Unparalleled Concubine

After Emperor Wu, the Great Jin was unified, and the rewards for titles became more stringent. From Emperor Wu to the present, there is only one Duke with a different surname, Chen Guogong and Ye Family, in the entire Great Jin, and there is no second one!

Hou Jingde's father, General Hou, was Ye Cheng's vanguard in the early years. During the Northern Expedition, he charged dozens of times, and there was almost no good flesh in his body. ", cannot be hereditary.

The title of Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery of the Hou family was only hereditary after Hou Jingde joined the dragon.

It can be seen from this that the Ji family is so stingy with titles, and now that Emperor Yuanzhao can take the initiative to say this sentence to make Li Xin the Duke of the state, it is already abnormal.

Li Xin was silent for a while, and then smiled: "Your Majesty, I didn't make any great contributions. I just arrested some people and killed some people. If I kill these people, I will be reprimanded in the future. Your Majesty. It's time to promote the minister, and in the future, the history will link these two things together, and then it will not be the minister who is killing people, but His Majesty will be killing people."

Emperor Yuanzhao's face froze, and then slowly said: "It's not a problem, the teacher has done something, and there must be something in return."

He looked at Li Xin and said, "Teacher, if you are a clan, you should be granted a title of king at this time. It's a pity that the ancestor's motto that emperor Taizu can't be named king with a different surname still exists. Otherwise, teacher It could be much brighter than it is now."

The emperor rolled his eyes, and then said: "My aunt is from the clan, how about this, the teacher asked my cousin to change his surname, so that people in the clan can't say anything, so I decided to make him a county king."

Li Xin smiled.

"Your Majesty, the dog's son's name has already been decided. Besides, I married a princess back then, not Princess Shang. The child will naturally follow the father's surname."

In later generations, children can take their parents' surnames, and Li Xin's concept does not say that children must take their own surnames, but this era is different. If his son's surname is Ji, he will inevitably be laughed at.

But upon hearing Emperor Yuanzhao's suggestion, Li Xin's heart moved slightly.

Seeing Li Xin's refusal, the emperor was also relieved.

Even if Li Xin's son Li Ping changed his surname to Ji Ping, the pressure on him to become the county king would be very great. After all, this is a patriarchal society. be opposed to.

The emperor was sure that his teacher was unwilling to accept this, so he dared to write this empty check.

After chatting with Li Xin for a few words, he chatted with Li Xin about Shen Kuan's family and how Wu Xing and Shen's family should deal with it. After a few simple sentences, the result came out.

Shen Kuan's family copied and beheaded.Some of the Wu Xing Shen family were officials in the court, and they were dismissed from office and exiled. As for the property of the Shen family in Wu Xing, all their property in Wu Xing would also be confiscated and confiscated.

After roughly discussing the results, the emperor rolled his eyes and pretended to be casual and said: "Teacher, I received a message from the southwest today. The message said that the garrison in Hanzhong fought with the army of the Southwest Shu Palace. , both sides suffered casualties."

He glanced at Li Xin out of the corner of his eye, and then continued, "I wonder if the teacher has heard about this?"

Lord Jing'an's reaction was very quick, his face immediately showed an angry look, and he said angrily: "The Southwest Shu Palace is so presumptuous, it was the ministers who talked badly back then, so the late Emperor was willing to give them a way out for the old South Shu survivors, I didn't expect it to be so short In just a few years, these people have completely disregarded the kindness of the late emperor, and dared to attack the soldiers of the imperial court!"

Lord Li Dahou was filled with righteous indignation.

"In the past, I led the army to conquer the west, and the [-]-mile Shuchuan was trampled all the way by the king's army. Please lead the imperial army to the right battalion to march west, so that these survivors of Southern Shu know what is the majesty of heaven!"

Emperor Yuanzhao glanced at his teacher helplessly, and sighed slightly: "Teacher, the southwest is the southwest of the Shu people. The former emperors rose and fell. It is a good thing to help them rebuild the ancestral temple. This dynasty can't do it." Because of a trivial matter, starting a war with the Southwest will ruin the good intentions of the late Emperor."

Li Xin nodded unwillingly.

"Your Majesty is benevolent, but these old people from Southern Shu are too ignorant of good and evil. This minister is an intermediary. After returning to the mansion, I immediately wrote a letter to reprimand the king of Shu and asked them to submit a letter of guilt to the court!"

"..."

Emperor Yuanzhao sighed, looked at Li Xin, and said, "Teacher, according to the military report sent back by Xie Jing, the deputy general of the Hanzhong Army, it seems that the soldiers of the Southwest Army have a sharp weapon called Tianlei in their hands, which is very powerful. With the ability to split mountains and crack rocks, if thrown into a crowd, even heavy armor can't hold it, and ordinary people are even bloody."

"I have always wondered what this thing is. The teacher has stayed in the southwest and led people to conquer the southwest. I don't know if the teacher knows what this thing is?"

"I know."

Li Xin answered very simply.

"In the eighth year of Taikang, the minister went to the southwest to mediate the conflict between the imperial court and the southwest. At that time, the Mu family in the southwest gave the minister a few gadgets, saying they could explode."

"The minister kept two or three of those things, and they are still at home. Your Majesty wants to see them?"

Chapter 932 Set off fireworks for His Majesty

Although Tianlei came out in the second year of Taikang and has existed for eight or nine years, it has been well hidden by Li Xin. Until now, the world, or the court, still don't know what it looks like.

This thing was regarded as a taboo in the last years of the Taikang Dynasty. No one dared to mention it in front of the emperor, so naturally no one would mention it in front of Li Xin.

From the end of the eighth year of Taikang, when Tianlei was officially exposed to the court's sight, it has been almost two years now, and no one in the capital has mentioned this Tianlei directly to Li Xin.

The little emperor was the first to mention this matter.

And with this kind of half-joking tone, there will be no problem if you raise it in front of Li Xin. After all, Li Xin is his elder, and no matter what, he can't turn his face against the child.

This is also a good way to test what the teacher himself is thinking.

After hearing Li Xin's reply, Emperor Yuanzhao was very interested, and he immediately said: "I just heard about this thing before, but I have never seen it before. Can the teacher give me two for me to play with?"

No matter how much Tianlei keeps it secret, it is something in the world after all. As long as there are physical references and so many skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, it can naturally be researched slowly.

Lord Jing'an bowed his head deeply, and said, "There are three in the minister's mansion, and two of them can be sent to the palace tomorrow to present to His Majesty, and the remaining one can be used as a demonstration for His Majesty."

Emperor Yuanzhao was overjoyed, pulled Li Xin by the sleeve and said, "It just so happens that I have nothing to do today, why don't the teacher demonstrate it to me today?"

It was already afternoon and evening, Li Xin looked up at the sky, then nodded with a smile: "Then your majesty will wait here, and I will go back to the mansion to fetch Tianlei."

"it is good."

The emperor said, "I'm in the schoolyard in the palace, waiting for the teacher to come over."

Li Xin bowed his head respectfully, turned around and exited Weiyang Palace, left the palace through Yong'an Gate, and returned to Jing'anhou Mansion.

In the backyard of Jing'an Hou Mansion, there were indeed sky thunders, and there were not only two or three, but as many as forty or fifty.

These are the things Li Xin brought out from Jincheng, one is for self-defense on the road, and the other is...to prevent the imperial court from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

If the imperial court wants to be unfavorable to Li Xin, or to forcibly detain Li Xin, these things can be taken by surprise, coupled with the cooperation of secret personnel, there may be a chance to escape from the capital.

More than 50 clay pots were neatly placed in Li Xin's study room. Besides him, there was also Shen Gang who had been with him for many years in the study room.

Lord Jing'an frowned and thought for a while, then walked out of the study, and not long after, he moved back a wine jar that was much bigger than a human head, and put it in the study.

He opened the wine jar, then reached out to greet Shen Gang.

"Come on, give me a hand."

Shen Gang scratched his head and squatted next to Li Xin.

"What does Lord Hou want his subordinates to do?"

"Take apart these sky thunders, and pour the medicine inside into this wine jar."

Although Shen Gang didn't know why, his biggest advantage was his obedience. Hearing this, he immediately started to fight. With the joint efforts of the two of them, at least twenty or thirty of the gunpowder in the fifty thunderbolts were poured into it. In this wine jar.

Tianlei is only a little bigger than an adult's fist, and because the inside is sealed with fish gelatin to maintain airtightness, there is not much gunpowder. More than 20 Tianlei barely fill this wine jar.

Li Xin found another piece of gauze paper and rolled it into a lead wire. After sealing the opening with isinglass, he got up and looked at the wine jar, and clapped his hands in satisfaction.