Who knows, the holy decree has not yet left the palace, and the good news sent by Yun Xiaoshui on behalf of Zhang Han has already entered the palace gate.

Whether he is loyal to Yun Xiaoshui or treacherous, whether to quell the rebellion or to rebel, there is still a debate in the court.

"Starting from the prodigy craftsman, how many immortal feats has the little country master made for my Great Qin? Prince Ben firmly believes that he will still succeed this time, put down the rebellion, return triumphantly, and make a contribution to Daqin!

What Prince Ben doesn't understand is why some of you just don't like the little national teacher? Is it because of his young age? Or jealousy? After all, there is no distinction between young and talented, and there is no wisdom to live a hundred years old! ”

Prince Fusu's generous statement, carrying a confrontational question, immediately relaxed the tense atmosphere a little! The "anti-cloud small water faction" headed by Li Si was speechless for a while.

Feng Quji and the others also took the opportunity to advise His Majesty, don't believe Fang Bu Fang's report, such a white-eyed wolf who will take revenge is to falsely accuse Yun Xiaoshui because of his own interests.

The First Emperor was also embarrassed at this time, he personally believed in Yun Xiaoshui, but there were so many people and facts that proved that Yun Xiaoshui was very powerful, and the First Emperor was difficult to decide, it seemed that Yun Xiaoshui was loyal and traitorous There were possibilities, and he had to wait until the news of the counterinsurgency front came to solve the problem of Yun Xiaoshui's loyalty and traitor.

"Newspaper - good news for counterinsurgency! General Zhang Han personally wrote a preview of the good news to His Majesty! A shout came from outside the noon gate, and then the news was delivered to the eyes of the First Emperor in stages, layer by layer.

"Frontline report! The national division put down the rebellion in one day, and now he has brought the corpses of the rebel leader Zhang Cang and the military advisor Chen Ping and their stand-ins, a total of four people, to return to the division in triumph! Hahaha...... That's great! Xiao Aiqing is loyal and loyal, and she is the minister of the 'Zhenliang Death Festival'! ”

Li Si and the others immediately disappeared when they heard this. On the contrary, the crown prince, Feng Quji and others were smiling! However, although the First Emperor believed that Yun Xiaoshui's loyalty was no problem, he was also a little suspicious that Yun Xiaoshui would fight against a rebel army of three or four thousand with 800 people and put down the rebellion in one day!

It just so happened that Zhang Han's battle report was delivered at the same time as the information sent by Zhao Gao's spies, and it was still sent to the first emperor through Li Si. Intelligence is the secret report material recorded in the process of Yunxiao's rebellion.

After reading the materials, the First Emperor hesitated a little, because what he saw was that Yun Xiaoshui led 800 people this time, while more than 2,000 people actually participated in the battle. The family in his fief is rich, and even this time the counterinsurgency expenses are all allocated by Yun Xiaoshui, and he does not let the government bear it but bears it personally.

"This cloud Xiaoshui should have a lot of money!" All of a sudden, His Majesty moved the idea of checking the property account of Yun Xiaoshui's fiefdom!

The first emperor's decision was the same as Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts about Shen Wansan in later generations. Shen Wansan was originally kind enough to help Zhu Yuanzhang solve part of the military spending problem, but unexpectedly exposed the Shen family's wealth, and Zhu Yuanzhang moved to swallow all the Shen family's property.

This had to make Yun Xiaoshui hear it on the spot, and he had to explode. Because Zhu Yuanzhang of later generations found a mistake for Shen Wansan's huge fortune, and confiscated Shen Wansan's family to Yunnan.

The whole court was beaming and waiting for the triumphant return of Yun Xiaoshui and Zhang Han's army. There are many people who don't know, so they just join in the fun, and praise all the troops, especially Zhang Han, who praised his "horse knocking on the golden stirrup and playing a triumphant song"! It's a winning general!

Actually, triumphant fart! Zhang Han's army didn't even see the shadow of the rebels, so they walked, camped in the wilderness, ate and ate on the roadside, and came back! Only Zhang Han is bitter in his heart! The limelight was all taken by Yun Xiaoshui, but fortunately, he also borrowed light to set up some fake military exploits!

After being welcomed to the palace with drums and gongs and drums, Yun Xiaoshui suddenly felt that the atmosphere after seeing the First Emperor and his ministers was not quite right!

"Master National Teacher! I didn't report to Your Majesty what happened to the rebellion! You little adult can't not write, right? Your Majesty will definitely want it! Zhang Han kindly grabbed Yun Xiaoshui and said.

"Hehehe...... It's written, it's in the sleeve, and I forgot to hand it over to you first! ”

"Seeing that Your Majesty is not smiling, but just very plain, it won't be because you don't believe in your counterinsurgency, or because you are angry, you didn't report the counterinsurgency in detail, right?"

"Huh? Smell a rat? Can Your Majesty still doubt me? Lao Zhang, do you believe me? ”

"Faith! Absolutely! ”

"That is, there are people in the court who don't believe me, at least sue me for being black!"

"It's possible! After all, military operations are so costly, and you promise to pay for a counterinsurgency war, which will inevitably attract the envy of many people, especially those officials who want to make a fortune from war. ”

After seeing the First Emperor, the First Emperor wanted to reward Yun Xiaoshui greatly. Even Li Si congratulated Yun Xiaoshui without smiling, and the civil and military officials even came to congratulate them one by one, without hesitating to praise them.

However, no one could have imagined that after the reward was over, the First Emperor would say the following.

"Little Aiqing! I ask you, how many troops are there in the three counties of your fiefdom? Three thousand or five thousand? Also, when was your gunpowder used in combat? How many bronze cannon generals and fire guns have been made? ”

After the First Emperor finished asking these questions, he didn't have a smile on his face, and his eyes were fixed on Yun Xiaoshui waiting for his answer. Yun Xiaoshui's appearance of the spring breeze immediately stagnated, just like the water in the ice and snow weather.

Yun Xiaoshui, who looked embarrassed, thought to himself: "This Qin Wang Yingzheng turned his face faster than turning the pages of a book!" Sorting out his emotions, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty!" None of the three counties of Weichen were soldiers, because there had never been an army.

There are only 200 members of the security team and the family protection team to maintain law and order, and there are 600 in one county. In addition, Weichen has a total of 500 family members and mountain and forest guards, and all of them are used in this counterinsurgency, there are many people, plus 800 soldiers of Weichen, there are less than 2,000 people! ”

"Oh? Is everything you tell me the truth? There are also female generals in battle, do the officials you use also have women? ”

"Back to Your Majesty! The officials didn't, only the security guards had women inside. Because women don't study, but there are those who practice martial arts, and some women's martial arts are not weak! ”

"Then tell me about the bronze cannon and the fire gun!"

"Your Majesty! Copper cannons and guns are only in the experimental stage, and now experiments have proved that there is no good way to use gunpowder in military affairs, copper cannons waste gunpowder, but the sound is loud, and the strike distance and range are not ideal. The fire hammer couldn't hit far, and it shook a lot, hurting people's arms. ”

"Experimental phase? Didn't you use it in this battle? ”

"Yes! The main role is to deter and scare the enemy away! ”

"How much is made?"

"Six and a half bronze cannons, and thirty firecrackers."

"How can it be six and a half? Hasn't half been made yet? The other officials asked in unison.

The First Emperor also looked at Yun Xiaoshui and wanted to know the truth. Yun Xiaoshui told them that they had originally built ten gates, but two of them were dumb and couldn't be beaten, which was considered bad. The good thing was eight, and when the guns were fired again, one of them blew up, and the gun rack of the adjacent one was also blown up. In this way, the two damaged guns are put together, and there is also a missing gun recoil, so it is even half a gun.

"Little Aiqing! The original fiefdom was the title when you were a craftsman, because the craftsman was not an official, so he was given a knighthood. Now you are already a national teacher, and the national teacher is an official, above Jiuqing, and tied with the three dukes. Therefore, I want to take back your fiefdom and cancel your title! ”