The Southern Liang court finally settled down.

The eldest prince Chen Jianye not only successfully ascended to the throne of the crown prince, but also began to supervise the country, sitting in the north and facing south, and planned to issue a holy decree.

The dispute between the eldest prince Chen Jianye and the second prince Chen Shixiu, protracted with the ball, began in the early winter of the third year of Dakang, the emperor Chen Jingyan built the Tianji Pavilion, and ended in the late spring and early summer of the eleventh year of Dakang, after the princess of Nanliang entered Yuelu Academy to study for three months, Zhan Tianyou, the first master of the Zhan family, stood in front of the palace of Jiankang City and blocked the dead of the second prince Chen Shixiu from entering the palace.

The struggle for the crown not only involved the Southern Liang court, but also affected the wealthy families, from the private merchants to the first line of the river, almost involving the upper and lower levels of the Southern Liang.

On the one hand, internal friction weakened the national strength of Southern Liang, on the other hand, the talent pool of Southern Liang is also increasing day by day, especially the Sage Academy standing behind the prince Chen Jianye, it is the Southern Liang court has sent countless talents and heroes, and the first strategist She Yu beside the prince Chen Jianye is the descendant disciple of the end of the Gongkong Dynasty.

Eight surnames into Fujian, dressed in Nandu, plus the royal Chen family and the sage Kong, is the foundation of the Southern Liang.

Although the Chen family is a royal family, but in the process of emperor Chen Jingyan and other emperors, it is inevitable to be bloody, the most famous is the Chen Qiao mutiny, Chen Jingyan was drunk, and was surrounded by his subordinates in yellow robes, and the ancient Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne and called the emperor in general, but this time, Chen Jingyan was framed by his eldest brother and third brother, the patriarch of the Chen family has not yet been called the emperor, and the second son of the Chen family who is leading the troops outside dares to overstep the throne, which is really a big crime.

Chen Jingyan took the guilt of Jing and dragged the tiger into Jiankang City, and was besieged in the palace by his eldest brother and third brother, and his subordinate generals were killed one by one, and his life was in danger.

The two of them entered the palace as if they had entered a no-man's land, rescued Chen Jingyan, and killed the eldest son and the third son of the Chen family at that time, Chen Jingyan was in charge of the Chen family, and then there was a story about the Chen family seeking Tang and establishing the Southern Liang.

Time flies, the Southern Liang Dynasty was initially decided, and the eight great families stood in line, and the Zhan family Zhan family, as Chen Jingyan's original wife, and the biological mother of the eldest prince Chen Jianye, naturally wanted to stand behind the eldest prince, followed by the surnames Huang and Qiu.

As Chen Jingyan's second wife and the biological mother of the second prince Chen Shixiu, the Lin family stood behind the second prince, and the surname Hu followed.

As for the surnames He and Zheng, they chose to be neutral and impartial, and they were therefore excluded from the center of power.

In the end, he did not say that he was a saint of the Kong family, Kong Mo went to Jiankang City for this purpose, and taught the two princes their homework for ten days, and it was rumored that Kong Mo liked Chen Shixiu, who was extremely intelligent, and was ready to support Chen Shixiu as the prince, but inadvertently saw that the eldest prince Chen Jianye bent down to tie his shoes for Her Royal Highness the princess Chen Luoyan.

Everyone in the world knows that due to Chen Luoyan's mother's reasons, the Zhan family cannot ascend to the phoenix throne, and he resents Chen Luoyan, who has no mother, and makes things difficult everywhere, and has many scolds.

The Confucian sage is not a fool, and he did not rule out that Chen Jianye was suspected of showing off such behavior, and asked many palace maids seemingly unintentionally, and got the reply that the eldest prince has always been very kind to the little princess, and he couldn't help but be moved, and temporarily changed his mind, ready to support the eldest prince Chen Jianye, plus at that time, the Lin family was self-confident and lawless, and was severely punished by His Majesty the Emperor, killed the head of the Lin family, and then gave a date, so that Lin Zhengying of the Lin family became one of the three pavilions.

Chen Jianye's ascension to the position of the crown prince was imperative, but it was unresolved due to a trivial matter, and his previous achievements were wasted.

At the critical moment, Chen Luoyan was poisoned, and after eating the pastries sent by Chen Jianye, her life was in danger, and someone found Chen Luoyan's mother's puppet in Zhan Guifei's bedroom.

Chen Jingyan, who hated chickens and dogs the most, was furious and said cruelly: "You can add the queen after the death of the Zhan family, but as long as I live for one day, you will be delusional about the queen's position." ”

Zhan's defense many times, Chen Jingyan looked at him coldly, and gradually snubbed Zhan's, Zhan's fell ill and gradually aged, the only thing worth consoling is that his son Chen Jianye is virtuous and has a good reputation in the Southern Liang court.

Later, Chen Jingyan begged for immortality and issued an edict, the position of the crown prince is capable, the two princes can fight, can rob, but can not fly and dog, make the next three indiscriminate means to bully, if someone deceives me, do the next thing, I will not be spared.

At this point, the dispute between the two princes officially kicked off, and there are often-for-tat confrontations on the surface, and there are occasional shady means in private, all of which are stopped immediately, and never exceed the rules by half a step.

Kong Mo once had a secret conversation with Chen Jianye, asking if the prince, who almost became the prince of Nanliang, had poisoned Her Royal Highness the princess. Chen Jianye cried and shook his head, and kept saying, sir, the student didn't. Kong Mo nodded, did not hide his love and favoritism for Chen Jianye at all, and ordered the academy to enshrine Confucius Buddha into Jiankang City and protect Chen Jianye closely, while he himself left Jiankang City alone and returned to the Sage Academy.

In order to weigh the struggle between the two princes, the Kong family was reused, and the three elders of the cabinet, with Kong Juzheng, a disciple of Kong Mo, as the first assistant, Zhan Tianming, the head of the Zhan family, and Lin Zhengying, the head of the Lin family, occupied the other two positions. Chen Jingyan greatly admired the separation of powers, which were independent and intertwined, and were closest to Taoism's rule of inaction.

The overall structure of the Southern Liang court and the Northern Wei court is the same and different, the Northern Wei Dynasty established the county system, and set up Daozhou, the three border guards will be independent, the official title is the same but more real power, in the system of three provinces and six departments, the military department is still the second grade, and the other books are only from the second grade.

However, in the Southern Liang court, the feudal system was implemented, with the eight families as the mainstay, the civil officials had more right to speak, and the border guards were also unified in the imperial court establishment.

This is the case in Nanliang.

With the support of the Zhan family, Chen Jianye grasped the lifeblood of the imperial court, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province all belonged to the eldest prince, and the procuratorial organ Yushitai became the bag of the eldest prince.

Chen Shixiu was at a disadvantage, but he was not in a hurry, raising flowers and planting grass all day long, haunting the glaze factory in Jiankang City, buying some antique playthings, nostalgic for Qinglou singing and dancing, and privately raising a group of murderous dead soldiers.

The eldest prince Chen Jianye is benevolent, the second prince Chen Shixiu is kind, the two princes have their own merits, the Southern Liang court seems to be calm, and the undercurrent is surging in private, after Chen Jingyan asks for immortality, the fighting methods of the Zhan family and the Lin family in the palace are also endless, and the bloody silence in the palace is silent and dirty, but after Chen Jingyan leaves the cabinet every month, everyone has to set up a banquet and talk in the palace garden.

Chen Luoyan, who is now studying in Yuelu Academy, has a deep understanding that the Zhan family and the Lin family, who were like enemies in the past, held hands with each other on that day, and a bright smile was piled up on their faces. The two brothers are really happy with each other, and they play chess together.

The outbreak of contradictions between the two princes was caused by a big and small matter, this generation of Zhan Junxian, the son of the Zhan family, beat Lin Chengping, the son of the Lin family.

According to the age of generation, Zhan Junxian is the cousin of the eldest prince Chen Jianye, who grew up together, when he was young, Chen Jianye was in trouble, and Tang Junxian was responsible, and Lin Chengping was the cousin of the second prince Chen Shixiu, the two were like brothers, and they wore a pair of pants.

Father Zhan Tianming and uncle Zhan Tianyou specially told that this is an eventful time, and everything must be cautious and do not cause trouble. Zhan Junxian kept it in mind, but when Lin Chengping provoked on the street, Zhan Junxian, who was used to being arrogant since he was a child, was furious, and he relied on his martial arts background to beat Lin Chengping with a blue nose and swollen face.

After beating people, Zhan Junxian didn't dare to go home, and went to the palace aunt Zhan Shi, Zhan felt relieved in his heart, the Lin family finally got retribution, deserved it, not only did not blame Tang Junxian, but there was more protection, and ordered someone to summon the eldest prince Chen Jianye, Chen Jianye groaned slightly, and pulled Zhan Junxian to go to the Lin family to ask for guilt.

Zhan Junxian hugged the pillars of the palace and cried heartbreakingly: "Auntie, aunt, save me, save me!" Zhan couldn't bear it, ordered Chen Jianye to release Zhan Junxian, and forced him to die: "Your father doesn't want to see me, hates me, I didn't expect you to ...... Jianye" The sentence said to the heart of the eldest prince, who is known for his benevolence, and he sighed long: "Forget it, I blocked this matter for you." ”

The next day, the Lin family came to ask the guilty person, but the Zhan family refused to give it, and there was tension between the two, and Chen Jianye did not even pay compensation.

Zhan Junxian is not useless, he only knows the person who hides behind him, he was angry for a while, stood up and said: "Lin Chengping was beaten by me Zhan Junxian, one person does things and one person is responsible, what means are there to come at me." Lin sneered: "It's good to admit it yourself, Chengping didn't survive last night, you Zhan Junxian have to fight with your life." Zhan Junxian was puzzled for a while, so Lin Chengping died so unbeaten?

Chen Jianye was also shocked, although Zhan Junxian was reckless, but he knew the proportions, there was something else hidden in this matter, so he hurriedly played a round and ordered Dali Temple to detain Zhan Junxian, but he didn't expect Chen Shixiu to stop Zhan Junxian halfway, holding a dagger and inserting it into Zhan Junxian's throat.

Chen Jianye rushed to the scene and saw Zhan Junxian's cold corpse, Chen Shixiu threw away the dagger in his hand: "I can not fight for the position of the prince, but I can't help but avenge the death of Chengping, if Zhan Junxian enters the cell of Dali Temple, this matter will be turned into a small matter, and a small matter will be turned into a small matter, and Chengping will die in vain." ”

The contradiction between the two intensified, the competition for the prince became more and more intense, and some things that could be taken a step back in the past are now worth earning to the death, of course, the second prince is at a disadvantage and is frustrated everywhere.

Chen Jingyan came out of the customs, and after hearing about this, he did not say anything, adopted a policy of appeasement, and then entered the Tianji Pavilion again, asking for his own way, and asking about the immortality of heaven and earth.

It was at this time that Chen Luoyan discovered the seriousness of the matter, in order to protect his life, he left Nanliang and entered Yuelu Academy to study, met Li Yuanhao, showed his identity as a man, and also knew the daughter of the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In order to completely defeat the second prince, the eldest prince listened to the strategy of the strategist She Yu next to him, and attacked Lin Zhengying among the three elders.

However, in order to allow Lin Renzhong, Lin Baoyu and Lin Hanlin to take over as soon as possible, the three of them are often allowed to watch the concerts, especially some urgent and important concerts, and the three heroes of the Lin family are even discussed in court.

Among them, Lin Renzhong is a steady person, the most with Lin Zhengying's style, after daily discussions, he will write down what he talks about for future reflection.

Suddenly, one day, the old housekeeper of the Lin family, who had been conscientious for many years, suddenly reported the matter to the imperial court, and under the instructions of Chen Jianye and Zhan Tianming, Yushitai crossed the Shoufu Kong Juzheng and seized the Lin family, and in Lin Renzhong's study, he found a number of backups of the imperial court chapters, as well as ...... Several letters exchanged with Su Kesha of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

For a while, the court was in an uproar, and it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, but the Lin family's guilt had been implemented, and the Southern Liang court was completely in the hands of the eldest prince.

Chen Jianye, who heard the news, withdrew to send troops to rescue it was too late, at the critical moment Zhan Tianyou entered the palace alone, standing in front of the Zhan family's dormitory, one person resisted the mighty flood of dead soldiers, at dawn, the red fresh army of the prince entered the palace and controlled the overall situation.

The dispute between the court of the Southern Liang Dynasty has ended since then, the eldest prince Chen Jianye won a complete victory, completely mastered the court, the second prince was naked, with his own shackles, kneeling in front of Chen Jianye, without saying a word, never begging for mercy, only asking the eldest brother to treat the Lin family and the Lin family well. Chen Jianye hesitated, unbearable, but unwilling.

At the same time, Lin entered the palace, knelt in front of Zhan, and begged Zhan, Zhan sneered, but the next moment he was stunned and couldn't stop it, Lin died on the palace pillar, and begged Zhan to let Chen Shixiu go before he died.

Chen Shixiu, who was kneeling in front of Chen Jianye, glanced back at the palace, said "mother" lightly, and then bit open the poison hidden in his mouth.

Chen Shixiu's life was saved, but he lost his voice, was canonized as King Xiu, placed in a small courtyard in Jiankang City, raised flowers and grass all day long, and really became an idle prince. At this time, Chen Shixiu laughed silently, but it was extremely pitiful, it was distressing, the truth was seen in adversity, and a maidservant who had been serving him never gave up, and the two became relatives and became husband and wife.

Chen Jianye summoned him several times, but Chen Shixiu was sick, and the prince shook his head and sighed: "It's okay if you don't see it, it's okay if you don't see it." ”

Chen Jingyan, who went out of the customs, still did not say a word, and pushed the boat down the river to pass the crown prince's position to Chen Jianye, he went to see Chen Shixiu once, and had a conversation, Chen Shixiu couldn't speak, so he could only let his wife pass the word, and finally Chen Jingyan patted Chen Shixiu's shoulder: "Remember, your eldest brother spared your life." Then retreat again. Chen Shixiu looked at the back of his father's departure, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then cried into tears.

In the early summer, the heat is getting stronger, and at the foot of the mountain under the Yuelu Academy, a team of people above thousands of people walked slowly, red clothes and red guns, red armor covered with faces, bright red as blood.

The most elite Red Fresh Army in Southern Liang quietly came to Yuelu Academy.