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The latter defect wasremedied in a very partial degree by the resourcefulness ofHideyoshi. Go-Saga's testament hadclearly provided the order of succession to the throne, yet theBakufu had ventured to set that testament aside and had dictated thesystem of alternate succession. In the year 1225, areorganization of the Man-dokoro was effected. He wasprepared to obey this conviction at the cost of his own life, andthat sacrifice seemed a sufficient guarantee of his sincerity.

These incomes were collected and transmitted by officialsof the Bakufu, but not a tsubo of land was under the control ofeither sovereign or prince. at enterprise to which I, who have followed the professionof arms since my childhood, now succeed. At the time of his accession, a body of Mongol fugitivesestablished themselves in Shantung, where they received assistancefrom some Japanese adventurers. If we fire theTakamatsu palace on three sides to-night and assault it from thefourth, the foe will surely be broken.