The new government issued the decree to find and kill Yoshinobu on the 7th, and on the 9th, Imperial Prince Taruhito, Arisugawa-no-miya was appointed to Tosei-daitokufu, and was allowed to take command of Tokai, Higashiyama and the Three Roads of Hokuriku to work for Togoku-keiryaku (the government of the eastern countries).
新政府は7日に慶喜追討令を出し、9日に有栖川宮熾仁親王を東征大総督（征討大総督）に任じ、東海・東山・北陸三道の軍を指揮させ、東国経略に乗り出した。