However, in reality, they were forced to pay out double the amount of expenses compared to their income as they did not fire feudal retainers of the domain who were receiving 1,200,000 koku even after the income for the Yonezawa Domain was reduced to 500,000 koku due to their having fought against Ieyasu TOKUGAWA at the Battle of Sekigahara.
しかし、実際には関ヶ原の役に際して徳川家康に敵対し、米沢藩50万石余りに減封されるものの、120万石を領有していた当時の藩士を解雇しなかった為、収支に対し人件費だけでも倍の出費を強いられた。