In Hogen War that occurred in the same year, based on an instruction given by Emperor Goshirakawa before the war started, he played the role of delivering the rinji (the Emperor's command), prohibiting the father and son of FUJIWARA no Tadazane and FUJIWARA no Yorinaga from mobilizing samurai from manors throughout the nation, to kokushu (governors) of provinces throughout the nation.
同年の保元の乱においては、乱の勃発に先立ち後白河天皇からの命を受け、藤原忠実・藤原頼長父子が全国の荘園から武士を動員することを禁ずる綸旨を、申次として全国の国司に発給する役目を果たした。