Before long they became involved in civil trials, and once they were assigned to provinces along with the tsuibushi (envoys to pursue and capture), they even participated in the rendering and collection of taxes.
まもなく民事裁判に関与するようになり、追捕使とともに諸国にもおかれるようになると、百姓からの年貢所当の徴収にまで参与するにいたった。