As the New Year approached, there was an atmosphere of joy in the city of Xinping, which had not been affected by the Illumination Sect, but under this joyful atmosphere, there was a deep sigh.

In Xinping City, no one will know and understand the current situation of the Dali Empire better than Zhou Shu, the high-ranking and powerful prime minister of the Dali Empire: wars are everywhere, the people are displaced, the local governments far away from Linzhou do not listen to orders, and the big families in various places support their own troops, and the government decrees can no longer be transmitted to Linzhou.

In the face of all kinds of information, the white-haired Zhou Shu only saw four words "in danger", the Dali Empire is already in danger, this crisis comes from the Bright Sect, but also from the family, such a serious situation, but there is an undercurrent in Xinping City, there is a constant struggle between the open and the dark, and the emperor's sons and grandsons are forming gangs, wanting to obtain the position of the emperor who has been vacant for more than half a year.

It stands to reason that the position of the emperor should not be vacant for so long, this is a very serious matter for a country, if there is a talent that can be created in the emperor's sons and grandsons, Zhou Shu and his loyal monarch faction will also support him to the position of the emperor monarch, but there is no such person among the emperor's sons and grandsons, all of them are ambitious, but they don't have much ability at all, they think that they will defeat other competitors with the help of the family to ascend to the throne of the god monarch, but they don't know that the family already has the idea of replacing the Fang family.

This alone, Zhou Shu was disappointed in all the emperors' sons and grandsons, Ning Yuan let the emperor's position be vacant, and he would dominate the court by himself, and he was not willing to casually let an incapable emperor's grandson ascend to the throne of God's monarch, and then point fingers at the court, so that the Dali Empire is really going to die.

The decree can't be passed on to Linzhou, it doesn't mean that Zhou Shu doesn't know the situation in other states, Zhou Shu knows that Tongzhou has completely fallen into the hands of the Guangming Sect, Zhou Shu knows that there are battles in most states of the Dali Empire, Zhou Shu also knows that the Guangming Army in Zezhou has been defeated by the Yun family army of the Yunhua Yun clan, and the Yunhua Yun clan has gained control of Zezhou, and even Zhou Shu knows that there is no Zezhou pastor in Zezhou, but there is a governor of Zezhou, and there are countless people who call Yun Yi, the head of the Yun family, the king of Zezhou.

Compared with the Yunhua Yun clan in Zezhou, Zhou Shu was more worried about the Baode Wang clan in Yuanzhou and the Bright Sect.

Zezhou is just the weakest of the eleven states of the Great Li Empire, with a vast area but many barren lands and ravines, sparsely populated with less than 2.5 million, a natural disaster and a big war that swept the entire Zezhou, the population of Zezhou has decreased sharply, and the young and middle-aged labor force is only less than 20%, so Zezhou has little potential.

After learning that it was Zhou Shu's own second-rate family Yunhua Yun clan who controlled Zezhou, this made Zhou Shu very surprised, originally Zhou Shu thought that Dingxiang Shangguan clan and the Guangming Army could be the final victor of Zezhou, but he didn't expect that it was the "weak" Yunhua Yun clan who won the final victory, which is simply an incredible thing.

Others thought that the Yunhua Yun clan had picked up a bargain, and took advantage of the defeat of the Guangming Army and the Dingxiang Shangguan clan to defeat the two parties in one fell swoop to gain control of Zezhou, but Zhou Shu would not think so, the Yunhua Yun clan still has some hidden strength in secret, and the Yunhua Yun clan is not so simple, but in Zhou Shu's opinion, compared with other families in the Dali Empire, the Yunhua Yun clan, which occupies Zezhou, which has suffered heavy losses, does not have much threat, and the imperial court can defeat three Zezhou with the power of Linzhou alone.

Unlike the Yunhua Yun clan, who controlled Zezhou, the Baode Wang clan, who controlled Yuanzhou, was a huge threat to the Dali Empire.

Yuanzhou is a large state with rich land and a population of more than 4.8 million, twice the population of Zezhou.

After the Guangming Sect uprising, Yuanzhou was also plagued by the Guangming Army, but Yuanzhou's Baode Wang clan emerged a peerless genius Wang Shuo, it was Wang Shuo who led Yuanzhou's family alliance to defeat Yuanzhou's Guangming Army, and finally could only hide in the mountains and forests to survive, with the support of the family in Yuanzhou, Wang Shuo has successfully obtained the right to rule Yuanzhou, and took the opportunity to sneak attack the Qinzhou Guangming Army and seize the territory of three counties, so that the territory under Wang Shuo's rule reached thirteen counties, and the Dali Empire only had one hundred single three counties.

The areas under Wang Shuo's rule are relatively rich land and have a large population, based on this, Wang Shuo can even form an army of 200,000, which is enough to shake the Fang clan's country, and no one can stop Wang Shuo's rise, if it is not for the heavy snowfall, maybe Wang Shuo will lead the army to occupy more territory.

In Linzhou, there are many people with lofty ideals who are optimistic about Wang Shuo, thinking that Wang Shuo can become the new lord of the Dali Empire, and many people have already set off to Qinzhou to go to Yuanzhou, wanting to join Wang Shuo's rule first and become the minister of the dragon.

The Baode Wang clan in Yuanzhou is more dangerous than the Yunhua Yun clan in Zezhou, but for the Great Li Empire, the top priority is the Bright Sect that is causing chaos in the world.

Just in the border area of Linzhou and Tongzhou, the counterinsurgency army led by Taiwei Guo Wei and the Guangming Army led by the leader of the Bright Sect personally confronted each other.

From the point of view of troops, the counterinsurgency army has an advantage, but the morale of the Bright Army is stronger than that of the Counterinsurgency Army, and the counterinsurgency army has not benefited from several consecutive encounters, but the loss of troops is more than that of the Bright Army, which is enough to see how powerful the Bright Army on the opposite side is, if one is not careful, the counterinsurgency army will also be defeated, and Linzhou will be dangerous at that time.

In some other states of the Dali Empire, the Bright Army still has a large number of troops, and fortunately, the strength of the Bright Army is scattered to various states, if the Bright Army gathers together, then who in the Dali Empire can resist? Even the family can't do it, and it will only be broken by the Light Army.

The Guangming Sect, a family dominated by the Baode Wang clan and the Yunhua Yun clan, has shaken the rule of the Dali Empire, but the emperors and grandsons in Xinping City only know how to form gangs, fight openly and secretly, and intrigue and intrigue.

In order to repay the emperor's kindness, in order to continue to maintain this court, and for the entire Dali Empire, Zhou Shu was already exhausted, and every day Zhou Shu seemed to age a little, and his body became more and more rickety and thin, as if he would be blown down in a while.

Zhou Shu knew that he couldn't fall, once he fell, the Dali Empire was really going to end, in Xinping City, Zhou Shu didn't know who he could entrust the imperial court to, so he couldn't fall, he kept insisting.

Zhou Shu didn't know how long he could hold out, but for the sake of the Great Li Empire, he had to hold on.

In his sleep, Zhou Shu dreamed of Fang Yao's figure again, and he said to Zhou Shu: "Aiqing, Lone entrusts the Dali Empire to you, you must help Lone guard this country ......"

Note: Regarding the dispersion of the strength of the Bright Army, there is no way to do it, the Bright Sect can only disperse the troops to the people, and it can only be dispersed to all parts of the Dali Empire.