In October or November of that year, when the general theory of the clan met Saigo's idea of the restoration of imperial rule, Murata went campaigning to the Omura and Hirado domains with Shintaro NAKAOKA, got together with Ryoma SAKAMOTO and Hirobumi ITO in Bakan, and went to Kyoto after meeting lord Mori.
同年10月、西郷の王政復古論で藩論が統一すると、村田は中岡慎太郎らと大村藩・平戸藩などを遊説し、馬関で坂本龍馬・伊藤博文らと会し、毛利公に謁見したのちに上京した。