His plan was to explain the need to immediately establish a parliament to Kido, who by nature had enlightened ideas and was proactively supportive of the implementation of a parliamentary system, aiming to use Kido to convince Okubo to adopt a constitutional system as the government's policy.
元来開明的で議会制導入に積極的であった木戸に、議会早期開設の必要性を説き、木戸を通じて、大久保が立憲体制を政府方針とすることを画策した。