"Nearly 10,000 enemies were killed and more than 23,000 prisoners were captured, this battle will definitely make the Liao people frightened, and they will not dare to look south for ten years!" Li Zhang looked at the good news handed to him by Zhao Zhen, and immediately shouted excitedly, with the defeat of the Liao army, this war in Liaodong, which lasted for nearly a year, can finally come to an end, and Yan Yun will also be firmly in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty.

The most important thing is that after the two battles of Yanyun and Gubeikou, the original mentality of the Liao people being superior to others was broken, and the military advantage over the Great Song Dynasty would no longer exist, and even the situation would be reversed, and the Great Song Dynasty would also take the initiative in the future, and the Liao State would become a passive defensive party.

Zhao Zhen also wanted to laugh excitedly at this time, although he was happy to beat Yanyun before, but he was still worried that it would be easy to fight and difficult to hold, but now he not only defended, but also defeated Yelu Zong, who was personally conquered, if it wasn't for the other party's fast running, maybe he could capture the Liao emperor who had just regained power, so after he got the good news, he also immediately ran to share it with Li Zhang.

But before Zhao Zhen was happy for too long, he suddenly found Queen Cao standing at the door of the main hall, just now he was so happy that he didn't see her.

"Why are you here?" Zhao Zhen's face, which was still ecstatic, immediately turned cold, and he asked very unhappily at the moment, and he didn't even look at Queen Cao much when he spoke.

"Your Majesty, I came to visit my mother, and I unexpectedly met the Marquis of Dingbei, so I chatted a few words!" Empress Cao said with a calm face, as if she had long been accustomed to Zhao Zhen's coldness.

However, when Empress Cao spoke, Li Zhang still found a trace of panic flashing in her eyes, which made Li Zhang immediately guess, it is estimated that she was worried that she would tell Zhao Zhen about the conversation they had just now, and if Zhao Zhen knew about it, he would probably scold her angrily, after all, it was Zhao Zhen's permission to enter and leave the palace.

"I also just helped my aunt set up a glass conservatory, and the queen just mentioned to me that she also likes the glass conservatory, so she wants me to help her design one too." Li Zhang also smiled at this time and said, the relationship between Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao was already very bad, and Li Zhang didn't want to let them have any more conflicts, so he simply concealed the conversation just now.

Empress Cao was a very smart woman, and when she heard Li Zhang's words, she immediately understood, and immediately said: "The queen mother's glass conservatory is very beautiful, and it must be a beautiful thing to stay in the room and enjoy the snow in winter!" ”

However, what Li Zhang didn't expect was that Zhao Zhen's dislike for Empress Cao had reached the extreme, and he reprimanded Empress Cao again at this time: "My cousin designed a warm house for the queen mother, it was a piece of filial piety, what virtue do you have, how can you work your cousin to do such a trivial thing for you, go back quickly, I still have important things to discuss with my cousin!" ”

Even if Empress Cao had long been accustomed to Zhao Zhen's coldness, but now when she heard him so mercilessly reprimanded, her eyes immediately turned red, but she didn't dare to argue, so she could only whisper and agree to take someone into the hall, but when she walked by, there were a few more tears on the ground.

Looking at Queen Cao who was crying away, Li Zhang was also a little unbearable, and just wanted to persuade Zhao Zhen, but Zhao Zhen pulled him away excitedly at this time, and only chatted with him about the war in Liaodong along the way, so that Li Zhang couldn't intervene at all, and finally had to give up.

When Li Zhang and the others came to the Vertical Arch Palace, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others also received the news that they had come here, and these important ministers were all happy now, especially Xue Kui, whose happy beard was about to rise.

"The war of the Liao army has been decided, what do you Aiqing have to say?" Zhao Zhen strode in with the same excitement at this time, and then asked the ministers, the battle has been won, but there are still a lot of things to deal with in the war, and these must listen to the opinions of these ministers.

Sure enough, I saw that Wang Zeng was the first to stand up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, this great victory has raised the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty, so that the Liao people do not dare to look south, and the soldiers who went out on the expedition are even more laborious, and I also ask Your Majesty to order the meritorious people to enter Beijing to be rewarded!" ”

Wang Zeng's words were also approved by other ministers, rewarding meritorious soldiers can not only improve morale, but also boost the people's confidence in the Great Song Dynasty, of course, the most important thing is that after these meritorious soldiers return to Beijing to be rewarded, they will be reappointed to official positions, and then they will be assigned to the army in various places, especially the chief general like Liu Ping, it is estimated that it is impossible to return to the army, and only such an arrangement can make these ministers rest assured.

Of course, Zhao Zhen knew what these ministers thought, but to be honest, as an emperor, he didn't worry about letting Liu Ping stay in the army all the time, after all, after these two battles, Liu Ping's prestige in the army was also in full swing, and if he really had different intentions, it would also be a great threat to the Great Song Dynasty.

Next, Lu Yijian and others also made suggestions, talking about some governance matters in the sixteen states of Yanyun, although these things had been discussed before, but the threat of war had not been completely lifted at that time, and the governance of Yanyun was also an expedient measure, and now it is necessary to consider long-term governance.

Li Zhang didn't have much experience in governing the local government, so he didn't intervene, but after discussing these internal matters, Zhao Zhen also asked Li Zhang: "Yelu Zongzhen returned from a big defeat this time, cousin, you are familiar with the situation of the Liao State, in your opinion, what changes will the Liao State have in the future?" ”

Li Zhang had already discussed this issue with the other party when he saw Zhao Anren, so at this time he was also confident, only to see him stand up and say: "Yelu Sect is really too arrogant, just after regaining power, he can't wait to raise troops to the south, the country is already unstable, it is estimated that he wants to defeat my Great Song Dynasty, and quickly stabilize the domestic situation with the power of a great victory." ”

When he said this, Li Zhang deliberately paused and then smiled: "It's just that he miscalculated, this time he was defeated, and the prestige that Yelu Zongzhen had just established before defeating Xiao Yunjin will also be gone, the nobles in all parts of the Liao State already held the military power, and now plus the border tribes, these people used to obey the rule of the Liao royal family, because the Liao royal family had a strong military, but now Yelu Zong's true vitality is greatly damaged, and his prestige is completely gone, I conclude that even if these people don't rebel, I'm afraid they will also disobey Yelu Zong's true yang!" ”

"What the Marquis of Dingbei said is good, the ministers and others discussed it just now, and came to the same conclusion, especially Li Yuanhao captured the western part of the Shangjing Road of the Liao State, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Liao State, so it seems that Yelu Zong really wants to completely calm the domestic situation, I am afraid it will take at least ten years, in this way, my Great Song border will be in no danger for more than ten years!" Wang Zeng also said excitedly again at this time.

Although Wang Zeng's words are very reasonable, Li Zhang does not agree with them very much, because Wang Zeng's idea is too passive, and the Liao State is now greatly damaged, it is a good time for the Great Song Dynasty to do something, if it is operated properly, it may be more effective than hundreds of thousands of troops.