Mototsune initially put forth a polite expression of his desire to decline the appointment and resign; however, the emperor again asked Hiromi again to draft an Imperial Rescript declaring, "Mototsune should be appointed as Ako, and assume the post of a state minister."
基経は儀礼的にいったん辞意を乞うが、天皇は重ねて広相に起草させ「宜しく阿衡の任を以て、卿の任となすべし」との詔をした。