However, the Emperor Komu's ban on monks becoming involved in politics and his reconstruction of state finances after the Dokyo Incident led to the strengthening of temple regulations and a reduction of the number of vassal households that could be held, in addition to the appointment of monks that could be trusted by the imperial court to high-ranking positions such as zasu (temple's head priest), betto (the superior of a temple) and choja (chief abbot of the temple) in order to take control of temples from the sango (three monastic positions with management roles at a temple).
だが、道鏡事件以後、桓武天皇が僧侶の政治関与の排除や財政再建のために寺院統制の強化や封戸の削減を行い、更に朝廷が信頼のおける僧侶を座主・別当・長者などに任命して三綱に代わって寺院の支配を行わせた。