Within the same year, he was promoted to Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) and, the following year, he was promoted to Junii (Junior Second Rank) and assumed the position of sangi (royal advisor) and chunagon leaping into the political center all of a sudden.
その年のうちに正三位となり、翌年には従二位参議そして中納言となって、一気に政界の中枢に躍り出たのである。