On March 2, 1008, Korechika was raised to a rank equivalent to Daijin (Minister) and granted salary (Korechika called himself Gidosanshi after he received senji to assume Jundaijin (Vice Minister)), and it was then that he finally began to have a voice in the Court Council.
伊周は同年正月16日に大臣に准ぜられ封戸を賜り（准大臣の宣旨を蒙った伊周はそれ以後、儀同三司と自称）、朝議にも発言権が持てるようになったばかりである。