Zheng Peng guessed that Li Longji would not let himself be idle before entering the palace, but fortunately, he had already thought about countermeasures when he came, and pretended to be embarrassed when he heard the words: "The emperor's grace is vast, and Weichen is grateful, but Weichen has been fighting for many years, physically and mentally exhausted, and he wants to rest for a while, hoping that the emperor will be successful." ”

Without waiting for Li Longji to speak, Zheng Peng added: "The emperor is in need, and Weichen will come back at any time to serve the emperor." ”

Li Longji waved his hand and said, "Ridiculous, it's not a twilight year, and you still want to recuperate?" If you spread it, you are not afraid of making people laugh, if every official is like you, you can come when you want, you can take a break if you want, and you will become a system. ”

As soon as he saw Zheng Peng's eyes with a look of spirit and a ruddy complexion, he knew that he had a moist life, how could he be a little tired, and nine times out of ten he was lying in the gentle township and was happy.

The blessed general of the Tang Dynasty, you can't just sink, Li Longji will not let this happen.

Still disagreeing, Zheng Peng decided to take out the killer idea, his face changed, and he said a little pitifully: "Your Majesty, Weichen has his own hardships..."

"Oh, is it? What's the pain? Li Longji said with a look of disbelief.

Zheng Peng hesitated, and said a little embarrassedly: "As the saying goes, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, Weichen has been married for several years and has not come out, and the second brother's child has gone to private school, and the elders are so anxious that they can't do it. ”

If you can choose, you would rather be a peace dog than a troubled man, as far as being an official, being a small official has to rely on people's breath, and being a big official has a great responsibility, where is it better to be at home with fine clothes and food, left and right to hug freely, and now that you are famous, it is time to enjoy the fruits of hard work.

In order to be lazy, Zheng Peng decided to let it go.

Gao Lishi and Li Longji looked at each other, and didn't know what to say for a while: it was so shameless, in order to be lazy, he even said the words "no queen is great", looking at Zheng Peng's serious look, Li Longji seemed to think of something, opened his mouth to say something, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back.

In the middle of the sound, Li Longji waved his hand and said: "It's a good reason, so let's do it, I will arrange a relatively idle official position for Aiqing, and it will not prevent you from spreading the branches and leaves for the family, the guard task of the Yulin Army is heavy, and you can't easily leave the post, Lux, think about it for me, what other idle positions are there?" ”

Gao Lishi thought for a while, and quickly responded: "If you go back to the emperor, Feng Zhongming, the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple, returned to his hometown last month, and General Zheng can take over the post of Shaoqing, which is also appropriate." ”

Zheng Peng's current position is General Yunlu, from the third grade, but it is a false position, Zongzheng Temple Shaoqing is from the fourth grade, and it can also be given as the fourth grade as appropriate, and it is also customary for the military attache to be transferred to the civil and military small to a lower rank.

"No" Zheng Peng immediately said: "Your Majesty, the biggest headache for Weichen is to deal with those trivial matters, and he can't take care of himself, let alone serve the Tang Dynasty." ”

Zongzheng Temple is one of the nine temples, the main function is to manage the royal family, clans, relatives of the spectrum, guard the royal mausoleum, because the Tang Dynasty Taoism is the state religion, so Zongzheng Temple also manages Taoist priests, monks, sometimes even the royal family's eating, drinking, Lazar has to manage, Zheng Peng has a headache when he hears it.

The Tang clan, that is, the members of the royal family, most of these guys who are reincarnated in the right carnage have no one in their eyes, their nostrils are facing the sky, and sometimes they wave their hands and scold when they don't agree with each other, Zheng Peng really doesn't want to deal with these people, and he doesn't want to be angry with them, so as not to feel uncomfortable.

While speaking, Zheng Peng gave Gao Lishi a look without a trace and asked him to help find a quiet and comfortable position.

Gao Lishi has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and he knew what Zheng Peng meant at a glance, and there was a helpless look in his eyes, and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, General Zheng is best at developing powerful weapons, Wang Yongde of the Ordnance Supervisor is old and frail, and he has at least four or five months a year to recuperate at home, so it is better to let General Zheng serve as the old slave, and the old slave remembers that General Zheng said in the recital that there are many things that need to be improved in firearms, and it is most suitable for General Zheng to serve as the new Secretary of Ordnance." ”

Zongzheng Temple Shaoqing is a fat poor, he has the opportunity to meet those high-ranking officials and nobles, and many people dream of getting the position, but Zheng Peng regards it as a burden, and Gao Lishi, who has the heart to help Zheng Peng, is speechless.

The role of the ordnance supervisor is to take charge of the armor and crossbow, pay the arsenal on time, Zheng Peng made a powerful firearm, the firearm in the conquest of Tibet, is the number one hero in the conquest of Tibet, let Zheng Peng serve as the chief of the ordnance superintendent, the development and improvement of firearms is just right.

Li Longji nodded and said: "Yes, the firearm was created by Zheng Aiqing, and it is most suitable for him to preside over the development and improvement, Zheng Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

In Li Longji's eyes, Zheng Peng is the most suitable person to open up the territory and quell the rebellion, because of the appearance of firearms, the Tang Dynasty can be said to easily extinguish the Tubo that has been entangled for more than a hundred years, from the moment he learned the power of firearms, Li Longji listed firearms and cement as top secrets, and spent a lot of effort to protect them, and the relevant craftsmen also sent bad people to cooperate with the Yulin Army to pick up from the Western Regions, and after returning to Chang'an, they all continued to work under the protection of heavy forces.

In order to show his recognition and respect for Zheng Peng, Li Longji also specially solicited Zheng Peng's opinion first.

Armament supervisor?

This is an idle errand, that is, to manage the military craftsmen, and to create weapons and armor and hand them in, with the weapons supervisor in hand, it is convenient for them to do whatever they want in the future.

Zheng Peng thought about it, his eyes suddenly lit up, he saluted Li Longji, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a small request?" ”

I didn't know that it didn't go so well, but Li Longji was in a very good mood, and said with a pleasant face: "If Aiqing has any requirements, just come to me." ”

"Your Majesty, Wechen has a request, the daily presiding work of the Ordnance Superintendent, such as daily management, the creation of conventional weapons, Wechen does not participate, it is not that Wechen is lazy, but Wechen has an idea that he has been thinking about for a long time and wants to realize, of course, the research and development of firearms Wechen will also take care of it."

New ideas?

Li Longji's eyes lit up, his face became more kind, and he asked with a smile, "Have a new idea?" This is a good thing, I wonder if Zheng Aiqing has any new ideas? ”

Cool fast, wind and rain, bicycles, cement, liquor and firearms, these are all whimsical ideas from Zheng Peng, no matter what Zheng Peng's purpose is, they have brought tangible benefits to Datang, either to add convenience to life, or to provide sharp weapons for national defense, as soon as he heard that Zheng Peng had new ideas, Li Longji came to the spirit on the spot.

Zheng Peng said honestly: "Your Majesty, Weichen returned to Chang'an from Tubo, and saw a lot of scenery along the way, and also noticed many problems, among which he felt the deepest about the problem of passing. ”

"It's good to be able to find out that the problem is wrong, keep talking, don't worry, no matter who is involved, I will not spare it."

As soon as Zheng Peng heard this, he knew that Li Longji had misunderstood what he meant, and hurriedly explained: "The emperor may have misunderstood, Weichen is not saying that there are officials who are greedy for money or inaction to build roads, but he feels that the way of passage in the Tang Dynasty is relatively crowded, especially the means of transportation are somewhat single. ”

"Transportation?" Li Longji said with some doubts: "People travel, but there are only three ways, walking, riding a horse or sitting in a sedan chair, by the way, there is also a boat, in addition to these, Zheng Aiqing thinks there is any more convenient means of transportation?" ”

Thinking jumped a little fast, just talking about the matter of the ordnance superintendent, how to talk about transportation in a blink of an eye, Li Longji couldn't turn the corner for a while, just now Zheng Peng talked about the problem of traffic, and thought that Zheng Peng was going to impeach which official of the corpse.

When Li Longji spoke, an unforgettable scene appeared in Zheng Peng's mind: a quaint train, the train is steaming mode, there are eight horses pulling in front of the outside, the newly appointed officials on the train are eating delicious food, hugging beauties, and being merry in the music, and at this time a group of bandits appeared on the mountain, the bandits' marksmanship is very accurate, they break the reins of the horse with a gun, and then force the train to stop, killing people and goods.

This is the plot of a movie called "Let the Bullets Fly" in later generations, which left a deep impression on Zheng Peng in an exaggerated way, on the way back from Tubo, Zheng Peng once again felt the inconvenience of Datang roads and transportation, no matter how good the official road is, it is muddy when it rains, and the best carriage is bumpy and sore for a few days, at that time Zheng Peng wants to be how good it is that Datang has trains, planes and cars.

Gao Lishi proposed to serve as the secretary of armament, Zheng Peng's heart moved: the technology content of airplanes and cars is too high, and it is impossible to achieve it with Datang's current technology, but it should not be difficult to achieve it as a simple version of the train.

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