The turquoise waist card shook gently. The hard lines on the waist card, under the sunlight, shimmer slightly, reflecting a psychedelic light.

"Oh, I forgot!" Seeing that Lu Heng took out the waist card given to him by Wu Ningyuan back then, Zhang Wenshan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized in his heart. Then he shook his head and laughed.

The waist card, although it is said to be a talisman issued by the imperial court to Wu Ningyuan to transfer troops. However, the impact of living in Jiangning for so long in Wuning has had an impact on the Jiangning garrison. The Jiangning garrison has long become Wu Ningyuan's personal army.

Therefore, in terms of heartfelt and prohibitive orders, the Jiangning garrison naturally has no doubts!

Therefore, seeing that Lu Heng took out this waist card, Zhang Wenshan, who knew the role of this waist card, also put his heart at ease.

In the afternoon, the sun shines softly into the room. The beam of light shining through the cracks in the doors and windows hit the ground and the table directly, leaving a slanted spot of light.

In the room, incense curled up, and the pale cyan smoke shrouded the slightly dim room for a long time.

"After a while, the old man will leave Chengdu and go to Tokyo!" Zhang Wenshan stroked his beard, with a faint smile on his face, and said softly.

Lu Heng nodded, turned around, hugged his fists and said with a smile to Zhang Wenshan: "I haven't congratulated you on your promotion yet!" ”

"Over the years, from living in Jiangning to serving as the governor of Yizhou, he has become a feudal official. Now, he has been transferred to Tokyo and has become a member of the Politburo Standing Committee with a lot of power, oh no, he is a powerful minister of the government and the opposition. Now, your old man can be regarded as a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law! Lu Heng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and joked with a smile.

"You kid!" Zhang Wenshan shook his head with a smile and scolded Lu Heng with a smile. Then, the smile on his face gradually retracted, and after taking a sip of the teacup, he turned his head, looked at Lu Heng with burning eyes and said, "Will you go?" ”

"This sentence, your old man has been holding back for a long time, right?" Hearing Zhang Wenshan's words, Lu Heng was not too surprised. Just took a sip of hot tea, turned his head, looked at Zhang Wenshan and asked with a smile.

"Hehe, it's been a while!" was exposed, Zhang Wenshan was also calm, and nodded with a smile. took a sip of tea, looked at Lu Heng, and continued: "When you were in Jiangning before, you wanted to live a dull life, and it was understandable to refuse the old man's invitation. But now, you are already Prince Zheng's teacher, and it is very likely that you will be the future emperor's teacher. Whether you want to or not, you've already entered this circle! Everything nowadays is not something you can refuse if you want to! ”。

"What's the matter, Yongzheng, is what the old man said right?" Zhang Wenshan picked up the tea, but he didn't drink it. Just with a cunning smile on his face, he looked at Lu Heng, waiting for his answer.

After Lu Heng glanced at Zhang Wenshan, he wanted to glare at him, but after thinking about it in his heart, he had to admit that what Old Man Zhang said was actually accurate.

Gently picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and after thinking about it, Lu Heng smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Heh, what will happen in the future, let's talk about it in the future!" ”。

To be honest, Lu Heng really doesn't have any plans for the future. Today's life, in fact, is just right. He is a showman, he can be regarded as famous, and when he sees an official, he will not kneel in a low voice. Moreover, he still has a royal gift waist card in his pocket that he just got not long ago, and he can be regarded as a person with a background. I'm not afraid of being bullied. In terms of connections, there are Wu Ningyuan, Zhang Wenshan, Hong Fatzi, and maybe the future emperor. Such an identity background, placed in any corner of Da Zhou, is a character that cannot be provoked.

However, he also knows that such an identity, although it seems to be enough to bluff people. However, Lu Heng, who knows the cruelty of political struggle, also understands in his heart that all this is a floating cloud.

After all, the forces of the various factions in the Great Zhou are like actors walking on a tightrope, and if they are not careful, they may fall into a place of no return. Once that happens, the forces of the various factions in the Great Zhou court will change drastically in a short period of time, and then these seemingly reliable things around you will cease to exist in an instant.

And although he tried every means to escape, but, as far as the current situation is concerned, as Zhang Wenshan said, he has been involved in the political struggle of this Great Zhou.

All this seems to be a little helpless, but then again, as long as the people living in the Great Zhou, no one must be able to escape the political battle. The political situation of this big week is a gamble. All living beings in the world are among them.

The difference is that there are bookmakers, while more people are just gamblers. Gamblers can only passively accept their fate, whether they win or lose, is not something they can control. And the dealer in this game is sure to win. They indulge in the progress of the gambling game, either big or small, everything is based on interests. Even if they lose, all they need to do is open another set and win more back, and it doesn't matter if they win or lose a set.

Some people may lose their lives because of this, but it is also because they are too addicted to it, and they have also met gamblers who can turn against customers, and they have put too many bets. Moreover, that bet they can't afford to lose!

But for those gamblers who lose the side, no matter how they behave and how brave they are, they will not escape the catastrophe in the end.

Ay! Thinking of the brutal battle in it, Lu Heng couldn't help but sigh with a little headache!

turned his head, but found that Zhang Wenshan's face was still the same old and cunning smile. Lu Heng glanced at him angrily, and scolded with a smile: "Old fox! ”

"Hey, I didn't make friends!" For these things, Lu Heng, who had already experienced it once in his previous life, still felt tired when he thought about it, but he was helpless, but he couldn't escape such a fate. In the end, I can only blame all this on Zhang Wenshan, who is gloating and snickering in front of him.

"Haha, you just accept it obediently!" Zhang Wenshan has been an official for decades, so he naturally knows the truth of this gambling game. Now, seeing Lu Heng's indifferent refusal 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 truth.

It's just that seeing the helpless look on this kid's face, Zhang Wenshan was greatly relieved in his heart.

Not for anything else, but for him as a person.

This kid has extremely high wrists and is very thoughtful.

Now His Majesty has begun to target the prince's family, but even if he overthrows the prince's family. But the undercurrents hidden in the court are what make His Majesty worry.

After all, His Majesty is now very old. Moreover, listen to the news coming out of the DPRK. It does not seem to be optimistic to say that His Majesty's condition is not promising. Now, the weather is gradually entering the cold winter, which is a test for His Majesty.

If His Majesty dies once, how can Xiao Wu, who is still young, take charge of the government smoothly. This is a place that makes Xiao Wu's family worry about it.

In their department, Wu Ningyuan has soldiers, but his surname is too straightforward. The tactics are too drastic. If you kill those hostile forces hiding in the shadows. It will inevitably lead to turmoil in the Great Zhou Dynasty and even local rebellions.

And Zhang Wenshan, the surname is the same. Too upright, although in the governance of national policy, the ability is excellent. But for the struggle between the government and the government, it is still much worse.

As for saying, Hong Fatty. Ay!

I remembered that the fat man was not doing his job properly and had no ambitions. Zhang Wenshan shook his head helplessly and sighed.

But Lu Heng in front of him is different.

This person is thoughtful and has no shortage of wrists. Moreover, judging from the series of layouts for the Liu family and the Su family when he was in Jiangning, this person is not only no stranger to the intrigue in the political battle, but even a good player.

A small recipe made the Su Liu family fall into a place of no return. Moreover, it eventually led to the Great Zhou court, the first change in the pattern between the scholars and the Shu clan.

Such a huge plan, such an accurate judgment. This person's strength is really unfathomable.

If, Lu Heng can help. It was like putting down a pivotal weight on the balance between Xiao Wu and the other parties.

Moreover, the weight of Yongzheng has a very high gold content.

Zhang Wenshan was proud in his heart, stroked his beard, and looked at Lu Heng while snickering in his heart.

And, according to the news he has been talking about lately.

The Jiangning royal family has begun to move to Taiyuan Mansion. Moreover, in the name of the imperial merchants, he was parachuted into Taiyuan Mansion.

Under the name of the imperial merchants, the Wang family received strong support from various local forces, especially the army. In just one month, the Wang family integrated the cloth merchants of the Taiyuan generation with lightning speed. Sales, extended to the entire Northwest region. Today, it seems to be Jindi, the largest merchant. And Taiyuan, because of the retreat of the Turks and the rise of the Wang family, the whole city has a new style.

With the rise of the Wang family in Taiyuan, the economic pattern of the northwest has also quietly changed. Originally, those merchants in the Western Regions who had been doing business with the An family were gradually attracted by the attractive conditions of the Wang family. Even the Turks began to come into contact with the royal family. Originally, it was a situation where the An family was dominant in the northwest, but now, it is developing in the direction of the two heroes.

Of course, in the process of the rise of the royal family. The An family also seems to feel threatened. However, the speed of the rise of the Wang family is too fast. At the beginning, the An family didn't react at all. It wasn't until the Wang family began to crowd out the resources of the An family that he realized the existence of the threat. After that, the Wang family secretly provoked many times, and even made blatant threats. However, the Wang family, which has the support of the army behind them, does not pay attention to the accusations and provocations of the An family at all.

Several times, the private soldiers sent by the An family attacked the caravan of the Wang family, but in the end they never returned. Later, the An family sent people to look for them, but they found the bodies of those private soldiers on the side of the trade road where the Wang family passed.

Now, with the rapid development of the Wang family, the power has gradually begun to spread to the territory of the previous settlement. The strategic position of the settlement family seems to have become less important. If it continues to develop like this, An Jia will gradually become a chicken rib.

The layout of all this can still be seen by everyone. It's for the Northwest to settle down. But who's behind all this?

At first, Zhang Wenshan, like those officials, was deeply puzzled about this matter. I can't figure it out. Who the hell is this game against An Jiabu.

Your Majesty?

Zhang Wenshan also guessed about the person who arranged such a huge chess game at first. When considering the intention of this move, he still thought of the current emperor for the first time.

But later, after thinking about it, it didn't feel like His Majesty's handiwork.

Although His Majesty has always wanted to eradicate the Northwest and remove the Turkic threat to the western gate of the imperial court. However, judging from the arrangement of this chess game, it should not be His Majesty's handiwork.

After all, it's a bit too bizarre!

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 and support the situation in the northwest, what if he, like the An family, gets too close to the Turks?

No matter what the ending is, it is not good for Da Zhou.

With His Majesty's prudence, he would never do this. At most, His Majesty is like the former emperor, delaying the matter of the northwest.

However, the opposite is true. 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, His Majesty is extremely convinced of this person! Only in this way can all this be explained.

So, who is this person?

Some time ago, Zhang Wenshan suddenly received the piece sent by Nightingale, which had far-reaching significance in the Great Zhou Imperial Court, and when he was puzzled by his long-standing doubts, he was 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 dressed in a cyan robe with clear eyes, sitting quietly on a chair and drinking tea. My heart is full of emotion.

In the quiet afternoon, the sun is shining.

Lu Heng sat there quietly, holding tea in his hand, but he didn't drink it. Just thinking quietly.

Nowadays, it is inevitable to participate in this huge gamble by yourself.

It's just that in this game, what should I do to minimize the loss.

In other words, what role should I play in this gambling game?

Do you want to be a bookmaker or a gambler?

Maybe...... There is a third option.

That's the guy who rolls the dice!

Regardless of whether the game is won or lost, the person who rolls the dice has nothing to lose. If they win, they follow the dividends. Losing has nothing to do with them. Maybe the person who rolls the dice will help one side out of a thousand. However, presumably those who participate in the gambling game have such an awareness. There is no gambling game, it is not called a gambling game.

At the end of the day, it's a matter for both sides of the game.

Thinking of this, Lu Heng already had some realization in his heart. Picked up the tea, took a sip gently, and finally showed a happy smile on his face.

(To be continued)