When the ministers heard this, they were not surprised, they didn't expect Fan Lihua to be so powerful, only with a mere 20,000 horses to drive Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui out of the Yu Du Army Mountain, and killed 100,000 enemies, such a big victory, it was simply appalling, even Li Hao, who had a lot of achievements, seemed to have only one record of killing 100,000 enemies, that is, the time when King Qin of Chang'an, the Tubo army was wiped out, but that time Li Hao lost more than 10,000 people.

In their opinion, this Fan Lihua is indeed a military wizard and has the ability to replace Li Hao, but Fan Lihua was recruited by Li Hao, and the current situation is still unclear, they dare not rashly ask for a reward for Fan Lihua, if Fan Lihua and Li Hao are in the same boat, they are not very embarrassed, so they must first figure out the direction of the wind.

Next, Li Shimin sighed and sighed: "Alas, I was also trying Fan Lihua's means, so I only gave 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the grain and grass were not enough, otherwise, with Fan Lihua's ability, I will definitely be able to destroy Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui, and now Fan Lihua has led the troops to Yunzhou to replenish grain and grass, and there are still 10,000 soldiers and horses left, Zhu Qing thinks, should he be transferred back?" ”

Chu Suiliang was the first to come out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that he should send soldiers, horses, grain and grass to Fan Lihua, and ordered him to take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate Xue Yantuo and Hui in one fell swoop, and never suffer in the future." ”

"yes, yes." Many ministers nodded their heads and shouted, but they did not come out to second, which shows that they are not sure, after all, they are civilian officials and are not very proficient in warfare.

As soon as Chu Suiliang finished speaking, Li Ji came out and said: "Your Majesty, you must not, although Fan Lihua is good at military affairs, but now Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui have fled to the Mobei grassland, Fan Lihua is still in Yunzhou, nearly a thousand miles away, and it will take more than a month to send soldiers and horses and grain and grass, and wait for Fan Lihua to chase to the grassland, I am afraid that it is already autumn, but the grassland desert is vast, even if Xue Yantuo and Hui Su can't beat it, they can also escape, if they blindly escape, I am afraid that they can drag it until winter, and it will be extremely unfavorable to my Tang Dynasty soldiers. The right time, the right place and all three are lost! ”

"Well......" Li Shimin nodded again and again when he heard this, and slowly stroked his beard and said, "Mao Gong is very reasonable, I have also personally conquered Yi Nan, they have always been like this, they can't be defeated, they will escape, and it is really difficult to catch them all on the grassland, since the good opportunity has been lost, then let's just let Fan Lihua come back." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Li Jixing saluted and shouted, and returned to the queue.

Li Shimin said slowly: "Since Fan Lihua is going to return to the court, we should also discuss the reward for Fan Lihua in advance, this reward needs to be worthy of Fan Lihua's merits and her ability." ”

As soon as they heard that Fan Lihua was going to be rewarded, the hall suddenly lost its voice, 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 not seen much 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.

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

Li Hao thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, Fan Lihua is already the general of the Right Wuwei right now, and her position is high enough, it is enough for Your Majesty to give her a knight." ”

"Oh, the knighthood, that's interesting." Li Shimin immediately raised his eyebrows and laughed when he heard this, and asked, "Then tell me, what knighthood should I give her?" ”

Li Hao said: "You can seal the county barony." ”

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

Why are you surprised, because this reward is too low, so low that it is outrageous, and he should have been knighted for his great military exploits, but Fan Lihua's credit this time is not small, and he destroyed 100,000 enemies, so he was named a county man, which is really too low.

The ministers seemed to have discovered something, and felt that Li Hao was suppressing Fan Lihua.

In fact, Li Hao really didn't suppress Fan Lihua, he was asking for a reward in reverse, he was afraid that his reward would be high, and the ministers would try their best to oppose it, so he said low, so low that Li Shimin felt very inappropriate, and then slowly lifted up, this is called reverse thinking, his reverse thinking really has a miraculous effect, because he created a false impression of suppressing Fan Lihua to the ministers.

So, a civil official immediately came out and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate!" ”

"Say, what's wrong?"

"The minister thinks that Fan Lihua has won three battles and three victories, killed 100,000 enemies, and only lost 10,000 self-losses, this is a battle exploit that pours the sky, and it should be rewarded heavily, how can it only be a small county man?"

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Chu Suiliang also came out and said, "Fan Lihua has made outstanding achievements this time, and she should be rewarded heavily, and the minister suspects that King Qiongnan deliberately dumped his colleagues." ”

Li Hao frowned when he heard this, what a special discussion about rewards, why did you come to impeach Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu is in your way, he thought about it, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, he found that this group of Wenchen seemed to think that he suppressed Fan Lihua, hey, there was a way, so he hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, this time Fan Lihua served as the head of the Yudu marching army, and the task was to lead the troops to recruit Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui, only by annihilating Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui, it could be regarded as a complete victory, but Fan Lihua did not complete the task, so, the county is enough!" ”

He decided to pretend to suppress Fan Lihua and let these civil officials help raise the price, anyway, there are many of them and they have great power.

Sure enough, Chu Suiliang argued: "Your Majesty has just said that the reason why Fan Lihua failed to annihilate Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui was because of insufficient troops and insufficient food and grass. ”

Li Hao's neck stiffened, and he said loudly: "Anyway, I think that Fan Lihua can only be awarded a county barony!" Then he raised his head very arrogantly, and said nothing, and you slowly raised the price.

Li Hao's performance was very useful, and the ministers took the initiative to ask for a reward for Fan Lihua, not only the title, but also the honorable officer, the military officer, and some people even proposed to let Fan Lihua serve as the general of the Tiance Mansion, wanting to let her replace Li Hao directly.

Li Hao glared at him very cooperatively when he heard this, and snorted coldly, so he smiled secretly in his heart and didn't speak.

The ministers talked for a long time, Li Shimin was also a little confused, and finally, Li Shimin turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Wuji, and said: "Auxiliary machine, you have always had the most ideas, what do you think of Fan Lihua's reward?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that what the King of Qiongnan and you have said is very reasonable. ”

Li Shimin's expression was suddenly very exciting, he had already discovered that the eldest grandson Wuji didn't know when he began to become a character with the mud, it seems that it has been a long time, as long as it involves Li Hao's affairs, he will not offend both, and he will play the mud to a very high level.

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

The eldest grandson Wuji also has bitterness in his heart and can't say it, his pigtail is held in Li Hao's hand, does he dare to talk nonsense, and he can only talk to him to get by.

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

Ma Zhou came out of the column and saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Fan Lihua has made a great contribution this time, and the reward is not sloppy." ”

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

Ma Zhou said: "The title must be sealed, and the minister thinks that Fan Lihua can be awarded a county earl or county marquis." ”

Li Shimin nodded slowly, and spread his hands to signal him to continue.

Ma Zhou continued: "Honorable officers, scattered officials, these should also be sealed, as for whether to enter the Tiance Mansion or not, it completely depends on Your Majesty's intentions." ”

Tiance Mansion directly grants imperial power, and whether or not you enter Tiance Mansion really depends on Li Shimin's meaning.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "I plan to confer the title of Marquis of Lantian County in Fan Lihua, do you have any objections?" ”

When the ministers heard this, they were all surprised and secretly exclaimed, Marquis of Lantian County, isn't that Li Hao's former title, this is a good sign, this is a sign to replace Li Hao.

Li Hao immediately asked in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, Lantian is the fief of the ministers. ”

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

Li Hao lowered his head when he heard this, pretending to be very distressed, but in fact, his heart was already happy: "It's really worth it to be so tired, and I got the title of marquis for Fan Lihua all of a sudden, well, if she lives in Lantian, I will move back to Lantian to live, and go to see her every day. ”

The reward of the title is the most important, so Li Shimin specially proposed to ask the ministers, and the ministers had no objections, so Li Shimin announced: "Then Fan Lihua will be named the Marquis of Lantian County, 500 households in the real food city, awarded the title of Captain of the Fifth Rank Cavalry, and the title of the Fourth Rank Zhongwu General, enter the Tiance Mansion, serve as the deputy general of the Tiance Mansion, serve as the training of soldiers and horses, and give 300 acres of good land, 500 taels of gold, 3 pearls, 500 silk horses, and a special gift of Hualing to the Heavenly Jia, can the Qing have any objections?" ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" All the ministers saluted and shouted.

Li Hao also saluted happily, and secretly laughed in his heart: "Well, not bad, I am very satisfied with the reward of my future daughter-in-law, everyone has worked hard, hard work, thank you, hehe......"

The great court will disperse, the ministers left the Taiji Palace, Li Hao pretended to be sad, from the main hall to the Taiji Square, such a short road, he sighed five or six times, and the ministers were secretly happy.

Chu Suiliang walked up to Li Hao and sneered: "Hehe, in the future, you will not be alone in the army." ”

Li Hao turned his head and glanced at him when he heard this, and deliberately pretended to be forced: "She's just luck, when it comes to fighting, I, Li Hao, am the number one in Datang." ”

"Huh, huh?" Chu Suiliang sneered, "You will have more than 10,000 soldiers in Youzhou, how many enemy soldiers have you killed?" Is there a hundred thousand? When you were in Tingzhou, did the total number of enemy troops you annihilate add up to 100,000? Not really. ”

Li Hao's face turned red when he heard this, and he shouted angrily: "The war is to see how many people are killed, and whether you can achieve victory!" ”

"Don't fool Chu." Chu Suiliang's eyebrows fluttered and said, "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 full of ambition, threw his sleeves and walked away, and the surrounding ministers heard their conversation, and they all laughed proudly.

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

After returning home, Li Hao suddenly grinned, this group of civil officials is really easy to deceive, I am afraid that they will think that they and Fan Lihua are against each other in the future, but they can help Fan Lihua, oops, it is very cool to think about it, but unfortunately, in this way, he must keep a certain distance from Fan Lihua, even if he wants to see her, he has to secretly, but this is not a big problem for Li Hao, as long as he can help Fan Lihua, these are nothing.

Li Hao has already begun to think, wait for Xue Rengui to come back from the expedition to Goguryeo, and let him pretend to have a conflict with himself, so that Xue Rengui can also rise like a rocket, well, good idea, if Xue Rengui succeeds in the expedition to the east, and then use the method of reverse sealing, it should have a good effect, thinking of this, Li Hao showed a bad smile, and laughed badly.