There was an event that he decided to dispatch troops of feudal retainers of Yodo Domain to the First and Second Conquests of Choshu because it would allow to improve his position in the bakufu, but he gave it up due to strong opposition from Gon no daibu TANABE.
幕府での位置づけが高まることから、第一次・第二次長州征伐への淀藩士派兵を決定するが、田辺権大夫の強硬な反対によって断念するという一幕があった。