Yoshito welcomed under his control FUJIWARA no Sumitomo, who was a member of the family of his predecessor Iyo no kami (Governor of Iyo Province) Motona FUJIWARA and was well settled locally, and they instigated a policy of giving the pirates fields and making them surrender and work at farming.
淑人は前任の伊予守藤原元名の一族で現地に土着化していた藤原純友を配下に迎えて海賊に田畑を与え農業に従事させる投降策をとった。