Near the end of the 1500s, the extremely centralized government that gave so much power to the emperor had begun to fail as more incompetent rulers took the mantle.
Mendekati akhir 1500-an, pemerintahan yang sangat terpusat, yang memberikan begitu banyak kewenangan kepada kaisar, mulai gagal berfungsi seiring makin seringnya pemimpin yang tidak cakap menduduki tahta.