When the the Horeki Incident occurred, he pulled down royalistic Court nobles who were close to Emperor Momozono including the Seiga family in cooperation with some Court nobles from families eligible for regents such as Kanpaku Michika ICHIJO, Uchisaki KONOE, and Sukehira TAKATSUKASA, and he succeeded in maintaining the social superiority of such families eligible for regents.
宝暦事件では関白一条道香、近衛内前、鷹司輔平ら摂関家公卿と協力し、桃園天皇側近の尊皇論者である清華家以下の公家を失脚させ、摂関家の優位性を保つことに成功した。