The imperial edicts for reform cover a…

The imperial edicts for reform cover a broad range of subjects, including stamping out corruption and remaking, among other things, the academic and civil-service examination systems, legal system, governmental structure, defense establishment, and postal services.

The edicts attempt to modernize agriculture, medicine, and mining and to promote practical studies instead of Neo-Confucian orthodoxy.

The court also plans to send students abroad for firsthand observation and technical studies.

All these changes are to be brought about under a de facto constitutional monarchy.