyu a little hope, the best hope. There is nothing more than the discovery of gold.

There is not much placer gold, which adds up to no more than 100 grams. The point is that you have to fall in front of Qi Suga Qiyu, want the kind of excitement that gold particles fall and fall in front of him.

Very good, Qi Suga Qiyu repeatedly nodded, who doesn't love gold. He was willing to listen to Chuemon and send people to Ezo, not just for this.

After confirming Qiyu Qiyu's mind, the autumn harvest will arrive.

This year, Western countries and Kinki basically had no harvest. Kanto generally reduced production by 30%, but Oshu Yuzhou was less affected. It may have something to do with the location. Japan’s terrain is narrow and long, and Ou and other places are not in the same climatic zone.

The speculators were killed and Edo merchants were warned before, and the situation in Kanto stabilized. Although rice is still sold at three times the parity price in previous years, there is no shortage of food crisis. The market is open for supply, and Xiao Xiaozhi has been suppressed, and the problem is not big.

The shogunate not only sold a single grain of rice, but also made 600,000 taels of rice bought by speculators in vain. After deducting the cost, at least 500,000 taels of gold and 200,000 stone meters can be used for disaster relief.

The salvation must first save the family's genealogy, as well as those who have always been obedient to the shogunate. As for those who are usually ordinary, or even have two hearts, I can only be sorry.

Japan in this society does not have any national consciousness. A feudal clan is a country, and which clan you belong to is which country you belong to. Anyway, it’s not a citizen of my Tokugawa family. It’s nothing to do with me.

For example, the Akashi clan does not need to speak to the shogunate. Not only did Matsudaira Qixuan learn the news secretly and stored several thousand stone meters, the shogunate also "borrowed" several thousand taels to the Akashi clan. This kind of "borrowing" must have been borrowed or not repaid. After two years, the shogunate directly forgave the debt with a wave of his hand.

Akashi Fan had money and food. Although the drought occurred, it was not serious enough for everyone to flee from the famine. The people who received the relief even had enough energy to simply prepare the canals in their villages, or go up the mountains to chop down trees and build waterwheels. It's not a professional big waterwheel with ten people. It is a success that a small waterwheel can send water from the ditch ashore.

Other vassals also asked the shogunate for loans ranging from several thousand to thirty thousand yuan, which was a subsidy. In the entire Western Kingdom, there is only one clan of Saga, not only did not reach out to the shogunate, but there is more power to support the neighboring clan.

It's not because he was not affected. On the contrary, Saga was not only affected by drought, but also by wind. However, his mature and perfect rural guarantee mechanism and sufficient financial resources in the domain allowed him to have enough food to cope with such a catastrophe.

Clan such as Satsuma, Defense Minister, and Tosa can protect themselves at most, which is already commendable. There is still room to pull near neighbors, Saga Clan is really the only one.

This incident also attracted the attention of the Edo side. The clan’s request for the shogunate’s rescue was like rain, but the Saga clan not only did not ask for help from the shogunate, but also told the shogunate that if the shogunate had any difficulties in Kyushu, it was completely You can discuss with the Saga domain, and Saga is willing to do his best.

By the way, Naoshima Nao is the brother-in-law of Tokugawa Ieki!

Because of this relationship, Tokugawa Ieki ordered Nabeshima to go to the prefecture to explain. The shogunate is willing to learn from him how Saga can maintain stability in the confinement under the conditions of wind and drought. Barely make ends meet.

Hearing this news, Chuemon was delighted, because the model of Saga was the one that Chuemon believed to be the best under the feudal regime model. It may not be able to guarantee thousands of years, but as long as the society can be stable for decades, it will be great.

If the shogunate is above the sky, learn the various strategies of the Saga clan, carry out limited land reforms, rescue tenant farmers, stabilize self-cultivation farmers, and crack down on rich peasant landlords. Then the surplus rural population will be digested into the handicraft industry, the exploitation of the rural areas will be reduced, and the rural areas will be rejuvenated. Then the financial hematopoietic function of the shogunate will definitely be reborn.

Serious things are definitely serious things, so Chuemon immediately went to the castle to ask the shogunate about the progress of the matter. The current shogunate is still in the afterglow of Mizuno Tadakuni's reforms. The policy is inertial. Many things that the shogunate did not do before have become a "precedent" because of the strong promotion of Mizuno Tadakuni.

Ooka Tadoku really wants to be a "time-saving prime minister" if he doesn't protect him?

With the first heavy snowfall in Edo, Naomasa Nabeshima, who had explained from Saga to the prefecture, finally arrived in Edo. As Tokugawa Ieki’s brother-in-law, he was naturally summoned for the first time.

During the subsequent meeting of the old Chinese imperial court, Naomasa Nabeshima introduced the Saga area in detail to the old Chinese and a series of measures for the restoration of the countryside and the establishment of industry.

And Naosho Nabeshima said very clearly that he appointed a large number of lower-level samurai from Kodokan, and actually threw the incompetent upper-level feudal vassal aside for retirement. The reason why he dared to propose to the shogunate is because he heard that the shogunate established Edo University and began to recruit and train people of insight in the shogunate.

As long as the students of Edo University graduate, and the shogunate still holds a new army of thousands of people, the rest will be much easier. The shogunate has the power to promote large-scale reforms of the entire Tianling, it depends on whether you dare to dare.

As the saying goes, if you want to plant flowers, don’t bloom~lightnovelpub.net~ unintentionally plant willows and willow trees. Mizuno Tadakuni, who had been listening to the report with his eyes closed, did not expect that he had already laid the foundation for the next reform of the shogunate before he retired. As long as two or three years later, when the students of Edo University graduate, everything can be carried out smoothly.

As for Tokugawa Kayuki, he looked at his two younger brothers. Matsudaira was destined to be the first minister and Lao Naka of Tokugawa Kayoshi. Depending on his age, Suga Qiyu will certainly continue to work until the Tokugawa family is settled.

You two will study with the brother-in-law Naomasa Naomasa in a while!

I have learned all the advanced experience that the Saga Special Economic Zone has already succeeded in. Although it may not be usable now, the reforms can be carried out when Xinjun succeeds to the throne in the future and all conditions are ripe. The two younger brothers looked at their brother's eyes and immediately understood, and they all said they would ask Nabeshima for advice.

As it was approaching, Ieki Tokugawa saw Chuemon who was sitting in the corner again, and said something casually.

"Cadaemon, you go with me too. It's always good to learn more."

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