As Sangi and Chunagon were concurrently appointed Dazai no sochi at that time, some officials abused this situation so as to avoid going to Dazaifu on the pretext of the importance of their duty at a position other than Dazai no sochi so that they received seasonal stipends and untaxed lands as absentee officials.
また、この段階でも通常参議や中納言が兼務して転任する事を逆手に取って、兼務の職の重要性を盾に現地に赴任せず季禄や職分田などの特権のみを受けて遙任を行う者もいた。