Because the performance of the goryo-junkenshi impacted the state of finance for both the shogunate and the hatamotos and kogi-goryo and hatamoto domains were under the direct supervision by shogunate, unlike the feudal domains that were granted a measure of autonomy, the goryo-junkenshi held greater power than the shokoku-junkenshi.
御料巡見の成否は幕府及び旗本財政の動向にも関わること、統治に関して一定の自主性が認められていた諸藩と違って、公儀御料・旗本領には幕府権力が直接行使できた事から、御料巡見使には諸国巡見使以上の権限が与えられていた。