In 1835, Utata KAMIYA, a feudal retainer of the Miki group, left the domain and pretended to be a begging Zen priest staying in Edo, waiting for an occasion to appeal the injustice by Sakyo to the bakufu; however, Sakyo made a quick move to bring the head of the shogun's council of elders, Yasuto MATSUDAIRA, to his side and had Yasuto order the South town Magistrate of Edo, Masanori TSUTSUI, to arrest Kamiya.
天保6年（1835年）になると造酒派の藩士神谷転（かみや・うたた）は脱藩して虚無僧に身を替えて江戸に潜伏し、左京の非道を幕府に訴願する機会をうかがっていたが、左京はいち早く老中首座松平康任に手を回し、康任は南町奉行筒井政憲に神谷を捕縛させた。