Yoshimura went down to Choshu, together with roshi including Keido MATSUMOTO and Kurata IKE and had an audience with Yoshichika MORI, who was the lord, and Sadahiro MORI, who was the heir, and tried to persuade them to go to Kyoto.
吉村は松本奎堂、池内蔵太ら浪士とともに長州へ下り、藩主毛利慶親、世子毛利定広に謁見して、上京を説いている。