FUJIWARA no Mototsune, whom Emperor Uda wanted to assign as the Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor), became angry at the emperor's reply, 'appoint to Ako,' which Hiromi wrote, claiming that Ako was just a rank without any official duties, and he refused the appointment, leading to the Ako Incident in 887.
仁和3年（887年）、宇多天皇が関白に任じようとしていた藤原基経が、広相の起草した勅答に「阿衡に任ず」との文字があり、阿衡とは位のみで職掌が無い官であると激怒し出仕を拒否する阿衡事件が起こる。