It was judged that religious promotion centered on the study of Japanese classical literature and Confucism was impossible, and a system of promoting Shinto, Buddhism and Confucism together was introduced to use the base and promotion power of the Buddhist group, with Kyobusho established as an organization specialized in religious education of the Japanese.
また宣教に関しては国学、儒学を中心とした宣教は不可能と判断され、仏教勢力の地盤及び教化能力を汲み入れる為に神仏儒の合同布教体制となり、国民教化を行なう専門機関として教部省が設置された。