The despotic government by Takakuni tried to consolidate its power by making Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA the new Seii Taishogun (literally, the great general who subdues barbarians) when Takakuni was estranged from Yoshitane ASHIKAGA, whom he had put back as the Seii Taishogun, but it revealed its flaw after Takakuni had Motomori KOZAI trapped and killed in August 1526.
征夷大将軍に返り咲かせた足利義稙との仲違いに陥ろうとも、新将軍に足利義晴を据える事で磐石を保とうとした高国の独裁政権は、大永6年（1526年）7月に香西元盛を誅殺した事から綻びを見せた。