The turquoise waistband was gently swaying. The strong lines on the waistband flickered slightly under the sunlight, reflecting a miraculous light.
"Ha, I forgot about it!" Seeing Lu Heng take out the waistband that Wu Ningyuan gave to him back then, Zhang Wenshan was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized. Then he shook his head and laughed.
Although the waist badge was said to be a talisman issued by the imperial court to Wu Ningyuan to mobilize troops, Wu Ningyuan's long stay in Jiangning had an impact on the Jiangning garrison. The Jiangning garrison had already become Wu Ningyuan's personal army.
Therefore, there is no need to doubt the Jiangning garrison's sincerity and the execution of orders and prohibitions!
Therefore, seeing Lu Heng take out this card, Zhang Wenshan, who knew the effect of this card, was relieved.
The afternoon sun was soft and shone gently into the room. The beam of light that shone through the cracks in the doors and windows left a slanting spot of light straight on the ground and the table.
In the room, incense curled up, and the light blue smoke enveloped the slightly dark room and lingered for a long time.
"In a few days, I will leave Chengdu and go to Tokyo!" Zhang Wenshan said softly, stroking his beard with a faint smile on his face.
Lu Heng nodded, turned around, cupped his fists and smiled at Zhang Wenshan and said, "I haven't congratulated you on your promotion yet!"
"Over the years, from living idle in Jiangning to serving as the governor of Yizhou, he became a high official in a feudal territory. Now, he has been transferred to Tokyo and has become a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo with great power. Oh no, he is an important minister with all the power in the government.
Now, you can be regarded as a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law!" Lu Heng picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and joked with Zhang Wenshan with a smile.
"You kid!" Zhang Wenshan shook his head with a smile and scolded Lu Heng. Then, the smile on his face gradually faded, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, then turned his head and looked at Lu Heng with burning eyes.
"Will you go?" "Have you been holding back this sentence for a long time?" Lu Heng was not too surprised when he heard Zhang Wenshan's words. He just took a sip of hot tea and turned his head.
Come on, he looked at Zhang Wenshan and asked with a smile.
"Haha, it has indeed been a while!" After his thoughts were revealed, Zhang Wenshan felt calm, smiled and nodded. He took a sip of tea, looked at Lu Heng, and continued: "When we were in Jiangning before, you hoped
It is understandable to live an ordinary life and refuse my invitation.
But now, you are already Prince Zheng's teacher, and you are very likely to be the future emperor's teacher.
Whether you want it or not, you have already entered this circle! Everything you have today is not something you can refuse just because you want to!"
"How about it, Yongzheng, is what I said right?" Zhang Wenshan picked up the tea, but didn't drink it.
He just looked at Lu Heng with a cunning old man's smile, waiting for his answer.
After Lu Heng glanced at Zhang Wenshan, he originally wanted to glare at him, but after thinking about it, he had to admit that what Mr. Zhang said was actually accurate.
He gently picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. After thinking about it, Lu Heng smiled slightly and said lightly: "Oh, let's talk about the future in the future!".
To be honest, Lu Heng really doesn't have any plans for the future. In fact, his current life is just right. He is a scholar himself and can be considered to have a good reputation. When he meets an official,
He wouldn't kneel down in humility. Moreover, he still had a royal badge in his pocket that he had just received, so he could be considered a person with a background. He was not afraid of being bullied. In terms of connections, he had
Wu Ningyuan, Zhang Wenshan, Fatty Hong, and perhaps the future emperor. With such an identity and background, they would be untouchable in any corner of the Zhou Dynasty.
However, he also knew that such an identity might seem intimidating. However, Lu Heng, who was well aware of the cruelty of political struggle, also knew in his heart that all this was just a cloud.
After all, the forces of the various factions in the Great Zhou Dynasty are like actors walking on a tightrope. If they are not careful, they may fall into a place of eternal destruction. Once that happens, the forces of the various factions in the Great Zhou Dynasty will be in a short period of time.
If there is a drastic change in time, the things around you that you seem to be able to rely on will cease to exist in an instant.
Although he tried to escape in every possible way, as far as the current situation is concerned, as Zhang Wenshan said, he has been involved in the political struggle of this great Zhou Dynasty.
All this seems a little helpless, but then again, no one living in the Zhou Dynasty can escape the political struggle. The political situation in the Zhou Dynasty is just a gamble. All living beings in the world,
All in it.
The difference is that there are bankers, but most people are just gamblers. Gamblers can only passively accept their own fate. Losing or winning is not something they can control. But in this gambling game, the banker is guaranteed to win.
. They control the progress of the gambling game, either opening it big or opening it small. Everything is based on interests. Even if they lose, all they need to do is to open another game.
, and then come back with more wins. Winning or losing a game is irrelevant.
Maybe some people will lose their lives because of this, but it is also because they are too addicted to it, and they also encounter gamblers who can turn their backs on customers, and they place too many bets. Moreover, they cannot afford to lose that bet.
!
But for those gamblers who are on the losing side, no matter how they perform or how brave they are, they will eventually be doomed.
Hey! Thinking of the cruel battle, Lu Heng couldn't help but sigh with a headache!
Turning around, he found that Zhang Wenshan still had that old and cunning smile on his face.
Lu Heng rolled his eyes at him angrily, laughed and cursed: "Old fox!"
"Hey, I made careless friends!" Lu Heng, who had already experienced these things once in his previous life, still felt tired when he thought about it, but he was helpless and could not escape this fate.
In the end, I can only blame all of this on Zhang Wenshan, who is gloating and snickering in front of me.
"Haha, just accept it obediently!" Zhang Wenshan has been an official for decades, and naturally he also knows the principles of gambling in this world. Now, seeing Lu Heng's refusal with a nonchalant expression at first, but later, he shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.
How could he not know that Lu Heng had already figured out the reason?
However, seeing the helpless look on this boy's face, Zhang Wenshan breathed a sigh of relief.
Not for anything else, just for him.
This kid is extremely smart and thoughtful.
Now, although His Majesty has begun to target the Prince's family, even though he has defeated the Prince's family, it is the undercurrents hidden in the imperial court that worry His Majesty.
After all, His Majesty is now old. Moreover, according to the news coming from the court, His Majesty's condition does not seem optimistic. Now, the weather is getting colder and winter, which is a test for His Majesty.
If His Majesty dies, how will the young Xiao Wu be able to take charge of the government smoothly? This is something that worries Xiao Wu and his family.
Their Wu Ning branch has soldiers, but their character is too straightforward and their methods are too sharp.
If we kill those hostile forces hiding in the dark, it will inevitably lead to political turmoil in the Zhou Dynasty and even local rebellions.
The same is true for Zhang Wenshan's character. He is too upright. Although he has excellent ability in governing national policies, he is still far behind in the struggle of government affairs.
As for Fatty Lou, hey!
Thinking of the fat man who was not doing his job properly and had no ambition. Zhang Wenshan shook his head helplessly and sighed.
But the Lu Heng in front of him was different.
This person is not lacking in thoughtfulness and skill. Moreover, judging from the series of plans he made for the Liu family and the Su family when he was in Jiangning, this person is not only no stranger to intrigues in political battles, but is even a good player in them.
.
A small recipe put the Su and Liu families in a desperate situation.
Moreover, it eventually triggered the first change in the structure between the gentry and common people in the Zhou Dynasty.
Such a huge plan...such an accurate judgment. This person's strength is truly unfathomable.
If Lu Heng could help, it would be like placing a crucial weight on the balance between Xiao Wu and several other parties.
Moreover, the Yongzheng weight has extremely high gold content.
Zhang Wenshan felt proud, stroking his beard, and snickering inwardly as he looked at Lu Heng.
Moreover, according to the news he has received in recent days.
The Wang family in Jiangning has begun to move to Taiyuan Prefecture. Moreover, they airborne to Taiyuan Prefecture in the name of Huangbi.
Under the name of Huangshang, the Wang family received strong support from various local forces, especially the army. In just one month, the Wang family used lightning-fast methods to integrate a generation of cloth merchants in Taiyuan. Sales expanded and expanded.
As for the entire northwest region, it is now the largest merchant house in the Jin region. As for Taiyuan, due to the retreat of the Turks and the rise of the Wang family, the entire city's appearance has been completely changed.
With the rise of the Wang family in Taiyuan, the economic structure of the northwest has quietly changed. The merchants from the Western Regions who had been doing business with the An family were gradually attracted by the Wang family's favorable conditions. Even the Turks
People are beginning to get in touch with the Wang family. Originally, the An family was the dominant family in the northwest. Now, it is developing in the direction of two heroes coexisting.
Of course, the An family seemed to feel threatened during the rise of the Wang family. However, the speed of the Wang family's rise was so fast that the An family did not react at all at first. It was not until the Wang family began to squeeze out the An family's resources that they
Only then did they realize the threat existed. After that, the Wang family secretly provoked many times and even made blatant threats. However, the Wang family, with the support of the army, did not pay attention to the accusations and provocations made by the An family at all.
Several times, the soldiers sent by the An family attacked the Wang family's caravan, but in the end they never returned.
Later, the An family sent people to search for them, but they found the corpses of the Japanese soldiers beside the trade route that the Wang family passed.
Nowadays, with the rapid development of the Wang family, the power of the An family has gradually begun to spread to the territory where the An family used to be. The strategic position of the An family seems to have become less important. If the development continues like this, the An family will gradually become useless.
Everyone can still see the layout of all this. It is aimed at Anjia in the northwest. But, who is behind all this?
At first, Zhang Wenshan, like those officials, was deeply suspicious of this matter.
I can't figure it out at all. Who on earth set this trap against the An family.
His Majesty?
Zhang Wenshan initially made various guesses about the person who arranged such a huge chess game. When considering the purpose of this move, he immediately thought of the current emperor.
But later, after thinking about it for a while, I felt that it didn't seem to be His Majesty's handiwork.
Although His Majesty has always wanted to eradicate Anjia in the northwest and eliminate the Turkic threat to the west gate of the imperial court.
However, judging from the layout of this chess game, it is probably not His Majesty’s handiwork.
After all, this is a bit too incredible!
Cultivating the Wang family in the northwest is like cultivating another hungry wolf. Such an approach is too risky for the northwest, which is full of variables.
What if the Wang family and the An family join forces?
Even if the Wang family can dominate the situation in the northwest, what if, like the An family, he gets too close to the Turks?
No matter what the ending is, it is not good for Da Zhou.
With your Majesty's caution, you will never do this. At most, your Majesty will be like the late emperor, delaying the northwest matter.
However, the fact is the opposite. Instead of stopping the rise of the Wang family, His Majesty took risks and gave the Wang family great support.
What does this mean? This huge chess game should have been arranged by another person. Moreover, your Majesty has great faith in this person! Only in this way can all this be explained.
So, who is this person?
A few days ago, Zhang Wenshan suddenly received the Imperial Token that Nightingale sent overnight, which had far-reaching significance in the Great Zhou court. The questions that had troubled him for a long time were immediately solved.
Oh, it turned out to be him!
Zhang Wenshan stroked his beard and looked at the scholar in front of him, who was wearing a green gown and the sun was clear, sitting quietly on a chair, sipping tea. His heart was filled with emotion.
In the quiet afternoon, the sun is shining.
Lu Heng sat there quietly, holding tea in his hand, but did not drink it. He was just thinking quietly.
Now, it is inevitable for me to participate in this huge gamble.
But, in this gambling game, what should I do to minimize the loss.
In other words, what role should you play in this gambling game?
Do you want to be a banker or a gambler?
Maybe... there is a third option.
That's the thrower!
Regardless of the outcome of the gambling game, the thrower has nothing to lose. If they win, they will share the dividends. If they lose, it has nothing to do with them. Maybe the thrower will help one party out, but he must be involved in the gamble.
People all have this kind of awareness. A gambling game without a cheat is not called a gambling game.
At the end of the day, at the end of the day, it's a matter between both sides of the bet.
Thinking of this, Lu Heng already had some understanding in his heart. He picked up the tea and took a sip.