To try to keep their monopoly on silk fabrics.
Scaled back
International best practices are advocating for a leaner government. the trend has been to bring services closer to the people and have the powers of the main government reserved only for regulation purposes. in addition, a lean bureaucracy is less prone to corruption and hence enhances efficient and effective use of scarce national resources.
I believe it was the Cherokee.
C is the answer I believe
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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. if you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich, "And the cause of not following your heart, is in spending the rest of your life wishing you had."
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