Li Di returned to Beijing, no one was surprised by this news, after all, Li Di is Zhao Zhen's teacher, and it was only temporary when he was demoted before, in fact, after Li Di was demoted, Liu E also thought of using him, but then for some reason he was transferred to other places as an official, and now that Zhao Zhen is in power, he will definitely reuse Li Di as a teacher.

When Li Di returned to Beijing, Zhao Zhen was inconvenient to go out of the city to greet him, so he entrusted Li Zhang to greet him, of course, Li Di was also Li Zhang's teacher, so he had to go to greet him, but when Li Zhang saw Li Di, he also found that the other party was much older, and his beard and hair were half white.

"Gongming, I haven't seen you for many years, you really didn't live up to the old man's teachings back then!" Li Di was also very happy to see Li Zhang, and immediately stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.

Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard the word "Gongming", and it took a long time to remember that this was his own word, and it was given to him by Li Di when he was in school, but he almost didn't use it much, because the word "Gongming" always reminded him of the timely rain Song Jiang, so even he almost forgot that he still had such a word.

"The student came to meet Mr., His Majesty originally wanted to go out of the city to greet him in person, but unfortunately it is inconvenient for him to go out of the city now, so he can only let the student come on his behalf, and I hope that Mr. will not be surprised!" Li Zhang also hurriedly saluted at this time.

"Hahaha~, Your Majesty is too polite, but the courtesy of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished, and I will enter the palace to meet Your Majesty immediately!" Li Di laughed again when he heard this, he was in a very good mood now, not only was he recalled to the capital for reuse, but also the performance of the two students Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang was also very good, of course, it was indeed a bit risky to send troops to the party, but fortunately, it was successful, and he also started Tuntian in Xingzhou, which was also unexpected by him.

Li Zhang chatted with Li Di at the moment, and then welcomed him back to the city, originally Li Zhang wanted to help Li Di settle first, after all, Li Di did not come back alone this time, and he also brought his family with him, but Li Di was an anxious child, and after entering the city, he directly asked to enter the palace to meet Zhao Zhen, so Li Zhang could only take him into the palace.

Zhao Zhen didn't expect Li Di to be in such a hurry to see him, but when he saw Li Di, the teacher of the year, he also got up to greet him, but he didn't expect that after chatting a few words, Li Di presented a notebook, which seemed to be prepared by him a long time ago.

"The ministers ask Your Majesty to depose Lu Yijian!" I saw that Li Di immediately made a solemn gift to Zhao Zhen after handing over the fold, which made Zhao Zhen's face also stiff, and then glanced at Li Zhang, and both of them showed a helpless wry smile.

No one expected that the first thing Li Di did after returning to Beijing was to play a copy of Lu Yijian, and he counted Lu Yijian's major crimes, and even said that Lu Yijian's power led to the corruption of the government, which can be described as full of firepower.

Zhao Zhen was also a little caught off guard by this situation, but it is not a trivial matter to remove a prime minister, and Lu Yijian is quite easy to use, and Lu Yijian also expressed his support for the grand strategy formulated by him and Li Zhang, so Zhao Zhen naturally could not easily remove Lu Yijian, and in the end he could only temporarily prevaricate Li Di.

However, Li Di was not discouraged by this, but in the next period of time, he went to Lu Yijian one after another, and he was all directed at Lu Yijian, as for why he and Lu Yijian had such a big feud, Li Zhang knew a little, it is said that Li Di used to be Lu Yijian's boss, but later he was calculated by Lu Yijian, plus Lu Yijian was sleek, which also made Li Di extremely disgusted with him, so the first thing he did after coming back was to let Zhao Zhen remove Lu Yijian.

In the face of Li Di's initiative to fire, the other party in this matter was very calm, and even Lu Yijian seemed to be nothing from beginning to end, and when he saw Li Di in the court, he would take the initiative to come forward and salute, after all, the other party used to be his old boss, but Li Di did not have his strength, and he often did not have a good face.

In fact, it can be seen from the reactions of Li Di and Lu Yijian that Li Di is indeed inferior to Lu Yijian in terms of pattern, and even in terms of ability, Li Di is not as good as Lu Yijian, the only thing that is stronger than Lu Yijian is estimated to be his square character, and he did not show weakness in the face of Ding Wei, who was in power at the beginning, but in addition, Li Di was completely defeated by Lu Yijian in other aspects.

Zhao Zhen was also a little embarrassed at first, but then he simply didn't look at Li Di's plays, and finally let Li Di stop, which also made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, but after this incident, Zhao Zhen also saw Li Di's shortcomings clearly, and his intention to reuse Li Di faded.

As the weather warmed, the situation on the Xingzhou side also spread one after another, a heavy snowfall blocked the connection between Xingzhou and the rear, but Zhao Zhen and they had already gained a foothold in Xingzhou, and sent cavalry to attack everywhere, and the nearby tribes either surrendered or were driven to the north of the Great Wall.

The first batch of Xiang troops who arrived in Xingzhou have already divided the land and began to reclaim the land, if nothing else, they can plant a season of wheat this year, even if the harvest is not good, but they can also raise the land, after all, most of the land in Xingzhou is barren, and it will take several years to cultivate farmland.

"Lu Xiang, someone in the DPRK and China has proposed to promote the cultivation of potatoes in Xingzhou, I wonder what you think about this matter?" In the vertical arch hall, Zhao Zhen took a copy of the recital and asked Lu Yijian, in addition to Lu Yijian, the other three envoys Xue Kui and others were also here, and Li Zhang was standing next to Zhao Zhen, because it was about Xingzhou, so he was also called to participate in the discussion.

I saw Lu Yijian muttering for a moment at this time, and then he spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this proposal is feasible, after several years of promotion and trial planting, potatoes have been found to be more suitable for planting in the north, because it is more cold-resistant but not heat-resistant, the same land in the north has a higher yield, and potatoes are not too picky, if it can be planted in Xingzhou, it will provide a large amount of food in a short period of time, and having food is the foundation of everything, and it can also make Xingzhou stabilize faster." ”

"I don't think it's possible, the potato production is huge, if it is planted in Xingzhou, it is likely to spread to the Liao State, if the Liao State also gets potatoes, it will definitely increase their grain production greatly, and then it will be even more unfavorable to my Great Song Dynasty!" The third envoy Xue Kui was the first to speak against at this time, in fact, not only did he think so, but several other important ministers also had the same idea, and they also objected at this time.

Zhao Zhen was also a little worried at this time, but he saw Lu Yijian speak again at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't think there is too much need to worry too much about the potatoes being stolen by the Liao State!" ”

"Why?" Zhao Zhen also showed a puzzled look at this time, and Xue Kui and the others around him also looked at Lu Yijian in surprise.

"Your Majesty, the Liao State is far inferior to my Great Song Dynasty in terms of population, property and other people, but only the military is stronger than our country, and the reason why the Liao army is strong is mainly because the Khitan people are nomadic and the cavalry is also the main force of the Liao army, but in recent years, the population of the Liao State has gradually increased, and it has also begun to pay attention to farming, but the Liao country is bitter cold, and the grain output is not high, so many Khitan people still maintain nomadic customs, but if the potatoes are passed on, with the output of potatoes, the Liao State will definitely pay great attention to it, and then if the Liao State promotes potatoes, It will definitely make the Khitan people change from nomadic to farming, and the Khitans who have lost their horses will still be so terrible? ”

As soon as Lu Yijian's words came out, everyone present was stunned, including Li Zhang, who didn't expect Lu Yijian to be so bold, in fact, he had this idea before, but he didn't dare to take risks, after all, there were too many variables.

"This ......, although Lu Xiang's words are reasonable, but the risk is still too great, I think it is better to take a compromise method and plant a batch of potatoes in Huanqing and other places, so that it is also convenient to support the grain in Xingzhou, and there is no need to transport it from the south of the Yellow River." Zhao Zhen still didn't agree with Lu Yijian's suggestion in the end, and spoke again at the moment.

Xue Kui and the others were relieved when they heard Zhao Zhen's words, and Lu Yijian did not insist, and immediately agreed with Zhao Zhen's proposal, in the past, potatoes could only be planted south of the Yellow River, but now they can be promoted to Huanqing and other places, and it is not too far from Xingzhou, and after planting potatoes on Huanqing Road, it will definitely greatly alleviate the problem of food shortage in the northwest.

Seeing that everyone agreed with his opinion, Zhao Zhen also showed a satisfied smile, and then picked up another piece again and said: "There is another thing, Zhao Zhen sent someone to send a song, hoping that the imperial court can send troops to capture the west of Xingzhou, and he is also ready to send cavalry to attack Li Yuanhao, I don't know what you think?" ”

"The minister agrees!" Lu Yijian was the first to say that since Xingzhou had been defeated, the area south of the Great Wall would naturally be defeated, but the main force of the Dangxiang people had been defeated, and the rest only needed to send troops to annex or expel the nomadic tribes under the previous Dangxiang's rule.

Xue Kui and the others have no opinion, this matter has been passed, but in this way, it is estimated that the northwest will set off a bloody storm, after all, the nomads who occupy the land south of the Great Wall will definitely not be willing to give up, but they are already in the big swing, and in the face of the Song army that occupies the advantage, if they do not surrender, they can only die.

Next, Zhao Zhen put forward a few more things, most of them were related to Xingzhou, Li Zhang didn't express his opinion most of the time, unless Zhao Zhen asked himself, he would say a few words, otherwise he would treat himself as a decoration, after all, Han Qi had warned him, and the court also had a lot of complaints about him, although he didn't care, but sometimes he had to avoid the limelight.

Finally waited for the end of the discussion, Zhao Zhen also looked tired, Li Zhang, Lu Yijian and others said goodbye and left together, but just as he left the palace gate, he saw Lu Yijian walking a few steps quickly and stopped him and said, "Li Duwei stay!" ”

"Is there something wrong with Lu Xiang?" When Li Zhang heard this, he also stopped and looked at Lu Yijian and asked.

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