at Kiyosu for thepurpose of discussing territorial questions, every possible effortwas made to find a pretext for killing him. This was in January, 1350. As for Taira Kiyomori, he willfall if I do but shake the sleeve of my armour. Ultimately, however, the law of military service wasrevised so that the fixed establishment became nineteen divisions,together with various special corps.
In each caserumours of an armed outbreak were suddenly circulated in Fushimi forthe purpose of creating confusion such as might furnish anopportunity to strike suddenly at Ieyasu. It would have been well-nigh impossibletherefore for the governor-general to view such a feud withindifference. The above provisionremoved these murderers from the protection of the feudatory in whoseservice they had enlisted. The friars were quick totake up arms for temporal purposes, but sectarian aggressiveness wasvirtually unknown until Nichiren undertook to denounce everyonediffering from his views.
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