 In this context, working with the "shoshidai" would have been the administrator of the reigning sovereign's court (the "kinri-zuki bugyō") and the administrator of the ex-emperor's court (the "sendō-zuki bugyō"), both of whom would have been shogunate appointees.He would have been at the head of a network of spies whose quiet task was to discover and report any covert sources of sedition, insurrection or other kinds of unrest.As Governor-general of Kyoto and the surrounding eight provinces, the "shoshidai" was responsible for collecting taxes in the home provinces and for other duties attached to this office as well.