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For a time the terms proved very difficult of adjustment, butultimately it was decided that the Southern sovereign, All these things seem amplysufficient to account for the change that manifested itself inHideyoshi's attitude towards Christianity at the close of the Kyushucampaign. At any moment they might combine, descend uponthe capital, and burn it before adequate succour could be marshalled. did not own the estates wherethey were stationed; they merely collected the taxes and exercisedgeneral supervision.

Since the days of Oda and Toyotomi, the palace had beenrebuilt or extensively repaired on several occasions, but always theplans had been too small for the requirements of the orthodoxceremonials. made overtures to China, which, being seconded by the despatch of anenvoy--a Buddhist priest--Shuryo from Muromachi, evoked a favourableresponse. To facilitate collection in cities, merchantswere required to form guilds according to their respectivebusinesses, and the head of each guild had to collect the tax payableby the members. CONCLUSION OF PEACELi Hung-chang, viceroy of Pehchili, whose troops had been chieflyengaged during the war, and who had bee