While Kiyomori became a male nanny and his wife, Tokiko, became a female nanny of Emperor Nijo, and while Kiyomori therefore became a guardian of the Emperor and was then appointed Kebiishi-betto (A chief police and judicial official) and Chu-nagon (Middle Counselor), he was also appointed to betto (a chief official of the retired emperor's office) of Goshirakawa-incho (the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa's Office), and this created a situation where Kiyomori worked for both the Emperor and the retired Emperor, allowing him to establish a strong political system.
清盛は二条天皇の乳父、室の時子は乳母となり天皇の後見役をつとめて検非違使別当・中納言になる一方、後白河院庁の別当にもなり、天皇・上皇の双方に仕えることで磐石の体制を築いていった。