Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 582 Chapter 597: Fan Lihua Takes Command to Conquer the West

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister also agrees!"

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Li Shimin's eyebrows were raised to the sky. He looked at the civil servants curiously and asked, "I really want to hear why you think Fan Lihua is more suitable than Li Hao to be the head of the army. Job?"

Chu Suiliang said: "Your Majesty, Fan Lihua came to our Tang Dynasty from Western Turkic. She has been in Western Turkic for so many years, and she knows everything about Western Turkic. Li Hao can't compare to this alone."

All civil servants shouted in unison: "It is true!"

Chu Suiliang went on to say: "Not only that, Your Majesty, Fan Lihua led 800 soldiers and horses, swept across Yu Dujun Mountain, wiped out [-] enemies, killed the two tribes of Huihe and Xue Yantuo, and moved the Yazhang to the north for more than [-] miles. His merits are by no means inferior to Li Hao's, and right now Li Hao is serving as the general of Tiance's government and has no time for a clone, so the ministers believe that Fan Lihua is the most suitable candidate for the West Conquest."

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials nodded their heads. What Chu Suiliang said was indeed very reasonable. Although Li Hao was sure to go to war, Fan Lihua was also a talented person. Moreover, Fan Lihua knew the Western Turks like the back of his hand, so it was indeed more appropriate to send her to conquer the West.

Li Shimin nodded frequently after hearing this: "Well, Chu Sui's love for Qing makes sense..."

But Li Hao suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, Fan Lihua is an old minister of the Western Turks, and she has only been in Tang Dynasty for a short time. I am afraid that she still has old feelings for the Western Turks, so it is very inappropriate to send her to conquer the West!"

The ministers were in an uproar when they heard the words, Li Hao's move was a bit vicious, it was doubting Fan Lihua's character, it was definitely an insult, all civil servants looked at the two of them with strange eyes, watching them tearing each other up, expressing their delight.

Fan Lihua's face was flushed with anger by Li Hao's words. She glared at Li Hao, gritted her teeth and said, "King Qiongnan! Please pay attention to your words! Ashina Helu killed my father, slaughtered my brother, and I I can't wait to kill him and then hurry up, if you slander me like this again, I will never let you go!"

Li Hao sneered when he heard the words: "Yo yo, your acting skills are not bad, who knows if it was a scene you and Ashina Helu acted together, even I was deceived by you back then, I, Li Hao, have not done much in this life I regretted it, but bringing you to Datang is the thing I regret most in my life!"

Even Li Shimin couldn't listen to what he said, so Li Shimin smacked his lips and said: "Poet, don't talk nonsense, you two are ministers in the same palace, how can you attack like this, let's accumulate some morals."

"Your Majesty!" Li Hao shouted, "I suspect that Fan Lihua is a spy sent by the Western Turks, and I want to ask Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate Fan Lihua!"

"Li Hao!" Fan Lihua strode forward angrily, saluted Li Shimin, and said, "Your Majesty, I request to resign from all positions and remove all titles. I cannot bear Li Hao's insult!"

"This is really..." Li Shimin's eyebrows gradually frowned, and he raised his hand and said, "Okay, you two are not allowed to say anything, Li Hao, listen carefully, I don't want to hear a word like this in the future, not only Li Hao Hao, all of you listen carefully, I don’t want to hear any more!”

"Observe the order!" All the ministers responded in unison.

Li Hao could only smack his lips helplessly, and reluctantly followed the crowd to answer.

Li Shimin said again: "As for the candidate for the Western Conquest, I think Fan Lihua is indeed more suitable than Li Hao. In the battle of Dujun Yushan, Fan Lihua's ability is obvious to all. Of course, Li Hao's ability is also not good. Weak, but Li Hao is an admiral of the Tiance Mansion and has a heavy responsibility, so it is really not suitable for him to go out for the time being, so let Fan Lihua go to the west, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty is holy!" The ministers shouted again in unison.

Li Hao just wanted to object, but was overwhelmed by the chorus, so he could only feel depressed there.

"Okay, since all the ministers think that Fan Lihua is the most suitable to march to the west, then I will appoint Fan Lihua as the chief marching officer of the Sanmi Mountain Road, to save all the troops, leading [-] troops, and Qin Huaiyu as the chief of the Baishan Road marching, leading [-] troops. Yuchi Baolin is the commander of the march of Gumo Road, leading [-] troops, and Cheng Chuliang is the commander of the march of Qianquan Road... with a total force of [-]. The five-way army is going to conquer the Western Turks, and they are determined to give me the head of Ashina Helu Come back, remember, I only want Ashina Helu's head!" When he said the last sentence, he pointed to Fan Lihua.

Fan Lihua clenched her fists tightly, and said forcefully, "The final general will fulfill his mission, and will take off Ashina Helu's head and present it to the emperor!"

"Okay! With General Fan's words, I am very relieved. When the army goes out, I will definitely see you off in person!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Okay! Next, the military affairs are over, let's discuss the political affairs." Li Shimin said slowly, "Just now Li Daozong, Minister of the Household Department, said that the Household Department just got 600 million taels of silver, which is not a small sum. , already can be used to offset my Tang Dynasty tax for two years, haha, I am going to discuss with Zhu Qing about how to use so much money."

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As a result, just as Li Shimin planned, 100 million taels were used to build water conservancy projects, and another 150 million taels were used to build seaports and shipyards in coastal areas. For political affairs, these civil servants are not useless at all. Building water conservancy projects is a big deal, and they They will not object. As for the construction of seaports and shipyards, they have no objection, because they have seen overseas business opportunities from the 600 million taels of silver. How can such a huge business opportunity be missed? The development of navigation has become an inevitable trend.

At the end of the court meeting, Li Hao was the first to rush out of the Tai Chi Hall angrily. He was young and fast-paced. Chu Suiliang wanted to go up to him and run on him again, but he couldn't catch up after running hard, so he had to give up.

When he got home, as soon as he closed the door, Li Hao raised his head and laughed. Don't laugh too wildly. Why, be happy. He thought it would be a bit difficult this time. After all, this time involves military affairs. Usually it was quite the opposite. He was afraid that the civil servants would become suspicious, but now it seemed that these civil servants didn't have such good brains and were played around.

However, at the Zhao Guogong's mansion at this moment, Changsun Wuji looked at the sky with a gloomy face, and sighed: "Oh, this idiot Chu Suiliang has completely followed Li Hao's way, and this Li Hao is really insidious. If it weren't for today Li Hao was so abnormal in the early court that even the old man almost didn't notice that he, Fan Lihua and Xue Rengui were all in the same group. Both of them were promoted by Li Hao. How could it be possible to quarrel with Li Hao so easily? Flip, and the two fell out at the same time, hum..."

Beside Changsun Wuji, stood a white-haired scholar in long robes who was over half a century old. This scholar had an elegant demeanor. Although he was over half a hundred years old, his face was like a crown jade, and he was extremely handsome, with only the corners of his eyes and forehead. With a few wrinkles, it can be seen that this person pays great attention to health preservation, and it can also be seen that this person must have been a rare handsome man when he was young.

This person's name is Xu Jingzong, his style name is Yanzu, and he is from Hangzhou. He has been an official in the court for many years, but his official career has not been smooth, and he has been a foreign official for a while.

Because of his small official position, he has always been very low-key, and secretly joined Changsun Wuji's sect. For the past two years, Changsun Wuji kept a low profile, while Li Hao was in full swing. People left, and although some people didn't, they rarely came to visit Changsun Wuji.

Only Xu Jingzong likes to burn cold stoves, so he took refuge in Changsun Wuji at this time, because only at this time, he is qualified to join him. not on.

After Xu Jingzong listened to Changsun Wuji's words, he asked cautiously: "Then, Master Changsun, do you want to tell Chu Suiliang about this?"

"No!" Changsun Wuji raised his hand, turned to look at him, and said coldly, "These villains are willing to change their minds, so don't let them fall into a big stumble. They don't know how much they have, so they just want to Fighting Li Hao, hum, without my eldest grandson Wuji, they are nothing."

Xu Jingzong asked worriedly after hearing the words: "Wouldn't that make Li Hao sit up every day? Once Fan Lihua and Xue Rengui become popular and become Li Hao's right and left hands, how can they shake Li Hao?"

"You don't understand that." Changsun Wuji said proudly, "Being an official is a kind of knowledge. No matter how big your official position is, as long as the person on the throne says a word, you will have nothing. This is called companionship. Tiger, do you know? Li Hao’s son is indeed in full swing now, and with Fan Lihua and Xue Rengui, he is even more powerful. As a soldier, Li Jing knew this very well at the beginning. After he defeated the Eastern Turks, he gradually withdrew from the court affairs, because he knew that he had made great achievements, but this Li Hao... Hehe, He obviously doesn't understand this truth, he is still too tender."

"Your Excellency is really brilliant!" Xu Jingzong admired him sincerely, after thinking about it, he frowned again, "It's just that His Majesty still trusts Li Hao very much, and I also heard that His Highness the Crown Prince has a very close relationship with Li Hao... "

"That's right." Changsun Wuji nodded relaxedly, and said slowly, "The relationship between Li Hao and the prince is indeed unusual, but you must know that he is only the prince now, and it will be different when he ascends the throne. As long as everyone sits in that position, they will change, become ruthless, indifferent, and suspicious. This has been the case since ancient times, and my nephew must be no exception. Li Hao is close to him and can Is there an uncle like this old man? Huh?"

"What your lord said is very true, but your lord has a long-term vision." Xu Jingzong bowed again.

Changsun Wuji paced slowly with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked, "Li Hao, I want to see how long you can hop..."

Three days later, the army was integrated. Fan Lihua wore a bright silver armor and led the army to go out. On the Baqiao in Chang'an, Li Shimin really came to practice for Fanlihua. In the middle of the Baqiao, Fanlihua stood beside her. A row of generals in armor, facing her is Li Shimin, beside Li Shimin stands a row of ministers of civil and military affairs, between them, there is a row of long tables connected together, on which there are many cups filled with wine. wine set.

Li Shimin held up the glass of wine, and all the ministers also held up the glass of wine. Li Shimin looked at the tens of thousands of troops, and said with a smile: "General Fan is the first female general in the Tang Dynasty. I am very touched to see General Fan off today. In this situation, I want to write a poem for General Fan to practice, and the title of the poem is called... "Farewell at Baqiao."

Holding the wine glass in hand, Fan Lihua nodded and said, "I listen respectfully to the holy words."

Li Shimin held the cup and chanted slowly: "On the bank of the Baqiao, the monarch and his ministers are in Xiangyang, and a pear tree is crushing the crabapple. Who knows that women have no heroes, and they are armed without red makeup!"

He specially asked Li Hao for this poem, and the purpose was to use it on this occasion. The poem is not complicated, and the meaning is very simple, but it is very catchy and has a bit of momentum. Praise and applause.

Fan Lihua said happily: "Thank you Your Majesty for giving Fan Lihua the poem."

Li Shimin said: "I wish you a victory and a triumphant return!" After he said that, he raised his head and drank up the wine.

(End of this chapter)