Gekokujo gets overplayed (as does "government by assassination"). One reason for the "control" faction being so named was their determination to enforce discipline in order to work through the constitutional system with other elites to construct the "national defense state."

Thus, after the 2.26 Incident, they seized the opportunity to purge Araki Sadao, Masaki Jinzaburo and other Kodo-ha officers who had indulged the young officers from activity duty and had the young officers courtmartialed and shot (Masaki was courtmartialed, too, but let off for political reasons).