It was described that FUJIWARA no Michinaga paid a palace visit and heard about this, called MINAMOTO no Kunimori, who was Michinaga's close associate (menotogo (the son of a menoto, a woman providing breast-feed to a highborn baby) according to Konjaku Monogatari shu) and who had just been appointed as Echizen no kuni no kami probably due to Michinaga's nomination, had him relinquish the position, and appointed FUJIWARA no Tametoki instead.
藤原道長が参内してこれを聞き、自分の側近（今昔物語集では乳母子）でおそらくは道長の推挙であろうが越前国守に任じられたばかりの源国盛を呼び越前国守を辞退させて、代わりを藤原為時とする除目を行ったとある。