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Chapter 581 Chapter 596: Step on Li Hao

All the ministers were shocked when they heard the words, and they started to exchange glances at the same time. They were ready. As long as Li Hao put forward any suggestion that was slightly out of line, they would immediately form a group to oppose it. During this period of time, they repeatedly let Li Hao suffer. , has become a bit addicted, and they even faintly feel that Li Hao is not far from falling out of favor and downfall.

If they knew that Li Hao deliberately deceived them, if they knew that Li Shimin and Li Hao had joined forces to deceive them, if they knew that Li Hao continued his life for Li Shimin, and Li Shimin now treats Li Hao like a son, I don’t know if they would The three views will collapse, the spirit will collapse, and it is estimated that they will form a group and go crazy.

Li Shimin is very talented in acting, he raised his eyelids to look at Li Hao, and said indifferently: "What do you want to play for Poetry?"

"Qizou Your Majesty!" Li Hao bowed his body and said loudly, "Four days ago, Datang Daily received an article submission. It is not good for our Tang Dynasty. Now everyone in Chang'an knows about this matter, and the people are furious. They are agitating and clamoring for the imperial court to use troops against the Western Turks. The minister suspects that this matter must be done by spies from other countries with the intention of destroying our Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks. The Turkic diplomatic relations caused the war between the two countries."

The ministers were disappointed when they heard the words. They thought that Li Hao was going to report some important event, but it turned out to be this matter. They basically knew about it, and they thought the same as Li Hao. Cause trouble, this matter can't be turned upside down, it's not a big deal.

What made the ministers feel the most uncomfortable was that they could not oppose Li Hao on this matter. Their thoughts were the same as Li Hao. Shit, and this stinky shit has the same thoughts as them, and they feel polluted.

"Oh?" Li Shimin pretended to be ignorant, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't the Datang Daily your property? You are also responsible for inciting people to stir up articles from the Datang Daily."

"I deserve death for my crimes." Li Hao bowed and said, "Although Datang Daily is my property, I seldom get involved in business matters, and the editors of the daily are not familiar with political affairs, so naturally they don't know the disadvantages of this matter. The impact is that they published this article, and I have already punished all the editors with thirty sticks, and are about to send them to Dali Temple for questioning."

"That's all." Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Those who don't know don't blame it. How do you know these things? Besides, it's not a big deal. By the way, since someone has submitted an article to your newspaper, you should be able to find the person who contributed the article."

Li Hao shook his head and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, this is also where I am angry. The manuscript of this article was delivered anonymously. When the door opened in the morning, the manuscript appeared on the ground in the courtyard. It must have been thrown in by someone at night. Whoever voted for it cannot be traced.”

"That's it..." Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully when he heard the words, and said, "Forget it, the people are impetuous, so send someone to appease them. If some people fan the flames, so what if we don't light the fire? If we don't want to fight, I say Forget it, forgive those who have evil intentions and have nothing to do."

At this moment, Fan Lihua suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, my minister Fan Lihua has something to announce."

Li Shimin looked up at her and said, "Speak!"

Fan Lihua said: "Your Majesty, I think this might not be a rumor."

The ministers were shocked when they heard the words, and they all looked at Fan Lihua, wondering why Fan Lihua suddenly said that, it was obvious that someone made a rumor.

Li Shimin looked at Fan Lihua suspiciously, and asked, "Why did you say that?"

Fan Lihua said: "Your Majesty, I have also read that article, and everything in it is true. I have served in Western Turks and know the situation of Western Turks very well."

Li Shimin squinted his eyes when he heard the words, suddenly lowered his face, and asked loudly, "Who has that article?"

Li Hao hurriedly took out a piece of Datang Daily that was folded into squares from his arms, held it high with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, I brought it here. I originally planned to show this article to Your Majesty."

"Bring it up!"

Xu Lian stepped down from the Luantai and handed the Datang Daily to Li Shimin. Li Shimin opened the Datang Daily to search, and soon found the article, and read it carefully.

After reading it, Li Shimin frowned, shook the newspaper in his hand, and asked Fan Lihua: "Fan Lihua, are you sure what is said in this article is true?"

Fan Lihua nodded vigorously: "Returning to Your Majesty, I would like to guarantee it with my head. Everything stated in the article is true. Not only that, but the current Khan Ashina Helu of the Western Turks also said something disrespectful to the emperor."

Li Shimin frowned when he heard the words, and asked loudly, "What disrespectful words?"

Fan Lihua panicked and said: "I don't dare to say it, this statement is extremely disrespectful to the emperor, and it even mentioned His Majesty's name!"

"Say!" Li Shimin said with a stern face, extremely dignified, "I forgive you for your innocence!"

"Abiding by the order!" Fan Lihua said, "Ashina Helu once said that one day, he will lead an army into Chang'an and personally take the head of His Majesty!"

"Bastard!" Li Shimin opened his eyes sharply when he heard the words, slapped the armrest of the dragon chair suddenly, stood up suddenly, and shouted loudly, "This ignorant thing wants the head on my neck, hmph! We have to take his head first!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Li Hao hurriedly said upon hearing this, "Your Majesty, military affairs are a major national event, and must not be hasty. Your Majesty is now in a fit of anger, so he will not make a decision!"

"Why don't you make decisions in anger!" Li Shimin turned his head to stare at Li Hao, and shouted loudly, "Why, are you afraid of Western Turks?"

Li Hao hurriedly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have never been afraid of any enemy when I was fighting on the battlefield. Although the Western Turks are also strong and strong, they have not yet entered the eyes of the minister. I am just thinking about the people of the Tang Dynasty. I just entered the Tang Dynasty. Goguryeo has been destroyed, and the loss is not small, and it is really inappropriate to go to war now."

"It's not appropriate to go to war?" Li Shimin snorted coldly, "Are you short of money or food? Li Daozong, tell me, is the household department short of money or food?"

Li Daozong cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, since the Tang Dynasty had Zhenguan rice, the grain for the whole country is enough for three years. There are already 60 shi in the treasury. There is no shortage of grain. As for money, there is no shortage, because Qiongnan The king obtained 1200 million taels of silver through trade with the Wa Kingdom, half of which went into the treasury, and the 600 million is waiting for His Majesty's instructions on how to use it."

Obviously, Li Hao has already got through with Li Daozong.

Li Shimin pointed at Li Hao, and said with high spirits: "Listen, listen, we in Tang Dynasty now need food and money, and we need money and money, and we will be strong enough to defeat even the three Western Turks. How can I tolerate such a rude barbarian!"

Fan Lihua hurriedly echoed the words: "Your Majesty is wise, Xitu has been spying on the territory of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and it must be resolved as soon as possible. I am afraid that it will be difficult to conquer when it grows stronger. This is the reason for fighting fires while they are young."

Hearing this, Li Hao glared at Fan Lihua, and said loudly: "General Fan, are you afraid that the world will not be chaotic? Is that anonymously submitted article your masterpiece?"

Fan Lihua stared and shouted: "King Qiongnan, please don't spitting blood."

"Am I spitting blood? Hehe..." Li Hao sneered, "Whether you did it or not, everyone knows."

All the ministers were dumbfounded. It was obviously just a trivial matter. How did this happen? Li Shimin really wanted to send troops to conquer the Western Turks. It was very strange that Li Hao actually opposed sending troops. This doesn't seem to fit Li Hao's style. , Didn't he always advocate being domineering to the outside world? Why are you so cowardly today?
The ministers were puzzled, but what Fan Lihua said was so plausible that even they had to believe that the Western Turks might really want to use force against the Tang Dynasty. If so, this battle might be inevitable up.

Chu Suiliang had already begun to wink at other people quietly. He felt that he had sensed the direction of the wind. The current direction was that Li Hao insisted not to send troops alone, but Li Shimin insisted on sending troops, and Fan Lihua also insisted on sending troops.

Although their group of civil servants have always advocated peace and not advocated war, there are no absolutes in the world. If they really send troops to the Western Turks, it seems that there will be no loss. Get rid of the Western Turks, and there will be no future troubles. Why not do it, the most important thing is that they can step on Li Hao again.

While Chu Suiliang was winking at the other civil officials, Li Shimin had already begun to ask others by name. Li Shimin was the first to ask Li Ji: "Mr. Mao, do you think we should send troops to the Western Turks?"

Li Ji cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, if you are not of my race, you must have a different heart. In recent years, the Western Turks have been annexing small neighboring countries, becoming stronger and stronger, and occupying the Silk Road. They are so disrespectful to my Tang Dynasty. Fan Lihua is right. Firefighting needs to be done at a young age, and the enemy needs to be killed as soon as possible. After a few years, when the Western Turks grow stronger, I am afraid that it will be impossible for us to kill them."

"En." Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction, looked at Xue Rengui again, and asked, "Xue Rengui, what do you mean?"

Xue Rengui said: "Return to Your Majesty, I have the same idea as the British Duke Fan Lihua, and I second the proposal!"

Li Shimin asked Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Su Dingfang and Li Daozong repeatedly, and all four agreed to send troops.

Sitting on the throne, Li Shimin clearly saw the courtiers winking at each other. Seeing that the courtiers had almost communicated with each other, he raised his voice and asked, "I want to send troops to conquer the Western Turks, do you have any objections?"

Li Hao was the first to say loudly: "Your Majesty! A sage king should put the country and the country as the most important thing. Don't fight for a moment. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

In addition, none of the ministers spoke, and all the civil servants looked at Li Hao with a proud smile. They were going to say nothing today, as long as they did not object to sending troops, this would be the biggest blow to Li Hao.

Li Shimin smiled triumphantly, looked at Li Hao jokingly, and said, "Poetry mad, all civil and military officials support sending troops, what else do you have to say?"

Li Hao let out a long sigh, and said helplessly, "Since this is the case, I have nothing to say. Your Majesty insists on attacking the Western Turks. I would like to invite your majesty's vassals to be the chief commanders of the march to conquer the Western Turks. Others will lead the troops. I am not at ease."

Fan Lihua suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, Fan Lihua also invites your majesty's vassals to be the chief commanders of the march, lead troops to conquer the Western Turks, and vow not to return the court if they don't destroy the royal court of Sanmi Mountain!"

Suddenly there was a slight discussion in the court, Fan Lihua actually competed with Li Hao for the right to command the army, this is a sweet potato, as long as she has some skills, she will be able to lead the troops to defeat the Western Turks, and make meritorious deeds Not to mention, Li Hao, as the military god of the Tang Dynasty and No. 1 military officer, if he can't even grab the position of the chief of the army, Fan Lihua, then he will be ashamed and thrown to his grandma's house.

But the civil servants were secretly excited, and the opportunity to step on Li Hao came again, and Chu Suiliang immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that General Fan Lihua is more suitable to be the chief commander of the expedition against Western Turks."

(End of this chapter)