Rama VI was the first Chakri monarch to be educated overseas in Great Britain and he basically sought to legitimise absolutism through the promotion of Thai nationalism, using a secular and western approach.[21] He was determined to maintain the absolute monarchy and carried out many unpopular policies and decisions that lowered the prestige and influence of the Chakri dynasty.[22] He was blamed for the rapid deterioration of the Siamese government’s fiscal health. His lavish spending on his court, his inability to control the corruption of his inner circle and his creation of the Wild Tiger Corps to promote modern-style Siamese nationalism was widely deemed as wasteful and unproductive.[23] By 1920, fiscal mismanagement under Rama VI and the global economic downturn took the Siamese state budget into deficit.[24] In 1925, even the most senior princes decided to demand large cuts in expenditures, especially the royal household.[25] This represented a bold challenge to the authority of the absolute monarch and reflected the severity of the fiscal malaise in Siam.[26]