In his last years Hideyoshi created systems of the Go-Tairo, San-churo (Three Seniors) and Go-Bugyo (Five Commissioners), but after his death his hereditary vassals fought at the battle of Sekigahara, split into proponents of military government and those of civilian government.
晩年には豊臣政権の職制として五大老、三中老、五奉行を設けるが、死後に譜代の家臣は関ヶ原の戦いで武断派と文治派に分かれ戦った。