It is thought that all of this was done by Yoshimitsu with the intention of usurping the throne, and becoming Ming's hosaku is also supposed to have been planned as a part of his plot, in order to make use of external pressure on the imperial court.
これらは義満が皇位の簒奪を企てていたためであり、明による日本国王冊封も当時の明の外圧を利用しての簒奪計画の一環であると推測している。