An old man later said that there are no factions within the party, and there are all kinds of strange things.

At any time, as long as there are people, there will be a world of martial arts. If there are interests, there will be parties. Whether it is a clique or a mountain, in short, they are groups that are grouped together for the sake of common interests. Some have close relationships, while others are also very loose.

Some are connected by local and rural parties, some are connected by teachers, students, and other relationships, and some are in-laws, some are comrades, and all kinds of things. Even these groups are actually intricate and complex relationships, and maybe you are in me and I are in you.

For example, during the Wude period, the largest parties in the court were naturally the Crown Prince and the Qin King Party, and many of the cronies in these two parties were actually the confidants of Emperor Li Yuan. However, it was later divided due to the dispute over the crown prince. Now, the Crown Prince, the Wei King Party and the Wu King Party have emerged in the court.

Qin Qiong was surprised, but Qin Lang was not surprised at all.

Some things are not obvious and very secretive, but they are already true.

Just like Fang Xuanling, this person has always been Li Shimin's absolute confidant. He has been in the position of central prime minister for ten years and has been trusted by the emperor and is also very powerful.

"How could Duke Liang be the King of Wei Party? Where did the King of Wei Party come from? Sanlang, don't talk nonsense."

Qin Lang is not sure whether anyone in the capital is openly called the King of Wei. But what he can be sure of is that a secret interest group has indeed formed around the King of Wei. They are not just subordinates of the King of Wei, but a group of people with Li Tai's ambition to fight for the throne, and come together for this purpose.

"Grandpa, it's not just Fang Xuanling, but Chai Shao."

Another heavyweight, Chai Shao was neutral in the battle between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, but actually stood on the side of Jiancheng. His personal relationship with Jiancheng has always been good. After Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin did neglect Chai Shao's brother-in-law for a long time, but Chai Shao had strong military command and wide connections in the Guanlong Group. Therefore, after several years of neglect, Li Shimin felt that he had completely controlled the court, so he began to reuse Chai Shao again.

Chai Shao was born in Qianniu, the Eastern Palace of Prince Yang Guang Yuande of the Sui Dynasty. He married Li Yuan's legitimate daughter Li Sanniang. Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan. Chai Shao rushed to the prime minister. On the way, he met Jiancheng who was about to run into the mountains to make trouble. The two brothers of Yuan Ji advised them to rush to Taiyuan together. After arriving in Taiyuan, they served as the chief of the governor's office of Li Yuan's right leader. They took the lead in every battle and made many military achievements.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he followed Li Shimin to pacify Xue Ju, defeated Song Jinggang, surrendered Wang Shichong, captured Dou Jiande, and almost fought all the wars of unification. Later, he guarded Longyou and resisted Tuyuhun. He used the beauty trick to defeat Tuyuhun army. Later, he went north to the Turks and made several military achievements.

After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, it was neglected for several years.

Now he is in the rank of general of the army, and he is in the position of general of the Right Guard. He is renamed Duke of Qiao, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and one of the generational governors.

From the governor of Qizhou in the west of Jingjing, he was transferred to the governor of Huazhou in Jingdong, guarding the gateway of Tongguan.

If it weren't for the problem of taking sides at the beginning, Chai Shao's position in the court would be far superior to Qin Qiong and Li Ji and others, and he was also one of the powerful generals in the Tang army who could stand alone.

Although he was in danger of entering the Political Affairs Hall, Chai Shao had a high prestige in the army, especially the Guanlong Group had good connections. He stood on Li Tai's side, and it can be said that the Wei Wang Party was like a tiger with wings.

Fang Xuanling, Chai Shao, all literary and military are top-notch.

Neither of these two publicly made any remarks supporting Li Tai, nor did they openly support Li Tai in the court or in front of the emperor, but they and the forces behind them were supporting Li Tai with their actions.

The Fanyang Lu family behind Fang Xuanling actively joined the King of Wei. Many young talents from the Fanyang Lu family entered Li Tai's Literature Museum.

The Wei Wangfu Literature Museum compiled "Guodizhi", with 550 volumes of text and 5 volumes of preface, which summarizes the division systems of prefectures and counties in previous dynasties. The main text divides more than 300 prefectures and more than 1,000 counties in the Tang Dynasty according to eighteen paths, and describes the construction history of each prefecture and county, the beautiful mountains and rivers, customs, products, historical sites, figures, etc. The citations are highly valued by the world.

Although the whole book has not yet been completed, the volumes that have been compiled and published have caused a sensation in the world. Even Li Shimin praised and praised Li Tai and the editors of the Wei Palace.

Most of the contributions to this success in the local genre cultivation are because of the joining of the Fanyang Lu family, the origin of the Fanyang Lu family's family and the talent is indeed outstanding.

Even Qin Lang couldn't help but admire this book. It was indeed a very valuable book.

Although Li Tai was a major in the title of the master, he was actually edited by Lu and others, but the initiator and general manager of this project is naturally indispensable.

In addition, Fang Xuanling's second son Fang Yiai was Fang Er, who gave the marriage to Princess Gaoyang, and was very close to Li Tai, the brother-in-law, and had no intention of avoiding suspicion. He was in pairs when he came out, and in pairs when he entered. Those who didn't know thought that Li Shimin gave them a marriage to each other.

Chai Shao's second son Chai Lingwu and Princess Shangbaling also mingle in the Wei Palace every day.

If Fang Xuanling and Chai Shao had no intention of supporting Li Tai at all, they would never have allowed their son to get so close to King Wei, and they would have to keep a little distance.

It depends on a person's position, you don't need to listen to what he says, just look at what he does.

As the princes grew older, especially after Li Chengqian's actions in the past two years caused dissatisfaction with the emperor, the court of the Tang Dynasty was split.

Li Shimin's ministers, including his confidants, have gradually formed a party around several capable emperors.

Changsun Wuji and Qin Lang were a firm princeling, and they have always been like this.

But now Fang Xuanling and Chai Shao secretly support King Wei, Xiao Yu, Yang Shidao and others support King Wu Li Ke, and more officials are facing the problem of standing in the team.

Those who can stand in the center of the court will face increasingly fierce prince struggles in the future, and it will be difficult for them to stay alone and not be involved.

Once the team fails, the outcome will be very bad.

Thinking about history, Fang Xuanling seemed to be part of the King of Wei, so in the late Zhenguan period, Changsun Wuji spared no effort to attack Fang Xuanling, and did not let him go after his death. After Emperor Gaozong ascended the throne, the ruling Changsun Wuji immediately used the Gao Yang rebellion case to uproot the Fang Xuanling family, and the Chai Shao family were implicated, and King Li Ke of Wu was also personally invaded by Changsun Wuji, so that he could not turn over.

As for Liu Wei, the backbone prime minister of the Wei royal party after Fang Xuanling, he was even more dead due to the joint attack of Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.

However, Changsun Wuji's fate was not very good later. The princely party headed by him who originally supported Li Zhi, who was also the core of Guanlong Group, was also Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan, Lai Heng Laiji and others who were all hidden by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.

The key to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian's ability to overthrow his uncle was to rely on the power of the Shandong Group. The representative of this force was Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and other military generals, and they were also the Qinwang Mansion military merit group that came from Wagang back then.

Li Ji and Changsun Wuji were both ministers who were entrusted with their orphans, but in the end they gave Changsun Wuji a fatal blow. Although Li Ji died, his grandson later rebelled Wu Zetian, and he was liquidated when he died, and even the national surname given by Li Yuan was deprived.

As an official, especially when he reaches the level of prime minister, the most dangerous thing for officials entering the center of the court is no longer any mistakes in his work, or even steal some personal relationships and arrange some relatives and friends. For them, the only thing that can threaten their lives or even the fate of the entire family is imperial power.

Once you are involved in the royal internal strife, especially the inheritance of the throne, it is extremely dangerous.

To put it bluntly, it is just a sideline.

If the handover of the throne is relatively stable, it may not be too miserable to stand in the wrong team, but if the handover of the throne is very fierce and even a bloody coup is bleeding, then the wrong team may involve the entire family.

This was something Qin Lang had always wanted to avoid before, so he assisted Chengqian very carefully, hoping that Chengqian, the eldest prince, could succeed the throne steadily, so that there would be no strong struggle for the throne, and naturally they would not have such dangerous trouble.

But who expected that after ten years, I still got to this point.

"Fang Xuanling is a steady person, he is not right?" Qin Qiong is still a little naive at such age.

Qin Lang can only say that Qin Qiong has been away from the political center over the years and has no sensitivity, or that he is very reluctant to participate in these things, just like he was a confidant of the Qin Prince's Mansion back then, but he still thought about avoiding the royal family's flesh and blood.

"Ah, don't forget that Duke Liang was a staunch supporter of the saint's throne."

Lao Fang firmly insisted on Li Shimin's plan to fight for the throne, and even the last moment of bloody mutiny, he was also the advocate. So although Lao Fang is usually kind and is very polite to everyone, Lao Fang is not a good person in his bones.

Those who can hold the position of prime minister for ten years in the court are not ordinary people, but they are very cruel in the court. How many people stare at that position? If you are not careful, you will be crushed to pieces.

A good man will definitely not be the prime minister for ten years.

Back then, Fang Xuanling was able to support Li Shimin to fight for the throne, why didn’t he choose Li Tai early today and prepare to fight for the throne?

After all, although Chengqian is the eldest son, his performance has not been good in the past two years, especially compared with Li Tai, there is even more gap.

Fang Xuanling stayed in the center every day and often accompanied the emperor. He could feel the difference between the two princes more clearly than others, especially the emperor's wishes, so it was not uncommon for him to bet on the King of Wei.

When a person reaches a position like Fang Xuanling, how many people can be as indifferent to fame and fortune as Qin Qiong?

Fang Xuanling didn't think about himself, but also had to think about his descendants and family. He was the prime minister, but if he stood in the wrong team, he and the Fang family would be very dangerous in the Xin Dynasty in the future. Don't you see Pei Ji from Wude Dynasty, who is also the prime minister for nine years, and the first confidant of the Supreme Emperor, how miserable will end up in the Zhenguan Dynasty?

He was suppressed again and again, and finally retired and ordered to return to his hometown to retire and was not released yet. He was still convicted of treason and was exiled to the southwest. He finally died at the hands of the southwest barbarians. The death was unknown. His family's children were all exiled to the border areas, and most of the women were incarnated into the palace.

This is a lesson from the past.

Old house has no choice either. If you don’t want to repeat Pei Ji’s mistakes, you can only place bets on the winner in advance and stand in a good team.

But why does Lao Fang think that the prince will definitely be deposed, and why does he think that the King of Wei will definitely become the final winner?

Is this just his idea, or did he see the clue from Li Shimin?
Chapter completed!