Lord Yunzhong in Douluo

Chapter 470 Tiandou's Current Situation

This year is a very magical year for the residents of Tiandou City, and various major events beyond ordinary people's imagination have occurred.

First, the crown prince was assassinated at his wedding, and His Majesty the Emperor was so sad that he decided to take revenge on Xingluo and start a war. Afterwards, the Xingluo Empire preemptively invaded Barak and continued to advance steadily into the territory of Tiandou.

Although it is said that Tiandou City is located in the center of Tiandou Empire, the flames of the war between the two countries have not really spread here, but after all, it involves the war between the two empires that spread all over the southern part of Tiandou. Influence is also completely impossible.

As the power center of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Heaven Dou City naturally gathered materials and treasures from all over the empire, every inch of land was expensive, and most of the ordinary residents living there were businessmen and other service personnel.

There are not many people engaged in agricultural production, but it can also be said that they are very rare. Most of them are not engaged in the cultivation of staple foods such as rice and wheat, but the cherished flowers that the rich and powerful love.

Therefore, for the residents of Tiandou City, most of the food and beverages they need for daily life are brought from all over the empire, and the local food in Tiandou City is not enough to supply the entire imperial city with daily supplies.

In ordinary times, this is not a fatal thing, but in times of war, this difficult situation of self-sufficiency will greatly affect the lives of the people.

The southern border of the empire was caught in the flames of war, and self-protection was a problem. Wuxia had no scruples about supplying Tiandou City. Other regions of the empire that had not yet been caught in the flames of war also needed to transport large quantities of supplies to the front and rear of the war in order to supplement the logistics of the war.

Under such circumstances, the resources that can be replenished and transported to Heaven Dou City are very limited, not to mention that there are rich and powerful people everywhere in Heaven Dou City, food needs to be given priority to the rich and powerful who are accustomed to luxury and corruption, and the food that can flow into the lives of the people is very limited.

After the war started, the lives of the people in Tiandou City were actually very poor. The living supplies were scarce, and there were no prices for them. However, the lives of the rich and powerful in Tiandou City had no obvious impact.

Therefore, for the ordinary people in Tiandou City, the feeling of war is still very obvious.

They had even made preparations for a long-term war of resistance, but what they didn't expect was that later, the Star Luo Empire attacked the main city of the Neutral Spirit Hall, the holy city of the world's soul masters, Spirit City, completely annoyed the Spirit Hall, As a result, Wuhundian officially joined the battlefield.

Under the all-out attack of the Wuhun Temple, in just a month's time, the entire Xingluo Empire, which was raging in Tiandou, fell to the astonishment of the Tiandou residents, and the country was wiped out!
The news of Xingluo's destruction of the country was much more shocking than many situations before this year.

For most Tiandou residents, the so-called history is just a story told by the older generation, and the Star Luo Empire is an empire that has existed since their grandfather was a child.

In other words, for many ordinary people, the Star Luo Empire is a powerful empire that has existed since ancient times.

And such an empire collapsed so suddenly... For most ordinary people, this is indeed a matter of destroying cognition.

And now, when many residents of Tiandou City have not recovered from the news of Xingluo's destruction of the country, there is another news, the news that has a closer relationship with the residents of Tiandou.

His Majesty the Emperor issued a thousand-character edict of guilt to the whole country, expressing his heavy self-blame for dragging the entire empire into the war, and also expressing his apologies to all citizens for the many shortcomings of the empire over the years.

In the end, Emperor Xue Ye also announced at the end of this sinful edict that the emperor is too powerful, every move will affect the fate of the country, and the country is in danger. In the future, he will delegate power to the court, and the ministers of the court will form a cabinet council , in charge of various political affairs of the empire, and the imperial power retired.

This edict of guilt detonated the entire Heaven Dou Empire like a bomb.

Following the great change in the Xingluo structure, the political structure of the Heaven Dou Empire is about to undergo a great change.

However, although Xue Ye kicked off the great changes in the Tiandou Empire, anyone with a discerning eye who knows Xue Ye's past knows that this is not his style, because he has done a lot to strengthen the imperial power over the years matter.

Xue Ye must have suffered some kind of persecution, although many people did not know exactly what it was.

For this reason, the dignitaries headed by An Guogong Han Zhaolin are very clear.

Xue Ye's statement was caused by their continuous pressure and persecution in conjunction with the local government.

The pressure of the Constitution faction deliberately chose the time, when the Star Luo Empire had just been destroyed, but the main force of the Star Luo was still wandering in the territory of Tiandou.

As for the reason, it is not so obscure and complicated.

Long before, the Constitutional faction continued to expand its influence in Tiandou City, winning over half of the important officials of the Tiandou Dynasty, and its influence in the court became more and more important.

Then, in the war between the two countries, in order to resist the invasion of Xingluo, the Heaven Dou Empire had a large number of troops constrained and consumed, especially the army controlled by Emperor Tian Dou.

The army of the Heaven Dou Empire is mainly composed of two parties, one is the imperial army controlled by the Heaven Dou imperial family, and the other is the local army recruited by the local provincial principalities.

During the war between the two countries, although the Heaven Dou army basically went out in full force to resist the Xingluo army, the degree of seriousness that the troops of different territories paid was different.

The southern border of Tiandou was directly affected by the war, so the local army in the south took the war very seriously, after all, it was a matter of life and death.

The imperial army controlled by the royal family is also very serious, because the empire is the imperial family's empire, and the Tiandou imperial family naturally paid a lot for the army in charge in order to end the war as soon as possible or reduce damage losses.

But in contrast, in the east and north where the war has not yet spread, although they have also sent local troops to participate in the war, in order to retain as much strength as possible, their performance on the battlefield is relatively conservative.

Therefore, in this war that spread across the entire continent, the Tiandou Empire's army lost the most, it was the local army in the southern border and the imperial army controlled by the imperial family, and the losses of the local armies in other places were much smaller.

The reason why the Tiandou imperial family has been able to control the empire for so many years is to rely on the troops under it.

But now, because of the war between the two countries, the imperial army suffered unprecedented heavy losses, and it was the time when the strength of the Tiandou imperial family was weakest.

It turned out that due to the strict suppression of the snowy night, the connection between the central and local regions of Tiandou was relatively rare, but later, with the gradual opening of traffic and the beginning of the war, it became more and more difficult for the imperial family to contain the connection between the central and local regions, until there was no more. energy.

It was in this matter that the Constitutionalists came into contact with the localities.

The constitutional faction wants to limit the imperial power to gain more power, and the localities also want to get more independent power from the emperor. Under the situation that the goals of the two parties are highly consistent, the constitutional faction soon won the support of the localities that support the army.

Ning Fengzhi, the suzerain of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Xue Ye's original political ally, also had to withdraw from the court because of Xue Qinghe's death.

After all, although under the management of Ning Fengzhi these years, his strength in the court has indeed become stronger and stronger, but after all, he has gained a foothold in the court by relying on his status as the prince and emperor teacher.

After Xue Qinghe's death, Prince Tiandou was not around, and Ning Fengzhi's identity as the emperor's teacher no longer existed, and he lost his legal identity to gain a foothold in the court, so he naturally had to withdraw from the political situation.

In this case, unlike the constitutional party's power reaching its peak, Xue Ye's power has reached its lowest point since assuming the throne.

It was at this time that the Constitution faction launched persecution.

Using the support of more than half of the central officials and the local army as bargaining chips, Xue Ye was forced to delegate power and form a parliament.

In the court, Xue Ye could not be suppressed by power, and the strength of the army under him was greatly damaged, and most of them were still trapped in the war with the main force of Balak Xingluo, so they could only be mobilized.

If it is suppressed forcefully by the army, it will not only create a vacuum in Tiandou's bureaucracy and the collapse of the management system, but also cause the attacks of the local troops who have been eyeing it for a long time.

Start the war again on the grounds of "the king has no way, is tyrannical and cruel", and uses the fire of war to get what he wants.

The Heaven Dou Empire, which is about to end the war, cannot stand the torment of a war.

At the price of the disintegration and collapse of the Tiandou Empire, the Xian faction made a gamble, betting whether Xue Ye, who had worked so hard for Tiandou all his life, would make concessions and sacrifices for the survival and stability of the empire.

Han Zhaolin, who has known Xue Ye for decades, feels that he has a great advantage.

In the end, it turned out that Xianpai was right in betting, and Xueye's concession was even faster than Han Zhaolin expected.

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Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City, the palace hall.

"Your Majesty, the country cannot be without a reserve, especially now that the mountains and rivers are precarious and the society is in turmoil, it is even more necessary to have a certain prince to stabilize people's hearts. I hereby request, for the sake of the empire, please establish a prince."

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(End of this chapter)