老中の阿部正喬、井上正岑、久世重之、戸田忠真は直ちに審議し、吉元の請願通り元次の隠居では済ませず、徳山藩の改易、元次の新庄藩お預け、嫡子･百次郎、次男･三次郎（後の毛利広豊）及び幸姫（毛利元連室）らは萩藩にお預けすることを決定した。

Masataka ABE, Masamine INOUE, Shigeyuki KUZE, and Tadazane TODA, all at the Roju post (the second highest post in the bakufu government), immediately deliberated about the matter, and decided the following: The problem could not be settled in Mototsugu's resignation from the post as Yoshimoto's request in the petition; The Tokuyama domain should be abolished, Mototsugu should be taken care of by the Shinjo domain, and Momojiro, his heir, Sanjiro (later Hirotoyo MORI), his second son, and Kohime (a wife of Mototsura MORI) should be taken care of by the Hagi domain. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

この他文禄の役では目付として朝鮮に渡海しており、文禄元年（1592年）には新庄直忠らとともに朝鮮人逃亡流民の帰郷を促す訓令を発布するほか、同年に第一次、翌文禄2年（1593年）には第二次晋州城攻防戦に参加するなどして活躍し、文禄4年（1595年）8月に六千石加増され、播磨加古川城主（12000石）になる。

Moreover, during the Bunroku campaigns he was an overseer who went to Korea; in 1592, in company with Naotada SHINJO and others, he issued instructions urging Korean refugees to return home; in the same and subsequent year (1593) he participated in the first and second Jinju Castle battles and, in August 1595, was granted an additional 6,000 koku of land and became the owner of Harima Kakogawajo Castle (12,000 koku). - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス