But in reality, his aide Tadaakira MIZUNO, who assumed "roju," monopolized bakufu politics, so graft became rampant more than any other time, let alone in the Tanuma period (cf. the section of "Ogosho period").
ただし実際には、側近である老中水野忠成が幕政を壟断し、田沼時代を上回る空前の賄賂政治が横行した（→大御所時代）。