The one with no retreat is Xida State, not Tang State....
Thinking of this, Fang Ze, who understood everything, although feeling sorrowful, no longer tried to persuade: the interests of both sides were different, their perspectives differed, further persuasion would only be self-humiliating. Instead, he asked an unusual question, "Does the Federation know of your thoughts?"
Emperor Li looked at him and countered, "What do you think?"
Fang Ze fell silent.
Emperor Li said lightly, "Do you think the Federation has been doing so much over the years, continuously weakening the powers of the nobility for what? Isn't it because they know that 90%, no....99% of the nobles harbor other thoughts?"
"Or rather, even if some nobles don't, the Federation must consider that they do."