The road from Luoyang to Chang'an was easier than before, but even so, Tang Zhou and the others still walked for half a month before finally returning to the capital Chang'an. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And just before they returned to Chang'an, the news that some people were saying goodbye to Tang Zhou in Luoyang City had reached Chang'an, and the more the news spread in the mouths of the people of Chang'an City, the more evil and unbelievable it became.

At the beginning, it was just said that more than 1,000 people said goodbye to Tang Zhou on the official road, and Tang Zhou was very moved, and said that Luoyang's relatives and friends asked each other, and a piece of ice was in the jade pot, but then slowly, it became that there were thousands of people sending Tang Zhou, and the people of the entire Luoyang City sent Tang Zhou, and cried and shouted not to let Tang Zhou leave, Tang Zhou was also very moved, and wrote several poems in a row.

In these poems, Luoyang's relatives and friends asked each other, a piece of ice heart in the jade pot This sentence was written by Tang Zhou, and the other poems have nothing to do with Tang Zhou at all, but everyone thinks so, it may be that someone wants to use this to make a name, of course, it is not excluded that some people want to use this to slander Tang Zhou.

However, not everyone believes in the authenticity of these poems, and some people who have studied the poems written by Tang Zhou before say that these poems are too different from what Tang Zhou wrote before, and they cannot be written by Tang Zhou.

So many things go on, before Tang Zhou returned to Chang'an City, he had once again set off a storm in Chang'an City.

When they returned to Chang'an City, the midsummer had not yet passed, Tang Zhou and Lin Qingsu went back to the house to meet Qin Shu first, after meeting Qin Shu, Tang Zhou originally wanted to take a good rest, and go to see Li Shimin tomorrow morning, but those friends in the capital were very well-informed, and before he had time to rest, he was pulled out to drink by Cheng Chumo, Yu Chi Baolin and others.

And this drink was for most of the day, and Tang Zhou didn't even know how he got home.

In this way, when Tang Zhou got up early the next day to go to the morning court, his head was still groggy.

Originally, people of Tang Zhou's rank were not qualified to go to the early dynasty, but there was an exception to the emperor's special edict, Tang Zhou was ordered to return to Beijing, and it stands to reason that he should go to the early dynasty in order to accept Li Shimin's arrangement.

The weather in the capital was very hot, Tang Zhou stood at the end of the hall and waited for the summons, the ministers in front of him were talking, and he heard a lot of words intermittently, and as time went by, the sun slowly shone on his back, which made Tang Zhou feel very uncomfortable, not to mention sweating, the key sun was so hot that his entire back hurt, as if he was going to be burned.

And at this time, the ministers in the main hall were still talking about things.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who still has the book to play?"

"Back to the saint, the news came from Sinong Temple, the people who were sent to Jiangnan to plant wheat sent the news, the situation of wheat in Jiangnan is very good, this year the people of Jiangnan can harvest a season of rice, but also harvest a season of wheat, my Tang Dynasty's grain production is a lot more than before, Sinong Temple asked the emperor to promote the cultivation of wheat in the south of the Yangtze River."

When the ministers heard the news, they were immediately very excited, in the past, wheat was planted in the north, rice was planted in the south, and there was also one season a year, and most of the fields were barren at other times, but now that the north has begun to promote the planting of soybeans, and the south has also confirmed that wheat can be planted, so that the land is not barren, and I don't know how many people can be fed.

"Okay, good, this is all the credit of Sinong Temple, pass on my order, let the officials of Sinong Temple be responsible for the promotion of wheat, and moreover, reward the officials of Sinong Temple."

Li Shimin is very excited, as an emperor, there are not many things that can make him feel excited, he can win battles, the country's population is more, and the grain yield is also high.

When Li Shimin was excited, he suddenly thought that Tang Zhou, who was the abbot, had returned from Luoyang City, so he hurriedly asked: "Where is Tang Zhou, announce him to come forward." ”

A eunuch hurriedly ran to Tang Zhou and repeated Li Shimin's words, Tang Zhou was relieved after hearing it, and trotted to the front.

"Wechen to the Holy Lord, long live the Holy Lord, long live the Holy Lord."

Li Shimin waved his hand and asked, "Did you hear what you said just now?" ”

Tang Zhou bowed his head and said, "The ministers have heard it." ”

"Now that the south can plant another crop of wheat after planting rice, my Datang grain can increase a lot of income, and you have the greatest credit, say, what reward do you want."

Tang Zhou said: "It is the duty of the minister to accept the court's favor and do things for the court, and he does not dare to take credit for rewarding." ”

As soon as Tang Zhou's words came out, the people next to him suddenly showed a look of disdain, they felt that Tang Zhou was too good at pretending, too good at saying nice things, and too hypocritical, so they didn't believe that Tang Zhou really didn't want a reward.

When everyone showed a look of disdain, Tang Zhou also felt very aggrieved, who would dislike the reward, but there are some things he can say, some things he can't say, although his merits are not as good as those with military merits, but it is not small, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of others, he feels that he is still low-key, and it is good to feel very peaceful.

But if Li Shimin really rewarded him with good things, he wouldn't mind.

According to Tang Zhou's understanding of Li Shimin, he should reward himself with good things, otherwise the rewards and punishments are not clear enough, and they are not enough to convince the public.

Just when Tang Zhou was thinking like this in his heart, Li Shimin suddenly laughed: "Okay, good, Tang Aiqing really deserves to be the pillar of my Tang Dynasty, if every Datang official is like you, why don't I worry about being rich and strong?" Since you refuse to take credit for the reward, then the reward will be waived. ”

Saying that, Li Shimin laughed a few more times, as if he was happy that he had saved a lot of money, but Tang Zhou was secretly muttering to himself at this time, why is Li Shimin so shameless, and he said that he would not give it if he didn't want it?

As he was muttering, Li Shimin's words suddenly changed and said: "Tang Aiqing, you don't want to reward you for the credit of planting wheat in the south, but you can't do without the credit for developing refined salt. ”

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, the ministers immediately became noisy, it seems that Li Shimin did not give Tang Zhou much reward, but if you analyze it carefully, this reward is definitely beyond everyone's imagination, first of all, the salt and iron envoys of the Tang Dynasty are generally concurrently served by the prime minister, and now Li Shimin asked Tang Zhou to be the salt and iron envoy, is it possible to imply that one day Tang Zhou may be able to achieve the position of prime minister?

And adding three grades has a meaning of promoting Tang Zhou, Tang Zhou's founding county marquis's rank is from the third grade, and now Li Shimin has added him to the third grade, so he will be promoted to another grade is almost the same as the founding county prince.

Although the reward is not very impressive, there is much more hidden behind it.

And just when everyone was secretly amazed at Tang Zhou's potential, the hearts of several prime ministers in the court were sinking, the salt and iron envoy had always been concurrently served by the prime minister before, but now Li Shimin has separated it, could it be that Li Shimin feels that the prime minister's power is too great, which makes him feel uneasy, and wants to divide the prime minister's powers?