You are acquainted with Lord Sanada? He is quite the legend in my day, but... perhaps that is something that he will be able to discuss with you.

[ Might not want to tell him some of the finer details, nope... ]

Unfortunately it is. After nearly three hundred years, the shogunate is falling apart-- no one knows how to react. Which means that people are determined to find their own way instead of trusting in their lord.