Accordingly, political faction of Okuma at the Okura-sho (Ministry of the Treasury) criticized Kuroda regarding the cheap sales prices and called for stop of the sales publicly; hence, Ito got very angry because he considered this as contributions to enemies and completely changed his opinion, agreeing with the banishment of Okuma.
更に大蔵省内の大隈派が黒田の払い下げ内容が不当に廉価であるとして中止を公然と主張したことから、伊藤が大隈派の「利敵行為」に激怒して一転して「大隈追放」に賛成する。