Then, Toshiaki dissuaded the Emperor by clearly stating that Yorimichi and FUJIWARA no Morozane would do better as Sekkan to the Emperor (Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor), and it would not be correct to let Kinzane take the post of Sekkan, instead of FUJIWARA no Tadazane of the legitimate line, because Kinzane was from a family that had been a branch line for four generations.
だが、俊明は頼通・藤原師実が摂関として廟堂に尽くすところ大きく、その嫡流である藤原忠実を抑えて、（藤原公季以後）4代傍流であり続けた公実を摂関に就かせるのは不当であると言い切り、白河院を思い直らせたという。