During Munesuke's service as Daijodaijin, the situation drastically changed, with quarrel occuring between the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa and the Emperor Nijo, and a confrontation springing up between the Cloistered Governments which fostered the Heiji War.
宗輔の太政大臣時代には後白河上皇と二条天皇の確執、院政間の対立など事態は激動し、やがて平治の乱が発生する。