However, individual reward grants were not given to private soldiers of nobles in the capital although they worked as the core of the military forces of Silla, but powerful local clans who had distinguished services, as well as commanders and generals who surrendered from Baekje and Goguryeo, were treated favorably in order to foster the military forces under the direct control of the king, following the reward-oriented policy taken by King Muyeol, and this contributed to expansion of the sovereignty of Silla.
しかし個々の恩賞は新羅の軍事力の中核であった中央貴族の私兵層へは与えられず、活躍した地方豪族や百済・高句麗から投降した官・将を積極的に取り立て、王の直接の支配の及ぶ軍事力の育成に努めたのは、武烈王の論功行賞に倣ったものであり、新羅の王権の拡大に寄与することとなった。