Time flies quickly, in a blink of an eye, the winter of the eighth year of Tiansheng has come, and the weather is getting colder and colder, at first Li Zhang thought that Liu E was just temporarily locked up in Zongzheng Temple, but he never dreamed that this pass was more than half a year, fortunately he was accompanied by Qingzhi, the two newlywed Yan'er, it was the time of strong love, even if they were tired of being together every day, they did not feel bored, but deepened the feelings between their husband and wife.

In the past half a year, the outside world has also been very calm, at the beginning Li Zhang was mentioned from time to time, but as time went by, slowly Li Zhang was also forgotten, after all, there are too many things in the capital that can divert everyone's attention, but this year Zhao Zhen and Lu Wu came to visit him from time to time, mainly because others couldn't come at all.

It is also through Zhao Zhen and Lu Wu that Li Zhang also learned about some outside situations, the Great Song Dynasty is very calm, at most there is a famine somewhere, and now the Great Song Dynasty has sufficient food, and a small famine is not a problem at all, but the warehouse where the grain is stored is too much grain, resulting in the grain that cannot be stored at all, so the imperial court has also released the ban on private brewing.

The martial arts side is also operating normally, Cao Wei has asked Liu E many times to intercede for Li Zhang, but unfortunately it has no effect, but this favor Li Zhang has written down, in addition to the money store and the textile industry, which are also developing rapidly, after all, these Li Zhang have laid a solid foundation long before, even if he is not there, he is still moving forward.

However, although the Great Song Dynasty is calm, it is not peaceful abroad, especially the Liao State and the northwest that Li Zhang is concerned about, and Li Yuanhao in the northwest finally took the initiative to attack his younger brother Li Chengyu, but Li Chengyu is now losing and retreating, and even his nest is about to be lost, and it seems that Li Yuanhao's unification of the party is also this year.

If Li Yuanhao unifies the party item, the next step will definitely turn to the Great Song Dynasty, firstly, the party item is a group of robbers, they need to rob the Great Song Dynasty to enhance their own strength, and secondly, Li Mingde died at the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, and the party item was almost wiped out, with Li Yuanhao's character, he will definitely want to take revenge, so as long as he unifies the party item, he will definitely do something to the Great Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty did not let Li Yuanhao go unchecked, and several generals in the northwest united with Cao Wei of martial arts to write to the imperial court, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity of Li Yuanhao's attack on Li Chengyu to send troops and copy Li Yuanhao's old nest Xingzhou, even if he couldn't beat Xingzhou City, it could make Li Yuanhao difficult to take care of, so as to give Li Chengyu a chance, as long as Li Chengyu did not die, the party could not be unified.

However, Cao Wei and other generals have limited influence in the court, coupled with the suppression of military generals by Wenchen of the Great Song Dynasty, so the twists and turns they sent are likely to sink into the sea, but this time it is thanks to the newly appointed prime minister Lu Yijian, although Lu Yijian has a lot of shortcomings, but this person is still very discerning, and finally persuaded Liu E to agree to send troops to the northwest to contain Li Yuanhao, and now Cao Yu's musket army and another team of cavalry have sent troops, which is estimated to cause a lot of trouble to Li Yuanhao.

Compared with the northwest, the most unlucky is still the Liao State, the Bohai People's Congress Yanlin launched a rebellion in August last year, the scale of the rebellion was not very large, but the Liao State suppressed it effectively, so that more and more people participated in the rebellion, and finally even the horse commander Xiao Xiaoxian and the princess of Nanyang were imprisoned, and the princess of Nanyang was killed when she escaped.

Dayanlin's uprising was like a wildfire, intensifying in the eastern part of Liao, and even shaking the rule of Liao, and although Yelu Longxu, the emperor of Liao, was a generation of heroes, he was very old, and he was also sick in recent years, and his dominance in the country was also greatly reduced, and there were many contradictions within Liao, which provided great convenience for Dayanlin's rebellion.

In just one year, Dayanlin's strength has reached tens of thousands, known as the Relic Army, and Dayan Lin has laid down the Tokyo City of Liao, Liao has five capitals, that is, the five most prosperous cities in the country, and with the fall of Tokyo City, the Relic Army is even more prestigious, and the Liao State is even more chaotic, it is said that Dayan Lin will also send troops to attack Shenzhou, the military town of Liao, that is, Shenyang in later generations, which can be described as ambitious.

Of course, because the distance is too far, the above news was already a few months ago, and now what kind of rebellion Da Yanlin has reached, the Great Song side is not very clear.

In addition, Li Zhang did not have the slightest impression of the rebellion of Da Yanlin in the original history, but he knew that the other party must have failed, after all, the Liao State still had nearly a hundred years of national fortune, and it was finally destroyed by the Jurchens, so this Bohai people's great Yanlin will definitely fail in the end.

But even if it fails, Da Yanlin is of great significance to the Great Song Dynasty, if Li Zhang is Liu E, he will definitely secretly send someone to contact this Da Yanlin, give them some support, and then wait for the opportunity to find an opportunity to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun, after all, it is the northern gate of the Central Plains, and losing it is equivalent to exposing the hinterland of the Central Plains directly under the iron hooves of the Liao State, and the Great Song Dynasty has no danger to defend, and in the end can only retain a huge standing army to prevent the Liao State from going south.

The standing strength of the Great Song Dynasty has reached millions, no matter how rich the Great Song Dynasty is, the millions of troops have also caused heavy pressure on the Great Song Dynasty, which is one of the three redundant "redundant soldiers", but there is no way to do it, after all, the loss of Yanyun has caused no danger in Hebei to defend, and can only be garrisoned with a huge number of troops, which is why Zhao Kuangyin wanted to recover Yanyun so much.

However, it is a pity that Liu E is now in power, although Liu E has performed very well in domestic affairs, but she lacks an international view of the overall situation, and as a woman, she is not very interested in military affairs, not as warlike as the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State, in fact, Liu E's idea is very simple, that is, to guard the Great Song Dynasty handed over to her by Zhao Heng, and external expansion is not in her consideration.

It was also in this situation, in the face of such a good opportunity for the Great Yanlin Rebellion, the Great Song Dynasty did not make the slightest move, which made Li Zhang also secretly cry that it was a pity, if he could take this opportunity to recover Yanyun, then the Great Wall defense line would be able to form a line, and then the Liao State would not want to go south easily, and the Great Song Dynasty would no longer have to maintain such a large force.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh secretly, the opportunity must not be lost, it will not come again, although the rebellion of Da Yanlin has become the climate, but the national fortunes of the Liao State have not declined, especially Yelu Longxu, although he is old, he is a generation of heroes, this kind of person cannot be underestimated at any time, so Li Zhang estimates that the Da Yanlin may not be able to jump for long.