Even though it was the period when policies were quite swingy in not only the Bakufu but also in each domain, and the difficulty of the problem, which prevented from determining even the guideline, put people in various situations in which some were troubled and just hesitating while others took radical positions, the measure to enrich and strengthen a country itself was a common goal for each class in each domain.
幕府だけでなく、各藩にとっても大きく方針の揺れ動いた時代であるが、方針すら決めかねる程の難題に、頭を痛めるだけで逡巡している立場、先鋭化した立場、個人に至るまで様々な情況に立たされていたが、藩自体の富国強兵策は各藩各層に共通した目標であった。