To secure the right of self-government, the soson increased their tendency to build relationships with the Shugo or Kokujin (local samurai), not with a lord of the manor or a lord of public land.
惣村は自治権を確保するために、荘園領主・公領領主ではなく、守護や国人と関係を結ぶ傾向を強めていった。