Mototada successfully defended the charge by claiming that control by the shutsuno was approved by the Edo bakufu, and from then on management of Kurodogata government officials was carried out by the shutsuno.
職忠は江戸幕府の意向を得ていることを理由にこれをかわし、引き続き出納による蔵人方官人支配が認められた。