Their grandfather, Yasutoki HOJO got angry and said, 'each of them is to be a regent in the future. There is no need to get involved in the vassals' argument. Tsunetoki's behavior was quite thoughtless, and he should be confined to his residence for a while.'
二人の祖父である北条泰時は「各々将来御後見の器なり」、つまり二人とも将来執権になろうという者であるのに、経時は「諸御家人の事に対し、爭か好悪を存ぜんか。所為太だ軽骨なり、暫く前に来るべからず」と怒り。