After getting a position of successor of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi subordinated his important vassals such as Toshiie MAEDA, Nagahide NIWA and Masakatsu HACHISUKA, but it is thought that he kept friendship between them.
信長の後継を得るとその重臣である前田利家、丹羽長秀、蜂須賀正勝らも臣下に加えるが、彼らとは友人としての関係を保ったとも考えられている。