In addition, when FUJIWARA no Haruaki of Hitachi Province sought protection upon the issuance of a warrant for his arrest for being delinquent on tax payments to the Imperial Court, Masakado hid Haruaki and refused the request from the local government of Hitachi to hand him over.
また、朝廷への租税を滞納していたことにより追捕令が出ていた常陸国の藤原玄明が庇護を求めると将門は玄明を匿い常陸国府からの引渡し要求を拒否した。