Katte-gakkerouju - Katte-gakkerouju

Japanese: 勝手掛老中 - かってがかりろうじゅう

…In addition to serving on monthly duty, they also made reports to the accounting office officials, appointed and dismissed them, received reports from them, and decided and inspected the amounts of major items. The Kattekake Roju was first established in 1680 (Enpo 8) by Hotta Masatoshi, who separated the finances and agricultural administration from the Roju affairs, which had previously been a council-based system, and gave them exclusive control over them. It was discontinued in 1712 (Shotoku 2) and revived in 1717 (Kyoho 2). …

From Matsudaira Norimura

…In 1690 (Genroku 3), he inherited his father Noriharu's estate of 60,000 koku in Karatsu, Hizen, and moved to Shima Toba, Ise Kameyama, and Yamashiro Yodo. In April 1723 (Kyoho 8), he was appointed as a senior councilor, and in May he became the lord of Sakura Castle in Shimousa. In June 1737 (Genbun 2), he became a senior councilor, and together with the financial magistrate Kamio Haruhide, the financial chief Horie Tadato, and the magistrate Uesaka Masakata, he increased the tax collection through the Arigeke Midori Law, developed the Kanto farmland and fodder fields, surveyed land, and implemented public loan policies, thereby rebuilding the finances of the shogunate. For his achievements, he was given an additional 10,000 koku in March 1745 (Enkyo 2). …

From Tadayuki Mizuno

…He succeeded his elder brother Tadamitsu and inherited the estate in 1699 (Genroku 12). In 1717 (Kyoho 2), he was appointed as a senior councilor by Tokugawa Yoshimune, and in May 1722, he became the senior councilor, and implemented financial reforms such as increasing the tax rate and developing new fields. In October 1732, he was granted an additional 10,000 koku, bringing his total to 60,000 koku. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kattekake Roju" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…職務は月番を務めるほか勘定所役人への申達，任免，彼らよりの上申を受け，主要なものの額の決定や点検にあたった。勝手掛老中は1680年(延宝8)堀田正俊に従来合議制をとっていた老中執務のうち財政と農政を分離専管させたのが最初。1712年(正徳2)中絶，17年(享保2)復活した。…

【松平乗邑】より

…1690年(元禄3)父乗春の遺領肥前唐津6万石を継ぎ，志摩鳥羽，伊勢亀山，山城淀と転じ，1723年(享保8)4月老中に任じ，5月下総佐倉城主となった。37年(元文2)6月勝手掛（かつてがかり）老中となり，勘定奉行神尾春央（かんおはるひで），勘定組頭堀江芳極（ただとう），代官上坂（うえさか）政形らと，有毛検見取法（ありげけみどりほう）による年貢増徴，関東流作場や秣場（まぐさば）などの開発と検地，公金貸付政策を実施し，幕府財政を再建した。その功績により45年(延享2)3月1万石加増された。…