Seeing Zhao Zhen's silent appearance, Li Zhang also guessed what he was thinking, and said with some tears and laughter at the moment: "Your Majesty misunderstood what I meant, I didn't ask Your Majesty to dismiss Lu Xiang, in fact, in my opinion, I'm afraid there is no one more suitable for the position of prime minister than Lu Xiang." ”

"But Lu Xiang is the person promoted by the Queen Mother after all, and the court has always been a little critical of him, I am thinking about whether to temporarily demote him and then reactivate him, so that he can block other people's mouths and make Lu Xiang feel my kindness?" Zhao Zhen also told the truth in his heart at this time.

"Your Majesty, never!" Li Zhang hurriedly shook his head when he heard this, if he remembered correctly, Zhao Zhen in history treated Lu Yijian like this, and it was recorded in the history books that it was because Empress Guo said bad things about Lu Yijian, but in fact, Zhao Zhen himself wanted to belittle Lu Yijian and leave Beijing.

"Why?" Zhao Zhen asked with some puzzlement.

"Although there are some people in the court who have some criticism of Lu Xiang, but there are only a few people, and the voice is not loud, and no one even openly proposes it, if His Majesty belittles Lu Xiang first and then uses it, with Lu Xiang's experience in rolling in the court for so many years, he will definitely be able to guess His Majesty's intentions, if His Majesty is Lu Xiang, will he still be grateful to His Majesty at this time?"

"This ......" Zhao Zhen also showed a contemplative expression when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Li Zhang sighed again when he saw this, and then he spoke again: "In fact, it is a good thing that some people criticize Lu Xiang now, Your Majesty can still reuse Lu Xiang at this time, and you will get Lu Xiang's gratitude on the contrary, Your Majesty has also seen it during this time, and Lu Xiang is also fully assisted by His Majesty, otherwise Your Majesty would not be familiar with government affairs so quickly." ”

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Zhao Zhen finally nodded and said: "Cousin, what you said is also reasonable, during this time, Lu Xiang did his best for me, when the eldest lady was in power, thanks to his many maintenances, from this point of view, he is still heartbroken, if he is demoted out of Beijing now, it will chill his heart." ”

"Your Majesty is wise, in fact, I think Lu Xiang is talented, capable, and quite decisive, as long as Your Majesty is willing to trust him, it will be a great help to Your Majesty in the future, but I have a question I want to ask Your Majesty, where do you plan to take the Great Song Dynasty?" When Li Zhang said at the end, he also showed a serious look on his face, Zhao Zhen was almost a puppet in the past, so Li Zhang also tried to avoid talking about these things with him, but now that Zhao Zhen is in power, he must let him set a clear goal.

"Then I don't need to ask, I naturally hope that the stronger the Great Song Dynasty is, the better, it is best to recover Yanyun, completely eliminate the threat of the Liao State, and quell the rebellion of the Quartet, so that the people of the Great Song Dynasty can live and work in peace and contentment, and lay a peaceful and prosperous era for future generations!" Zhao Zhen said without hesitation at this time, and he was full of ambition when he spoke, after all, he was still enthusiastic when he first ascended the throne, and his ambitions for so many years were waiting for him to be displayed.

"Your Majesty's wish is great, but I want to ask again, how does Your Majesty want to achieve it?" Li Zhang looked at Zhao Zhen with a smile at this time and asked again.

"This ......" Zhao Zhen was stunned again when he heard this, although he was full of ambitions, but he didn't think about how to realize him, in fact, Zhao Zhen is not much different from ordinary people in later generations, he has countless good wishes when he is young, but when he really faces reality, he is often defeated by reality, and in the end, only a few people can really realize his wishes when he was young.

Seeing Zhao Zhen's speechless appearance, Li Zhang couldn't help but smile again: "Your Majesty's wish is indeed very good, but you don't have a real plan, in this case, what does Your Majesty use to persuade Lu Xiang and these ministers to assist Your Majesty with all their might?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Zhen once again showed a stammering look, if it was another person, maybe he would have been annoyed and angry, after all, he was speechless when asked twice in a row, which really made him ashamed and embarrassed.

"Your Majesty actually doesn't have to worry, ordinary people also have to think about what they should do in their lives when they become adults, and this is not something that can be thought of for a while, not to mention that Your Majesty wants to plan the direction of a country, and Your Majesty has set a long-term goal, external expansion to eliminate external threats, internal cultivation of benevolent government, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, these two goals complement each other, and now we only need to make a practical plan for this goal." Li Zhang spoke again at this time.

"Yes, yes, it's still cousin, you said it well, and I'm not alone, cousin, you can help me plan the future direction of the Great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Zhen immediately shouted in surprise when he heard Li Zhang's summary, he was confused by Li Zhang's question just now.

"In fact, His Majesty is already doing this, such as Xingzhou, which attacked the party before, and now the party has been driven away, and Xingzhou has also fallen into our grasp, with the move of the Xiang army into Tuntian, Xingzhou will become more and more solid, and Xingzhou has a very important role, Your Majesty can let people take the map and take a look!" Li Zhang continued at this time.

"Get the map!" Zhao Zhen heard Li Zhang's words and immediately ordered, after a while, there were two chamberlains carrying a screen to the front, and on the screen was the map of the Great Song Dynasty, marked with some important cities, mountains, rivers, etc., although there is a big difference from the map of later generations, but at least there are many important markers.

Zhao Zhen quickly found the location of Xingzhou from the map, at first he only saw that Xingzhou was located on the bank of the Yellow River, and there seemed to be nothing special, but soon he found that another long line that was not inferior to the Yellow River also passed through Xingzhou, which made him blurt out and shouted: "I know, it's the Great Wall!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise, Xingzhou was originally one of the passes of the Great Wall, from the pre-Qin period, the Spring and Autumn Warring States, Qin, Han, and Sui all overhauled the Great Wall, only the former Tang Dynasty was extremely strong, and the nomads were lenient, so there was no need for the Great Wall, but for our Great Song Dynasty, the role of the Great Wall was still very important, Emperor Taizu wanted to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun, in fact, he wanted to use the Great Wall to resist the Khitan iron cavalry......"

Li Zhang explained the origin and importance of the Great Wall in detail, although Zhao Zhen must know it very clearly, but he still has to say that the Great Song Dynasty is really aggrieved, and he can't take back the sixteen states of Yanyun, and he can't take back the Great Wall in the eastern section, but even the Great Wall in the western section has long been lost, and the scope of activities of the party members is inside and outside the Great Wall.

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