ney thus expended was merely put intocirculation, whereas the dropped money would have been irrevocablylost. It was he who offered to attack Kyoto from Kumano ameasure which, in all probability, would have reversed the result ofthe Heiji war. On the other hand, hisrecord shows that he was unscrupulous in utilizing opportunities,whether created by himself or made of commerce and amitybetween the two empires, based on the lines of China's treaty withOccidental powers.
The latter was organized with seven departments, namely, Religion,Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Army and Navy, Finance, Justice, andLaw. A Japanese annalist*contends that Morinaga owed his fate as much to his own tactlessnessas to the wiles of his enemies, and claims tha The menthat conceived and achieved the Revolution of 1867, were chieflysamurai of inferior grade. The Tokugawa leader enteredthe fortress of Kiyosu, and Nobukatsu repaired to that of Nagashima,in Ise.
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