Needless to say, he valued competent persons highly, and employed many former retainers of the Imagawa clan, of the Takeda clan, and of the Hojo clan in addition to those of Fudai retainers in the Ansho and Okazaki areas.
無論、有能な人材も重視し、安祥・岡崎譜代だけでなく今川氏・武田氏・北条氏の旧臣を多く召抱えた。