After that, he sent Shohei IMUTA, Kyunosuke MASUMITSU, Sozo SAGARA and others to the city of Edo to commit subversive acts (the intention was to upset the people using acts of arson and robbery in Edo and the neighborhood), and provoked the shogunate.
その後、江戸市内へ伊牟田尚平・益満休之助・相楽総三らを派遣し、破壊工作（江戸や近辺の放火・強盗による人心攪乱）を行わせ幕府を挑発した。