 In addition to the Tui Tonga maritime empire, Tuitātui also inherited from his father-in-law Loau as a kind of prime minister.Together they put through landownership and social reforms, re-shuffled and strengthened the royal council of the Fale Fā ("house of four"), the ancient royal counselors and royal guardians of the Tui Tonga.Tuitātui removed from the Fale Fā, Matakehe and Tuifolaha and replaced them with Tuitalau and Tuiamanave from Talau of the northern island of Vava'u.