I would be happy with either Mori or Hojo, with a slight preference for Hojo.

As for difficulty, can this be adjusted while the game is running?
So if we make a bad choice here, can it be recitfied?

For the term we take until the offices are re-considered, maybe we want this to be not 10 but eigther 8 or 12 turns = 2 or 3 full game years.

Oh, and wellcome Kogitsune