While Toshiie had been sometimes bantered by Hoshunin about his "stinginess," he lent money to a lot of daimyo who had troubles in supporting retainers after the fall of the Hojo family, and there is a fact that in his will he ordered Toshinaga, "Don't urge anyone to repay the debt, and if anyone says he can't repay the debt, cancel it."
時には芳春院（まつ）に「吝嗇」と揶揄された事もある利家ではあるが、北条家滅亡後に家来を養えず困っている多くの大名に金を貸しており、遺言においては「こちらから借金の催促はしてやるな、返せない奴の借金はなかった事にしてやれ」と利長に命じている事実が存在する。