Different from Zhang Zhongwu, although Zhang Zhongwen said that he also knew a little about martial arts, but more of them belonged to the circle of scholars, and the wealthy family cultivated their children, always separated from civil and military, with Zhang Youchi, and in peacetime, it was naturally Wenchen who was in charge, but in troubled times, it was his fists that spoke. Compared with Zhang Zhongwu's bold atmosphere and arrogance, Zhang Zhongwen is much more wooden. In Lulong, although Zhang Zhongwen is the elder brother, he is almost completely blocked by Zhang Zhongwu's huge figure, and the world almost only knows Zhang Zhongwu, but not Zhang Zhongwen.

But this does not mean that Zhang Zhongwen is an ordinary person, on the contrary, a figure like Gongsun Changming, who knows Lu Long's details, attaches great importance to Zhang Zhongwen and is by no means under Zhang Zhongwu.

In Lulong, Zhang Zhongwu is responsible for expanding the territory, Zhang Zhongwen is responsible for taking care of the backyard and tightening the fence, Lulong is now operated like an iron bucket, becoming the back garden of the Zhang family, not to mention that the court can't intervene, it is even more difficult to get a glimpse of it, which can be done not only by force.

Although Zhang Zhongwen is a literati, the blood on his hands is not necessarily less than that of Zhang Zhongwu.

In the words of Gongsun Changming's evaluation of Zhang Zhongwen, this is this person, who doesn't talk much, a typical guy with a kind face and a black heart.

Of course, this is just Gongsun Changming's way of evaluating Zhang Zhongwen's governance, not an attack on this person's private morality, in fact, compared to Zhang Zhongwu's unrestrained personal life, Zhang Zhongwen is a very principled person, and his personal morality is blameless in Gongsun Changming's eyes.

Both are literati, and during the honeymoon between Gongsun Changming and Lu Long, the two had a good relationship. When it comes to friendship, it is far from being comparable to Zhang Zhongwu. Zhang Zhongwu simply regarded Gongsun Changming as a mastermind, and Gongsun Changming only regarded Zhang Zhongwu as a knife to harvest the Khitans, and that's it.

But Zhang Zhongwen and Gongsun Changming can call him a friend.

Of course, this friend spared no effort when he chased him in the end. Zhang Zhongwu didn't care about Gongsun Changming's escape, he didn't look at a thin and dry old man, but Zhang Zhongwen knew Gongsun Changming's destructiveness, and chased and killed all the way, and finally even the Mozhou Assassin History at that time and the observation envoy sent by the imperial court in Lulong also took the opportunity to kill.

This was also the last step for Zhang Zhongwen to clean up the imperial court's power in Lulong.

After this step is completed, Lu Long is equivalent to officially announcing his break with the imperial court.

Of course, this time they met, neither of them talked about this matter. To each his own master, to each his own way, this is not a personal vendetta.

The two sat down and drank, only talking about the wind and snow, only talking about the past friendships, only talking about the passionate past when they were dealing with the Khitans side by side, and when it came to happiness, they laughed and raised a glass to drink.

The attitude of the two of them to get along with each other made Yuan Tan, the boss of Zhuxuan who served in person on the side, puzzled, of course he knew the many grievances and hatreds between the two people, and thought that this time the two would meet, they would definitely be swords, swords, and swords, maybe they lost their demeanor after drinking a little wine, and they would roll up their sleeves and fight, for which he also made sufficient psychological preparations, and conceived many solutions in his heart.

But the two of them were really like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, until they both drank down, and they didn't say a bad word to each other.

Looking at one leaning back on the chair, his head resting on the back of the circle chair, the corners of his mouth were still drooling, and the other leaned on the table, snotting and shrinking, Yuan Tan shook his head and smiled bitterly, beckoned someone to come in, and helped the two drunks to rest on the bed inside.

Zhuxuan's service is naturally first-class, bathing, changing clothes a complete set of flowing water, two drunks fall asleep, loud noise.

The lights in the Zhuxuan Xiangfei Pavilion were extinguished. There was only endless wind and snow, accompanied by the thunderous snoring of the two of them.

At this time, in Chengde Jiedu Mansion, in Li Ze's small study, he was staring at the person opposite very unhappily.

The guards of the Tang Dynasty Prison recorded that Gao Xiangsheng joined the army.

This person was caught in Wang Duo's team and quietly appeared in Chengde.

Wang Duo is worthy of being a seasoned personnel cadre, haha plays very loudly, says a lot of beautiful words, and depicts the future like a flower, but every time Li Ze talks about the important point, he either changes the topic, or is ambiguous, in short, it is almost impossible to take out a sentence of truth from his mouth.

Li Ze felt very hard, because he wanted to play a young and ambitious young man in front of Wang Duo, who was strategic, but slightly impulsive, had a city government, but was a little immature, and even he felt very embarrassed to grasp the importance of the matter.

Both of them are acting, and they are both observing each other, and they both want to get a glimpse of each other's details through these marginal conversations. This reminded Li Ze of a sketch he had seen in later generations, all of which were thousand-year-old foxes, but they had to pretend to be innocent little Lori, which was a little disgusting to think about!

Wang Duo is a standard in this era, qualified and even can be called an excellent high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty, although he is trying his best to hide himself, but occasionally inadvertently some understanding of politics, still makes Li Ze quite admired, Zuo Servant shoots like this, I want to come to the three provinces, the senior officials of the six departments will not be far behind. But how did such a group of capable and knowledgeable contemporary elites make Datang what it is now?

It can only be said that the ice is three feet, not a day's cold, and under the accumulation of hardship, you can only break all the old bottles and cans and start over again, in order to shape a new world.

Under the old order, it is clear that today's problems cannot be solved.

And breaking the old order is precisely what their group of people do not want to see, because in this way, they are the first to lose their interests, so these people can only work hard to act as a pastemaker, repair here, make up there, and do their best to prolong the life of this regime that is falling into the abyss.

Come to think of it, they are also extremely tormented.

It's not that these people don't know what the problem is.

But knowing what the problem is and how to solve it is a more important problem. When they can't choose the right solution, no matter how good their level of pasting is, they will eventually fail.

"Childe looks upset, huh?" Gao Xiangsheng looked at Li Ze opposite with a smile.

Li Ze looked at him sarcastically, "I overestimated you." I remember when you left, you said, I take Henghai, that is, Henghai Jiedu envoy, I enter Chengde, Henghai and Chengde can be merged into a festival town, but now, this is not the case. ”

Gao Xiangsheng spread his hands: "Childe, the Henghai Festival Envoy has already given it to you, and General Qianniuwei has also given it to you, Chengde is your father is handsome, is there any difference between this and giving it to you?" ”

"The difference is big, and if the name is not right, it is not good. In this way, you have cooked all my good pot of rice, and many things that are supposed to be done now cannot be expanded, which is not a good thing for me and Datang! Li Ze said coldly. Really, I can't do without you? ”

Gao Xiang sighed: "Childe, how can such a big thing as the merger of the two towns be said and merged?" I did try my best, but the opposition was too loud, Chengde Henghai eight states, more than two million people, how could the princes of the court not be worried? They are also afraid that there will be another Zhang Zhongwu! Under Zhang Zhongwu, there are many bitter cold places, but now Chengde Henghai is full of rich and rich lands, and it is closer to Chang'an. ”

"You still don't believe me!" Li Ze said angrily.

Gao Xiang smiled: "Isn't the son used to acting in front of Wang Duo?" You don't have to pretend like that in front of me, do you? You already had an estimate in mind. Earlier, the imperial court was worried, and now you have taken Dingzhou, Yizhou, Yingzhou, and the princes of the imperial court will only increase, not decrease! ”

"So let Wang Duo test me and inspect me?" Li Ze also laughed, indeed, in front of Gao Xiangsheng, he didn't have to pretend, the other party's understanding of himself was not comparable to Wang Duo.

"This is only the first step, and the most boring step." Gao Xiangsheng said: "Asking the prince to go to Chang'an is the most important step." ”

"When I get to Chang'an, I can make them believe me?" Li Ze sneered, "I'm still worried that I will enter Chang'an, can I come back?" ”

"How dare Chang'an hold the son!" Gao Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "Which side of the imperial court means that you want to invite your son's mother to live in Chang'an, by the way, and your fiancée, Liu Ruyan." ”

Li Ze was furious: "Is this going to take my mother as a hostage?" Liu Ruyan and I are only engaged, not married, what does it matter to her? ”

"In essence, it means hostage." Gao Xiangsheng nodded and said: "The court is still discussing the decree to win the love, so that the prince only needs to serve thirty days of filial piety, so that when you go to Beijing next year, you can carry Liu Ruyan to Beijing, and the emperor will give you a marriage in person, the main marriage, so that your mother and wife are all in Chang'an, and you will definitely have to give birth to children in the future, so that the court will rest assured." ”

"In other words, only if I do this, the imperial court will agree to my merger with Henghai Chengde, right?" Li Ze laughed angrily: "What if I don't go? If you cooperate, you will gather, if you don't, you will disperse, and we will do our own things in the future. ”

"If Gongzi does this, the imperial court can also merge Yingzhou, Dingzhou, and Yizhou into this new festival town." Gao Xiangsheng added. "Otherwise, the imperial court will inevitably send people to Zhenwu, although Zhenwu is actually in the hands of Gongzi, but if it is done like this, it will inevitably make Gongzi passive, right? Childe, this is just a means of checks and balances for the imperial court's use of people, and there is no malicious intent. ”

"Why don't you see other festival envoys send their families to Chang'an? Oh, there's one, that old guy Gao Pi! Li Ze said viciously.

"It's because of Zhang Zhongwu's kind of thing that there will be such a move, Childe, if these three festival towns are merged together, you will be the first person in the Northland."