Soon after, King Song, King Xuan, and King Jiancheng came one after another, and the four kings of Nanjiang came with the king of Linhuai County a little later.

The kings gathered in the living room, discussing the purpose of Princess Taiping's active participation, and she had led Bian Jiong to visit each house.

It is said that the current line is in the palace of Shiwang Ze, because there are all like-minded people, the scene is introduced by King Jiancheng, and everyone gradually has a deeper understanding of Bian Jiong.

"I said, no wonder Taiping is so supportive, obviously the Empress Wu is trying to win over Luoyang City, the real power man surnamed Li!" King Song looked at King Jiancheng.

The latter nodded in response, and there was no lack of solemnity in his tone: "This is also one of the yang schemes taken by Empress Wu after the saint arrived in Luoyang, the purpose is still the power of grain storage in the hands of Bian Jiong, but it is a new economic development opportunity for our Chang'an City!" I have to say that she is very good at taking advantage of the subtle changes in the current situation, even the saint agrees with Bian Jiong's talent in business, and the scale and strategy of Xijing's economic development really need to be synchronized with Chang'an City! ”

"Not only that, Empress Wu is very aware of the decades of personal friendship and family relationship between you and Bian Jiong, and she also knows that openly reusing this person is easy to pass with Gaozong. In this way, she not only won a good reputation for knowing people and being good at doing anything, but also although the process of the future will move with the situation, and there will be no trace, which is much more clever than her previous small actions. ”

King Xuan's words caused King Song to sigh, "Empress Wu is calculating everything in front of you, almost everything is transparent, so it has no flaws." It can be said that this is to take advantage of the momentum to promote all inevitable development and achieve its own goals. The only unpredictability on her side is the ambiguity of Bian Jiong's political opinions, and his ass has been sitting on our side! ”

"This is also the power of this move of the Empress Wu, knowing that this person has a problem with his position tendency, he does not hesitate to connect him directly with his beloved daughter, this move is not how complicated the plan itself is, but its unpredictable direction. Even because the matter itself has the pulse of the current world, even if it happens under the nose of the saint, it is irreversible in a sense. For us, I know it's a plan, but even if you do it again, you still have to follow her train of thought. ”

King Ming summed it up in this way, and finally stayed on King Jiancheng.

Before this, King Jiancheng had introduced Bian Jiongqi in great detail, and he also expressed his trust in whether this person's position would change in the future, but he did not tell the old man next to him where he came from.

Therefore, Li Zhixin gradually became clearer, that person is probably Gaozong's follow-up for this, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a means of response, it should belong to a certain person who has been outside the core members of the royal family surnamed Li before, and has a great reputation, but on the surface, he has always had nothing to do with political affairs, and even laid an idle chess piece for Gaozong many years ago.

This person is not surprised to know a little bit about it, since he can dare to openly bring him to Chang'an City, he is obviously confident that he can hide the secret visits of many forces, including the Wuhou side.

The important thing is that this person almost does not hide it, and exposes the secrecy of his identity to Li Zhi, so that Li Zhi can connect him with Gaozong.

And no matter what he thought at the moment, King Jiancheng over there had already reacted to King Ming's eyes: "Whether it is with the situation or the momentum, the starting point of its target utilization and targeting is our economic rise plan!" For Bian Jiong, who was quite embarrassed in Luoyang City before he came, the purpose of coming to look for business opportunities this time is first, and waiting for the opportunity to get in touch with Taiping is second, because I have had a personal friendship with him for decades, and getting the support of our side is not the key core. But using the identity of the princess of the Taiping Hall and taking advantage of the situation to be mixed into us is undoubtedly one of the means that the Empress Wu put on the surface, Chang'an City is different from Luoyang, here is the foundation of the royal family surnamed Li, I think the most fundamental purpose of the Empress Wu is nothing more than to value the future economic status of Chang'an City, which is related to the national strength of my Tang Dynasty, and no one can ignore it! ”

"Therefore, this move of the Empress Wu is above board and high-sounding, and the Holy Envoy can only gladly agree, and even give active cooperation, after all, the new economic map is created by the Holy Will, and he is also happy to see that there is a strong development opportunity around Luoyang City. The country is rich and the people are strong, its significance is more important than the suppression or dumping of forces, and the Empress Wu is very clear that the saint's compassion for the people and goodwill obsession are deep-rooted! ”

King Ming is not famous among the ten kings, but he is the actual chief judge, not only because of his special status as the third court captain, but also because of the three generations of public trust and upright family style, often everything by him to make a summary, inside and outside the court, the effect is remarkable.

The above is not a conclusion to the conclusion, which also indicates the end of such topics today, since the discussion does not come to a result, before Princess Taiping comes to the door, it is the first thing to discuss a countermeasure.

"Text, tell me, how should we deal with Taiping's grand arrival?"

In the face of King Ming's outspokenness, Li Zhi smiled and said: "Then treat it as a partner!" If nothing else, Li Dan, the king of Yu, will also come with him, although the matter of Princess Afifa has not yet been officially submitted to my Tang Dynasty, but out of respect for the Arab Empire, it is normal for the king of Chang'an City to temporarily control the government to come forward to accept it. ”

Different from the current Ten Kings, Li Dan's title of King Yu is the first rank of the prince, symbolizing the most direct inheritance of imperial power, which is different from the crown prince and crown prince who have been determined to inherit the throne or the imperial throne, and is higher than the canonized ten kings.

"Oh? Do you think King Yu himself will also appear? King Ming's eyes shone in vain.

"If I am the Empress Wu herself, I will do the same, since I plan to participate and get a piece of the pie, it is not surprising that Taiping pulled Li Dan. And among them, there was a sudden occurrence of Afifa, because it happened suddenly, even if the Luoyang side did not get the news, Li Dan's appearance was almost certain! ”

"In that case, will it lead to a drastic change in our previous plans?" There was no lack of concern in Xuan Wang's interjection.

"Not really!" Li Zhihe explained, "Don't forget the original intention given to me by the Shang Fang Sword, the dominance of this matter will not change, it is just a more division of interests." Moreover, commercial trade is ultimately different from the battlefield of killing, the former micro refers to the housekeeping management of a family, the macro refers to a country's economy and the people, and the latter is a pure law of war, the strong are always strong, and power is the truth; The former needs the ability to govern the country to guide or give orders, which affects the whole country, while the latter needs more often military and civil generals, and the direct effect is more local. The two are paradoxical, and the former requires overall consciousness and thinking, no matter how big or small, is related to the integrated nature of the national fortune, and it cannot be changed overnight! ”

"That's right, that's why the Holy One will have Shang Fangjian awarded to you, the purpose is to dictate from many forces!" King Song's tone was calm and solemn, "The more time passes, the more I can feel the need for the saint's original wise decision, the old man's deep view of things, and it is not the short-sightedness of our vision. Thinking back to that time, including me, I was very ignorant of the Shang Fang Sword that was given suddenly, it turned out that the reed was hidden, and it was counted by the Holy Lord as early as the beginning of the formulation of the commercial territory. ”

Successful emperors have extraordinary talents and wisdom, in order to become the king of ten thousand times with ten thousand times of talent, and the keen political sense is not the embodiment of the wisdom of ordinary people, that is, Li Zhi, a later generation, is also shocked by Gaozong's extraordinary wisdom.

What King Song said is true, the longer the time, the more he can understand the deep and hidden wisdom of Gaozong's plan, and his profound and far-sighted wisdom has been meticulous and meticulous to the top.

The rest of the people were also sighing at this time, and at this time, seeing the inexplicable smile on the corner of Li Zhi's mouth, they all woke up suddenly, could it be that the legendary Gaozong of the court had discussed with Li Shang's study several times, and had already included such changes one by one?

They do not think that Li Zhi has the wisdom of Ming Zhao that can be equated with the saint, and even if he has miraculous and unique business skills, he can hardly be compared with him when it comes to governing the world.

In this case, Gaozong has naturally given Li Zhi various good strategies in private, thinking that it comes from Luoyang and the intervention of the Empress Wu, and Li Zhixin has already predicted the change.

When the discussion was in full swing, before it was getting late, someone outside came to report the arrival of Princess Taiping and her party.

Sure enough, Li Dan, the king of Yu, was among them, and several other kings followed.

Gaozong moved to Luoyang City, it was Li Xian who stayed in Chang'an City to temporarily hold the imperial power, how could this son be faint and close to Xi, his heart had no long-term plans, and he only knew how to be happy, so Gaozong called him to Luoyang in anger, and sent Li Dan back to replace.

At this time, Li Xian's mediocrity and incompetence have begun to be exposed, for the sake of safety, with Li Dan returned to have a large number of strategists to assist him in front and back, and tonight there were many senior ministers around him, including Sima Chengzhen, who was a high-ranking man.

Originally, this person was Li Dan as a teacher first, and was specially summoned into the palace by Gaozong and Empress Wu after following him to Luoyang, asking about the number of yin and yang and the matter of the country.

This time, he arranged for Li Dan to return to Chang'an City, and he had the idea of being taught by him.

After the host and guest were polite, looking for an opportunity, Li Zhi and Sima Chengzhen had the opportunity to talk further.

At this time, Sima Chengzhen was only in his thirties, and his reputation was far less than that of a veritable emperor more than ten years later, but it did not affect that he had already learned the mysteries of Taoism, and his theoretical attainments were already very deep.

This person has a very high respect for Li Zhi from the bottom of his heart, because of Li Zhi's Taoist magic cultivation realm outside of his commercial ability, he is also a cultivator, and he knows the latter's demonic qualifications like a genius.

There is also Li Zhi's private grant to him, and there is a deep relationship between each other and the old monarch's palace envy, which also makes the two talk very happily.

However, Sima Chengzhen is a Taoist priest because of his fame, and even if he has been favored by the royal family, he only tends to be favorable to Taoism and Hongxuan, and he is not concerned about political affairs.

Therefore, his interaction with Li Zhi is not unusual, and fame and interests are not the same as the topics of communication between the two.