#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#if MYDEBUG
#include "lib/cp_debug.hpp"
#else
#define DBG(...) ;
#endif
#if __cplusplus <= 201402L
template <typename T>
T gcd(T a, T b) { return ((a % b == 0) ? b : gcd(b, a % b)); }
template <typename T>
T lcm(T a, T b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
#endif
using LL = long long;
constexpr LL LINF = 334ll << 53;
constexpr int INF = 15 << 26;
constexpr LL MOD = 998244353;

namespace Problem {
using namespace std;
template <long long Mod = MOD>
class Modint {
 public:
  long long v;

  Modint(const Modint &x) { v = x.v; }
  explicit Modint(int x) {
    if (x < 0 or Mod <= x) x %= Mod;
    if (x < 0) x += Mod;
    v = x;
  }
  explicit Modint(long long x) {
    if (x < 0 or Mod <= x) x %= Mod;
    if (x < 0) x += Mod;
    v = x;
  }
  explicit Modint(unsigned x) {
    if (Mod <= x) x %= Mod;
    v = x;
  }
  explicit Modint(unsigned long long x) {
    if (Mod <= x) x %= Mod;
    v = x;
  }
  template <typename T>
  explicit Modint(T x) {
    if (x < 0 or Mod <= x) x %= Mod;
    v = x;
  }
  Modint() : v(0) {}
  long long get() const { return v; }
  Modint mpow(Modint &n) const { return mpow(n.v); }
  Modint mpow(long long n) const {
    long long i = 1, p = v;
    Modint ret(1);
    while (i <= n) {
      if (i & n) ret *= p;
      i = (i << 1);
      p = (p * p) % Mod;
    }
    return ret;
  }
  Modint operator-() const { return (v ? Modint(Mod - v) : Modint(0)); }
  explicit operator int() const { return v; }
  explicit operator long long() const { return v; }
  Modint &operator+=(const Modint &a) {
    v = (v + a.v);
    if (v >= Mod) v -= Mod;
    return *this;
  }
  Modint &operator-=(const Modint &a) {
    v = (v - a.v);
    if (v < 0) v += Mod;
    return *this;
  }
  Modint &operator*=(const Modint &a) {
    v = (v * a.v) % Mod;
    return *this;
  }
  Modint &operator/=(const Modint &a) {
    v = (v * a.mpow(Mod - 2).v) % Mod;
    return *this;
  }
  template <class T>
  Modint &operator+=(const T &a) {
    v = (v + Modint(a).v);
    if (v >= Mod) v -= Mod;
    return *this;
  }
  template <class T>
  Modint &operator-=(const T &a) {
    v = (v - Modint(a).v);
    if (v < 0) v += Mod;
    return *this;
  }
  template <class T>
  Modint &operator*=(const T &a) {
    v = (v * Modint(a).v) % Mod;
    return *this;
  }
  template <class T>
  Modint &operator/=(const T &a) {
    v = (v * Modint(a).mpow(Mod - 2).v) % Mod;
    return *this;
  }
  friend Modint operator+(const Modint &a, const Modint &b) {
    return Modint(a) += b;
  }
  friend Modint operator-(const Modint &a, const Modint &b) {
    return Modint(a) -= b;
  }
  friend Modint operator*(const Modint &a, const Modint &b) {
    return Modint(a) *= b;
  }
  friend Modint operator/(const Modint &a, const Modint &b) {
    return Modint(a) /= b;
  }
  template <class T, class U>
  friend Modint operator+(const T &a, const U &b) {
    return Modint(a) += Modint(b);
  }
  template <class T, class U>
  friend Modint operator-(const T &a, const U &b) {
    return Modint(a) -= Modint(b);
  }
  template <class T, class U>
  friend Modint operator*(const T &a, const U &b) {
    return Modint(a) *= Modint(b);
  }
  template <class T, class U>
  friend Modint operator/(const T &a, const U &b) {
    return Modint(a) /= Modint(b);
  }
};

template <long long M>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const Modint<M> m) {
  return os << m.v;
}

class Solver {
 public:
  int a, b, c, d;
  vector<vector<Modint<>>> memo;
  vector<vector<int>> flag;
  Solver(LL a, LL b, LL c, LL d) : a(a), b(b), c(c), d(d), memo(3001, vector<Modint<>>(3001)), flag(3001, vector<int>(3001)){};

  void solve() {
    cout << calc(c, d) << endl;
  }
  Modint<> calc(int x, int y) {
    if (flag[x][y]) return memo[x][y];
    if (x == a) {
      return Modint<>(a).mpow(y - b);
    }
    if (y == b) {
      return Modint<>(b).mpow(x - a);
    }
    flag[x][y] = 1;
    Modint<> ret(0);
    ret += calc(x - 1, y) * y;
    ret += calc(x, y - 1) * x;
    ret -= calc(x - 1, y - 1) * (x * y - x - y + 1);
    return memo[x][y] = ret;
  }
};

}  // namespace Problem

int main() {
  std::cin.tie(0);
  std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  // std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(12);
  long long a, b, c, d;
  std::cin >> a >> b >> c >> d;
  Problem::Solver sol(a, b, c, d);
  sol.solve();
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 109568