The last thing that the court meeting discussed was a great joy, Xue Rengui and Li Daozong's big break of Tuguhun, today we have to calculate their merits for them, and discuss the rewards that the two of them deserve.

Li Shimin ordered someone to read out the battle report of Li Daozong and Xue Rengui in court, and all the ministers were excited after hearing it, although it was expected to defeat a small country like Tuyuhun, but to their surprise, Tubo and the Western Turks also participated in the war, and the combined strength of the two countries was 70,000, and they already knew about this from Xue Rengui's last war report.

In the last battle report, Xue Rengui reported the news that he broke the Tubo army and the Western Turkic army, which made the ministers of the DPRK and China applaud, although everyone in the DPRK and China knew that Xue Rengui was brought out by Li Hao, but after hearing the news, they still couldn't help but praise one after another, 20,000 against 70,000, a complete victory, this record is not worse than Li Hao's record, this is a great victory.

For Xue Rengui, those ministers who oppose Li Hao are divided into two factions, one faction believes that Xue Rengui should be suppressed with everything, but more people think that there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, Xue Rengui is a hero, how can he always be willing to live under Li Hao, if Xue Rengui rises, maybe it can pose a threat to Li Hao's military status, as long as Xue Rengui has a trace of ambition, they can find an opportunity to tear this hole, let Xue Li and the two break up, and then they can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, then they will be happy.

If he were someone else, it would be really possible, but he was Xue Rengui, loyal, righteous and brave, how could he break with Li Hao for power and status, if he was greedy for these, how could he give up everything and accompany Li Hao to exile Qiongnan, Li Hao has the grace of knowing him, and he is benevolent and righteous, all he can do is to repay him wholeheartedly all his life, even if Li Hao rises up, he is estimated to rebel with Li Hao, without a moment of hesitation.

Xue Rengui and Li Daozong broke the Tuguhun and naturally wanted to be rewarded, Li Shimin discussed the matter of the reward with the ministers in the palace, discussed for about 20 minutes, and finally decided on the reward.

Xue Rengui's reward is naturally higher than Li Daozong's, after all, his merit is the greatest, if it weren't for the defeat of the Tubo and Western Turkic armies with 20,000 and 70,000, this battle would not have been able to be won, so his merits this time were very high, and the reward he received was naturally high.

At this time, Xue Rengui directly entered the ranks of the court bosses, and he was also crowned a duke, although he was only a county duke, but he was also a duke.

Xue Rengui's Zheng Erpin Auxiliary General is a military officer, not a rank official, so this Zheng Erpin is not comparable with the Zheng Erpin of the General of Tiance Mansion, it is a bit far away.

Li Daozong's reward is relatively simple, he was awarded the lieutenant of the light car, and he was awarded the general of the Erpin Town Army, Li Daozong's reward is not very high, mainly because he has a high foundation, and the credit this time is not too big, just to break a small Tuyuhun, the merit is naturally limited, and it is very good to get such a reward.

After setting the rewards of Xue Rengui and Li Daozong, Li Shimin ordered to set up Qinghai Wei in the Tuyuhun Plateau area, Xue Rengui temporarily served as the general of Qinghai Wei, commanded 40,000 troops, guarded Qinghai, and sent people to Tuyuhun to establish the Qinghai Metropolitan Protectorate.

This made the ministers stunned for a while, Li Hao was in the middle of the court, and he had just become the general of the Tiance Mansion, but suddenly he wanted to go away to the frontier, what do you mean?

Of course, Li Hao has his own ideas, first of all, he wants to turn Fan Lihua and Xiao Die Ce around, and secondly, he has already recommended Xue Rengui to Li Shimin to go to the east, probably in the spring of next year, according to Li Hao's idea, if Qinghai Wei is established, it is impossible for the Tubo side to be indifferent, and there will definitely be some action, so the Datang side must be strictly guarded. He went to settle down in advance the Qinghai Protectorate, and then took over Qinghai Wei and let Xue Rengui go to the east, so that it would be impossible for Tubo to seize any opportunity.

Because Li Hao Yunwen Yunwu, and has made great achievements in local governance, Li Shimin felt that Li Hao could still serve as the protector of Qinghai, so he approved Li Hao's invitation, and the ministers learned that Li Hao was going to leave the court and go to the frontier, so Li Hao successfully became the protector of Qinghai, and after the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household prepared the relevant entourage, Li Hao could set off to take up his post.

The court meeting is finally over, Li Hao and the officials walked out of the Taiji Hall together, from entering the Taiji Hall to leaving the Taiji Hall is only two hours apart, but Li Hao's identity is completely different, today he is out of the limelight, just a court meeting, worship the prime minister, seal the Tiance Mansion General, seal Qinghai Protector, the court played five things, the five things passed smoothly, and now everyone looks at him differently.

At the same time, in the living room of King Wu's Mansion in Yizhou, Jiannan Province, Li Ke, King of Wu, was drinking tea with a middle-aged man wearing a cyan robe, the middle-aged man was wearing a hat, and a black veil hung down from the hat to cover his face, this person was Li Hao's opponent Yuan Tiangang.

Li Ke took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and said: "The Taoist chief kept saying that he wanted to help this king achieve great things, but the Taoist chief didn't even show his true face to this king, so how can this king believe you." ”

"Huh." Yuan Tiangang smiled lightly and said, "Well, since His Highness is interested in the old man's old face, why not let His Highness take a look." As he spoke, he raised his hand and took off his hat.

Seeing Yuan Tiangang's face, Li Ke was obviously stunned, Yuan Tiangang was old in words and deeds, and always called himself an old man, he thought he was an old man, but he didn't expect it to be a middle-aged man.

"Your Highness seems to be quite surprised when you see the old man's face?" Yuan Tiangang asked Li Ke with a smile.

Li Ke laughed dryly and said, "This king just didn't expect the Taoist to be like this...... Young. ”

Yuan Tiangang raised his eyebrows, spread his hands and said, "Your Highness, you might as well guess, the old man is old this year." ”

Li Ke smiled, shook his head and said, "This king can't guess." ”

Li Ke is still quite smart, he won't guess like a fool, he knows that he will definitely not guess, that will definitely weaken the momentum, now the two of them are tantamount to negotiations, momentum is very important.

Yuan Tiangang saw that Li Ke was quite clever, smiled indifferently, and said, "The old man is seventy-seven years old this year. ”

"How much?" Li Ke frowned, thinking that he had misheard.

"Seventy-seven." Yuan Tiangang replied with a smile, with supreme confidence in his smile.

Li Ke looked at Yuan Tiangang carefully again, and said with a suspicious expression: "Isn't Dao Chief Mo joking with this king?" ”

Yuan Tiangang shook his head and said: "No matter how bold the old man is, how dare he joke with the prince, the old man is really seventy-seven years old, and the old man has been practicing the method of refining qi since he was a child, so he is aging slowly." ”

Li Kewu didn't believe it, frowned and asked, "How do you prove it?" ”

Yuan Tiangang raised his eyebrows and said: "Since His Royal Highness doesn't believe it, then it's okay, and the old man has never been here, and he will leave." He got up and was about to leave.

Li Ke hurriedly said: "The road is long and slow!" ”

Yuan Tiangang's butt fell back into his chair and asked, "What else is there to do with Your Highness?" ”

Li Ke said: "As long as the Taoist can prove that you are seventy-seven years old this year, this king is willing to worship you as a teacher!" ”

Li Ke did not make this decision impulsively, he had his thoughts, if the person in front of him was really seventy-seven years old, he must be a master, and this person had also told him before, proficient in Qimen Dunjia, Five Elements Bagua, Astronomical Calendar, Yishu Divination, and also quite dabbled in the art of war, and it can almost be said that he knows everything. If all this is true, it is simply an immortal genius, and with his help, it is like Liu Bei has Kong Ming, so he must prove it to this person.

Yuan Tiangang thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, the old man really can't prove his age, but the old man can prove that he has indeed cultivated the immortal method of prolonging life. ”

Li Ke exclaimed when he heard this: "Do you know the immortal law? Let's do a walkthrough. ”

Yuan Tiangang waved his hand and said: "No, Your Highness, you have misunderstood, how can there be any immortal law in this world, the immortal method in the old man's mouth is the honorific title of our qi refiners for the practice, because it can prolong life, so it is called the immortal method, after cultivating this immortal method, not only can you prolong your life, but also have infinite ability, and it is not invasive." ”

"Really?" Li Ke exclaimed in disbelief when he heard this, prolonging his life, his strength is infinite, and all poisons will not invade him.

"Lord, look at it." Yuan Tiangang suddenly raised his foot and stepped on the ground suddenly, only to hear the sound of "pop", the bluestone slab more than an inch thick was easily broken by him, and the strength of this foot was even more terrifying than a hammer.

Li Ke was naturally taken aback, but he immediately calmed down, he had seen the world, and he also knew that there were many people in this world who were born with divine power, so he said: "It is indeed infinitely powerful, I don't know if I can try it without poison." ”

Yuan Tiangang said: "Yes, please ask the prince to take a live dog and a little arsenic." ”

Li Ke said to the guards guarding the side: "Go, do it." ”

The guard hurried down.

Yuan Tiangang said: "Your Highness, the old man will feed the dog to eat arsenic, and when the poison is on, the old man will feed the dog and eat the old man's blood, which can ensure that he will not die, because the old man has practiced the longevity exercise all year round, and the blood in the body has been nourished, which has a miraculous effect of detoxification." ”

Li Ke nodded, and said thoughtfully: "This king thought that you were going to eat arsenic directly to show this king." ”

Yuan Tiangang frowned when he heard this, and drank arsenic directly, that's terrible, it's not that he can't drink it, his body has been mutated, and it does have anti-poison effect, but it is not unlimited, if he eats too much poison at once, his body will become very weak, and it will take a day or two to recover, how dare he take this risk now that he is in King Wu's mansion.

But looking at Li Ke's attitude, it seemed that he had to drink arsenic before he stopped, he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, arsenic, the old man can also eat a little, but not more, after all, the old man is just a qi refiner, or a mortal in the flesh, not a real immortal." ”

Li Ke nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, this king understands, as long as you drink and eat arsenic, you will be fine, this king will believe you." ”

Soon, the guard brought a dog and brought a small bag of arsenic, Li Ke asked him to let the dog go, and then he took the arsenic with his own hands, opened the paper package, and saw a small stall of arsenic inside, which was a little smaller than the palm of his hand if it was spread out, and the amount was quite a lot, Yuan Tiangang breathed a sigh of relief after seeing it, the amount of arsenic is not large, and the body should be able to withstand it, but it may be necessary to use internal strength to assist the heart in blood supply and oxygen supply, which is to play a role in helping to increase blood circulation and resist toxins.

Li Ke pointed to the arsenic, smiled and asked, "Is the Taoist going to eat it directly?" Or make tea and drink it? ”

Yuan Tiangang said: "Let's make tea." ”

"Okay." Li Ke poured all the arsenic into a teacup, poured tea on it, and then asked someone to serve it to Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang blew two mouthfuls of hot air, and then raised his head and drank all the water in the teacup without a drop, Li Ke's eyes shrank when he saw this, he didn't expect this person to really drink, he began to believe it a little, after all, no one would joke with his life, unless he was crazy.