Also on October 1, they refused granting Imperial approval to sanction the treaty from the former lord of the domain of Owari, Yoshikatsu TOKUGAWA, nor did they approve an Imperial sanction of the opening of Hyogo port, but they yielded to the shogunate and Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA when he insinuated that he would resign of general and to resort to force, finally, they did they issue Imperial approval to open Hyogo port.
また、10月1日に前尾張藩主徳川慶勝から出された条約の勅許と兵庫開港勅許の奏請も、一旦は拒否したが、将軍辞職をほのめかしと朝廷への武力行使も辞さないとの幕府及び徳川慶喜の脅迫に屈して、条約は勅許するが、兵庫開港は不許可という内容の勅書を下した。