The successor to the position of head of the Tokuso family became a relative of a retainer of the Tokuso family, creating the situation wherein the Hojo clan became engulfed by retainers of the Tokuso family.
得宗の後継者が得宗被官の血縁となり、北条氏は得宗被官に飲み込まれていく事態が発生していた。