Hiromi had some scholars examine what the official duties of the Ako were, and protested that Mototsune was reproaching him without grounds; however, the scholars all sided with Mototsune.
阿衡の職掌について学者に検討させ、広相は言いがかりであることを抗弁するが、学者たちは基経の意を迎えるばかりだった。