Saigo was shocked about that, and he was concerned about distancing the people due to the extravagance of the officers of the new government, and that the Satsuma citizens might develop bad habits as a result, and therefore he sent Ikegami to Tokyo to bring back only the thoughtful soldiers and officers from Satsuma back to Kagoshima.
これに衝撃を受けた西郷は、役人の驕奢により新政府から人心が離れつつあり、薩摩人がその悪弊に染まることを憂慮して、薩摩出身の心ある軍人・役人だけでも鹿児島に帰らせるために、9月、池上を東京へ派遣した。