The act was originally intended not to provide for the cancellation of debts and obligations as a tokuseirei, but to facilitate the grant of honors for the contribution in the Genko War as a 'virtuous rule' in a wider sense.
本来は元弘の乱による論功行賞の円滑化を図ることを目的とした広義の「徳政」の法令で債権債務の無効を定めた徳政令を意図した法令ではなかった。