At the time Beltrán de Guzmán was already in New Spain, at Pánuco, so Charles ordered the judges to assemble in Veracruz and from there make a joint entrance into the capital.
Most of these associates had participated in the government in the proceeding few years while Cortés was in Honduras or Spain, with a lot of in-fighting among themselves and injustices to the population, both Indigenous and Spanish.
Cortés had some success with his appeal, being named Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca and receiving some other honors.
He received a grant of land from the municipal council, which was illegal for the judges, and he had his brother appointed governor of the Zapoteca province.
This was so effective that Bishop Juan de Zumárraga felt the necessity of hiding a letter sealed in wax in a cask, to be smuggled to the Spanish authorities by a confederate sailor.
Delgadillo founded the Spanish settlement of Antequera (now Oaxaca) and suppressed a revolt of the Indigenous nearby.
The members of the Audiencia intended to depose Cortés, but were prevented by the actions of Bishop Zumárraga.
The second Audiencia was much different from the first, honest, capable and dedicated to good government and fair treatment of the Indigenous.