In addition, any slightly clever noble would know why their subjects are so rebellious and difficult to tame, why managing the planet is so challenging, and why, even with all their might, they cannot create a prosperous planetary civilization like those in other star clusters. The reason is simple: ever since Liu An inherited the title of Nanxiang Marquis, he has been secretly altering the genetic information of the star cluster's humans, injecting inferior genes for violence, emotional instability, and other traits that are unfit for construction and only suitable for destruction.
Many viscounts even fear that their families have been infiltrated through intermarriage with outsiders. To prevent further deterioration, these low-ranking nobles have to strictly control the breeding and marriage candidates for their descendants, absolutely prohibiting offspring from leaving descendants with commoners; they can only intermarry with families of equal or higher rank.
