Okubo urged Takamori SAIGO, who was staying in Kagoshima in order to reform the politics of Satsuma domain, to serve for the government, tried to stabilize the new government and regain his power.
大久保は薩摩藩の藩政改革のために鹿児島市にいた西郷隆盛に政府出仕を促して、新政府そのものの安定と自己の勢力の挽回を図ろうとした。