Luo Xin knew he could no longer stay in Lingnan. Despite the vast distance, messengers from Chang'an City kept coming in wave after wave.
He was beginning to miss Chang'an, too.
Chang'an City.
Everything had proceeded in an orderly fashion over the past two years. The Han Court adhered to a policy of not interfering wherever possible, reducing corvée labor as much as it could and allowing independent farmers to resume production. At the same time, it kept watch over the powerful local clans of Shandong, especially those that had lost the struggle, with those of Qi State foremost among them.
The nobles Lü Cheng had slaughtered back then had all belonged to great lineages. Having begun, Lü Cheng saw it through to the end, forcing these people at knifepoint to relocate to Guanzhong and guard the Late Emperor's tomb.
Lü Zhi and Lü Cheng worked together with considerable tacit understanding. Wave after wave of powerful clans from Qi Land arrived in unfamiliar Guanzhong, only to have their bones crushed and their marrow sucked dry by the founding meritorious officials.
The Luo People were also migrating to Guanzhong. With the decline of the Luo State, they had scattered among the surrounding commanderies and counties. Now Lü Zhi was vigorously recruiting them to settle in Guanzhong, demanding that the commanderies and kingdoms along their route cooperate. The Luo Clan was promoting the effort as well, and many Luo People took their entire families to Guanzhong.
Given the Han Court's current capacity, this migration might last as long as ten years. Yet the continuous influx of people replenished the severely overextended Guanzhong.
These people mingled and integrated with the Qin people. At last, the Han Court had a Political Base of its own, a genuine foundation, rather than the insubstantial concept