"I will never lie about Your Highness's physical condition, let alone deceive Your Majesty!" Zhang Zong solemnly promised. He knew what Li Zhi was worried about, but what he said was the truth. Before he came, Li Hong's health had indeed recovered a lot, and at least he had not developed any illness for a long time.

Hearing Zhang Zong's promise, Li Zhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that Zhang Zong would not lie to him in such matters. After all, Li Hong's health is not only his family affairs, but also related to state affairs. Although Zhang Zong is Li Hong's confidant, he is also his son-in-law, so he still trusts Zhang Zong very much.

"It's fine. It's a big deal to say that Hong'er is exactly the same as mine. He wants to experience everything personally. I have left Liu Rengui to him before, but he still refused to delegate power, and finally suffered a lot!" Li Zhi said with some emotion at this time.

Zhang Zong nodded in agreement when he heard Li Zhi's words. Before Li Zhi came to Luoyang, he specially arranged many important officials to assist Li Hong, but a person's personality was difficult to change. Li Hong let so many ministers not use it, but he took on most of the government affairs himself, but those ministers could not persuade him, which led to what happened later.

"By the way, I heard that you set up a medical school in Chang'an and want to train a large number of doctors like the public school trains students?" At this time, Li Zhi suddenly thought of the medical school again, so he asked.

"Yes, through vaccination with cowpox, I found that the number of doctors is too small, especially among the people, there are extremely shortages of doctors with excellent medical skills. On the contrary, some quack doctors and scammers are popular, and I don't know how many people die at their hands..."

Zhang Zong immediately explained the situation of the lack of medical treatment and medicine that he had investigated in detail. When it comes to emotional parts, he also showed a heartbroken expression.

In fact, Li Zhi had known about the situations Zhang Zong talked about for a long time, but he didn't feel it deeply before. Now he is seriously ill, and when he hears these situations, he empathizes with it and nods repeatedly to the establishment of the medical school.

"You have done a good job in the medical school, and there is also breeding. You can take on several important tasks by yourself, which also makes me very relieved." Li Zhi nodded again at last.

But when he said this, Li Zhi pondered for a moment, then looked up again and said, "Since you have officially entered the court and have made some political achievements, do you have any ideas or any position you want to hold?"

Since Zhang Zong came to Luoyang, he naturally had to have a formal official position. Although Li Hong had some arrangements for this, Li Zhi still needed to nod. After all, the appointment and removal power of officials is still in the hands of Li Zhi, especially the position of senior officials. If Li Zhi had not nodded, nothing else would be useful.

"This..." Zhang Zong showed a thoughtful expression when he heard this.

Zhang Zong was actually considering what position he should hold for a long time. Li Hong's opinion was to let him enter the three provinces. Of course, he was not the prime minister, but he could also serve as a secretary of the Central Secretariat and give backbone positions such as the Central Secretariat. These positions were not of very high rank, but they had real power. The most important thing was to be able to participate in government affairs. In addition, the help of ministers from Li Hong's faction in the court was enough to give him the strength to compete with Wu Meiniang's expansion.

"What? You haven't thought about it yourself?" Li Zhi couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhang Zong hesitating.

"It's not that I didn't think about it, but I don't know what to say." Zhang Zong suddenly raised his head and replied.

"Oh? It seems you have your own ideas?" Li Zhi couldn't help asking curiously when he heard Zhang Zong's answer. He originally sent Zhang Zong to the three provinces to serve as a middle-level position. After a few years of experience, he could take on important responsibilities. But now it seems that Zhang Zong seems to have his own ideas.

Zhang Zong hesitated for a moment again, and then he spoke again: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask, what is the key to controlling the country for Your Majesty?"

"Interesting, why did you think of asking this?" Li Zhi was stunned at first when he heard this, and then he smiled again. Someone asked him about this question, and this person was his father, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin. He had just become the crown prince at that time. In order to teach himself how to be a king, his father assigned him many questions and asked him to think about it himself. Zhang Zong's question is the most important one.

"Your Majesty will understand soon." Zhang Zong did not answer directly, but smiled again.

Seeing that Zhang Zong refused to say it, Li Zhi did not ask any further. After he hesitating for a moment, he quickly replied: "As the emperor, if you want to firmly control the entire country, the most important thing is to grasp the imperial power in your hands. The so-called imperial power is actually military power, financial power and the power of appointment and removal by officials. Among these three powers, the most important thing is military power. If the military power is lost, it will probably not take long before the emperor will become a puppet!"

Although Li Zhi was sick, he was very clear about the imperial power and had a very good understanding of imperial power. The so-called imperial power is actually the most important pillar of military power. Only by mastering military power can other power be derived, otherwise everything will be a castle in the air.

"Your Majesty is wise, and military power is indeed the top priority. General Xue returned to Beijing to serve, Your Majesty must have his own plans. I have an idea that by strengthening Your Majesty, or the emperor's control over the army!" Zhang Zong hesitated for a moment and finally spoke.

"Oh? Then I want to hear what you think?" Li Zhi smiled again when he heard this, but his smile was a little casual, and he didn't seem to believe Zhang Zong's words very much.

In fact, this is normal. After all, emperors of all dynasties value military power, and they all tried their best to strengthen their control over the army, and sometimes even sacrificed their flexibility and combat effectiveness. Although Zhang Zong was talented, Li Zhi did not believe that Zhang Zong would give him any good suggestions in military aspects.

Zhang Zong also saw Li Zhi’s idea, but he did not rush to argue for himself. Instead, he thought about it before speaking again: “Your Majesty agreed with the medical school I presided over, which made me very happy. In fact, large-scale teaching methods like this are not only applicable to medicine.”

"Not only for medicine?" Li Zhi was stunned again when he heard Zhang Zong's last words, and then he showed an incredible expression. Although he vaguely guessed what Zhang Zong said, this idea still made him feel too incredible.
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