Abe inevitably appointed Masayoshi HOTTA (the lord of the Shimousa Sakura Domain and also "open country wing") of the Tamarinoma to head of the Roju, after which the conflict was ended for a time.
阿部はこれまたやむなく溜間の堀田正睦（開国派、下総佐倉藩主）を老中首座に起用し、対立はひとまず収束した。