Chapter 204: An Lushan 1

When the prime minister has a misunderstanding with Tang Xuanzong, Gao Lishi will appear. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhen Yao Chong first became prime minister, he once asked Tang Xuanzong in person about the appointment of low-level officials such as Lang officials. Tang Xuanzong deliberately looked at the sky, but he didn't answer, Yao Chong was frightened, and withdrew from the court in panic, thinking that the emperor had a misunderstanding about himself, so he ignored himself.

Afterwards, when Gao Lishi asked Tang Xuanzong why he did this, Xuanzong replied: "This kind of trivial matter, as the prime minister, he should make a direct decision, how can he bother me with such a trivial matter?"

Gao Lishi immediately conveyed Xuanzong's meaning to Yao Chong, and Yao Chong was relieved and happy. What if Gao Lishi did not take the initiative to eliminate Yao Chong's misunderstanding at this time? The result would inevitably be that the relationship between Xuanzong and Yao Chong would be in a delicate state, and such subtlety and suspicion would obviously be unfavorable to the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

When Tang Xuanzong had a misunderstanding with the prime minister, Gao Lishi would also appear in due course, and when Prime Minister Zhang said that he was impeached and interrogated by Li Linfu for corruption, Xuanzong sent Gao Lishi to see Zhang Shuo. At this time, there is no doubt that Gaolis's report will be very crucial, and it can even immediately decide the life and death of Zhang Shuo.

As a result, Colliers came back and said: "Zhang said that his face was unkempt, that the straw mats he slept on were all tattered, and that he used earthenware utensils for his meal, and that he was waiting for the verdict to come. ”

In other words, Zhang Shuo's confession attitude was very good, Li Longji immediately had a good impression, and Gao Lishi said: "Zhang said that he used to be the prince's attendant, and he has meritorious service to the country." ”

So Gao Lishi saved Zhang Shuo's life, and he was only punished by the suspension order. For this reason, Zhang said that he was very grateful to Gao Lishi, and later gave full play to his high literary level to write a Shinto monument for Gao Lishi, which was full of beautiful words.

When Tang Xuanzong had too much trust in the prime minister, Gao Lishi stood up in time and poured cold water on him to help him sober his mind. Xuanzong felt that the world was peaceful, and began to talk nonsense: "I haven't been out of Chang'an for nearly ten years, there is nothing in the world, I want to live in the palace and don't want to do things, so I entrust all the political affairs to Li Linfu, how about it?"

Gao Lishi resolutely opposed it at that time on the grounds that the imperial power could not be left behind, and Tang Xuanzong later stopped, this emperor was old and confused, in fact, someone had been waiting for his old fool.

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In troubled times, talents create heroes, and in the comfortable and stable era of governance and prosperity, it is not easy for those talented and capable people to stand out because they are limited by many conditions such as qualifications and backgrounds.

Li Guang, the god of war in the Western Han Dynasty, is an example, Li Guang is good at shooting, and during his tenure as a guard officer, he often went out hunting with Emperor Wen of Han, because he shot arrows with hundreds of shots, and every time he could make Emperor Wen of Han return with a full load. Emperor Wen of Han once said to him: "It's a pity that you were born today, you can only accompany me to hunt, if you were born in the war-torn era of Gaozu, there is no problem in sealing ten thousand households." ”

A capable person like Li Guang was born in an era of stability on the frontier and peace in the four seas, and it was difficult for heroes to go further because they had no place to play. The same Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng came to the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, he has no background, no qualifications, he is called An Lushan, how can he get ahead?

Zhang Shouqi, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, was An Lushan's first boss, and An Lushan served as a general under him, and his main job was to capture the Khitan people and act as a Khitan rebel. Zhang Shouqi's trick of deceiving and falsely reporting his military exploits in order to ask for merit and reward from the imperial court was seen by An Lushan, and he remembered it in his heart.

An Lushan knows that if you want to be appreciated by your boss and get ahead, you can only cater to your boss and work hard for your boss to please your boss. The boss doesn't want political achievements, it's easy to do, just do it. An Lushan relies on his own advantages of being brave and good at fighting, familiar with the terrain of mountains and rivers, and good luck, so every time he takes someone out, he can always catch dozens of Khitans. Because of his repeated military exploits, while Zhang Shouqi was rewarded by the imperial court, An Lushan was naturally promoted and reused.

In order to seek political backers, in order to find a big tree, An Lushan has already begun to act when he was serving at the grassroots level. In order to get more trust and further promotion from his boss Zhang Shouqi, An Lushan served Zhang Shouqi comfortably, struck while the iron was hot, and simply recognized Zhang Shouqi as his godfather. In this way, An Lushan, who is capable and capable, and has become a family, has been continuously promoted, and in less than four years, he has made outstanding military achievements and was crowned as the Pinglu Raider and General Zuo Xiaowei.

Just when An Lushan was accumulating strength and rising, his nobleman Zhang Shouqi had an accident.

Zhang Shouqi had two fierce generals under his command, one of them was the defender of Youzhou, called Bai Zhendra, and the other was the guard of Pinglu, named Wu Zhiyi. These two people usually have a bit of a grudge, and they have always been on the tip of the needle against Mai Mang, and they don't give in to each other. In particular, that Bai Zhendra was extremely narrow-minded, and it was originally a contradiction among the people, and he had to intensify it into a contradiction between himself and the enemy.

Brother Dhara thought of a way to kill people with a knife to persecute Wu Zhiyi, he falsely passed on the holy decree and ordered Wu Zhiyi's troops to attack the remnants of the Xi people, wanting to get rid of Wu Zhiyi by the hands of the Xi people. In desperation, Wu Zhiyi had no choice but to go to the army, and the result can be imagined, of course, it was a fiasco.

Zhang Shouqi admired Wu Zhiyi very much, and after this incident, he took the initiative to take care of everything, wanting to settle this matter for Wu Zhiyi. Driven by this mentality, Zhang Shouqi lied about the military situation, saying that Wu Zhiyi attacked the Xi people and returned with a great victory.

The court felt very strange, why did Bai Zhendra say that Wu Zhiyi returned defeated, and Zhang Shouqi said that he returned with a great victory, which is inevitably too far away. So Xuanzong sent his cronies and eunuchs to come to Youzhou to investigate the matter, Zhang Shouqi bribed Niu Xiantong with a lot of money, so that he put the responsibility for failure on Bai Zhendhara's body, Bai Zhendhara chicken did not steal, but took a small life, after Niu Xiantong went back, of course, he rounded up this lie for Zhang Shouqi.

Originally, when the matter came to this point, it was over, but who knew that in June of the following year, Niu Xiantong inadvertently leaked his mouth when he was chatting with other eunuchs. When his colleagues heard this, they were very angry: "Okay, you took so much money, and you didn't give everyone a little." "Under the attack of red eyes, he denounced the old cow.

Xuanzong didn't listen, and when he heard it, he was so angry that the dragon's nose was crooked, and he immediately ordered the execution of Niu Xiantong, and another eunuch, Yang Siqiao, was responsible for the execution. Yang Siqiao was already jealous of Niu Xiantong to death, but now he seized the opportunity, he tied Niu Xiantong to the grid, cut off his hands and feet, and removed the meat to eat, and the meat was removed and died. Alas, these guys who are short of pounds and pounds actually treat their own kind with such cruel means, which is simply dehumanizing.

Of course, Zhang Shouqi was not spared, Xuanzong Nian had meritorious service in protecting his side, and issued an edict to degrade Zhang Shouqi as the assassin of Kuozhou. Zhang Shouqi already had a poisonous sore on his back, and when he was angry and afraid, the poisonous sore collapsed, and he died soon in office, and a generation of famous generals drew an incomplete end to their lives.

No one expected that the last laugh would be Wu Zhiyi, who was in the most dangerous situation at the beginning. Although he was defeated, he was framed by Bai Zhendra and had nothing to do with him, and although Zhang Shouqi took extraordinary measures to protect him, there was no evidence to prove that he knew about it. With these two reasons, Wu Zhiyi can sit back and relax.

After Zhang Shouqi was demoted to Kuozhou by Xuanzong, Wu Zhiyi succeeded him as the envoy of Youzhou. Wu Zhiyi was An Lushan and Jiaogan's boss earlier, and he also had a very good impression of these two. With his support, An Lushan's position has become increasingly stable.

An Lushan, who had been reinstated as an official, received such news that the imperial court had sent Zhang Lizhen, the middle prince of the imperial history, to the prefectures and counties of Hebei Province to investigate.

The so-called examination is actually the assessment of the performance of local officials in the Tang Dynasty by the central government, and the results of the assessment will directly determine the future career of these local officials.

When the news came that Zhang Lizhen was about to visit Hebei Province to inspect and guide the work, officials from various prefectures and counties in Hebei immediately took action, and An Lushan, who was in Pinglu, was no exception.

Soon after, Zhang Lizhen came to Pinglu, and in order to entertain this Lord Zhang, An Lushan took out all his blood capital. While he was clever and flattering, he made a lot of sycophants, and at the same time generously donated money, giving gold today, silver tomorrow, and beautiful women the day after tomorrow, and there was nothing wrong with Zhang Lizhen in his body.

After returning to Chang'an, Lord Zhang praised An Lushan's talent in front of Xuanzong. Originally, Xuanzong had a little impression of this An Lushan because of the incident four years ago, and as soon as he heard that this An Lushan had repeatedly made new contributions with his guilty body and governed Pinglu in an orderly manner, Xuanzong didn't mention how happy he was, which fully proved how great, bright, and correct my original decision was.

After this incident, Xuanzong's impression of An Lushan was even more profound, and he immediately issued an edict to promote An Lushan as the governor of Yingzhou and fill the Lu soldiers and horses. This soldier is the highest-ranking military attache under the Jiedu envoy.

For high-ranking officials, An Lushan did not let go of the past envoys easily, and secretly bribed them. After the envoys returned to the court, they all praised him in unison, so that An Lushan's popularity in the court skyrocketed. Because of the good popularity and high voice of the masses, An Lushan was awarded the Pinglu Festival Envoy, and the Liucheng Taishou, the Liangfan, Bohai, and Heishui Prefecture Economic and Strategic Envoys, and An Lushan concurrently served as the Fanyang Festival Envoy. Three years later, An Lushan concurrently served as the imperial historian and the envoy of the Hedong Festival. Of the ten festival envoys in the country, An Lushan alone accounted for three of them, and at the same time led the Pinglu and Hebei transfer envoys, the Guannei Du Branch, the Yingtian, and the interview and disposal envoys, and became a pivotal figure in the DPRK.