In the bakufu, Yoriyuki HOSOKAWA was appointed to Kanrei (Shogunal Deputy) in 1367 and the war against the Southern Court became lulled, the Ouchi clan and the Yamana clan were persuaded to return to allegiance by the bakufu.
幕府では67年に細川頼之が管領に任じられ、南朝との戦いも小康状態になると、大内氏や山名氏に対して帰順工作が行われた。