In says that after the incident of 'sinking the Buddhist scriptures,' he felt very bitter against the people who had become enemies in the Hogen no Ran War (the turmoil of the Hogen War) and pulled the strings to bring on the Heiji no Ran War (the turmoil of the Heiji War).
院は、「経沈め」の一件の後、保元の乱で敵方にまわったものたちを深く恨み、平治の乱がおこるように、操ったのだ、という。