"Next, you will represent our new government to win over the people's hearts." Chen Youlong looked at Da Yu'er. The only one in the delegation was proficient in the local dialect, and speaking could make the people of Edo Castle trust. She herself is a well-known figure in Edo Castle.

"After the establishment of the new government, farmers who originally needed to hand over 40% of the grain to Daming only needed to hand over 30%, and some areas with barren land only needed to hand over 1,50% to 2,50% tax. In the year of the disaster, the government will make appropriate tax reductions depending on the situation. All the land will belong to the government and will be contracted for each household to farm according to the number of households. This kind of farming is not mandatory. If the contracted land gives up farming, the government will take it back and subcontract it to other farmers." Da Yu'er did not rise to the mysterious level of harmony like Lin Luoshan, but just said something very practical.

The reduction of land taxes was confirmed by Da Yu'er, and the civilians below suddenly became excited. They couldn't understand Datong Society and Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, but they were clear about how much tax they had to pay. The original 40% tax turned into 30% tax, or even 10% and 20% of tax, which was good news for the farming civilization.

"The new government will issue silver dollars and copper dollars, which is more refined than the gold coins, silver coins and copper coins issued by the shogunate. We adhere to the principle of valuing business. Merchants can freely go to and sell non-banned items everywhere, open up routes to the West, and obtain cheaper raw materials to the farther West."

"For residents of cities such as Edo, Osaka, Nagasaki, etc., we will stabilize rice prices and prices, bring more affordable goods from the mainland, and enrich the supply of vegetables and meat here."

Da Yu'er has successively expressed new policies that are beneficial to businessmen and town groups, which have made these two gradually emerging groups tend to be supported from a wait-and-see attitude. What she is talking about is the changes closely related to the lives of these two groups, and the already noisy people are even arguing in private.

"The peasants, merchants, and towns have all gained benefits from it, and our samurai group has declined." Although the Western Daming people stood on the side of the Kyushu Army, they themselves are representatives of the samurai group. They were somewhat resentful when they saw the group they were in collapsed.

This feeling is like you are denying yourself.

"One person benefits, others suffer losses. Our group of daimyos can still hold high positions in the new government, and only middle and lower classes of warriors sacrificed. They have become civilians, without their salaries, and can only be farmers or small vendors through the streets and alleys."

"The former noble warriors became civilians. If they had no salary, they would definitely raise an army to resist the new government. I think the war is far from over. It will take at least ten years to convince the warriors who lost their power in this change."

"Does we have to suppress the warriors who originally supported us in order to make our position in the new government?"

When the Western Danames listened to Otaku's reading of the new policy below, one thing that was thinking about in their hearts was how to appease the thousands of samurai in Japan. The middle and lower samurai once supported these danames to rise to power, but the Danames such as the Shimazu family, Yamauchi family, and Maori family still had power in the new government, and they would definitely retaliate.

The civil wars in Japan were fighting, and the civilians were not full, while the lower samurai lost all their money, while the daimyos above still did not suffer serious losses due to the change of power. As long as the daimyos did not stand in the wrong camp, they could still hold high positions. With the stability of the world, the upper samurai transformed into bureaucrats, while the middle and lower samurai lost their privileges to join the army due to the upcoming conscription system. They were destined to be abandoned.

"Now the public vote begins. Every citizen present can come here to receive a vote, with only two options: Yes or No.. Those who support the establishment of a new government to replace the shogunate, please draw a circle on the left, and those who still support the shogunate rule draw a circle on the right, otherwise it will be considered invalid." Da Yu'er said with a vote in her hand.

Da Yu'er's words are already extremely simple, even those who are ignorant of Ding can understand them. You can reduce taxes by drawing a circle on the left.

There are more than 100,000 residents in Edo Castle, and some samurai and samurai families are prohibited from participating in the voting, which means that almost all voting people are towns, farmers, and merchants.

This major event that caused a sensation in Japan quickly spread, and the cavalry rushed to the northeast, central, Hokkaido and other places. These places were also controlled by Daming, Hachimoto, Samurai, and Daming, who were close to the shogunate, and they heard that Edo Castle was going to hold a referendum to decide the ownership of Japan, so many Daming was on the sidelines.

First, the shogunate general Tokugawa Iemitsu had already surrendered at Tennoji Temple and was escorted to the capital, and they had to take a new position. Second, if the referendum result in Edo Castle was not in their interests, it would not be too late for them to rebel.

"I originally wanted to draw a circle on the right, but the tax reduction and exemption were too tempting. The land where I live was barren and water conservancy was inconvenient. I guess after the establishment of the new government, it would only take 15% of the harvest, which was 25% less than the previous 40% of the harvest. The surplus grain would either be kept for emergencies or sold for some copper coins, and life would be improved."

Many farmers wearing coarse cloth lined up in groups to pick up votes. The group that benefited the most from the new government's policies was the farmers. In order to allow the farmers to come to participate in the voting, members of the Chinese Association went to a village near Edo Castle to summon farmers to vote.

Because when Tanaka Seiichi asked Chu Yun for help in Japan two years ago, he promised that if Chu Yun agreed to his Japanese province plan, he would personally manipulate the voting results and allow the Japanese province plan to be implemented smoothly.

It is time for Tanaka Zeichi to fulfill his promise.

"As long as you draw a circle on the left side of this paper and then hand it over to the vote-singer, the maximum harvest you will be handed in this year is no more than 30%!"

In some areas of Edo Castle, members of the Huaxia Association gathered a group of farmers to teach them how to vote. At this time, the farmers in Japan were almost illiterate, and their understanding of the world was limited to the villages around Edo Castle, and it was easy to be encouraged by the members of the Huaxia Association. They only knew that drawing circles on the left side of the votes this year and in the future could reduce the harvest.

"President, our peripheral members have also mixed into the voting crowd. We in China will have many believers. It is estimated that the votes of our Chinese members alone can contribute more than 10,000." People from the China Association reported to Tanaka Seiichi.
Chapter completed!