People in the South welcomed the decision, while people in the North feared it.
Balance and Harmony, daouist tradition of seeking the natural world.
<span>The emperor's decision to reform the government</span>
The answers to your question are,
1. To reduce the amount in blocks or sizable amounts - Decimate
2. Food and drink; necessary foods in order to stay alive - Sustenance
3. The ancient power structures which were cities that were fortified into independent units of strength - City-States
4. Being into nobility or of a privileged upper-class - Aristocratic
-Mabel <3