He placed the responsibility for signing without Imperial sanction on Masayoshi HOTTA and Tadakata MATSUDAIRA, who were supposed to be a part of his own faction, and dismissed them from the Roju, and in their place, Naosuke appointed three new members: Sukemoto OTA, Akikatsu MANABE and Noriyasu MATSUDAIRA.
無勅許調印の責任を、自派のはずの堀田正睦、松平忠固に着せ、両名を閣外に逐い、かわりに太田資始、間部詮勝、松平乗全の3名を老中に起用した。