If the tyranny-caused damage become serious, or misconducts by a lord are discovered by the shogunate government, the family is seen as incompetent to rule the territory and is likely to receive a punishment such as transference from one fief to another, curtailment of its fief, and in the worst case, removal of samurai status and expropriation of territories.
もし暴政により被害が深刻化した場合、あるいは藩主の不行跡が幕府に発覚した場合は、領地を治める能力が無いとして転封や減封、最悪の場合は改易という処分を受けかねないためである。