As the Ito cabinet and the Liberal Party disagreed over land tax cuts and government reform issues, three-cornered confrontation among the Ito cabinet, the Jiyuto, and the Ko Roppa formed within the politics.
地租軽減問題や行政整理では伊藤内閣と自由党も対立関係にあったことから、政局は伊藤内閣・自由党・硬六派による三つ巴の対立構図が形成された。