So Iwakura and Ito eliminated the position of jiho to eradicate the course of direct imperial rule but the Emperor Meiji himself sided with jiho such as Nagazane MOTODA and Takayuki SASAKI, treating them as his private brains, and tried to realize their ideal monarch.
このため、岩倉や伊藤らは侍補を廃止して親政路線を停止しようと図ったが、明治天皇自身が元田永孚・佐々木高行ら侍補に心を寄せて彼らを私的なブレーンとして遇し、彼らが期待する君主像を実現させようと試みた。