It is said that Mitsunari slandered Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI by saying to Hideyoshi, "He was staying in the mountains to plot a rebellion," and this made Hideyoshi decide to exclude Hidetsugu.
豊臣秀次のとき、三成は秀吉に対して、「御謀反調議ノタメニ、山々ニ在留セラル」と讒言し、これが秀吉に秀次排除を決意させたとされる。