If the struggle of military generals is a bloody struggle on the battlefield, then the struggle of civilian officials is a party struggle in the court. Throughout China's 5,000-year history, the phenomenon of civil and official party disputes has always appeared and never disappeared, even in the Song Dynasty, which treated scholars and doctors the most.

The Tang Dynasty's Niu-Li Party Struggle caused a large number of talents to flow into the major feudal towns, and so far the major feudal towns have become a great trend; The struggle between the old and new parties in the Song Dynasty plunged the Song Dynasty into a century-long internal conflict, and was finally destroyed by the Northern Yidi; The dispute between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party in the Ming Dynasty affected the wars again and again at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and finally pushed the Ming Dynasty to a land of no return. One lesson after another tells people a truth: when a court is mired in unlimited party strife, the court is not far from defeat.

A delve into the party struggles of the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties shows that party struggles are often most serious during the succession of emperors, and they are full of speculative nature. When Emperor Wenzong of Tang and Emperor Wuzong of Tang alternated, the Niu Party lost power and the Li Party raised its head; When the power of Song Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao alternated, the new party came to power, and the old party was degraded; When the throne of Ming Xizong and Ming Sizong was passed, the eunuch party stepped down, and Donglin took revenge. Party strife may be like a sword to cut off the scholar's career and push him into the endless abyss, or it may be like a ladder to allow the scholar to realize his dream of becoming a Tian Shelang and ascending to Tianzitang at dusk.

Zhao Jie didn't know that what Huang Haoyao brought him into was a party struggle, a party struggle during the transition to the throne that was about to take shape. If Zhao Jie knew the truth, I don't know if he would choose to take a path. There has never been a regret medicine in the world, and Zhao Jie can only go all the way to the dark.

On the road to Chendu, you can still see the relics of the war from time to time, which are the blood and tears left by the five-year war of Chu and Qin. In the nineteenth year of King Xiang of Chu, the Qin State attacked the Chu State, and the Chu army was defeated, and the Shangyong and Northern Han regions of the Chu State were ceded to the Qin State. In the twentieth year, Bai Qi, the general of the Qin State, led an army to attack the Chu State and captured the Xiling of the Chu State. In the twenty-first year, the Qin general Bai Qi led the army to attack the Chu State again, and captured the capital of the Chu State, Yingdu, the army of the King of Chu Qingxiang was scattered, and could no longer respond to the battle, so he retreated to the northeast to defend Chencheng, and temporarily stationed in Chencheng. In the twenty-second year, the Qin army captured Wu County and Qianzhong County of Chu State. In the twenty-third year, King Qingxiang collected soldiers from the eastern region, obtained a total of more than 100,000 people, and went west to recover the fifteen towns along the Yangtze River of Chu captured by Qin and set up counties to resist Qin.

The five-year war brought rich war dividends to the Qin State, but brought endless suffering and disasters to the people of the Chu State. After the war, King Qingxiang led his army back to Yingdu, only to find that Yingdu had been destroyed by the tiger-wolf-like Qin army. The cemetery of the first king of Chu was razed to the ground, the once magnificent palace was burned, the walls of Yingdu collapsed everywhere, there was not one inhabitant in the city, and all the survivors were ragged and godless.

When it was, seeing all this, King Xiang spat out a mouthful of blood angrily and fell unconscious. King Qingxiang's courtiers hurriedly helped King Chu into a nearby house. About an hour later, the king of Chu opened his eyes and looked at the room with four walls, and the king of Qingxiang said indignantly: "This difficulty is my fault. Ministers remember: Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu, and the ministers should remember! After speaking, King Qingxiang fainted angrily again, and the sentence "Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu" completely penetrated into the blood of the people and nobles in Chu.

The destroyed capital of Yingdu was no longer destined to be the capital of Chu, and after the deliberation of the ministers, King Qingxiang established Chencheng as the new capital. Thus, Chencheng began its historical journey as the national capital.

"Huang Gongzi, what is your name, it's time to tell me." After trekking through a difficult journey, taking advantage of the rest time, Zhao Jie walked in front of Huang Haoyao and asked.

"The name is just a code name, so why care. Besides, who are you, if you tell me who you are, I may tell you my name. Huang Haoyao asked rhetorically.

"Huh!" Zhao Jie hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "I'm afraid this won't work, my identity is strictly confidential." ”

In the two days of advancing towards Chen Cheng, the assassins who wanted to put Huang Hao to death began to appear frequently, and with the help of Zhao Jie and others, the assassination operation was either nipped in the bud or destroyed in the operation. In the process of resisting the enemy with all his might, martial arts and other skills could not be hidden at all, so Huang Haoyao, who was in the center of the whirlpool, naturally discovered their extraordinary.

"You're Zhao, right!" Huang Haoyao said to Zhao Jie.

"How did you find out?" Zhao Jie asked rhetorically.

"In the world, apart from the Zhao people who have such exquisite horse control skills, who else can transport horses like this?" Huang Haoyao gave the reason for his inference.

"Thanks for the compliment. We are Zhao people, who have traveled all over the world, passed through here, and met Brother Huang by chance. Zhao Jie smiled, and then arched his hand.

"This is my personal jade pendant, Huang is a Chu person, there is still some power in Chu, and he can also speak in the court of Chu, he will go to Chu again in the future, if you have anything to ask for, I will take this jade pendant to Chu to find me, everything I can do, I will go all out. This is my commitment. Huang Haoyao took a piece of jade from his waist and handed it to Zhao Jie, and then said.

"Then I'll thank you here." Zhao Jie took the jade pendant and respectfully thanked him.

In the land of the Central Plains, a horse and a flat river, after resting for a while, Zhao Jie and his party went on the road again. There is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River, and when you go to two or three miles, you see a big river lying across the road ahead.

There was a boatman in the river, and Gao Yue shouted loudly: "Boatman, I want to cross the river, can you cross the river?" "Three or two minutes later, the boatman pulled the boat to the shore." A few sons are nobles at first glance, please get on the boat! It is my honor that the little old man can carry a few sons," the boatman complimented.

"Needless to say, let's cross the river!" Huang Haoyao looked serious, took out a silver ingot from his body, threw it to the boatman, and then said.

The boat was very small, it could only accommodate three or four people, and two guards escorted Zhao Jie and Huang Haoyao to board the boat. "Brother Huang, it's just

It's just a matter of boarding a boat and crossing the river, so why be so serious about drinking, just relax. Zhao Jie saw that Huang Haoyao had a solemn face, so he persuaded.

Huang Xiaoyao didn't reply a word, and his face still didn't change. "Are you afraid of water?" Zhao Jie asked cautiously, his tone full of speculation.

Huang Haoyao nodded, and Zhao Jie laughed. "Southerners, who don't know water, are really ridiculous." Zhao Jie thought so.

Zhao Jie didn't have to laugh long, and when the boat sailed into the center of the river, seven or eight assassins suddenly popped out of the water. With a few sounds, tension, tension, the bowstring that had already been tightened returned to its position, and seven or eight arrows quickly flew towards Huang Haoyao. In an instant, the situation on the lake changed greatly, so that people didn't have time to think and react, instinctively, Zhao Jie quickly jumped and struggled to push Huang Haoyao to the ground.

"Ugh." Zhao Jie was hit by an arrow and couldn't help but let out a muffled snort. "Childe!" On the bank of the river, Gao Yue and the others exclaimed.

"Leave me alone, defend well, and don't let the assassins get on board." Zhao Jie ordered his subordinates. Then Zhao Jie said to the stunned boatman: "Boatman, continue rowing your boat, if we can successfully reach the shore and survive, I will reward you with a gold ingot." ”

After speaking, Zhao Jie also picked up the long sword in his hand and poked it into the water to prevent the assassin from boarding the ship. Underwater, the leaders of the Assassins gave orders in sign language: "You, you, you, go up and try." The three water spirits tried to avoid the blade and climbed onto the boat, but failed, without exception, they were stabbed to death by the blade with no rules of movement, and blood stained the water around the boat.

Seeing that it was unsuccessful, the Assassin leader ordered in sign language: "You, you, you, try to jump on the boat and see if you can do it." The three Assassins then sank to the bottom of the river and jumped out of the water with a slam of thrust.

"It's now, shoot." Zhao Jie, who had already prepared, gave an order, and three arrows shot at the assassins accurately, and the three assassins were pierced by the fierce arrows, fell into the water, and floated up after a while.

"Four sons, the ship is docked." At that moment, the boatman's voice came. Zhao Jie was overjoyed when he heard this. "Ashore." Zhao Jie gave an order, and the four of them quickly got off the boat.

"Boatman, the gold is in the hands of the people on the other side, and if you go and ask them for it, you will say that I will agree." After speaking, without waiting for the boatman to reply, Zhao Jie ran into the reeds on both sides of the shore and hid for the time being.

After a while, three or four people crawled out of the water, and the first one said: "Jin wants us to kill the person surnamed Huang, and now that the people on the other side have not come, hurry up and complete the task." After this vote, we can wash our hands of gold.

Up and down for 5,000 years, there is no shortage of people and inkmen praising reeds. In ancient times, the reed was also called the pamper, and there was a verse in the Book of Poetry that "the pampering leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost", and the people of later generations also had the beauty of the poem: "The shallow water is damp, and the graceful reeds are bushes; Swaying in the wind, simple and unpretentious, wild and interesting". The reed stalks are erect, the plants are tall, swaying in the wind, and they are full of wild interest.

At this moment, it is still winter, and there are only a few withered yellow unfallen reeds left on the river bank, but the pointed little head on the land has quietly poked out, and a little new green dots the earth, and the original scenery has a unique flavor, giving people a different feeling. However, Zhao Jie did not have the heart to appreciate this, and the Assassin followed closely behind, which forced him to start a thrilling, life-and-death chase with the Assassin in the decaying bushes.