The Uesugi family soon received the order from the cabinet officials of the Shogunate not to interfere with the punishments for Ako Roshi, as it would be done by the bakufu.
やがて、幕閣から上杉家へ赤穂浪士の処分は幕府が行うので上杉家は手出ししないよう命じられてしまった。