Due to the drastic changes in economic structure, the Japanese archipelago was experiencing a painful period from the collapse of traditional agriculture to the prosperity of handicraft industry and commercial capital during the rule of Kazuo Tokugawa. The shogunate, famous men and samurai, whose main source of income is to pay tribute to the fields every year, are inevitably weakening. Therefore, at the beginning of Tokugawa IeYoshi's pro-government, he started "natural forest protection reform" relying on "old China" Mizuno.
The so-called "natural forest protection reform" is nothing more than a self-improvement of traditional Japanese feudal forces. Mizuno sincerely believes that as long as the rural population is controlled to enter the city, the annual reduction of land tax can be alleviated; As long as we change the samurai's purchase of commercial products and forgive their debts to big businessmen, we can revive our family; As long as the government ceiling price reduces the quality of metal money, it can reduce the fiscal deficit, but the ruthless reality finally tells people that none of these practices that violate economic laws can succeed.
Of course, the "natural forest protection reform" promoted by Mizuno is not a good reform. It ordered the dissolution of the "middlemen" (trade associations) in various parts of the Japanese archipelago, and the practice of promoting free trade objectively played a role in stabilizing prices and promoting Japan's economic development. It is through the east wind of "natural forest protection reform" that Samoan and Changzhou Francisco "owe" huge debts by installment repayment (37 years in Changzhou and 250 years in Samoan). It can be said that it was Mizuno Zhong's reform and the secret smuggling trade between Satsuma and Changzhou that made it out of the financial shadow in one fell swoop and become a real "strong southwest vassal". a