By this book, something like 'an imperial rescript regarding loyalty to the Emperor that was handed over to Katamori MATSUDAIRA from the Emperor of Komei' was going to be exposed for the first time, but Goro MIURA who had been stupefied looking at this before publishing gave thirty thousands yen, an unheard-of amount in those days, to the Matsudaira Family as hush money.
この本で初めて「孝明天皇より松平容保に渡された勤王の詔勅」なる物が明らかにされ、出版前にこれを見て驚いた三浦梧楼が口止め料として松平家に3万円という当時としては前代未聞の大金を渡している。