In addition, it is said that they tried to get the government to implement subjugation of the Korea with Japanese Embassy at that time (this can be seen in a letter written by Saigo for Itagaki).
更に当時における日本大使館以て征韓を政府に決行させようとしていたとも言われる（これは西郷が板垣に宛てた書簡からうかがえる。