It is known that he rejected Masashige's strategic proposal of abandonment of Kyoto City saying "it is not a good idea for the Emperor to leave the imperial city so often" when he made Masashige KUSUNOKI counter Takauji's army which escaped to the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) after the rebellion, and then proceeded east again.
また尊氏が謀叛の後、西国へ逃れ、再び東上して来た軍を楠木正成に迎え撃たせようとした際には、正成が戦略上有利として進言した京都放棄策を「帝がたびたび京を離れるのは良くない」との理由から退けたことで知られる。