Later, Tsunetada used his position in Yoshino Court as Nairan (a preliminary inspection of official documents submitted from the Great Council of State to the Emperor), Sadaijin, and the head of the Fujiwara clan to gather the regional Fujiwara clan related families that were scattered throughout the country and call for overthrowing Takauji, but this was a plan that contradicted Chikafusa KITABATAKE's west country strategy and the two continued to fight over control.
その後、経忠は吉野朝廷の内覧・左大臣・藤氏長者の立場を利用して全国に散らばる藤原氏系の豪族に尊氏打倒を呼びかけるのであるが、これは北畠親房の東国戦略と対立する構想であり、その後も両者は主導権争いを続ける事になる。