Zhou Yunxi's words, no one would doubt it, because he was the teacher of the emperor and had a special status in the imperial court.

Although he has never served as any high-ranking official, the old ministers in the court are all his acquaintances, and they all respect him, and in many cases, what he says is even more effective than those ministers in high positions, after all, he is the teacher of the emperor, and he is a person that the emperor respects very much.

After some analysis by Mu Qianmei and Zhou Yunxi, everyone gradually recalled, the current situation, the establishment of a feudal town is indeed inferior, that is, at this time, the imperial court has no leader, and the main enemy is Wu Changkong, so ignore the establishment of the feudal town, if it is placed in peacetime, this is an act of complicity, without the permission of the imperial court, who can privately proclaim himself king?

Now, everyone feels that there is no hope for the imperial court, so they don't put the imperial court in their eyes, but after all, the imperial court is the imperial court, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the strength of the imperial court is not comparable to those feudal towns, which have been passed down for thousands of years, and the precipitation is very deep, even if there are more than a dozen feudal towns, as long as the imperial court is willing, it can still be easily suppressed and exterminated.

Unless all the feudal towns can unite, it will really threaten the power of the imperial court, but how can those feudal kings, who want to be the biggest one, unite with others?

They're the real mess.

Mu Qianmei established her own power, but did not set up a feudal town independently, but declared that she would be loyal to the imperial court and assist the prime minister in managing the imperial court, which was the best choice at present.

After figuring out this truth, almost everyone looked at Mu Qianmei with appreciation, and after everyone exchanged with each other, they said in unison:

"We will obey the orders of the city lord and swear allegiance to the city lord!"

Next, after Mu Qianmei arranged some specific affairs, the meeting was dismissed.

After everyone had a clear direction for the development of Cuiyun City, they were all refreshed and full of energy, and went to work on their own tasks.

After a while, only Mu Qianmei, Liu Tingfeng and Zhou Yunxi were left in the huge conference room.

Liu Tingfeng, who had not spoken, asked softly at this moment:

"The army of the imperial court is rapidly depleting every day, I wonder how much is left now?"

Mu Qianmei also replied with a little sentimentality:

"Emperor Zun was 10 million troops at the beginning of the war, and Wu Changkong's army was 8 million at that time, with the development of the war situation, both sides increased their troops by about 10 million in the future, and until now, Wu Changkong still has 4 million left, and Emperor Zun still has 5 million left, however, among the remaining troops, eighty percent are recruits, and both sides are at the end of the crossbow."

Liu Tingfeng sighed and said:

"After all, it's still a lose-lose situation."

Mu Qianmei said faintly:

"Yes, more than 20 million people, all of whom are the main body of the Xiyu ** team, are dying in internal friction now, so even if Wu Changkong kills the emperor, he is just a puppet now, because the army in his hands is no longer enough to maintain the situation of the entire Xiyu country.

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"Now, the four countries have settled in, the demon world is still waiting for a better time, and the domestic feudal towns have been established, which should be regarded as the most chaotic and weakest time in the West Rain Country."

Zhou Yunxi said with feeling:

"The rise and fall of a country and the development of a gang are actually the same thing, when there are two emperors in a country, such an ending is already doomed, and the same is true for a gang, just like Lingchuan Pavilion, it is also a gang divided into two, busy fighting all day long, and the overall strength is becoming weaker and weaker."

Liu Tingfeng asked curiously:

"Why didn't we intervene sooner? If Senior Sister had intervened in the early stages of the civil war, wouldn't it have been possible to reduce many casualties in the civil war? ”

Mu Qianmei smiled bitterly:

"In what capacity do we intervene in the morning? The outbreak of the civil war is a war between two princes competing for the throne, we are a gang in the rivers and lakes, and we are also a gang that has just been established, and we are weak, even if we join the team of the emperor, it is just a drop in the barrel, and it will not play much role at all, and the court is full of talents, and our participation will make the internal contradictions more complicated. ”

Liu Tingfeng said with deep regret:

"Now although Wu Changkong assassinated Emperor Zun, he is unable to unify the Xiyu Kingdom, but has added more competing forces to the Xiyu Kingdom, and it is all a mess, our Cuiyun City only has one city, and it is a newly built city, it should be regarded as the smallest of all forces, right?"

Mu Qianmei nodded solemnly and replied:

"It is indeed the smallest force, fortunately, now all the forces do not want to fight each other, so they still maintain a short-term situation of peaceful coexistence, we still have a little respite, we can continue to develop and consolidate our own forces, however, this situation will not last long, sooner or later it will still be broken, so we must speed up the pace of development, and try to keep a low profile, and then choose to form an alliance with the forces of the imperial court, there will be a glimmer of life."

Zhou Yunxi asked softly:

"What is the attitude of Abbot Puhui, Daoist Tongxuan, and Master Miaoyue towards this?"

Mu Qianmei replied slowly:

"During the previous civil war, the forces of the rivers and lakes were hidden, but they didn't want to participate in the fight between the two princes, but now the civil war has become a lose-lose situation, external forces have intervened, and the three predecessors are calling on the forces of the rivers and lakes to form a special alliance and join the movement to save the country, which will also become a big force!"

Zhou Yunxi frowned slightly and said:

"The forces of the rivers and lakes are united, there are indeed a lot of people, and the combat effectiveness is very strong, but there are too many grievances and grievances between the gangs, it is difficult to twist into a rope, and the internal contradictions are more complicated.

Mu Qianmei pondered for a moment and replied:

"The forces of the rivers and lakes usually have a lot of grievances and hatreds, but when the country is about to perish, their leaders should have a sense of the overall situation, if the country does not exist, how much better will their fate be? Naturally, it will also be different

If the power of the country is annexed or assimilated, there will be no eggs under the nest, and they will temporarily put aside their personal grievances. ”

"As for combat effectiveness, it depends on how to use it, and to form an army composed of people from the rivers and lakes alone, all of them are free and loose, and they will not abide by any military laws at all, most of them are individual heroism, and the role of such an army in the war is not very large, but if it is divided into the army, its role is very different."

"If the Jianghu people and the army cooperate with each other, the combat effectiveness will be greatly increased, and we need such a team."

After Zhou Yunxi listened, he secretly pondered, but Liu Tingfeng asked curiously:

"The Qingyun faction where the Taoist Tongxuan is located belongs to the Xiyu Country, and it is understandable that he participated in the war to protect his family and defend the country, but Abbot Puhui and Master Miaoyue are both Zen people, isn't Zen Buddhism a sect of the Northern Moon Kingdom? Why did you also come to participate in the battle of the Western Rain Country? ”

Mu Qianmei immediately explained:

"It's true that the headquarters of Zen Buddhism is in Beiyue Country, but the power of Zen Buddhism is all over the world, and every country has disciples of Zen Buddhism, and the Zen power that Abbot Puhui wants to unite is mainly the Zen disciples of Xiyu Country, and they all say that their families are outsiders outside the red dust, in fact, there are a few people who really do not stain the dust, and when the country is destroyed, their survival will also be greatly affected."

"Moreover, before Abbot Puhui became a monk, he was a member of the Xiyu Kingdom, and he had a deep relationship with the royal family, so he naturally did not want to see the people of the Xiyu Kingdom become slaves of other countries, and the monks were compassionate, since he said that all living beings were equal, he also respected the teachings of the Buddhist family to purify all sentient beings."

After finishing speaking, Mu Qianmei looked at Zhou Yunxi and said:

"Dean Zhou, since we have determined our development direction, please ask our seniors to accompany us to Yulan City and discuss our next actions with Prime Minister Lu!"

Zhou Yunxi immediately nodded and replied:

"Okay, then let's go now and share some pressure for him, he's really been under too much pressure lately."

When the three of them came to the palace of Yulan City, they felt that the atmosphere in the palace was a little weird, and it was inexplicably tense, at this time, Liang Xinghe, the city lord of Yulan City, happened to walk out of the main hall with a few colleagues, and after he saw Mu Qianmei and the three of them, he hurriedly walked over.

Zhou Yunxi first asked:

"City Lord Liang, what happened?"

Liang Xinghe looked around and found that everyone was quite far away, so he whispered:

"Today's court discussion, everyone's differences are very serious, some people advocate withdrawing the troops on the front line, and some people advocate sending the troops of Yulan City to support, so they quarreled, and in the end no one could convince anyone, so they temporarily stopped the controversy, saying that after lunch, the discussion would continue in the afternoon."

Zhou Yunxi groaned slightly, and said casually:

"Prime Minister Lu should be advocating supporting the front line, right?"

Liang Xinghe nodded and replied:

"Yes, Prime Minister Lu advocated supporting the front line, wanting to defeat the army of His Royal Highness in one fell swoop and avenge the emperor, but four of the eight ministers opposed this idea and built instead

It is proposed to withdraw the troops from the front line and retreat to Magnolia City and the additional cities. ”

After hurriedly speaking, Liang Xinghe invited:

"Let's go, it's lunchtime now, let's go back to the City Lord's Mansion with me for lunch!"

Zhou Yunxi subconsciously looked at Mu Qianmei to see how she decided.

Mu Qianmei shook her head and declined:

"Thank you for the kindness of the city lord of Liang, however, time is pressing, let's go to Prime Minister Lu and discuss the countermeasures at noon."

After finishing speaking, they said goodbye to Liang Xinghe and walked to the Prime Minister's Mansion together.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was on the other side of the palace, and the three of them walked briskly over.

(End of chapter)