Junsatsushi were sent out on the circuit in March and returned to report the emperor in November, and during that period they were required to rate thousands of local governors, which Li Qiao had described to be quite hard.
巡察使は、3月に出発して、11月に帰還し報告をするが、その間に、千人単位の地方官を評定する必要があったので、それだけの数をこなすのはとても難しいと述べられている。