It is considered that Goshirakawa was irate about Yoshinaka's arrogance, but since he had no choice but to rely on Yoshinaka's force to search and kill the Taira clan, he gave Yoshinaka some 140 Heike Mokkanryo (land rights confiscated by Kamakura bakufu [Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun] from the Taira family) ("The Tale of the Heike).
後白河は義仲の傲慢な態度に憤っていたと思われるが、平氏追討のためには義仲の武力に頼らざるを得ないのが現状であり、義仲に平家没官領140余箇所を与えている（『平家物語』）。