It is said that the political method in which many daimyo and many retainers of domains were allowed to participate in the governmental operations of the bakufu gave a foothold for daimyo and the Imperial court to get involved in the center of the politics, which led to the collapse of the shogun-based feudal system.
このような諸大名・諸藩の藩士をもおおいに幕政に参画させた政治手法は、結果として諸大名や朝廷が中央政治に進出する足がかりをつくることとなったといわれ、幕藩体制の崩壊の呼び水になったといわれている。