When he was in Gyeongju, Cao Wei took very good care of Li Zhang, and Cao Ma was Li Zhang's close friend, so for Cao Wei wanted to go back to Beijing to recuperate, Li Zhang had to help anyway, and he also remembered that if nothing else, Cao Wei was likely to die of illness in the northwest next year, which was also a huge loss for the Great Song Dynasty, and it was precisely because of Cao Wei's early death in history that Li Yuanhao had the courage to raise troops in the northwest.

However, although he wants to help, he can't go directly to Liu E to intercede dryly, after all, Li Zhang is not a big minister, and Liu E may agree to other things, but like this kind of major event involving military and politics, Liu E will definitely be very cautious, and Li Zhang's influence on her will be very limited, so he must also think of a safe way.

At that moment, Li Zhang stood in the courtyard and pondered for a long time, and finally suddenly clapped his hands and turned around and left the courtyard, and then took a carriage to Yan Niang's fat powder shop, which is already the most high-end women's products store in the capital, in addition to rouge gouache soap, there are many things for women, such as mirrors, combs and the like, and even Li Zhang even got out underwear, but now there are very few women who dare to wear them.

"Why do you have time to come to me, do you think you want to marry me?" Yan Niang saw Li Zhang come in and immediately smiled and stepped forward, although Li Zhang was engaged to Qingzhi, she was not dead hearted, and she had to tease Li Zhang from time to time.

Li Zhang was already immune to Yan Niang, and said directly: "I came to borrow something from you." ”

"I know that you have nothing to do but ascend the Three Treasures Palace!" Yan Niang snorted coldly at the moment, but she still took Li Zhang to her room in the back, and then took down a small box hidden on the bookshelf and opened it, "It's all here, can you find it yourself?" ”

"I didn't say what I asked you to borrow, but you guessed?" Li Zhang couldn't help but smile when he saw the booklets in the box, these booklets were all all kinds of information collected by Yan Niang over the years, and they were very detailed.

"Hmph, what else can you do when you come to me and ask me about this?" Yan Niang glanced at Li Zhang and said.

Hearing Yan Niang say this, Li Zhang also felt a little embarrassed, speaking of which he was indeed a little cold to Yan Niang, if it wasn't for the need to use her information here, he would rarely think of the other party, which made him feel a little guilty in his heart.

"What you want, I'll help you figure it out." Yan Niang asked again at this time, she has collected too much information over the years, even if it has been sorted out in different categories, it is also full of a box, if Li Zhang is asked to find it by himself, I am afraid it will take several days.

Li Zhang came to his senses when he heard Yan Niang's words, and immediately told her what he was looking for, but Yan Niang immediately found a thick stack from the box, Li Zhang looked through it, picked out a few important things from it and recorded them, and then thanked Yan Niang and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, are you going to marry that little lady of the Liu family next year?" Yan Niang suddenly stopped Li Zhang and asked, and at the same time, her face showed a little tangled.

Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard Yan Niang's words, because he remembered that Miao Yuan had asked the same question, but then he reacted and nodded: "Yes, if nothing else, the marriage will be completed in the first half of next year." ”

Hearing Li Zhang's answer, Yan Niang's face suddenly turned a little pale, and her eyes looked at Li Zhang fixedly for a while, and finally suddenly sighed and said: "That's it, you and that little lady Liu are the right people, and I am really not worthy of you as a homeless person!" ”

"Yan Niang, ...... you" Li Zhang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Yan Niang's words, and wanted to speak at the moment, but he didn't know what to say for a while?

"Okay, you go about your business, you don't have to worry about this kind of childlike thing." Yan Niang waved her hand at Li Zhang at this time, although Li Zhang didn't speak, she also knew what he was going to say, but she didn't want to hear those words anymore.

Li Zhang also sighed at the moment, and then said goodbye to Yan Niang with a wry smile and left, the most difficult thing to accept the beauty is the favor, even if he has no thoughts about Yan Niang, but he still feels like he owes her something?

After leaving the fat powder shop, Li Zhang's carriage went directly into the palace to ask to see Liu E, but when he came to the vertical arch hall, he learned that Liu E was discussing with Lu Yijian and others inside, so he could only wait outside, and he did not enter the main hall until Lu Yijian and others left.

"You're a rare guest, why are you free today?" Liu E saw Li Zhang, but she said lukewarmly, because although Li Zhang often went to Zhao Zhen during this time, he rarely came to her, which made her a little unhappy.

"The eldest lady forgives her sins, the minister is really busy during this time, and he must find more time to enter the palace in the future to say hello to the eldest lady!" Li Zhang immediately apologized, in fact, he was quite helpless, he had been persuading Zhao Zhen during this time, so it was naturally inconvenient to come to see Liu E frequently, so as not to make Zhao Zhen think too much.

Liu E also knew what Li Zhang was doing when he went to Zhao Zhen, so he didn't really get angry, and looked at him a few times at the moment and said again: "That's it, you must have something to do with your majesty today, is it related to Your Majesty?" ”

"Cough, the eldest lady misunderstood, I actually came because I heard some things, and my heart was quite unfair, so I wanted to play a copy to the eldest lady!" As he spoke, Li Zhang took out a piece of the fold in his arms and sent it to Liu E, and the content of the fold was a few things copied from Yan Niang.

"It's really strange that you're still playing?" Liu E couldn't help but be even more surprised when she saw Li Zhang's recital, because since Li Zhang entered the officialdom, he had never been on a recital, because he usually came to him directly for anything, and he didn't need to write an excerpt at all, and the most important thing at the moment was that Li Zhang was too lazy to write.

Although surprised, Liu E still took Li Zhang's fold, but when she opened it and saw the content on the fold, her face became more and more ugly, and finally she slapped the fold on the bookcase with a "bang".

"Is all this true?" Liu E looked at Li Zhang with an angry face and asked.

"It's true, these generals have long lost the bravery of their ancestors, every day the cockfighting and lackeys only care about having fun, and there are many people who are rampant, these are the most heinous people, and the ministers really can't see it, so they played a copy!" Li Zhang said with a righteous face at this time.

The content of the fold is all recorded that some aristocratic children are rampant in the capital, and such as taking people's wives, occupying people's land, etc., but these people are very careful and did not cause death, plus their family is powerful, and ordinary people can't win them at all, so in the end they can only swallow this evil breath helplessly, and these noble children have one thing in common, that is, they were born in Jiangmen.

"Hmph, the Zhang family, the Li family, and the Wang family, all of them were famous generals at the beginning, but now there is this kind of gentleman, not only the face of their family, but even the reputation of the court has been ruined by them. Liu E immediately preached the decree, and someone next to her immediately recorded it.

"Big Niangniang, these generals have the shadow of their ancestors, even if they don't succeed, they can be in a certain official and half-position in the forbidden army in the future, plus the family is powerful, and some people are doing nonsense outside, even if they dispose of a batch now, it is inevitable that there will be another batch in the future, so the minister thinks that he must think of a proper way to completely solve this problem!" At this time, Li Zhang suddenly stepped forward again and suggested.

"Oh? What are your thoughts? Liu E also looked at Li Zhang at this time and asked.

"The minister does have an idea, in fact, when he was in the northwest, the minister found a problem, that is, the soldiers of our Song army are actually not weak, one-on-one fighting, whether it is the party or the Tubo people, I am afraid it will be difficult to take advantage, such an elite soldier, our Song army should be stronger than the army of those tribes, but in fact it is the same number of troops, our army and the army outside the country, but often fall behind, why is this?"

"Why?" Liu E also frowned when she heard Li Zhang's words and asked, in fact, she also knew that when the Song army faced foreign enemies, it generally won by numbers, or by occupying the city, otherwise the Song army would often be defeated when it encountered the same number of foreign enemies.

"I didn't understand it at first, but then I stayed in the army for so long, and after asking General Cao and others for their opinions, I found out that the real reason was that there were no generals available in the army!" Li Zhang said the conclusion he had reached at the moment, in fact, this conclusion was not made by himself, but from Cao Wei and others, after all, they are all generals in the army, and they know more about the army than Li Zhang.

"How can there be no generals, isn't Cao Wei a famous general of our Great Song Dynasty, and there are also many generals in the border army, with them, how can there be no generals available in the army?" Liu E frowned again when she heard Li Zhang's words and asked.

"I don't know, I'm not just talking about a famous general like General Cao, but also the commanders, commanders, generals, deputy generals, and commanders at all levels in the army, etc., they are all middle and low-level generals in the army, and they are the ones who really command the soldiers, and generals like General Cao are all issuing their own orders to the middle and low-level generals below, and they will carry out the orders, but these middle and low-level generals have big problems, and it is precisely because of them that the combat effectiveness in the army is not strong!" At this time, Li Zhang unceremoniously pointed out a big drawback in the army.

"What the hell is going on, you tell the mourning family carefully!" Liu E also sat up straight at this time and said, she knew that what Li Zhang was going to say next must be the shortcomings in the army, and these were also things she couldn't usually hear from the minister.