However, because Shungaku quoted the family precept that 'the Aizu clan is an entity which should protect the Shogun family' by Masayuki HOSHINA, the founder of the Aizu clan and, the clan's followers finally accepted.
しかし、春嶽が会津藩祖・保科正之の「会津藩たるは将軍家を守護すべき存在」との家訓を引き合いに出したため、遂に承諾した。