After asking two confidants, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mizunai, out of Osaka, to be logically speaking, Hideo could finally calm down and handle government affairs, but this was not the case.

After this war, Hideopo had already begun to slowly establish a dominant position in Japan. In military, Hideopo relied on his own strength and allies stationed in various places to maintain an absolute advantage; in political terms, he controlled the center of the Toyotomi regime in the name of Hideola's Houyan, which was unshakable; in economic terms, he had left the Toyotomi So-Class and other daimyos far behind with his huge Ishitaka and his monopoly on the Kamyoshi trade.

But even in this situation, some noises were heard from time to time inside and outside Osaka, mainly because Hideopo completely abolished the system of the elders. In fact, Hideopo, Maeda Tomosato, Ukita Hideaki, and Asano Nagamasato said it was rather vague, but he clearly abolished the joint meeting of the elders, but he still retained the positions of the three elders, and in a sense, he still allowed the system to survive. However, as the situation gradually became beneficial to Hideopo, and in order to eliminate the threat of the "uncertain factor" of Ukita Hidea, the "uncertainty factor" of Hideopo, he made a fuss in his mind and completely abolished the system that had lasted for nearly three years. Instead, it was the "Seven Secrets, Nine Sessions, Twelve Systems" carefully fabricated by Hideopo and his retainers.

Looking back at the development process of the Kamakura Shogunate, Muromachi Shogunate and even Toyotomi regime, the power that was most relied on and trusted by the highest powers in the early days was often the power that they relied on and trusted in the early days: the Hojo clan, the wife of the Genora, took over the power of the shogunate with the position of "holding power"; the "three managements and four positions" that made great contributions to the establishment of the shogunate of Ashikaga's clan, rang the death knell for the Muromachi Shogunate with the "Eyeren Rebellion"; the elders who were so proud of their eyes when they were alive and respectful, became tigers that could eat people in a blink of an eye, tearing the Toyotomi world to pieces.

In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, Xiubao must formulate a new system that is completely different from the past.

"You can have power, but you cannot have autonomy." A sentence from Fujido Takato during the meal reminded Hideo: The situation is very good now, why not imitate the Ming Dynasty on the other side of the ocean and strengthen centralization in one fell swoop? After many day and night discussions and planning, referring to the development history of China and Japan in history, combined with the current reality of Japan, Hideo finally made a final decision, and the "Seven Divisions and Nine Cao System" came into being.

The Seventh Division, as the nominal highest administrative body of the Toyotomi regime, originated from the decomposition and refinement of the functions of the Five Pursuits, was appointed as the Supreme Chief of the Seventh Division, mainly including the following seven parts:

Wuwei Department: The highest military organ of the Toyotomi regime, responsible for the recruitment of military forces across the country;

The Minister of Justice: The highest civil affairs agency of the Toyotomi regime is responsible for civil affairs across the country. The most important are the appointment and removal of officials from various places, the approval of changes in the Daming family's family, and the subsequent upcoming imperial examinations;

Tuchashi: The highest judicial organ of the Toyotomi regime, in charge of national criminal decrees and review of criminal names;

Duzhi Department: in charge of the country's land, taxes, salaries, food and salary, and financial income and expenditure;

Bingli Department: is in charge of temple and community sacrifices, rituals and music and the creation of rituals and prefectures in the tombs, and is responsible for connecting with the royal family;

The Department of Construction and Repair: In charge of national engineering affairs, all cities and cities repaired in various places must be reported to them for approval in accordance with regulations;

Kanhe Department: in charge of overseas trade, and Hideopo directly appointed Daming as the general.

Jiu Cao, as a policy implementation and communication agency directly under Hideobo, was similar to Cao Cao in the Han Dynasty Prime Minister's Office, directly obeyed Xiu Bao, and was responsible for submitting the decisions and suggestions of the Seven Divisions to Xiu Bao for final decisions. He had the power to guide and suggest the policies of the Seven Divisions. Most of the Seven Divisions were the retainers of Hideobo as the highest chief "Cao Officer". Although it was just a private institution of Hideobo in name, it actually became an important force to suppress and weaken the Seven Divisions. It mainly includes the following nine parts:

Military Cavalry: also known as Eastern Cavalry, the final review and approval of military force recruitment, the scale of military force under Daming, and the connection with the Wuwei Department;

Official Cao: also known as Western Cao, the acting official in various places, the final review and approval of changes in famous people, and the General Secretary;

City Cao: Responsible for maintaining public security in cities across the country (with exclusive military power), final review and approval of the construction of Daming Town, and docking with the General Secretary;

Zheng Cao: The final review and approval of the Criminal Law and the connection between the Tuchasima Department;

Household: household registration, final review and approval of military supplies, and docking with the Du Branch Department;

Taxation: tax collection and payment into the warehouse, final review and approval of policy formulation, and docking with the Du Branch Department;

Memorial Cao: He is in charge of connecting with the royal family and temples, and has a close relationship with the "Wu Family Transmission" and is connected with the Bingli Department;

Worker: For engineering construction in various places, the final review and approval of cities and cities, and the operation and repair department is connected;

Supervisor and record the behavior of local officials and Daming. Report and take measures in a timely manner for those who are misconduct and have misinformed intentions. If they do not connect with the company, the specific personnel will be unknown.

To sum up, it can be seen that the Seven-Secret system is the inheritance of the system of the previous elders, and its status is roughly equivalent to that of the previous ones. The nine-Secret system is directly under Hideopo. Although it is independent of the Toyotomi regime, it has the final decision-making power. The profound meaning of this is self-evident, which is to further transfer the power held by the Toyotomi family to the Yamato Toyotomi family to avoid the situation where powerful daimyo occupy the central government and use the emperor to command the princes.

Based on this purpose, Xiubao identified the first batch of candidates for the judges and Cao Zheng:

Takeo Department: Kiyoshi Kato; Maeda's Secretary: Toshimasaki Maeda; Toshimasaki: Ukita Hideki; Toshimasaki: Asano Nagamasaki; Oni Rei Department: Kata Kiyoto; Kaisun Department: Ikeda Hiromasaki; Kanho Department: Goto Kiji.

Military: Shima Qingxing; Official: Fujido Takato; Municipal: Nasu Ziyi; Zheng: Fukushima Takayoshi; House: Ogasawara Tada; Tax: Tadakaya Sui; Tax: Sangshan Ikh; Message: Natsushi Masashi's family; Worker: Takeda Katsuki; Supervisor: Hidemasaki Asai.

In addition, in order to better implement the central policy in various places and avoid concealing the authority of the seven departments, Xiubao also set up twelve offices under the seven departments, including the treasury, security, official routes, temples and society, general requests, forging money, tribute envoys, prosecutors, courtesans, guards, camps, and sushi, selected trusted retainers and senior officials from close prostitutes from Daming's family to follow them, responsible for the practical implementation of the policies, and promptly reported the implementation to the seven departments and nine cadres.

In this way, the system of "Seven Divisions, Nine Divisions, Twelve Divisions," which replaced the system of the old masters, was officially implemented in the second year of the Battle of Aizun, that is, the first month of the sixth year of the sixth year of the Aizun. The magistrates and Cao Cao all arranged the affairs of the subordinates to enter Fushimi Castle. The Twelve Division also rushed to Fushimi one after another in the following three months to accept the appointment and arrangements of Xiumao.

Some people say that the "Seven Secrets, Nine Sessions, Twelve Sessions" is a reversal of the Toyotomi Hideyoshi system and is a powerful measure for Hideobo to strengthen his own power; some people say that Hideobo still took into account the face of the Toyotomi Sou family. Except for Goto Kiji, all of them were daimyos who had received the grace of the Taige. Moreover, the Twelve Sessions still took "Persistence" as the leader, which was also considered to be a disguised retaining the position of "Persistence" and also explained to the Sou family and Ohashi faction.

But in fact, the twelve practices here are really not worth mentioning compared to the five practices that took over the central power and could mobilize thousands of troops at any time. Their responsibilities have also changed from active decision-making and command to passive execution.

Not only that, the Qisi replaced the position pursued by the old man in name and became a new decision-making body. However, under the suppression and restraint of the Jiucao and the Twelve Institute, their power was greatly restricted and weakened. Especially with the continuous deepening and consolidation of the power of Xiubao in various places, the power of Jiucao greatly increased. The Twelve Institute, which Xiubao supported, also disobeyed Qisi, and gradually changed from accepting the orders of the Qisi to accepting the direct leadership of Xiubao.

Therefore, in the later period, the power of the Seven Division gradually shrank, and its functions also changed from a decision-making agency to a consulting agency, which almost became an optional existence. Many Seven Divisions consciously stayed in Fushimi without any action, so they applied to Hideopo to return to the territory, resulting in the Seven Division being vacant from time to time, which accelerated the decline of the Seven Division and promoted the growth of Hideopo's power. In the middle, although Kataki Kazumoto and others insisted on maintaining the authority of the Seven Division, the general situation was hopeless and it was difficult to improve in the end.
Chapter completed!