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Chapter 1835 1836 I think so

Lions II was originally an emperor who did not come to the throne in a legitimate way. His father, Lions I, the first emperor of the Lions Empire, is still retiring in the Tang Empire.

This Lions II secretly reached a deal with the Tang Empire at the time, asking the Tang Empire to help "kill" his father. Only then did he ascend the throne smoothly and became the second emperor of the Lions Empire.

Of course, Lions II himself didn't know this, or he wasn't sure whether his father was still alive. This had become a source of worry for him, always making him uneasy.

Now, many problems are facing Lions II: If the Tang Empire really has something on him, he may not be able to keep his current position.

Another serious problem is that he, the emperor, came to the throne when the Lions Empire was on the decline. This kind of emperor who came to the throne against the wind actually could not fully control the situation many times.

Many of the ministers left behind by his father held a lot of real power. They might be able to obey the orders of Liones I, but they did not take Liones II seriously.

For example, the former prime minister of the Lions Empire had always been a thorn in the eye of Lions II. In recent years, Lions II had not been busy with anything else. He had put almost all of his energy into cleaning up the group of important officials left by his father.

He finally managed to get the court in order, but due to his incompetence and self-righteousness, the national strength of the entire Lions Empire became even weaker.

There is no way. If the country's strength can still prosper after all the trouble he has gone through, that would be really strange.

Originally, the Lions Empire had a relatively good foundation among the many empires in the East Continent. It inherited the most essential parts of the Tang Dynasty Group and owned industrial zones such as Bunas and Yucheng, whose technology was second only to that of the Tang Dynasty.

But no matter how strong the foundation was, it could not withstand the harm caused by the two emperors of Lions... Lions I personally led the navy to attack Dragon Island, but failed, and almost lost all the essence accumulated by Lions over the years.

That was a modern navy with many aircraft carriers and a large number of warships. To build such a navy, the investment over many years was so huge that it was unimaginable. As a result, the navy was completely wiped out in one battle, and Lions I himself became a prisoner of the Tang Empire.

  So many talented people accumulated over the years became cannon fodder, a fleet that a country had vigorously built was destroyed in one day, and most importantly, the backbone of the empire disappeared overnight. How could this not cause the collapse of the Lions Empire?

Lions II, who inherited the throne of Lions, was much worse than his father. He was even more dissolute and focused his main energy on internal strife and killing the old ministers left by his father.

The construction of palaces was actually just a manifestation of Laings II's extravagance. The underlying logic was that he hoped to use the construction of palaces to justify himself and to cover up the guilty conscience that he had gained the throne by illegal means. At the same time, he also wanted to use it to select obedient ministers, cultivate his own wings, and suppress those old ministers who did not obey him.

No matter how valid his reasons were, the end result was that the national strength of the Lions Empire began to weaken. After the failed attack on Dragon Island, it never recovered and has not recovered until now.

In order to consolidate his power, he recruited a large number of new people. In order to ensure the loyalty of these new subordinates, he even tolerated their greed and incompetence.

In such an environment, the empire's bureaucracy became increasingly corrupt and mediocre, which directly led to the collapse of the administrative capacity of the Lions Empire.

The weakening of national power, in turn, brought crisis to the imperial power of Lions II. The people generally missed the reign of Lions I: at least at that time, everyone could barely make ends meet, but now they are almost suffocated by the complicated taxes and various forms of oppression. Originally, the entire empire still had the army as a pillar of support, and no matter how you look at it, it could still barely maintain for a while. But with the failure of the two century-long wars to support the Ice Empire and the Yangmu Empire, the expeditionary forces assembled by the Lions Empire were almost completely lost, which once again made the situation worse for the Lions Empire.

The already dilapidated structure of the empire began to collapse as millions of army troops were lost in a foreign land. Problems that could have been patched up before have now surfaced.

The entire empire was in an atmosphere of failure. Nearly two million troops never returned, which had made the country extremely depressed.

Now, the elite defense troops of the Lions Empire led by Paul suffered another defeat in Bunas, and Lions II's nervous heartstrings were once again tense.

Listening to the ministers arguing in front of him, Lions II's sensitive nerves began to twitch. He now saw everyone as a traitor who was disloyal to him, and he felt that everyone was planning a rebellion against him.

Last night, he even dreamed about his father. In the dream, his father turned into a ghost and came to judge him for the crime of patricide and usurpation of the throne.

He was so scared that he started from between the two women, his nightgown soaked with cold sweat, and then he drove away all the concubines who were sleeping with him, because he always felt that someone was trying to murder him.

He hadn't slept well the whole night, and now he was annoyed by the noise made by a group of ministers, so he slammed the table in annoyance and shouted loudly to quiet down the entire meeting room.

As a result, this silence made Lions II feel awkward. Everyone looked at him, waiting for the emperor to speak.

What made Lions II embarrassed was that he had not prepared his speech at all. He simply exploded because he had a splitting headache from the noise just now.

"Order Paul to retreat immediately to Yucheng and deploy a defense line! We must hold on to that place no matter what! We cannot retreat until the last soldier!" After holding it in for a long time, Lions II was finally unwilling to accept his defeat and squeezed out such an order.

Of course, he was unwilling to give up his throne, after all, he had paid the price of "patricide" to obtain it. He had not tasted the sweetness of power enough, so how could he just give it away?

At least, that was what he decided before Jade City was lost...

After hearing his order, the ministers who were complaining shut up. Most of them had gotten to their current positions by relying on the support of King Lions II. They didn't know how capable they were, but they knew where their power came from.

Since the emperor has decided to struggle a little longer, they will just continue to muddle through their lives.

At least, that's what they thought before Jade City was lost...