Goryeo?" When Zhao Zhen and others heard this familiar and somewhat unfamiliar name from Li Zhang, they were all stunned, because there was no connection between Goryeo and the Song Dynasty, and Goryeo was also a vassal state of the Liao Kingdom. Although Goryeo wanted to restore relations with the Song Dynasty many times, because the journey was long, there was not much exchange between the two countries.

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

After Yelu Zongzhen's defeat, there will definitely be problems in the Liao Dynasty. At least Yelu Zongzhen's control over the local area will be greatly weakened, but Li Zhang still felt that it was far from enough, so he proposed the idea of ​​taking the initiative to mess up the Liao Kingdom, and this idea required the use of the chess piece of Goryeo.

"Your Majesty doesn't know that although Goryeo is a vassal state of the Liao Kingdom, in fact, in the past few years, the two countries continued to fight due to border issues. Although they are temporarily on the verge, the Liao Kingdom built Baozhou on the south side of the Yalu River and gathered heavy troops in the city, and broke into Goryeo's heart like a sharp knife, and could enter Goryeo Zeng's home at any time."

When he said this, Li Zhang paused for a moment and then said: "Goryeo has always been guarding against the Liao Kingdom. The former King Dezong of Goryeo did not hesitate to imitate the Great Wall for this reason. He also built a Great Wall on the border between Liao Kingdom and Goryeo, known as the Great Wall for a thousand-mile. The Liao Kingdom repeatedly asked Goryeo to destroy this line of defense, but Goryeo was very tough. The tribute between the two countries had been cut off for many years and had not been restored until now!"

"Is there 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 grudge between Goryeo and Liao.

In fact, this is normal. Shortly after the founding of the Song Dynasty, Goryeo quickly established a vassal relationship with the Song Dynasty in order to cope with the pressure of the Liao Kingdom. However, with the end of the First Khitan Goryeo War, Goryeo was defeated by the Khitan, so he could only recognize the Liao Kingdom as the leader. Although Goryeo had secretly asked the Song Dynasty for help many times, the Song Dynasty did not dare to provoke the Liao Kingdom at that time, so he could only pretend that he had not seen it. So Goryeo also cut off the tribute to the Song Dynasty, and there had been no contact between the two countries for many years.

Even the prime minister Lu Yijian didn't know the grudges between the Liao Kingdom and Goryeo, let alone other people. The reason why Li Zhang knew about these was mainly because when he was on an envoy, he deliberately inquired about the situation in Goryeo and combined with the records in later historical books, so he understood this way.

"The resentment between the Liao Kingdom and Goryeo has been deep. There have been three major wars before. The first two defeats of Goryeo were lost, and a lot of land was lost. However, the last time the Goryeo people lost first and then won, and finally won a game. However, the Liao Kingdom built a military city on the south bank of the Yalu River and could invade Goryeo at any time, which made the Goryeo people feel like they were on pins and needles. Now that the Liao Kingdom was defeated, if I sent envoys to Goryeo, it might have a miraculous effect!" Li Zhang said with a smile again.

After the battle between Yanyun and Gubeikou, although the Song Dynasty won two consecutive games, it consumed a lot of money. At least it was unable to send troops in a short period of time. However, the Song Dynasty could allow others to send troops without sending troops. The most suitable one was Goryeo.

After hearing Li Zhang's words, Zhao Zhen also had a bright light in his eyes, and then asked, "Dear friends, what do you think of Dingbei Hou's opinion?"

"I think you can give it a try!" Lu Yijian was the first to express his opinion at this time, because the price that the Song Dynasty had to pay was very small, and it was nothing more than sending envoys and at most supporting some materials. If Goryeo sends troops, regardless of victory or defeat, the strength of the Liao Kingdom will be weakened again.

Seeing that Lu Yijian agreed, the others did not object. After all, there was no need to object to such a cost-effective business, which made Zhao Zhen very happy, and the matter of contacting Goryeo was settled immediately.

In fact, in addition to Goryeo, the Liao Kingdom also had a very important enemy, that is, the Jurchens who later destroyed the Liao Kingdom. Compared with Goryeo, the Jurchens were more barbaric and good at fighting, and the conflicts with the Liao Kingdom were even greater, because in the eyes of the Liao people, the Jurchens were just two-legged beasts, and they could kill and have fun at will, which also led to the rebellion of the Jurchens one after another, and the Liao Kingdom had to station heavily in the north to defend.

It can be said that as long as the Song Dynasty sent people to contact the Jurchens and then supported them some weapons and supplies, it would be easy to provoke a war between the Jurchens and the Liao Kingdom. However, Li Zhang was still a little concerned about the Jurchens, because in the original history, the Song Dynasty united the Jurchens to destroy the Liao Kingdom, 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 original lessons in history, Li Zhang naturally did not dare to let the Jurchens go easily. In fact, the reason why he chose Goryeo was that in addition to being easier to control, the most important thing was that Goryeo and Jurchens were also enemies. Even Goryeo's views on the Jurchens were almost the same as those of the Liao Kingdom. The Jurchens often ran to Goryeo to plunder. Supporting Goryeo can only attack the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens, which is Li Zhang's most important calculation.

Next, Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian and others discussed the post-war matters. In addition to Yanyun's governance, there were also the army's arrangements in the future. After all, the war has been decided now, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun do not need so many troops to station, and many troops need to be transferred back to their original garrisons to be resettled, etc.

These things are both trivial and very important, and they are not careless at all, so Zhao Zhen also did everything himself, and finally discussed it until the sun sets before the meeting ends. Li Zhang also said goodbye and left.

When he returned home, it was already dark, and Li Zhang immediately came to Qingzhi to see her and the child. The little guy's face had just grown and was no longer as wrinkled as he was when he was just born. His skin was still red, and it would probably take some time to turn white.

"Husband, does the Empress Dowager like the glass greenhouse you designed?" Qingori also asked casually when she looked at Li Zhang who was teasing her son. In order to design the glass greenhouse, Li Zhang had personally drawn many drawings, and even Qingori helped.

"Well, I like it very much. My aunt also said she wanted to attend the child's 100th anniversary banquet. Let my mother-in-law accompany her at that time." Li Zhang smiled while holding his son's little hand. The little guy couldn't see clearly at this time, but he was not weak. He grabbed Li Zhang's finger and refused to let go. Li Zhang shook it gently a few times, but the little guy smiled constantly with his toothless little mouth.

After hearing this, Qingzhi nodded. Her mother, Qian, has always lived in the mansion, mainly because Qian has only one daughter like her, and Liu's mansion is full of stepchildren, so she was not close to her, so she was able to take care of her when she lives here.

"By the way, when will our family build a glass greenhouse? Husband, don't you like to plant flowers and plants?" Qingzhi asked again at this time.

"I'm afraid I'll have to wait for a while, mainly because the craftsmen in the palace cannot borrow it for the time being." Li Zhang immediately replied that the craftsmen who built glass greenhouses were all drawn from the palace, and now they have experience. If they want to build greenhouses, they must borrow from the palace.

"Why, wasn't the Queen Mother's greenhouse built?" Qingori asked with a surprised expression when she heard this.

"It's indeed built, but today I met Empress Cao. In order to help her make up her lies, I probably wanted to help her build a greenhouse..." Li Zhang said and told him about the story of seeing Empress Cao today.

After hearing this, Qingori couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's not that easy for the palace to enter. Even if it's the queen, it has its own difficulties. But thanks to his husband's generousness, if it were another person, he would probably not repay his grudges with kindness."

"Empress Cao is also a poor woman. His Majesty hates her. Many concubines in the palace are waiting to see her jokes, so she can only start with the rules in the palace, so she will not be caught. I understand her." Li Zhang also sighed lightly at this time, but sympathy is sympathy, and no one can blame these.
Chapter completed!