Chapter 439: A few things about the Luo Clan, part two
The Luo Clan Scions, who always stood united around the household head, were the Luo Clan's greatest support. So many people lamented how easily hearts changed, lamented that there was no eternal loyalty in this world, yet among the Luo Clan Scions, these things truly existed.
Imagine being an emperor with a dozen brothers, sons, and nephews in the imperial clan whom you could trust completely. What would that mean?
The greatest problem with the Enfeoffment System was that once the regional vassal states grew powerful, they would rebel against the central dynasty, brewing great disaster. But what if those regional vassal states would never rebel against the central dynasty, no matter how powerful they became?
Although the Luo Clan was not an imperial clan, its way of survival followed the same principle. The Luo Clan had countless reserves to deal with the frost, wind, blades, and swords coming at it from every direction, but its younger members had to handle the affairs of the mundane world.
In terms of population alone, the Luo Clan was currently the largest clan in all of All Xia!
This was no exaggeration. Even the imperial Liu Clan fell short of the Luo Clan in size. After all, the Luo Clan had multiplied for over a thousand years, while the Liu Clan had existed for only a short century.
For such an enormous clan, everything from its members' food, clothing, housing, travel, weddings, and funerals to the standing of its branches within the clan required the Head House's attention.
To give a very simple example, the Luo Clan stipulated that those within the Five Mourning Grades could not intermarry. The Head House kept track of the calculations for every branch, so whether a