Although Shogun Yoshimune TOKUGAWA sentenced Mizuno to confinement at Takafusa AKIMOTO's residence and kaieki, he did not let him commit seppuku and restored the Mizuno family by giving his relative Tadayoshi MIZUNO 7,000 koku in Saku District, Shinano Province.
このとき将軍徳川吉宗は、水野を秋元喬房に預かりとして改易に処しながらも切腹はさせず、また親族の水野忠穀に信濃国佐久郡7,000石を与えて水野家を再興させた。