Chapter 12: The New Economic Dynasty
"The time of our ancestors have ended. Let us be consumed in the economy of the new era. That is, hoping it works."
The Ryuu Dynasty was coming to a gradual close as the Khmer Wars ended. Southeast Asia provided Japan with numberless luxuries not found anywhere else in Japan. Suddenly, with the discovery and seizure of whales off the coast of Honshu in 1310, a new, more trade-friendly economy was expected to replace Rin and Ryuu's laws of military power. Emperor Fumio saw this was needed, so he took precautions to ensure the economic change would not be too difficult. The ship that discovered the Aztec Empire went south and found the Incan Empire. The Incan quickly submitted themselves as the Japanese showed off their military supremacy. The last emperor of the Ryuu Dynasty, Ko, had an Aztec and Incan child, bringing the empires closer. However, Ko was widely disliked and he was overthrown in 1353. Kos eldest son, ShinIchi became emperor. ShinIchi changed his name to Kei because he had hated his father, and he led the assassinations until the Revolutionary Party was formed. He allowed the RP to take over Emperor Ko, and he took control. He considered this a victory, which is what Kei means (it also means wisdom and square jewel). Kei introduced the new economy into Japan, and at one point he saw the opportunity to earn hundreds of thousands of gold coins when Indian Taoist refugee, Raja Todar Mal, fled to Kyoto to be free from strict Buddhist-Hindu India. Raja became a popular figure, and he, alongside Kei and Keis brother, Shinji, planned a pilgrimage to Qufu, the Taoist and Confucian holy city. Taoists and Confucians across Japan followed Raja in the Tyrant to Japanese China, where they traveled on a long road for six months until they reached Qufu. In Qufu, Raja and his followers stole Confucian and Taoist religious treasures, which were sold throughout Japan, ending in a prophet of over 1,100,000 gold pieces (1100 in-game). At this point, Kei re-wrote the Code of Laws to make Japan more trade and expansionist friendly. He adopted the old Middle-Eastern governmental system of Viceroyalty, where vassals were required to be loyal to the master. He also adopted the revolutionary idea of Free Market, which had partly brought Raja to Japan and meant that the economy could either soar or sink. Because of the change in laws, this is called a third dynasty, most often referred to as the New Economic Dynasty due to Japans revolutionary economic laws.