Page 22 - HP2A 008 King Gwanggaeto

had done their best to increase

the country's power, much of the

country's power came from the

aristocrats of the kingdom. These

aristocratic families had five factions

coming from respective regions of

the kingdom. They controlled more

troops and wealth than that of the

central government and the king.

Gwanggaeto instigated a law that

made it illegal for these aristocratic

families to have large armies and

confiscated most of their troops for

the nation's use.