This Shoen seirirei (order to reform the shoen system) sought to end the chaos that had begun during Emperor Toba's time; it was intended to bring all the shoen and kokugaryo (public territories) under the Emperor's direct rule, and the new system it introduced is considered to have generated significant momentum towards the establishment of the Shoen koryosei (shoen and duchy system).
この荘園整理令はその混乱を収拾して、全国の荘園・国衙領を天皇の統治下に置くことを意図したものであり、荘園公領制の成立への大きな契機となった新制と評価されている。