When he was in Qingzhou, Cao Wei took great care of Li Zhang. In addition, Cao Ma was Li Zhang's close friend, so Li Zhang had to help Cao Wei when he wanted to return to Beijing to recuperate. In addition, he still remembered that if nothing unexpected happened, Cao Wei would probably die of illness in the northwest next year, which was also a huge loss for the Song Dynasty. It was precisely because of Cao Wei's early death that Li Yuanhao had the courage to raise an army in the northwest.

However, although I have to help, I can't just ask Liu E for mercy. After all, Li Zhang is not a serious official, and Liu E may agree to other things. However, Liu E will definitely be very cautious about major issues involving military and political affairs. 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 yard and pondered for a long time. Finally, he clapped his hands and turned away from the yard. Then he came to Yan Niang's powder shop in the carriage. This is already the highest-end female products store in the capital. In addition to rouge, water and soap, there are many things used by women, such as mirrors, combs, etc. Li Zhang even made underwear, but there are very few women who dare to wear it now.

"Why are you free to come to me? Did you think it's time to marry me?" Yan Niang saw Li Zhang coming in and immediately smiled and said, "Although Li Zhang was already engaged to Qingzhi, she did not give up and would tease Li Zhang from time to time.

Li Zhang had long been immune to Yan Niang, and immediately spoke directly: "I came here to borrow something from you."

"I knew you would go to the Three Treasures Palace without any trouble!" Yan Niang snorted coldly, but she still took Li Zhang to her room behind, then took down a small box hidden on the bookshelf and opened it, "It's all here, do you find it yourself?"

"I haven't said what to borrow from you yet, you actually guessed it?" Li Zhang couldn't help but smile when he saw the booklet in the box. These booklets were all the various information Yan Niang collected over the years, and were classified in very detailed categories.

"Hmph, what else can you do if you come to me to ask me for this?" Yan Niang said with a blank look at Li Zhang.

Li Zhang felt a little embarrassed when he heard Yan Niang say this. Speaking of which, he was indeed a little cold to Yan Niang. If it weren't for the information from her, he would rarely think of the other party, which made him feel a little guilty.

"I'll help you find out what kind of things you want." Yan Niang asked again at this time. She has collected too much information over the years. Even if she has sorted it out in different categories, it has filled a box. If Li Zhang asked him to find it himself, it would probably take several days.

Li Zhang woke up after hearing Yan Niang's words and told her what she wanted to find. As a result, 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 it. Then he thanked Yan Niang for helping to say goodbye and leave.

"Wait a minute, will you marry that little lady from the Liu family next year?" Yan Niang suddenly called Li Zhang and asked, with a look of entanglement on her face.

Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard Yan Niang's words, because he remembered that Miaoyuan had asked the same question, but then he reacted and nodded, "Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, he will get married in the first half of next year."

Hearing Li Zhang's answer, Yan Niang's face suddenly turned pale, and her eyes were fixed on Li Zhang for a while, and finally she suddenly sighed and said, "Forget it, you and that little lady Liu are a match. I, a homeless person, are indeed not worthy of you!"

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

"Okay, go and do your business, don't worry about such love affairs." Yan Niang waved at Li Zhang at this time. Although Li Zhang didn't speak, she knew what he was going to say, but she didn't want to hear those words anymore.

Li Zhang sighed immediately, then smiled bitterly and said goodbye to Yan Niang. It was the hardest to accept the benefactor of the beauty. Even though he had no idea about Yan Niang, he still felt as if he owed her something?

After leaving the powder shop, Li Zhang's carriage went straight into the palace to see Liu E. However, when he came to the Chuigong Hall, he learned that Liu E was discussing matters with Lu Yijian and others inside, so he could only wait outside until Lu Yijian and others left that he entered the hall.

"You are a rare guest, why are you here today?" Liu E said lukewarmly when she saw Li Zhang, because although Li Zhang often went to Zhao Zhen's place during this period, she rarely came to her place, which made her a little unhappy.

"Grandmaster forgive me. I am so busy that I can't get rid of myself during this period. I will find more time to enter the palace to pay my respects to the aunt in the future!" Li Zhang apologized immediately. In fact, he was quite helpless. During this period, he had been persuading Zhao Zhen, 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 went to Zhao Zhen to do, so she was not really angry. She looked at him a few times and said again: "Forget it, there must be something wrong with you coming today. Could it be that it is related to Your Majesty?"

"Well, the eldest lady misunderstood. I came here because I felt quite uneasy when I heard some things, so I wanted to submit a copy to the eldest lady!" Li Zhang said that, and took out a memorial in his arms and sent it to Liu E. The contents of the memorial were just a few things copied from Yan Niang.

"This is really strange. You will even submit memorials?" Liu E couldn't help but be even more surprised when she saw Li Zhang's memorials, because since Li Zhang entered the officialdom, he had never submitted a memorial. Because in general, he would come to him directly and there was no need to write memorials at all. The most important thing at the moment was that Li Zhang was too lazy to write.

Although she was surprised, Liu E still took Li Zhang's memorial. However, when she opened and saw the contents of the memorial, her face became increasingly ugly. Finally, she even slapped the memorial on the desk with a "bang".

"Are all these true?" Liu E, Gui Yi, looked at Li Zhang with an angry face and asked.

"It's true that these generals have long lost the courage of their ancestors. They fight cocks and dogs every day and only care about having fun. Many people are rampant. These are the most serious and evil people. I really can't see them, so I wrote a copy!" Li Zhang said with a righteous expression at this time.

The contents of the memorials record some of the children of nobles who are rampant in the capital, such as taking away wives, occupying land, etc., but these people are very careful and do not cause any casualties. In addition, their family is in great power, and ordinary people cannot defeat them at all, so in the end they can only swallow this anger helplessly. These noble children have one thing in common, that is, they are born in generals.

"Hmph, the Zhang family, Li family, and Wang family were all famous generals at the beginning, but now such playboys have emerged. Not only have they lost their face, but their reputation in the court has been ruined by them. The will of the Ai family is passed on, and Kaifeng Prefecture will immediately investigate. It is necessary to give the victims an explanation!" Liu E immediately passed the order, and someone next to him immediately recorded it.

"Empress, these generals are covered by their ancestors. No matter how badly they are, they can still be in the imperial guards in the future. In addition, their family is in great power, and some people are even making trouble outside. Even if they deal with a group of people now, there will inevitably be another group of people in the future. So I think I must think of a proper way to completely solve this problem!" Li Zhang suddenly stepped forward again and suggested.

"Oh? What do you think?" Liu E also looked at Li Zhang and asked.

"I do have an idea. In fact, when I was in the northwest, I discovered a problem, that is, the soldiers of our Song army are actually not weak. When fighting one-on-one, it is probably difficult for them to gain advantage, whether they are Dangxiang people or Tubo people. With such elite soldiers, our Song army should have been stronger than the armies of those tribes, but in fact they are the same number of troops. When our army fights foreign troops, they often fall at a disadvantage. Why is this?"

"Why?" Liu E frowned and asked after hearing Li Zhang's words. In fact, she also knew that when the Song army faced foreign enemies, they usually won by number, or they could occupy the benefits of the city. Otherwise, the Song army would often lose when encountering the same number of foreign enemies. The ministers' explanation for this was that the military discipline was corrupt, but Liu E was a little suspicious.

"I couldn't figure it out at first. Later, I stayed in the army for so long and asked General Cao and others about the opinions, but then I found out that the real reason was that there were no generals in the army!" Li Zhang immediately told the conclusion he had drawn. In fact, this conclusion was not obtained by him, but was summarized from Cao Wei and others. After all, they were all long-time generals in the army and knew much more about the army than Li Zhang.

"How could there be no generals? Isn't Cao Wei a famous general in our Song Dynasty? In addition, there are many generals in the army. With them, how could there be no generals in the army be available?" Liu E frowned again when she heard Li Zhang's words.

"The Grand Empress doesn't know that the generals I am talking about are not just famous generals like General Cao, but also commanders in the army, commanders, generals, deputy generals, and commanders at all levels, etc. They are all middle and low-level generals in the army, and they are also the ones who really command the soldiers. Generals like General Cao all give their orders to the middle and low-level generals below to execute the orders, but these middle and low-level generals have great problems. It is precisely because of them that the combat effectiveness in the army is not strong!" Li Zhang bluntly pointed out a major drawback in the army.

"What's going on? Tell me carefully about the Ai family!" Liu E also sat upright at this time and said. She knew that what Li Zhang wanted to say next must be the drawbacks in the army, and these were things she could not hear from ministers.
Chapter completed!