In April, he was counseled about increasing the reformation of the domain duties and the military and navy, and after these suggestions were approved, he worked for reformation of domain duties with Komatsu and Katsura.
4月、藩政改革と陸海軍の拡張を進言し、それが入れられると、5月1日から小松・桂らと藩政改革にあたった。