Managing a faction is actually similar to managing a family. If you wish to earn the respect of its members, you must take meaningful actions to win their respect, not just rely on a title.
And for anything that requires effort, it's never easy. Thus, even if one leads a city of millions, their core entourage consists of only a handful of people.
Take Red Cloud Mountain as an example: combining both inner and outer city populations, there are over two million people. Yet those whom Tang Luo can address by name are limited to the first batch of apprentices personally mentored by him at the Marshal Star Pavilion and the earliest Xiling scholars who pledged allegiance to him.
Among these individuals, Madam Yun Xiu, Du Sha of the Marshal Star Pavilion, Nongman Valley, the commander of the Inner City Guard Station, Chairman Du Ting of the City Council, and Elder Nian, who oversees the Red Cloud Ferry Crossing, are the innermost circle.
