Today was originally the tenth day, Li Zhang took the beans to visit Han Qi, and by the way he also had a meal with Han Qi, now Han Qi is no longer in the firearms prison, but went to Kaifeng Mansion as a pusher, in charge of hearing cases, Kaifeng Mansion has two halls on the left and right, each hall has a pusher, and takes turns to try cases, although the grade is not very high, but the power is very great.

Kaifeng Mansion is very special in the Great Song Dynasty, and even many prime ministers have held the position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin before, and generally officials who enter Kaifeng Mansion as officials will be more likely to enter the center in the future, so as long as Han Qi performs well in Kaifeng Mansion, he is likely to enter the center directly in the future, and it can be said that he has half a foot into the core of the court.

Han Qi Han Qi is also very dedicated to the matter of beans, not only imparted a lot of experience in the examination room on the spot, but even let Douzi come to him often, so that he can always point out the knowledge of beans, and Li Zhang also asked Han Qi in private, but Han Qi is still very sure of Douzi's knowledge, as long as the performance is stable, it should not be difficult to pass the Jinshi, which also makes Li Zhang feel at ease again.

However, as soon as Li Zhang and Han Qi had eaten, the people who summoned him into the palace in the palace came to him, Li Zhang could only say goodbye to Han Qi and enter the palace, and when he saw Zhao Zhen, he knew that Zhao Zhen had already conquered Xingzhou City, but Li Yuanhao escaped with people unexpectedly, you must know that it is winter now, he took so many people to move, but at great risk, maybe a heavy snowstorm can make them lose more than half of the population.

"Zhao Zhen sent someone to deliver the letter to the imperial court, obviously he has given up his preparations to pursue Li Yuanhao, what do you think of this matter?" After Zhao Zhen and everyone else read the battle report, he slowly said that he was now more and more familiar with the government, so he saw through the other party's plan at a glance about Zhao Zhen's approach.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhao Zhen is doing the right thing, the army has been sent for several months, and the northwest is bitterly cold, and the officers and men in the army have been very hard, if they chase it again, maybe something will happen, and it may even make the party counterattack, and then the results of the early stage may also have to be discarded, so I think consolidating the current results is the most important thing." At this time, I saw Prime Minister Lu Yijian being the first to express his opinion.

Speaking of Lu Yijian, in the original history, he was deposed soon after Zhao Zhen took office, not that he did anything wrong, but that the queen Guo in Zhao Zhen's history said bad things about Lu Yijian, plus Zhao Zhen out of some considerations, this dismissed Lu Yijian, but soon he was reinstated, but it was the Empress Guo who was abolished by Zhao Zhen, and the ancient Buddha was accompanied by the ancient Buddha all her life, of course, this Empress Guo was abolished not because of Lu Yijian, more of her own doing.

"The minister also thinks that General Zhao has done a good job, Xingzhou has been laid, the previous goal has been achieved, and now the weather is too cold, it is no longer suitable for the use of troops, but you can prepare to receive Xingzhou and other places next year!" At this time, the other ministers also spoke in agreement.

Li Zhang also agrees with this matter, and the reason why Zhao Zhen was chosen as the main general is not that Zhao Zhen is more talented than others, in fact, if you talk about the ability to command troops, Liu Ping is not worse than Zhao Zhen, and even stronger, but Zhao Zhen has an advantage that others do not have, that is, calm, after all, this is Zhao Zhen's first battle after taking power, even if he can't win, but he must not lose, and this Zhao Zhen is obviously more suitable than others.

Seeing that everyone agreed with Zhao Zhen's decision, Zhao Zhen also nodded at this time and said: "I also think that General Zhao's decision is very good, but Li Yuanhao escaped with the main force, according to the war report, Li Yuanhao abandoned most of the women and the old and weak, and took away 20,000 elites, I am worried that after the spring of next year, he will lead his troops to counterattack, which may affect Xingzhou's follow-up plan." ”

Before Li Zhang suggested to Zhao Zhen that he could send the Xiang army to Xingzhou Tuntian, Zhao Zhen also discussed this matter with Lu Yijian and others, although some people objected, but most people felt that this matter was actually feasible, after all, Xingzhou was a newly beaten land, if there was no population filling, it would not be able to rule in the future, and many Xiang troops were originally a burden to the imperial court, and now they can be used to kill two birds with one stone.

However, although Xingzhou is now defeated, Li Yuanhao has fled, and there are still 20,000 troops in his hands, if he continues to send troops to harass Xingzhou in the future, it will definitely disrupt the imperial court's plan in Xingzhou Tuntian, and even make the Song army have to station heavy troops in Xingzhou, which will be a new burden.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the old incident I mentioned about Tang Taizong's attack on Goguryeo?" Li Zhang suddenly said with a smile at this time, he and Cao Wei both expected that Li Yuanhao might have to escape, but at that time they thought that Li Yuanhao should run away after the spring was warm, but they didn't expect the other party to be more decisive and directly abandon Xingzhou City to risk fleeing, but although Li Zhang was unexpected, he was still prepared for this matter.

Table ...... Ahem, Li Qing, you mean to take the initiative to send troops to harass! Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he almost called out the word "cousin" because he was too excited, this title is usually nothing to call in private, but it is a little inappropriate in this kind of formal occasion.

"Your Majesty is wise, the party occupied the land of Xingzhou before, and the people under his rule were nearly one million, and Li Yuanhao's momentum was also in full swing, but now he is defeated, and even Xingzhou has been lost, even if he still has 20,000 soldiers to fight, but it is not a big threat to our Great Song Dynasty, but he also has a use, that is, as a whetstone for our Great Song army, from time to time send troops to harass it, that is, it can train troops, and it can make Li Yuanhao unable to develop agriculture and animal husbandry, and without agriculture and animal husbandry, the party must be short of materials, Maybe in the future, if we don't need to send troops, he will fall himself! Li Zhang smiled calmly at this time.

However, as soon as Li Zhang's words came out, especially when they heard the words "whetstone", Lu Yijian, Xue Kui and others were all shocked, because they all heard that Li Zhang's words alluded to it, if Li Yuanhao was a whetstone, then where would the sharpened knife be used? Where is it worth using this knife in the Great Song Dynasty? This question does not need to be answered at all, everyone has the answer in their hearts.

Thinking of the above, Lu Yijian and the others also glanced at each other, and then looked at the young Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang, compared to their ministers, Zhao Zhen obviously has a more tacit understanding with Li Zhang, even if Li Zhang is only a small martial arts superintendent now, but he can already participate in political affairs, and Li Zhang's boldness and enterprising are also affecting Zhao Zhen, which is not a good thing or a bad thing for the Great Song Dynasty?