and if he is ever in doubt, he has recourseto divination, which reveals to him the mind of the great goddess. The Emperor exercises the legislative power with theconsent of the Imperial Diet. Nominally, these payments took the form ofloans, but in reality the amount was deducted from the salaries ofvassals. tim of Takauji's slanders, andasked for an Imperial mandate to punish Takauji and his brother,Tadayoshi.
13 bushels)--the allowance for short measure was limited totwo per cent. THE SANKIN KOTAIIt has already been stated that the financial embarrassment of theBakufu in Yoshimune's time was as serious as it had been in hispredecessor's days. thereto obtain from the sovereign and the Muromachi Bakufu a commission tosubdue the whole country and to administer it as their lieutenant. One of them, Terasaka Kichiemon byname, had been sent to carry the news to Ako immediately after theperpetration of the deed of vengeance.
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