Since the Northern Yan Dynasty inherited the orthodoxy of the former Yan, it has been established for more than a hundred years. Spending a hundred years safely, for a mortal, he can be called "Renrui"; There are more folk customs, if you can be touched by the "old man" on the top of the head, you can prolong life and avoid diseases! However, for a country and a court, spending a hundred years in peace is only the end of the turbulent period of renaissance, and it is about to usher in the inevitable stage of Zhongxing's rule.

The fragmentation of the Great Yan in the previous dynasty was due to the large-scale division of the emperor's relatives and relatives, which led to a high degree of power differentiation, and finally the princes rose up and civil strife arose. And when the Zhou Gaozu rebelled, he was just one of the more than a dozen princes. Although he holds half of Jizhou in his hand, it is not conspicuous at all in the chaotic era when the heroes rise together.

Providence is unpredictable, and creation makes people; No one would have imagined that Zhou Changji, who was born as a mere Jizhou official, would finally be able to clear the universe, sweep the Eight Desolations, and win the Huayu artifact in one fell swoop. The swallow dissipated, as if yesterday had passed; Beiyan is newly established, like the rising sun.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, the first problem he faced was how to reward the meritorious officials. Those who followed him to the death at the end of the day will be given wealth and land in recognition of their bravery and loyalty; And those literati who have helped them win the hearts of the people and occupy the orthodoxy of Huayu also need to grasp enough power to give full play to their ability to govern the world.

The former courtiers need to be compassionate to show the new emperor's generosity and compassion; The princes of the side who have already proclaimed themselves are even more important to cede enough benefits to ensure that they do not make trouble again......

The years passed, and a hundred years later, the Northern Yan Dynasty, although it did not see the trend of the former Yan's division; However, the mutual restraint of relative power and imperial power has developed to a white-hot stage. Especially in the past twenty years, Emperor Tianyou has been overthrown by the combined efforts of the two powers and forced to enter a semi-retired state; And the emperor lost his absolute control, so the so-called Zhou family Beiyan has actually become a "double old dynasty".

However, anyone who is lucky enough to see Long Yan will not think that Emperor Zhou Yuanqing is a mediocre, weak and bullying mediocre lord and weak monarch; But the Northern Yan Dynasty is indeed weakening day by day under his governance, and the party is constantly fighting......

Today, the Northern Yan Dynasty, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, has shown that the building is about to collapse, and the mountains and rivers are in a state of collapse......

Everyone in the world thinks that this war is a dispute between the Northern Yan Dynasty and the rebels of Sanqin and Nankang; But in fact, for Zhou Yuanqing, the real cause of this war came from his own purple gold palace.

Since the founding of the Northern Yan Dynasty, the light and dark forces of all parties have been forcibly suppressed by the three generations of the Zhou family, with an iron fist, and have never exploded.

There is an old saying among the people in the market, called "It is a boil that will produce pus sooner or later". In the same way, the same is true for the affairs of the family and the country. Because every time the world is decided, it is inevitable to redistribute the ownership of interests. The gentry of the gate lords, the wealthy families of the noble families, the royal family of the chicken dog ascending to heaven, the generals with heavy troops, and so on...... Although it cannot be absolutely fair, at least it must be evenly wet.

However, the benefits are limited, and the greed of man is endless; For those "big men" who hold the power of the dragon, no matter how rich the reward is, it is inevitable that they will compare themselves with their colleagues in their hearts......

Even if it is deemed "unfair" by the authorities, it will also give rise to resentment and hatred, and the seeds of open and secret fighting will be planted.

Throughout the ancient and modern times, after the initial determination of the country, those who are kings will kill a group of people who are self-confident and disrespectful. Of course, most of these unlucky ghosts are the bane and embodiment of party strife. Although this method of killing chickens and monkeys is rude and counterproductive to the evaluation of the king's posterity, the effect is very obvious.

However, the bad thing is that the three generations of the Zhou family have the talents of the Holy Lord Mingjun; Since the king is holy and bright, he controls the world; Then the disgruntled courtiers can only fight and attack in secret, and dare not wantonly fight against the party.

A hundred years passed in a hurry, and when Emperor Zhou Yuanqing spent his youthful and middle-aged years of ambition but nothing, he finally understood the truth even for the people in the market. The undercurrent of party struggle forcibly suppressed by the three generations of emperors of the Zhou family has come to a stage that cannot be reined in!

It is better to block than to be sparse, to govern the river and to govern the country

As a result, two cabinet assistants with completely different backgrounds were pushed to the forefront by Zhou Yuanqing. Zuo Prime Minister Wang Fang Wang Mubei, from the Xinxue Confucian School, is a veteran of the border army, and naturally represents the overall interests of the forces in the army, the imperial family of the Zhou family, and the scattered schools in the world.

However, this part of the people has been excluded and suppressed by the old forces all the year round, and they have always been marginal people in the court; So, despite their numbers, they are naturally in a vulnerable position. Therefore, Emperor Tianyou chose a short-tempered and perverse old soldier for them. Only a bastard like Wang Fang can lead that group of stragglers who are not in the climate to fight against the conservative forces with deep roots and the right to speak!

As for Cai Xi, a representative of the traditional literati, this traitorous minister who is called Tianxian is of course the same. And he and Wang Fang are one civilian, one martial, one honest and one greedy, also because the groups they represent and the interests they appeal for are completely different.

The new party behind Wang Fang is still pursuing to sit on the stage and fight for their due rights; The conservative forces behind Cai Xi have always been typical examples of "using power for profit and forming parties for personal gain".

To put it bluntly, Zhou Yuanqing after middle age is surrounded by a cockfighting platform; And Wang Fang and Cai Xi are the two fighting cocks sent by both sides. Even if the two of them shake hands and make peace, there will be other cockfights.

In the early years, Cai Xi, who lacked eyesight and shallow skills, did not take a good sense of proportion, misunderstood the meaning of Emperor Tianyou, and retreated too much. As a result, it triggered the gate lord consortium in Nankang, dissatisfied with the imperial court, and divided the river to stand on its own, separating the south of the Yangtze River. After this great change, the old school of Beiyan suffered a catastrophe and was forced to lie dormant; The "royal party" took advantage of the situation and seized half of the court.

Then, Yan Wu, the king of Qi on the third road in Youbei, led his troops south, intending to take advantage of the weakness and point his sword at the North Yan River. The people in the royal party thought that they were strong and strong, and they were arrogant, thinking about leveling the king first, and then going down to the north! With the merit of recovering the north, the Cai Party was beaten into a land of no return in one fell swoop; However, the two armies fought each other, and the Northern Yan army reaped a crushing defeat in an instant; Fortunately, Yue Haishan, the Qingmang Sword God, was born out of thin air, and a sword stopped the soldiers, blocking the way for the Youbei army to go out of the Guanxi and west, and the vitality of the Wang Party was seriously injured.

Then, the Cai Party took the opportunity to counterattack and suppress the people in the Wang Party; And the royal party took advantage of the monks and soldiers in the western Xinjiang to make a rebellion and resurrected it; Later, Guo Xing's father and son were defeated by the East Customs, and the Wang Party was damaged again......

This is a plaster prescribed by Zhou Yuanqing for Beiyan to "pull out pus"!

Let the two parties compete with each other, one will lose the other, and the cycle will be repeated. In his imagination, the resentment that has been surging for nearly a hundred years, and the blood feud between the two sides, should slowly disappear in such repeated consumption......

However, things never go as planned. The four words of unpredictable providence are equal to stupid and smart people.

Originally, Zhou Yuanqing thought that with Wang Fang and Cai Xi attacking each other in the Purple Gold Palace, those flies and dogs behind them would have a channel to vent, but if they still had half of their strength in their bones, they would all work directly on each other. But who would have thought that these smart people have been fighting for so many years, but they still remember to "train the next generation"!

As a result, the Wang Party elected the four princes, and the Cai Party elected the crown prince, and each began to prepare for the next centennial plan......

In fact, Emperor Tianyou adopted the method of letting the party struggle develop, and he did not think that he could solve this stubborn disease in one fell swoop. Wherever there are interests, there will inevitably be disputes, and this is a matter of human nature, not something that can be changed by a change of dynasty or a change of government. And he thought that it had been a hundred years since the founding of Beiyan, and it should be a rising period of increasingly intensified party strife; And after his own deliberate catalysis, the fire of party contention should be burning more and more, and then it will usher in a natural trough.

After nearly 20 years of playing the "seesaw" on the Purple Gold Palace, everyone has run out of cards and exhausted their energy, and it is time to temporarily shake hands and make peace, work together, and create a peaceful and prosperous Zhongxing stage. Throughout the dynasties, the ups and downs of the current situation are almost the same law.

coincided with the chaos that Diting set off, and Zhou Yuanqing could also take advantage of it. First consume the redundant and discarded soldiers who are weak in battle, and then expose the gentry and gatekeepers who are entrenched in the place to the bones and marrows under the butcher's knife of the rebels. This trick can greatly weaken the power of the two parties at the same time, and it can also make enough room for the Zhongxing rule that the Northern Yan Dynasty is about to usher in.

It's just that mortals are inevitably selfish, even if Emperor Tianyou is so holy, it is difficult to deal with it completely impartially. Logically speaking, since he sent Zhou Chang'an, the master of the Wang Party, to lead the army in front of the battle; It is also supposed to send Zhou Changyong, the master of the Cai Party, to Zhongzhou to defend against the enemy.

But the enemy's steel swords and arrows will not obey his command; And he is both a master and a father, how can he bear to expose his two most admired sons to the butcher's knife of the enemy at the same time?

So judging from the results, Emperor Tianyou's original intention is obviously to the crown prince Zhou Changyong to inherit the unification. Of course, he also understands which is better or worse between the two sons; But considering the composition of the royal party, they are all those who are not in the stream. These people, as auxiliary characters, can rely on their skills and wisdom to rejuvenate the Northern Yan Dynasty; But once these people control the court, then they will definitely not follow the path of the old school and die to protect the imperial power.

The reason is also very simple, the hole cards of the people in the royal party are their own ability and knowledge; And the hole cards of the people in the Cai Party are dependent on the imperial power!

Under Zhou Yuanqing's selfishness, Cai Dang's arrow was replaced by Cai Ning and Cai Anguo; The crown prince remained in the Zijin Palace, waiting for the day when he would be crowned on the throne......

Emperor Tianyou's calculations were originally a very complete layout; However, it wasn't until the prince secretly spread rumors and cut off the table with the Ji family's father and son; Everything is out of its original trajectory......