Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 567 Chapter 582: Xue Rengui reaches the top
Although Hu Ke covered his mouth and tried his best not to make a sound, he couldn't hold back the heavy panting anyway. Li Guocheng was very embarrassed to hear it in the courtyard, so he consciously turned out of the courtyard, Wait outside.

After two full hours, Li Hao himself didn't know how many times he gave Hu Ke. Anyway, he tried his best to give as much as he could. After all, the opportunity was rare. This intercourse is definitely not enjoyment, it's a bit like suffering.

After they were fully dressed, they climbed over the wall and returned to the alley. Li Guocheng stood waiting in the yard. When Hu Ke saw Li Guocheng, his face flushed immediately, and he lowered his head and said, "I'm leaving, don't look for me." After saying that, he fled. As if to leave.

Li Guocheng looked confused, glanced at Hu Ke, then looked at Li Hao, and asked, "My lord, don't you want to go after him?"

Watching Hu Ke disappear, Li Hao sighed helplessly: "What's the use of catching up with her, and I can't keep her."

Li Guocheng asked in confusion: "Why is this, you are all... all like that..." Li Guocheng felt that he was a bit presumptuous, so he hurriedly stopped talking.

"The matter between us is not so easy to explain." Li Hao patted Li Guocheng on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, we should go back."

After Li Hao said that, he walked out of the alley first. The two of them had just walked forward when they saw Ye Mengqiu rushing towards Li Hao with an iron sword on his back. You're fine!"

Li Hao was puzzled and asked, "Why do you say that?"

"It's nothing." Ye Mengqiu said, "I saw you didn't come back for a long time, so I went to Chunmanlou to look for you. The mother there said that someone threw a sword from the roof, and then you chased it out. I was afraid that you would be in danger. I came out to find you."

"So that's it." Li Hao smiled lightly, "It's nothing, I just met an old friend, let's go back."

So the three of them went back to the river and boarded the boat. Situ Feng was waiting anxiously on the boat. Seeing that Li Hao had returned safely, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. After Li Hao and the others boarded the boat, the boatman turned the bow according to their instructions. , drive back.

After returning to the big ship, Feiying reported to Li Hao that a doctor had been invited to feel the pulse of those women. Seven women were pregnant with the Japanese pirate's seed. Li Hao immediately ordered to make abortion pills for these seven women. Two posts per day.

The fleet stopped here for another day, and all seven women had successful abortions, but some women had unbearable abdominal pain, and some had a bit of bleeding. Li Hao stayed here for two more days and asked the doctor to replace the women. After treatment, Li Hao sent the group of doctors back, and then asked Li Guocheng to drive the big boat back to Liuqiu, while Li Hao and the others took the Japanese pirates' boats instead. But the draft is not deep, and the hull is not much larger than a river boat, so it can sail in the canal. Li Hao and the others directly left Yuezhou on these nearly a hundred boats, went around the canal, and returned along the same road.

Just as Li Hao was rushing back, a fast horse galloped out of Chang'an and sent official documents to Hangzhou. The punishment for Hangzhou governor Liang Wenyou and Zhechong captain Han Jin had already come out. Liang Wenyou and Liang Ping, father and son Death is certain. Liang Wenyou and all Han Jin’s family members were taken to Chang’an and sentenced by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. There are also those local tyrants who were killed and distributed. In this case, as many as 230 criminals were punished. , As many as 27 people were sentenced to be executed.

In fact, Li Shimin was very angry about this case. He was in Chang'an, receiving praise from thousands of people every day, and local officials frequently reported good news. He thought that under his rule, he had reached a real prosperous age, the people were prosperous, and the government was clear. , Unexpectedly, Li Hao found out such two big corrupt officials as soon as he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River. He couldn't imagine whether there were many such moths of the Tang Dynasty in other places. If there were more and more blood-sucking moths, he would die. In the end, how long can the Great Tang Dynasty last? In a fit of rage, he must impose severe punishment and kill a hundred people. The corruption case was originally just to seize the family property and punish the chief culprit, but he directly punished all Liang Wenyou's family and relatives. During the court meeting, All the ministers objected, and Li Shimin said a word: "If you don't use severe punishment, how can you rectify the law?"

Not only that, he also sent Di Renjie to Hangzhou to conduct a strict investigation to see how many of the officials in Hangzhou had an unclear relationship with Liang Wenyou and Han Jin. He must uproot all corrupt officials in Hangzhou.At the same time, he also appointed Ma Zhou as the dethroning envoy of Jianghuai and Jianghuai, and went to the major states and counties of Jianghuai to strictly investigate the officials and see how many corrupt officials there are in Jianghuai, a place far away from the emperor.

The officials were puzzled by Li Shimin's anger. In their view, this was just a small corruption case. They couldn't figure out why Li Shimin would go to war so much.

The positions of governor of Hangzhou and captain of Zhechong were vacant, and all the officials in the court were busy recommending candidates. Li Shimin was in the process of selection, and the two people selected by Ma Zhou made Li Shimin's eyes shine. These two were the governor of Tingzhou Qin Wei and Tingzhou Zhechong Duwei Wang Yuantai.He was very impressed with the two of them. Qin Wei was born as a horse thief, but he was very talented. He was good at military affairs and political affairs. Governance is extremely prosperous. The current Tingzhou is dominated by commerce, animal husbandry and agriculture. The farming there does not grow crops, but only cotton and melons. The quality of the cotton grown there is the best in the Tang Dynasty. The army of the Tang Dynasty The cotton-padded clothes are all supported by the cotton there, so they are very warm.The melons and fruits there are also extremely sweet, and are exported to the mainland of the Tang Dynasty and abroad, so now the people in Tingzhou live a very good life. Except for the poor environment, the quality of life is definitely not worse than that in Guanzhong.

As for Wang Yuantai, he has made a lot of military exploits over the years. Although there have not been many wars in the Tang Dynasty recently, foreign barbarians often harass the people at the border of the Tang Dynasty, and occasionally there will be horse bandits plundering caravans in the desert.

Wang Yuantai led troops to suppress horse bandits many times, repelled the barbarian raids, and kept one side safe. Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Anxi Dufu Mansion, praised him very much and asked for credit for Wang Yuantai many times.

The most important thing is that these two people were recommended by Li Hao at the beginning, and now Ma Zhou recommended them again. Li Hao and Ma Zhou are now Li Shimin's highly valued capable ministers. They were recommended by them, plus the achievements of Wang Yuantai and Qin Wei Li Shimin didn't have to hesitate any longer, and even decided that the two would serve as the two important positions of governor of Hangzhou and captain of Zhechong.

The corruption case in the south of the Yangtze River made Li Shimin very angry, but there was good news from the east that made Li Shimin happy, and there was more than one thing. First, Fan Lihua returned to Chang'an to accept the reward and settled down in Lantian.

Secondly, Xue Rengui sent good news from Liaodong. He had led his troops to capture Pyongyang City and smashed Goguryeo. Goguryeo Damolizhigai Suwen died in battle at the head of the city. The Goguryeo king knelt down and surrendered. towards.

These two news made the officials in the court excited for a while, but when it came to Xue Rengui's reward, Li Shimin decided not to worry for the time being, and said that he would discuss it after Li Hao returned to the court. This sentence made the officials frown, which can be seen , Li Shimin relies on Li Hao so much now, and the award of Xue Rengui actually has to wait for Li Hao to come back to discuss it. There has never been such a thing before.

Half a month later, when Li Hao returned to Chang'an, Li Shimin specially sent someone to pass down an oral order to let Li Hao attend the court meeting the next day. Li Hao also got the news from Cheng Yaojin and knew the main content of the court meeting.

Li Hao sent the envoy away, and couldn't help showing a smile. Xue Rengui really destroyed Goguryeo. According to the normal specifications, the country was destroyed and the territory was expanded. Goguryeo, it can be seen how difficult it is to attack Goguryeo. Such a reward for military exploits cannot be lowered.

But rewards are too subjective. There is an upper limit and a lower limit. The difference between the upper limit and the lower limit is still very large. It depends on how the officials take credit for it. If the officials obstruct it, no matter how much Li Shimin values ​​Xue Rengui , it is estimated that the reward will not be high.

Li Hao has already made up his mind to let Xue Rengui cooperate with him to perform a good performance. The routine is similar to the last time he asked for the merits for Fan Lihua, and the opposite way to ask for the exercises.

Li Hao immediately sent special forces to carry a letter to Xue Rengui. The content of the letter was to ask Xue Rengui to act with him after he came back, and to play tricks on civil and military officials. The first step of this play was Li Hao's one-man show. First of all, he will deliberately suppress Xue Rengui's reward at the court meeting, creating an illusion of suppressing Xue Rengui.

Early the next morning, all the officials gathered in the Hall of Liangyi, Li Shimin sat down on the throne, the officials greeted him, shouted long live, Li Shimin was full of white hair, and looked old, Li Hao looked at Li Shimin's appearance, and felt a burst of emotion in his heart, he remembered his first When I saw Li Shimin for the first time, Li Shimin's temples were only a little gray, but now, Li Shimin is old and seems to be dying. In history, Li Shimin died in July, but now it is September, and Li Shimin is still alive. It can be seen that the Peiyuan boxing method he taught has worked, but he doesn't know how long Li Shimin can last in this state.

"Zhuqing, today is a good day. The poet madman has returned from the Jianghuai campaign against the Japanese pirates, and he has won a complete victory." Li Shimin said with a smile, "These gangs of Japanese pirates have caused a lot of trouble along the coast of the Jianghuai River. Li Hao only brought five The recruits from Qiantiance Mansion wiped out more than 1 Japanese pirates on the island, leaving none behind, and restored the peace of the people in Jianghuai and Huaihe Rivers. "

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials were shocked. Why did Li Hao have to be rewarded again? It was just a crusade against a group of thieves, and this is also a reward?Just as the ministers wanted to object, Li Hao took a step forward, bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I just wiped out some Japanese pirates. This is my duty. It really doesn't count as any merit. I dare not ask for a reward. Please take it back." .”

Li Shimin smiled and nodded when he heard the words: "Well, a poet madman is a poetic madman, and he is still so respectful, okay, I will allow you to play this time, and record your achievements for now. When you make more contributions in the future, you will be rewarded together! "

"Your Majesty is wise." Li Hao said, and retreated to the head of the queue.

Next, Li Shimin said: "Poetry is not willing to be rewarded, so let's discuss Xue Rengui's reward. This time Xue Rengui conquered Goguryeo, which is a great military exploit. Please tell me how I should reward you. "

Before the ministers could speak, Li Hao had already stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think that General Xue should be honored with the honor of Shangzhu Kingdom."

Li Shimin nodded upon hearing this, spread his hands and said, "What else?"

Li Hao said slowly: "Return to Your Majesty, this reward is enough."

"Huh?" Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, and the officials were also stunned. Although Shangzhu Kingdom is a great honor and it is difficult to get a title, Shangzhu Kingdom is just an honorary officer after all, without any real power, so it has a good reputation , such a great achievement, it is too little to seal a Shangzhu kingdom.

(End of this chapter)