Therefore, the Sakura domain was in trouble left without its lord but because the house elder Nui HIRANO followed the new government's orders and sent troops to Otaki domain, Hotta was not punished and did not have to quit.
このため、佐倉藩は藩主不在となって危機を迎えたが、家老の平野縫殿が新政府に与して大多喜藩に出兵したため、何とか改易は免れた。