An Lushan trembled and returned to Wubenfang, and at this time, a thousand guards under his command had been transferred to the outside of the city, leaving less than twenty personal guards, in addition, in order to ensure his safety, and at the same time, in order to better monitor him, the imperial court placed two hundred Yulin soldiers in the place where he lived. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing that his guards were transferred out of his residence, An Lushan's mood was very heavy, he has been monitored now, what will happen next, I don't know yet?

And after he returned to his residence, the first thing he did was to look for Yan Zhuang, he wanted to ask Yan Zhuang what was going on, if Yan Zhuang could not give him a reasonable explanation, he would kill Yan Zhuang unceremoniously, and put all the relatively big sins on Yan Zhuang, and he himself was only responsible for the fault of unknown people.

But An Lushan did not find Yan Zhuang, since he came back, he heard from the guards that Yan Zhuang had left when he had just entered the palace, and no one knew where he went.

Because he was the object of suspicion, An Lushan could only stay in the residence of Wu Benfang honestly at the moment, and pretended to be sad, accompanying his dead son.

Yan Zhuang has indeed slipped away a long time ago, in fact, it can't be said that he slipped away, it should be said that he went to find a backer for himself.

In the capital, as far as Li Linfu, Gao Lishi and Li An are the most favored, he went to find Li Linfu first, but Li Linfu heard that it was An Lushan's henchman, and now An Lushan himself is difficult to protect, of course he will not wade into this troubled water, so, behind closed doors, Gao Lishi accompanied the emperor in the palace, and naturally it was not said that he could see it.

In desperation, Yan Zhuang had no choice but to come to Ang Lee and express that he could work for Ang Lee.

Li An did not turn Yan Zhuang away, however, the things in the north are mainly caused by An Lushan and Yan Zhuang, Li An does not like this person, and, according to his speculation, Yan Zhuang is likely to be executed by the emperor, even if he comes forward to protect it, it may not be useful, he knows the emperor too well, even if he knows that An Lushan is the mastermind, but in order to stabilize the hearts of Fan Yang and Pinglu, he will also let Yan Zhuang be a substitute for the dead.

But Li An couldn't tell Yan Zhuang the emperor's thoughts, so he could only persuade Yan Zhuang with the attitude of a kind person, let him meet the emperor, put all the responsibility on An Lushan, and expose all the things that An Lushan had done in the north over the years.

Yan Zhuang was moved by Li An's words, besides, he originally had such a plan, so he immediately entered the palace to face the saint, preparing to completely expose An Lushan's old bottom, and shake out all the things An Lushan had done.

When Yan Zhuang went to the palace, Li Longji happened to be looking for Yan Zhuang, after all, the assassin a few days ago, the person he was pointing out was Yan Zhuang, and he had to ask Yan Zhuang to ask him clearly.

"Weichen Yan Zhuang see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live."

Yan Zhuang looked very elegant, without An Lushan's exaggerated expression.

"Yan Zhuang, you are guilty."

Li Longji asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty, please punish Your Majesty."

solemn and honest confession.

Li Longji was slightly surprised, this guy's attitude of admitting guilt is very good, which is what Li Longji likes.

"Okay, then tell me what crime you have committed."

Li Longji asked.

"Your Majesty, Wechen has committed the crime of coercion, for so many years, what An Jieshuai asked Wechen to do, Wechen did anything, even if Wechen was asked to kill someone, Wechen did it, Wechen was guilty."

Yan Zhuang opened his mouth to explain.

"Oh, the crime of coercion, but An Lushan said that everything was your own idea, and he didn't know about it?"

Li Longji continued to ask.

Yan Zhuang sneered: "Your Majesty, Weichen is just a small staff, if the commander of Anjie doesn't give an order, Weichen won't dare to mess around if he has the audacity!" Whatever Weichen does, it means to be handsome. ”

"Okay, I believe you for the time being, then you can tell me what you have done for An Lushan over the years."

Li Longji continued to ask.

Yan Zhuang not only did not conceal it, but added fuel and vinegar, and reported all the things An Lushan had done in the north over the years to Li Longji, and even, including Li An's father Li Wu was killed by An Lushan, and the destruction of White Wolf Village and other major events, all of which were planted on An Lushan's body, many of which were done by An Lushan's subordinates, and they were also counted on An Lushan.

Listening to Yan Zhuang's report, Li Longji became more and more frightened, he never expected that An Lushan was in the north, and he actually did so many evil things that hurt others.

"Yan Zhuang, what you said, I will send someone to investigate, but even if it is a collaboration, your sin is not small!"

"If Your Majesty can forgive Wei Chen, Wei Chen can make meritorious service for his crimes, testify against An Lushan, and help His Majesty eradicate this traitor."

Yan Zhuang hurriedly said.

Li Longji frowned, looked at Yan Zhuang suspiciously, and asked: "Yan Zhuang, since you are dedicated to doing things for An Lushan, why do you suddenly want to be an enemy of An Lushan, and along the way, you have hidden a lot of things, so that An Lushan can go to the capital with peace of mind, what do you think." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen originally obeyed An Lushan everywhere, but the thief's requirements became more and more excessive, this time, even to kill the princess, Wechen tried his best to dissuade him, but he was reprimanded by him, and he asked Wechen to find the princess and kill it at all costs, Wechen couldn't bear it, after finding the princess, he didn't do it, but watched the princess be picked up by the ironclad artillery brigade."

Yan Zhuang casually made up.

"Since you deliberately let the two princesses go, why did you let people intercept and kill the ironclad artillery brigade at the crossing of the Yellow River?"

Li Longji asked sharply.

"Your Majesty, Wechen was wronged, Wechen never gave such an order, it was those guys who made their own decisions, and after something happened, they were afraid that Your Majesty would deal with it, so they all pushed it to Wechen."

Yan solemnly opened his mouth to defend himself.

Li Longji is now big, and he can't figure out which sentence An Lushan said is true and which sentence is false, and at the same time, he can't figure out which sentence Yan Zhuang said is true and which sentence is false, in short, what these two people said seems to be true, and they all seem to be false.

After asking for a while, Li Longji asked Yan Zhuang to retreat, there are many things, he needs to digest it slowly, in addition, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the two towns of Fanyang and Pinglu, these soldiers and horses have been under An Lushan's hands for some years, especially Pinglu Town, there must be many dead friends of An Lushan, once An Lushan is disposed of, it will inevitably be widely implicated, once it causes turmoil, the consequences are unimaginable.

After An Lushan entered Beijing, the railway line from Chang'an City to Luoyang City was restored unimpeded, and the news from the north came back one after another.

After determining that An Lushan's character was not good, and he was bold, Li Longji's trust in An Lushan weakened a lot, however, he did not dare to dispose of An Lushan for the time being, so as not to cause turmoil in the north, after thinking twice, for the stability and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, he decided to reduce An Lushan's crime, that is, the crime of unclear employment and lax control, which can greatly reduce the punishment that An Lushan should receive, so as to appease the heart of the northern border generals, but he also did not dare to put An Lushan back, lest this guy continue to do whatever he wants, Even the foundation is getting more and more solid, and in this way, it is a problem to raise tigers.

At the same time, Li Longji also realized that the power he gave to the border generals was getting bigger and bigger, since An Lushan could do whatever he wanted in the border towns, would other border town generals do the same? In case the border generals do whatever they want and become more and more powerful, how will he, the emperor, control them in the future.

Thinking of the stories of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Li Longji felt that the border generals should not be given so many rights, otherwise, once the border generals rebelled, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He believed that in addition to An Lushan, there must be other generals who had done things that should not have been done, and it was time for the border towns to be rectified and weakened.

Of course, weakening the strength of the border towns is not the same as reducing the strength of the border towns, but to control the authority of the border towns' envoys, so that they can only manage the military, not the economy and public security, so that their independence can be greatly reduced.

Over the years, the power of the border towns has become greater and greater, mainly because the financial difficulties of the Tang Dynasty, and the border towns need to increase the number of troops and military salaries because they are often tight, and it is difficult for the imperial court to provide them all, so they have adopted the method of direct decentralization and let the towns solve their own problems, so that the border towns have become more and more independent kingdoms.

It is very necessary to comprehensively rectify the border towns, but before that, he must first deal with the affairs of An Lushan, so as not to cause turmoil before the reform.

After discussing separately with Li Linfu and Li An and many other courtiers, Li Longji made the final decision, on the grounds that An Lushan was unclear and dereliction of duty, he was stripped of his position as prime minister, and at the same time removed the position of envoy of Fanyang and Pinglu towns, and only retained the vacant position of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and let him retire in the capital.

As for the two towns of Fanyang and Pinglu, Shi Siming, the general of An Lushan, was first appointed as the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, and for the envoy of Fanyang Jiedu, who had more troops, Pei Kuan, who had an excellent reputation in office, was sent to take up the post.

In this way, Shi Siming will be very happy to be promoted, and naturally he will not care whether An Lushan is doing well or not, and Pei Kuan will be retransferred back to Fan Yang as a festival envoy, which makes many people happy.

First of all, the people of Hebei Province will be very happy, when Pei Kuan was transferred, they were sad for a long time, after An Lushan came, they missed Pei Kuan even more, and hoped that Pei Kuan, who loved the people like a son, could come back to work.

In addition, Li Linfu has always been jealous of Pei Kuan's talent, and wants to frame this person, at this juncture, just send him away and let him go to Fan Yang to take up his post, so that he will not pose any threat to him.

After the will was issued, An Lu knelt down to thank him, Shi Siming happily went to Pinglu to serve, and promoted a group of subordinates, Pei Kuan calmly led the burden, set off from the capital, and rushed to Fanyang to serve, Yan Zhuang had no choice but to accept the final fate, he calculated for so many years, but in the end his little life was gone, he was unwilling and helpless.

For the two Tibetans that had been dispersed and fled to Mobei, Li Longji sent envoys to comfort them, and expressed the emperor's apologies, asking them to return to their respective territories and honestly be subjects of the Tang Dynasty.

Everything went very smoothly, and there were no turmoil and twists and turns, which made Li Longji very satisfied, this hurdle was finally overcome, and the next step was to cut power and supervise all border towns, and this step was also very crucial, and we must be cautious and not cause turmoil.

The two princesses were able to successfully return to the capital, and Li Ang was indispensable, and Li Longji even suspected that Li An had already known everything, otherwise, many things would not be easy to explain.

However, these are no longer important, and at present, it is the most important thing to formulate a matter of weakening the authority of the border town as soon as possible.

Li Longji felt that Li An had a good mind and was a very powerful talent, so he immediately summoned Li An, he wanted to hear Li An's opinion on this matter, after all, Li An has too many mysterious things on his body, as long as he asks Li An, he will definitely not be wrong.

After Li An entered the palace, he heard that Li Longji had the intention of weakening the power of the border towns, and praised the emperor for his wisdom again and again, and said the benefits of weakening the power of the border towns, that is, he fully supported Li Longji's wise decision.

In terms of specific operational details, Li An also gave very constructive suggestions, asking Li Longji to come one by one, starting from the farthest Anxi and Beiting, and sending the most trusted eunuchs to supervise, then Hexi Longyou, Shuofang Hedong, and finally Fanyang Pinglu.

After sending eunuchs to supervise, if there is no response from the envoys of the towns, the next step is to start to take off the economic and political power of the envoys of the towns, so that they are only responsible for the military, and all the needs of the army are supported by the imperial court.

After listening to Li An's suggestion, Li Longji felt that it was very reasonable, and immediately selected several trusted eunuchs and asked them to go to Anxi and Beiting as observer envoys, responsible for supervising the Jiedu envoys there.