Although the above impeachment was denied by Saigo and Okubo who didn't want to clash with Kido, the new government was on the verge of being split into the Saigo group and Kido group.
弾劾は木戸との全面衝突を望まない西郷や大久保の反対で否決されたものの新政府は西郷派と木戸派に分裂しつつあった。