However, when Kintsune passed away, Michiie claimed without permission that it was the will of Kintsune and became Kanto moshitsugi (liaison with the east) (However, there is also a theory that he was assigned to the kanto moshitsugi post with Kintsune as 'the father of the shogun'), dismissed his second son Yoshizane (Michiie and Yoshizane were on bad terms, and Yoshizane was disowned by his father), and promoted his favored Sanetsune ICHIJO as the Kanpaku (He was reassigned to be Sessho after Emperor Gofukakusa ascended to the throne).
だが、公経が死去すると、道家は勝手に公経の遺言と称して関東申次の職を継承（ただし、公経の生前から「将軍の実父」として公経とともに関東申次の職務にあたっていたとする説もある）し、さらに次男の良実を排除して（道家と良実は不仲で、良実は父から義絶されていた）、寵愛する息子の一条実経を関白として擁立する（後深草天皇即位後は摂政に転じる）。