Since the police department of the Home Ministry was established in 1874, the police administration became the main part of the ministry's work. In the social confusion ensuing from Meiji Restoration, the police coped with the rebellions, epidemics, and the rise of Freedom and People's Rights Movement. And it came to form the centralized system, gradually. Especially, it was really important for the police to control the counterfeit money, because it threatened the social order, and injured the prestige of the government. In the 1880S, the Home Ministry built up a closer connection with the prefectural police to maintain the public order,including the control over the countrefeit money.
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