Lu Yijian asked about the comments about him that later generations might have been given to him. Li Zhang didn't tell the truth at first, but the other party easily saw it through. In fact, Lu Yijian knew very well that although he had made a lot of contributions to the Song Dynasty, his reputation was not very good. Especially some ministers in the court were very dissatisfied with his control of the government for many years, so after his death, many people would definitely scold him, but he still wanted to hear Li Zhang's opinion of him.

Li Zhang also showed a hesitant expression at this time. After a while, he finally spoke: "Have Mr. Lu been to Chang'an?"

"Chang'an?" Lu Yijian was stunned when he heard Li Zhang suddenly ask this question, but he still replied, "When he was a young man, he went there to nostalgia when he was studying. It's a pity that Chang'an City had long been destroyed by war. Only some ancient sites were left to barely see the grand occasion of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Yes, I have passed by Chang'an several times back then. Once when I passed by Qianling Mausoleum, I went in to look at it on a whim. As a result, I found two sacred steles in front of the imperial tomb. The stone tablet in the west was written with an inscription praising Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and the sacred stele on the east was supposed to record the achievements of Wu Zetian, but there was no word written on this stone tablet, which was just a slogan without words. I wonder if Mr. Lu had heard of it?" Li Zhang said again.

"I went to pay tribute to Empress Wu's nameless monument in person back then... I understand!" Lu Yijian didn't react at first, but when he was halfway through, he finally understood Li Zhang's intention, which made him look a sudden expression.

"There were many different opinions on the reason why Wu Zetian set up the wordless monument back then, but I would rather believe that the Great Sage Emperor Zetian didn't know whether she was a merit or a fault, so she erected this wordless monument. Let the merits and faults be judged by future generations!" Li Zhang saw Lu Yijian understand clearly, and then he smiled and said.

Lu Gongzhu next to him did not understand the intention of Li Zhang to mention the stele of Wu Empress Wu without words, but now he heard Li Zhang's explanation and finally understood it. Lu Yijian also stroking his palm and smiled: "Not bad, it's a truth that even a woman can figure out, but I am still struggling with this problem. I didn't expect that my demeanor was not as good as a woman!"

When Lu Yijian finished speaking the above words, his brows also stretched out. It seemed that his knot had been untied, which made Li Zhang breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, he, like Lu Yijian, had the same concerns. He didn't know if the changes he made for the Song Dynasty would cause unpredictable consequences? But now he, like Lu Yijian, has figured it out that they can't grasp the future. Since that's the case, it's better to let future generations comment!

But at this moment, Lu Yijian suddenly asked Lu Gongzhu and other servants next to him to retreat. Although Lu Gongzhu was puzzled, he still left very obediently. For a moment, only the two of them were left in the entire warm pavilion. Then Lu Yijian looked at Li Zhang and asked, "Li Zhang, do you have any plans for the future?"

"Plan? Which aspect is Lu Gong referring to?" Li Zhang asked with a puzzled expression when he heard this.

I saw Lu Yijian hesitating for a moment, and then he spoke again: "When I found out that you were in contact with Empress Dowager Li, who was still in the imperial tomb, I once advised you. Later, you were imprisoned by the Empress Dowager for a year, but now I still want to persuade you. Although you look so glorious now, Your Majesty obeys you, but under this kind of scenery, there is a crisis hidden!"

As soon as Lu Yijian said, Li Zhang also showed a silent expression. After a while, he said: "I know what Lu Xiang means. Your Majesty believes in me now, but it does not mean that he always believes in me. Moreover, in my position, I don't know how many people are looking forward to me being unlucky, so as long as you have the chance, you may face the bottomless abyss."

When Li Zhang spoke at the end, he also showed a little sad look on his face. Although he was trusted by Zhao Zhen, the two of them were not like the monarch and ministers, but were friends, but people would change, and no one could guarantee that their friends could maintain a lifetime of friendship. What's more, Zhao Zhen was an emperor, and Li Zhang was his minister. Li Zhang's current status was based on Zhao Zhen's trust in him. If Zhao Zhen no longer trusted him one day, all this would change for him now.

"I'm not worried about Your Majesty. You and Your Majesty grew up together. I believe you know your Majesty's character better than me, especially the Queen Mother. As long as you do not rebel, Your Majesty's trust in you will not change, but... but..."

Lu Yijian also showed a hesitant look when he said this, because what he was going to say next was a bit ruthless and shouldn't have been said by him, a minister, but now he could feel that his life was about to come to an end, which made him less worried.

Thinking of the above, Lu Yijian finally made up his mind to continue, "But starting from Taizu and Emperor Taizong, most of the royal men in my Song Dynasty did not live long, especially because Your Majesty is the only surviving descendant of the late emperor. Thinking of the late Princes who died young, I have always been very worried about Your Majesty's body. If Your Majesty has something to do, the new emperor ascends the throne, then that is the time when you really need to be careful!"

Most emperors of the Song Dynasty did not live long. Zhao Kuangyin disappeared before he was fifty years old. Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng and his son did not live to sixty. Especially Zhao Heng's son died one after another. Finally, only one Zhao Zhen survived. Therefore, many ministers in the court were worried about Zhao Zhen's health. This is why so many ministers used to stuff women into the palace just to give birth to a child earlier.

Li Zhang also understood what Lu Yijian meant when he heard this. Even if he could be trusted by Zhao Zhen for a lifetime, if Zhao Zhen died and his son ascended the throne, Li Zhang's status would be higher by the time of the time. If he didn't know how to restrain himself, he would probably be regarded as a thorn in his side by the new emperor. Looking at the entire history, this situation was simply too common, otherwise there would be no such thing as "the emperor and the minister of the emperor". There were too few ministers like Lu Yijian who had been in trouble for several dynasties.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but show a meditative expression. If he remembered correctly, Zhao Zhen would not live much. Although he was the second longest emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty, he ascended the throne early. In fact, Zhao Zhen reached the end of his life at the age of fifty-three, and Li Zhang was only two years older than Zhao Zhen. He usually paid attention to health preservation. It is estimated that there would be no problem living in his sixties or seventies. By then, he would face the problem of dynasty replacement.
Chapter completed!