After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Emperor Zhou seemed to have a good wording, raised his head to look at Fei Cai, and said: "Venerable has been coming to the Tianyuan Continent for a while, what do you think of the situation on this continent?" ”

Sure enough, the drama meat came, Fei Cai groaned for a while, and also recalled the ancient Chinese history, at this time, the situation of the Great Zhou was similar to the Zhou of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although it was located in the center, but there was nothing outstanding in the country, neither population specialties nor strong military strength, except for a noble title and a huge capital, on the contrary, the surrounding vassal states were eyeing the status of the Great Zhou after the national strength was strong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Just like the conspiracy that prompted the downfall of the sand wolf, does the King of Qi really care about the little money offered, those are just a drop in the bucket for the rich Qi State, but the King of Qi did this, his real purpose is very obvious, he just wants to test the attitude of Da Zhou towards this matter, and as a result, except for a wanted warrant, Da Zhou can't do anything, which also contributes to the contempt of the vassal states for the Da Zhou royal family in disguise.

Fei Cai looked at the wise appearance of the old man in white, and believed that they themselves were well aware of the crisis that the Great Zhou was facing now, so it seemed that this was investigating him, but think about it, the Great Zhou royal family is Zhengshuo, if it can be said that the Zhou Emperor to promote the reform he envisioned, it seems that it is more convenient than supporting a certain vassal state, in this case, you might as well give it a try.

After thinking about it, he sat upright, looked at Emperor Zhou and said: "I can only see that the status of the Great Zhou State is described as precarious, which is the most appropriate. ”

"Brother Fei is cautious!" As soon as Zhuang Bifan heard this, he hurriedly spoke out to stop him, saying in front of the emperor that his country was about to be unable to be saved, and he would lose his head.

Compared with Zhuang Bifan's nervousness, Fei Cai smiled, because he saw that the young Zhou Huang was not angry, but glanced at the old man in white, and shook his head with a wry smile.

"The young eunuch doesn't have to be like this, His Holiness is really a strange person, he has already seen the situation of this Great Zhou when he first came to Tianyuan, I am too late to be happy, how can I blame him."

"Huh?!" This time, he was surprised but became Zhuang Bifan, as a young government supervisor, he has always been in charge of the external intelligence of the Great Zhou, although he knows that the vassal states have disrespect for the Great Zhou, but he is not pessimistic to such a situation, could it be that he glanced at the old man in white.

The old man nodded at him, and motioned for him not to speak, but to listen.

Emperor Zhou still looked at Fei Cai, and asked a little excitedly: "Although I and the teacher have also seen this, but they are not as good as the Venerable, I have already seen it when I first came to Tianyuan, I wonder if the Venerable can tell me in detail where he saw it, so that I can learn from it?" ”

"Since Your Majesty doesn't care about the rudeness below, then I will talk about my humble opinion, and if there is anything wrong, please ask Your Majesty Haihan."

"His Holiness said yes."

"Where the Great Zhou Dynasty was established, the Tianyuan Continent has just experienced the catastrophe of demon beasts, which can be described as a hundred wastes waiting to be revived, and the first Zhou Emperor was eloquent, knowing that what the people need most is to live and work in peace and contentment, therefore, the national capital was built in the center of the continent, and the five most elite generals and their armies were divided around the national capital, so that the people would naturally rest and recuperate with peace of mind, and no longer have to worry about their lives."

Emperor Zhou nodded, these words pointed out the necessity of building the capital here, highlighting the wisdom and martial arts of his ancestors, which naturally made him quite proud.

"However, with the peace of the whole continent for a long time, the capital of this country has shown shortcomings, that is, the land is barren, and the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty is mostly desert Gobi because of several major wars during the catastrophe, one can not produce food for the people's life, and the other is the lack of fairy spirit cave mansion, which cannot attract the arrival of the monk sect, so as the mainland has not been warn for a long time, and the people near the national capital cannot support themselves by the land, they naturally migrate to the surrounding vassal states, if I guess correctly, Now there are many fewer people in the song than in the heyday. “

Emperor Zhou sighed helplessly, "Yes, the people in Chaoge City are already three or four out of ten less than in their heyday. ”

Fei Cai nodded, and continued: "When there is peace, the population of the Tianyuan Continent itself is growing, and at the same time as the Great Zhou is weakened, the population of other vassal states is bound to grow in waves, and the country is composed of hundreds of people after all, with these population resources, the property of the vassal states will naturally increase, and the number of domestic monks will also increase, even if the exercises in the domestic sect are not prominent, but the number of people reaches a certain level, it will naturally play a qualitative role, What's more, there are not a few great sects in the vassal kingdom that have advanced skills. ”

Emperor Zhou's face was already gloomy, but Fei Cai didn't plan to stop, since he had reached such a dangerous position, if he couldn't listen to the truth at all, then there was no need for this Great Zhou to stay, even if Emperor Zhou still held the name of righteousness.

"I don't know if Your Majesty has heard a word, ambition often grows with the growth of strength. Perhaps the kings of the original vassal states had a lifelong friendship with the Zhou emperor, but the subsequent descendants may not have the same feelings, and even if the monarch is still loyal, what about the generals and ministers under him? When the state is weak, they will naturally treat the Great Zhou and the decrees issued by the Great Zhou with respect, but what about when the state of the vassal states is already stronger than the Great Zhou? Didn't King Qi set a good example before? In the long run, the Great Zhou is unable to conquer the vassal states, and I am afraid that many kings will have some thoughts about His Majesty's throne. ”

Pop, a wine bottle was smashed to the ground, almost smashed into a discus, and Emperor Zhou stood up in anger and paced back and forth behind the table.

Fei Cai knew that it was okay to say this, but he couldn't do it too much, so he quietly picked up the wine bottle on the side and moistened his throat with imperial wine.

"These rebels and thieves, they dare, they are really too deceitful, do they think that I will be afraid of them, hmph, I remember these accounts clearly, sooner or later one day I will have to settle with them..."

"Your Majesty is angry, since Lingbao Tianzun has pointed out the danger of Da Zhou, the old man thinks that he will more or less have some ways to deal with it, why don't we listen to what he says, what do you think?"

Poof, Fei Cai was almost choked by this sip of wine, it was really an old man and an old spirit, he originally wanted to wait for Emperor Zhou to be angry again, until he felt that he had nothing to rely on before he said his plan, and now let the old man stir up, and the effect was weakened by at least half.

Sure enough, when Emperor Zhou heard the old man's words, his eyes lit up and looked at Fei Cai, "Why did His Holiness teach me?" ”