If it hadn't been for Emperor Taizu of Sheng reclaiming this region two hundred years later, it's likely that the "Northern people" and the "Southern people" would have become two completely different races.
But in this slice of history, none of that would happen.
Because General Han Fuyue, played by Zhao Haiping, was here!
He accomplished what neither the Qi Dynasty nor the fake Chu could.
The local magnates and powerful clans refuse to be governed? Refuse to pay their taxes properly?
Easy, the solution to this is the same as dealing with their refusal to honestly divide their land.
Kill!
Start with killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, kill one to warn a hundred, and if there are repeat offenses, then just keep on killing!
These magnates and clans indeed possessed some influence, but they differed fundamentally from the manorial lords who controlled certain regions during the final years of the Liang Dynasty.
