Korea? When Zhao Zhen and the others heard this familiar and somewhat unfamiliar name from Li Zhang's mouth, they were all stunned for a moment, because there was no connection between Goryeo and the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, and Goryeo was still a subject state of the Liao State, although Goryeo wanted to restore relations with the Great Song Dynasty many times, but because of the long distance, there was not much communication between the two countries.

"Cousin, Goryeo is a vassal state of the Liao State, and you want to use Goryeo to mess up the Liao State, this ...... Is this possible? Zhao Zhen quickly reacted and asked without much belief at the moment.

After Yelu Zongzhen's defeat in the army, there will definitely be problems within the Liao State, at least Yelu Zongzhen's control over the place will be greatly weakened, but Li Zhang still feels that it is far from enough, so he put forward an idea to take the initiative to mess up the Liao State, and this idea needs to use the chess piece of Goryeo.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, although Goryeo is a subject of the Liao State, but in fact, just a few years ago, the two countries were still fighting endlessly because of the border problem, and now although there is a temporary truce, the Liao State has built Baozhou on the south side of the Yalu River, and has gathered heavy troops in the city, like a sharp knife to break into the heart of Goryeo, and may enter Goryeo Zengnai at any time."

When he said this, Li Zhang paused for a moment and then said: "And Goryeo has always been on guard against the Liao State, the former king of Goryeo, Dejong, did not hesitate to imitate the Great Wall, and also built a Great Wall on the border between the Liao State and Goryeo, known as the Great Wall of a Thousand Miles, and the Liao State has repeatedly asked Goryeo to destroy this line of defense, but Goryeo is very tough, and the tribute between the two countries has been cut off for many years, and it has not been restored until now!" ”

"How can there be such a thing?" At this time, Lu Yijian couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Li Zhang's words, although he was the prime minister, he really didn't know the grievances between Goryeo and Liao.

In fact, this is also normal, not long after the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, Goryeo in order to deal with the pressure of the Liao State, so soon established a suzerain-vassal relationship with the Great Song Dynasty, but later with the end of the first Khitan Goryeo War, Goryeo was defeated by the hands of the Khitan, so it can only be recognized as the suzerain, although Goryeo has secretly asked the Great Song for help many times, but at that time the Great Song did not dare to provoke the Liao State, so it can only be regarded as not seeing, so Goryeo also cut off the tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, and the two countries have not been in contact for many years.

Even Lu Yijian, the prime minister, didn't know the grievances between Liao and Goryeo, let alone others, and the reason why Li Zhang knew these was mainly because when he was on the mission, he deliberately inquired about the situation in Goryeo, and combined with the records in the history books of later generations, so he knew so much.

"The grudge between the Liao State and Goryeo is very deep, there have been three major wars before, the first two Goryeo were defeated, and a lot of land was lost for this, and the last time the Goryeo people were defeated and then won, and finally pulled back a game, but the Liao State built a military city on the south bank of the Yalu River, and it can invade Goryeo at any time, which makes the Goryeo people also sit on pins and needles, and now the Liao State is defeated, if my Great Song Dynasty sends an envoy to Goryeo, maybe it can play a miraculous effect!" Li Zhang said again with a smile.

After the battle of Yanyun and Gubeikou, although the Great Song Dynasty won two games in a row, its own consumption was also very large, at least in a short period of time, it was unable to send troops again, but the Great Song Dynasty could let others send troops if it did not send troops, and the most suitable of them was Goryeo.

After Zhao Zhen heard Li Zhang's words, his eyes also showed a bright light, and then he asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of Dingbei Hou's opinion?" ”

"I think I can give it a try!" Lü Yijian was the first to say at this time, because the price that the Great Song Dynasty needed to pay for this matter was very small, it was nothing more than sending envoys, at most supporting some supplies, and if Goryeo sent troops, no matter whether they won or lost, they would weaken the strength of the Liao State again.

Seeing that Lu Yijian agreed, the others did not object, after all, they did not need to object to such a cost-effective business, which made Zhao Zhen also very happy, and the matter of contacting Goryeo was immediately decided.

In fact, in addition to Goryeo, the Liao State also has a very important enemy, that is, the Jurchens who later destroyed the Liao State, compared with Goryeo, the Jurchens are more barbaric and warlike, and the contradictions between the Liao State are also greater, because in the eyes of the Liao people, the Jurchens are just two-legged beasts, which can be killed at will for fun, which also led to the rebellion of the Jurchens one after another, and the Liao State also had to garrison heavy troops in the north to defend.

It can be said that as long as the Great Song Dynasty sent people to contact the Jurchens and then support them with some weapons and materials, it would be easy to provoke a war between the Jurchens and the Liao State, but Li Zhang still had some scruples about the Jurchens in his heart, because in the original history, the Great Song Dynasty united with the Jurchens to destroy the Liao State, but then the Northern Song Dynasty was also destroyed by the Jurchens, leaving only the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty to survive in the south.

With the lessons of the original history, Li Zhang naturally did not dare to release the Jurchens easily, in fact, the reason why he chose Goryeo, in addition to Goryeo is easier to control, the most important thing is that Goryeo and the Jurchens are also enemies, and even Goryeo's view of the Jurchens is almost the same as that of the Liao State, and the Jurchens often go to Goryeo to loot, supporting Goryeo can not only attack the Liao State, but also fight the Jurchens, which is Li Zhang's most important calculation.

Next, Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian and others discussed the post-war matters again, in addition to the governance of Yanyun's side, there are also arrangements for the future of the army, after all, now that the war has been decided, the sixteen states of Yanyun do not need so many troops to be stationed, and many troops need to be transferred back to their original stations for resettlement, etc.

These things are trivial and very important, and they can't be sloppy at all, so Zhao Zhen also did everything himself, and finally discussed until the sun went down before the meeting ended, and Li Zhang also said goodbye and left.

When I returned home, it was already dark, and Li Zhang immediately came to Qingori to see her and the child, the little guy's face had just grown, and it was no longer as wrinkled as when he was born, but his skin was still red, and it was estimated that it would take a while to turn white.

"Husband, does the Queen Mother like the glass conservatory you designed?" Qingzhi looked at Li Zhang, who was teasing his son, and asked casually, in order to design the glass conservatory, Li Zhang also drew a lot of drawings himself, and even Qingori also helped a little.

"Well, I like it a lot, my aunt also said that she wants to attend the child's 100th birthday party, and let her mother-in-law accompany her old man at that time." Li Zhang smiled while grabbing his son's little hand, the little guy couldn't see people clearly at this time, but his strength was not small, he grabbed Li Zhang's fingers and didn't let go, Li Zhang shook it lightly a few times, and the little guy grinned toothlessly and laughed non-stop.

Qingzhi also nodded after hearing this, her mother Qian has always lived in the mansion, mainly because the Qian family only has such a daughter as her, and the Liu Mansion is all stepchildren, and they are not close to each other, so it is convenient for her to take care of it by living here.

"By the way, when will our family build a glass conservatory, husband, don't you usually like to plant some flowers and plants?" Aoori asked again at this time.

"I'm afraid it will take a while, mainly because the craftsmen in the palace can't borrow it for the time being." Li Zhang immediately replied that the craftsmen who built the glass conservatory were all drawn from the palace, and now that they have experience, if they want to build a conservatory, they must borrow from the palace.

"Why, isn't the Queen Mother's conservatory built?" Aoori also asked with a surprised expression when she heard this.

"It's really built, but today I met Queen Cao, in order to help her lie, so I guess I want to help her build a warm ......house," Li Zhang said and told the story of meeting Queen Cao today.

After hearing this, Qingzhi couldn't help but sigh and said: "How can the palace be so easy to enter, even if you are the queen, you have your own hardships, but thanks to the generosity of the husband, if you change to another person, I am afraid you will not repay your grievances with virtue." ”

"Empress Cao is also a poor woman, Your Majesty hates her, and there are many concubines in the palace who are waiting to see her jokes, so she can only start from the rules of the palace, so as not to be caught, I understand her." Li Zhang also sighed lightly at this time, but sympathy is sympathy, these were originally chosen by Queen Cao herself, no one can blame.

After chatting a few private words, Li Zhang also asked someone to bring dinner, and then accompanied Qingzhi to eat together, but after dinner, he asked Yan Niang to accompany Qingweaving, but he quietly went out, after all, Miaoyuan had just given birth to a child, and he could only run two ends a day.