Dr. Strangelove
Banned
Really?
Absolute monarchs had been advancing low-born people since the Middle Ages. For a couple of familiar examples, Cardinal Wolsey was the son of a butcher, Thomas Cromwell of, iirc, a brewer. But no one praises Henry VIII for employing them.
Because those were exceptional examples, not a systematic practice.
Soldiers loved Napoleon because they knew he would reward competence and loyalty in ways other nations wouldn't.