Xinping City, one of the most famous cities in the land of Shenzhou, has been the capital of the rulers of the region since it was built thousands of years ago, and the Shengwu Dynasty also used Xinping as its own capital, but now Xinping is the capital of the Dali Empire.

The total population of Yunhua County is only more than 200,000, and the population of Xinping City has reached more than 560,000 people, which is more than twice that of Yunhua County, but don't forget that the former is a vast county, and the latter is just a city, even if this city is relatively large.

Xinping City can be called the place where the magnates, tycoons, and warriors in the Dali Empire gather, and there are countless people in other parts of the Dali Empire who dream of living in Xinping City, and in the eyes of those people, Xinping City is another world, a perfect world without cold, hunger, and oppression.

Who knows, Xinping City, which stands on the vast plain, is already in the whirlpool.

In the imperial palace, the old emperor Fang Yao was lying on the sickbed, sometimes unconscious, sometimes awake, if it weren't for the imperial doctor's various precious medicinal materials to replenish Fang Yao's vitality, I am afraid that Fang Yao would have passed away.

Fang Yao has been insisting, he doesn't want to let himself die like this, if he dies like this, what face does he have to meet the ancestors and ancestors under the Yellow Spring.

The Dali Empire (more than 3.5 million square kilometers) was personally defeated by the ancestors of the Fang family, and the Dali Empire is the Dali Empire of the Fang family, but with the death of Li Gaozu, the founder of the Dali Empire, the imperial throne has been passed on several times, and the strength and prestige of the Fang family are decreasing, especially when it comes to the emperor of Fang Yao's father, the families in the Dali Empire already have a very high status, and they are rapidly encroaching on the Dali Empire of the Fang family.

In Fang Yao's generation, Fang Yao was supported by the family, and now, this Dali Empire has become the Dali Empire of the family, not the Dali Empire of the Fang family.

Fang Yao, who was lying on the sickbed, regretted very much that he was indecisive, causing the Fang clan to lose more and more power in the Dali Empire, he Fang Yao lived long enough, and he could still have some prestige in the Dali Empire, once he died, his descendants would kill all competitors with the support of the family and ascend to the throne, what was the difference between him and a puppet at that time.

Fang Yao didn't want to see this scene, so he was persevering and unwilling to leave the world.

Fang Yao was indecisive and did not set up a prince early, Fang Yao was afraid, he was afraid that the prince he set up would not be recognized by the family, and finally he would be assassinated by the family, Fang Yao's father's untimely death was an example, and the power of the family had penetrated into the imperial palace.

Indecision is Fang Yao's biggest shortcoming, when he is constantly suffering from chaos, if it drags on like this, once he dies, the Dali Empire will immediately fall into chaos, unless there is an emperor and grandson who can get the support of most of the family to ascend to the throne.

But think about it, this is a difficult thing to happen, the family itself is divided into multiple camps, there are all kinds of grudges against each other, and they will not negotiate peace without exhaustion.

There are six main candidates for the position of the next emperor of the Dali Empire, namely the third emperor Fang Xuan, the seventh emperor Fang Yue, the eleventh emperor Fang Rui, the eldest grandson Fang Ji and the emperor grandson Fang Zhi and Fang Da, these six are the powerful candidates for the next emperor, and there are a large number of forces behind each of them.

The outside world looks at these six emperors and grandsons competing for the throne, collectively known as the six dragons to seize the throne, but in addition to these six, there are other emperors and grandsons such as the eighth emperor Fang Wei also want to participate in the battle for the throne, but unfortunately their strength is too weak, and there are not many forces willing to support them.

Fang Yao had been lying on the sickbed, unable to handle government affairs, but the Great Li Empire was not in chaos.

The central official position of the Dali Empire is the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries system, although these twelve people are also from big families, but there are also those who have won the trust of Fang Yao, Fang Yao has been in power for more than 50 years, and he can always promote some ministers who are loyal to him, but many of them will be bought by the big families.

Fang Yao, the emperor, is also sad enough.

And the fundamental reason why there is no chaos within the Dali Empire is that Fang Yao has appointed a prime minister who is loyal to himself and has enough ability, this prime minister is named Zhou Shu, nearly sixty years old, born in a small family, originally a Confucian disciple, and later taught in Xinping Academy, and trained countless students in the first half of his life, and now many of his students are holding important positions in various parts of the Dali Empire, and Zhou Shu and his students in the officialdom of the Dali Empire have their own faction, and they are also loyal to the monarch, and they are only loyal to the emperor of the Dali Empire.

Under the auspices of Zhou Shu, the government of the Dali Empire did not really mess up, the six dragons and the forces behind them are competing within certain rules, once anyone dares to violate the rules, Zhou Shu will make a move, the strength of the loyal monarch faction cannot be underestimated, the six dragons dare not offend Zhou Shu, once Zhou Shu falls to a dragon, even if it is the last ranking, with the addition of the loyal monarch faction, the possibility of becoming the next emperor is greatly increased.

However, recently, the strength of the originally low-ranking grandson Fangji has increased rapidly, and he has repeatedly thwarted the plans of several other people in the Six Dragons to win the heir, but it has been seen that the major families involved in the Six Dragons have seen that only Zhou Shu, the loyal monarch faction, will fall to Francis, and such a result will appear, the big forces behind the other five dragons are depressed, and the small and medium-sized forces behind Fang Ji are almost jumping up with joy.

Everyone knows that Zhou Shu is Fang Yao's person, Zhou Shu fell to Fang Yao, it was obvious that he was releasing a voice, he Fang Yao was preparing to be the prince, Fang Yao finally strengthened his determination once.

In the corner that Fang Yao and Zhou Shu can't see, the families frequently connect, they don't want Francis to inherit the throne, even if there is a loyal monarch faction who falls to Francis, but this world is the world of the family after all, as long as more than half of the families (referring to the families involved in the Six Dragons to seize the throne) join forces, isn't the emperor's position still let whoever is on it?

Zhou Shu also understands this truth, but he is loyal to Fang Yao, Fang Yao gave him an order, Zhou Shu accepted, this is their last fight, victory, the Dali Empire is still the Dali Empire of the Fang family, it fails, and the Dali Empire will be the Dali Empire of the family in the future, and the emperor is just a puppet of the family.

When the families were connecting, Zhou Shu was also uniting all the forces loyal to the emperor.

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Xinping City belongs to a certain mansion belonging to Shen's trading house, Shen Yu looked at the scene in front of him helplessly, this scene has been seen since he returned to Xinping City I don't know how many times.

Not far in front of Shen Yu, Shen Mengxin was holding the Clear Frost Sword in his right hand, and his left hand was stroking the sword body, but his eyes had lost focus.

"Alas, I knew that I wouldn't have taken my little sister to Yunhua County."

[Looks like this chapter is a little watery] [.]