When Fan Lihua erected the boundary monument at the border of the Tang Dynasty, a small court meeting was going on in Chang'an.

Yesterday was a good day, yesterday morning, Di Renjie returned to Chang'an with the people of the Taiyuan Wang family and a lot of money, Wang Weitai went to Li Hao's bank for a loan, and learned that the bank's interest system had increased the limit, which made him half angry, even so, he still wanted to take out a loan, not a loan, no money to pay a fine.

Yesterday afternoon, Li Shimin received the battle report of Fan Lihua's defeat of the Western Turkic royal court, which made him very happy, and his mouth was about to crack with laughter, and he asked Xu Lian to read Fan Lihua's battle report in the palace, and everyone was happy together.

Fan Lihua broke the Western Turkic royal court, this is indeed exciting good news, but the ministers are not happy, why, because the eldest grandson Wuji has already told them that Fan Lihua and Li Hao are in a group, Xue Rengui and Li Hao are in a group, Di Renjie and Li Hao are also in a group, they were all deceived by Li Hao and used.

As soon as this news came out, the ministers were hit to the point of almost collapse, and after Chu Suiliang heard the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, he fainted with anger on the spot, and he had been lying on the bed for a long time, and he had not yet recovered, so he could not see Chu Suiliang's figure in the Liangyi Hall today.

Fan Lihua made such a great feat, chasing Li Jing back then, and this battle was fought extremely beautifully, and more than two million pieces of gold, silver and jewelry were seized...... The more you fight, the richer you get.

Li Shimin was not in a hurry to reward Fan Lihua, because Fan Lihua's war report said that she would continue to go west to explore and open up territory for the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin decided to wait for Fan Lihua to come back from opening up the territory, and then reward her.

Next, Li Shimin discussed with the ministers, Fan Lihua expanded the territory to the west, in order to ensure the stability of the western border, it is very likely to move the Anxi capital to the west, and also to send additional troops, the Western Turks are the main route of the Silk Road, and now it is finally in their own hands, how can Li Shimin not pay attention to it, and must defend it well.

After discussion, it was finally decided that the Western Turkic royal court would be renamed Tingzhou, and the Anxi Protectorate would temporarily move west to Tingzhou, and another 20,000 troops would be added to the Anxi Protectorate.

After discussing this matter, we began to discuss a major event, that is, about the poisoning of the Nanzhao envoy in the Tang Dynasty, although the real culprit behind the scenes was found, and punishment was also imposed, but for the Nanzhao side, there must be an explanation, presumably the Nanzhao envoy group has sent someone back to tell Xinuluo.

For this matter, the opinions of their monarchs and ministers are very unified, lose money, give a large number of materials and food and exquisite porcelain cloth to Nanzhao, plus gold, silver and jewelry, equivalent to 100,000 yuan, in addition, send people to escort Sheng Guolan back to Nanzhao, after all, there are so many materials, and the guards of the Nanzhao envoy group are only more than 300 people, there will be no problem in Guanzhong, but once you enter the Bashu area, where strongmen are rampant, and there are many forces in the rivers and lakes, it is a bit dangerous.

After deciding on these, Li Shimin also summoned Sheng Guolan to meet and tell Sheng Guolan about the compensation to express Datang's sincerity.

Sheng Guolan doesn't care about this, her brother is dead, can he still be resurrected, she doesn't blame Datang, to be honest, she actually likes Datang, the Tang people she knows are very good to her, such as Di Renjie, Di Renjie's family, and that King Qiongnan, is also very polite to her, when she and Di Renjie came back from Taiyuan, Li Hao personally went out of the city to greet them, and Di Renjie seems to have a good relationship with him, in her opinion, Di Renjie is a good person, then his friends must also be good people.

Sheng Guolan accepted all the compensation proposed by Li Shimin, and bowed to Li Shimin, thanking the emperor, Li Shimin was very happy, and said: "Sheng Guolan, in order to show my sincerity, I sent the most powerful general in the Tang Dynasty to send you back to Nanzhao." ”

"The most powerful general in Datang?" Sheng Guolan subconsciously looked at Di Renjie when she heard this, maybe it was a lover's eyes, Sheng Guolan liked Di Renjie, so she thought that Di Renjie was good at everything, he was the most powerful man in the world, and the most powerful general in the Tang Dynasty must also be Di Renjie.

However, Di Renjie turned his head to look at Li Hao, and all the ministers in the palace looked at Li Hao, Sheng Guolan had to turn his head to look at Li Hao when he saw this, and he was angry: "He is the most powerful general in the Tang Dynasty?" Thin and weak, take a broken feather fan, and dress like a book, that is, he is a little taller, where is it powerful, he will definitely not be able to beat Di Renjie. ”

Li Hao was very embarrassed at the moment, because he didn't want to take on this errand, so he desperately looked at Li Shimin, and the meaning was very clear: "The minister can't do it!" ”

"Poet, don't be lazy this time." Di Renjie glanced at Li Hao and said, "Look at Sheng Guolan, who is only sixteen or seventeen years old, he came to Chang'an from Nanzhao, traveling thousands of miles, trekking through mountains and rivers, it is not easy, you are a dignified man, what is wrong with going to Nanzhao, can you bear to watch such a thin girl bring so much gold and silver treasures back to Nanzhao?" ”

Li Hao wanted to scream: "I can't bear it, what's not to bear?" ”

However, he didn't dare to say that, otherwise he would have to be scolded by Li Shimin, so he could only bow his hand and reluctantly say: "The minister obeys the order-" The voice dragged on, for fear that Li Shimin would not be able to see his unhappiness.

"Hmph, that's a." Li Shimin looked at his dead appearance and scolded angrily.

At this time, Sheng Guolan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, can you let Di Renjie send me back?" ”

"Bold!" Yu Zhining suddenly glared and scolded when he heard this, "In front of the emperor, you dare to call yourself me!" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, Yu Aiqing doesn't want to make a big fuss, Sheng Guolan is from Nanzhao, and she doesn't understand my Tang etiquette, how can I care about her?" ”

Sheng Guolan saw that Li Shimin was so generous, and she was secretly happy in her heart, and asked again: "Your Majesty, let Di Renjie send ...... Do you want to send your ministers back to Nanzhao? ”

She didn't know what to call herself, she saw that Li Hao had just called himself a minister, so she did the same, she was the daughter of King Nanzhao, she was the princess of Nanzhao, Nanzhao had already presented a letter of state to call her minister, and King Nanzhao had called herself a minister to Li Shimin, and she called herself a minister, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with her.

"Di Renjie, ah......" Li Shimin turned his head and glanced at Di Renjie, and then said with a smile, "Sheng Guolan, you don't know, Di Renjie is not a general, he can't lead troops." ”

Sheng Guolan blinked his eyes and asked: "Your Majesty, you are the lord of the world, and your words are more effective than the gods, if you make him a general, won't he be able to lead the troops?" ”

This sentence just slapped Li Shimin's sycophant and slapped Li Shimin flutteringly, Li Shimin smiled and stretched out his hand to connect Sheng Guolan: "You, you, you are really a little girl, and you are a child." ”

Li Shimin thought she was talking nonsense, but Li Hao was interested, he didn't want to go to Nanzhao, that place was poor and bad, and the ghost wanted to go, why not take the opportunity to give this burden to Di Renjie, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Di Renjie has cracked a big case, and he has not yet been rewarded, and it is also excellent for the emperor to take this opportunity to give Di Renjie a general rank." ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Hao, looking at his serious appearance, he almost thought that Li Hao's proposal was selfless, how could he hide the little Jiujiu in Li Hao's heart.

"Poet, don't mess around." Li Shimin made a straight face, Li Hao could only shrink his head and retreat into the queue.

Sheng Guolan said: "Your Majesty, isn't Di Renjie's credit enough to be a general?" ”

"This ......" Li Shimin was a little embarrassed when he heard this, he was thinking about how to explain the Tang Dynasty's reward to this barbarian girl who didn't know anything about the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Li Ji saw Li Hao glaring at him, Li Ji immediately understood, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in fact, if you Feng Di Renjie has a martial arts title, it is not impossible, after all, it is only a loose title." ”

Li Ji rarely speaks in the palace, but as long as he speaks, Li Shimin will listen carefully every time, and will seriously consider his words.

Li Jidu spoke, Li Shimin thought about it seriously, and it didn't seem to matter if he was given a loose title, so he said: "Since this is the case, then let's discuss Di Renjie's reward now." ”

At this time, Sun Fujia suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is getting older, his legs and feet are becoming more and more unfavorable, and he wants to sue the old man to return to his hometown. ”

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, this Sun Fujia, sixty years old has not yet arrived, he wants to tell the old man to return to his hometown, please resign, and let Di Renjie take over the position of Dali Temple, how can this work, since the rectification of the new officials, the power of Dali Temple has increased not a little bit, and all officials in the Tang Dynasty have the right to supervise, no matter how big you are, as long as you make a mistake, Dali Temple dares to take you, bull is not awesome.

The most important thing is that Di Renjie is Li Hao's person, just this point, they can't agree, Sun Fujia's voice just fell, and the eldest grandson Wuji objected loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate, Di Renjie is only in the year of the weak crown, and being the Shaoqing of Dali Temple is already the emperor's grace and promotion, how can he be appointed to such a heavy position as Dali Siqing, and the minister thinks that it is best to let Sun Siqing work hard for a few more years." ”

Li Shimin just wanted to nod when he heard this, but at this time, Sheng Guolan suddenly asked ignorantly: "Your Majesty, does the Tang Dynasty seal officials look at their age?" It's weird, I'm ...... The minister's father appoints official positions to see whether that person has the ability or not, and whether he is powerful or not. ”

Sheng Guolan is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and her simple words slapped the eldest grandson Wuji fiercely, and also made the ministers who were ready to second the proposal shut up, because what she said was reasonable, what reason, the principle of meritocracy.

The eldest grandson Wuji was so angry by Sheng Guolan's words that his face turned red, he turned his head and looked at Sheng Guolan angrily, and said loudly: "I, the Tang Dynasty and the ministers, discuss state affairs, what qualifications do you have to be a foreigner!" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, raised his head and asked loudly: "Lord Eldest Sun, she is not qualified, does the king have it?" ”

Get out of the way! Li Hao is going to pretend to be forced!