While the scholars possess no land or troops, and often lack cultivation level, they show no intention of harming the state; moreover, the ideal they seek is to establish merit rather than indulge in pleasures. They govern the state obviously better than those of the Five Families.
This is a vision far more radical and vigorous, even surpassing the so-called "New Imperial Examination Method." To a certain extent, it indeed "serves two ends." Apart from a long time, what's really essential to fulfill this vision is the determination of a powerful Monarch... Yuan Zhao paused for a moment, trying in his heart to speculate the intention of the figure above, without any movement to peer upwards.
The document by the Vice Minister of Punishment, Guan Zhiyi, was much simpler; his vision was indeed grander and more rational, but also more distant and unachievable.
