Dazai Gonnosochi or Daini was selected from the retainers of the appointee and dispatched as de facto governor (Gonnosochi was dispatched for the appointee at the rank of Chunagon, and Daini was dispatched for the rank of Sangi).
しかし、実際の政務は臣下から大宰権帥あるいは大弐（任命された者が中納言級ならば権帥、参議級ならば大弐）が派遣されるものとされた。