Behind the scenes of the above reform, the bakufu and high-ranking people of the Imperial court seemed intent to restore the Imperial court and realize its effective management by restricting the monopolistic rule over jigekanjin by Kyokumu Oshikoji family and Kanmu Mibu family, which exclusively ruled jigekanjin for a long period and were called 'Ryokyoku' or 'the leader of jigekanjin.'
これは、長年「両局」「地下官人之棟梁」と称せられ、地下官人の支配を一手に引き受けてきた局務押小路家・官務壬生家による地下官人に対する独占的支配を抑制して、朝廷の再興と運営効率化を図りたいとする江戸幕府と朝廷上層部の思惑があったと言われている。