It's been said that government is like fire; too much and you burn everything down, too little and you might freeze to death. With Prince Shotoku's passing, the imperial court in Japan has started to get a little fire-y, so it's up to some determined cats to reign it in with the Taika reform.
You could say they... stonewalled him.
Se dieron con un muro de piedra.
Pode se dizer que...
empedraram ele na parede.