"Oh, who is it?" Li Shimin suddenly looked at Li Hao with wide eyes when he heard this.

Li Hao didn't answer directly, but asked, "Your Majesty, what are the results of General Xue's campaign against Tuyuhun?" ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately knew who Li Hao was going to recommend, naturally it was Xue Rengui, Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully: "Xue Rengui is indeed a rare handsome talent, he led the troops to recruit Tuyuhun this time, and the results were gratifying." ”

As he spoke, he found two military reports from the dragon case, handed them to Li Hao, and said, "This is Xue Rengui's battle report, take a look." ”

Li Hao opened the first military report, this military report was Xue Rengui's great victory in breaking the Garqin Mausoleum and the Western Turkic Army, Li Hao showed joy after reading it, nodded again and again, he was able to defeat the Tubo and Western Turkic armies with fewer blows, Xue Rengui really did not disappoint him.

The second military report was just sent back a few days ago, recounting the battle situation of Xue Rengui and Li Daozong's joint attack on the ambush city, although it was not as exciting as the previous battle report, but it was also a great achievement, Li Haozheng was secretly happy, and suddenly saw a name, and suddenly felt shocked.

In the last sentence of the report, Xue Rengui wrote: "The Western Turkic general Fan Lihua rescued Yang Long and his remnants with 30,000 reinforcements, and the last general fought with him for 100 rounds without success, and I respectfully ask for surrender." ”

"Fan Lihua......" Li Hao was dumbfounded, and his mind was in chaos, "Fan Lihua? When I checked history, I only found Xue Rengui, but I didn't find Fan Lihua, the Internet said that Fan Lihua did not exist in history, just a character in the Romance, how could Fan Lihua appear, even if it was the Romance, then Fan Lihua's age is not right, Fan Lihua is Xue Dingshan's wife, Xue Dingshan is only ten years old this year, Fan Lihua has led troops to fight, etc., Fan Lihua is in the Western Turks? How many female generals did the Western Turks have? What does she have to do with Xiaodi? It can't be the same person, right? ”

Li Hao was thinking wildly, and Li Shimin suddenly said: "Poetry madness, do you want to recommend Xue Rengui to conquer Goguryeo?" ”

"Huh?" Li Hao woke up and hurriedly nodded, "Back to Your Majesty, yes, the minister wants to recommend Xue Rengui to lead the army to the east." ”

Li Shimin frowned and said: "But Xue Rengui also established the Xihai military base in Tuyuhun, and you also said that training troops on the plateau is extremely important, and it is the key to conquering Tubo." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured!" Li Hao's eyes rolled and he said slowly, "The minister can go to Xihai (Qinghai Lake) to replace General Xue and let General Xue go to the east." ”

"Hmm." Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and felt that it was feasible, so he nodded and said, "Okay, wait for February next year, you will go to the West Sea to exchange for Xue Rengui and come back." ”

"Yes!" Li Hao was secretly excited, he had already decided that after going to Qinghai next year, he must send someone to the Western Turks to carefully check whether Xiao Di was Fan Lihua, whether it was or not, and at the same time, he had to do everything he could to get Fan Lihua to the Tang Dynasty, which was not weaker than Xue Rengui's existence, and Fan Lihua was of Han blood, how could she serve the Western Turks.

Then, Li Shimin asked again: "Poetry madness, in addition to training troops on the plateau, do you have any other good military strategies, take this opportunity, just make a statement." ”

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can vigorously build a navy. ”

"Oh? Build a navy? Li Shimin frowned, not that he didn't like this proposal, but as soon as he heard the novel proposal, he frowned first, this was his natural reaction, after frowning, Li Shimin said gently, "Isn't our Datang's current navy strong enough?" ”

Li Hao said with a solemn face: "Back to Your Majesty, the current navy of the Tang Dynasty is weaker than the minister expected. ”

Li Shimin was slightly surprised when he heard this, in his impression, the navies of other countries are simply vulnerable, and they cannot be compared with the Datang Navy at all, the navy is not only the quality of the soldiers, the advantages and disadvantages of the ships are very important, and the size and advantages of the ships are directly related to a country's economy, it is completely piled up with money, the Tang Dynasty is rich, and the army is strong, so the Datang Navy is naturally the strongest.

After being surprised, Li Shimin asked: "Then tell me, what should you do with the navy you expected?" ”

Li Hao said: "Back to Your Majesty, the navy that the minister envisioned, the minimum warship is fifteen zhang long, and the ship is equipped with a large number of bed crossbows, so that the two armies are fighting at sea, and the enemy has not yet approached, so they will destroy their ships first, or our Datang ships are moored on the shore, and they can also attack the enemy's harbor with bed crossbows, which is invincible." ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he dimmed again, and sighed: "The ship of fifteen zhang ...... It's too hard to make. ”

Li Hao said: "Your Majesty, the fifteen-zhang ship is not big at all, when the minister was in Qiongnan, he studied shipbuilding technology with craftsmen, and he gained a lot, and now he has built a sea ship more than thirty zhang long for sea trade." ”

"Three...... More than thirty zhang! Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes widened.

"Yes, more than thirty feet." Li Hao said indifferently, "The minister is willing to sacrifice the precision shipbuilding drawings to help His Majesty build an invincible sea king, but these ships cost a lot of money, Your Majesty needs to do what he can, not in a hurry, building an invincible navy is not an overnight thing." ”

Li Shimin was so excited when he heard the words that he didn't know what to say, and after a long time, he gradually calmed down, shook his head happily and said: "I didn't expect that I let you go to Qiongnan, and you actually built a giant sea ship. ”

"The minister has never held a grudge against His Majesty." Li Hao saluted respectfully, "What the minister wants in his heart is to make the Tang Dynasty prosperous and the people rich, and the outside strong and invincible, so that my Chinese sons and daughters will become the most powerful nation in the world." ”

"Good! Good ambition! Li Shimin was also infected by his words, and said excitedly, "I know, I didn't see the wrong person, poet maniac, what other advice do you have, play it all, I want to listen, I want to listen to everything." ”

Li Hao hesitated for a moment, and suddenly arched his hand and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty to reopen the Tiance Mansion." ”

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly opened when he heard this, Tiance Mansion, how many years have he not heard anyone mention this name, even he himself almost forgot, and now, Li Hao actually directly proposed to reopen Tiance Mansion.

In the fourth year of Wude, when Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, he defeated the combined forces of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and Li Shimin was named the general of Tiance, and then built the Tiance Mansion in Luoyang, which was also one of the landmark events of Li Shimin's future emperor. The Tiance Mansion is the first of the military attachés' mansions, above the Fourteen Wei Mansions; Admiral Tiance held positions above the prince and the three dukes, second only to the nominal civil officials of the first three divisions (i.e., Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao). Admiral Tiance can recruit talents on his own to serve as officials in the Tiance government, that is, the so-called "Xu Zizhi official subordinates".

Li Shimin is the only general of Tiance Mansion in history, he is relying on Tiance Mansion to usurp the throne successfully, he ascended the throne soon after, he immediately disbanded Tiance Mansion, why, because he knows that the power of the general of Tiance Mansion is too great, big enough to pose a threat to the throne, he is not worried that anyone in the court will serve as the general of Tiance Mansion, including his son, since no one can serve as the general of Tiance Mansion, then Tiance Mansion cannot exist, can only be revoked, and now, Li Hao actually proposed to reopen Tiance Mansion, This had to make Li Shimin vigilant.

Li Shimin's face changed slightly, he forcibly held back his surprise, and asked slowly, "Oh? Why do you want to reopen the Tiance Mansion? ”

Li Hao naturally knew that Tiance Mansion was Li Shimin's taboo, and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the former Tiance Mansion has too much power, so it is not suitable to exist. ”

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and secretly thought in his heart, in this way, this Tiance Mansion is not considered Tiance Mansion, the word Tiance is a decision on behalf of Tiance, although it is ordered by the emperor, but it can also make decisions freely, a little out of the imperial power, if as Li Hao said, everything is entrusted to the imperial power and the imperial court, then this is just the name of Tiance Mansion.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was relieved, and asked slowly: "In this way, the purpose of your reopening of the Tiance Mansion is only for military training?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, that's exactly the case." Li Hao said, "The minister is in the military together, quite experienced, but can not be passed on at will, the minister wants to build the Tiance Mansion first, train the strongest elite soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time select talents from it, teach the strategic thinking of the ministers, and train them into elite generals, so that my talents in the Tang Dynasty are inexhaustible and inexhaustible." ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, he felt that this idea was simply wonderful, he once said that he wanted to let all the heroes in the world enter him, but Datang is a little green and yellow at the moment, since ancient times, heroes have been born in troubled times, but now it is not troubled times, there are naturally fewer heroes, in this case, why not cultivate heroes by yourself, Li Hao is a young genius, and the people who are trained by him will naturally not be idle.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, the poet's proposal is very good, I will summon the ministers to discuss it another day, and I won't say that it was you who proposed it." ”

Li Hao smiled when he heard this, the reason why he didn't say that he proposed it was because he was worried that those ministers in the DPRK and China would oppose it, those guys are all targeting Li Hao now, as long as it is Li Hao's proposal, they will all oppose it, if Li Hao proposes to reopen the Tiance Mansion in court, it will definitely be no fun, but if it is proposed by Li Shimin, it will be different.

Li Shimin saw that it was already dusk, so he said: "It's dinner time, poetry madness, stay and eat with me." ”

"Yes." Li Hao smiled and nodded.

Then, Li Shimin asked Xu Lian to move a stool, and let Li Hao and himself sit face to face next to the dragon case, this is the real eating together, Li Hao was quite surprised, Li Shimin actually let him eat together on the dragon case, this is amazing, he settled down to think about it carefully, and it was clear that Li Shimin knew that he would not be able to live in a few years, and he wanted to take advantage of the last time to win himself over, and wanted to use such a transcendent treatment to make him grateful.

After a while, the food was served, and there was a little wine, Li Shimin and Li Hao ate and drank face to face, but Li Shimin had a bad heart and drank very little, the two were close at hand, and they could reach each other, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one has ever had this kind of treatment, Li Hao is the first. Not to mention, Li Shimin thinks it's really good to eat like this, and he chats happily with Li Hao, and the other party can hear it with a light word, unlike before, and he may not be able to hear it clearly if he doesn't speak loudly.