Zhou Yi said in confusion, "I truly can't understand why Minister Lin would support that lady of the Inner Palace. Doesn't he know that women meddling in politics is a great taboo in the National Dynasty?"
"Between two evils, choose the lesser!"
Lin Zhengben said gravely, "Compared to a woman ruling the state, I cannot stand by and watch His Majesty alter the ancestral system, causing morality to decay, rituals and music to collapse, and the Dynasty to fall!"
Zhou Yi frowned slightly, "His Majesty is clarifying land titles and reforming the tax system to benefit the common people. How could this endanger the National Dynasty?"
"His Majesty's ambitions do not stop there!"
Lin Zhengben stated, "Word has come from within the palace that after the tax reform is implemented, His Majesty plans to abolish the tax-exempt fields of the literati and even gentlemen will have to serve and deliver grain..."
"Hiss!"
Zhou Yi took a deep breath, startled by these words.
