From the 27th year of Kaiyuan to the 2nd year of Tianbao, the national power of Datang became stronger and stronger, and the country also showed a thriving scene. First of all, the weather was beautiful, the wind and rain were smooth, and the crops were harvested continuously, which made the life of the people of Li a lot easier, and the population also increased to more than 8.52 million households, with more than 48.9 million people.

In addition, in the confrontation with the current Tang Dynasty's biggest enemy, Tubo, Xuanzong also changed the defensive state adopted by previous dynasties, and even took the initiative to attack, and won successive victories in foreign expeditions.

It should be said that in Chinese history, even during the reign of the Han Dynasty and Tang Taizong, in order to maintain the stability of the frontier, relatively moderate measures would be adopted, and even the policy of peace and proximity would be used to pin all the maintenance of peaceful relations between the two countries on a weak woman, which is really sad to think about.

And there are indeed not many moments when Emperor Xuanzong is so tough and domineering, so when the internal culture and external martial arts are very good, Emperor Xuanzong began to flutter in his thoughts.

When he went to the court, his heart of asking about politics was weakened, and after returning to the palace, he had a strong sense of pleasure, and Yang Meiren, who was by his side all day long, was young and beautiful, weak and boneless, and a man would be deeply involved in it, unable to extricate himself.

Although Xuanzong has passed the age of lust, every time he sees Yang Yuhuan's eyebrows and eyes with spring, he will still be unable to suppress the desire to conquer, singing and dancing, and the beauty is hugging, he just wants to blindly indulge in the gentle countryside and the red silk tent, and is no longer willing to ask about political affairs.

But the daily pleasure and indulgence made Xuanzong's body begin to decline day by day, and Yang Yuhuan is also familiar with the affairs of men and women, and he is very demanding, which makes Xuanzong's body quickly emptied.

This not only made Emperor Xuanzong feel embarrassed and distressed, but also made Yang Yuhuan feel unsatisfied, and there was a hint of resentment between his eyebrows.

At this time, a local official named An Lushan entered the eyes of Emperor Xuanzong, who claimed to have obtained secret recipes and treasured medicines from various countries in the Western Regions, and specially made "red pills" to offer to the saints, which is said to have the effect of aphrodisiac and prolonging life.

Emperor Xuanzong tried to take the test, and he was really refreshed, and he was not tired for a long time, and the history of An Lushan "entered the love of flowers and fragrance, the size of the japonica rice and the color was red, whenever the bed was in place, the help was exciting, and the muscles were tireless", which simply made Xuanzong find the feeling of a young man, and he was full of confidence in the beauty of Shangyang, and he was even more grateful for the confidant of this little official named An Lushan.

So An Lushan became famous for a while, and was promoted to many levels, and this year he was promoted to the Pinglu Festival Envoy, and was ordered to enter Beijing to see the driver, which is really a supreme honor for a local official.

An Lushan was born in Samarkand, originally known as the Rolling Meat Mountain, and as a Sogdian, he had a shrewd mind from an early age. His mother, Ashde, was a Turkic sorcerer who practiced divination.

After he lost his father when he was young, he went into exile with his mother, and later he followed his mother to live in the Turkic tribes, and the elder brother of the general An Bozhi, An Yanyan, married his mother, and the name of the mountain was changed to An Lushan.

His stepfather An Yanyan is a thin old man, probably because of his old age and incompetence, he can only do his best to frantically toss An Lushan's mother. Every time they were doing something in the room, An Lushan could hear his mother's screams of pain and*. Once when his mother was taking a bath, An Lushan saw that her body was covered with scars and bruises, An Lushan looked at his mother covered in bruises, and cried and said that they should run away together.

Her mother smiled wryly and comforted her child, saying that the world is the same, where else can she escape? She married An Yanyan, an old man, and although she was tortured, she at least gave An Lushan a shelter from the wind and rain.

The scars all over his mother's body deeply stimulated An Lushan's young heart. When she was a teenager, her mother was tormented and fell ill and died. He hated his stepfather An Yanyan and his brother who often abused him so much that he became brothers with An Sishun and others he met and began to wander outside.

Because he had been wandering around for many years and was fluent in various languages, he became a bargainer for the buyer and seller. Once, he was hungry and cold, and he couldn't bear it, so he ventured to the homes of the people in the Tang Dynasty to steal sheep. After being caught, he was escorted to Zhang Shouqi, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu.

When he was about to be beaten to death with a stick, he looked at Zhang Jiedu and shouted My lord, I failed to steal sheep, and I did not cause any loss to the people. It's better to kill me than to let me go, now that the Celestial Empire is fighting against the Turks, why don't you send me to the battlefield and eliminate a few more Tibetan tribes for your lordship?

Zhang Shouqi saw that An Lushan was white and fat, and he spoke boldly, so he let him go with Shi Siming and sent him to the front line. An Lushan is clever and intelligent, and he is quite familiar with the terrain everywhere, and he can catch a live captive every time he returns, which is greatly appreciated by Zhang Shouqi.

Once he seized the opportunity to catch his stepfather An Yanyan and his brother who had been fighting at him, which could be regarded as avenging his mother. Zhang Shouqi paid more and more attention to this white fat man, so he promoted him as a partial general, and later saw that he was brave and resourceful in his soldiers, brave and good at fighting, and finally accepted him as a righteous son.

From the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan to the second year of Tianbao, An Lushan was promoted from a person who was about to starve to death, and sat in the position of the envoy of the Pinglu Festival.

In February of the second year of Tianbao, An Lushan entered Beijing to see the driver, this was the first time he came to Chang'an, as a rough man who lived in the border for a long time, he was dazzled and intoxicated by the prosperity and luxury of the capital of Chang'an, and he felt that he had lived in vain all these years.

In that windy and sandy place, only the bitter cold land of barren grass, no matter how big an official is, there is no reality to walk here, this is the real life!

And he will soon see the man who changed the trajectory of his life and the woman he will never forget in his sleep.

This year, An Lushan was thirty-eight years old, Yang Yuhuan was twenty-four years old, and Tang Xuanzong was fifty-eight years old.

Also in February of this year, the world-famous poet Wang Zhilian passed away, his people are generous and strategic, suave and talented, his poems are majestic, far-reaching, "want to be poor for thousands of miles, go to the next level", "why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass" is thousands of years, widely spread the famous sentence, the spirit is introverted, the bone is full of strength!

In April of this year, under the recommendation of Princess Yuzhen and He Zhizhang, our great immortal Li Bai was also cordially summoned by Emperor Xuanzong, who had long admired his poetic talent.

In the Tang Dynasty, although the imperial examination system has become the main way to select talents, the recommendation system handed down from the two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties is still very popular, and the poetry that can be vigorously touted by He Zhizhang cannot be uninterested in Emperor Xuanzong.

When Li Bai entered the palace, Emperor Xuanzong "gave food in front of the seven-treasure bed, and made a spoon with his own hands", and enthusiastically inquired about the affairs of the world, Li Bai was deeply moved, and felt that his enthusiasm and full of economy finally had the opportunity to serve the country, so he relied on his long-term social observation and deep understanding of various phenomena, confident, and the answer was like a stream, Xuanzong was shocked and greatly appreciated.

But at this time, Emperor Xuanzong thought that the world was peaceful, and the Manchu Dynasty was all literate and martial, shrewd and capable, and now what he lacked was not the able ministers to govern the world, but the people who sang praises of virtue, so he immediately ordered Li Bai to worship Hanlin, and his duty was to write poems and entertainment for the emperor, and accompany him.

Whenever Xuanzong had a banquet or outing, he would order Li Bai's attendants to use his agile poetic talent to write poems, although they were not meritorious, but also passed on their words to future generations, and praised them to future generations with pomp.

Li Daxian, who has a big mind, didn't expect that he would serve the country with enthusiasm, but in exchange for a flattering courtier role, he couldn't help but feel melancholy and secretly resentful.

And with Li Bai's rapid popularity in front of Emperor Xuanzong, a group of sycophants and people who tended to be inflammatory, and their hot benches in the past were taken away by Li Bai, so some young people began to collect Li Bai's wild words and disrespectful words, and began to deliberately fabricate his crimes.

At the same time, a news began to spread in Chang'an City, that is, a song and dance troupe called "Dance Le Tianshan" by Abu Hotel will hold a grand song and dance performance on the birthday of Emperor Xuanzong's favorite Yang Meiren, and at the same time will launch their latest products.