Li Zhang entered the city at noon, but did not go home, but immediately entered the palace to see Zhao Zhen, after all, he was traveling secretly this time, and Zhao Zhen must have been thinking about this matter in his heart, and letting him know earlier would also make him feel at ease earlier.

When Zhao Zhen learned that Li Zhang was back, he also met him immediately, but this time it was not in the vertical arch hall, but went to his imperial study, and when Li Zhang entered the room, Zhao Zhen immediately drove the others out, and then closed the door and asked, "How is it, cousin, have you heard any news?" ”

"Let's take a look at this first, I almost sacrificed my hue for this." At this time, Li Zhang also took out the letter that Li Zhi gave him directly from his arms and handed it to Zhao Zhendao.

"Sacrificial hue?" Zhao Zhen also showed an inexplicable expression when he heard Li Zhang's words, but he still took the letter and opened it, only to find that the letter inside was crumpled, as if it had been crumpled and then expanded, and when he saw the content of the letter, Zhao Zhen exclaimed, "Yue Ren Song!" ”

"This is what Li Zhi wrote to me, I had already thrown it away, but I thought that you definitely wanted to see this thing, so I brought it to you as evidence!" Li Zhang said in a quiet tone at this time.

"Cousin, tell me quickly, what the hell is going on, how could that Li Zhi write such a thing for you, could it be said that he ......" Zhao Zhen also asked with bright eyes at this time, in fact, he had vaguely guessed at this time, but he still wanted to hear Li Zhang say it himself.

Li Zhang had no choice but to go to Yongcheng and tell him about what happened to Li Zhi, but Zhao Zhen couldn't help laughing when he heard it, after all, he never dreamed that a man would like Li Zhang.

However, when he saw Li Zhang's black face, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but dare to laugh anymore, and then said quite movingly: "It's really hard cousin this time, but this also proves that Li Zhi only likes male style, and I finally let go of a piece of heart." ”

"Not only that, but I also went to the Cao family and met the father and daughter of the Cao family." Li Zhang hesitated for a moment at this time, and finally spoke.

"Oh? Cousin, did you see that Cao? Zhao Zhen suddenly asked with some curiosity at this time.

Li Zhang nodded first, and then pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Cao Xi is nothing special, but that little lady Cao is an extremely smart person, Your Majesty will know when he sees her in the future." ”

"A wise woman may not be a likable." Zhao Zhen shook his head with some disappointment at this time and said, in fact, after Liu E's dictatorship, he was a little repulsive to smart women, for example, Empress Zhang was not a particularly smart woman, and even a little childish, but she was well-behaved, gentle, and single-minded to Zhao Zhen, so Zhao Zhen was also very fond of her.

"I don't care about the affairs of your harem, but even if it is for the peace of the palace, I hope that you can be in harmony with the queen, and I think my aunt must have the same idea as me." Li Zhang hesitated for a moment and spoke again, this is also the true thought in his heart, just like he said to Cao Ruxin before, in some ways he will indeed help her.

Zhao Zhen was also silent for a moment after hearing this, and finally said a little vaguely: "I know that cousin, you are for my good, but I haven't seen this Cao family yet, and I don't know what kind of person she is, let's talk about it when I see her!" ”

Hearing Zhao Zhen say this, Li Zhang is not easy to persuade again, after all, this is Zhao Zhen's own private life, and it is inconvenient for him to intervene too much, but from Zhao Zhen's attitude Li Zhang can also see that Zhao Zhen already has some prejudice against Cao, and when Cao enters the palace, he is likely to be snubbed by Zhao Zhen, after all, there are so many women in the palace, and there is no shortage of her.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang also sighed secretly, and at this time, Zhao Zhen suddenly spoke again: "By the way, during this time, many small countries in the Western Regions have sent envoys to come, and they have expressed their desire to be friendly with our Great Song Dynasty, and have sent a lot of tributes, and even some small countries in the south have also sent envoys, it seems that the benefits of our defeat of the party have finally appeared." ”

"This is just the beginning, if we defeat the Liao State, then it will really be all the countries to congratulate, there is no rival in the world, Your Majesty, you will also be the co-master of the world, and no one will dare to sit on an equal footing with you!" Li Zhang also smiled calmly at this time, the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State were allied, and the emperors of the two countries also became brothers, so the status of Zhao Zhen and Yelu Zongzhen was also equal.

Hearing the big cake that Li Zhang painted for himself, Zhao Zhen also showed a yearning look, now he has tasted the sweetness of the fruits of victory, only defeated a small party item, let the countries of the Western Regions surrender, if the Liao State is defeated, then Goryeo in the northeast, Dali in the south, Jiaozhi and other countries will definitely surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, this is something that even the original Taizu and Emperor Taizong could not do.

Looking at the expression on Zhao Zhen's face, Li Zhang also smiled secretly in his heart, but at this time, he also thought of the envoy from the Western Regions when he entered the city before, so he asked curiously: "Did Gaochang send someone to Hui, we banned Manichaeism before, they shouldn't have no reaction, right?" ”

Hearing Li Zhang mention this, Zhao Zhen also showed a little annoyed look on his face and said: "Gaochang Hui did send people, and they came for Manichaeism, and even they hoped that we would lift the ban on Manichaeism, but I refused, and as a result, the other party's envoys were quite tough, and finally I asked them to be driven out of the capital!" ”

Li Zhang was not surprised to hear this, and then said with a smile: "Although the Gaochang Hui are nominally dominated by the Hui people, the country is mixed with the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and the power of the Hui people alone cannot suppress the power of all ethnic groups, so they establish the country by religion, and the influence of Manichaeism in Gaochang Hui is extremely great, and the position of the head of the sect is even above the king, so it is not surprising that they have such a big reaction to Manichaeism." ”

"What my cousin said is extreme, I found that most of these countries based on religion are very paranoid, and even give up practical interests for the sake of the illusory gods and Buddhas, and make some unwise moves, which is extremely stupid, no wonder Zhou Shizong wanted to destroy the Buddha at the beginning, and also set up the Monk Daolu Division to limit the power of religion, and now it seems that it is really clever!"

Zhao Zhen nodded approvingly when he heard Li Zhang's words, and also praised Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, you must know that Zhao Kuangyin and the two brothers even took Chai Rong and beat down the country, and many rules and regulations were set by Chai Rong at the beginning, but unfortunately Chai Rong died too early, and his son was too young, otherwise there would be nothing to do with the old Zhao family.

Li Zhang suddenly thought of another thing to remember at this time, so he asked again: "By the way, how is the situation in the northwest, didn't we send someone to contact Li Yuanhao, did he agree to negotiate peace?" ”