Partly because the bakufu did not have means to expose such mukabumono and also probably in part because the bakufu understood its lack of principle had brought about the confusion, it tried to connive at illicit sake manufacturing of mukabumono to a considerable extent, pretending not to notice.
幕府は、なかば摘発になす術がなく、なかば自らの朝令暮改が混乱を招いていると知ったためか、かなり無株者の酒の密造を黙認し、見てみぬふりをしようとした。