Saigo, who was in Kagoshima, drafted a petition against the punitive re-expedition to Choshu, and made them submit to the document on July 9, which stipulated that the lord of the domain can refuse to send soldiers.
鹿児島にいた西郷は、7月9日に朝廷に出す長州再征反対の建白を起草し、藩主名で幕府へ出兵を断る文書を提出させた。