He remained in the cabinet of Masayoshi MATSUKATA which was established in May of the same year, proposed Cabinet Codes and personally became the department director of government affairs, but due to a conflict with the Satsuma-ha (a political group), he resigned.
同年5月成立した松方正義内閣に留任し、内閣規約を提案、みずから政務部長となったが薩摩派との衝突で辞任した。