"What, as long as it's not like the ghost story you told last time, I'll listen." Han Qi looked at Li Zhang's serious look and suddenly remembered that Li Zhang had such an expression when he told him a ghost story last time. This made him shudder and said, "The story of that zombie scared him very much, and he didn't dare to go to the toilet alone for several nights."

Seeing Han Qi's timid appearance, Li Zhang couldn't help but burst into laughter, but this also made him have a sudden idea. Instead of just talking about big principles, it would be easier for the other party to accept it by telling a story.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang immediately stopped laughing and said again: "Last time I found you like to listen to stories. I'll tell you a story this time, but don't worry, this time it's not a ghost story!"

"Really not?" Han Qi said with some uncertainty. He was really scared by Li Zhang.

"Absolutely not. Let's sit down and talk slowly!" Li Zhang said with a smile again. The people coming and going in the store were not the place to talk.

After hearing Li Zhang's promise, Han Qi felt relieved and followed Li Zhang to the backyard. At this time, he was also very curious about Li Zhang's residence. He also looked around while walking. There was a tall sycamore tree in the yard. Li Zhang asked Han Qi to sit down under the tree, and Li Er was also very obedient to pour water for them.

"Li Zhang, what story do you want to tell?" Han Qi asked curiously at this time. Although the last ghost story scared him very much, the story was indeed wonderful, otherwise it would not have impressed him so deeply.

"Didn't you just say that you want to be a versatile talent in civil and military affairs? Then I will tell you a story of a versatile talent!" Li Zhang laughed at the moment, and then started talking about the story. "That's right, there is a child prodigy in some place who knows literature at the age of three, practices martial arts at the age of five, writes poetry at the age of eight, and goes up the mountain alone to destroy the robbers entrenched in the mountains. He travels three yuan in a row to parade on the streets, and at the age of twenty, he is in charge of the country to benefit the people!"

"At the age of twenty, he led his troops to kill the enemy, destroyed more than 20 countries in a row to pacify the world, and was appointed as the Grand Marshal. At the age of thirty, he resigned from his official position and returned to his hometown, devoted himself to researching artifacts, and relied on a machine to fly in the sky, swim in the water, and run on land. Then he drove this machine to sea himself, and found a crop with a yield of thousands of kilograms per mu from a continent overseas to send it back to his country, so that the people in the country would no longer have any worries about hunger. At the age of forty, they turned to business, and more than half of the world's property was in his pocket, and even the emperor had to borrow money from him..."

"You are not a story, it's just nonsense." Before Li Zhang finished speaking, Han Qi said a little dissatisfied. He thought he would hear a wonderful story, but he didn't expect that Li Zhang would tell an absurd story, which was not only not credible at all, but also like a dime account.

"Don't worry, there is also one behind. This man practices pills at the age of fifty. After taking it, he is as light as a swallow. Then he ascended to the fairy world in the sun and married a bunch of fairies day and night. Then the demons from outside the domain attacked..."

In the end, Li Zhang was too lazy to use his brain anymore, so he just used the fantasy web text templates of later generations to get in touch. Anyway, no matter how bizarre he said, he didn't care whether Han Qi could understand it. Anyway, the most important thing about his story is the first half.

When Li Zhang was dry and he stopped to drink water, Han Qi found the opportunity to interrupt and said, "I understand. The person you said cannot exist at all. Let's not talk about it later. In the first half, he actually did the scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants to the extreme. It is impossible for anyone to do it!"

Han Qi did not disappoint Li Zhang, which made him laugh and point at Han Qi and said, "Hahaha~, since you know that it is impossible for anyone to do everything, why do you think you can fight a war, a scholar?"

"I..." Han Qi had already vaguely guessed Li Zhang's intention just now, but Li Zhang pointed it out directly, which made him a little dissatisfied, but he didn't know how to refute it, and his face turned red for a moment.

"You have specialties in your profession. I know that you scholars look down on warriors, merchants, and craftsmen. You even call farming every day the foundation of the country, but how many people can take farmers into consideration?" Li Zhang asked again without hesitation.

"We...we are not looking down on these people, but...but...but..."

Han Qi wanted to defend himself again, but before he could think of his words of defense, Li Zhang interrupted again: "Mencius said, 'Those who work hard to govern people, and those who work hard to govern people'. I agree with this sentence, but you guys read a lot, but you don't know how to govern people at all. You can't compare to farmers in farming, you can't compare to merchants, and you can't compare to craftsmen in a hundred craftsmen. Can you be better than those generals in war?"

Li Zhang was also a little angry when he said this. The Song Dynasty performed weakly in military affairs, and the most important thing was to suppress military generals. Although the founding generals formed many generals, their status was getting lower and lower. Now many of the generals abandoned martial arts and followed the civil service, or they were just scrambling to live in the army. No matter how hard they worked, they would have no great prospects. In the era of cold weapons, generals were the soul of the army. Even their souls became so corrupt, and the entire army could be imagined.

"We scholars cannot blame the suppression of military generals. In the chaotic times of the Tang Dynasty, military generals were called kings, and the world was in chaos. Fortunately, Taizu pacified the world, which made the Central Plains unify again. Taizu was worried that there would be another situation of military generals' separatistness, so he released the military power with a cup of wine and then vigorously weakened the power in the hands of military generals. This is also the reason why there has never been any rebellion of military generals since the founding of the Song Dynasty!" Han Qi finally found a reason to refute, and said with some grievance at the moment.

"It is possible to suppress military generals, but you cannot do too much. For you, you can completely separate military and political affairs. Military generals can only fight wars, so that they cannot interfere in government affairs, and even the military supplies and food are controlled by civil servants. This way, they cannot rebel. But now you are better. Not only can the generals be suppressed, but even the civil servants must go on the battle in person. Are you sure that civil servants can fight the war?" Li Zhang asked again.

The status of military generals in the Song Dynasty is probably something that later generations cannot imagine. For example, although military generals can command troops, they do not even have the power to train troops. Instead, the court will issue the formation map for military training. As for wars, they are even more ridiculous. Military generals have no power to respond to the battlefield, and everything must be followed by the orders. Otherwise, even if they win a battle, they will be punished in the end, and may even lose their heads. Therefore, the atmosphere of military generals has gradually changed. They do nothing except obeying orders, and they have no enterprising spirit. It is strange that such an army can win a battle.

Han Qi was speechless when he heard this. Although he was a little dissatisfied, he also felt that what Li Zhang said made sense, but he was young and energetic and could not accept it for a while.

"Han Qi, as a hardworking person, you scholars can do it, but you don't do it for them to govern people, but you create a good environment for these people so that they can use their talents, otherwise there will be chaos in the future!" Li Zhang pointed out without hesitation at the end.

This is not Li Zhang's exaggeration. Li Yuanhao in the northwest is almost adult. When his father dies, the northwest will definitely be in chaos. In the original history, the Song Dynasty clearly had an advantage in all aspects, but it could not defeat the small Xixia. In the end, he was forced to recognize the status of Xixia and even gave Xixia "Yuan Gift" every year. Although there is the word "Yuan Gift" in the name, it is actually the same as the annual monies given to the Liao Kingdom, and it is just a lot of money.

"I... I'm not all my husbands in the court, it's useless to tell me this!" Finally, Han Qi said a little dissatisfied again, but at this time he had already agreed with Li Zhang's words that made sense, but he was just a small scholar and could not change this situation at all.

"I know that it's useless to tell you about these things now, but I think your future achievements will never be as good as those of you in the court now. If you have the ability then, I hope you can think about my words!" Li Zhang patted Han Qi's shoulder and said solemnly.

"Uh? Do you really think I will be no match for everyone in the court in the future?" Han Qi was shocked when he heard Li Zhang's praise. For some reason, he always had an inexplicable trust in Li Zhang, and the other party's words were extremely persuasive, and he could not even refute that he had always spoken sharply.

"Of course, if you become your husband in the future, don't forget to treat me to dinner then!" Li Zhang laughed again, half joking and half serious, but I don't know if Han Qi will remember his childhood friend when he becomes your husband in the future?

Han Qi stayed at Li Zhang until the evening before leaving. Douzi also brought Xiuxiu back from the street. The siblings bought a lot of things and brought gifts to Li Zhang and the others, which also allowed Xiuxiu to quickly integrate into the Li Zhang and the others' group.

However, during dinner, Li Yonghe still did not come back. Li Zhang probably wouldn't be ashamed to come back in a short period of time, but he was not worried. Anyway, he could live well outside before, so he would definitely not starve to death this time.

"My father hasn't come back, and Uncle Wu hasn't come for many days." At night, Li'er secretly found Li Zhang and complained that Li Yonghe was at home these days, which also made her feel the long-lost fatherly love. Now that Li Yonghe is no longer, she is naturally a little disappointed, and she also thinks of Lu Wu.
Chapter completed!