Following the Einin no Tokuseirei (debt cancellation decree), the preferential treatment of gokenin over higokenin became pronounced and led to rogue elements among higokenin rebelling against the bakufu, imperial court nobles and religious institutions.
永仁の徳政令以後は、非御家人に対する御家人への優遇策は顕著となり、非御家人の中には悪党となって幕府や公家・寺社への反抗を行う者も現れた。