Masahiro ABE, the head of roju (member of shogun's council of elders) (the lord of Bingofukuyama domain), asked a broad range of people, including a coastal defense officer Nariakira TOKUGAWA (the lord of Mito domain), Yoshinaga MATSUDAIRA (the lord of Echizen domain), Nariakira SHIMIZU (the lord of Satsuma domain), and other various kinds of lords across the country, as well as ordinary people, about how they should respond to the situation.
老中首座の阿部正弘（備後福山藩主）は、海防参与徳川斉昭（水戸藩主）らや、松平慶永（越前藩主、のち春嶽）・島津斉彬（薩摩藩主）ら親藩・外様大名をはじめ、庶民にいたるまで対応意見を求めた。