It was precisely because of this understanding that, among Sifang City's upper ranks, the prevailing belief was that the various so-called rebellions and so-called Rebel Armies within the Great Yong Dynasty could only flaunt their savagery for a time. Once the time came, they would naturally crumble into ashes.
During the Medieval Era, at the height of many dynasties, there had been no lack of similar rebellions. There had even been Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, who, as the World Founder, renewed the Great Han Dynasty's reign and accomplished the great undertaking of reopening the New Han.
Thus, Sifang City's view was not entirely without reason. They had merely grown accustomed to taking history as their mirror while overlooking the decisive differences between the present day and the past.
If one were to speak of similarities, then there certainly were some. The Great Yong Dynasty was in fact much like the Great Sui Dynasty of the Medieval Era.
The founding Great Ancestor of the Great Yong Dynasty had pacified the realm by using the division of imperial power as bait. He lacked the overbearing force of sweeping across the land with solid military might, and thus created a great many large and small shareholders of the Great Yong Dynasty. Though the Beitang Imperial Clan was the strongest, it was by no means overwhelmingly so, nor did it possess any supposedly supreme status.
Nine Surnames and Thirteen Families—this title alone was enough to show one thing: the Nine-Surname Houses were equal in essence. Though the Beitang Imperial Clan ranked first among the Nine Surnames, it still remained within the scope of the Nine Surnames.
If the Great Yong Dynasty had been a realm won through bloody battles across the land, like Emperor Hongwu's, then even if there were still powerful noble families