Masataka ABE, Masamine INOUE, Shigeyuki KUZE, and Tadazane TODA, all at the Roju post (the second highest post in the bakufu government), immediately deliberated about the matter, and decided the following: The problem could not be settled in Mototsugu's resignation from the post as Yoshimoto's request in the petition; The Tokuyama domain should be abolished, Mototsugu should be taken care of by the Shinjo domain, and Momojiro, his heir, Sanjiro (later Hirotoyo MORI), his second son, and Kohime (a wife of Mototsura MORI) should be taken care of by the Hagi domain.
老中の阿部正喬、井上正岑、久世重之、戸田忠真は直ちに審議し、吉元の請願通り元次の隠居では済ませず、徳山藩の改易、元次の新庄藩お預け、嫡子･百次郎、次男･三次郎（後の毛利広豊）及び幸姫（毛利元連室）らは萩藩にお預けすることを決定した。