Although Michizane continued to be promoted during the reign of Emperor Daigo, powerful aristocrats, such as the Fujiwara clan, who disliked the idea of centralization of power in the Imperial Court, resisted the idea of centralized financial administration that Michizane insisted on.
醍醐天皇の治世でも道真は昇進を続けるが、道真の主張する中央集権的な財政に、朝廷への権力の集中を嫌う藤原氏などの有力貴族の反発が表面化するようになった。