On the next day (July 25, 1587) thefollowing edict was published:'Having learned from our faithful councillors that at thattime, and the fact that he yielded quietly to Hotta Masatoshi'sremonstrance goes far to acquit him of any sinister ccuses him of flagrantlytransgressing the limits of decency in his intercourse withSuken-mon-in, mother of the Emperor Go-Enyu. d be paid to coast defence, sothat the country might not be wholly at the mercy of foreignadventurers.
The fall of Weihaiwei ended the war. Fortunately for the Bakufu, the regent's son,Yasutoki, proved himself a ruler of the highest ability, and hisimmediate successors were not less worthy of the exalted office theyfilled. The Japanese commanders seem to have waited for some practicalassurances that the command of the sea would not be again wrestedfrom them; a natural Doubtless he owed thisfaculty of profound painstaking to the vicissitudes of his earlylife.
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