As long as a policy is implemented for a sufficient period, subtle changes will inevitably occur, and eventually, quantitative change leads to qualitative transformation.
The civil official system that has been promoted for over a century has similarly brought new changes to the martial-oriented East Continent.
Specifically, the state clans and prominent local families finally ceased viewing cultivation as the sole path to prominence. Reading and becoming an official emerged as an alternative.
They attempted to encourage family members who could not engage in cultivation to pursue scholarly paths, waiting for appointments by the Imperial Court to jurisdictions within their states or counties. In name, these officials served the central government, but in reality, they were helping their families solidify local order.
