Liu E chased him all the way from Chengming Palace to Funing Palace. She felt that the official's behavior today was very abnormal and quite rude.
After all, Wang Zeng was also an important minister of the previous dynasty, and was the prime minister and assistant minister left to his sixth brother by the late emperor.
Sixth Brother just walked away today without caring about Wang Zeng, which was indeed a bit excessive.
In fact, Liu E had a chance to make amends. After Li Jie left, she could take over the court discussions and appease Wang Zeng's mood.
But she didn't do that.
It’s not for anything else, just to protect the official’s face.
At that time, if she had stayed and continued to preside over court discussions, it would inevitably make people think that she wanted to take over the government again.
Therefore, even if Wang Zeng lost face, Liu E still chose to go with the official family.
"Brother Six, you shouldn't leave directly today."
In the tea room of the inner palace, Liu E poured a cup of tea for Li Jie with her own hands, and then warned.
"The king was once a prime minister and an important minister. Don't the officials know that if the king regards his ministers as his brothers and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart?"
"Madam, actually I did that on purpose today."
Li Jie picked up the tea cup, gently blew the tea surface, and then took a sip.
"Um?"
"on purpose?"
When Liu E heard this, she was very surprised. After a second thought, she suddenly felt that this seemed reasonable.
With Sixth Brother's wisdom, how could he leave in anger for no reason?
"Indeed."
Li Jie put down the tea cup and explained slowly.
"Actually, I had the intention to ban salt long before I sent Cao Qian as envoy to Tibet, or in other words, a little earlier."
To be precise, the salt ban was the result of discussions between Li Jie and Cao Wei.
It is a consensus that party members are ambitious.
The Song Dynasty and Dangxiang will have a battle sooner or later!
These were Cao Wei's exact words. He was convinced that if the Dangxiang people consciously accumulated enough, they would definitely go to war with the Song Dynasty.
That battle was probably the battle for the founding of the country by the Party members!
Nowadays, people in the party are lying low and doing small things, which is just a daring act.
Living in modern times, Cao Wei can see that the two countries must have a war, and he is already a top talent.
Compared to Cao Wei's inference, Li Jie was more convinced about this matter. After all, it was written that way in history books and acted that way in TV dramas.
Li Jiqian, Li Deming, and Li Yuanhao are all undercooked wolf cubs.
Since we are destined to be enemies, we should act sooner rather than later. The earlier we strike, the more we will weaken our strength.
In fact, judging from the current combat power alone, Song Ting does not have the strength to penetrate deep into Dangxiang territory.
But it is impossible for Dang Xiang to enter Song Dynasty and plunder wantonly.
In field battles, the Song army was indeed not very good.
But when it comes to defending the city, the Dangxiang people can't keep up with the Song army no matter how they pat their horses.
To sum up, both armies have their own advantages and disadvantages. If the two armies face each other, the gap will not be too big.
Even when fighting in the field, the Song army was not helpless.
If the Song army was really vulnerable, why didn't Li Deming dare to take over easily?
How could the Liao Kingdom easily form an alliance with the Song Army?
The relationship between countries ultimately depends on comprehensive strength.
Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the cannon!
Therefore, Li Jie is not afraid of war. As long as he does not engage in the "formation chart" invented by the Song Dynasty God of War and does not engage in the chairman's remote control, the war is completely controllable.
In addition, if we do not experience the baptism of war, where will a strong army come from?
No matter how good the training is, no matter how sophisticated the weapons are, without the test of war, all strength is only on paper.
War controlled at a certain intensity is the best training ground.
Although people will die, how can there be no death in war?
Without being tempered by blood and fire, how could we achieve the important task of attacking the Liao Kingdom from the north and conquering Dangxiang from the west?
a long time.
After listening to Li Jie's explanation, Liu E was silent for a long time.
Sixth Brother's plan was too grand, and she didn't know whether it would succeed.
After all, even as wise as Taizu and as powerful as Taizong, he could not recapture the Sixteen States of Yanyun from the Liao Kingdom.
(PS: Zhenzong inherited the unification from Taizong. Liu E is where she is today because of Taizong. Therefore, bragging is inevitable. If Taizong is not powerful, how can they have anything to do with their husband?)
Fortunately, Sixth Brother still knows the rules and has no intention of directly starting a war with the party members. Instead, he has formulated a "five-year plan"?
What is a five-year plan?
That is, it will take five years to eliminate some old and weak soldiers, and then strengthen training to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army.
At the same time, the Forbidden Army will also update some new equipment.
This is hard training of internal strength.
Outside, during these five years, we need to help Zushiluo gain a foothold as soon as possible.
The Tubo people's cavalry and shooting skills were not inferior to those of the Dangxiang people.
Of course, the degree must be grasped well.
If the aid is too much, Tubo may become the next party item.
Even Tubo and Dangxiang merged.
There is no doubt that if the situation really develops to that point, it will definitely be the worst case scenario, bar none!
Finally, the Liao Kingdom also needs attention.
If everything goes well, Dangxiang is really in danger of defeat. As the suzerain state of Dangxiang, the Liao Kingdom will definitely not ignore it.
In the eyes of the Liao people, Dangxiang people were tools to involve the Song court.
As long as the party members were firmly anchored in the border areas of the Song Dynasty, the Song court would have to deploy heavy troops on the border areas for defense.
With Dangxiang's control in the west, the Song Ting faction's troops in the Hebei area were reduced.
In this way, the land of Yanyun is as stable as Mount Tai.
After a while, Liu E recovered from the shock and said with approval on her face.
"Sixth Brother has the ambition to reach the top of the clouds. Naturally, the eldest lady will not hold you back."
Then, she suddenly changed the subject.
"However, there is one thing. You and I, mother and son, need to make an agreement in three chapters."
"Your Majesty, please speak!"
Li Jie chuckled, picked up the teapot, and gave Liu E a new cup of tea.
"If Brother Six has any plans in the future, he must discuss it with the eldest lady in advance."
"Don't be so sudden like this time again."
"Please give me more advice in the future!"
Li Jie smiled slightly and saluted.
"There is no need to do this to my mother and son."
Liu E smiled and shook her head, patting Li Jie's arm gently.
In fact, after hearing Li Jie's plan, she was a little excited, if Brother Six could really regain the land of Yanyun.
Even if this matter was not led by her, she would have left a mark in the history books.
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Cao Mansion.
Not long after the proceedings in Chengming Hall ended, Cao Wei received news from the palace.
Everything is done according to the plan, in an orderly manner, very good, very good!
However, the only place of estrangement now is Cao Qian's side.
Cao Wei has not received a letter from Cao Qian for a long time. The latest letter was sent before winter.
Since then, there has been no news from him.
Cao Wei has stayed in the northwest region for decades, so he naturally knows what winter is like there.
Maybe the road is blocked due to heavy snow.
But even though he knew this, Cao Wei still couldn't help but feel a little worried.
After all, natural disasters do not recognize people. No matter you are a prince or a general, God will treat you equally.