Therefore, the bakufu appointed Kanjoginmiyaku (a post of the Edo bakufu to support commissioners at the finance ministry) Shigehide OGIWARA (later he became kanjo bugyo [commissioner of finance]) to gain profit from money emissions (seignoirage) by issuing Genroku Koban (oval gold coin), however, it in turn caused inflation, which threatened the common people's life.
その為、勘定吟味役（後に勘定奉行）に荻原重秀を登用し、元禄小判を行い、幕府は貨幣発行益（シニョレージ（seigniorage））を得たけれども、インフレーションを招き庶民の生活を苦しめることとなった。