On December 28 (November 28 under the old lunar calendar), Tokimasa pushed the 'establishment of Shugo and Jito to the whole country' through Tsunefusa YOSHIDA, to search for and capture Yoshitsune, and successfully got approval (the Bunji imperial sanction).
28日に時政は吉田経房を通じ義経らの追捕の為として「守護・地頭の全国への設置」を迫り、これを認めさせる事に成功する（文治の勅許）。