Prior to the Battle of Sekigahara, as a conciliatory gesture, older vassals of the Chosokabe clan (that controlled the Shikoku region and who had been farmer-warriors) were made goshi.
関ヶ原の戦い以前に四国を支配していた長宗我部氏の旧臣一領具足層を懐柔するため郷士に取り立てた。