Based on newly gained economic power, provincial military governors strengthened their influence within their territories in order to subjugate land stewards, soldiers, village headmen and other influential people and to place them under their own control.
守護は、獲得した経済力を背景に、国内の地頭やその他の武士・名主・有力者層を被官として自らの統制下へ置こうとし、国内への影響力を強めていった。