Chapter 1000: A Visitor

"That's not what my brother should consider, as long as you provide a plan, the Queen Mother is willing to try, she has a way to solve this matter! And the puppet found will never be the Wu family! ”

Shangguan Wan'er said with a smile.

"Oh? Why are you so sure? Li Zhi's tone was very surprised.

"According to my guess, as long as the queen mother approves of the matter between you and the princess, there must be the princess's early persuasion as the foundation, and I think the princess will lead the topic of the final defeat of the future martial artist. With the shrewdness of the Queen Mother, where would she not think of the outbreak of hidden dangers in the martial arts family after the surname Li took power again? ”

"Also, the martial family will not die out because of this, after all, the marriage between the surname Li and the surname Wu has been entangled as early as twenty years ago. Therefore, she didn't need to worry that the martial arts family would be completely eradicated, but the line of the Wu Sansi brothers would definitely suffer a tragic blow. ”

"These two brothers are her nephews, and in terms of family considerations, they are far inferior to those direct descendants of the surname Li, Li Xian and Li Dan are the biological flesh and blood of the Queen Mother."

Li Yi patted his thigh: "With your analysis, I have a lot of confidence, Taiping, do you need me to say hello in advance?" ”

"It's still right, my brother at least needs to negotiate with her to help the Queen Mother become emperor! In fact, my brother might as well let the princess tell the queen mother bluntly, which is part of the discussion between you and the first emperor before! ”

Shangguan Wan'er reminded.

"Which part? The Li Xian brothers do not yet have the ability to rule the world, and it is the general trend for Wu Zetian to temporarily replace them? ”

"That's all, otherwise, with the Queen Mother's thirty years of ruling experience, where would she easily believe your rhetoric with Taiping! Moreover, I also took this opportunity to show him: You have the privilege of guarding the royal family surnamed Li, not only Weishan, who is surnamed Li, but also the care of Li Tang's Jiangshan Sheji. You are very relieved to hand over the next control of the imperial power to him, but you must ensure that the imperial power is returned after the next generation of surnamed Li grows up. During this period, you will no longer have any degree of involvement, and will devote all your attention to the economic development of Datang. ”

"Should we be strong or should we show something? Is that what it means? ”

"Well, or add a promise of yours, including the foreign war in the border area, you will also urge and help the military surnamed Li to do their duty! I forgot to mention that my brother's trip to Longshan not long ago was reported by the Queen Mother, and her expression was very happy at that time! ”

In addition to feeling Shangguan Wan'er's high IQ, Li Zhi also has his questions:

"None of these promises are a problem, but there's one thing you seem to be overlooking. The Wu family has the extreme idea of changing the dynasty, and I use part of Gaozong's will and my so-called privileges as an excuse, in her opinion, she must not tolerate the change of name and surname of the Tang Dynasty, right? ”

Shangguan Wan'er nodded:

"There is a flaw in this regard, but it is not contradictory to her subsequent self-authoritarian government, even if the Tang character is replaced by the martial character, it is also based on the two surname forces as the main ruling class team, and she will make some changes according to her temperament, and change it back afterwards! This point, you can completely point out vaguely, that is, during her reign, as long as the suppression of people surnamed Li who have nothing to do with the struggle for power in the government and government is reduced, she can control everything! ”

At this time, Li Zhi can be regarded as having a clear corresponding strategy in his heart.

On Wu Sansi's secret letter, he learned about the most fatal clue reaction to Wu Zetian, that is, it clearly stated that his side had the ability to enter and exit the inner courtyard of the palace freely, and the number of such powerful people was not a few.

Wu Sansi even attached a detailed list later, the first person was Li Zhi himself, and the rest were the names of more than a dozen people such as Fu Chen and Liqi, including Huan Pengju, who was specially marked as a mysterious person whose name was unknown.

And to add separately, anyone on this list is seriously suspected that their true realm surpasses the grandmaster realm.

This addition is the most terrifying for Wu Zetian, there is no shortage of Grandmaster Realm powerhouses around her, but it is limited to that.

It's just that one or two people above the Grandmaster realm exist, but it means that if the other party takes their own lives, it's easy to take their own lives.

In fact, Shangguan Wan'er's series of calculations did not include that Li Zhi would carry most of the cultivation realm away from the cultivation realm in the future.

These will be reflected in her relevant reports with Taiping, and invisibly, they are matched with the relevant statements in Wu Sansi's letter.

Li Zhi had already made it clear to Wu Sansi before that his ambition was not in the mortal realm, and out of consideration for the Tang Dynasty, he would take away most of the members of the cultivation realm above the master level.

So as to return it to the Eastern Tang Dynasty, a mundane world in the true sense.

This commitment is also very important to the Wu Clan, and in some ways, the current Great Tang Dynasty really needs such a figure to completely change the powerful status quo from the cultivation world.

In public and private, if he really thinks about the Tang Dynasty, no qualified king will despise the active role played by Li Zhi in it.

After judging the pros and cons after synthesizing, Shangguan Wan'er will organize the above coping strategies, and in such a short period of time, it is extremely difficult to have a relatively clean idea.

More importantly, Wu Zetian's plot to seize Li Tang's Sheji and eliminate the Tang clan caused the kings to be uneasy, and they wanted to raise troops to fight, but they were surging with the rolling undercurrent that was about to form.

Knowing this, Li Zhi, who held the Shang Fang Sword in his hand and had a part of the expression of the Holy Will of the First Emperor, would not ignore the overall situation and forcibly participate, which was already a great luck for Wu Zetian.

In this regard, Shangguan Wan'er's response method is undoubtedly tantamount to sending charcoal in the fire for the Wu clan.

This is also indirectly downplayed, because Princess Taiping has damaged the face of the Queen Mother, if this invisible duel is successful, it will be better than all kinds of coincidences of time events.

With this matter in mind and leaving some of his cultivation resources behind, Li Zhi rushed back to Zhengqing Wenqitang before dark.

The ladies all helped in the store, and the two children were placed in the storeroom on the basement level, playing with the apprentices.

There is a hall outside the warehouse of nearly ten feet, and the big apprentices are running around with the small ones, and Xiao Wenqi is giggling at the back door of the buttocks.

Li Xiang was held in the arms of the old ancestor, and Grandma Li watched with great interest, and when he saw Li Zhi's arrival, he looked for his father with open arms.

While teasing the children, he asked the others to think about it.

Grandma Li said with a smile: "The old guys were all invited by the Taiping to the tea house, and Fuchen and they rushed to make snuff in the backyard, and we just rushed over, it is cool here, and it is also for the sake of the coolness of this melon!" ”

Aisha stepped forward and said, "This is a melon from the northern Xinjiang, and it can only be eaten in the palace." ”

Stroking her hair, Li Zhi noticed that there were still pieces of cut watermelon on the table behind the two old men.

This thing is the first time he has seen it in the Tang Dynasty, it is said that it was in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and it was transmitted to the northern Xinjiang region of the Tang Dynasty through Tianzhu.

Then it crossed the Pamir Plateau, along the Silk Road to the Western Regions, Huifu, and introduced to the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty.

It will take about two to three hundred years to be introduced to the mainland, because its method of planting in cow dung huts is too expensive for the mainland, and has not yet formed a common planting concept.

There are them in the palace, they should be tributes from the northern Xinjiang, and they are absolutely invisible in the market.

"Taiping's subordinates brought in more than a dozen as early as yesterday, and they were frozen in the cellar for more than a dozen hours before they were fetched!" The Old Ancestor explained.

In addition to storing vegetables, they often take some ice cubes and put them in the winter, waiting for the next year's hot summer.

There is also a similar cellar in the backyard of Zhengqing Wenqitang, which is also convenient to use.

At this time, Taiping, Qingqi, and Afeifa came over, and Li Zhi asked about it, he wanted to ask for more watermelons, and take seeds to plant some in the secret territory of Chaoyuan.

"There is only enough spare room in the palace, when you leave, I will send someone to send more, but because the number is limited, I am afraid there are not many!"

Taiping said as he took Xiang'er into his arms, and Afifa smiled on the side:

"It's common in our place, this kind of melon is more suitable for tropical arid desert areas, and Datang is only more suitable for northern Xinjiang, and it may not be easy for us to plant it!"

After chatting for a while, Li Zhi went around the store, and when he returned, he found that there were three customers, all of whom were old acquaintances.

At Afifa's side was the Arab Empire's envoy to Luoyang, Aymard, and the two were exchanging something in their native dialect.

Another old acquaintance who accompanied him was Li Sheji, Honglu Qing of Honglu Temple, who was also the cousin of Princess Taiping, nicknamed King Li Kai.

Honglu Temple was a special diplomatic department in the Tang Dynasty, and the Pawn Office under its jurisdiction was responsible for entertaining foreign guests.

Another is Henan Prefecture Tongju Bian Jiong Bian Baochang, who is also the king of Yaoyi County and the emperor of Yaoyi City around Luoyang City.

There is the emperor's city, and there are 287 grain cellars under his name, which directly undertakes the official grain supply and reserve of the entire Henan Prefecture.

In fact, he was a grain merchant himself, running the family grain business that had been inherited for more than 200 years, and because of his huge influence, he was finally recruited by the imperial court to help operate the grain reserves and mobilization of all Henan Province.

This person's influence is greater than that of all the families in Luoyang City, because the grain business in the Tang Dynasty was the most profitable.

You must know that grain at that time was the foundation of national strength, and the huge granary reserves of the Bian family directly affected the reserves and supply of Sancheng Datang.

Now after getting acquainted with Li Zhi's Zhengqing Wenqitang, the shrewd Bian Jiong has set his sights on Shengjing Shipping.

In addition to grain, as small as Mingzhu, Wenjia, Cuiyuzhizhen, raisins, cantaloupe, pepper, carrots, giant elephants, lions, fierce dogs, big sparrows (camels), etc., are much more profitable than simple grain trading.

A year and a half before Li Zhi disappeared, he had worked closely with Xing Datou.

When he came back this time, Li Zhishang didn't see Xing Datou running around, but he saw Bian Jiong first.