In 1380, the government also restricted the number of priests by imposing regional quotas for both Buddhist and Taoist priests, 40 for each prefecture "Fu" (府, fǔ), 30 for each independent department "Zhou" (州, zhōu), and 20 for each county "Xian" (縣, xiàn). These quotas were not strictly enforced in the remote provinces which had been loosely regulated until the Yongle reign (1403-1425), during which Taoist regulatory agencies were established in these provinces and quotas were enforced. During the Yingzong reign (1435-1464), the quotas as well as other regulations started to be undermined, with counts of priests far exceeding their regional quotas and "dudie" being sold to priests who had not qualified by passing the official examination.