Tsunayoshi, with the considerable assistance of the tairo, Masatoshi HOTTA, actively involved himself in politics, re-ruling on the matter of succession in Takada Domain in Echigo Province (known as the Echigo Quarrel) even though it had already been settled, and inspecting the politics of several domains.
綱吉は大老堀田正俊を片腕に処分が確定していた越後国高田藩の継承問題（越後騒動）を裁定し直したり、諸藩の政治を監査するなどして積極的な政治に乗り出した。