REFORM OF THE COURTYoritomo did not confine himself to re-casting the system ofprovincial administration. This wasnotably the case with the Ouchi, whose tradal connexions gave themspecial access to Chinese books. There,the senior and junior ministers assembled to transact affairs, andthe chamber being situated in the immediat Most imminent of all perils,however, was the menace of the Asai family in Omi, and the Asakurafamily in Echizen.
Gambling, also, prevailed widely during the Muromachi epochand was carried sometimes to great excesses, so that samurai actuallystaked their arms and armour on a cast of the dice. In these circumstances neitherConfucianists nor physicians could be treated as samurai, and theywere thus excluded from all State honours. In these circumstances, Peking was notified that a despatch ofre-enforcements on China's side must be construed as an act ofhostility. Rich rewardswere bestowed in recognition of these services, whereas, on thecontrary, the recompense given
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