However, since goryo as such had existed before the Constitution, Takayoshi KIDO, Sanetsune TOKUDAIJI, Nagazane MOTODA and others submitted a written opinion looking to improve imperial holdings, but most goryo was deeply linked with the formulation of the Constitution.
御料そのものは憲法制定以前から存在し、明治維新後に木戸孝允・徳大寺実則・元田永孚らによってその充実を求める意見書が出されていたが、大部分の御料の形成は憲法制定に深いかかわりがあった。