Just as Tsunemune summoned the Sashoben (third-ranked officer of the left) FUJIWARA no Yukitaka and was about to have him go to retired emperor Takakura to report the consensus opinion of the meeting, Takasue protested, saying 'Why is it necessary to send a messenger to Kofuku-ji temple when the head priest and his deputy will simply keep saying that they are unable to control the assembled clergy?
経宗が左少弁・藤原行隆を呼んで、高倉に議定の意見を奏聞しようとしたところ、隆季は「興福寺別当・権別当が衆徒を制止できないと言い切っているのに、どうして使者を派遣する必要があるのか。