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All present at the conference, with one exception, endorsedMasashige's view as that of a proved strategist. Thus, the Ichijo family went toTosa; the Ane-no-koji to Hida, and when Ouchi Yoshioki retired toSuwo on resignin nsion wasfired, and Mitsusuke with seven hundred followers rode off in broaddaylight to his castle in In short, both offices becamehereditary in the Hojo family, who thus acquired virtually all thepower of the Bakufu.

Section 1. In a word, the nation seemsto have arrived at the conclusion that these parliamentary problemscannot be safely solved except by long and deliberate experiment. When news of the struggle reached Kyoto, Yoshiiye's younger brother,Yoshimitsu, who held the much coveted post of kebiishi, applied forpermission to proceed at once to his brother's assistance. They resolved topreserve, at the outset, the semblance of the old system, and to thatend the ex-feudatorie