Seeing the warrior class becoming poor due to new policies made by the Meiji Government, such as Conscription Ordinance and Chitsuroku-shobun (Abolition Measure of Hereditary Stipend), he said as follows:
明治政府が打ち出した徴兵令や秩禄処分などの新政策によって窮乏しつつある士族を見て、以下のように言った。