In Edo, he demanded of Roju Katsukiyo ITAKURA and Yasuori WAKISAKA that the Tokugawa Shogunate stand strong against foreign forces, Yoshinobu HITOTSUBASHI be assigned as the guardian of the Shogun, former Lord of Fukui Domain Yoshinaga MATSUDAIRA be assigned as Seiji sosaishoku or a tentative post of presidency on political affairs, and both of them join the shogunate government.
江戸では幕府に対する攘夷の決行や、一橋慶喜（徳川慶喜）を将軍後見職、前福井藩主松平慶永を政事総裁職に任命することと両名の幕政参加を老中の板倉勝静や脇坂安宅らに迫る。