However, due to the good offices of Masayuki HOSHINA (father-in-law of Tsunakatsu UESUGI), the eldest son, Sannosuke (later known as Tsunanori UESUGI), was adopted by the Uesugi family, and therefore the Uesugi family was able to avoid the crisis, but ultimately its fief was decreased from 300,000 to 150,000.
しかし、保科正之（上杉綱勝の岳父）の斡旋を受け、長男三之助を上杉家の養子（のち上杉綱憲）とした結果、上杉家は改易を免れ、30万石から15万石への減知で危機を収束させた。