Therefore, there was a possibility that appointing Kamatari of the Nakatomi clan to Sadaijin (Minister of the Left) or Udaijin (Minister of the Right), the highest posts of subjects based on the system, might provoke antipathy among powerful families which were traditionally engaged in politics at court.
このため、制度上の臣下中最高位である左大臣・右大臣に中臣氏出身の鎌足を付ける事は古くから朝廷の政治に関って来た豪族の反感を買う可能性があった。