On July 9, Shungaku was appointed to a new post, the president of political affairs and then pushed forward the policy of kobu-gattai (the union of the imperial Court and the Shogunate) with Yoshinobu such as establishing Kyoto shugoshoku (Military governor of Kyoto), appointing the lord of the Aizu Domain Katamori MATSUDAIRA to shugoshiki (military governor) and the shogun's going up to Kyoto (Bunkyu Reform).
7月9日、春嶽は新設の政事総裁職に就任し、慶喜とともに京都守護職の設置、会津藩主松平容保の守護職就任、将軍の上洛など公武合体政策を推進する（→文久の改革）。