Wu Meiniang really didn't want to do anything to Wu Chenghe, so she just made a show, fooled the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, blocked the mouth of Youyou, and by the way, scared and scared Wu Chenghe, so that he wouldn't mess around in the future, after Wu Meiniang ordered Wu Chengsi to be imprisoned, she was still a little complacent, look, I killed my relatives righteously, I still think about it for the people, and I will be in charge of the country, and I will definitely be no worse than Li Shimin's old guy.

Wu Meiniang has been in charge of the court for a while, and her wings are getting more and more abundant, so she began to extend her claws to the army.

Fan Lihua has been guarding Qinghai, but suddenly, Wu Meiniang issued an order to recall her back, and Wu Meiniang merged the Anxi Protectorate and the Qinghai Protectorate, and after the merger, only the Anxi Protectorate remained, and the position of Anxi Protector was very important, because Qinghai Weixiong had 80,000 soldiers, plus the guards, the strength reached 100,000, such a large military power, naturally one person could not be in charge for a long time, which was also the main reason why Wu Meiniang recalled Fan Lihua.

Wu Meiniang first appointed Wang Xiaojie as the protector of Anxi, and then replaced it every six months, just to prevent someone from supporting the army and respecting herself, even Wang Xiaojie, who she personally promoted, she couldn't believe it.

To tell the truth, it is really not a good idea to replace Anxi once every six months, because the handover is a very cumbersome process, Anxi is so big, the affairs of Anxi Duhu are bound to be a mess, and it is a toss to change once every six months, it is simply a toss, fortunately there is a train now, it is convenient to come and go, otherwise if it is like before, three months of half a year are consumed on the road, it will be funny.

After Fan Lihua returned to Chang'an, she was only appointed to the position of deputy general of Tiance Mansion, and even if Wang Xiaojie was not in Chang'an, he still received the post of general of Tiance Mansion. Wang Xiaojie was trained by Fan Lihua and Xue Rengui, but once a son of heaven and a courtier, now Wang Xiaojie has climbed on the heads of Fan Lihua and Xue Rengui.

Fan Lihua's mood is depressed, she is not depressed about being cut off, he is depressed for Wu Meiniang's stupid behavior, Tubo and Abbasid are eyeing the Tang Dynasty, these two are undoubtedly the most powerful enemies of the Tang Dynasty, the Anxi Protectorate is the first line of defense against these two powers, if this line of defense is broken, the Tang Dynasty will fall into a passive state, if at the same time Hui and Xue Yantuo also take the opportunity to fall into the well and contain the Tang Dynasty's forces, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although Wang Xiaojie is an outstanding general, but Wang Xiaojie was cultivated by Fan Lihua and Xue Rengui, for his students, Fan Lihua still knows very well, Wang Xiaojie is talented, intelligent, is a good material, but it is only a good material, there is still a distance from genius, the reason why Wang Xiaojie can stand out among so many young men in Tiance Mansion is because he does have some ability, and Li Hao also gave him a special opportunity, every time he goes out to Tiance Mansion, Li Hao will bring Wang Xiaojie, He also has more opportunities to make meritorious contributions than others, which is why he climbs so fast.

If you want to say how powerful Wang Xiaojie is now, Fan Lihua thinks, just like that, it feels worse than Garqinling and Yang Fan, if the Garqinling and Yang Fan's coalition army comes to attack, Wang Xiaojie may not be able to resist even if he has a powerful Qinghai Guard.

It may be that Li Hao and Li Shimin have laid a solid foundation for the Tang Dynasty, and since Wu Meiniang took power, she has not done anything for the people, but she is still peaceful all over the world, and the people live in peace.

Seeing that the country is peaceful, and Xu Jingzong, Wu Sansi and other sycophants often pat themselves on the back, sing praises to Wu Meiniang, Wu Meiniang is complacent again, floating, look, under the governance of my Wu Meiniang, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, the night is not closed, the road is not forgotten, who said that women can't do big things! What kind of thing is Li Hao, and what is the world's first virtuous minister? Phew! Let me be the emperor! I can do better than Li Shimin!

In fact, her idea only flashed in her mind occasionally, because she also knew that if she dared to seize the throne of the Li family, she didn't know how many people would oppose it, and it was estimated that there would be people who would rise up against her, so she could only flash such a thought in her mind now.

Li Hao's fleet was already crossing the Pacific Ocean and destined for New Zealand, when it encountered a storm on the way, which damaged two smaller boats, and there were no casualties, because there were enough life jackets on each ship, and it happened that the wind and waves were in the daytime, which was convenient for saving people.

It took three months to get to New Zealand, mainly because the wind was not very good and the speed of the ship could not be improved, and after a few days in New Zealand, the New Zealand archipelago was added to the chart, and the fleet set off again, this time to Australia, the last mainland of their voyage.

At this time, the Australian continent was really barren, even more barren than the Americas, but there were aborigines here, all of whom were a group of aborigines, in fact, they could also be called savages, they had no civilization, how can it be concluded that they did not have civilization, because they did not use words to write about things.

Li Hao really likes the land of Australia, the territory is vast, the material is rich, even in the future world, Australia is also recognized as the most suitable place for people to live, he suddenly had an idea, perhaps, he can move the people here in the future, to create a country, this idea is a bit far, in the future, slowly Tuzhi, now the distance from the Tang Dynasty is actually not far, the closer to home, the more like an arrow, they don't even draw a map of Australia, only stay for a day, then bypass Australia, sail to the north-west, next, he was going through the Indonesian archipelago and directly to Joannam.

In May of the eleventh year of Yonghui, Li Hao's fleet arrived in Qiongnan, and perfectly completed the first circumnavigation in history, which took three years and three months, which was a feat, when the fleet arrived at Qiongnan South Port, everyone cheered excitedly, and the sound shook the earth and shook the earth for a long time, because they witnessed such a miraculous thing and completed a great feat, how could they not be excited.

The group of Confucian scholars who traveled with the fleet were stunned, they really returned to Qiongnan, all the way to the west, made a big circle, returned to Qiongnan, they once believed that the sky is round and the place has become a joke, it turns out that they really live on a big ball, this ball is the earth in the mouth of those scientific seekers, this group of Confucian scholars feel that their three views have been in danger of collapsing, they began to question, how many fallacies are there in the traditional things they have learned?

Li Hao specially sent a boat to send them back to Datang, and then he also returned to Liuqiu with the fleet, although he was the king of Qiongnan, but his real base camp was in Liuqiu, not Qiongnan.

When he returned to Liuqiu, it happened that at the beginning of June, Li Guocheng returned to the camp in the mountains with a large group of soldiers and horses, and Li Hao returned to the villa mansion with his family and friends.

Knowing that Li Hao returned, Du Hong was also very happy, opened the middle door to welcome Li Hao into the house, Li Hao asked in the first sentence after entering the door: "Du Hong, is there a letter from Chang'an?" ”

Du Hong hurriedly nodded: "Yes, it's all on the study table." "There are indeed a lot of letters, some of which were sent by Shi Najie to report the business situation to Li Ping, and some were sent by Fan Lihua, after all, she also misses Li Hao and her son very much.

Li Hao said: "I know, I'll go and see it for dinner, you prepare the water in the bathroom first, and let everyone take a bath." ”

There are large bathrooms in the villa, both men's and women's bathrooms, Li Hao calls friends, everyone goes to the bathroom to take a bath together, of course, men and women wash separately.

It is an ancient custom to take a bath and change clothes when you come back from a long distance, because most of the people who rushed in ancient times were dusty, and taking a bath could wash away the dust, so there was a saying that the wind washed the dust.

After taking a bath, Li Hao and his family had dinner at home, at the dinner table, he was really happy and satisfied to see his children sitting together, he was really happy and satisfied, for so many years, most of the children have grown up, Li Tu is nineteen years old, in this era, he has long reached the age of marrying a wife and having children, but Li Hao is not in a hurry, he is a person in the future after all, and he has a more open view of this aspect of things, he is not married at the age of twenty-eight in the future world.

The youngest of the children is Li Fan, only five years old, eating with everyone, the chopsticks are not well grasped, Li Ping patiently taught her to grasp the chopsticks on the side, Li Hao is very worried, Li Fan has not seen Fan Lihua for so many years, and when the time comes to meet again, I don't know if it will be a part.

At the dinner table, Li Hao had nothing to do, and thought of Li Tu's dream, so he asked Li Youran and Li Anran: "Enron, leisurely, your eldest brother's dream is to be a navigator, so what is your dream?" ”

The two said in unison: "Be a scientist!" ”

The word scientist has only emerged in Datang in recent years, naturally it appears with science, Li Hao has great respect for scientists, although science is what he brought over, but he knows that he will never be a scientist, because scientists need a strong spirit and perseverance, perseverance to work hard, study, try countless failures, perseverance.

Li Hao knew that he didn't have that kind of patience, he knew that Li Anran and Li Youran were very interested in science, and their grades were very good in school, but he still had to remind them, and said: "Being a scientist is not so easy, you need perseverance and perseverance, do you have it, if you have, my father will provide you with an opportunity to transfer some scientists and teachers from Cheng Qingyun's scientific research room to set up a new scientific research room here in Liuqiu, and let you go to the scientific research room to learn from them first." ”

"We are not afraid of hardship, we are not afraid of tiredness!" As if shouting slogans, the two little ones said in unison, "We love science!" ”

"Good!" Li Hao nodded with satisfaction and said meaningfully, "Life will always face many forks in the road, at this time, your choice is likely to determine your life, I hope that many years later, you will not regret because of today's choice, but be proud because of today's choice!" ”

After finishing speaking, Li Hao asked Li Xinran again and asked: "Xinran, you are not young anymore, you are seventeen years old this year, and the daughter of someone else's family will marry at the age of fifteen......"

Li Xinran stared at him decisively and shouted: "Dad! I don't want to get married! ”

Elena frowned when she heard this, and said, "Girl, what nonsense are you talking about, how can there be a woman who doesn't marry!" ”

Li Hao spread his hands and said: "It's okay, if you don't marry, you won't marry, it's better not to marry, stay with your father, and your father will support you for a lifetime." ”

Li Xinran said happily when she heard this: "Haha, Xinran knows that my father hurts Xinran the most." ”

It is true that Li Hao's favorite is Li Xinran, he is really afraid that Li Xinran will be wronged after marrying, the status of women in this era is too low, there is no way.

Elena rolled her eyes angrily when she heard this, but she didn't dare to refute Li Hao, so she could only glare at Li Xinran and said, "Crazy girl, just rely on your father to spoil you." ”

Li Hao then asked Li Hong: "Hong'er, what is your ideal?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Ping couldn't help but stare at Li Hong, and she also wanted to know what her son's ideal was.

Li Hong is twelve years old this year and has begun to be sensible, he muttered for a while, and then said: "Mr. Hui, Hong'er's biggest ideal is to be like Mr. and be a person who benefits the people, so that all the people of Datang will no longer suffer." ”

Li Hao was slightly moved when he heard this, and said slowly: "Your ideal...... It's big, it's grandiose, so have you figured out what to do? ”

"Not yet." Li Hong shook his head and said, "Hong'er believes that when Hong'er grows up and is about the same age as Brother Li Tu, he should know what to do." ”

"Hmm." Li Hao nodded and said, "Hong'er, don't worry, the teacher will help you." ”

"Thank you, sir." Li Hong thanked him.

Li Fan didn't ask, Li Hao looked at Li Fan, this thing grabbed chopsticks in a very strange posture, eating rice all around his mouth, like a flower cat, he seemed to feel that everyone was looking at him, blinking and turning his head to look at everyone with big eyes, looking ignorant.

Li Hao felt that it was better to forget it, wait for him to grow up and ask him about his ideals, continue to eat, and ask Li Tu how well the materials for writing the book were prepared by the way.

After eating, Li Hao returned to the study, only to see a stack of small notes on the table in the study, pressed with an inkstone, these are the letters sent by the flying pigeon, Li Hao picked up these notes, estimated that there were more than a dozen, most of them were sent by Fan Lihua, each of them was asking him if he was back, asking him if Li Fan was good, did he have teeth, and could speak......

Li Hao could see Fan Lihua's extreme longing for his son in the letter, and imagining Fan Lihua's appearance when he wrote the letter, his eyes couldn't help but be a little red.

Flipping down, Li Hao suddenly turned to a note that had only been sent back recently, after reading this note, Li Hao's hands trembled, and tears came out of his eyes, because Fan Lihua said in the letter that she was transferred back to Chang'an, and was deprived of military power, and now Wu Meiniang is in charge of the court, and the emperor Li Zhi has been sick in bed for a year or two, and his life and death are unknown......

Li Hao could endure the rest, but seeing Li Zhi lying in bed, life and death unknown, he couldn't help it, he burst into tears.

Li Hao immediately clutched the note into a paper ball and strode out of the study.

Li Hao came to the West Side Courtyard and saw that the light in Pei Miao's room was still on, and there were still people talking inside, so he hurriedly asked in a loud voice, "Senior Brother Pei, are you sleeping?" ”

With a "crunch", the door opened, Pei Miao stood inside the door, and asked in surprise, "Senior brother, why did you come to me so late?" ”

"Yes...... Very important thing. Li Hao's voice was a little low.

Pei Miao also saw that Li Hao's mood was not quite right, and hurriedly said, "Senior brother, come in and talk." ”

"Hmm." Li Hao nodded and walked in, only to see that Liu Xuanji was also there, and there was a chessboard on the table, these two seemed to be playing chess, and they had a leisurely life.

"I've seen the prince." Liu Xuanji saluted Li Hao.

"No courtesy." Li Hao waved his hand.

At this time, Pei Miao asked, "Senior brother, why did you come to me so late?" ”

Li Hao suddenly said: "The emperor is sick, very seriously ill, he has been bedridden for a year or two, and now his life and death are unknown." ”

As soon as Liu Xuanji heard that it was something related to the emperor, he hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the villain will retire first." "He's trying to get away with it.

Li Hao waved his hand: "No need, they are all their own people, there is nothing to avoid." ”

Liu Xuanji could only nod when he heard this, and stood there and listened quietly.

After Pei Miao listened to Li Hao's words, he immediately frowned and asked, "Do you know what kind of illness it is?" ”

"I don't know." Li Hao shook his head in distress, "Fan Lihua didn't say it explicitly in the letter, but in fact, she didn't need to say it, she knew that this disease must be very serious, and for a year or two, the hospital didn't treat it well." ”

"Well, that's true." Hearing this, Pei Miao asked, "Senior brother, do you want me to go to the palace to see the emperor?" ”

"Exactly." Li Hao said, "I'm going to go to Chang'an tomorrow, senior brother, you can accompany me on a trip, go and treat the emperor, I'll ...... Appreciate! As he spoke, he suddenly made a big salute to Pei Miao.

Pei Miao hurriedly helped him up and said, "Senior brother, why do you need to be like this, what a friendship you and I have, since you open your mouth, how can I not help." ”

"I knew that my brother was the best." Li Hao rarely showed a smile.

"But......" Pei Miao said solemnly, "the disease is in the gut, and the soup is within the reach of ironing; In the skin, the needle stone is also within reach; In the stomach and intestines, the fire is within reach; In the bone marrow, where the fate belongs, there is no choice, junior brother, you know what I mean, right? ”

Li Hao naturally understands that this is a classical Chinese he learned when he was a child, "Bian Que Meets Cai Huangong" written by Han Feizi, the translation of this sentence means: The disease is under the skin, and it can be cured by treating it with a hot compress; The disease is between the skin, and it can be cured with acupuncture; If the disease is in the stomach and intestines, it can be cured with a decoction of Qinghuo; If the disease is in the bone marrow, then it is the business of Hades, and there is no way to treat it.

Pei Miao said this sentence to tell Li Hao that the emperor has been ill for a long time, but he is afraid that it will not be so easy to treat, so he had better be mentally prepared.

Li Hao's heart sank after hearing this, but the matter had come to this point, what else could he say, he could only say: "Senior brother, just do your best." ”

"Good!" Pei Miao nodded and said, "Let's clean up tonight, leave early tomorrow morning, and return to Chang'an." ”

"Then I won't disturb my senior brother's rest, I'll see you tomorrow morning." After Li Hao finished speaking, he left, went back and began to pack his bags, bring all his medical equipment, and bring a makeup suit, this time to Chang'an, he must change his face, otherwise he will be recognized by others.

Early the next morning, the genius was faintly bright, Li Hao took ten special forces and came to Pei Miao's courtyard, just as Pei Miao and Liu Xuanji walked outside the courtyard with their bags on their backs, and the two sides met each other.

Li Hao saw that Liu Xuanji was also carrying a bag, so he asked, "Liu Xuanji, you also go to Chang'an?" ”

Liu Xuanji arched his hand and said: "Liu Xuanji wants to accompany his teacher on a trip, please ask the prince for permission." Although Liu Xuanji is already gray and much older than Pei Miao, Pei Miao is his master.

Li Hao nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together." With that, he set off.

They landed in Quanzhou by boat, Quanzhou Port has long been shrouded by Li Hao's forces, Li Hao originally subdued the leader of the gang in the rivers and lakes, Long Sihai, now in Quanzhou can be said to be calling for wind and rain, the gang reached more than 5,000 people, and he has already taken refuge in Li Hao.

Li Hao and they took a train in Quanzhou, and two and a half days later, they arrived in Chang'an.

Outside Li Hao's Chang'an City, Li Hao found a desert where no one was, opened the makeup box, and began to put on makeup for himself, pasting his beard, eyelids, eyeliner, and changing his hairstyle. Soon, he became a middle-aged man in his forties, who happened to have been exposed to the sun more at sea over the years, and his skin was very dark, although he only wore a beard and eye makeup, but his image changed greatly.

In the future world, many women who are proficient in makeup can almost dress themselves up like various female stars through makeup technology, and dare not say that they are 100% similar, but 80% are absolutely, and after putting on makeup, their own mother can't recognize her when she stands in front of her. There are many such videos on the Internet, and generally netizens below such videos comment like this: Marrying you is equivalent to marrying the entire entertainment industry.

Li Hao's makeup skills were bored to learn in the three years of idleness, because at that time he began to invest in the development of beauty skin care and makeup industry, he naturally wanted to carry forward these makeup skills, he studied art when he was in school, and such things as makeup were not difficult for him at all, and he became familiar with it after a few months.

After Li Hao finished putting on makeup, he stood in front of Pei Miao and Liu Xuanji, Pei Miao and Liu Xuanji were stunned and amazed, they really couldn't believe that the person standing in front of them was actually Li Hao, just like another person.

Next, Li Hao and the others pretended to be merchants and entered the city, while the Flying Eagle and the others wore coarse cloth clothes, pretending to be a courtyard guard, and followed Li Hao and them.

After entering the city, Li Hao went straight to Fan Lihua's mansion, knocked on the door openly, the porter opened the door, and saw a group of strangers, and couldn't help asking: "What's the matter with you?" ”

Li Hao handed over the greeting post and said, "The old man Li Yuanfang, I ask to see General Fan Lihua." ”

The porter took the post and said, "Wait a minute. So he closed the door and went to report.

It didn't take long for the porter to open the door and say, "Everyone, please come in, General Fan is invited." ”

"Thank you." Li Hao strode in, followed by the others.

When they came to the living room, Fan Lihua was already waiting here, so excited that she grabbed her clothes in her hands, and when she saw the arrival, she found that it was not Li Hao, she was stunned at first, but then guessed that Li Hao might be disguised, so she calmly stepped forward and asked the porter to retreat.

After everyone retreated, Fan Lihua looked at Li Hao excitedly and asked, "Husband?" ”

Li Hao didn't answer, grinning, that cheap smile, Man Datang couldn't find a second one.

Fan Lihua suddenly burst into tears, stepped forward and hugged Li Hao, tears burst out of her eyes: "You're back, you're finally back......"

Li Hao patted her on the back, his eyes were red and said, "I'm sorry for making you suffer, you have suffered......"