However, because of the anti-Shogunate activists Toshimichi OKUBO and Tomomi IWAKURA's scheme, there was a command to revive the political power of the Imperial Court in December, and Yoshinobu was ordered "Jikan Nochi" (to resign from his position as Naidaijin and surrender the Tokugawa territory).
しかし、倒幕を目指す大久保利通、岩倉具視の画策で、12月には王政復古の大号令が出され、慶喜には「辞官納地」（内大臣辞職と徳川領の奉納）が命ぜられた。