Ming Dao, the sun and the moon are the same way, Wu Zetian named himself Wu Cao, it is said that the word "Cao" was created by Wu Zetian himself, which means that the sun and the moon are in the sky, and the heroine is the country, and now Liu E imitates Wu Zetian and takes the meaning of the sun and the moon in the same way, and his ambition is almost obvious.

Regarding Liu E's change of the year name to Mingdao, everyone in the court remained silent, but it was not that these people had no ideas in their hearts, but they all knew that Liu E's body was not good, and it was not nice to say, and now Liu E was just struggling before dying, and they didn't need to worry about these things with Liu E, as long as they waited patiently.

Of course, these ministers also have scruples, they are also worried that if Liu E's health improves, and then regain her strength, the opponents will definitely be unlucky, of course, even if Liu E's health does not improve, but the power is still in her hands, and it will definitely not end well to openly oppose her, so they just need to respond to all changes with the same, maybe the day that everyone hopes for will come soon.

Thinking of Liu E's current situation, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh, although he hadn't experienced it, but the feeling that most of the people around him were looking forward to his death was definitely uncomfortable, and fortunately, Liu E had experienced too many winds and waves in her life, otherwise if it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that she would have been unable to withstand the pressure and collapse.

If it was placed in the past, when Li Zhang and Liu E were not as estranged as they are now, he might have spoken out to persuade Liu E and let her hand over the imperial power as soon as possible, so that she could leave the court with dignity in the future, and at the same time would not offend too many people, but with the current situation, if Li Zhang dared to speak, Liu E would definitely suspect him of colluding with Zhao Zhen, and then not only would he be unlucky, but even Zhao Zhen would be implicated.

Early this morning, after Li Zhang had breakfast, he also asked the family to prepare the carriage, and then went to Qingzhi to say goodbye to their mother and daughter, because yesterday afternoon Liu E issued an order to let him return to the martial arts school again, and today he plans to go to the martial arts school to have a look.

Speaking of which, during this time, Li Zhang also often paid attention to the situation of martial arts, and when Huyan Bixian occasionally went home, he would also come to sit with him, so Li Zhang could also inquire about some internal situation in martial arts, compared to when he left, the current martial arts has not changed much except for the expansion of several times in scale, and even the position of the superintendent has been left to Li Zhang, and the imperial court has wanted to send a new superintendent several times, but Cao Wei has refused.

However, Cao Wei's health during this period was not very good, in fact, he returned to Beijing to recuperate, and the most serious old cold leg was relieved a lot under Li Zhang's reminder, but in addition to this, he also had other diseases, almost all of which were the root of the disease that fell on the battlefield back then, and it was impossible to eradicate it at his age, and he could only alleviate the condition, but as soon as Li Zhang left, the burden of martial arts was all pressed on Cao Wei, which naturally made him a little unbearable.

After saying goodbye to his wife and daughter, Li Zhang took a carriage to Wucheng Wang Temple, speaking of which he has not been here for nearly two years, when he came to martial arts, he found that the changes here are still very great, even if he stands outside, he can see that there are many more houses inside, and the sound of killing in martial arts is shocking, if you don't know, I'm afraid you think this is a military camp, in fact, this is not much different from the military camp.

The guards guarding the door also recognized Li Zhang, and immediately saluted when he saw him come in, Li Zhang nodded and walked in, there are several times more students in martial arts, mainly recruiting new students every year, the old students have not yet graduated, and the instructors will naturally increase, but the first batch of students will graduate and enter the army next year, and the future of martial arts will depend on their performance in the army.

Li Zhang didn't rush to find Cao Wei, but walked around in the martial arts by himself, although most of them were fresh faces, but occasionally they could see some acquaintances, and they also stepped forward to say hello when they saw Li Zhang, Li Zhang also smiled and chatted with each other, and finally unconsciously came to the back of the school.

"Huh?" At this moment, Li Zhang suddenly found a strange person in the drill team of the school, only to see that in a group of young students with immature faces, there was a bearded student with a big face.

"Could it be that he is a student from the army, but this is too old, right?" Li Zhang touched his chin at this time and said to himself, the trainees selected in the army are generally required to be under the age of twenty-five, these trainees are generally poor, have never had a lot of hardships, and have been in the army for many years, most of them are relatively old, but Li Zhang is also the first time to see such an old man as this bearded student.

However, this bearded man only aroused Li Zhang's curiosity for a while, and soon he left the school grounds, and then came to Cao Wei's office room, when he knocked on the door, an old voice also came from inside: "Come in!" ”

Li Zhang pushed the door and walked into the room, and at a glance he saw Cao Wei who was crouching on the bookcase to deal with official business, but compared to two years ago, Cao Wei was already full of gray hair, which made him say with some emotion: "Mountain Chief, long time no see!" ”

Cao Wei also raised his head immediately when he heard Li Zhang's voice, and said with a look of surprise when he saw him: "Li Zhang, you are finally here, please sit down and serve tea!" ”

With Cao Wei's command, an old servant immediately brought tea, and Li Zhang also took a sip with a smile before saying, "How is your health, mountain chief, I heard that you were sick again at the beginning of this year?" ”

I saw Cao Wei also smiled bitterly at this time and shook his head and said: "I'm old, it's useless, I thought I could ambush in the snow nest for three days and three nights, but now I get sick at every turn, and even I have already moved the idea of resigning from the old man before, but now that you are back, I estimate that I can last a few more years, no matter what, I have to see the first batch of students enter the army and do something!" ”

Cao Wei is not only the pride of the general, but also a banner in the army, as long as he is in the martial arts, even if he does nothing, he can stabilize people's hearts and motivate the students, which is incomparable to anyone, Cao Wei himself knows this, so as long as his body allows, he will always stay in the martial arts.

"Don't worry, the mountain chief, any hard work in the future will be handed over to me, you just need to rest in peace!" Li Zhang immediately patted his chest and assured that Cao Wei was a person he respected, if it wasn't for Li Zhang's recommendation to return to Beijing to recuperate and come to martial arts, maybe Cao Wei would only need to stay at home and tease Sun now.

"Just have your words, these things will all be handed over to you in the future, I'm old, my eyes are spent, and sometimes I can't even read words clearly!" Cao Wei was not polite, and immediately pushed all the documents in front of him in front of Li Zhang and said, these things took up a lot of his time and energy, so that he had no time to rest at all.

Li Zhang didn't recommend it either, so he picked up an official document and read it, and asked Cao Wei for advice when he encountered something he didn't understand, and Cao Wei also took this opportunity to explain to Li Zhang the changes in martial arts in the past two years.

Li Zhang is in the prime of life, and martial arts was originally founded by him and Cao Wei together, so he took over these things very smoothly, and even handled most of the official affairs in Cao Wei's hands in a short period of time, which made Cao Wei can't help but show an envious expression, and sigh again and again that it is good to be young.

"By the way, Li Zhang, you went to Liao State before, did you find anything?" Cao Wei suddenly asked again at this time, although he guarded the northwest all the year round, he was still very concerned about Liao, in fact, he was also stationed in Hebei all the year round when he was young, and even his old cold legs were the root of the disease left in Hebei.

Li Zhang did not hide it, and talked in detail about his envoy to Liao, especially for the contradictions within Liao, he also focused on it, and finally said again: "I see that there are many contradictions in Liao, and the previous Dayanlin Rebellion is one of the consequences of the outbreak of this contradiction, and after this rebellion, it can also be seen that Liao's military strength is declining!" ”

After listening to Li Zhang's words, Cao Wei also showed a contemplative expression, and after a while, he spoke: "You are right, the strength of the Liao State is indeed declining, but you can't despise them too much, the iron cavalry of the Liao army is still very elite, but are you really sure that the Liao nation will break out into civil strife?" ”

"There is no need to doubt this, the newly enthroned Liao State is young, his biological mother and adoptive mother are not in harmony, and I think Xiao Yunjin is a woman who is ambitious, and the contradiction between her and Xiao Guanyin is irreconcilable, and I even dare to assert that the conflict between the two will completely break out within this year!" When Li Zhang said the end, he also showed a very positive look on his face.

Li Zhang has also been paying attention to the internal situation of Liao during this time, but unfortunately Liao is too far away, and the transmission of news is seriously lagging behind, for example, if something big happens in Liao, when the news reaches Tokyo, it may be a month or two later, so Li Zhang suspects that the contradiction between Xiao Yunjin and Xiao Guanyin has broken out, but the Great Song Dynasty has not received the news yet.

"If that's the case, then it's really a great thing for our Great Song!" Cao Wei also nodded again and again when he heard this, Liao's internal turmoil made the pressure on Hebei much lighter, which allowed Da Song to free up his hands to do more things.

"Mountain Chief, although Xiao Yunjin is ambitious, but I don't think she has the talent to govern the country, if she is in power, the Liao State will definitely be in chaos, do you think our Great Song Dynasty can take the opportunity to send troops to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun?" Li Zhang suddenly asked at this time, he had also mentioned this matter to Liu E and others, but no one paid attention to it at all, so now he wanted to hear the opinion of Cao Wei, a veteran.