The samurai authority was unable to catch up with the changes in society, even though there were some struggles including payment of goyokin (the money the Edo bakufu charged temporarily on farmers and merchants) to each government contractor and failure to pay Daimyogashi (lending money to a daimyo with high interest).
御用商人への御用金の納入や大名貸しの踏み倒しなどの軋轢はあったが武家権力が社会の変化に追いついていかない。