Li Zhang didn't expect Liu E to make a surprise attack before leaving, and even asked him who he thought was suitable to take over? This made him stunned for a moment, and then he smiled helplessly: "The eldest lady said that she was laughing, how could I have an idea about this kind of thing?" ”

"I just want to hear what you think, just say it!" Liu E is unrelenting, although she is wearing a hat, so that people can't see her expression, but Li Zhang can also imagine that there must be a somewhat narrow smile behind the hat, because this problem is simply too big for him, and it is not something he can care about at all.

"Auntie, you are really embarrassed for me, I don't have any ideas about such a big thing, but if you really want me to say it, such an important position as the prime minister must be filled by a capable and prestigious person." Li Zhang had no choice but to prevaricate with words, of course, he didn't say anything he said.

"It is certain that you have the ability and prestige, but there are so many ministers in the court, and there are not a few who meet these two items, you should also have some understanding of the court, in the opinion of you, an outsider, which minister in the court is more suitable?" Liu E is not so easy to fool, and asked again at the moment.

Li Zhang was also forced into a corner by Liu E's repeated questioning, and at this time there was no way to retreat, so he had no choice but to say again: "The eldest lady is in power at the beginning, and Ding Wei's previous power is too deep, if the eldest lady wants to stabilize the court in a short period of time, the new prime minister must have the ability, skill, and prestige, and even the best to be the prime minister before, so as to suppress the other ministers in the court, especially those ministers who want to take this opportunity to ascend to the throne!" ”

After listening to Li Zhang's words, Liu E behind the hat showed a surprised expression, she was just a whim, and she didn't plan to let Li Zhang give any useful advice, but she didn't expect Li Zhang's words to be very insightful, which made her surprised and immediately said solemnly: "There are few ministers who have been prime ministers, and most of them have been degraded because of some crimes, do you think these people can really be used by me?" ”

"It was the emperor who degraded them, but it was the eldest lady who used them, even if it was a person like Kou Zhun, if the eldest lady really dared to use it, I believe he would definitely do his best to assist the eldest lady to stabilize the court!" Li Zhang spoke again at this time, in fact, he said so much in a circle, the person he really wanted to recommend to Liu E was Kou Zhun, because Kou Zhun completely met the requirements he put forward, the only problem was that Liu E hated Kou Zhun very much, which was why Li Zhang didn't dare to say it directly.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Zhang mentioned Kou Zhun, Liu E immediately fell silent, although he couldn't see Liu E's expression behind the hat, but Li Zhang also felt that the atmosphere was a little colder, which made him also play the drum secretly, and at the same time complained a little about Liu E: I didn't want to say it, but you just asked me to say it, now that I'm telling the truth, you won't blame me for it, right?

Fortunately, after Liu E was silent for a while, she didn't blame Li Zhang, but said in a light tone: "Even Wang Zeng didn't dare to recommend Kou Zhun in front of me, you are very bold!" ”

"No, no, my guts are actually very small, but I don't dare to tell lies in front of the eldest lady!" Li Zhang hurriedly waved his hand to deny it at this time, and then spoke again, "Actually, I think Wang is not bad in politics, he is the key person in getting rid of Ding Wei, and his ability and prestige are also good, if he becomes the prime minister, he should be able to stabilize the court quickly, that is, Wang Shenzheng always wants to marry his daughter to me, can you take care of it?" ”

Li Zhang's last nonsensical words finally made Liu E laugh "poof", and then said in a voice with a little smile: "Who Wang Zeng's daughter wants to marry is his private matter, I can't control it, but you are the unicorn of our Liu family, and it is normal for others to compete to marry their daughter to you!" ”

Liu E didn't stop any longer after speaking, and immediately stepped on the car, but Li Zhang was a little confused, Liu E said that she was the unicorn of the Liu family, but her surname was Li, she didn't want to change her surname to Liu, right?

By the time Li Zhang reacted, the team escorting Liu E had already gone away, and in the end, he could only shake his head helplessly, a woman's mind is really incomprehensible, especially a high-ranking and powerful woman like Liu E, no one knows what she is thinking in her head?

Liu E went back to Tokyo City first, mainly because the court is unstable now, even if it is because of the funeral, he can't leave Tokyo City for too long, and Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan stayed in the Imperial Mausoleum for seven days before going back, Li Zhang once wanted to visit them, but the Imperial Mausoleum was too strict, he couldn't enter at all, but Zhao Zhen passed by Huangzhuang when he left, and deliberately stopped to chat with Li Zhang before leaving, in fact, he wanted to stay in Huangzhuang for a while, but there were too many ministers who accompanied him, so he couldn't help it.

Time passed quickly, in a blink of an eye, it was September, and the potatoes in the fields finally reached the harvest season, Li Zhang organized all the strong laborers of several Zhuangzi who were in charge of potatoes, and unified the potatoes after harvesting and steadily put them into storage, and the warehouse for storing potatoes had already been built in the first half of the year.

It is worth mentioning that these tenants who grow potatoes will not get any potatoes this year, but Li Zhang will convert them with other grains, after all, the tenants' biggest income of the year is all on the land, and they can't just let them work without paying, and he also deliberately converted some more, which also stimulates the enthusiasm of the tenants to grow potatoes.

The potatoes have not been harvested yet, and news came from Tokyo City again that the new prime minister was finally determined, but this prime minister candidate was beyond everyone's expectations, because Liu E actually used one of the famous five ghosts again, that is, Wang Qinruo, who was known as the gall minister, was the prime minister, and the mansion where Li Zhang's family lived was his before.

When Li Zhang heard that Wang Qinruo was a prime minister again, he was stunned for a long time, he obviously recommended Kou Zhun, but the result was good, but Liu E chose Wang Qinruo, but after careful calculation, Wang Qinruo also met the requirements he said, with qualifications, prestige, ability, and once served as a prime minister, of course, Wang Qinruo's reputation is far worse than Kou Zhun.

However, Wang Qinruo was also a little strong by Kou Zhun, that is, when Wang Qinruo fell, he was just demoted, he still served in Hangzhou, strictly speaking, he did not leave the officialdom, but Kou Zhun is different, he was exiled, and he was far away in Leizhou, plus Liu E and Kou Zhun had a deep grudge, so Liu E's reluctance to use Kou Zhun was also expected.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but smile bitterly, in fact, he recommended Kou Zhun also has a little selfishness, for Kou Zhun person, although there is some controversy in history, he can definitely be called one of the most famous prime ministers in history.

In addition, Li Zhang also knows that now Kou Zhun is old, and the conditions in Leizhou are bad, if he is not allowed to come back, Kou Zhun will die in Leizhou next year, speaking of Kou Zhun's death is quite legendary, he once wrote in a poem when he was young, "To the sea is only ten miles, over the mountains should be ten thousand times", but when he died in Leizhou's apartment, it was just ten miles away from the sea, but it was separated from his hometown by ten thousand mountains.

"Do your best, just ask for a clear conscience!" Li Zhang finally sighed and said to himself, he really wanted to meet Kou Zhun in person, the controversial and legendary prime minister, but unfortunately it seems that it is difficult to achieve it now.

After harvesting potatoes, the weather began to get colder day by day, Liu Shu's musket workshop finally had results, the first batch of muskets were tested, and finally distributed to the soldiers under Huyan Shouxin, and under the guidance of Li Zhang, the soldiers also began to conduct live-fire training, at first some people were too careless, and as a result, there was a mistake in the army, which made Li Zhang also very annoyed, after several rectifications, this allowed the soldiers to abide by the operating specifications of the musket, such as not allowing the muzzle to be aimed at people, not allowing open flames to approach the bullet and so on.

The flintlock pistol is a breech gun, and it is a little troublesome to load ammunition, even if Li Zhang has used fixed ammunition, but it still needs to go through a lot of training to make these soldiers proficient in loading ammunition, and there are also necessary skills such as gun maintenance, which also need him to teach the soldiers in the army.

Fortunately, Li Zhang also has a good helper of Huyan Shouxin, and Huyan Shouxin is almost the first to learn all the operations of the musket, and then Li Zhang sets down some operation specifications and hands them over to Huyan Shouxin to implement, which saves Li Zhang a lot of trouble.

With the passage of time, the musket battalion is also slowly on the right track, the potatoes are stored in the warehouse, there are special people to check every day, and there is no need for Li Zhang to worry about it, so he found a time to arrange, and returned to the capital on horseback, during this time his biggest gain is that his riding skills are getting better and better, and he used to take a carriage to walk for a day and a half to return to the capital, but now he only needs half a day to go back on a fast horse.

"Big brother!" When Li Zhang returned home, the raccoon dog was the first to rush up and pounce on him, and in just one year, the raccoon dog has grown a lot taller, and it has become whiter and whiter, looking white and tender, much more beautiful than at the beginning.

"Haha~, you've grown taller, I'm afraid my eldest brother will find you a mother-in-law in a few years!" Li Zhang also hugged the raccoon dog a few times, and then let her laugh and said that the raccoon dog had also visited him many times this year, but the conditions in Huangzhuang were not very good, Li Zhang did not want the raccoon dog to follow him to endure hardships, and there was no playmate for her there, plus Li Zhang invited Mr. to teach them to read for the children at home, so the raccoon dog generally could only live for a few days before being sent back by Li Zhang.

At this time, other people in the family also gathered around, and when Lu Wu and Li Yonghe and others came back in the evening, they were also very happy, Xiuxiu also prepared several large tables of good dishes for Li Zhang, and the family rarely got together to eat and drink, and did not rest until midnight.

However, the next morning, Li Yonghe suddenly told him a news that surprised him, and this news was related to Wang Qinruo, who had just become the prime minister again.