Not to mention during the reforms you often have to attack your own powerbase to implement them
the qing for instance pissed off the landed gentry by reforming the examination system to get rid of using confucian classics as the basis for it, Gorbachev had to attack the communist party apparatus and Louis XVI weakened the hardline conservative nobles who were the ancien regime's biggest supporters
This reminds me a amateur documentary made by the mad monarchist about the fall of the Qing dynasty were he mentions those reforms
The main problem is that the documentary have NO SOURCES and so everyone I show it simple dismiss it, can you take a look and tell me your opinion RosseauX? @Mackus too please: