Text Chapter 1198 Taking History as a Mirror

The field that Zhoufu is best at is the decline and collapse of the Star Sea Empire. When talking about this period of history, he speaks eloquently and easily: "Judging from the ruins we have unearthed and the historical materials left by the Star Sea Empire, it is stronger than the Star Sea Empire. In the way of communication and transportation across the world, there is no essential difference from ours, at most, the starship is bigger and faster, and the distribution of the star torches is denser and wider."

"If we speculate based on the technical strength of the Star Sea Empire, in fact, what the emperor can effectively control are the dozens of great worlds near the capital 'Extreme Heaven Realm, Tianji Star', and those farther away from the empire's territory. The control is getting weaker and weaker, falling sharply!"

"In order to solve this problem, the emperor, like the rulers of most empires in history, adopted the enfeoffment system."

"But the enfeoffment system also had its own fatal flaws."

"If the central government controls the local government too strictly, the local government will lose its initiative, develop very slowly, and develop aversion to the central government."

"And if the central government gives more dominance to the local governments and lets them develop freely, it is very likely to form a situation where 'the tail is too big to lose', and even threaten the central government in turn!"

"The emperor's solution is to use the supreme secret method to copy his own genes to create twenty 'clones', and these twenty clones will control the most elite forces of the empire to form twenty 'Yuanshi sects' ’, to rule the strategic points on the frontiers of the Empire!”

"The so-called 'sect' is just another form of 'fiefdom' and 'state feudalism'!"

"It stands to reason that since it is my avatar, a more loyal existence than the 'children', there should be no problem at all, right?"

"As a result, everyone knows that when the emperor launched the 'billions of light-year expedition' in an attempt to wipe out the last remaining power of the demon civilization, ten of the twenty clones, including him, poured three souls and seven souls into it. His strongest avatar, the commander of the expeditionary force 'Blood God Son' has betrayed him!"

"In the end, the expedition failed, the empire collapsed, and the universe entered the era of 'Post-Star Sea Empire'!"

"Many legends and stories now believe that in the 'Billions of Light Years Great Expedition', the blood god son, the commander of the expedition army, was bewitched by the heavenly demon, so he degenerated step by step, and finally transformed into a demon cultivator, known as the 'Doomsday' Zhan Kuang', single-handedly directed the 'Doomsday Change' of the collapse of the empire!"

"Such a story is of course suitable for teenage middle school students."

"But since the fellow Taoists here are all outstanding figures of the Nascent Soul series, this set is obviously not enough to convince you."

"The reason why the Blood God Son betrayed the Emperor is very simple. It is nothing more than a conflict between a powerful local warlord and the central government."

"During the thousand years of the rise of the Star Sea Empire, the Blood God Son, the strongest avatar of the Emperor, has always been fighting at the forefront. While honing his astonishing strength, he has also accumulated a powerful army loyal to him, as well as countless Loyal allies fighting side by side!"

"When the territory of the Star Sea Empire was initially stabilized, the 'fiefdom' of the Blood God Son was in a bitter cold land bordering on the last power of the Monster Dynasty. To survive in such a place, the emperor had to give the Blood God Son greater autonomy. Right, let him act cheaply."

"We can reasonably speculate that during the hundreds of years of war, those avatars who fought on the borders of the empire like the Son of Blood have long since become warlords with their own 'independent kingdoms', and they are very concerned about this status quo. Very satisfied."

"Once the last remnants of the Yaozu civilization are completely wiped out, the existence of these 'warlords' will be unnecessary. The talented and bold emperor will inevitably gather the power in the hands of the 'twenties', and even deprive them of their power." 'Fiefdom', move their sects to 'Extreme Heaven Realm, Celestial Pole Star' to facilitate strict control."

"Flying birds are exhausted, good bows are hidden, cunning rabbits are dead, and running dogs are cooked. We can think of it, the emperor can think of it, and of course he can think of his twenty clones."

"This is something these avatars who have become warlords can't bear!"

"That's why ten of the twenty clones, represented by the Blood God Son, rose up to fight against the Emperor. This is not a conspiracy by the Blood God Son alone, but an irreconcilable contradiction between the local government and the central government!"

"Even if the extraterrestrial celestial demons really participated in this matter, the order should be reversed. It wasn't the extraterritorial celestial demons who bewitched the blood god son and made him degenerate into a 'doomsday war mad', which led to the split of the expeditionary force and the collapse of the empire. .”

"The real order should be that the Blood God Son and many clones have long harbored ill intentions towards the Emperor, and they are worried that the Emperor will deprive them of their power, so they act first!"

"They know that their strength is not as good as the Emperor's, and they are loyal to the Emperor's power, so they will draw the demon clan and the extraterrestrial demons to form an alliance, and together they will destroy the expeditionary army and the Star Sea Empire!"

Zhou Fu's brand-new interpretation of "Doomsday Changes" silenced the huge venue.

However, there was no Nascent Soul to refute.

Everyone is an adult. The theory that "the cultivator is a good person, the demon cultivator is a bad person, and the blood god son is good in itself, will only become bad after being corroded by an extraterrestrial demon." This kind of theory can only deceive middle school students, of course they are I don't quite believe it.

According to Mr. Zhou, the dispute between the central government and the local government, and the dispute between the emperor and the warlords, may be the truth of history 10,000 years ago.

Zhou Yifu twirled his goatee, and continued: "Take history as a mirror, and we can know the ups and downs. Why can't everything that happened in the Star Sea Empire happen again in the Real Human Empire?"

Jiang Hailiu said in a deep voice: "Friend Zhou, are you saying that the True Human Empire is likely to face a 'dispute between the central and local governments'?"

"Not possible, but certain."

Zhou Fu said to himself, "As long as the technological level of the Real Human Empire in the fields of communication and star sea navigation does not far surpass the Star Sea Empire, then the predicament that disintegrated the Star Sea Empire in the past will definitely repeat itself on the True Human Empire! According to my It is estimated that the rulers of the real human empire can really effectively control at most the dozens of great worlds around the "Extreme Celestial Realm and Celestial Pole Star", which are far away from the frontiers of millions or tens of millions of light-years. Definitely out of control!"

"And now, the empire is facing a serious military threat from the Holy League, and it is even more impossible to adopt a direct rule method with low efficiency and extremely slow response speed!"

"If you rule directly, the capital of the empire has to respond to everything in the hundreds of great worlds. It's like a tens of meters long dinosaur that wants to control every nerve ending. I took a hard bite on my face, and it took several seconds before my brain felt the pain, so what can I do?"

"It is imperative to let the nerve endings decide for themselves and adopt the 'enfeoffment system'."

"Didn't the star child also say that? As long as Li Yao, Luo Xingzi and others are willing to surrender, the Flying Star Realm can exist as their 'fiefdom', and they can become the 'lords' of the Flying Star Realm."

"Obviously, in the Real Human Empire, after discovering a new Great Thousand World, it is very common to entrust it immediately, or even to the local aborigines, otherwise the proper term 'world master' would not have been born. .”

"Is it true that the human empire doesn't want to directly annex the Flying Star Realm? Of course not! It's just that their Great Thousand Worlds are too many and too far away, and they really can't manage it!",

"If this is the case, we will have to re-evaluate the strength of the human empire."

"In the original words of the Star Child, it said that the Empire of True Humans occupied the elite area in the center of the Star Sea, possessing hundreds of the richest Great Thousand Worlds."

"But the context in which he said these words was to intimidate fellow Taoists such as Li Yao and Luo Xingzi, and make them surrender obediently! These words must have a lot of water!"

"It's like the wars of ancient dynasties, even civilian husbands and family members with more than 100,000 or 200,000 people dare to call it an 'million army'. It's just intimidation."

"Now, we know that in addition to the Empire, there is also the Holy League in the center of the Star Sea. Both sides are evenly matched. Then half of the 'nearly thousand richest worlds' will be cut off first. Each side controls at most three or four hundred worlds. "

"Among the three or four hundred Great Thousand Worlds, the rulers of the empire really effectively control at most dozens of Great Thousand Worlds, and the rest of the Great Thousand Worlds are all independent kingdoms ruled by 'world masters', who regularly provide the empire with resources, It’s just the source of soldiers and the strong.”

"When the real human empire is in full swing and powerful, these world masters are of course loyal to the central government and are willing to provide a lot of resources."

"However, after hundreds of years of war between the empire and the Holy League, how much loyalty do these independent kingdoms have to the central government?"

"Assuming that we can really develop a certain strength and turn ourselves into a hard bone that has little meat and is difficult to gnaw off, how many world masters of the real human empire are willing to risk their heads and blood to pry them off?" The risk of big teeth, come to bite us?"

"At that time, it is very likely that such a situation will form. The elite soldiers in the central region of the human empire, that is, the real 'imperial kings', will fight the main force of the Holy League, and it is impossible to come out with all their strength to deal with us poor people. "

"And for the warlords on the frontiers of the empire, there is no benefit in gnawing at our dry and hard bones. Even if they agree to the central government to send troops, it is very likely that they are bluffing, and they will not work hard."

"This is the embarrassing situation of the real human empire that I infer from the decline and fall of the Star Sea Empire! So I agree with Jiang Daoyou. The situation we are facing is not as dangerous as we imagined. Come, not only will it not be the end of the Star Federation, but it will be the beginning of our true rise and becoming the Lord of the Stars!" (To be continued.)