At the same time, he had deep distrust toward Ministry of Finance (led by Shigenobu OKUMA, Kaoru INOUE, Eichi SHIBUSAWA and others), that promoted 'fukoku (rich country),' and did not stop letting INOUE and SHIBUSAWA resign at their crisis of being forced to step down when they were opposed to the Central State Council and government offices over financial affairs (INOUE was also looked at suspiciously due to his involvement in the scandal of Osarizawa copper mine).
その一方で「富国」を推進する大蔵省（大隈重信・井上馨・渋沢栄一ら）に深い不信感を抱いていたため、正院や他の省庁との財政を巡る対立で井上・渋沢が辞任に追い込まれた際にもこれを止めなかった（井上の場合には尾去沢鉱山尾去沢銅山事件を巡る疑惑もあったとしても）。