There are a lot of reformers out there who care very much about their idea of how the world should be made better, but don't listen to what the people affected would want. And then they react badly when those people are insufficiently grateful for their efforts ...

Yeah, this. I just looked up his backstory from ep 17, where he says, "I want to be like the Black-Cloaked Envoy and other seniors. Play my part in society." To me, that sounds like he's at least as motivated by a quest for respect, power and glory as a chance to do good for Dixing.