In addition, Hideyoshi exempted the territory of the Mori clan from taiko kenchi (the cadastral surveys conducted by Hideyoshi), and treated Takakage and the Mori clan preferentially under Toyotomi's government by designating Takakage and Terumoto, i.e., as many as two members of the Mori clan, as members of Gotairo.
また、太閤検地も毛利氏の領地のみ免除とし、さらに五大老に隆景、輝元と毛利氏から2人も迎えるなど豊臣政権下では隆景と毛利氏は優遇された。