Prologue 1 A conference unlike any other
On the day of the end of the National Mage Delegates/Conference, there was a light snow in Shanghai.
It was about the cold air passing, but in fact the weather was not cold enough to reach that point, and the snow was falling, and it was untenable, and it was in a hurry, and after a day, the city did not see a little white, but the black mud was unbearable, just like the final result of this conference, which made most people feel unhappy.
This was probably the longest and most difficult national convention since the founding of the National Association of Teachers.
The end was more than 20 days later than expected.
High-level closed-door meetings outside the conference were held almost every day, and the sound of fierce quarrels, even with the addition of sound insulation spells, could not be completely isolated.
At this conference, the forces of the northern mages, which had been dormant for many years, finally began the battle to seize power from the southern mages who had been in power for more than 30 years.
If it was only the northern mage who was in trouble, the southern mage who was in power might not be so annoyed.
In fact, however, soon after the congress was held, the Southern mages in power found that the situation had become extremely bad.
The southern part of the country is vast, and the southern mages in a broad sense are divided into several major factions, and the ones who really control it have always been the mage factions in the Lingnan area.
At that time, the International Lawyers Committee entrusted the Grand Alliance to return to China to prepare for the establishment of the Chinese Wizards Association, and the Lingnan Wizards faction benefited from the opportunity of the opening of the port, and was the first to come into contact with the Grand Alliance and became the founding faction of the Chinese Wizards Association, which made them occupy a priority and general trend position in legal theory. The teachers of the Lingnan factions did not live up to the expectations of the International Teachers Committee or the Grand Alliance, and quickly spread the news to the north, sending a large number of people to publicize the important role and significance of the Mage Association, and fully encouraging all factions to join the Mage Association, which made great contributions to the eventual establishment of a national Mage Association.
However, after so many years of development, the mages of the Lingnan faction can no longer cover the sky as they did when the National Mage Association was first established, after all, whether from the perspective of historical background or practical strength, the Lingnan faction is far inferior to the mage faction in the north, and as more and more northern factions join the Mage Association, the more obvious the change in the contrast of power.
In order to maintain the current pattern and continue to hold the supreme power, the mages of the Lingnan faction had to adopt a joint strategy against the mage forces in the Jiangnan area, jointly suppress the mages of the northern faction, and also resorted to various means to artificially create a big contradiction between the north and the south at the national congress, so as to ensure that the forces of the south were united to resist the aggressive mages of the northern faction.
This strategy has been effective for quite some time, especially when the mages of the northern faction are leaderless.
Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, there will be strife, and the northern factions are not monolithic, they are also full of contradictions with each other, and the most important reason why they have been able to maintain their position in terms of big strategies - such as the removal of the Lingnan faction mages - is nothing more than hatred of the Grand Alliance, and hostility to the two pillars of the Church and the Wizards' Guild hidden behind the International Council of Jurists. The Mage Guild is good, everyone can recognize it, but this Guild must not be in the hands of traitorous forces like the Grand Alliance or foreign invading forces like the Church and the Wizards' Guild!
The justice of the Hundred Years War cannot be denied, and the final victory won by great sacrifices cannot be provoked.
If the Mage Guild is under the control of the Jurists Committee and its Invasion of China Proxy Alliance, then how can there be a face to meet the countless predecessors who died in the Hundred Years' War?
It was under this unified understanding that the northern factions were unprecedentedly united and vigorously promoted the movement to clean up the remote control associations of foreign forces.
In addition to the Lingnan faction, which is inextricably linked to the various families that joined the Grand Alliance, other local factions also cannot accept the reality that their own assembly is controlled by external forces.
The early days of the movement ended with the dismal withdrawal of the Grand Alliance, and the International Commission of Jurists could no longer dictate the specific affairs of the Chinese Lawyers Association.
However, after this success, the various factions in the north that had temporarily lost the spearhead of unification reverted, remembered all kinds of contradictions between each other, and began to fight endlessly, unable to condense into a rope to reach the outside world, but instead gave the mages of the Lingnan faction a chance to breathe, with the convenience of holding the central power, sowing discord among the various factions in the north, creating contradictions, and co-opting the forces of the various factions in the west of Jiangnan, and finally losing the direct support of the Grand Alliance and the International Jurists Committee, they still firmly grasped the core power.
This situation did not end until the appearance of the fish inheritance.
This disciple of the Maoshan faction, who was originally just a third-rate cook, soon showed an incomparable brilliance after joining the Mage Association, and the chairman of the Yuda acted domineeringly, but he was good at dancing with long sleeves, and with the help of a large amount of funds provided by the arms company that gave birth to golden eggs and hens under his own name, he supported the various factions in the north to establish downstream supporting manufacturers, and through guò This close economic tie finally realized the great unity of the main factions in the north.
With the development and growth of Yu Chengshi, the pressure felt by the general association is increasing, especially at each national congress, the northern forces led by Yu Chengshi are pressing step by step, constantly encroaching on the power held by the Lingnan faction.
Originally, the Lingnan faction relied on the support of the Jiangnan and western factions, and could barely maintain its resistance to the mages of the northern faction.
But at this year's conference, the mages of the Lingnan faction suddenly found that they had become completely isolated.
The Jiangnan factions led by Shuiyin Palace, and the western factions led by Bawangmen, completely fell to the northern faction mages, and put forward the request for the redistribution of the power structure of the general assembly, and for the first time clearly pointed out that the Lingnan faction has held the core power for more than 30 years, and it is time for change.
It is simply a blatant demand that the Lingnan faction immediately step down and get out.
Naturally, the Lingnan faction is unwilling to sit idly by, give up power, and use all its resources to meet the challenge.
During this slightly long meeting, the major factions conspired one after another, and the plots and tactics continued, and the situation was so complex and the story was so wonderful that it was almost possible to write a separate book based on it.
In the end, the Lingnan faction still won the highest positions such as chairman and vice chairman, but in the selection of the executive director and the heads of the main departments, they had to make heavy concessions, and by the end of the meeting, the scenery of the Lingnan faction was no longer there, the power retreated, and the original overwhelming advantage was no longer visible.