The reason why the Qing Dynasty had the idea of seeking Hexi is a by-product of An Lushan, that is, An Sishun's official career, An Sishun is An Lushan's brother, how could Li Longji not be defensive against him, An Lushan's foundation in Hebei has been stable, An Sishun is not, after Gao Xianzhi captured the Shushi country in the ninth year of his Ren Bao, Li Longji considered replacing An Sishun with Gao Xianzhi as the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, but An Sishun instigated Hu to resist Shun, and the Hu people in Hexi would rebel, Li Longji gave up this idea, but now the situation has changed, If An Lushan rebelled, An Sishun echoed again, making Chang'an suffer from it!

An Sishun's debriefing is placed in Shuofang Jiedu after Zhang Qiqiu, it has just ended, it is almost noon, Li Longji has lunch, is resting in the side hall, although he has the habit of taking a nap, but today he has been lying for nearly half an hour, but can not sleep, these days, An Lushan's matter has been lingering in his mind, he has been too comfortable these years, he has not asked about political affairs, the sudden challenge made his mentality change overnight is to kill An Lushan, but he didn't dare, An Lushan, who has always been loyal, has a heart of disobedience, what about Ge Shuhan? What about Ann Sishun? Are they also Chang Qing and Zhang Qiqiu, all the border generals with heavy troops in their hands He doubts, in this case, he does not dare to act rashly, but he is afraid of moving one son and moving the overall situation, but he is afraid of killing An Lushan and changing the others, only pretending to know nothing. Let the situation continue to develop, and then he will exert his strength from behind to resolve the current crises one by one.

From Yang Guozhong, Li Longji already knew that An Lushan had not yet fully controlled Hedong, and he couldn't afford to rebel for a while, so he had time to arrange it calmly. Now, he needs to single out one person as a test to see how the other knots react.

"Geshuhan is waiting for the order?" Li Longji's eyes suddenly opened a slit and asked thoughtfully.

On the side, Gao Lishi replied respectfully: "If you return to Your Majesty, Ge Shuhan will have arrived in the morning." ”

"Announce him to me!"

In a moment, Ge Shuhan was taken to the side hall, he had barely slept all night last night due to a foot disease, and his face was tired and scorched. But he didn't want to show physical discomfort in front of Li Longji, so he forced his spirit to follow the eunuch into the inner room of Li Longji's base, at this time Li Longji was still lying on the couch, only a thin gauze curtain was separated in the middle, and Ge Shuhan's huge body suddenly knelt down, leaned over and said: "Brother Shuhan, minister, knock to see His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

"Sit down!" Li Longji sat up straight and asked with concern, "I heard that your foot disease is aggravating. I've suffered a lot in the past two days! ”

Although his tone was kind and gentle, Ge Shuhan sounded like a basin of ice water on his head, and the emperor not only knew that he was suffering from foot disease, but even his foot disease had worsened in the past two days, and the emperor actually knew about it. What does this mean, it shows that the emperor has always understood his condition, Ge Shuhan's heart was so confused that he didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he got up and replied: "Thank you Your Majesty for your care, the minister's foot disease is only a minor illness, and he just can't ride a horse when he has an attack, and nothing else has an effect." ”

Li Longji smiled faintly. After pondering for a moment, he changed the topic and said, "I have been very busy in the past two days, and I don't have time to talk to you deeply, so I summoned you here, just to confirm one thing with you?" ”

"Your Majesty, please ask, the minister knows everything."

Li Longji walked a few steps with his hands behind his back before he said slowly: "The last time I met with Li Qing, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, he mentioned to me that horse bandits were rampant in the Hexi Corridor, and even hinted that they were all dressed up as people from An Sishun. Have you ever heard of this? ”

The person Li Longji wants to move is An Sishun, not only because he is the brother of An Lushan clan, but more importantly, his power is in the middle of the major festival envoys; Secondly, An Sishun has not been in office for a long time and has not had a deep foundation; Moreover, the geographical location of Hexi is also destined to have little impact on Chang'an, it is not as close to Chang'an as Longyou, nor is it as infinite to the west as Anxi, its north is bordered by the desert, the south is close to the Qilian Mountains, the east is connected to Longyou, and the west is connected to Anxi, which is compressed in a long area.

After thinking about it for two days, Li Longji finally decided to start with An Sishun to test the reaction of the envoys of each section.

But if you need to be famous, you can't be connected to An Lushan just because he is a brother of An Lushan, doesn't that make it clear that An Lushan wants to rebel? So Li Longji summoned Ge Shuhan and borrowed his hand to get rid of An Sishun.

"Your Majesty, what Li Qing said is true, the horse bandits in Hexi are indeed dressed up by An Sishun, in the Western Regions, this is an open secret, everyone knows it, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to Hexi to visit."

Ge Shuhan said, while peeking at Li Longji's expression through the curtain, only to see him face inward, his back to himself, a pair of fists clenched to death, his shoulders were trembling slightly, it can be seen that he was angry in his chest to the extreme, Ge Shuhan was secretly proud in his heart, he added fuel and vinegar and said: "Your Majesty, robbing business travelers is still light, he also raised taxes without authorization, and cleverly set up a project to collect money, as far as the minister knows, he set up a green seedling money in the field endowment, and he set up a horse money for grazing horses, and other salt taxes, tea taxes, business taxes, and poll taxes, As long as he wants to get the name, he collects taxes, and the people of Hexi are not happy, some flee to Anxi, and some flee to my Longyou.

"Enough!" Li Longji scolded angrily, interrupting Ge Shuhan's narration, he turned around suddenly, stared at him tightly, and said, "Write down everything you know to me, and don't miss a word." ”

He pointed at Colliers again and ordered, "Give him pen and paper, and let him write now." ”

"Obey the order!" He lowered his head sharply and followed a little eunuch to the outside of the hall.

At this time, Li Longji was no longer sleepy, the palace maid served him to wash up briefly, and then drove towards the Zichen Palace, and the cabinet ministers were also resting in their respective rooms, and when they heard that His Majesty had arrived early, everyone rushed to the main hall.

"In the afternoon, the debriefing of Yu Zhongtong has been changed to tomorrow morning, and I have something to discuss with you Aiqing now."

Li Longji made a look, and Gao Lishi immediately brought the vermilion lacquer plate with Ge Shuhan's fold to Yang Guozhong.

"You circulate it first, and then I speak!"

The atmosphere in the hall was solemn and quiet. There was a shrill coughing sound, and everyone passed it one by one, and the ink was very fresh, and some of the characters had not even dried yet, apparently it had just been written, and Ge Shuhan listed the ten major crimes of An Sishun. One case is heavier than the other, and he tried his best to attack An Sishun, and some of the charges are even a little outrageous, for example, he accused An Sishun of raising 100,000 Hu soldiers privately in the third item, which is obviously making up nonsense, Hexi originally had more than 70,000 troops, plus 100,000 Hu soldiers, and the population of Hexi was thin. Where can I raise an army of nearly 200,000 people.

Although there are many loopholes, no one dares to point it out, Li Longji

Obviously, he wanted to remove An Sishun, and everyone had their own hearts and minds

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"Cong'er also take a look!" Silence. You can also give your opinion. ”

"Yes! Father. A few lines, he was secretly shocked in his heart, and his eyes quickly picked. He glanced at Yang Guozhong, how could it be so coincidental, Li Qing found himself yesterday, and today his father was going to discuss the matter of An Sishun, could he have known in advance?

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to say a few words."

Zhang Yun, the head of the household department, stood up and owed to Li Longji: "As far as the minister knows, An Sishun has won the hearts of the Hu people in Hexi. If it is true as said in this excerpt, wouldn't it have been boiling with resentment among the people long ago, and how could the imperial court know nothing? Perhaps there was something wrong with An Sishun, and it would not be so brutal, so the minister suggested not to draw conclusions first, and sent Yushi to Hexi to investigate the situation before making a decision. ”

Zhang Yun is one of the few people who dare to tell the truth in the last years of Tianbao, he has a strong family background and a respected status, even Li Linfu can't help him, he naturally knows what Li Longji means, but he opposes using An Lushan's matter to connect An Sishun. Although the two were brothers, he knew that An Sishun would not follow An Lushan, so Zhang Yun took the lead in speaking out.

"Zhang Shangshu's words mislead the country, and the scholar's opinion is also!"

It was Chen Xilie who spoke, although he was the left minister, but he was actually Yang Guozhong's puppet, he didn't have half of the power in his hands, and he was not even as good as when Li Linfu was in charge, and he usually didn't have a chance to perform in front of Li Longji.

He bowed down and asked, "Your Majesty, can you say a few words to the minister?" ”

Li Longji glanced at Zhang Yun dissatisfiedly, then waved his hand and said, "Zuo Xiang, please speak!" ”

Chen Xilie stroked his goatee and sneered at Zhang Yun slightly: "Zhang Shangshu said that he would send Yushi to Hexi to investigate first, what if it really happened?" Can Zhang Shangshu guarantee that An Sishun obediently came to Chang'an for trial? Private placement of 100,000 troops, this is the crime of killing the head, if you do it according to Zhang Shangshu's words, it is strange that he An Sishun does not rebel, so the minister suggested that An Sishun should be thrown into Dali Temple immediately and tortured severely. ”

"What do you think? Yang Xiangguo! ”

Yang Guozhong hurriedly got up and said: "The minister knows that Brother Shuhan is a loyal and upright person, and he will not make fallacies, so the minister agrees with Zuo Xiang's words." ”

"What's the opinion of the military department?" Li Longji's eyes fell on Wei Jiansu again, Wei Jiansu was startled, he stood up nervously and waved his hand again and again: "The minister has no opinion!" ”

"The Ministry of War has no opinion, the Ministry of Rites wants to say a few words!" The sound was like a bell, it was Pei Kuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who saw him stand up and bow to Li Longji and said, "Please forgive your Majesty for being presumptuous." ”

"Pei Aiqing, but it's okay to say it!"

Pei Kuan hugged his fists to everyone, and then he smiled and said: "Lao Chen is also a person who has led soldiers, Ge Shuhan's words are credible, but he can't believe them all, such as private placement of 100,000 Hu soldiers, in Hedong, Jiannan and other densely populated places may work, but in a sparsely populated place like Hexi, it is impossible, presumably this Ge Shu is also hearsay, and for example, robbing a business traveler, Lao Chen also heard that there is such a thing in Hexi, let me believe it, all in all, the minister also thinks that An Sishun is indeed not suitable to stay in Hexi, But it will not be tortured in Dali Temple as Chen Xiangguo said. ”

Speaking of this, Pei Kuan suddenly raised his voice and said solemnly to Li Longji: "The old minister is willing to promote An Sishun as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and enter the court as an official. ”

On the surface, Pei Kuan is extremely slippery, neither as weak as Zhang Yun, nor as radical as Chen Xilie, taking the middle route, and not offending both sides, but in fact he is a person who really sees through Li Longji's thoughts, he must be stable and smooth, and must not alarm An Lushan, otherwise why let Ge Shuhan write any impeachment twists.

Sure enough, Li Longji threw an approving smile at Pei Kuan, nodded slowly, and said, "What Pei Aiqing said is deeply in line with my intentions, so you can talk about it again, if I transfer An Sishun to the court as an official, who will be more suitable to take over?" ”

Pei Kuan had already discussed this matter with King Yong, Ge Shuhan was a firm supporter of King Yong, and the post of envoy of Hexi Jiedu belonged to him, so he lowered his head and thought about it: "Longyou and Hexi are originally one, and if you fight, you will join your troops, and if you are closed, you will change your people, so the minister recommended Ge Shuhan to serve as the envoy of Hexi Jiedu." ”

Li Longji smiled, he didn't say anything, his eyes squinted, he saw Yang Guozhong eager to speak, so he asked him with a smile: "Yang Xiangguo is a good candidate?" ”

"Yes!" Yang Guozhong stood up and glanced at Li Cong, and said: "The candidate who is optimistic about the minister is Li Qing, the envoy of the Anxi Festival, who was once the governor of Shazhou, and is quite familiar with the generals of Hexi, and is young and energetic. ”

As soon as Yang Guozhong's words came out, everyone was stunned, and after hearing for a long time, the two of them were full of contradictions, even to the point of life and death, how could he change his personality today, and even recommended Li Qinglai, everyone looked at each other, puzzled,

Even Li Longji felt a little surprised, but he didn't show it, returned to his seat and waved his hand to everyone: "I'm a little tired, let's stop here today!" ”

dismissed the ministers, Li Longji also marched to Xingqing Palace, he walked on the outer city wall, and thousands of forest troops were closely guarded on the left and right.

On the dragon chariot, Li Longji was resting with his eyes closed, and Gao Lishi was carefully waiting on the side, when he was about to arrive at Xingqing Palace, Li Longji opened his eyes slightly, he was thinking about the candidate for Hexi Jiedu all the way, Pei Kuan recommended Ge Shuhan, and Yang Guozhong recommended Li Qing, to be honest, these two Li Longji didn't want to use it, they already had heavy troops, how could they let them take over another town, wouldn't it become the second in An Lushan?

"Your Majesty, it's time to go out of the city wall, let the old slave close the curtain for Your Majesty." Colliers stepped forward and carefully closed the curtain on him.

Li Longji glanced at him, and suddenly asked, "General, do you have a good idea of who will be appointed to the Hexi Jiedu?" ”

Gao Lishi nodded, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, he pondered for a long time before squeezing out three words from his mouth, "Feng Changqing!" ”.

At the beginning of the eleventh day of Tianbao, due to the impeachment of Ge Shuhandi, Li Longji removed An Sishun, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and transferred him back to the imperial court to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.