After Mrs. Yu Guo left, the banquet was suddenly much quieter, and An Lushan was also silent a lot, and he frequently raised his glass and drank, and soon showed a drunken state.

After raising his glass and drinking a large glass of wine, An Lushan staggered to his feet and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is a member of the Xi clan, with a straightforward temperament, and he can't hide things in his heart. Weichen put down Fanyang's military affairs and came to Beijing this time, there was one thing to ask His Majesty to decide, I wonder if Weichen can say it now? ”

Wang Yuan's heart moved: It's here.

Xuanzong smiled and asked knowingly, "Is it a matter of building Xiongwu City?" Didn't I already promise you? I have already ordered Yang Zhao to handle the money and material appropriation, if it is about this matter, you can tell Yang Zhao that is. ”

An Lushan shook his head and said: "The construction of Xiongwu City has been smooth, and now the foundation of the city outline with a radius of 100 steps has been laid. Now that the spring is blooming, although the land in the Fanyang area has not been completely thawed, the minister has gathered 3,000 Fanyang people, and all of them can be put into the construction of the city within half a month. The minister said that the important military and political affairs to which Fan Yang belonged, and the ministers must handle them in an orderly manner. The minister is favored by His Majesty to guard Fan Yang for His Majesty, and His Majesty has to worry about such things, so what is the use of ministers? ”

Xuanzong nodded and smiled: "Very good, I am very happy to hear what you said." If you can be like you in the border towns, I will have peace of mind. ”

An Lushan said in a loud voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment." On the way to Beijing, Ranchen heard the words of the slanderous minister, doesn't Your Majesty care? ”

Xuanzong frowned and was silent, as if he was a little unhappy that An Lushan had to mention this matter, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Gao Lishi, who was always silent on the side, slowly spoke: "General An, Your Majesty gave you a banquet today, and you were happy, so you don't need to mention any rumors." Your Majesty will not believe those gossips, otherwise how would Your Majesty know that you have entered Beijing and summoned you to the palace? That's what it means to have a lot of trust. ”

An Lushan bowed down and said: "Thank you for your grace, the minister is not ignorant of the general situation, the capital that the minister entered in the early morning could have caught up with the morning dynasty today, but the minister did not participate in the early dynasty, that is, he did not want to clash with that person in the early dynasty and make embarrassing things." Of course, the minister knows that His Majesty does not believe the false words of some people, but others may not think so. I think that An Lushan fought to the death with the Khitans in Fanyang, but in the end, he was said to be a fake military merit, and he also framed the ministers and the important ministers of the court and the central government for colluding and offering bribes, with bad intentions. Can such a serious accusation be ignored with peace of mind? If the person who spreads the rumor is not punished, it does not mean that he is not a rumor-monger, but that the minister is wrong. It's black and white, and the ministers have to distinguish clearly. ”

Xuanzong pondered for a moment and said gently: "Lushan, don't be so strong. Although Li Shizhi's accusation that day was absurd, it was understandable that he was too sensitive as the left minister of the imperial court. I had already rebuked him at the time, and he had already learned that he was wrong. Li Linfu also explained the bribery clearly, and I and the hundred officials also heard it clearly, and it had no impact on your reputation, you don't have to overreact so much, just guard Fan Yang for me with peace of mind. ”

An Lushan was stunned, suddenly reached out and began to untie his hair, and after a while, the small braids were scattered, and he began to untie his belt again, and after a while, he had taken off his robe.

Xuanzong frowned and said, "Lushan, what are you doing?" ”

An Lushan said: "The minister has failed His Majesty's grace, so he asked to resign from the post of Fan Yang Jiedu, which is the great seal of Fanyang Jiedu, and it will be handed back together." The minister told the old man to return to his hometown and be a person who has no quarrel with the world. ”

Xuanzong was stunned and said, "I didn't say that you were at fault, why are you like this?" You haven't reached forty this year, why are you old? What a bastard. ”

An Lushan said angrily: "The minister is a Hu person, he likes to speak out, the minister said, this matter is black and white, either I am at fault or Li Shizhi deliberately framed the minister, just now His Majesty said that Li Shizhi is right, that is the minister's mistake." How can such a great crime as taking the lead of the army be borne? But I hope that Your Majesty can remember that the minister has been a horse for the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years, and let the minister resign and say goodbye. ”

Xuanzong said angrily: "Nonsense, nonsense? ”

An Lushan knelt on the ground, his neck was stubborn, and he looked like he would not give up without asking for an explanation.

Xuanzong looked at Gao Lishi and made a look, Gao Lishi slowly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to support An Lushan's arms and said: "General An, don't make Your Majesty angry, don't be rash, get up quickly." ”

An Lushan stiffened his neck and said: "The minister is guilty, and he doesn't want to make His Majesty angry, but His Majesty should also give the minister an explanation." ”

Gao Lishi frowned and said, "How can I explain it to you?" Just because Li Shizhi said his guess, he was removed from the post of prime minister? His Majesty has already rebuked him, what else? ”

An Lushan said: "The minister naturally didn't dare to ask what happened to Li Zuoxiang?" The minister is just a small envoy of moderation. But at least Your Majesty must have a will to restore the minister's reputation. Also, the minister believes that the key person in this is Xi Jianhou, and they all say that he was bribed by the minister when he served as the deposed envoy, and concealed the matter of taking the lead for the minister, in order to prove the innocence of the minister, the minister asked His Majesty to take Xi Jianhou to thoroughly investigate the matter and return the minister's innocence. ”

Everyone present was surprised, An Lushan actually took the initiative to ask for Xi Jianhou to be arrested for interrogation, could it be said that he was really wronged? But in fact, everyone in the court knew in their hearts that Li Shizhi dared to say this in the palace that day, even if there was no conclusive evidence, it would not be a casual accusation. If the big thing is small, it's nothing, if you really track it down, I'm afraid that something will come out.

Xi Jianhou is the key figure between An Lushan and Li Linfu, this person must have a lot of unknown things in his stomach, these things may be prosaic if they are not taken seriously, but once they are made public, they will always be caught.

People in officialdom, who doesn't have pigtails? The long braids are easy to be grabbed, and the braids are short, even if they are just a handful, if they are grabbed by someone, it will also pull a large piece of the belt meat, and you will die or live if it hurts. The best way is for everyone to tacitly understand, as long as you don't have braids that are too prickly and too annoying, everyone is safe and sound, and it is better to have braids and not pull them.

Xuanzong pondered for a long time and said, "Wang Yuan, the proposed purpose." ”

Wang Yuan was still thinking about An Lushan's intention to do this, and he was a little stunned; Yang Zhao hurriedly reminded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty wants to draft a decree and send something." ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly prepared the blank edict and dipped his pen in ink. I listened to Xuanzong said: "I heard that Fan Yang Jie Du envoy, Cheng An Lushan in the imperial history guarded the border town, for several years to protect the peace of Fan Yang border town, dozens of large and small battles, killed thousands of enemies, thieves heard his name and lost courage, it can be said that the hard work is high, strengthen my Tang Dynasty national prestige, I am very pleased." This edict is hereby awarded, plus the post of the imperial historian of Lushan, awarded the Duke of Fanyang County, rewarded with ten horses and 100,000 dollars, and encouraged the ministers with a list of qualifications. Chin this. ”

Wang Yuan's pen in his hand kept wandering, but he was surprised in his heart, Xuanzong really favored An Lushan, in order to calm his heart, this was to promote An Lushan to calm his dissatisfaction. What Wang Yuan didn't know was that An Lushan had actually been clamoring to be the imperial historian several times, and each time he was opposed by others, and Xuanzong could only refuse. An Lushan scolded his mother angrily, but he also knew that Li Linfu and Li Shizhi and others did not want to see themselves occupy such an important position, even if they used each other, the relationship was not so stiff, and this involved the core power.

The imperial history of the Tang Dynasty Taichung is headed by the imperial historian, the imperial historian is the deputy, and the lower part is a variety of servants of the imperial history to supervise the imperial history, etc., which is the highest supervisory organ of the Tang Dynasty. Although since the beginning of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the left and right doctors have been set up in Yushi Taichung, and they cannot be monopolized by one person, but the position of Yushi Dafu is still the most popular position in addition to the prime minister. Not to mention anything else, Li Linfu's Wang Ji and Yang Shenjin have already quarreled over the position of Doctor Shi.

An Lushan knows the importance of this position, and the sneaky things he does in Fan Yang are always afraid of being discovered, and if he can hold the power of supervision, he can rest assured and bold, because he supervises himself, how comfortable it is.

So today he played the weakling, resigned and cried and pretended, and understood Xuanzong's thoughts. He knew that Xuanzong would never give up on himself. Sure enough, this trick worked, and the position that he had been asking for for years came to his head without much effort. And as soon as the holy decree was issued, the wood was already in the boat, and the government hall had no way to object.

An Lushan couldn't help but feel joyful, and as soon as Xuanzong's words fell, he pretended to be stunned and muttered: "Your Majesty, minister...... How can a minister be up to such a heavy responsibility? I don't dare to be a minister. ”

Xuanzong waved his hand and said, "Thank you." ”

An Lushan knelt on the ground and shouted the saint, tears flowing.

Xuanzong said to Wang Yuan again: "Draw up another decree, and immediately detain Xi Jianhou in the political affairs hall to inquire about Fan Yang's affairs, ask about the situation in detail, and the proposed decree will be played in me." ”

Wang Yuan was busy writing edicts, full of doubts in his heart. Xuanzong looked tired, turned to Yang Yuhuan beside him and said, "Concubine Ai, I'm a little tired, go back and rest with me." ”

Yang Yuhuan nodded and got up slowly, everyone saluted, and a group of palace maids surrounded Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan and went down to the apse of Qinghui Pavilion.

Everyone got up, An Lushan couldn't hide the joy in his eyes, if it weren't for the fact that there were outsiders in front of him, he was afraid that he would have laughed out loud.

"Congratulations to General An, no, Dr. An." Yang Zhao smiled and arched his hand.

An Lushan laughed and said: "Your Majesty's holy grace will never be repaid, and the only way to repay it is to do your best to repay the holy grace." ”

Yang Zhao laughed and even claimed that it was. An Lushan said: "By the way, Fanyang has a lot of affairs, and I will leave to return to Fanyang tomorrow afternoon, so I plan to set up a few tables of banquets at noon to invite good friends to gather. Du Zhilang, Mr. Wang, An solemnly invites you to participate. Not...... Eighth Lady, are you coming? If you come, it will be an honor for me An Lushan. ”

Mrs. Qin Guo smiled faintly and said, "I'm very sorry, the concubine can't go, there is something in my family tomorrow." But thank you General Ann for the invitation. ”

An Lushan said regretfully: "That's a pity, but there is a next time, maybe one day the eighth lady will return to Fanyang, and at that time An will try his best to entertain and make his wife feel at home." ”

Mrs. Qin Guo smiled: "How could I go to a place like Fanyang." ”

An Lushan said with a smile: "It's hard to say, feng shui rotates, no one can say." ”