Not only the Liang Kingdom, it should be said that the courts of the human race in all dynasties are full of parties, even within the spirit clan and the earth clan in the Eastern Continent, they are also in groups of three or two, but the form is different.

Fellow villagers, classmates, these can be the reason for the group, there is no other reason, if you want to climb faster than others in the officialdom like crossing a single-plank bridge, climb farther than others, in addition to getting the appreciation and promotion of the superiors, the arms of the companions must be indispensable, alone, even if you have great ability, it is difficult to succeed, so regardless of the civil or military attachés, once they enter this different kind of rivers and lakes, they will be grouped together, so that they can not only avoid being swallowed up silently by the invisible undercurrent, but also become a bargaining chip to block the oppression of those big fish who can turn over the river and the sea。

Simple, such as the famous Jiangzhou Party among the civil officials, it is all composed of officials born in Jiangzhou, the six states of Liangguo, Jiangzhou has always been the least disturbed by the war, and it is also the land of fish and rice that is famous throughout the south, Jiangzhou inside, the literary style is prosperous, family studies are prevalent, and the literati who came out of Jiangzhou are the most numerous, and the power of the Jiangzhou Party in the DPRK is naturally huge.

This is one of the four imperial concubines, the natural arm of the concubine, He Jiagui is the first wealthy family in Jiangzhou, family learning is national learning, and the people in his family are not local officials in Jiangzhou, and they are on the political side, or they are teaching in the school, teaching the scriptures, these Jiangzhou party officials, and how many dare to say that they have not received the slightest help from the He family?

Not to mention that within Jiangzhou, these arrogant families who don't even care about imperial power have always intermarried with each other, and the entire Jiangzhou family is completely an iron plate headed by the He family and can't be splashed by water, otherwise He Guifei's own brother is just a mere servant of the Ministry of Rites, how can he become a high-ranking party in Jiangzhou, and can be called the party whip of a leader?

The word party whip originated in the Eastern Continent, it is a foreign word, the whip literally has the meaning of "spur" driven by the whip, and has something in common with its position, as the name suggests, the party whip is to drive the people within the party to work in one direction, and there is a supervisor whip to make it powerful, and it is high and powerful, and it can be called the leader of a party.

It's just that the Liangguo court has always deliberately suppressed the Jiangzhou party, and almost none of the people who occupy high positions in the court are from Jiangzhou, a book, basically even if it is the end that a scholar from Jiangzhou can go to, which also makes these people from Jiangzhou quite angry, so within the Jiangzhou party, there are a group of people who advocate to protect the eldest prince and the fourth prince on the throne, otherwise the Jiangzhou people will never come out.

The power is still above the Jiangzhou Party, that is, the father of Queen Su, the former Zhongshu Ling Su Ruwen's protégé disciples composed of the Su Party, Su Ruwen has been an official in the court for decades, and his protégés are all over the world, and he was the chief examiner of the imperial examination for ten years。

Similarly, among the military attaches of the imperial court, the Youzhou Party from the Youzhou military system is the natural help of the third prince Gu Li, the Xu family has been the generalissimo of Youzhou since the founding of the Liang State, and the hereditary first-class pillar of the country, so many years have passed, and which of these military attaches from Youzhou dare to say that they have nothing to do with the Xu family?

These are even a basic situation in the court, but in recent years, Gu Cang's power has been great, and most of the civil officials are happy and convinced, and many people even regard him as the future master of Liangguo, and he is bound to lead Liangguo to the north and cast the foundation of the Mandate of Heaven, which provokes Jiangzhou Party to be divided into two factions, and most people have now turned to support the prince Gu Cang, a literati, the most stinky temper, but once the body and mind are convinced, they will also turn against each other the fastest.

In particular, the imperial court has deliberately sent officials from families abroad in recent years, and instead vigorously promoted scholars from poor backgrounds to serve in the capital.

Gu Cang is in, naturally the most popular princeling, among the three provinces, Zhongshu Province was originally his grandfather Su Ruwen's territory, and Shangshu Province Shangshu Ling Zhang Boren is his quasi-father-in-law, although Menxia Province is the closest to the royal family among the three provinces, and even has the right to directly meet the emperor, but the real power is the lowest, and it has always been the emperor's subordinates, so the three provinces are all turned to the princelings, especially the six departments under Shangshu Province, except for the Ministry of Shangshu Yezhihuai, the rest of the people are basically princelings, which is also the reason why the rest of the princes who are willing to compete for the throne feel desperate, how many years is this, how old is Gu Cang, has already controlled most of the civil officials, and basically all of them are high-level, who can compete with him above this court?

You must know that the military generals built the country, the civil officials ruled the country, the founding of the country, the military attachés who were in the military merits should be the most important, after all, they are the founding merits, but once in the future, the power of the civil officials will become more and more huge, which is also a helpless thing, first, these literati are a belly of bad water, most of the military attaches have not read a few books, they don't know a few big characters, and they can compare with these people by means, second, the emperors of the past dynasties established the country by force, and they were naturally afraid that the generals under their subordinates would rebel and seize power, so there were many restrictions on the military generals, which also led to the military attachés seem to be fighting against the civilian officials, but in fact, compared with the civilian officials, the power is still a lot worse。

As soon as Gu Cang opened his mouth at the moment, it was a direct signal, although he didn't understand why Gu Cang would agree to canonize the position of King Chu of the Four Princes, but since they had all chosen to take refuge in Gu Cang, naturally everything had to be seen by him, but most of the courtiers suddenly stepped forward.

"The minister agrees with the prince's statement!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

In an instant, so many people suddenly came out to echo Gu Cang, which made everyone else stunned, even Lord Tu, who spoke for the four princes before, was frightened, and only felt that there was a feeling of being alone in the face of thousands of troops, and immediately subconsciously looked at He Shilang of the Ministry of Rites over there, but the latter just hung his head, and there was no extra movement.

The foremost Shangshu made Zhang Boren gently stroke his beard, and couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, Tao Li does not speak, and the next is a strange thing, his quasi-son-in-law has never taken the initiative to win over officials, but what he has done over the years has already made these arrogant Beijing officials happy and convinced, and they take the initiative to take refuge, which may be the most respected realm of Confucianism.

The civilian forces quickly formed a unity, and the military attachés had no likes or dislikes for the so-called four princes, so they naturally agreed.

"Since all of you Aiqing have no opinions, the position of the four princes of Chu is decided. ”

After Gu Yi finished speaking, a eunuch stepped forward with a tray, the same five-clawed golden dragon, the same agate stone hat, but the color of the clothes was changed to stone blue, which was a grade lower than the third prince Gu Li.

Seeing that everything had settled, Gu Yi finally said: "Gu Xuan, the fifth prince of Yongle Palace, has both virtue and virtue, and I appreciate it very much, so he should be crowned King Yan!"

As soon as the words fell, a bearded man suddenly stood up in the military attache team and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is inappropriate!"

This person was wearing a lion-made Phnom Penh military attache uniform, standing in the second row of the military attache team, only after the high-ranking general, the official was in the second rank, and he was an out-and-out important minister of the imperial court.

This person's name is Xu Shijie, he was the close guard of the previous generation of the Xu family's general Zhu Guo, and he was favored by the general, he took the initiative to change his surname to Xu, left the border army, and after entering the dynasty as an official, the Xu family has been working for him, so he has been making steady progress all the way to his current status, he is really an out-and-out member of the Xu Party, and can even be regarded as a member of the Xu family, that is, the third prince Gu Li saw it, and he had to respectfully call his uncle, and his status can be seen.

This person naturally knew about the old case back then, and besides, they couldn't stop the titles of the second prince and the fourth prince, and these five princes Gu Xuan was helpless and had no ability, so how could he be ranked with the rest of the princes?

He had always regarded himself as a pawn of the Xu family, so he immediately bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, compared with the rest, the five princes have just reached adulthood, and their abilities are mediocre, how can they be worthy of the position of prince? ”

He didn't say that he was dead, he didn't say that he couldn't give it, he just had to postpone it for a few years, and he would suppress it if he could, but he knew the temperament of that lady, and he would definitely have an appetite for her if he did this, of course, this was also the limit of what he could do.

At this time, a civil official suddenly stood up, this person is the household servant, the household is in charge of a country's silver money, the status is naturally very high, this person is also a member of the princeling, knowing that the five princes and their own princes are friendly, in order to please the prince, he quickly rushed out and said: "The minister is opposed, Your Majesty, the rest of the princes have won the throne, the five princes have no fault, and have become adults, according to the ancestral system, worthy of the prince's position, if you deliberately avoid the five princes, it will not make them cold, and the minister thinks it is inappropriate." ”

Unexpectedly, at this time, Gu Cang suddenly said lightly: "Father, the fifth brother is only a shallow learner, and he can't take charge of it alone, this prince's position is indeed a little inappropriate, if it makes him proud, it will outweigh the loss." ”