Meritocracy

From a young age our ruler has been studying Confucian texts and listening to Neo-Confucian Lectures. As the our ruler of the our nation they now has the ability to put many of these philosophical principles to work. An ambitious scheme would be to root out those of little competence who hold influence in our realm solely on the basis of birth and the ancient ties of loyalty between our families.\nOf course our loyal vassals would likely see this as ingratitude and unwarranted hostility.