However, he established the Osoba-goyotoritsugi post for relaying messages between Shogun and Roju to appoint Hisamichi KANO and Ujinori ARIMA, his confidants who accompanied Yoshimune from the Kishu domain and became retainers of the bakufu (Hatamoto), to the post, and operated the bakufu through them, retaining the 'Sobayonin seiji' effectively.
ただし将軍と老中との間を取り次ぐ御側御用取次を設け、紀伊藩から吉宗に随従して幕臣（旗本）となった加納久通と有馬氏倫という腹心を任命、彼らを通じた政治運営を行って、側用人政治を事実上継続した。