While seeking to quell social unrest by restoring traditional order, he attempted to expand and stabilize the bakufu's basis through the appointment of inhabitants within the territory of the Imperial Court as shogunal retainers.
これによって伝統的な秩序を回復させて社会不安の沈静化に務めると共に、本所一円地住人の御家人化を進めて幕府の基盤の拡大と安定を図った。