Adding to that I got seriously fed up with the behaviour of that "butthurt old man" faction so I took measures to crush them once and for all and forced them to individually sign contracts of obedience. It will be interesting to see how fast the effect shows on the world stage.
There's that issue when applying principles like shan/benevolence, it protects you from karmic consequences but everything becomes more complex than Soviet bureaucracy as you have to constantly give everyone a chance to repent for every step on the way.
So this took a lot of time to pull off.