It was already late at night, but Li Zhang sat alone in the study without resting, only to see him writing something on the big paper on the desk at this time, until the last word, he put down the brush in his hand, and then looked at the content on the paper in a daze.

Today, when Li Zhang and Wang Qinruo chatted to the end, the other party gave him three strategies to deal with the possible power struggle between Liu E and Zhao Zhen in the future.

Although Liu E and Li Zhang's kinship is fake, she is the one who picks up Li Zhang, and her generosity towards Li Zhang is usually extraordinary, and even sometimes Zhao Zhen feels that Liu E is closer to Li Zhang than to his son, which also makes Li Zhang a very special figure in the court.

Li Zhang is not a ruthless and unrighteous person, he actually doesn't have too many feelings for his aunt who is guarding the imperial mausoleum, after all, the two have only met once, and they are more sympathetic to her, and it is also because of Zhao Zhen's relationship that he wants to reunite their mother and son, so he will take the risk of recognizing each other.

But Liu E's concern for Li Zhang is something he can feel, so Li Zhang's feelings for Liu E are actually very complicated, and it is estimated that only after Zhao Zhen knows that Liu E is not his biological mother can he really feel the same way as him, but in any case, Li Zhang still treats Liu E as an elder worthy of his respect.

As for Zhao Zhen, there is no need to mention it, the two are not only cousins, but also met as a teenager, and they have already cultivated a deep relationship in the past few years, Zhao Zhen has never regarded him as an outsider, not only let Li Zhang be the greeting envoy to greet him on his behalf, but also can enter and leave the palace freely at ordinary times, this trust is even more than that of ordinary brothers.

But it is precisely because of this that in case Liu E and Zhao Zhen are in confrontation or even fight because of the competition one day later, Li Zhang will become the person in a dilemma, will he help Liu E deal with Zhao Zhen, or help Zhao Zhen deal with Liu E? This is also Wang Qinruo's reminder to Li Zhang today.

And for this problem, Wang Qinruo gave three strategies, he told Li Zhang, one of the bottom strategies is that Li Zhang swayed left and right, that is, he wanted to help Zhao Zhen, and wanted to help Liu E, but in the end, he would only end up unflattering, Liu E would suppress him when he was in power, and when Zhao Zhen came to power in the future, he would also be suspicious, and his future would be greatly affected.

As for the middle strategy, it is Li Zhang who chooses one from Liu E and Zhao Zhen to support, but this also has a problem, if Li Zhang supports Liu E, then he must be very smooth in the early stage, but this will make Zhao Zhen break with him, if Liu E dies in the future, Zhao Zhen has real power, Li Zhang will definitely be suppressed, and it will be difficult to save his life.

If Li Zhang supports Zhao Zhen, then he will definitely face a break with Liu E in the early stage, for this Wang Qinruo told Li Zhang, Liu E has become more and more ambitious since he took power, and he can't say which direction the Great Song Dynasty will develop in the future?

But Liu E will definitely not easily hand over power to Zhao Zhen, and will even deliberately suppress Zhao Zhen, and Li Zhang, as the most trusted person around Zhao Zhen, is the person who Liu E pulled up with one hand, but betrayed her, will definitely attract Liu E's revenge, so Li Zhang will also become very dangerous, but if he can survive until Liu E dies, then his future will be bright.

It can be said that the middle strategy has a great risk, and in serious cases, it will even threaten Li Zhang's life, and it will offend one of Liu E and Zhao Zhen, which Li Zhang does not want to see, so Wang Qinruo gave a best policy.

Since it is the best policy, it should have been Li Zhang's best choice, but Li Zhang is now a little hesitant about this policy, because this policy is very simple, there is only one word, that is, "go", in fact, it is to let Li Zhang leave the capital, which is the place of right and wrong, so that he can avoid the conflict between Liu E and Zhao Zhen, and perfectly protect the relationship between himself and both parties.

Speaking of which, Li Zhang had seen Yan Shu before, and the other party also deliberately offended Liu E, and then was demoted out of the capital, he did this similar to Wang Qinruo's best policy, but he planned to draw a clear line with Liu E, wait for Liu E's death in the field, and after Zhao Zhen took the throne, he would be reused by Zhao Zhen.

Li Zhang doesn't feel that there is any right or wrong for Yan Shu's approach, after all, people are selfish, and it is normal to plan for their future, but when he is also faced with a choice similar to Yan Shu, he hesitates, not that he is nobler than Yan Shu, just because he is different from Yan Shu, Yan Shu and Liu E and Zhao Zhen are just simple monarchs and ministers, but Li Zhang has more deep feelings with them, which makes him more fettered when making choices.

When Wang Qinruo first said this best policy before, Li Zhang was also moved, for him, it is indeed a good choice to stay away from the capital, and he does have a lot of things to do, such as the military of the northwest and Hebei, the maritime trade of the southern coast, and so on.

But after Li Zhang calmed down, he began to have some doubts about this strategy, not that he didn't believe Wang Qinruo, but that he felt that this strategy was not as perfect as it seemed, maybe he could find a reason to leave, but this reason may be able to deceive Zhao Zhen temporarily, but it can never fool the shrewd Liu E, after all, Yan Shu was seen through by her at a glance, let alone Li Zhang.

If Liu E knew that Li Zhang also deliberately left Beijing at this time, I am afraid that he would be very disappointed in him, and Zhao Zhen is also growing up day by day, maybe he will also figure out this matter in the future, and what will he think of Li Zhang at that time?

In addition, Li Zhang still has a lot of things to do in the capital, such as money and firearms, which are very important things, and he also wants Zhao Zhen to recognize the aunt in the imperial mausoleum, although he doesn't need to take care of him from time to time, but he also pays attention to the situation of that aunt, with her age, as long as she is willing to recuperate with peace of mind, it is not difficult to survive Liu E.

It is precisely because of the above that Li Zhang also has some doubts about this best policy, but if he doesn't choose this best policy, then he can only choose the middle policy, but when he thinks of picking out a support from Liu E and Zhao Zhen, although he is inclined to Zhao Zhen in his heart, he can't help but feel a headache when he thinks of having a conflict with Liu E.

In the end, Li Zhang sat alone until midnight, and he didn't come up with a clue, and finally he simply slapped the table and said: "That's it, instead of worrying about these now, it's better to take a step by step, as the so-called water comes to cover the earth, and the soldiers come to block, I don't believe that I can't think of the best of both worlds!" ”

As soon as the words came out, Li Zhang also felt a sense of relief all over his body, and then fell asleep while lying on the bed. A few days later, a bad news came, Wang Qinruo finally left, and Liu E cried bitterly on the spot when she heard the news, and made an exception again, and actually wanted to preside over Wang Qinruo's funeral in person.