It can be considered that the purge of hereditary vassals such as Nobumori SAKUMA and Hidesada HAYASHI and Morinari ANDO aimed to reorganize the territories of vassals and increase direct control of Oda family territories.
佐久間信盛や林秀貞ら譜代家臣および安藤守就の粛正については、家臣の所領を整理し織田家直轄領を増やす目的もあったと見る事もできる。