Saigo did not yield to these threats from the shogunate, and on June 11, he told Okubo not to help shogunate with the punitive re-expedition to Choshu, and proceeded to maneuver within the Imperial Court to that end.
これに対し、西郷は幕府の脅しに屈せず、6月11日、幕府の長州再征に協力しないように大久保に伝え、そのための朝廷工作を進めさせた。