He had the Mito-Tokugawa family, including Nariaki TOKUGAWA and Yoshinaga MATSUDAIRA, who supported Yoshinobu HITOTSUBASHI, put under house arrest and relegated talented riryo (government officials), such as Toshiakira KAWAJI, Tadanori MIZUNO, Tadanari IWASE and Naoyuki NAGAI.
一橋慶喜を推薦する水戸徳川家の徳川斉昭や松平慶永らを蟄居させ、川路聖謨、水野忠徳、岩瀬忠震、永井尚志らの有能な吏僚らを左遷した。