By collaborating with them who were pushing for realistic changes in government policy, aiming at participation in the administration, Mutsu dismissed the pressure by the hard-line six parties who condemned Mutsu diplomacy 'weak-kneed' because he yielded to the Triple Intervention and couldn't recover the tariff autonomy, then pursued and promoted the foreign policy with level-headed analysis based on the power politics.
陸奥は政権参画を目指して現実的な政策転換を進める彼らと連携することによって、三国干渉に屈して関税自主権を回復できなかった陸奥外交を「軟弱」と糾弾する硬六派の圧力を斥けて、パワー・ポリティックスに基づいた冷静な分析に基づいた外交政策を追及・推進した。