Nijo showed an interest in establishing direct administration and ordered Tadachika NAKAYAMA, Kurodo no to (chief of Kurodo-dokoro), to address the Emperor directly; and, Munemori played the role of messenger to convey the order. (Source: Article for November 18, 1161 in "Sankaiki (Tadachika NAKAYAMA's diary)").
二条は親政確立に意欲を見せ、蔵人頭・中山忠親に対して直接御前に来て奏上するように命じるが、その連絡役を務めたのは宗盛だった（『山槐記』応保元年11月18日条）。