The people coming from Satcho were in the middle ranks of the government and the military, however, while some people from Hizen remained in the Meiji Government, others made an attack against the Satcho Government.
薩長出身者は政府・軍部の中核を占めたが、土肥出身者は一部は明治政府に残りつつも一部は薩長政府を攻撃するという展開となった。