King Bawang Jiancheng is the general of the second rank hussar, and he is actually the only one among the generals whose status is slightly lower than that of the third duke, but he is already a permanent official position in the cabinet, infinitely close to the commander-in-chief of the whole army, and is one of the important ministers in the army.

It's not that he can't be reused by the imperial court, on the contrary, he has the post of Taifu, one of the nine secretaries, which is the real minister of the internal affairs department, and is in charge of the custody and cashier of the country's Qian Valley.

At this time, the Baisun Courtyard of the Wanggong Mansion, because of the death of the eight sons of the direct line of the imperial family surnamed Li, is now less than two people, so the actual ten kings are quite unworthy of the name, after all, they belong to the royal family to be raised to force the façade, not the traditional sense of direct blood inheritance.

Wu Zetian's role in it, with Li Zhi's memory of his death, is well aware of the strange inside, but these few clear conclusions can only be held in the stomach and secretly discussed, but they can't be told and shared with others.

But it does not affect him to use this point to try his best to win over the sincere unity of the remaining eight kings, because once Empress Wu usurps the throne, he will no longer deliberately conceal this matter, and the royal family surnamed Li will only be more unscrupulously suppressed and divided.

Those who can rank among the ten kings can more or less deduce the slightest clues from them, and Gaozong is another clear-eyed person, how to tie up the will of others, so as to envelop the rest of the people, etc., is naturally the most important thing for Li Zhi.

Based on his careful observation, at least two of the Yu kings have been woven by Luoyang, that is, the second king Shao Wang and the third king Jingwang, and the seventh king King Ge Lin is very likely to be another major variable, and how to consolidate the alliance of the other five kings is very important.

Among the six kings, one Wang Song, four Nanjiang Wang, five Wang Xuan Wang, six Ming Wang, and eight Wang Jiancheng Wang had already established an inseparable and consolidated friendship with Li Zhi, and only the ten Wang Ze Wang was still under close observation.

The various subordinate branches in the forces of the five kings in front of them are intricate, just like the Bian Jiong in front of him now, who is the person who is extremely close to King Jian's personal friendship and power, how to further tighten the momentum of such an alliance is particularly crucial.

Moreover, this person's sphere of influence has been laid out in Luoyang, Xijing, and he can bury eyeliner under Wu Zetian's nose, and it may be of great use in more than ten years.

Therefore, Li Zhi attaches great importance to this person at this moment, but those who are against the authorities are prone to exterminate the clan at every turn, and such a huge problem of standing in line is not something that a hairy boy like him can lead.

Fortunately, Princess Taiping is also the daughter of the authentic royal family, who is not only Gaozong Condensation, but also the biological son of Empress Wu, and introduced Bian Jiong to this daughter, no one can say half a word, even Empress Wu herself does not suspect anything else.

This important minister who holds Luoyang City and even the entire Henan Province is quite talented and wise in business, as long as he does not show obvious differences in the treatment of the imperial power surnamed Li and the hegemony surnamed Wu, at least before the Empress Wu ascends the throne, he will not do anything against him early.

Obviously, at this time, Bian Jiong has his channels to understand the current distribution of factions in Chang'an City, and perhaps there are also eight kings who may have an overt or covert solution, otherwise how could he accept Li Zhi's kindness so easily.

"Text, tonight, the king of Yaoyi County will visit the kings one by one, and you are going to appear at the palace of the king of Shiming!"

King Jiancheng quickly explained the key to it, which made Li Zhixin feel relieved at once: "Then I will wait for the arrival of King Ming's Mansion tonight!" I think the reception banquet is set up in the mansion, and there is a suitable reason for how the king of the county can refuse other invitations! ”

The Ming Palace, which has three generations of court captains, but there is an obscure existence among the ten kings, and even the current prince does not dare to offend lightly.

"It's not that I'm prevaricating, but I'm going to Taiji Palace in the afternoon, His Royal Highness Taiping wants to lead me to see the second prince, and the Empress Wu also has another decree issued by the queen, and I should be able to accept a good meal from the prince!"

The second prince in Bian Jiong's mouth is Li Xian, which is the way of calling him in private in Luoyang City, and there is no influence of Wu Zetian's will.

It is also the wisest thing for him to use this excuse, and now the wind in Chang'an City is dignified, and he blatantly shows which is more important to treat the palaces, but it is very easy to arouse the suspicion of others.

Li Zhiben invited him politely, and when he saw Bian Jiong's response, he was obviously careful about it, and when he saw King Jiancheng smiling on his side, he knew that there was a plan between the two.

"Then I will invite you again on a later date," in fact, Li Zhi was very happy to see the two have more private exchanges, "I don't know how many days the king of the county can stay in Chang'an City, ten days later it will be the big wedding day of the boy, can I invite the adults to drink a glass of wine?" ”

"Hahaha!" Bian Jiong laughed happily, "Mr. Li is afraid that he didn't realize that there was also news about your wedding day in Luoyang City, I think the emperor and the queen have already arranged for someone to rush here, and I myself also have the responsibility of being a pioneer in the inner path, but there is someone else who will announce the real will at that time!" ”

Li Zhi couldn't hide his curiosity, "Boy, how can I be virtuous, and I can actually attract the attention of the Holy Will?" ”

Mr. Li didn't know, because now Chang'an City's foreign trade volume, in the past six months, has skyrocketed by more than ten percent, all of which come from a series of new product outputs of Zhengqing Wenqitang, just snuff, the imperial court has received more than a dozen envoys to the Tang Dynasty large orders! Of course, the imperial court did not privately undertake anything, after all, due to the material of snuff and snuff bottles, mass production has great limitations, and without the participation of Mr. Wang, the imperial court wants to establish new trade relations with several of these European powers, or wishful thinking! ”

Bian Jiong's explanation came more from the official language, and he himself deliberately ignored the subtle relationship between Li Zhi and Gaozong or Empress Wu, apparently aware of the mystery.

For Li Zhi, his wedding is more inclined to the official attitude of the imperial court, and only in this way can he best cover up the meaning behind the Chang'an City Special Economic Zone.

It is not that the Empress Wu side is not necessarily unaware of this matter, but the immediate influence of international commerce and trade caused by this is bound to be extremely in line with the purpose of the smooth transition of imperial power after the Wu Hou, which has been gaining momentum for a long time.

As for the deeper political pursuits of the Chang'an City Special Economic Zone, Li Zhi and his allies have carefully designed a myriad of intricacies, and each step of the formulation is based on the hands of a person who is well aware of the historical process, and no one without the ability to foresee and foresee will naturally not be able to deduce the changes in the situation in a dozen or even decades.

Moreover, as the actual planner of the specific plan, he has encircled all the important relevant designers, and has taken care of almost all vested interests in the full appearance of equal interests.

"To put it bluntly, now Zhengqing Wenqitang products are just in the fresh market, and there will be more advanced and enlightened achievements developed in the future! As far as trade exports are concerned, there are now Tang envoys sent by the Arab Empire to stay with me, and even their emperor's beloved daughter Afifa lives in my house. The county kings also knew that the Arab empire had a strong fighting power, and they liked to use war to speak, and the empire that swept through Central Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe first established inseparable trade exchanges, which was more practical than those small countries, right? ”

Since Bian Jiong's tone tends to be official, Li Zhi also understands that he will cooperate, you must know that at this time, there is no shortage of carefully selected entourages of the Empress Wu to mix in, and it is really not appropriate to talk about private negotiations at this time.

Undoubtedly, this information is a great killer, and even King Jiancheng was stimulated to breathe short of breath for a while.

What Li Zhi said happened yesterday evening, and the Eight Kings and the other kings did not get any information about it.

"Mr. Li, is this true?"

Compared to King Jiancheng's heart, he still had to guess Li Zhi's true purpose, Bian Jiong first spoke out urgently, this amount of information is a little too violent, as the only foreign empire that competes with the Tang Dynasty at that time, how to coordinate the relationship between two powerful countries is really a big matter, and it is not a child's play.

"Of course! Since the imperial court attaches more importance to the role of me and Zhengqing Wenqitang in foreign trade, I am grateful in my heart, and I must also do what I can to give back to Datang! Thanks to the emperor and the queen's heavy eyes, in public and private, to express the loyalty of the court's subjects, I am worthy of the royal family's deep benevolence and grace to me! ”

"Well said!" At this time, King Jiancheng finally came over, he had no doubt about Li Zhi's ability, since he dared to reveal it, it was obvious that he had enough confidence in his heart, "The emperor's grace is tantamount to the kindness of his parents, and only by trying to ensure that his homeland has no worries about foreign affairs, it is the greatest return to his parents!" Text, immediately invite Mr. Nasir Envoy to come and talk about it, your kid's news is very hidden, I need to understand the details as soon as possible, and I can come up with specific measures in time and report it as soon as possible! ”

Li Zhi shook his head with a smile, "The Arab Empire's dealings with the imperial court have always been high-profile and public, and this kind of person sometimes can't be too polite to them, and the momentum is overpowered, so that they obviously feel that they are inferior in strength, and their bold personality is shown!" I'm a businessman, and I'm going to do some border trade things, so I'll be in the front for the time being! ”

An old man beside Bian Jiong, who had never spoken, suddenly interjected: "Mr. Li's words are extremely true, no matter how much interest is visible, he must stabilize his position!" The exchanges between the two countries pay more attention to the dignity of national prestige, and the people in that empire have extremely high eyelids, and they look up all the time with arrogance, so they must first do what they ask for me, and these people will correct their attitude to normal diplomatic relations! ”

This person did not shy away from refuting the dignified Eight Kings, and his identity must be strange.

Regardless of King Jiancheng or Bian Jiong, he never introduced it to Li Zhi, obviously it was deliberate, and he couldn't say that he was secretly carrying the emperor's edict, and Li Yi was stunned, but he didn't ask in detail.

The existence of this kind of person is more aimed at highlighting the unfathomable profundity of imperial power, not necessarily how unattainable his status is, and the emphasis is on giving and receiving private orders for the emperor or the queen.

However, Li Zhi did not have the slightest fear of this person, for him, a person who held the secret imperial mandate, the weight of such people was far from enough to threaten, that is, to bluff the uninformed ministers.

Maybe he does have some Shang Fang privileges in his hands, but compared to Li Zhi's special mission, it is really nothing.

Therefore, after this person spoke, Li Zhi smiled indifferently, and did not have a solid attitude towards his words, but turned to King Cheng and said bluntly: "There is a deeper mystery here, because the emperor's beloved daughter Afifa wants to have a relationship with me, and Mr. Nasir's envoy is her own uncle, and Nasir's brothers are full of seventeen, not including Afifa's six aunts!" Among the seventeen people, he was not conspicuous in terms of intelligence and combat effectiveness, and the reason why he was sent here to serve as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty was only because the princess was only close to Nasir except for Affa's father. ”