Meanwhile, in 1272, in order to consolidate the power of the Tokuso family, he killed his older brother Tokisuke HOJO (who held the office of Rokuhara Tandai Minamikata (Southern Chief of Administrative and Judicial Agency in Rokuhara, Kyoto), and was unhappy with his younger brother Tokimune's having becoming regent and increasing influence in the Imperial Court) as well as brothers from the clan Tokiaki HOJO and Noritoki HOJO who were hyojoshu (members of the Council of State) in the Nigatsu Sodo (the Disturbance of February).
また、得宗家の権力を磐石なものとするため、文永9年（1272年）には弟時宗が執権になった事に不満を持って朝廷に接近していた六波羅探題南方の兄北条時輔や、一族の評定衆北条時章・北条教時兄弟を誅殺している（二月騒動）。