As Yoritomo found the peace plan to be an opportunistic attitude of Goshirakawa, he made a threatening remark to NAKAHARA no Yasusada, 'The Cloistered Emperor is to blame for the disarray in the country' ("Gyokuyo," entry of November 17) and was adamant about the total expulsion of Yoshinaka.
頼朝はこの和平案を後白河の日和見的態度と見て、中原康定に「天下は君の乱さしめ給ふ（天下の混乱は法皇の責任だ）」と脅しをかけ（『玉葉』10月24日条）、義仲の完全な排除を求めて譲らなかった。