Based on his military power, Yoritomo succeeded in having his request accepted for Shugo (military governorship of a province) and Jito (estate steward) being placed in each province etc., Kanezane KUJO, who was a Yoritomo's distant relative, was appointed to Sessho (regent), and the Giso-Kugyo system (system in which affairs of state are administered by ten court nobles) were introduced.
頼朝は軍事力を背景に、諸国に守護・地頭を設置する事、自分の遠縁にあたる九条兼実を摂政に任じさせる事、「議奏」公卿制度導入などの要求を認めさせた。