With Tadayoshi's approval, Takauji established a base in Kamakura and began to allot lands to his followers, ignoring the emperor's command to return to Kyoto, and he tried to establish his own samurai government.
直義の意向もあって尊氏はそのまま鎌倉に本拠を置き、独自に恩賞を与え始め京都からの上洛の命令を拒み、独自の武家政権創始の動きを見せ始めた。