Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 546 Chapter 559: Reverse please reward

When the ministers heard this, they were not very surprised. They did not expect Fan Lihua to be so powerful. With only 2 people, they drove Xue Yantuo and Huihe out of Yudujun Mountain, and killed [-] enemies. Such a big victory is simply shocking. , even Li Hao, who has many military exploits, seems to have only one record of killing [-] enemies, that is, the time when King Qin of Chang'an defeated the entire Tubo army, but Li Hao lost more than [-] troops that time.

Some ministers at the bottom immediately started whispering, winking and discussing whether they should suppress Fanlihua or reward Fanlihua. In their opinion, Fanlihua was indeed a military genius who had the ability to replace Li Hao, but Fanlihua was Li Hao The recruited ones, the current situation is unclear, they dare not rashly ask for rewards for Fan Lihua, if Fan Lihua and Li Hao were on the same boat, wouldn't they be very embarrassed, so they must first find out the direction of the wind.

Next, Li Shimin sighed and sighed: "Oh, at the beginning I was also trying Fan Lihua's methods, so I only gave [-] soldiers and horses, and the food and grass were not enough. Otherwise, with Fan Lihua's ability, Xue Yantuo would definitely be destroyed. He and Huihe, now that Fan Lihua has withdrawn his troops to Yunzhou to replenish food and grass, there are still [-] soldiers and horses left, do you think they should be sent back?"

Chu Suiliang was the first to stand out and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that we should send more troops, horses, food and grass to Fan Lihua, and ordered him to take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate Xue Yantuo and Huihe in one fell swoop, so as to eliminate future troubles forever."

"Yes, yes." Many ministers nodded and whispered, but they didn't come out to second, which showed that they were not sure. After all, they were civil servants and not very proficient in war.

As soon as Chu Suiliang finished speaking, Li Ji came out and said, "Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible. Although Fan Lihua is good at military affairs, Xue Yantuo and Huihe have fled to the Mobei Grassland now. Fan Lihua is still in Yunzhou. Nearly a thousand miles away, it will take more than a month to send more troops, horses, food and grass. When Fan Lihua chases to the grassland, it may already be autumn, but the grassland is vast and deserted. Fleeing, I'm afraid it will be delayed until winter, then it will be extremely unfavorable to our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and all three will be lost!"

"Hmm..." Li Shimin nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, and slowly stroked his beard, "Maogong is very reasonable. I also personally conquered the barbarians. They have always been like this. They fled when they couldn't fight. It's really difficult for them to catch them all in one go, since the good opportunity has been lost, let's just let Fan Lihua come back."

"Your Majesty is holy!" Li Ji saluted and shouted, before returning to the queue.

Li Shimin said slowly: "Since Fan Lihua wants her teacher to return to court, we should also discuss the reward for Fan Lihua in advance. This reward must be worthy of Fan Lihua's achievements and her ability."

As soon as they heard that Fan Lihua was going to be rewarded, the whole hall suddenly fell silent. Why, because Fan Lihua is a woman, there is no precedent for a woman to be an official in the Tang Dynasty, and it seems that they have never seen it in history. They don't know how to propose, besides , They haven't figured out the direction of the wind yet, let's see what Li Hao has to say first.

Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Hao, and said, "Poetry Maniac, you recruited this Fan Lihua from Western Turks, tell me, what kind of reward should you give her?"

Li Hao thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, Fan Lihua is now the Great General of Youwuwei, her position is high enough, it is enough for His Majesty to confer a title on her."

"Oh, it's very interesting to confer a title on a woman." Li Shimin immediately raised his eyebrows and laughed, and asked, "Then tell me, what kind of title should be conferred on her?"

Li Hao said: "It's enough to confer a county baronet."

"Huh?" Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, and even the officials were surprised.

Why am I surprised, because this reward is too low, it's outrageously low, and she should have been conferred a knighthood for her great military exploits, but Fan Lihua's contribution this time is not small, she wiped out [-] enemies, and she was conferred the title of a magistrate , is really too low.

The officials seem to have discovered something, feeling that Li Hao is suppressing Fan Lihua.

In fact, Li Hao did not suppress Fan Lihua, he was asking for a reward in the opposite direction. He was afraid that if he said that the reward was too high, the officials would try their best to oppose it, so he lowered it, so low that even Li Shimin felt it was inappropriate, and then Lifting up slowly, this is called reverse thinking, and his reverse thinking is really effective, because he created an illusion for the officials to suppress Fan Lihua.

So, a civil servant immediately stepped out and shouted: "Your Majesty, I think it's wrong!"

"Say, what's wrong."

"I think that Fan Lihua won three battles and three victories, killed one hundred thousand enemies, and only suffered ten thousand losses on her own. This is a great military exploit, and should be rewarded heavily. How can I only confer a title to a small county man?"

"My minister!" Chu Suiliang also came out and said, "Fan Lihua's outstanding military exploits this time should be rewarded heavily. This minister suspects that King Qiongnan is intentionally outlawing his colleagues."

Li Hao frowned for a while when he heard the words, what the hell are we talking about rewards? Why are you here to impeach Laozi again? What is Laozi bothering you? He suppressed Fan Lihua by himself, hey, there is a way, so he hurried out and said: "Your Majesty, this time Fan Lihua is in charge of Yu Du's marching army, and the task is to lead the army to conquer Xue Yantuo and Huihe. , can be regarded as a complete victory, but Fan Lihua has not completed the task, so Fengxian male is enough!"

He decided to pretend to suppress Fan Lihua and ask these civil servants to help raise the price. Anyway, they are many and powerful.

Sure enough, Chu Suiliang argued: "Your Majesty has just said that the reason why Fan Lihua failed to wipe out Xue Yantuo and Huihe was because of insufficient troops and insufficient food and grass. Your Majesty sent Fan Lihua to the expedition this time to test her strength, and did not take it seriously. Send her to destroy Xue Yantuo and Huihe."

Li Hao raised his neck, and said loudly: "Anyway, I think Fan Lihua can only confer one county baronial title!" Then he raised his head arrogantly and didn't say anything, you guys can raise the price slowly.

Li Hao's performance was very useful, and all the ministers took the initiative to ask for rewards for Fan Lihua, not only titles, but also honorary officers, military officials, and some people even suggested that Fan Lihua be the general of Tiance House. Let her replace Li Hao.

Li Hao glared and snorted cooperatively when he heard the words, and laughed secretly in his heart, without saying a word.

All the ministers chattered for a long time, Li Shimin was also a little confused, finally, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Changsun Wuji, and said: "Auxiliary machine, you have always been the most thoughtful, what do you think about Fan Lihua's award? "

Changsun Wuji bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I think what King Qiongnan and you all said are very reasonable."

Li Shimin's expression suddenly became very exciting. He has already discovered that Changsun Wuji has become a soft-hearted character since some time ago. It seems that it has been a long time. As long as it involves Li Hao, he is always at odds. To offend, to bring the harmony to a very high level.

"You, you..." Li Shimin shook his head and sighed. Changsun Wuji used to be his most powerful assistant, but now he has become like this, which makes him very unhappy. I have talked to him several times, but it seems to be useless.

Changsun Wuji was also suffering in his heart and couldn't tell. Li Hao held his little braid in his hand. How dare he talk nonsense? He could only live by chatting with him.

Next, Li Shimin looked at Ma Zhou again and asked, "Ma Zhou, tell me, how should I reward Fan Lihua?"

Ma Zhou went out to salute and said, "Your Majesty, I think Fan Lihua has done a great job this time, and the reward should not be sloppy."

Li Shimin nodded and spread his hands, "Okay, let's talk about how to reward."

Ma Zhou said: "The title must be conferred. I think Fan Lihua can be conferred the title of County Earl or County Marquis."

Li Shimin nodded slowly, and gestured for him to continue talking.

Ma Zhou continued: "Honored officials, scattered officials, these should also be sealed. As for whether to enter Tiance Mansion, it depends entirely on His Majesty's will."

The Tiance Mansion directly delegated the imperial power, whether or not one could enter the Tiance Mansion really depended on Li Shimin's will.

After pondering for a moment, Li Shimin said slowly: "I plan to confer the title of Marquis of Lantian County on Fanlihua, do you have any objections?"

After hearing the words, the ministers exclaimed in surprise, "Marquis of Lantian County, isn't that the title Li Hao used to have? This is a good sign, it is a sign that Li Hao will be replaced.

Li Hao immediately asked loudly: "Your Majesty, Lantian is the fiefdom of the minister."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "You are the king of Qiongnan County now, your fief is in Qiongnan, and the title of Lantian is missing."

Li Hao drooped his head when he heard the words, pretending to be very distressed, but in fact he was already happy in his heart: "It's really worth it to act so tiringly, and I won the title of Marquis for Fan Lihua all at once, um, if she lives in Lantian , I moved back to live in Lantian and went to see her every day, oh, it's so beautiful just thinking about it."

The title reward is the most important thing, so Li Shimin specifically asked all the ministers, and the ministers had no objection, so Li Shimin announced: "Then make Fan Lihua the Marquis of Lantian County, five hundred households in Shishi Town, and award him honors." He was granted the title of captain of the fifth rank of Shangqi, and he was awarded the title of general of the fourth rank of Zhongwu. He entered the Tiance Mansion and served as the deputy general of the Tiance Mansion. He was in charge of military and horse training. Do you have any objections to bestowing Hua Ling on the Heavenly Armor?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" All the ministers saluted and shouted.

Li Hao also bowed happily, laughing secretly in his heart: "Well, not bad, not bad, I am very satisfied with the reward for my future wife, everyone has worked hard, thank you, hehe..."

The court meeting dispersed, the officials left the Taiji Hall, Li Hao put on a sad face, from the main hall to the Taiji Square, such a short distance, he sighed five or six times, and all the civil servants were secretly happy to see it.

Chu Suiliang walked to Li Hao's side and sneered: "Hey, in the future, you will not be the only one in the army."

Hearing this, Li Hao turned his head and glanced at him, and deliberately pretended to be coercive: "She is just lucky. When it comes to fighting, I, Li Hao, are number one in the Tang Dynasty."

"Hehe, is that so?" Chu Suiliang sneered, "You lost more than 1 soldiers in Youzhou. How many enemy troops did you kill? Is it [-]? Is there a total of [-] enemy troops? Not at all."

Li Hao blushed immediately when he heard the words, and shouted angrily: "Do wars depend on the number of people killed? It depends on whether we can win!"

"Don't fool Chu." Chu Suiliang said happily, "The more enemies you kill, the easier it is to win. You, you can't even compare to a woman, hahahaha..." After he finished speaking, he was satisfied and shook his head. Sleeves swung away, and the surrounding officials laughed triumphantly when they heard their conversation.

Li Hao continued to pretend to be extremely ashamed, and quickly left the Taiji Palace, then rode his horse out of the imperial city and went home.

After returning home, Li Hao suddenly grinned. This group of civil servants are so deceitful. I'm afraid they will think that they and Fan Lihua are enemies in the future, but they can help Fan Lihua. Oh, it's very cool to think about it, but unfortunately, this way , he had to keep a certain distance from Fan Lihua, even if he wanted to see her, he had to do so secretly, but this was not a big problem for Li Hao, as long as he could help Fan Lihua, these were nothing.

Li Hao has already started to think, when Xue Rengui comes back from conquering Goguryeo, let him pretend to have conflicts with himself, so that Xue Rengui can also rise like a rocket, um, good idea, if Xue Rengui succeeds in conquering Goguryeo, use another reverse request The method of sealing should work well. Thinking of this, Li Hao showed a smirk, a very bad smile.

(End of this chapter)