However, some scholars say that despite the bakufu's intentions, this system, which made hatamoto difficult to control their chigyo-chi in a stable manner, impoverished them and consequently it accelerated the decline of the Edo bakufu which was sustained by the military power of hatamoto.
もっともこれが却って旗本の知行地支配の不安定を招いて旗本の窮乏化、ひいては旗本の軍事力に支えられた江戸幕府の衰微を促したとする説もある。