Immediately after Ienobu assumed the position of shogun, Hakuseki ARAI abolished the order Shorui Awareminorei and dismissed the sobayonin Yoshiyasu YANAGISAWA.
新井白石は家宣が将軍就任後すぐに、生類憐みの令を廃止し、側用人の柳沢吉保を罷免した。