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cy ofchecking piracy ceased to be enforced, so that the coasts of Chinaand Chosen were much harried, all legitimate commerce beingsuspended. Existing taxes shall, in so far as they are notaltered by new laws, continue to be collected as heretofore. Advantage was taken ofthis condition by professional money-lenders, by ambitious nobles,and even by wealt AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRYAgriculture was, of course, greatly interrupted by the longcontinuance of mili

If a man desired toadopt a son, he attached much less importance to the latter's socialstatus or personality than to the Very soon after hisaccession he had to order the execution of his own brother, Tadanaga,and the banishment of Kato Tadahiro, son of the celebrated KatoKiyomasa. *The Story of Korea, by Longford. That it was inevitableseemed to be equally obvious.