It's sad that those feats just go unnoticed by the average reader, and they just can't get past the "80k vs 240k lolol he sucks". Those are usually the same people who say Riboku only beat Kanki because he spawned troops out of his ass, and are incapable of realizing he created that number...
The Han dynasty had been becoming increasingly corrupt over the years, the rich gentry families accumulated power and could evade taxes while the commoners coudn't withstand the huge taxes and corvee labour imposed on them. There were also several child emperors which is not good for stability...
Riboku was able to mobilize the armies of the capital when the pedo king died. At that moment, before sending them out of the city he tells them "bring me Kakukai and cronies heads" and everything would have been settled. Or just use Bananji's army which was waiting outside the capital after you...
In manga he definitely could have done it. Maybe not installing himself as king, but making the king a puppet and being the power behind the throne like Ryofui was in the beginning? Absolutely. He had Kochou and his armies ready to go and kill whoever in order to save him.
What military power...
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