Tang Dynasty good brother

Chapter 471 Return of Pei Xingjian

As Qin Hao's words fell, the political affairs hall suddenly became chaotic. Obviously, before this, the prime ministers knew and some didn't know, and Zhang Chun naturally belonged to the side that didn't know.

"Pei Xingjian? Man, I seem to have a little impression. Didn't you send him to find some new continent? He took away all the most elite forces of our Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop. In the past two years, the naval battles between our Datang and Dashi have been fought. Not so smooth."

Qin Hao smiled and said: "Yes, it is Pei Xingjian who has returned, and the harvest is beyond imagination, hahaha! Everyone, this is a real hero of our Tang Dynasty, and he will be back soon. Let's discuss and welcome him." Let the hero triumph, hahahaha."

Qin Hao is so happy!He had been waiting for this day for too long.

Corn, sweet potato, potato, purple potato, cassava, pepper, tomato, peanut, pumpkin, pineapple, etc., etc., he has been greedy for too long, and what he looks forward to the most is that he finally has a cigarette. !
As a heavy old smoker, he has not touched this thing for more than 20 years, how does this make him suffer?
Those prime ministers who didn't know about this naturally quickly read the draft edict in front of them, and they could hear what was written on it clearly.

Pei Xingjian's fleet returned to Luoyang the day before yesterday and landed on the shore, because the Chang'an Canal is only an artificial river after all, so there is no condition for him to go all the way up the river.

This Pei Xingjian is also very interesting, first he sent a fast horse eight hundred miles to send the news over quickly, and he himself followed with a small amount of supplies, and the large army walked slowly with a large amount of supplies, or Take the boat up the canal.

After more than two years of life-sacrificing experience, drifting on the vast sea, many people died on the road, although their preparations were much more adequate than Columbus, and even Pei Xingjian had a super sketch map drawn by Qin Hao, But after all, the journey is too far, and there is no aura of luck like Columbus, so the process is still very bumpy and bumpy. It is rumored that the Yamen is already sorting out the materials and is ready to compile them into a soul-stirring heroic epic at any time.

More importantly, it is naturally the spoils he brought back this time. In fact, if you just look at the time spent on the road, you can almost run back and forth in a year, but Pei Xingjian is Pei Xingjian after all, far from being able to rely on luck like Columbus. Yes, the first item in the debriefing was shocking: kill the enemy, 200 million.

Except for Qin Hao, everyone's first reaction was disbelief, but Qin Hao knew that those so-called Indians didn't use iron to fight. How could Pei Xingjian's opponent be? , not to mention that it was equipped with a gun, he even felt that this number was a bit underkill.

Datang is not like Spain. The actual national power of a small country is limited after all, so the early stage is mainly trade. This time, Guang Pei Xingjian and his team have nearly 2 soldiers on the American continent. The aborigines who fight with stones don't understand the language, who will talk to you about civilization and politeness, kill them directly, and trade with you when they are full?
Then, the Indians had a tragedy. He found both the Peruvian silver mine and the Brazilian gold mine. The gold and silver he snatched back were countless, almost comparable to the treasury reserves of the Tang Dynasty, and they were almost inexhaustible. Inexhaustible, coupled with the frightening corn and sweet potatoes with high grain yields, the credit is no less than the destruction of a big country.

But to be honest, Qin Hao is not particularly interested in these gold and silver, because Datang has now entered the stage of credit currency, and these things have no practical use other than pressing the national treasury and causing inflation in the market. It's not particularly big, but these other prime ministers obviously couldn't figure out the reason behind it, and they were all stung by the unimaginably huge gold data.

Qin Hao asked Changsun Wuji very naturally: "Mr. Zhao, Pei Xingjian has made such great achievements. What do you mean, how should we treat him?"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Naturally, we will welcome him with a triumphal ceremony. Now that the saint is in poor health, he cannot go out of the city to meet him in person. In my opinion, it is better to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go out of the city on his behalf? Senior officer, what do you think?"

"This... This is asking me, I don't quite understand the way,"

Qin Hao said: "The important affairs of the country, the army is at the sacrifice, and the general's triumphant return is a great gift of the country. If the saint is in ill health, I also agree that the prince will go out of the city on his behalf. Otherwise, I am afraid that the hearts of the soldiers will be chilled."

Since Changsun Wuji and Qin Hao both said that, Zhang Chun had no choice but to say: "In that case, after a while, I'll discuss it with the sage. This... let the sage do as much as possible, after all. The prince is still too young."

Although Zhang Chun's political savvy is average, he is not a fool. Since this matter is so big, it will definitely attract the attention of everyone. If the saint does not appear, his prestige will definitely drop. The prince is only 12 years old this year, so he will not support it If you don't want to show your face, wouldn't it be that this important matter in the court will fall into the hands of these two prime ministers.

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Zhenheng, Pei Xingjian has made such a great contribution this time. In your opinion, how should he be rewarded? According to his qualifications and ability, if he enters the capital as an official, no matter where he is arranged. In the Yamen, a political advisor is indispensable, what do you think of Zhongshu Shilang?"

Qin Hao shook his head and said: "Although he is a Confucian scholar, he has been an official for so many years, and he has done most of his military affairs. Don’t let him go. In my opinion, let him continue to be the captain of the navy. Since the American continent is so rich, the imperial court must work hard to build a big guard house there. Zhao Guogong thinks that he should be a deputy guard. , how?"

Zhang Chun lowered his head, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and he was a third grade, these two prime ministers had completely regarded the imperial court as their own.

Changsun Wuji laughed when he heard the words, he was naturally eager to do so, what he said just now was actually a test, although Pei Xingjian was surnamed Pei, he came from a family in Guanzhong, but he was a hardcore Qin Party member, and he was a member of Zipao before he made such a great contribution Duke, once he returns to the capital, Qin Hao will be even more powerful, and he has no good way to suppress him.

This is naturally the best. Qin Hao has no plan to transfer Pei Xingjian back to the capital, and the balance of power between him and Qin Hao will naturally not be broken. It is nothing more than giving Qin Hao one more local power. The government listened to Qin Hao, and he didn't mind letting him have one more, and there seemed to be no big difference between four and five.

In particular, once Pei Xingjian accepted the appointment of the deputy guard, it would be almost impossible for him to return to Beijing. This is Qin Hao's biggest trump card and his right-hand man. He has been on guard all along, but he let himself be crippled.

However, the key to what Qin Hao wanted to do was never in Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)