Gao Xiangsheng's words made Xiang Zhen a little distracted. Before, he had no idea that these people were thinking like this. In their opinion, the struggle for power has always been bloody, Xue Ping and Han Qi have completely failed in the struggle against Li Ze, and after the defeat, there are countless bloody sacrifices hidden. Don't look at Xue Ping and Han Qi, they are unharmed, but the forces that support them can be described as heavy losses.

For example, the Xue Jun family.

For example, the Sima Fan family.

The Xiang clique always thought that the royalist faction in the imperial court and Li Ze were incompatible, and after they lost the ability to fight, they were eager to find foreign aid to inject new vitality into the royalist faction.

But today, he suddenly found that the truth seemed to be a little different from what they thought.

But at this moment, Xiang Zhen did not have too much disgust. Because since Haixing came ashore, what he can feel is the wealth, toughness, ubiquitous rules, strong cohesion, and centripetal force under Li Ze's rule.

And all of this shocked and frightened him.

He somewhat understood the thoughts of Gao Xiangsheng and these people, such a Li Ze, if he came hard, he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat him at all. In the end, you will get a lot of blood and chicken feathers all over the ground, but you will get nothing.

Instead, with a soft knife, or much more effective.

Everyone has a soft underbelly, and there are no soft undersides, only saints and demons.

Li Ze's weakness, if it is really as Gao Xiangsheng said, to regard the peace and joy of this world as much more important than his own honor and disgrace, then he can indeed make a big fuss.

Such Li Ze, or after a hundred years, will be called a saint by future generations. Of course, the premise is that Gao Xiangsheng's plan can become a reality.

"There's an outer city ahead!" Gao Xiangsheng pointed to a tall wall that appeared in front of him, and there was still a long way to go before they reached their destination. "The current Imperial Palace, where Li Xiang's office is located, is at the end of this road."

The wide Wuyi Avenue passed through the city gate and continued to stretch forward.

Behind him, there was the sound of horses' hooves.

"General Gao, Xiang Du Yu, it's Li Xiang and they are back." A Cangzhou official who was in charge of escorting them all the way back had already turned over and dismounted, standing respectfully to the side with his hands down.

Gao Xiangsheng was stunned, and he and Xiang Zhen jumped out of the carriage and stood on the side of the road.

Dozens of horsemen swept in from a distance like the wind, approached the city gate, and suddenly reined in their horses.

"General Gao, you're back!" A cool laugh came out of the mouth of a young man in the lead, and Xiang Zhen looked up, but the young man had already turned over and dismounted, and strode towards Gao Xiangsheng, and on his horseback, a little boy of two or three years old, holding a bundle of corn in his arms, was staring at Gao Xiangsheng curiously.

Gao Xiangsheng's face is indeed a little ugly, he picked up a life from the fire, but his appearance has been killed beyond recognition, and one hand is not very sharp, ordinary people will only be afraid when they see him, but this little boy is very special, not only not afraid, but extremely curious.

"I've seen Xiangye." Gao Xiangsheng clenched his fists and slammed them to the ground. "If you return without an order, please forgive your sins."

There are several layers of meaning in Gao Xiangsheng's words, and the deepest layer is naturally to return with Xiang Zhen. Some of them conspired to find a strong father-in-law for the little emperor, but they were hiding it from Li Ze, if Li Ze turned his face and didn't recognize people, speaking of which, they really didn't have much to do.

Of course, Gao Xiangsheng also knew very well that since they were able to go all the way to the outside of Wuyi City after they went ashore from Haixing, it was already very clear about Li Ze's attitude, if Li Ze was unwilling, after they went ashore in Haixing, they were afraid that they would be thrown back on another ship immediately.

was able to arrive here safely, naturally because of Li Ze's approval.

"General Gao's actions are always beyond my expectations." Li Ze held up Gao Xiangsheng with both hands, and looked at him with deep meaning in his eyes: "Just like a few years ago, I was surprised that you appeared in Wuyi at that time." Every time you come out of nowhere like this, it surprises me, and hopefully this time will be no exception. ”

Thinking of the old things, Gao Xiangsheng couldn't help but smile on his ugly face. When he found Li Ze, it was indeed Li Ze's weakest period, and he at that time, whether in terms of force or financial resources, gave him great help.

But today, when Li Ze mentioned this, he was also reminding him that it was best not to have such a surprising thing again.

Affection, but the more you use it, the thinner it gets.

Once the affection is gone, there is only business left.

"Xiangye, this is the eldest son of the Lingnan Festival envoy Xiang Xun Xiang Shuai, and the Lingnan army is waiting for Xiang Zhen." Gao Xiangsheng took a step to the side and made way of the place.

Salute to the real fork hand: "The last general has seen Xiangye." ”

One is the prince of the imperial court, the prime minister who is in charge of the affairs of the imperial court, and the other is a Du Yuhou of the local army, the difference between the two is not a star and a half, if it were not for Xiang Xun's relationship, Xiang Zhen was afraid that he would not even have a chance to stand in front of Li Ze.

"Ask the general!" Li Zexu helped, "It's been hard all the way, is Xiang Shuai in good health?" ”

"Xie Xiangye inquired, my father is in good health, and if he doesn't wield a gun and stick every day, he will be idle and panic." Xiang Zhen smiled.

"That's good." Li Ze smiled and turned around and pointed behind him: "Let me introduce, that strong one is Zhang Hui Zhanggong, the head of the Ministry of Rites and the head of Wuwei Academy, and the thin one is Gongsun Changming." ”

Zhang Hui and Gongsun Changming did not dismount, but just lightly arched their hands on the horse.

The two of them looked very indifferent, but Xiang Zhen didn't dare to slack off, and saluted the two seriously.

The two major strategists around Li Ze are Zhang Hui and Gongsun Changming, and almost all the plans, policies, and strategic directions of the current Wuyi regime come from this trio, and the three of them can almost decide everything in the imperial court. Before coming here, Xiang Zhen knew it clearly.

It's just that the two people in front of him, no matter how you look at it, don't look like people with great power, Zhang Hui is wearing straw sandals, his trouser legs are full of mud, his body is still stained with corn branches and leaves, his clothes are open, his black chest hair and beard complement each other, a pair of eyes the size of copper bells are round, but Gongsun Changming is dry and thin like a hemp rod, his two eye sockets are deep, and when he looks at people, he always squints, which makes people feel a little chill when he sees it.

Standing in front of these two people, Xiang Zhen can really understand that people can't look like a person, which is really a wise saying.

Zhang Hui, who seems to be a reckless man, is the most learned person in the world. Looking at Gongsun Changming, in terms of knowledge, he is not lost to Zhang Hui, and in terms of means, it is much more vicious than Zhang Hui. Xiang Zhenke heard his father talk about Gongsun Changming's masterpiece outside the Guan.

Such a character is also willing to be Li Ze's subordinate.

"It's hard to come to the general, so please go to the post house to rest first, and then make your own arrangements." Li Ze clapped his hands, looked at Gao Xiangsheng and said: "Don't bother the two masters, so I still ask General Gao to work harder, the post house has already been arranged." ”

"Yes." The high elephant bowed down to receive the command.

Li Ze laughed and turned over on his horse, looked at Xiang Zhen and said: "Wuyi also has good scenery, General Xiang might as well rest for a few days first, he will take care of his spirits, and then we will talk about business." ”

Without waiting for Xiang Zhen to reply, Li Ze was already holding his son and riding into the city.

Looking at Li Ze, who was so young that people were jealous, Xiang Zhen was a little distracted, and said after a while: "Is this Li Xiang?" ”

"Naturally." Gao Xiangsheng nodded: "It's only two out of twenty this year." ”

Xiang Zhen exhaled heavily, he was already thirty-six.

"Du Yu wait, let's settle down in the inner city first, since Li Xiang said so, I'm afraid I won't summon you in the next two days, just right, you can meet Xue Shangshu and Han Shangshu first, and plan carefully." High elephant ascension.

"Wouldn't this be a taboo for Li Xiang?" Xiang Zhen was a little embarrassed.

"Our group of people, like lice on the head of the monk, are clearly placed there, and the Xiang clan entered Wuyi at the invitation of us, and it is also like a torch in the dark, hidden and tucked, but it falls down, and the carriage and horses are displayed, which is more open. We are not afraid of people talking, we are afraid that no one will talk about it! Gao Xiangsheng laughed and said: "When we do these things, there is nothing we dare not see people, so we can naturally be generous." ”

"General Gao is right, since this is the case, I will see Xue Shangshu and Han Shangshu first!" Thinking that this is indeed the case, Xiang Zhen couldn't help but laugh.

A bowl of golden corn was poured with Li Ze's carefully fried seeds, or because these corns were picked up one by one by himself, so even though it was rough, Li Tang ate it very fragrantly, and ate a large bowl completely.

"It's really rare to see Tang'er eat so refreshingly." Liu Ruyan raised his eyebrows with joy. "Eat more to grow stronger, since I like to eat corn, I will ask the small kitchen to prepare more."

"But you see if he will eat it tomorrow, this bowl is just that he got it himself." Li Ze said with a smile.

"That's right." Liu Ruyan poured a glass of wine for Li Ze and said, "Then Xiang Zhen has already come, do you already have a charter for this matter?" ”

"In fact, since I knew that Gao Xiang had been promoted to Lingnan, I already had a charter." Li Ze drank the wine in the cup in one gulp and said, "This is a good thing, isn't it?" ”

"It's a mix of good and bad!" Liu Ruyan shook his head and said, "I finally pressed Xue Han and the others down, and then came out like this." ”

"It's still very different." Li Zedao: "In the south, our strength is too weak, and with the Xiang clan joining, the process of the imperial court unifying the world will be much faster." ”

"Aren't you worried that one day the two sides will turn against each other?"

"It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, what's there to worry about." Li Ze didn't care. "In the foreseeable future, there will inevitably be enemies, if the Xiang clan's ambition is not only to become a relative of the emperor but to go further."

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