Sword God Wine Ancestor

Chapter 537
Although this is the case, Su Bai still wants to understand the overall situation. After all, he did not understand the relationship between the various princes and their strengths before. Since he still wants to help the fifth prince Zhao Yan, he can't do it anymore. It's like before.

So Su Bai asked: "Brother, what is the strength of the other princes? Do you know anything?"

Seeing Su Bai asking about this, Zhao Yan also had a solemn expression, nodded and said: "The so-called knowing yourself and knowing your enemy will win every battle, how can I not understand my royal brothers and brothers?"

"Oh? It seems that the elder brother's intelligence work is very good! Can you tell the brother about it?" Su Bai asked with interest.

Zhao Yan smiled and said, "What can't you talk about? I'll tell you! Generally speaking, the main contenders for the throne are my elder brother Zhao Zheng, second brother Zhao Chen, seventh younger brother Zhao Zhen, and others. An eleventh brother, Zhao Zhuo, but Zhao Zhuo is only 12 years old this year, although he is doing well, is talented, and is born of an empress, he is very much loved by his father, but if he wants to succeed, it will take a few years of accumulation."

Su Bai knew about these before, so he didn't say much at the moment, just nodded slightly, waiting for Zhao Yan's next detailed explanation.

Zhao Yan continued: "Among these brothers, the most powerful is the elder brother Zhao Zheng. After all, he is the eldest prince and has many inherent advantages. Many ministers in the court actually support my elder brother's succession. Those who are on the throne, even those ministers who are loyal to the father, if the father is really allowed to choose the heir, then these people will definitely choose the elder brother!"

Su Bai nodded and asked, "Brother, I'm not very clear about the power in the court. Are these ministers really powerful? Can they decide the succession of the throne?"

Zhao Yan gave Su Bai a funny look, and said with a smile: "Brother Su, you really don't know anything about the affairs in the temple! Then let me tell you about the important officials in the court first!"

"Little brother, listen carefully!"

Zhao Yan pondered for a moment, and then said: "If you want to say that the most powerful people in the imperial court are two people, one is Wen and the other is Wu, Wu is the general of the army and horses, General Ji, Wen is the prime minister Li Chengji, and then there are officials, households, etc. , Li, Bing, Xing, and Gong are all the top grades in the dynasty! These people are considered to be the biggest people in the court! But they are not alone, there are many officials who listen to them, so Everyone represents such a small force!"

Su Bai nodded slowly. Although he knew that General Ji was the Marshal of the Wu Dynasty, he didn't think that the other party was an extremely powerful minister!Moreover, Mr. Lu and his sons are not young, they are all at the top. From this point of view, the family backgrounds of Xiaosan and Xiaowu are really extraordinary!

But Prime Minister Li Chengji, he hadn't heard much about it, but it was normal, after all, he had never been involved in these things before, and he didn't stay in Beijing for long!Above the temple, and in the rivers and lakes, those are completely two worlds!
The fifth prince, Zhao Yan, paused for a while, and then said: "These are the general situation of the officials in the imperial court. In detail, there are those officials and whose power they belong to. I won't tell you one by one. Among individuals, Ji Changfa, the old general Ji, and Prime Minister Li Seung-ki are all definitely the father's right-hand man, and they can be said to be the father's right-hand man. Of course, the prime minister Li Chengji is also the person who most agrees to let my elder brother inherit the throne, so it can be said that the prime minister Li Chengji , is my elder brother's man! He supports my elder brother."

"Although the remaining six ministers are superficially loyal to my father, according to my understanding, except for the three ministers from the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment, they did not stand in line. Support, among them Sun Zhongyan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, has already supported my elder brother semi-openly! The remaining two ministers of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry are relatively low-key, and I don’t know who they support for the time being, anyway, they are not supporting me!”

Zhao Yan laughed at himself and shook his head slightly.

Su Bai had a pensive look on his face. He understood why Zhao Yan would not develop power in the court. From now on, almost half of the power in the court chose to support the eldest prince Zhao Zheng!The rest are also loyal to the emperor himself, that is to say, whoever the emperor wants to inherit the throne, they will support whoever!It's not that Zhao Yan doesn't want to develop, but that he doesn't want to develop!This can be seen from his last laugh.

Zhao Yan paused for a moment, then continued: "Except for the strongest elder brother, the strength of the remaining few is not much different, at least the performance is not great. By the way, you may not understand, brother Su, the imperial court In addition to these ministers, there are also some royal children who are also very powerful. For example, among the four previous princes, Prince Rong supported my second brother Zhao Chen, and among the other three, the Zheng Prince Zhao Youxian supported the seven The prince Zhao Zhen, because Prince Zheng is my seventh brother's uncle! Of course, there are other ministers, the children of the clan, who also support the seventh brother, so his strength is not weak."

Su Bai nodded, and asked: "Brother, this time the Second Prince Zhao Chen rebelled, and those who supported him in the court were not punished?"

The fifth prince sneered, shook his head and said, "These people in the court are simply a bunch of fools! And when the news of the second prince's rebellion first came out, all the ministers in the court who supported him immediately expressed their loyalty. Of course, they did not do anything before, so the emperor did not question them, but I am afraid that life will be more difficult in the future, which is why the ministers in Shangjing will not stand in line easily."

Then the fifth prince suddenly sighed and said: "But my second brother is indeed very capable! He has developed such power outside without making a sound! In a short period of time, the land of the four states belonged to him! Although those are borderlands, they have a lot of people and troops! If placed in times of war, it would be enough to form a small country!"

Hearing the other party mention the second prince, Su Bai's heart suddenly moved, and he asked: "Brother, is there a congenital expert next to the second prince? He looks like a middle-aged man, and he seems to be advising the second prince."

He was talking about Guanshi Mo, but Su Bai didn't know the other party's name.

Zhao Yan frowned when he heard this, thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, so I said that the second brother is hiding deeply! He is so quiet, even the innate masters have taken refuge in him! And this Facing Old General Ji for the first time, since he can win a big victory, it is unimaginable to destroy the imperial court's 20 troops!"

Having said this, Zhao Yan's eyes became darker, and he slowly shook his head and said: "If this continues, the rebellion will not be able to be suppressed in a short time, and things are really hard to say!"

Su Bai glanced at the other party, but he didn't know what the other party was thinking about. There were too many things he didn't know about the twists and turns in the imperial court!

After a long while, the fifth prince, Zhao Yan, let out a long breath and sighed: "The situation of my brothers is also like this, and I have also mentioned my situation just now. Brother Su, what do you think?"

Su Bai pondered for a moment, thought about it seriously, and then said: "Brother, I heard that the succession to the throne is also related to those big factions in the Jianghu. Why didn't I hear you mention who they support?"

Fifth Prince Zhao Yan sneered, and snorted: "Those guys are masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles! How can it be so easy to get their support! The current seven sects are all in their respective schools. The place is simply the emperor! Before the situation is clear, who will really stand up to support us? They just need to wait until the situation is clear and the successor to the throne is determined, and they will stand up again! Because they know that whether it is Whoever succeeds to the throne cannot do without their support if he wants to govern the whole world well!"

Su Bai nodded, secretly thought that this was the case.

After the fifth prince Zhao Yan brought up this topic, he seemed to be eloquent, and continued: "Do you still remember the Buddhist orthodox dispute between 'Leiyin Temple' and 'Shaolin'? There is indeed a shadow of the prince behind the two sides, Originally, Prince Rong supported 'Shaolin'. Unfortunately, something happened to Prince Rong before, which made 'Shaolin' weaker. As for 'Leiyin Temple', the prince also supported it. I don't know exactly who it is. I guess. It should be the seventh brother!"

He sighed, and said: "Seventh brother and I have similar ideas. They should break up and cultivate their own forces. He chose 'Leiyin Temple', and I chose 'Hundred Ghost Gate'. Knowing that 'Leiyin Temple' has become his staunch supporter, is it just a cooperative relationship like me and 'Hundred Ghost Gate'."

Su Bai didn't say anything more, the things in between are too much and too messy, the more he knows, the more he feels that he understands less!Or in the future, I really just want to be a bodyguard for Zhao Yan, and it’s not bad to ignore these things!
After talking for so long, it was already late at night, and Zhao Yan was already a little bit drunk. He patted Su Bai on the shoulder and said, "Brother Su, it's getting late, you should go to bed early! What else do you not understand? , I’ll tell you in detail tomorrow! You’ll be staying here tonight, but I still have a few pretty purple girls here!”

Zhao Yan showed a look that men understand, Su Bai's face turned dark, he didn't expect the other party to have such a side!He quickly shook his head and said: "Forget it, I came here tonight under the order of Mr. Lu, and I have to go back and tell him that I will stay in Shangjing for these days, and come to see Big Brother again when I have time. As for what you said Those girls, brother, you should keep them for yourself, I have no luck!"

"Haha! Looking at you like this, you are still a baby, right? Forget it, I won't make it difficult for you, then let's get together later!" The fifth prince Zhao Yan laughed and let Su Bai go.

(End of this chapter)