Also, the government had other purposes including that of balancing Satsuma and Choshu by involving KAWAMURA, who was a relative of SAIGO, to prevent those from Satsuma from being upset.
また、薩摩・長州の均衡をとって西郷の縁戚である川村を加えて薩摩出身者の動揺を防ぐ等の意も含まれていた。