Aoki's plan to revise the treaty was, unlike the conventional ones at the time, to aim 'taito goi' (agreement on equal basis), (not adopting foreign judges to the Daishin-in (Predecessor of the Supreme Court of Japan), and not admitting the possession of real estate by foreigners unless the counselor jurisdiction was abolished were specified).
青木の条約改正案は従来のものと異なり治外法権に関して「対等合意」(外国人裁判官の大審院への不採用、外国人不動産は領事裁判権を撤廃しない限り認めないことを明記）を目指した。