Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1369

Chuzhou city.

Qin Tian and the others stayed in Chuzhou City for a few more days.

At this time, the edict sent by Li Shimin from Chang'an finally arrived.

After he is asked to put down the rebels, he can return to the court with his troops and horses.

In this case, generally speaking, it does not conform to the rules.

Because, as a governor, he has to serve a three-year term in the local area, and after three years, he will be assessed and then make a decision.

Qin Tian came to Jinling City to be the governor, and he hasn't even been there for half a year, so he's going back now?

However, no one could disobey Li Shimin's order. After receiving the order, Qin Tian didn't dare to hesitate. After arranging the affairs of Chuzhou and Jinling City, he returned to the court with his troops and horses.

When they left Chuzhou City, it was early spring, and the spring was cold.

And when they returned to Chang'an City, even Chang'an City was already warm and full of spring.

Before they entered Chang'an City, they saw a lot of scholars, ladies from aristocratic families and so on, outing in groups outside the city.

Some literati gathered together to recite poems and compose Fu, very happy.

In the past, Qin Tian also enjoyed outings, but in recent years, as his official position has grown, his responsibilities have also increased. He has no time to do even simple things like spring outings. up.

Of course it can't be done today.

After the team entered Chang'an City, Qin Tian, ​​Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chumo and the others entered the palace.

At this time, all the ministers were present in the palace hall, Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong immediately became excited when they saw Qin Tian and others.

In any case, these few people can be regarded as suppressing the rebels and returning victoriously. This is something worth showing off. As their elders, people like Cheng Yaojin really feel honored.

Now, the people they fought for the world with at the beginning are all slowly getting old, and what they are comparing now is their own next generation.

And looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, the most promising of the next generation are their sons.

Of course, this is in terms of martial arts. If we talk about literature, it still belongs to the descendants of Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling.

But this is already worth their excitement.

"Meet Your Majesty."

After Qin Tian and others came up and saluted, Li Shimin nodded and said: "Okay, excuse me, you have put down the rebels and made great contributions to our Tang Dynasty, I will reward you well..."

Having said that, Li Shimin talked about the rewards of Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu and others. They received many rewards, including material rewards and promotions.

After saying this, Li Shimin focused on Qin Tian.

"It can be said that Qin Aiqing has made great contributions to the elimination of the rebels, and you also invented gunpowder for my Tang Dynasty, which has increased my Tang Dynasty's strength several times. This kind of credit is comparable to the credit for defeating other countries. Ah, I want to elevate you to the rank of Duke of Founding County."

Datang just founded the country, and there are many people with titles, but these people either have merits in founding the country, or have the merits of following the dragon, or have made great contributions to the expansion of the Tang Dynasty.

It is normal for these people to get titles. After all, they have made great contributions. If they are not awarded titles, people will be dissatisfied, and no one will do anything for Datang in the future.

But like Qin Tian, ​​it is definitely very rare for someone to be promoted to a noble because of the invention of gunpowder.

But although Qin Tian was promoted because of gunpowder, everyone didn't think it was a big deal, because they all knew what impact gunpowder had on their Great Tang.

Moreover, Qin Tian has a great reputation and defeated the rebels. It stands to reason that even if he was promoted, it would be justified, right?

So no matter what the reason for the promotion, everyone thinks it is acceptable.

Here, Qin Tian didn't refuse, and immediately thanked the Lord for his kindness.

After thanking the Lord for his kindness, Qin Tian then reported the money he got from Huainan. When Qin Tian told the amount, many officials were shocked.

Because there are many bullies in Jinling City, Qin Tian got some money, and Huainan King got some more. The sum of these money is almost the total tax revenue of Datang in a year.

With so much money, it is enough to make Datang rich all of a sudden.

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard that there was so much money, and felt that it was totally worth it to give Qin Tian a title.

A Qin Tian, ​​the various benefits and benefits brought to his Great Tang are really too many, too many.

The court meeting ended like this. After the end, Cheng Yaojin and others originally wanted to invite Qin Tian to drink. After all, they hadn't seen each other for half a year. They all missed Qin Tian very much. Of course, they also wanted to inquire about the gunpowder.

However, as soon as he left the court, Qin Tian was called to the imperial study by Li Shimin. Cheng Yaojin and others had no choice but to leave first.

When he came to the imperial study, Li Shimin was already waiting.

"Your Majesty, I don't know why Xuanchen came here?"

Li Shimin said: "Qin Aiqing, the gunpowder you got is very good. I have opened a firearms bureau in Chang'an City to develop some firearms. But so far, they have only slightly improved your gunpowder. Tianxiang, this really dissatisfies me, so I want to hand over the firearms bureau to you, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Qin Tian's heart sank slightly. It seemed that he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, but in fact he was just testing himself. After all, in the entire Tang Dynasty, he and Li Shimin were the only ones who knew the secret recipe of gunpowder. So, Li Shimin was not on his guard. , it is a bit unreasonable.

Thinking of this, Qin Tian quickly said: "My lord, the discovery of this gunpowder was also discovered by a Taoist priest who made alchemy when I was in Jinling City. The Taoist accidentally practiced gunpowder, and it exploded. It was blown up to death. I went to investigate the case and found this thing. I didn't pay much attention to it at first. Later, the rebels attacked the city fiercely. I remembered the explosion and tried it. I didn't expect it to be true. The gunpowder was made, so although this gunpowder was made by a humble minister, but the development of firearms, the humble minister is really not good at it, I am afraid that I will live up to the entrustment of the Holy Majesty."

Qin Tian explained that Li Shimin was somewhat satisfied seeing this. The Firearms Bureau is currently the most mysterious department in Tang Dynasty, so anyone can get in. He really just wanted to see how Qin Tian understood this thing. How much, and do you have that thought.

Now it seems that Qin Tian did not.

However, Qin Tian's words alone are not enough to make him give up his suspicion of Qin Tian.

"Qin Aiqing, since this gunpowder was made by a Taoist alchemist, other Taoist priests may also get it out. In this case, the gunpowder will leak out instead. If this happens, my Tang Dynasty will be flooded with gunpowder, and I am afraid that there will be no peace. So, do you have any good solutions?"

Li Shimin followed Qin Tian's words to climb up, and he found a very difficult question for Qin Tian.

(End of this chapter)