Chapter 232: Blatant Hostility
After knowing An Lushan for many days, Gu Qing gradually understood An Lushan's routine of inviting pets.
First of all, he had to make Li Longji and Yang Guifei happy, the saying in his previous life was called "humor", but unfortunately An Lushan's humor cells were not enough, so he had to use a stupid method, that is, to pretend to be ugly.
Pretending to be ugly is also humorous, and the more ugly the appearance, the easier it is to cause psychological contrast among the audience, thus creating a sense of superiority. Whether it was An Lushan's Hu Xuan dance with a weight of more than 300 catties, or today's so-called "washing three", and finally this fat man of more than 300 catties jumped out in the colorful swaddling clothes, all of which belonged to a kind of "pretending to be ugly".
The effect is obvious, Li Longji and Yang Guifei were both amused by An Lushan's appearance, and the eunuchs and palace maids next to them also laughed non-stop, and the palace people seemed to have unified their calibers, and they actually cheered "Lu'er" in unison.
Gu Qing watched coldly, and his eyes gradually narrowed.
After all, the thickness of this dead fat man's face still exceeded Gu Qing's imagination, and he originally thought that it was shameless enough to recognize a woman more than ten years younger than himself as his godmother, but An Lushan told Gu Qing with practical actions that he could be even more shameless.
More than 300 pounds, an adult of nearly 50 years old, with more than 100,000 elite border troops in his hands, how can he be embarrassed to wrap himself in swaddling clothes as a newborn baby?
Looking at An Lushan's appearance, Gu Qing was so disgusted that he couldn't do it, but he had to work hard to maintain a smiling face and echo this pair of imperial in-laws who had a very low smile.
An Lushan was proud, jumping up and down in front of Li Longji, even his voice was deliberately sharp, and he said in a disgusting tone that he thought was very cute and naΓ―ve: "Father, father, the child will be called Lu'er in the future, and the godmother has promised to accept Lu'er as a righteous son." β
Li Longji was relieved, stroked his beard and laughed: "Okay, Lu'er will also be my righteous son in the future, and my country will rely on Lu'er to help me keep it well." β
"Father, rest assured, Lu'er will definitely live up to his father's expectations, and when Lu'er returns to the three towns in the north, he will definitely govern the army strictly, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the three towns are all tiger and wolf divisions who are only loyal to his father."
Li Longji became more and more pleased, and immediately issued an order to give An Lushan a hundred taels of gold. When An Lushan went down to thank him, Li Longji seemed to inadvertently glance at Gu Qing.
Gu Qing felt something, and his brain spun quickly.
I am afraid that this glance has a deep meaning, knowing that he has an enmity with An Lushan, but he is so kind to An Lushan in front of himself, so, in terms of Li Longji's perfect imperial mental skills, what does he want to do?
The emperor's technique is to play balance, An Lushan has more than 100,000 elite divisions, is Li Longji really completely at ease with him?
According to Gu Qing's guess, Li Longji may need someone who can balance An Lushan, this person may not be him, but Gu Qing will strive to become this person.
It's not that Li Longji is suspicious of An Lushan, checking and balancing courtiers is just an instinct of Li Longji, and any courtier needs someone who can replace him at any time and contain him, which is called "checks and balances".
The thought in his mind flashed, Gu Qing immediately made up his mind, suddenly walked to Yang Guifei's side, looked at Yang Guifei who was smiling and trembling, and said softly: "Guifei Niangniang is happy to have a righteous son, why don't you be happy today?" The minister and the concubine Niangniang are fellow villagers, after coming to Chang'an, the minister is grateful, the mother is so young and beautiful, the minister himself said that the mother is one of the four beauties throughout the ages, the minister does not dare to call the mother old, if the mother does not give up, the minister wants to call the mother a 'sister', I don't know if it can? β
Yang Guifei's laughter stopped abruptly and looked at Gu Qing in dismay. Li Longji was also stunned, he didn't expect Gu Qing to come to such a show in front of An Lushan, which was really unexpected.
The fat on An Lushan's face trembled, just now he was disgusted by his ugly appearance, and at this moment, Gu Qing's "sister" in turn disgusted him.
Yang Guifei quickly looked at Li Longji, and seeing that Li Longji was smiling but didn't say a word, Yang Guifei immediately said with a look of disgust: "Gu Qing, the current royal driver, don't mess around!" β
Gu Qing blinked innocently: "The minister is not messing around, can't you call your sister?" From now on, let's call ourselves ministers. β
Yang Guifei glanced at An Lushan, who was pale, and said with a smile: "You ...... It's really a child who doesn't grow up, can this kind of joke be messed around? Lu'er ...... Where do you put Anjie in handsome? β
Gu Qing suddenly: "Ah, I forgot about this, An Jieshuai, I'm really sorry, the kid is young and ignorant, and he was a little forgetful for a while, but you and I are both loyal ministers of Your Majesty, and the feelings of gratitude to Your Majesty and Niangniang are different. β
An Lushan snorted coldly, didn't say anything, but wrapped the swaddling clothes on his body tightly, it was originally a successful pretence, which caused His Majesty and the concubine to laugh, and then he planned to take advantage of the time when Longyan was happy, to request the replacement of a group of Han generals in the army of the three towns, and the appointment of a group of Hu generals, but he didn't expect Gu Qing to come in sideways, making the good atmosphere extremely embarrassing and embarrassing.
The matter of changing the Han generals can only be left to the future to find an opportunity to bring it up again.
"Gu Xianhou, your 'sister' can demote me by a generation, this advantage is taken advantage of by you, I am not happy in my heart." An Lushan Pi smiled and said authentically.
Gu Qing also smiled and said: "An Jieshuai, forgive me, I just saw the scene of the deep love between the concubine and the concubine, and I couldn't help but be greatly moved, and I forgot for a while, and said Meng Lang, however, An Jieshuai's filial piety touched the world, since I recognized the concubine Niangniang as my mother-in-law, there will be many such inexplicable things to descend to the next generation in the future, and the festival commander should get used to it earlier." β
"You ......" An Lushan was furious, but he didn't dare to attack in front of Li Longji, after all, the character of a filial son has been established, and if the emperor has a current attack, it will inevitably be out of order, leaving a bad impression on Li Longji.
Li Longji, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, I am a good courtier, don't quarrel over a little thing, Lu'er accompanied your stepmother to the back garden to walk around, the spring flowers are blooming, the flowers in the garden are quite gorgeous, compared to the scenery of the wild land in the north, you are so good to enjoy, I and Gu Qing have something to say, retreat." β
An Lushan had no choice but to salute and retire with Yang Guifei.
In the courtyard outside the Nanxun Palace, only Li Longji and Gu Qing were left, and Gao Lishi stood far away and avoided it with interest.
Li Longji looked at Gu Qing and smiled, and said: "I gave birth to a delicate heart, Gu Qing's intelligence is by no means a poetic article, and in the world, it is rare to be able to do this at the age of twenty." β
Gu Qing knew why Li Longji suddenly praised him, just now he suddenly recognized Yang Guifei as his sister to cater to the holy will, according to Li Longji's meaning, Gu Qing's character should be openly hostile to An Lushan, which is in line with Li Longji's interests.
Gu Qing was very conscious of being a chess piece, and immediately understood Li Longji's intentions, and did not hesitate to do what he thought.
This is the reason why Li Longji praised him for his "sophistication".
Without mentioning what happened just now, Li Longji changed the topic: "I have read the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" you wrote, and I have read it more than once, I have to say that I am fortunate to be able to use Gu Qing's talents for the country, and I am also fortunate to be in the Tang Dynasty." β
Gu Qing lowered his head in fear and said: "The minister's knowledge is shallow, and the class has an axe, which is not worthy of His Majesty's false praise." β
"Mo is modest, to be honest, I have been pondering the Romance of the Three Kingdoms you wrote these days, and I have benefited a lot, but I have more and more questions......"
Li Longji thought for a while and said: "This book is written by Gu Qing, there are some questions that ask you the best way to solve my confusion, I ask you, how to read Zhuge Liang in the book?" β
Gu Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Zhuge Liang, the name of 'Wolong' does not match the truth, although there is a lot of wisdom and is close to the demon, but the pattern is not big enough, the death of Shu State, the minister thinks that the main death is at the hands of Zhuge Liang." β
Li Longji was very interested: "Oh? I'd like to hear about it. β
Gu Qing was just about to speak, but Li Longji suddenly stopped him, beckoned to Gao Lishi, and said in a deep voice: "Summoning the people from the middle school to come quickly, I and Gu Qing are playing against each other." β
Gu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then showed an inexplicable expression of gratitude.
At this moment, Li Longji and Gu Qing were originally just chatting, but after summoning the Zhongshu people, the nature was different, and it became a formal ceremony for the monarch and the ministers to play the right thing, and thousands of years later, Gu Qing's name may appear in the history books.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Terrified. Gu Qing lowered his head and said.
Li Longji said solemnly: "Although it is about books and history, history can be a lesson for today's people, and we must not ignore it." β
The Zhongshu people quickly arrived, laid out the paper on the side of the low table, and hung the pen on the paper, waiting for Li Longji and Gu Qing to play the pair.
Gu Qing's attitude has also become serious, strictly speaking, today is a formal interview at this time, Li Longji is the examiner, Gu Qing is the candidate, the content of the examination school is Gu Qing's insight and the furrow in his chest, and today's results determine Gu Qing's future in the future.
After pondering for a long time, Gu Qing said slowly: "Zhuge Liang in the early stage of the Three Kingdoms knew the advance and retreat, knew the interests and disadvantages, and Huarong Dao designed to let Cao Cao go and set the pattern of three points in the world, so that Liu Bei had enough time and energy to plot in Shuzhong and build a foothold. β
Li Longji nodded and said with a smile: "What happened later? β
"After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang's performance can only be described as 'bad'. Your Majesty, Shu was the safest place in the Three Kingdoms at that time, Shu was located in a remote area, there were many mountainous plateaus, there were countless natural barriers to the outside, the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, with Zhuge Liang's talent, if only defended, outsiders would never be able to enter. β
"As long as Zhuge Liang can calm down, develop the agriculture and mulberry of Shu with peace of mind, and develop Shu for 20 years with a strategic defensive attitude, so that the country has enough troops, money, grain and grass, and excellent generals and talent reserves, etc., and then go out of Shu to conquer Wei and Wu, the certainty of dominating the world must be much greater than his vain return from Qishan."
"Externally, Zhuge Liang frequently used troops, in order to fulfill Liu Bei's last wishes, he did not hesitate to work and lose money, every time he conquered Wei, every time he came out of Qishan, no matter in terms of strategy or tactics, Zhuge Liang made a big mistake."
"Internally, Zhuge Liang monopolized the power, and the power was once above the monarch's power, and even the son of Shu had to call him a 'father', which was done by the traitorous ministers, and it was precisely because of his stubbornness and self-use that he insisted on going his own way, so that the Shu Kingdom was destroyed. The minister thought that Zhuge Liang was too much meritorious, and there were several major crimes such as recklessness, unauthorized power, non-subordination, reckless military force, and waste of people's fat. β