The Keyword is "Shogun".. shogun.
Well, this is BIG, we haven't seen anything of the political forces of Edo in a long time since the incident with the Harusame Pirates and the fighting ring in the early chapters, could this man be the core of corruption?
It always felt weird the shogun being such a nice and stupid fellow, I tought that Sorachi didn't want to make the goverment seem evil or something like that, but this man, went from "meh" to "creepy as fuck" in one panel.