He meant that Hashirama doesn't have to personally seal the Fox because the Uzumaki clan is more than competent at sealing techniques and were the ones that created the seals that Minato used to make Kushina's seal.
Oh and it's confirmed in a databook that Hashirama died during the first great ninja war, but that he passed the title of Hokage onto Tobirama before kicking it.
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