The new educational system and Conscription Ordinance were made as alternatives to old hanko (domain school) and hanhei (domain samurai) and as some of educational and military systems, and had been in preparation before the delegation's departure.
学制や徴兵制は既存の藩校・藩兵に代替して作られた教育・軍事システムの一環であり、その準備は使節団出発前から行われていたものである。