This reflected the monarchy‘s efforts to curb the power of an independent nobility by relying on the Chinese inspired Jipsabu rather than the Hwabaek Council, whose existence was predicated on age old aristocratic and clan prerogatives.
The monarchy sought to diminish the influence of a powerful nobility by replacing the traditional Hwabaek Council with the Chinese-influenced Jipsabu system, which was rooted in age-old aristocratic and clan traditions.