That's when flatterers and sycophants would appear, deluding the rulers into thinking they were clever and all-knowing, and the channels would become cut off again.
這時最容易出現一群想攀龍附鳳的人，他們的諂媚，讓領袖自以為聖明、無所不知，下情上達的管道就這麼被切斷了。