Gunji or farmers of provinces commonly visited the capital to complain to the Daijokan about tyrannies and illegal behaviors of Kokushi in front of Yomei-mon gate (the public gate of the Imperial Palace) of Daidairi (the Greater Imperial Palace).
地方の郡司・百姓らが上京し、大内裏の陽明門（内裏の公門とされていた）前で国司の苛政・非法を太政官へ訴えるという形態が通例であった。