Then he met Kenmotsu KIKKAWA, who was a representative of Choshu in Iwakuni, with Tomomi YOSHII and Atsushi SAISHO, and proposed the punishment of three chief retainers of the Choshu Domain.
そこで、吉井友実・税所篤を伴い、岩国で長州方代表吉川監物と会い、長州藩三家老の処分を申し入れた。