▁throne , ▁but ▁his ▁reign ▁also ▁saw ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁significant ▁re forms ▁led ▁by ▁his ▁minister ▁Jo ▁G w ang - jo , ▁the ▁char ism atic ▁leader ▁of ▁sar im . ▁He ▁established ▁a ▁local ▁self - g overn ment ▁system ▁called ▁hy ang y ak ▁to ▁strength en ▁local ▁aut onomy ▁and ▁commun al ▁spirit ▁among ▁the ▁people , ▁sought ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁gap ▁between ▁the ▁rich ▁and ▁poor ▁with ▁a ▁land ▁reform ▁that ▁would ▁dist ribute ▁land ▁to ▁far mers ▁more ▁equally ▁and ▁limit ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁land ▁and ▁number ▁of ▁slaves ▁that ▁one ▁could ▁own , ▁prom ul g ated ▁widely ▁among ▁the ▁popul ace ▁Conf u cian ▁writ ings ▁with ▁vern ac ular ▁transl ations , ▁and ▁sought ▁to ▁trim ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁government ▁by ▁reducing ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁b ureau cr ats . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Ver itable ▁Records ▁of ▁the ▁Jose on ▁D ynast y , ▁it ▁was ▁said ▁that ▁no ▁official ▁d ared ▁to ▁receive ▁a ▁b ri be ▁or ▁explo it ▁the ▁popul ace ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁because ▁as ▁Ins pect or ▁General , ▁he ▁applied ▁law ▁strictly . ▁ ▁These ▁radical ▁re forms ▁were ▁very ▁popular ▁with ▁the ▁popul ace ▁but ▁were ▁fier c ely ▁opposed ▁by ▁the ▁conserv ative ▁officials ▁who ▁helped ▁to ▁put ▁Jung j ong ▁on ▁the ▁throne . ▁They ▁pl otted ▁to ▁cause ▁Jung j ong ▁to ▁doubt ▁Jo ' s ▁loyal ty . ▁Jo ▁G w ang jo ▁was ▁executed , ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁reform ▁measures