There were also four chapters today, and the next chapter would be around nine o'clock in the evening.
Dugu Ce continued,
"Since Luoyang is the center of the world, the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang, be it the aristocratic families, the Jianghu gangs, or even a small peddler, are all proud of being the center of the world. How can they submit to bandits?”
He looked at Shen Luo Yan, and within his smile, there was an unspeakable ridicule,"Even if Li Mi was born into a noble family, he has already declined and has already degenerated into a bandit leader. If he were to attack Luoyang, even if Luoyang's military strength was weak, the soldiers and civilians would resist on their own and all the people would become soldiers! Luo Yan, do you know how big Luoyang City is? How many people are there in the city?"
Without waiting for Shen Luo Yan's reply, Dugu Ce gave his own answer,"Luoyang is a majestic city under heaven. It is divided into three levels: the Imperial City, the Inner City, and the Outer City. The outer circumference was more than fifty miles! There were more than 300,000 people living in a city! In recent years, the world had been in chaos. There were constantly wealthy families, merchants, and even ordinary people moving their families to Luoyang. In recent years, the population of Luoyang had approached the 400,000 mark!”
He looked straight at Shen Luo Yan who was stunned by his data and laughed lightly,"
"Yan Luo, with your intelligence, you should know what it means to have 400,000 people with permanent assets. Once the entire city was mobilized, they could mobilize an army of 100,000 at any time! The soldiers and civilians of Luoyang were fighting to resist the bandits and defend their property and homes. There was no doubt about their determination. Even if the temporary troops were not strong enough, with the city walls as a fortress and the moat as a ditch, a commoner could fight against a strong soldier!”
The more Dugu Ce spoke, the more excited he became."Luoyang City is also rich in provisions. In the outer city, there are even large areas of farmland that can be cultivated and replenished at any time. There was no lack of equipment either. The official warehouse and the people had weapons. There were also thousands of top craftsmen in the city. Any equipment could be repaired as it was damaged! With sufficient manpower and logistics, even if hundreds of thousands of troops besieged Luoyang for several years, Luoyang could still hold on! Luo Yan, tell me, how did your Tile Garrison Army break through such a majestic city?”
Wagang had less than 100,000 soldiers. If they attacked Luoyang, which had a circumference of more than 50 miles and 28 kilometers, and the Sui Dynasty's one mile was about 532 meters in modern times, they would not even have enough soldiers to surround the city, let alone break through Luoyang.
"Then according to what you said, wouldn't it mean that no one can take down Luoyang City?" Shen Luo Yan said absentmindedly.”
"It's true that we can't take down the bandits in Luoyang now," Dugu Ce said truthfully.”
In history, Wang Shichong had been able to rule over a region with just Luoyang. He had been the emperor for three years and had fought many wars with the powerful Li family. Only when the situation was over did he take the initiative to surrender.
Take note, Wang Shichong had surrendered the city. From the beginning to the end, the Li clan had only surrounded Luoyang and had never attacked it forcefully!
Even someone as strong as the Li Family was unwilling to suffer heavy casualties and attack Luoyang. How could a mere Wa Gang have the chance to take Luoyang?
Li Mi's so-called plan to occupy Luoyang and conquer the world was simply a fantasy!
Shen Luo Yan smiled bitterly,"We bandits can't take down Luoyang. Could it be that only powerful families are worthy of occupying Luoyang?"”
"Not bad." Dugu Ce attacked them mercilessly." In today's world, only the strongest and most prestigious families will not be resisted by the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang. Only such a powerful family would be recognized as the master of Luoyang by the proud soldiers and civilians of Luoyang. As for bandits, they should not expect to become the master of Luoyang! Luo Yan, no matter how unwilling you are, you have to admit that the current world still belongs to the powerful families!”
The system of aristocratic families had started from the Wei period of the Three Kingdoms, with Cao Pi's " Nine-grade Zhongzheng System " as the beginning. It flourished during the Jin Dynasty, so that there were no poor families in the upper class and no aristocratic families in the lower class. Almost everyone's future was determined by their birth.
This was the true solidifying of the hierarchy.
No matter how talented you were or how hard you worked, as long as you weren't born into a noble family, even if the emperor valued you, you wouldn't be able to truly integrate into the upper-class circle for the rest of your life. As long as you were a noble, even if you were as stupid as a pig, you would have a place in the upper class.
When the Sui Dynasty unified the world, in order to stabilize the regime and resist the powerful families, the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty held imperial examinations in an attempt to recruit talents from the common people through the imperial examinations to break the monopoly of the aristocratic families. However, the results were minimal.
In Dugu Ce's previous life, China's aristocratic family system lasted until the end of the Tang Dynasty, when it was truly ended by the peasant wars.
At this time, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the aristocratic families were still deeply rooted and unshakable towering trees!
Dugu Ce sighed," The aristocratic family system allows the wealthy families, which only account for one percent of the world's population, to own nearly ninety percent of the world's wealth. The difficulty of spreading knowledge made it difficult for commoners to obtain knowledge. As for the children of the aristocratic families, they never had to worry about not having enough books to study. Be it military books, war strategies, or strategies for governing the country, they could learn them at any time.
"With wealth, power, and knowledge, how can ordinary people compete with them? Oh, geese, in this world, the only ones who could have the last laugh were the aristocratic families. When commoners rise up, even if it was a huge commotion, it was just a precursor for the king. To many ambitious commoners, this was indeed very unfair, but the truth was just that cruel. These days…it was still far from the era of commoners.”
When Dugu Ce said this, his heart was filled with sobs.
In the original novel, why did the Buddhist Sect and the pugilistic world, represented by Cihang Jingzhai, support the Li family? Why was it that no matter how hard Kuo Zhong tried, Mercy Boathouse had always ignored him?
It was all because Kuo Zhong was a commoner, and the Li Family was one of the four great families. They were deeply rooted, wealthy, and had a great reputation. They naturally had the foundation to rule!
In the end, Jingzhai valued Kuo Zhong and treated him as a great enemy. It was also because Kuo Zhong had a marriage alliance with the Song family and received the support of the top families.
If not for the support of the Song family, Kuo Zhong would never have been recognized by the Mercy Boathouse!
Shen Luo Yan's eyes were blank as she muttered,"Is there no one who can make decisions for the commoners and speak for them? Could it be that even you, Dugu Ce, can't do it?”
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