Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1599 Impeach you to death
Pigeons have been raised by humans a long time ago.

In Chang'an City, there are many people who like to raise pigeons.

Some people do it purely for love, while others do it for eating meat.

There are many dignitaries in Chang'an City, and pigeon meat is a great supplement, so there is a great demand for pigeons.

If there is demand, there will naturally be people to meet the demand, and there will naturally be many people who raise pigeons.

Cheng Chumo is a person who likes to eat pigeons very much, so he is very familiar with the pigeon sellers in Chang'an City.

Early this morning, he took Qin Huaiyu and others to find pigeons for Qin Tian.

According to Qin Tian's instructions, they didn't look for many at first, but just looked for some of various categories.

However, it is not a small amount to find some of various categories. They prepared a lot of cages, and in the end basically each cage contained a few pigeons.

After searching a lot like this, they took these pigeons to Qin Tian.

After taking the pigeon to the Qin residence, Cheng Chumo was still a little puzzled.

"Brother Qin, what do you want these pigeons for?"

Qin Tian did not hide it this time, and said: "Let me tell you, I will use these pigeons to deliver letters instead of people. Some messages are not much and can be delivered with paper notes. I will use pigeons to deliver messages." , Pigeons fly very fast, much faster than people riding horses, once they can be put into use, the efficiency of sending letters at post stations will be much higher.”

Hearing that Qin Tian was going to use pigeons to deliver the letter, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly.

"Brother Qin, aren't you whimsical? Can pigeons deliver letters?"

"That's right. This pigeon is not bad for eating meat. You see, this pigeon is so fat that it can't fly far at all."

"Yes, yes."

Qin Tian shook his head: "With so many pigeons, there are only a few that can be used to make characters. I have to choose slowly. As for the fat pigeons you mentioned just now, eating meat is really good. Sending a letter is a long way off."

Qin Tian explained, but Cheng Chumo and the others still don't think that pigeons can be used to deliver letters, this pioneering work is a bit too shocking.

However, although they didn't believe it, they were helpless, and in their hearts, they hoped that what Qin Tian said was true. In this case, they could also get a few to play with, and it would be much more convenient to send letters later.

In the next few days, Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu continued to help Qin Tian find pigeons. Qin Tian didn't go to the Huangcheng Station to check the situation, but just kept pigeons at home, selected breeds, and trained.

The days went on like this, but at this moment, the news of Qin Tian raising pigeons at home spread among the officials in the court.

"Have you heard that Qin Tian raises pigeons at home, some good breeds, he doesn't like to pay a high price for them."

"Do you think this kid is crazy? There are so many things in the court every day, but he still has such a leisurely life."

"Who said it wasn't..."

The ministers deliberated, but Gao Shilian sneered at the corner of his mouth.

This morning, someone stood up.

"My lord, I want to impeach Qin Tian."

Seeing someone impeaching Qin Tian, ​​Li Shimin was no longer surprised. He just let out a sigh and asked, "Why are you impeaching Qin Tian?"

"My lord, I want to impeach Qin Tian for neglecting his duties and neglecting his duties."

Hearing this, Li Shimin felt a little strange. A person as capable as Qin Tian doesn't seem to be doing his job properly, let alone neglecting his duties. There has never been an accident in the things he was responsible for.

"What kind of dereliction of duty?"

The official said: "The Holy Majesty sent Qin Tian to carry out the reform of the post station, but Qin Tian only went to the post station once during this period of time, and then he didn't care about the affairs of the post station. The officials of the imperial court are not doing their business, but they are raising pigeons, my lord, is this not doing their job properly, is it dereliction of duty?"

At first, Li Shimin didn't believe that Qin Tian was negligent and neglected his duties, but after hearing what this official said, Li Shimin frowned slightly. If Qin Tian was really like this, then he really was a little negligent of his duties up.

In this way, he disappointed himself too much.

Li Shimin cast his eyes on Qin Tian and asked, "Qin Aiqing, is this the case?"

Qin Tian smiled slightly, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is true that I raise pigeons, but if you say that I have neglected my duties and neglected my duties, I would not agree with you."

After saying this, someone from Chaozhong immediately stood up and smiled.

"I don't agree with you. If you play with pigeons and don't do what your Majesty told you, isn't that considered dereliction of duty?"

"That's right, that's right, the pigeons are played by officials of the court. If you do this, you will feel sorry for the salary given to you by the court."

"Your Majesty, what you say is not doing your job properly, it's just neglecting your duty. Please, Your Majesty, punish Qin Tian severely. Otherwise, if all my Tang officials are like this, then who else will do the government affairs of the Tang Dynasty?"

"........."

Heartbroken, the officials above the court were very angry, and their voices were louder than each other, Li Shimin's face became a little ugly, and he said: "Qin Aiqing why doesn't agree, is it possible that you are doing something for the court by raising pigeons? "

Everyone looked at Qin Tian, ​​at this moment, Qin Tian nodded shamelessly.

"Your Majesty, the purpose of keeping pigeons is to train pigeons. When the time comes, the pigeons trained by the minister can be used to deliver messages at post stations. The pigeons fly very fast, and there is no problem in flying hundreds of miles a day. It is equivalent to a very good horse running without rest, and they can save the messenger from taking a break in the middle, which can greatly improve the efficiency. At that time, the problem of always delaying time at the post station can be alleviated, or even completely solved gone."

After Qin Tian finished speaking, the whole hall fell silent, and Li Shimin was also a little tongue-tied.

After a long time, someone finally jumped out, and after this person jumped out, he couldn't help laughing a few times.

"It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous, do you think you are an omnipotent person, and you still let the pigeon deliver the letter, let alone whether the pigeon can deliver the letter, after your pigeon flies out, I am afraid that it will be eaten soon Bar?"

"That's right, that's right, Mr. Qin takes himself too seriously, and even trains pigeons to deliver letters, tsk tsk, what a whimsical idea."

"Your Majesty, Qin Tian has gone mad in order to exonerate himself. Please don't believe what he said." After everyone murmured and satirized Qin Tian, ​​Gao Shilian stood up and stood up for Qin Tian's words. Made a qualitative.

Here, Li Shimin became very entangled. He didn't know whether he should believe Qin Tian's words, "Doves, can they really deliver letters? Why can't he believe it?"

(End of this chapter)