Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA intentionally provoked important Shugo Daimyo (Lords) into rebelling against the shogunate (the Meitoku and Oei Rebellions) and by defeating them, reduced their power.
足利義満は明徳の乱、応永の乱などで有力守護大名を挑発しては討伐してその勢力を削減した。