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| - There was an intense culture of violence already present on the island of Taiwan and this presented many problems for the administration and fortification of the island for the Sinican occupiers. Despite the heavy losses that had been done to the people of Taiwan many immigrants had come in response to a call for repopulating from the military, surrounding islands, and regular Sinican people to supply populace for Taiwan. Many of these became sympathizers for the Taiwanese dissidents who had recorded stories of the horror of the battle for their island. Others became loyal to the Emperor Zhangshao and against the native Taiwanese, many policies of discrimination were enacted. The Japanese had become increasingly militaristic and expansionist in their governance after the ascension of Emperor Sujin 崇神 in 615 (138 BC). The lowest island in the Ryukyu Chain of Islands pointing to Taiwan became very wealthy and fortified by the Emperor as well as the frontier lands of the Island of Hokkaido 北海道. Further development would begin on the circuits of provinces created by Emperor Sujin in the North Land Circuit, the West Sea Circuit and the Shaded Mountain Circuit (Hokurikudo 北陸道, Saikaido 西海道, and San’indo 山陰道 respectively). The Yaeyama islands 八重山諸島 became the center of the flow of the Imperial treasury which was filling with all the money from trade with Sinica and the business being created at the same time. In Taiwan at the same time a group of violent men came together in the communities of the island to dedicate themselves to the ideal of independence. They became very radical in their isolation and were beginning to form plans for acts to drive out the Sinicans. The organization was called the Chrysanthemum Group so that Taiwan would be as beautiful as the Chrysanthemum flower. The next task of the group would be securing money and weapons, which would come from the Japanese. The rifle had been a recent invention in Japan and truly incorporated in the military of Sinica. The Chrysanthemum Group claimed that the target practice of the military in occupied territories was being performed on native peoples, this was never confirmed true or false but served the groups purposes in recruiting people against Sinica. From this group would come many Japanese and when they traveled to and from the Yaeyama islands, being the closest, the generals saw an opportunity upon learning this information. The intelligence was guarded until it could reach the emperor whereupon he would make the final decision. He chose to take the road of expansion,as he had learned as a boy was a greater move, and build up more money and arms in the Yaeyama Islands and would supply the Chrysanthemum Group with the gunpowder and rifles they requested and, upon another war with Sinica, Japan would move to take Taiwan and then the rest of Asia. The Sinicans focused more on their plans to take Asia rather than to maintain a stable lasting empire. Aristocrats and wealthy merchant owners from the Mainland did however come to the island to build large estates on the conquered areas which had their proprietors killed or enslaved as well as set up provisional governments for friends who had become favorites of the Emperor. The first attack of the Chrysanthemum Group came to the estates of one of these aristocrats and took as hostages the people living inside. If their demands were not met they would die alleged that groups apparent leader to the Emperor who was developing Hainan at the time. He took no action and eleven people died in this event. People already sympathetic to the Chrysanthemum group did not lose their loyalty after seeing this bloodshed and many would not after seeing indeed much more. The island became increasingly split over the next few years and many other acts of terror meant to scare the people of Taiwan into supporting them and pursuing independence. The first response however would not come until long after the Chrysanthemum group appeared to pose a threat to the grand invasion plan of Emperor Zhangshao, who was beginning to age. The son of Zhangshao was growing up well and began to desire to emulate the personality of his father. He would lead an army against what he thought was the biggest threat to the Grand Invasion Plan of Sinica, the Chrysanthemum Group in the Spring of 622 (131 BC).
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