Chapter 439: Luo's Affair
The Luo family members who always unite around the head of the family are the Luo family's greatest support. Many people lament that people's hearts are fickle and that there is no eternal loyalty in this world, but in front of the Luo family members, these things are real.
Just imagine if you were an emperor and you had more than a dozen brothers and nephews in the royal family whom you could completely trust, what would that mean?
The biggest problem with the feudal system is that once the local vassal states become strong, they will rebel against the central dynasty, which will lead to disaster. But what if the local vassal states will never rebel against the central dynasty no matter how strong they are?
Although the Luo family is not a royal family, the family's way of survival is the same. The Luo family has countless resources to deal with the wind, frost and swords coming from all over, but all worldly matters need to be resolved by the family's children.
Judging from the family population alone, the Luo clan is currently the largest family in the entire China!
This is not an exaggeration. Even the Liu royal family is not as large as the Luo family. After all, the Luo family has been multiplying for thousands of years, while the Liu family has only been around for a short hundred years.
In such a large clan, the head of the clan has to worry about everything from the clan members' food, clothing, housing, transportation, marriages and funerals to the position of the branches in the clan.
To give a very simple example, the Luo family has a rule that marriage is not allowed within the five degrees of mourning. The calculation of each branch is done by the head family, so whether marriage is allowed is up to the head family to check.
In addition, after years of research, the Luo family gradually discovered the disadvantages of inbreeding. Except for the direct line, inbreeding among ordinary members of the clan would greatly increase the probability of child death and deformity.
Members of the Luo clan rarely take concubines, and causing the death or deformity of children is unforgivable, so now there is a voice to include cousins in the calculation.
The main purpose of close-kin marriages between nobles outside Zhaocheng is to bring the two sides closer together. The Luo family has no such needs, so the health of their children is the first thing they need to consider.
This is even more complicated, because both parents are from the Luo clan, so we have to consider both branches.
These are just some trivial matters. The distribution of various resources must be based on contribution, etc. The core is fairness.
It is not easy to maintain this kind of fairness. The ancient clan is not only a place to shelter clan members, but also an extremely unfair place. There are countless dark things within the clan. Eating the entire family is not a big deal. Many clans do not regard their members as human beings. All kinds of evil are unimaginable for modern people.
The early clans were relatively good, the various rules were not so strict, and being attached to the family had more advantages than disadvantages.
But after the prevalence of Neo-Confucianism, it became a true cannibalistic society, with the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues weighing heavily on everyone. Clan members were no longer family members, but consumables, consumables of the master's family.
Of course, Luo can't do that.
If it is just extensive management without delving into the darkness of those dark places, then Luo's ability is enough to manage counties, but if he wants to manage every household in detail, the required ability will increase sharply.
As the saying goes, even a fair judge cannot settle family disputes. It is not easy to deal with the various differences among clan members, and it is not easy to get the majority of clan members to accept the results of the handling.
Most of the Luo family's sons focused their energy on studying classics, while the Luo family's daughters spent some time studying classics and some time on offering sacrifices to King Su, but maintaining fairness within the family also consumed a small part of their energy.
There are dozens of Luo's sons and daughters who are above the same level to govern the family. Even in the later era when productivity developed greatly and the number of officials increased greatly, the overall quality and the number of officials per capita were not as good as the current Luo's. That's why there is the prosperous Zhaocheng Luo's family today. The family has always been united and worked together to deal with everything.
This is something that other families cannot learn. This is why Luo Cai, Luo Yi and other sons and daughters of the Luo family must let their children return to the family.
Wushuang Marquisate was the marquisate of Luo Wuji.
He didn't care whether this marquisate would still be in the hands of his lineage in the future, just as Luo Yi didn't care about the title of Marquisate of Ying. His uncle, King Zhaosheng, passed the position of the main lineage to his lineage without hesitation.
This is Luo's!
The wealth and glory in this world, the princes and marquises, are nothing but passing clouds. Only the regent can move the son of the Luo family. Besides, the son of the Luo family will eventually return to the arms of King Su. Why should he worry about these things that he cannot bring with him when he is born and cannot take with him when he dies?
"Master, Master Sheng wrote to say that he had not seen Master Shi for a long time, so he would not return to Zhaocheng for the time being, but would go to Wushuang City in the Western Regions."
Luo Wuji pondered after hearing this and said, "How many brave warriors are there in the Wushuang Marquisate in the Western Region now?"
The steward immediately said, "Master, there are currently 600 brave warriors in the Western Region, plus the brave warriors brought by Young Master Sheng, there are a total of 1,200 people, accounting for 40% of the family establishment, and there are 20 guardians in the Western Region. It can be said that the strength is extremely strong."
The guardians are spiritual soldiers. The origins of these people are considered mysterious in the Luo family. Except for the head of the family and the heirs, no one knows their true identities.
One thousand two hundred brave warriors, as long as they are not attacking the city, this is enough to travel across the Western Regions. Luo Wuji thought for a moment and said: "Draw another 600 brave warriors from the family to the Western Regions. After Ah Sheng comes back, only 600 brave warriors will not be enough. We must ensure the family's military investment in the Western Regions."
When Luo Wuji said this, everyone was shocked. The transfer of 600 brave warriors was not a trivial matter, especially to the Wushuang Marquisate.
The princes and marquises had military power and private armies of varying sizes, depending on the number of households in their fiefdoms and the tasks they performed.
The Wushuang Marquisate has a relatively large number of private soldiers, but the scale of their private soldiers is still not that large. Six hundred is the limit. If it exceeds this number, one must report to the emperor or transfer them under another name.
Moreover, the transfer of 600 brave warriors is not as simple as transferring people there. In modern society, it is very troublesome to move to another place, not to mention in ancient times.
If the brave warriors go, their wives will certainly follow them. At the smallest level, this is a big move involving 600 families. At the largest level, it involves many branches and clans. After these people leave, who will temporarily cultivate the land? This is a rather troublesome matter.
Luo Wuji certainly understood this, and said in a deep voice: "Dayuan wants to destroy the trade route. All the managers know how important this trade route is to the family.
It was for this reason that A Shi wanted to take action against Dayuan, but Dayuan was not an easy opponent.
When I was stationed in the Western Regions, it was a big country with a population of 600,000. With the opening of trade routes in recent years, Dayuan must have become even more prosperous.
Fortunately, we have established a firm foothold in the Yishui River Valley. The distance between the two sides is very close, and we can break into Dayuan City at any time. Otherwise, if we transfer troops from the four counties of Hexi to Dayuan, we will probably suffer heavy losses and fail to take it down. "
Everyone agreed with Luo Wuji's words. The logistics and marching difficulty required to transfer troops from Chang'an or the four counties of Hexi were completely different from those from Wusun.
In history, the stupid general Li Guangli led a large army to attack Dayuan, but almost all his soldiers were killed before they even arrived. This is simply outrageous.
It was different during the Tang Dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty did not have a feudal system, the Jiedushi was an alternative form of border vassal. Putting aside the harm this system did to national politics, the military force alone was quite abundant.
Fighting the surrounding barbarians has low costs and high returns. When the Zhou Dynasty conquered the world, it also stationed heavy troops in remote border areas to eliminate the barbarians. Rebellions were resolved locally.
This is the advantage of the feudal system!
"Although we have the geographical advantage, facing a strong enemy like Dayuan, even if we mobilize the forces of the Western Regions Protectorate, we still have to go all out to win."
“Master, if so many brave warriors are transferred to the Western Regions and something unexpected happens, it will be a pain that the family cannot bear.
The war with the Huns caused considerable damage to the family, and it took many years to recover. Now they have to go to war with the big country in the Western Regions.
The brave warriors will be kept to deal with the royal family and the powerful people in the world who have ill intentions towards the Luo family. Our Luo family is a thorn in the eyes of countless people. Without the protection of brave warriors, the status of the family will be greatly reduced and fall into instability. I hope you can be more cautious. "
A manager said this worriedly, and everyone around had the same expression on their faces when they heard it. One of the main functions of the brave warriors is to deter the villains. Don't underestimate these thousands of troops. Li Shimin's Black Armor Army is only three thousand.
After hearing this, Luo Wuji pondered for a moment. It was necessary to dispatch troops to the Western Regions because the Western Regions were more important to the Luo family than to the Han court.
Emperor Xiaowu was an emperor who liked to expand territory, so with his strong support, Luo Wuji used the resources of the Han court to open up part of the Western Regions.
However, not every emperor likes to expand territory. Another emperor may not be interested in the wild land thousands of miles away, or most emperors are not interested. After all, the colorful world of the Central Plains is already beautiful enough, so why invest resources in such a place.
This is what makes Emperor Xiaowu so valuable.
For the Han court, losing the Western Regions was just a loss, but for the Luo family, this was unacceptable. In this case, the Luo family had to invest more.
But it would be a joke to bleed the whole family directly in the Western Regions. This is a time of prosperity!
If the Luo family is forced to bleed to death under such circumstances, then when the Central Plains is in chaos and unable to look west, will the Luo family also die out directly?
Luo Wuji couldn't help but think that it was a pity that the number of spiritual soldiers was too small. If there were hundreds of spiritual weapons, it would be great to directly form a cavalry corps that would be permanently stationed in the Western Regions, without the need for brave soldiers to switch guards back and forth.
"Huh?"
Thinking of this, Luo Wuji seemed to suddenly think of something. He suddenly remembered that there was a very special divine artifact in his family heritage, which could be used at this time!
(End of this chapter)
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