The following year, 996, Naidaijin (minister) FUJIWARA no Korechika, the legitimate son of Michitaka, was demoted to Dazai Gon no Sochi (Provisional Governor-General of Kyushu) as a result of the Chotoku Incident, in which he allegedly shot an arrow at Cloistered Emperor Kazan.
翌長徳2年（996年）、道隆の嫡男内大臣藤原伊周が、花山法皇に矢を射掛けたとして大宰権帥に左遷された（長徳の変）。