Although a bit shy, Liu Zhizhong's rhetoric was spot on, and Lu Yumei ultimately agreed to his proposal.
Even Lu Yumei admitted, "The Zhang Family has been rampant in Yangzhou for decades, and it really has been too long. The descendants of the Zhang family and those associated with them have reaped far too many benefits. The political ecology of officialdom does, indeed, need some changes. We cannot let the Zhang family take all the advantages, can we?"
Her words started to carry a sense of righteousness.
But behind that righteousness, Lu Yumei was also considering her own family.
Liu Zhizhong was the Zhao family's hope. Only if he rose to prominence and established himself in Yangzhou would the Zhao family truly have hope. Relying solely on her sister, Lu Yuqing, and her two daughters, Zhao Han and Zhao Yan, was not enough.
Officialdom, after all, was still a world dominated by men; women were ultimately just accessory to it. This was Lu Yumei's most profound realization.
