In order to help Cao Wei return to Beijing, Li Zhang created all the martial arts. He thought he would not be noticed, but he did not expect that as soon as he finished speaking, Liu E looked at him meaningfully. After a moment, he said: "Martial arts must be led by a veteran who has been in the army for a long time and has great military achievements. You don't want to recommend Cao Wei?"

"As a matter of fact, I can't hide it from the Grand Empress. In the military, only General Cao is suitable for martial arts. Moreover, he has been fighting abroad for many years and has been tortured by injuries and can just return to Beijing to recuperate. In this way, you can also show your kindness!" Li Zhang saw that he could not hide it from Liu E, so he confessed directly.

"I knew you couldn't get up early without profit. It turned out that you wanted to use this method to pave the way for Cao Wei!" Liu E glared at Li Zhang and said, "She was angry that Li Zhang was trying to make things happen. After all, she was tired enough to fight with the ministers, but she didn't expect Li Zhang to do this too."

"Grandmaster, I...I mainly want to solve the shortcomings in the army. As for General Cao, he just helped me." Li Zhang said with a thick face and smiled. With his understanding of Liu E, he also saw that the other party was not really angry, so he was not nervous.

Liu E was indeed not angry. In fact, she was thinking about the pros and cons of the establishment of martial arts. Li Zhang had just finished talking about the benefits of martial arts, and of course it was not entirely a good thing. For example, the establishment of martial arts will definitely touch the interests of some people, which is also something Liu E needs to consider. However, in general, the prospects of martial arts are still very attractive, especially to strengthen her control over the army, which made Liu E very moved.

"Although Cao Wei is suitable, he also needs him to take charge of the northwest. What if he is transferred back and there will be trouble in the northwest?" Liu E finally said with some concern. The reason why the court was unwilling to let Cao Wei come back was because the northwest needed him to take charge of the northwest. After all, the northwest has always been uneasy, and even more worrying than Hebei. Only famous generals like Cao Wei can calm down there.

"Dangxiang has been crippled and cannot recover for at least ten years. Through the last battle of Dangxiang, all ethnic groups in the northwest were already scared. In addition, the musket army was in the northwest, so the eldest lady didn't have to worry about another chaos in the northwest. Moreover, General Cao was old and had many injuries. If he had been allowed to stay in a bitter and cold place like the northwest, if he had any accidents, it would not only make the soldiers in the army feel heartbroken, but also make some tribes with bad intentions in the northwest applaud." Li Zhang immediately spoke again.

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Liu E also showed a meditative look again. The martial generals of the Song Dynasty are now facing a situation of talent decline. Only Cao Wei can still hold on to the storefront in the generals, and no outstanding generals emerge in the army. So she was worried that if Cao Wei was transferred back, the northwest would face a situation where no one would sit in the corner. However, martial arts can solve this problem. Although it takes a little longer, it is always better than now.

"Okay, since you have spoken, let Cao Wei go back to Beijing to recuperate, and he can also take charge of martial arts. However, he is old and sick, and he may need a capable assistant to help him build martial arts." Liu E finally nodded, but at the end of the conversation, his eyes also looked at Li Zhang.

Li Zhang didn't expect that Liu E would burn the fire on him in the end, which scared him and instinctively wanted to refuse, but seeing the threatening meaning in Liu E's eyes, he immediately surrendered. He stood up and expressed his willingness to be Cao Wei's assistant and help him build martial arts. After all, this suggestion was proposed by him. If he refused, Liu E might overturn his previous ideas and reject martial arts. Cao Wei would not come back then.

"It's not bad, young people have to do more things. When the Ai family is old, you young people will rely on you to support the store!" Seeing Li Zhang taking the initiative to respond to this matter, Liu E then smiled satisfied.

At the second day of the court meeting, Liu E announced the decision to establish martial arts. Although many people opposed it, many people also supported it, especially Lu Yijian, who was the prime minister, also expressed his support. Therefore, the establishment of martial arts was passed very smoothly. After the court meeting, Liu E immediately issued an order to transfer Cao Wei from the northwest back to the capital.

Li Zhang achieved his goal, but he also trapped himself in it. After he escaped from the firearm surveillance, he devoted all his energy to the money store. As a result, the money store is developing rapidly. Several big cities around him have also opened branches. In addition, Huozi, Chou Niang, Douzi and the other three have gradually grown up and shared most of his affairs. This has finally made him have some leisure time, but now he has to devote himself to the preparations for martial arts.

The location of the Wucheng King Temple was established. The so-called Wucheng King was not the Wucheng King Huang Feihu in "The Romance of the Gods", but refers to Jiang Ziya. This title was the first to be granted to Jiang Ziya by Emperor Suzong of Tang. It was also from that time that Jiang Ziya was respected as the "Wu Sheng" by emperors of all dynasties and established the Wucheng King Temple to worship, which was the same as the Wenxuan King Temple that worshipped Confucius.

There is not only Jiang Ziya in the Wucheng King Temple. Jiang Ziya is just the main god in the temple. In addition, famous generals from all generations have also been included in the Wucheng King Temple to worship together, such as Zhang Liang, Guan Zhong, Le Yi, Sun Wu, etc. There is a Wuqi Temple on the Wuqi Street where Li Zhang once lived, and Wuqi was also one of the first famous generals to be included in the Wucheng King Temple.

At the beginning, except for Jiang Ziya, the righteous god in the temple, there were only ten people including Zhang Liang, Guan Zhong, Wu Qi, etc. Later, it increased to 64, and by the Song Dynasty, it increased to 72 famous generals.

The West is responsible for killing and fighting, so the Wucheng King Temple is also built in the west of the city, and it is on the right side, which is the area where Li Zhang and his friends wiped out the ghost beggars. This is also the settlement of the nobles of the generals. The famous Yang family Tianbo Mansion is also here, and even Li Zhang's house is within the right side, but his family is in the southeast corner and the other is in the northeast corner, which is very far apart.

The Wucheng King Temple is located in the southwest corner of the right wing, not close to Li Zhang’s house, but is relatively close to Liangmen, covering a large area. After all, there are seventy-two statues of gods here, and the main hall is almost comparable to the Chuigong Hall of the Imperial City.

Li Zhang had visited Liangmen many times, but it was his first time to come to Wucheng King Temple. When he came here, he was shocked. He was not shocked by the magnificence of Wucheng King Temple, but by the fact that only part of the construction was completed. The front looked very magnificent, but it was also very dilapidated. One area was neglected to be taken care of. Many areas behind were even a construction site. Some temples were only half built, and there were no craftsmen, leaving only a barren construction site full of weeds.

"What's going on here?" Li Zhang looked at the deserted construction site behind him and frowned and asked the officials accompanying him. Although this place was a temple, it was under the charge of the Imperial College. The Taizhu and the rituals in the temple were also served by the Imperial College. For example, the assistant teacher Ruan next to him was the person in charge of the Wucheng King Temple.

Assistant Ruan was very young. He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng. He was named Ruan Yi. He was in the same subject as Bao Zheng and Han Qi, but his ranking was not very good. He was assigned to the Imperial College as an assistant teacher. However, he did not teach normally, but was responsible for some miscellaneous things in the prison, such as this area was almost about to be the King of Wucheng Temple.

"The Duwei Li didn't know that the Wucheng King Temple was not very big, only the front part. Later, the emperor built a temple widely, so he asked someone to expand the Wucheng King Temple. However, because the supply of materials was not enough, the craftsmen were also transferred to build the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, so the expansion was not completed, and it turned out to be what it is now." Assistant Professor Ruan immediately answered that his status in the Imperial College was not high, otherwise he would not be responsible for chores.

When Li Zhang heard this, he realized that it was Zhao Heng's fault. He was a demon in the Heavenly Book Movement and built many temples. It is estimated that the Wucheng King Temple is one of them. However, these temples cost a huge amount of money and many of them were not completed. Especially the construction of the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace took two years of tax revenue in the Song Dynasty, so naturally they had no money to build other palaces and temples.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh. Then he walked around this deserted construction site for a few times. He found that although it was not completed, there was a lot of earth, stone and wood left behind. It could be cleaned up and built a large schoolyard, which could be used as martial arts students to perform martial arts. Moreover, although the houses in front were dilapidated, repairing them with these earth, stone and wood can completely build martial arts.

"Prince Li, the supervisor sent someone to help you build martial arts. If you have any instructions, just speak!" At this moment, he heard Assistant Ruan next to him say again. He also knew that Li Zhang was not easy to mess with, so he was very concerned about assisting Li Zhang.

"Since that's the case, I'm not polite. Craftsmen will be transferred in two days. Then you will dismantle the construction site behind and clean it up to make the schoolyard, and there is also the front..."

Li Zhang also knew that Assistant Ruan was assigned to assist him, so he was not polite. He also explained his martial arts plan, but he still left room for modification in some places. After all, Cao Wei has not come back yet, so he will definitely need to ask for his opinions at that time.

Assistant Ruan also wrote down all the words of Li Zhang. Li Zhang would definitely not have experienced all these things personally, and they would need to handle them and handle them at that time.

In fact, what Li Zhang didn't know was that in the original history, the martial arts was the assistant teacher Ruan Yi around him, but Ruan Yi did not understand the art of war. He was most famous for his proficiency in classical and music, and was just a musician. A martial arts was actually responsible for a musician, and it was also affiliated with the Imperial College. The final result can be imagined.
Chapter completed!