When Yu Qiuping applied for a budget from Congress this time, the businessmen were very happy. This time the big crisis of the Oda family and the aggressiveness of the Miyoshi family made them feel a sense of crisis, and they did not dare to put any more restrictions on the Yu Qiu family's budget.
Since they obtained legislative power, a series of laws conducive to commerce and trade have been promulgated, and the Yuqiu family has also established large-scale trading markets and inns and official roads in many places to facilitate business travel. And these merchants even stayed in Yuqiuping.
Encouraged by the government, he began to invest in building factories. He wanted to build large-scale factories like Lanxiang Huaju’s Military Industry Department to produce some ordnance weapons, or to build some larger-scale textile factories, lumber factories, salt factories, porcelain factories, and refineries.
Iron works, shipyards, etc. Setting up your own factory to produce things is definitely more profitable than simply running trade. Under the rule of the samurai family in the past, samurai were not happy to see businessmen opening factories with such fanfare.
Relying on smooth trade routes, reduced tariffs and investment in factories, the profits they earned in more than a year were almost as much as their profits in the past three years. In order to preserve the treasure trove of the Yuqiu family, they even passed a new
According to the tax bill, an additional temporary tax will be given to businessmen every quarter to ensure the Yuqiu family's arms budget.
However, the harmonious honeymoon period in Yuqiu's family did not last long because of the arrival of a group of people - members of the House of Lords who had been forgotten for a long time.
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When Yu Qiuping took back the territories of the four small wealthy families, the Yuan family, the Kato family, the Kawabizhong and the Nonomura family, each family was granted the qualifications of an upper house, and they had the right to approve the major policies of the Yu Qiu family. However,
, since Yu Qiuping left for Kinki shortly afterwards and never returned to Ono, many important decisions such as convening the National Assembly and the courts were not discussed with these congressmen. When Yu Qiuping transferred his seal to Hanoi, they also stayed in
Naoe Tadahei was worried that his prestige was insufficient, so he returned a lot of the jurisdiction of the territory to them. They almost returned to their past status, and gradually forgot their status as members of the upper house.
However, because Yu Qiuping's territory in Onong was taken back, they panicked for a moment. Originally, they signed a ten-year territory lease agreement with Yu Qiuping, and they had the right to take back these territories after ten years. But now these
The territory was taken over by Oda Nobunaga, and it had nothing to do with Uakiupei, so their agreement became an empty document. So they immediately rushed to the road before the large force of Naoe Tadayei, who was responsible for the relocation, set off.
The whole family rushed to Maple Leaf Mountain City and asked Yu Qiuping to allocate tens of thousands of stones from Hanoi's territory as their new territory.
When this news came, the Congress immediately exploded. Because the Yuqiu family's law, that is, the law enacted by their Congress, although in theory can govern the territory of the small wealthy family, in fact it only governs the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Yuqiu Ping.
It takes effect in the territory. The small wealthy families in North Hanoi still maintain high tariffs. There are layers of checkpoints in the territory, which are very unfriendly to merchants. Most of the residents in the territory are self-sufficient and are not integrated into the economy.
Such territory occupies almost half of the Yuqiu family's territory, severely restricting the market for these Sakai merchants. They produce a lot of goods in their factories in Sakai and urgently need to sell them, but the territories of these small wealthy families are relatively small.
The high tariffs gave them a headache. What made them even more dissatisfied was that these small wealthy families in North Hanoi often prohibited the private outflow of their population. Since the Yuqiu family recruited a large number of soldiers within their direct control, there were not many young and middle-aged men left.
Therefore, the labor force required by merchants' factories has always been in short supply. The consequence of the labor shortage is the increase in employment costs. Seeing that the merchants cannot recruit people, those shrewd Kinki people have demanded higher wages, making the merchants miserable.
They very much hope to divide the territories of those small wealthy families under the management of Yu Qiuping, so that the laws enacted by their Congress can govern there, so as to open up the market and obtain a large number of people as cheap labor.
However, these small wealthy families in Hanoi are backed by Hatakeyama Takamasa, who is a government official. Whenever businessmen try to reach out to the territory of the small wealthy families, Hatakeyama Takamasa will accuse them of "violating the constitution" and "interfering without authorization".
The warning was issued on the grounds of "housekeeping".
Nearly half of Yu Qiuping's territory originally belonged to small wealthy families. These four newly arrived Wenong wealthy families have to take away tens of thousands of stones. How can these businessmen sit idly by and ignore it? Can they still do business?
Is the factory still recruiting people? Seeing that Yu Qiuping, because of his good reputation of "doing what he says", actually planned to agree to the request of Hara Yifang and others and set aside 32,000 shi of territory for them, the businessmen in the Congress suddenly
They were anxious. They, who had always been warned by the courts, actually took the initiative to go to court and sue the four small wealthy families, claiming that the contract they signed with Yu Qiuping was illegal.
However, in the constitution enacted by the National Assembly not long ago, there is no provision on the legality of the contract Yu Qiuping signed in the past. Hatakeyama Takamasa did not know how to make a verdict for a while. This case suddenly became the focus, and Yu Qiu's house was instantly lively.
stand up.
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Amano Keitoku seized the opportunity and let his crows spread rumors in the territory. On the one hand, it was said that Hatakeyama Takamasa and the small wealthy clan in Kitakawachi planned to reject the unreasonable request of the Congress and also requested legislation to ensure that the territory of the small wealthy clan was not intruded. On the other hand,
On the one hand, it was claimed that the businessmen of the National Assembly planned to deprive the four small wealthy families of Onong and the wealthy families of North Kawachi of their territories in one go. Crow's rumor offensive successfully added fuel to the fire, and the businessmen of the National Assembly and the small wealthy families, who were already at odds, were almost at war with each other.
During the fight, a small wealthy family even hired ninjas to assassinate Congress leaders Imai Sohisa and Tsuda Soukechi - this was discovered and foiled by Crow in time.
Yu Qiuping originally did not support Amano Jingtoku causing internal strife when the enemy was at hand, but the troops of the Miyoshi family had returned to their respective territories due to the autumn harvest, giving the Yu Qiu family the opportunity to sit back and watch the battle between Congress and the court. Yu Qiuping naturally also
Will not stop.
The businessmen of the Diet, the courts, and the small wealthy families criticized each other and exposed all kinds of dirty information. Unlike outsiders like Yu Qiuping, they were all born and raised in Kinki. They were all very familiar with each other, and the scandals had already happened
It spread thousands of miles. In order to argue about which of the two opinions was right, the small wealthy families also sent out their eloquent retainers to engage in fierce debates with the businessmen in courts and parliament halls. For a time, some of the political leaders in the future were
shadow.
However, the debate was just a flash in the pan. Businessmen and small wealthy families immediately began to use their own abilities to find ways to create obstacles for each other. The merchants cut off the supply of materials to the small wealthy families, and the small wealthy families mobilized to conquer the people and attack the merchants.
The team carried out attacks and interceptions. However, in the struggle, the merchants were obviously better. Their material blockade suddenly stretched the territory of the small wealthy clan, and some farmers in some territories even launched a protest. The small wealthy clan attacked the caravan.
, were also repelled by the ninjas hired by the Congress at high prices. These wealthy Congress businessmen even spent a lot of money to bribe the opposition forces in the families of the small wealthy families, and cooperated with the local government to try to overthrow the rule of the family governors of the small wealthy families. Hatakeyama Takamasa immediately declared this practice illegal.
, requiring the businessmen to stop immediately and investigate and deal with the masterminds who conspired to plot the rebellion.
Seeing this, Yu Qiuping could no longer sit idly by, so he sent Tokiwa Bei's troops to intervene and coordinate, ordering both sides to stop fighting and sit at the negotiation table.
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During the negotiations, neither the merchants nor the small wealthy families were willing to give in easily. The Congress insisted that the small wealthy people's territorial markets should be open and could no longer set such high tariffs. It also asked the small wealthy families to allow their territorial citizens to move freely. The small wealthy families
They are very uneasy about the domineering businessmen. Not only do they support the four wealthy families in Onong to obtain territory, but they also want the upper house composed of wealthy families in Onong to really use their power to approve important decisions of the Yuqiu family to supervise the Congress.
.However, due to the advantages gained in the previous struggle, the businessmen of the Congress are more confident, and the retainers of the small wealthy family cannot stand up to the clever businessmen. The Congress even used the budget as a threat to ask the Yuqiu family to send troops to take over the small business.
The territory of the wealthy families. Under such heavy pressure, the alliance of wealthy families gradually fell into decline.
Under such a situation, both sides of the confrontation turned their attention to the Yuqiu family, hoping that the Yuqiu family could make a fair verdict. Yuqiupei was discussing with Naoe Tadayei, Sena Ujiyoshi, Amano Keitoku, Sanada Masayuki and Takenaka Shigeharu
After a long time, I finally came up with a solution.
Due to the closed nature of the small wealthy clan's territory, it has indeed hindered the development of business within Yu Qiu's family. It has also made Yu Qiuping very unsmooth in managing the territory, and the source of soldiers for conscription has also been limited. Therefore, Yu Qiuping and the Congress unanimously decided to deal with it as in the past
Like the four wealthy families in Onong, they signed a lease agreement with all the small wealthy families in Beihanoi, leasing their territory for five years and taking over the taxation, judicial and management rights of the territory to the Yuqiu family.
As compensation, all small wealthy families can get a seat in the upper house, and form the upper house together with the wealthy families in Onon. In contrast, the existing merchants' parliament was renamed the lower house, and the two chambers were collectively called the parliament.
The authority of the House of Lords has also been changed accordingly. It is no longer to review the decisions of the Yuqiu family, but to review the legislation of the House of Commons and amend the law. The power of the Yuqiu family to review the legislation of the House of Commons has been
It was transferred to the House of Lords. If the legislation of the House of Commons or the amendment of the law are not passed by the House of Lords, it must be sent back for reconsideration - and in the next vote, a two-thirds majority is required to pass the bill again. However,
When the House of Commons passes the same bill again, the House of Lords has no power to reject it again.
The reason why the National Assembly should be changed into the House of Commons is also to satisfy the vanity of these small wealthy families who are warriors. Naturally they cannot bear to be on equal terms with businessmen, so they are set up as the upper house and the businessmen as the lower house. However, anyone with a discerning eye understands that the lower house is the lower house.
The power of the House of Representatives must be greater.
The House of Commons immediately voted to pass the "Territory Leasing Act" and submitted it to the court for review. The small wealthy family strongly resisted such a bill at first, because it would obviously do more harm than good to the small wealthy family - how can a seat in the House of Lords be compared to a real one?
What about the territory? Depriving the small wealthy family of their territory also violated the laws of the shogunate in the heart of Hatakeyama Takamasa. Naturally, Yu Qiupei could not completely ignore their feelings, because he adopted the method of understanding with reason and moving with emotion.
He promised the family governors of the small wealthy clans to transfer the debts they owed to the Yuqiu family and allocate one-tenth of their territory's annual income to them as salaries. All the warriors and retainers in the territory would be retained in their posts.
Let them continue to serve as administrative officials. And their tribes, Yu Qiuping, will be temporarily reserved for them and will not be annexed.
Originally, the governors of these small wealthy families had a tight life all year round, and they might still be in debt. Now Yu Qiuping not only cleared the debts, but also gave them a large sum of money, enough to live like a rich man. And
The warriors and retainers in the territory have also been accounted for, so they don't have to worry too much. These small wealthy families also know in their hearts that if Yu Qiuping and the merchants join forces to attack them, they will not be able to fight against them. In this case, it is better to accept this.
Conditions, lease the territory decently. Anyway, the territory is not lost, it is just rented out, and the land deed is still in your hands. Moreover, the military power is still in your hands, so you don’t have to worry about being arbitrarily controlled by others.
Since the small wealthy families themselves are willing, the always fair Hatakeyama Takamasa will naturally not obstruct the bill for his own selfish interests (the small wealthy families are an important force supporting him) and pass it happily. The new political system of the Yuqiu family has officially
It was established. Under the organization of Naoe Tadayei and Hatakeyama Takamasa, the acting officials and judges entered the territory of the small wealthy clan and began to handle taxation and legal affairs. The merchants were finally able to abolish the customs duties in the territory of the small wealthy clan and at the same time, take advantage of them.
Recruit labor.
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In this political storm, although the small wealthy families lost control of their territories, they still had military power in their hands, and they were able to maintain a high economic and political status in a dignified manner. They were much better than those wanderers in troubled times who lost their country and their family.
The merchants also made a lot of profits, but the biggest winner was the Yuqiu family. Not only did they take all the territory under their direct control, they also moved the upper house that originally restricted their decision-making to the merchants.
All this was thanks to Amano Jingtoku's crow secretly inciting the merchants and small wealthy families to fight among themselves, and the Yuqiu family was able to benefit from it.
After everything came to an end, Yu Qiuping finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the political system that he had changed beyond recognition, and he couldn't tell whether it was like a parliamentary system, a presidential system, or some other system.
"Just make do with it." He comforted himself, "Maybe in future college classes, my attempt will become a textbook."