According to this view, the punishment of Joi-ha and the powerful lords involved in Ansei no Taigoku, as well as the expulsion of foreigners (a return of national isolation) that Naosuke promoted behind the treaty, were acts taken according to 'a revival of the former system through the restoration of bakufu authority.'
この見解によれば、安政の大獄による有力諸侯や攘夷派の処罰も、直弼が条約締結の裏で進めていた攘夷（鎖国への復帰）も、「幕府の権威回復による旧体制への回帰」という路線上にある方針であるとされている。