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He didn't; he surrounded himself with them What he didn't like was the tendency of the nobility to take up arms against the government, which happened several times while he was still very young. When he began to rule for himself, he kept the nobility under his eye and gave them little jobs to do to occupy their time. Result - no more rebellions, and friendly relations all round. Clever.

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