The word "principle" often said by others is actually just a superficial decorative language, and what can change and break the principle is actually a stake.
Therefore, when others tell you that you can't do it in principle, you can basically understand it as: although this matter is not allowed to be done by the regulations, I can do it for you, but I need you to pay some benefits to me.
"In principle, no" is originally a subtext, as long as you understand these you can take a lot of detours, you have to believe that the solution is always more than the difficulty, to solve the problem itself is to deal with people.