Although shokoku-junkenshi was initially in charge of inspecting kogi-goryo as well, the dispatch of Kanhasshu junkenshi for the 8 provinces of Kanto region in 1671 to examine the state of rule by the local governors and peasant control in the region led to wider application of such inspection on the nationwide scale in 1712, leading to the creation of the goryo-junkenshi envoys representing the kanjo (accounting) office under the roju (shogunate elders) and kachimetsuke (security patrol and intelligence) office under the wakadoshiyori.
当初は諸国巡見使が公儀御料（天領）の巡見も行っていたが、寛文11年（1671年）に関東地方の代官及び農民支配を目的として関八州巡見使が独自に派遣され、正徳(日本)2年（1712年）に関八州から全国規模に拡大され、老中支配の勘定・支配勘定と若年寄支配の徒目付による御料巡見使が派遣された。