The notices spoken by Emperor Komu were soon posted in front of all the ryotai houses in Osaka Castle Town.

The content is very simple, just two sentences.

The first is to register claims. Not only the claims of the top ten second-hand houses, but also the claims of other second-hand houses with repayment difficulties are registered.

Second, all creditors who want the Emperor to help repay their debts must do their best to serve His Majesty the Emperor! Because only by letting His Majesty the Emperor seize the Kinai Five Kingdoms first can they be able to reorganize their finances and help Osaka Ryotaiya pay off its huge debt!

In other words, if you want His Majesty the Emperor to repay your debts, you must be loyal to the Emperor... Profiteers in Osaka, are you loyal or disloyal?

When the profiteers saw Emperor Komu's notice, they were all dumbfounded. Of course they knew what loyalty meant... They wanted to help the Emperor capture Osaka Castle and Kyoto!

They are profiteers who are greedy for life and afraid of death. They are not samurai warriors. How can they help the Emperor to capture Osaka Castle and Kyoto?

Emperor Koiko probably also knew that this Osaka profiteer was a coward, so early in the morning he asked the ten major ryotaiyas to arrange bantou and tedai ​​to set up stalls outside each ryotaiya in Osaka Castle Town. On the one hand, they would register claims and on the other hand, they would

Let's explain His Majesty the Emperor's policies.

"These debts are not owed by His Majesty the Emperor, and of course His Majesty has no obligation to bear them, but businessmen who are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor can get her help to tide over the difficulties. If you want His Majesty the Emperor's help, then please be loyal to His Majesty!

If you are unwilling to be loyal, it is impossible to get help from His Majesty the Emperor!"

"As long as they are loyal merchants who are loyal to the Emperor, after His Majesty returns the capital to Kyoto, he will take out the bonds issued by the Daimyo Salt Bank to help Osaka's Ryota Bank repay the debts it owes..."

It seems to make sense... In fact, Emperor Komu had no money to pay off Osaka's two houses. The one who really paid for it was Zhu Cihong, the best man in the Ming Dynasty who did good deeds without leaving his name.

Of course, Zhu Cihong's Salt Bank would not take out the money in vain, let alone take away precious real money. What he provided to Osaka Ryundai Bank was credit that was as valuable as real money.

With the credit guarantee of the Salt Bank and the Bank of Japan, white paper can become a currency as strong as silver.

Therefore, what Osaka's "loyal merchants" can get is a five-year non-coupon bearer transferable bond issued by the Salt Bank with one tael of silver coins as the underlying... Osaka's Liangdai Bank only needs to accept

With the capital injection of Salt Bank, a corresponding number of "five-year non-coupon bearer transferable bonds" can be obtained to repay their debts.

These "five-year non-coupon bearer transferable bonds" will also be endorsed by Emperor Koiko's court - these bonds can be used to pay the annual tribute and other taxes paid to the court, and can also be used by the court and

Settlement of royal merchants.

In short, these "five-year non-coupon bearer transferable bonds" are still very useful!

"But how can we be loyal? We are all businessmen, not warriors. It is impossible for us to go to war!"

"Yeah, even if we reluctantly go to the battlefield, we can't be the opponent of the Tokugawa samurai..."

Osaka businessmen are still timid!

Even though the "five-year non-coupon bearer transferable bonds" were attracting me, I still didn't dare to fight the Tokugawa samurai.

"You don't need to fight. His Majesty the Emperor has 100,000 Hokuriku, China, Kyushu and Shikoku samurai loyal to him. He doesn't need you businessmen to go into battle. However, His Majesty the Emperor does not intend to storm Osaka Castle. In order to reduce casualties, she plans to surround Osaka Castle. This A siege trench that is at least 20 miles long needs to be dug, a breastwork that is 25 miles long needs to be built, a large number of deer villages and horse guns need to be deployed, and several fortresses may need to be built... This is a very huge project. Tens of thousands of strong men need to be mobilized! So please contribute according to the number of registered claims!

Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor will also give you additional credits based on how many people you have contributed. When the Battle of Osaka and Kyoto is over, all the townspeople who have made meritorious services will be given town land as a reward. By then, you will be a town official, and your status will be Similar to countrymen, they can have Miao characters, carry swords, and serve as officials!"

The representatives sent by Emperor Koiko now offered the coveted town land.

At this time, all land in Japan is publicly owned or owned by lords - in fact, feudal private ownership of land does not exist! If the land is privately owned, what else does the lord receive? How can feudal obligations be established? The lord has no land to grant. , why should vassals perform military service?

Therefore, in places where land is privately owned and can be bought and sold freely, the element of feudalism is very low. In contrast, in Japan, which is highly feudal, there is basically no private land.

The land occupied by samurai was granted by the superior lord, and the lord could also take it back. The land occupied by farmers and townspeople needed to be rented from the lord. Therefore, the annual tribute paid by Japanese farmers and the land tax paid by farmers in Ming Dynasty were completely different concepts. The former is actually land rent, so there are standards of six for public and four for public and five for public and five for private. The latter only collects taxes, so it is usually five liters or one dou per acre.

When Emperor Koiko distributed town land as rewards to meritorious Osaka townspeople, he actually gave them the status of "shi" - they worked for the emperor and received land from the emperor. Of course, they were the emperor's "shi". Because they received They have relatively little land, so their status is similar to that of country people, and they may be called "town people". But they can definitely have the Miao character and the right to wield swords, and they are part of the samurai class.

You can get a five-year non-coupon bearer transferable bond, you can also get town land, and become a town samurai. Now the businessmen in Osaka are finally excited... This Emperor Komu is really rare. Mingjun!

The cheers of "The Emperor is on board" sounded again and reached the ears of Tokugawa Yorinobu and the various feudal lords under his command who had already boarded the Osaka Castle Castle Tower.

At this time, Tokugawa Yorinobu had summoned all the feudal lords under his command and gathered them all in Osaka Castle. A military meeting was now being held.

"General Osaka, now we should attack Osaka Castle Town first before the enemies have arrived!"

"General Osaka, please give the order to attack!"

"General Osaka, the samurai are all excited, waiting for your order!"

"Yes, General Osaka, please lead us out of the city and let the traitors in Osaka Castle Town get the punishment they deserve!"

The feudal lords in Osaka Castle are all gearing up - this time the target is the extremely wealthy Osaka Castle Town!

If you grab it hard, it will be worth the annual tribute for several years!

Of course Tokugawa Yorinobu knows what the people below are thinking. But he doesn't know how many of these people are secretly liaising with Kobuin?

Todo Takatsugi can't be the only one, right? The Todo family has received favors from the shogunate and received more than 300,000 koku. But those feudal lords who did not receive a large title or even had their territories reduced, don't have any thoughts? For example, the Hojo family

?Now that Uesugi and Takeda have all defected to Kobuin, Hojo doesn’t want to?

If he leads an attack and something happens in Osaka City, everything will be lost.

But if he does not attack and allows other feudal lords to lead their troops to rob, what will his retainers think? The Osaka Castle Town is the property of the Osaka clan! The retainers of the Osaka clan cannot rob it, but let outsiders rob it... and

As a lord, how could he allow samurai from other countries to rob his subjects? If he did this, would the 1.15 million stone feudal lords in Osaka still have the dignity to show off to others?

In addition, once the samurai enter the castle town of Osaka, they are likely to only focus on robbery and lose discipline. If Kobuin and Zhu Cijiong ambush in the castle town... that will dampen their spirit!

Thinking of this, Tokugawa Yorinobu coughed and said: "The shogunate has already made a plan... We will cage the city in Osaka. With the reserves in Osaka City, we can persist for at least three years! But it will not take six years.

In a few months, the Tokugawa family's army will be able to conquer Echigo Kingdom. At that time, the world will be pacified by our Tokugawa family again. But before that, we only need to stick to Osaka, Fushimi, Nijo, Takato, Nagahama, and Hikone

, Wakayama Castle and Tanba Kameyama Castle, etc., and firmly contain Kobuin's army within the Kin, and you'll be done!
Chapter completed!