Despite the social success he achieved, he never forgot the kindness he had been shown by Sanetomi SANJO, and he resisted to the very end moves to appoint Sanjo to the ceremonial post of Naidaijin (Minister of the interior) upon the establishment of a cabinet system, while Hirofumi ITO was to be appointed Japan's first prime minister.
尾崎は立身しても三条実美から受けた旧恩を忘れず、内閣制度発足時に三条を形式だけの内大臣として祭り上げ、伊藤博文を初代内閣総理大臣にしようとした際には、最後まで反対した。