In an attempt to elevate the authority of the shogun, the bakufu's Imperial Court policies of the bakufu were also eased; the number of Imperial domains was increased by adding the lands with the total production of 10,000 koku crop yields, Yushima Seido (Sacred Hall at Yushima) was built, and Nobuatsu HAYASHI was appointed Daigaku no kami (Director of the Bureau of Education).
将軍権威の浮揚の為に朝廷政策も緩和され禁裏御領を1万石加増し、湯島聖堂を建立し、林信篤を大学頭に任命した。