Japan began to firmly and invariably implement the Kai-Koki political program. In 1871, the feudal system was finally destroyed, estates were abolished, freedom of occupation and movement was proclaimed, land reform was carried out, and by 1882 there were already 113 newspapers published, which had strict censorship. The functions of government were carried out by the deliberative assembly, and, to top it all off, a constitution was adopted in 1890, strengthening imperial power. The European calendar was also introduced. After internal wars and coups, the Japanese government began opening European-style schools and a university in Tokyo; replacing armor and bows with firearms; construction of railways and other means of communication; telegraph; fleet, encouraging by all means the construction of ships only of European design. The Japanese fleet was organized in a European manner, and England was taken as a model. English instructors were called in for theoretical and practical training.