By having the support of power of Yoshinaka, he was able to promote his son, FUJIWARA no Moroie, as the Sessho and Naidaijin in November of the same year.
そして同年11月、義仲の勢力を背景にして息子の藤原師家を後鳥羽天皇の摂政兼内大臣にまで昇進させた。