The Emperor appointed Tokihira a councillor, yet at the same time appointed Emperor Ninmyo's grandson MINAMOTO no Okimoto, henceforth using the Minamoto clan as a check to the power of the Fujiwara clan.
天皇は時平を参議とするが、同時に仁明天皇の孫の源興基を起用、それ以後も源氏を起用することで藤原氏を牽制。