How many Feudal Lords had come to rally to the emperor?
Everyone under heaven wanted to know, and Luo Xiao wanted to know most of all. He wanted to see how many of the Great Han's heroes and outstanding men he would meet.
He believed these Feudal Lords who had come to rally to the emperor were precisely the men who would accomplish great things after the Han Court collapsed.
As the man who had shattered the Han Dynasty's Mandate of Heaven, Luo Xiao thought they all owed him a kowtow. Without him, after all, their hopes of accomplishing great undertakings would have been nothing but dreams.
Once these Feudal Lords arrived around Xingyang, they began holding their separate alliance assemblies. Court Historians naturally stood by to record such a major event: who attended, how many troops and horses they brought, their words and conduct-not a detail could be missed.
Not just anyone who brought a few hundred men to rally to the emperor could count as a Feudal Lord.
First, they needed prestige!
Anyone without prestige had to obediently take a seat at the back and follow someone reputable, even if they brought several thousand elite troops.
This was not discrimination. An alliance to rally to the emperor was actually a form of mutual political guarantee. What mattered was political credibility.
Who dared vouch for someone without an established background, someone they did not know?
If he did something wrong, could the Feudal Lords simply throw him out?
Would that not make laughingstocks of all the remaining Feudal Lords?
Someone prestigious, such as Marquis Ying Luo Chuan, was the undisputed leader of his contingent's alliance. No one could contend with him for the position. Even those stronger than him still had to obediently follow his commands.
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