Immediately after his assumption, he presented the impeachment of Okura no taifu (Senior Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Treasury) Shigenobu OKUMA only to be rejected, but ironically, this increased the sense of danger about the split in the government, and led to gathering again in the government by Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures).
就任直後に大蔵大輔大隈重信の弾劾を行って否決されたものの、皮肉にもこれが政府分裂の危機感を高めて、廃藩置県による政府内再結集への動きにつながった。