Furthermore, as one misfortune followed another, Secretary Munemitsu MUTSU was forced to be a suspect of Risshisha no goku incident in June, and expelled from Genroin, so that on this occasion a side of the Central State Council moved to control the authority of Genroin, then it had to be interfered by the Central State Council later on.
しかも追い討ちをかけるように6月には幹事の陸奥宗光が立志社の獄の容疑者とされて元老院を追放されたのを機に、正院側から元老院の権力を抑制しようとする動きが現れ、以後正院の干渉を受けるようになった。