His personnel management could be also evaluated, for example, he re-promoted Tadakuni MIZUNO at the right time after MIZUNO's downfall and then installed young Masahiro ABE to leave the government.
また水野忠邦が失脚した後、機を見て水野を再登用し、用が済めば若い阿部正弘を登用して幕政を任せるなど、人事に関しては評価すべき点がある。