To gain a seat on the a High Council we first must be a leader of a Great House: nobody who can't run their own House efficiently and honourably can be entrusted with the affairs of the Empire.  Then it's simply a matter of completing the assassination of anyone who stands in our way 👀 

 You know, I like the Klingon way... 

 We keep it simple and without what you Humans call "the bullshit" 👀 

 I suppose it's Humanshit..