When the ministers heard this, they were all surprised. Unexpectedly, Fan Lihua was so powerful. She drove Xue Yantuo and the Uighur tribes out of Yu Dujun Mountain with only 20,000 troops, and killed 100,000 enemies. Such a great victory was simply horrifying. Even Li Hao, who had made great achievements in fighting, seemed to have only one record of killing 100,000 enemies at one time, that was when Chang'an defended the king, and wiped out the Tubo army. However, Li Hao lost more than 10,000 people.

Some ministers below immediately began to whisper and wink, discussing whether to suppress Fan Lihua or ask for rewards for Fan Lihua. In their opinion, Fan Lihua is indeed a military genius and has the ability to replace Li Hao. However, Fan Lihua was recruited by Li Hao, and the situation is still unclear. They dare not ask for rewards for Fan Lihua rashly. If Fan Lihua and Li Hao were on the same boat, wouldn't they be embarrassed? Therefore, we must first understand the direction of the wind.

Next, Li Shimin sighed and said, "Oh, in order to try Fan Lihua's methods, I only gave 20,000 troops and horses, and the food and grass were not sufficient. Otherwise, with Fan Lihua's ability, I would have destroyed Xue Yantuo and the Uighur tribes. Now Fan Lihua has led his troops to Yunzhou to replenish food and grass, and there are still 10,000 troops left. The ministers think that should he be transferred back?"

Chu Suiliang first came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think we should send more troops, horses, food and grass to Fan Lihua, and ordered him to take advantage of the victory to chase Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs in one fell swoop, and eliminate future troubles forever."

"Yes, yes." Many ministers nodded and yelled, but they did not come out to discuss it. It can be seen that they were not sure. After all, they were civil servants and were not very proficient in wars.

As soon as Chu Suiliang finished speaking, Li Ji stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, you must not. Although Fan Lihua is good at military affairs, now Xue Yantuo and Huihe have fled to the grassland in the northern desert. Fan Lihua is still in Yunzhou, which is nearly a thousand miles away. It will take more than a month to send additional troops and horses and food. When Fan Lihua chases the grassland, it is afraid that it will be in autumn. However, the grassland is vast. Even if Xue Yantuo and Huihe cannot defeat them, they can still escape. If they just escape, they will be afraid that they will be able to drag them until the beginning of winter. At that time, it will be extremely unfavorable to our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the right time, place, and people and all the three are lost!"

"Well..." Li Shimin nodded repeatedly when he heard this, slowly stroked his beard, "Mr. Mao said it very reasonably. I have also personally led the imperial army to conquer the Yi Nan. They have always been like this. If they can't beat them, they will run away. It is really difficult to catch them all on the grassland. Since the opportunity has been lost, then let Fan Lihua come back."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Ji bowed and shouted, returning to the queue.

Li Shimin said slowly: "Since Fan Lihua is about to return to the court, we should also discuss the reward of Fan Lihua in advance. This reward must be worthy of Fan Lihua's achievements and her abilities."

When they heard that they wanted to reward Fan Lihua, there was no sound in the palace. Why? Because Fan Lihua is a woman, there is no precedent for women to be an official in the Tang Dynasty. It seems that they have never seen much in history. They don’t know how to propose it. Besides, they have not yet figured out the direction of the wind. Let’s see what Li Hao said first.

Li Shimin turned to look at Li Hao and said, "Shi Kuang, you have recruited Fan Lihua from the Western Turks. Tell me, what kind of reward should I give her?"

Li Hao thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, Fan Lihua is now the General of the Right Martial Guard. Her position is high enough. Your Majesty will give her a title."

"Oh, a woman is awarded a title, this is very interesting." Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and smiled when he heard this, and asked, "Then tell me, what title should I award her?"

Li Hao said: "Just just get a baron in the county."

"Huh?" Li Shimin frowned immediately when he heard this, and even the ministers were surprised.

Why was he surprised? Because the reward was too low, it was outrageous. He should have been awarded the title by making great military achievements, but Fan Lihua made a lot of contributions this time. She annihilated 100,000 enemies and was only granted a county man. It was really too low.

The ministers seemed to have discovered something, and felt that Li Hao was suppressing Fan Lihua.

In fact, Li Hao really did not suppress Fan Lihua. He was asking for rewards in reverse. He was afraid that his reward would be high and the ministers would oppose it. So he lowered it, so low that Li Shimin felt it was inappropriate, and then slowly raised it up. This is called reverse thinking. His reverse thinking is really effective because he created the illusion of suppressing Fan Lihua for the ministers.

So, a civil servant immediately stepped out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate!"

"Say, what's wrong."

"I think Fan Lihua won three battles and three victories, killed 100,000 enemies, and lost 10,000 yuan. This is a war of excellence. I should give you a heavy reward. How can I only be a small county man?"

"I am following the proposal!" Chu Suiliang also made a list, "Fan Lihua's outstanding military achievements this time should be rewarded with great rewards. I suspect that King Qiongnan deliberately overcame his colleagues."

Li Hao frowned when he heard this. He was discussing the rewards. Why did he impeach me again? I was in trouble with you? As he thought about it, a sudden light flashed in his mind. He found that these civil officials seemed to think that they had suppressed Fan Lihua. Hey, there was a way, so he hurried out and said: "Your Majesty, Fan Lihua served as the chief general of the marching army this time. The task is to lead troops to conquer Xue Yantuo and the Uighur tribes. Only by annihilation of Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs can it be considered a complete victory. However, Fan Lihua has not completed the task, so it is enough to enthrone the county men!"

He decided to pretend to suppress Fan Lihua and ask these civil servants to help raise the price. Anyway, they have a large population and great power.

Sure enough, Chu Suiliang argued: "Your Majesty has just said that the reason why Fan Lihua failed to annihilate Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs was because of insufficient troops and insufficient food and grass. Your Majesty sent Fan Lihua to the expedition this time to test his edge, and did not seriously send her to annihilate Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs."

Li Hao whispered his neck and said loudly: "Anyway, I think Fan Lihua can only be awarded a baron in one county!" Then he raised his head proudly and said nothing. You can raise the price slowly.

Li Hao's performance was very useful. The ministers took the initiative to ask for rewards for Fan Lihua, not only for titles, but also for honorary officials and military officials. Some even suggested that Fan Lihua be the general of the Tiance Mansion, and if she wanted to directly replace Li Hao.

Li Hao cooperated and snorted coldly when he heard this, he laughed in his heart and didn't say anything.

The ministers talked for a long time, and Li Shimin was also a little confused. Finally, Li Shimin turned his head and looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "Fuji, you have always been the most important thing. What do you think of Fan Lihua's reward?"

Changsun Wuji bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I think all the words of King Qiongnan and you all make sense."

Li Shimin's expression was immediately very exciting. He had already discovered that Changsun Wuji had started to become a clique character since no matter how long it seemed. As long as it was involved in Li Hao, he would not offend him and put clique to an extremely high level.

"You, you..." Li Shimin shook his head and sighed. Changsun Wuji was his most capable assistant, but now he has become like this. This makes him very unhappy. He has talked to him several times and seems useless.

Changsun Wuji was also indescribable. His braid was held in Li Hao's hand. Do he dare to talk nonsense? He could only talk to each other and chat to survive.

Next, Li Shimin looked at Ma Zhou again and asked, "Ma Zhou, tell me, how should I reward Fan Lihua?"

Ma Zhou went out to salute and said, "Your Majesty, I think Fan Lihua made great contributions this time, and she would not be rewarded with carelessness."

Li Shimin nodded and spread his hands, "Okay, let's talk about how to reward you."

Ma Zhou said: "The title must be granted. I think it can be granted a title of county marquis of Fan Lihua."

Li Shimin nodded slowly, spread his hands and signaled him to continue.

Ma Zhou continued: "The honorary officials and scattered officials should also be granted the title. As for whether to enter the Tiance Mansion or not, it depends entirely on Your Majesty's intention."

The Tiance Mansion directly granted imperial power. Whether to enter the Tiance Mansion depends on Li Shimin's intention.

After pondering for a moment, Li Shimin slowly said, "I plan to grant Fan Lihua Lantian County Marquis, do you have any objections?"

When the ministers heard this, they were surprised and secretly shouted, "The Marquis of Lantian County, isn't that Li Hao's former title? This is a good omen. This is a sign of replacing Li Hao."

Li Hao immediately asked loudly: "Your Majesty, Lantian is my fief."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You are the Prince of Qiongnan now. Your fief is in Qiongnan, and the title of Lantian is missing."

Li Hao lowered his head when he heard this, pretending to be very distressed. In fact, he was already happy: "It's really worth it to act so tired. He got Fan Lihua the title of Marquis at once. Well, if she lives in Lantian, I will move back to Lantian and go to see her every day. Oh, it's so beautiful."

The reward of titles is the most important, so Li Shimin specially asked the ministers, but the ministers had no objections. So Li Shimin announced: "Then I will grant Fan Lihua the Marquis of Lantian County, with a fief of 500 households, and a fifth-rank Shangqi Duwei, and was awarded the title of General Zhongwu, and was appointed as the fourth-rank Zhongwu General. He entered Tiance Mansion and served as the deputy general of Tiance Mansion. He was also given 300 acres of fertile land, 500 taels of gold, 3 hu of pearls, and 500 pieces of silk. He was given special petals to climb the sky armor. Do you have any objections?"

"The emperor is wise!" all the ministers bowed and shouted.

Li Hao also bowed happily and laughed in his heart: "Well, it's not bad, I'm very satisfied with the reward for my future wife. Thank you for your hard work, thank you, hehe..."

The dynasty meeting dispersed, and the ministers left the Tai Chi Hall. Li Hao pretended to be sad. After such a short journey from the main hall to the Tai Chi Square, he sighed five or six times, and the civil officials were secretly happy.

Chu Suiliang walked to Li Hao and sneered: "Hehe, in the future, you will not be the only one in the army."

Li Hao turned his head to look at him and deliberately pretended to be brave: "She is just luck. When it comes to war, I, Li Hao, are the number one in the Tang Dynasty."

"Haha, is that?" Chu Suiliang sneered, "You lost more than 10,000 soldiers in Youzhou, how many enemy troops have you killed? Is there a hundred thousand? When you were in Tingzhou, did the total enemy troops you annihilated were 100,000? No."

Li Hao's face turned red when he heard this and shouted anxiously: "When the war depends on whether there are many people killed, it depends on whether he can win!"

"Don't fool Chu." Chu Suiliang said with a smile, "The more enemies you kill, the easier it is to win. You, you can't even compare to a woman, hahaha..." After he said that, he was proud and shook his sleeves and left. When the ministers around him heard their conversation, they all laughed proudly.

Li Hao continued to pretend to be extremely embarrassed and annoyed, quickly left the Tai Chi Palace, then rode his horse out of the imperial city and went home.

After returning home, Li Hao suddenly grinned. These civil servants are so easy to deceive. I am afraid that they will think that they are against Fan Lihua in the future, but they will help Fan Lihua. Oh, it feels great to think about it. Unfortunately, in this way, he must keep a certain distance from Fan Lihua. Even if he wants to see her, he has to secretly do it. However, this is not a big problem for Li Hao. As long as he can help Fan Lihua, these are nothing.
Chapter completed!