Then-councilor of the domain Shojiro GOTO heard from Ryoma SAKAMOTO about the idea of returning government administration, which was consigned to the bakufu, to the Imperial Court and about 'Senchu hassaku' (the basic outline of the new regime drawn up by Ryoma Sakamoto), and told Yodo about them as if they were his own ideas.
幕府が委託されている政権を朝廷に返還する案および「船中八策」を坂本龍馬より聞いていた時の藩参政・後藤象二郎はこれらを自分の案として容堂に進言した。