Chapter Ninety-Nine: General Hu Enters Beijing in an Uproar 5

readx;?β€œ No! An Lushan's huge head shook like a rattle: "It's just a journey of thousands of miles, and the skin is rough and thick, and it's not tired at all." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info today a certain to follow the example of the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army, outside the dormitory for the saint to hold a halberd guard. ”

"An Qing's heart, I have already understood. But the court has its own laws, how can the county king be on duty. Li Longji understood that An Lushan was uneasy, so he took off his brocade robe and draped it on his shoulders: "If you serve the king like a father, I will also treat you like a son." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! But His Majesty said the wrong thing. "An Lushan is on the right track.

"Bold! Your Majesty's golden mouth, how can there be a mistake! Yang Guozhong couldn't help but jump out and pick a thorn.

"Yang Qing is a little restless." Li Longji motioned for Yang Guozhong to sit down, and asked with a pleasant face, "I don't know where I am wrong." ”

"Your Majesty forgot, the concubine has long recognized that the last will be the righteous son, and Your Majesty is naturally the father of Weichen, so it is not a father, but a sincere filial piety to Your Majesty as a father. Yang Xiangguo is also an elder, and it is common for elders to look down on younger generations, but it is definitely not important to be a junior. "An Lushankou is extremely fluent.

"In that case, it's really a gaffe!" Li Longji laughed and patted An Lushan's shoulder: "An Qing has a grand amount of energy, and he can be a model for hundreds of officials. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" An Lushan was sure that Li Longji did not doubt himself, so he got up and retreated.

The wind is dignified and the agarwood is curling. After Gao Lishi and An Lushan left, the hall fell silent for a while.

"Look at your bad idea!" Li Longji sat back on the imperial couch and rebuked Yang Guozhong angrily: "As soon as An Lushan received my will, it only took nine days to rush from Youzhou to Chang'an, how could he rebel?" ”

"Your Majesty, isn't it fearful that five hundred Fan Yang cavalry will run thousands of miles in less than ten days, killing from Youzhou to Gyeonggi? An Lushan is in charge of the two towns of Hedong and Fanyang, and has more than 100,000 elite soldiers, isn't it worrying? Yang Guozhong did not admit his mistake: "Youzhou is just that, Hedong is only a river away from Gyeonggi, when Gaozu and Taizong raised troops, it was from the east and west of the river into the pass!" ”

"Hedong?" Li Longji stroked his beard and pondered, uncertain.

"Your Majesty, An Lushan may be loyal, but who can guarantee that he will never turn back?" Yang Guozhong saw Li Longji's hesitation, and pursued after the victory: "Wechen may be wrong to blame An Lushan, but Wechen is so suspicious, it is also for the sake of the safety of the Tang Sheji and the saint, and he has no selfish intentions. ”

"It's not selfish...... Li Longji snorted coldly: "The state affairs are busy, Yang Qing should retire first." ”

"No!" Yang Guozhong left the hall in disagreement. The cold wind howled outside the hall, which made him feel excited: "An Lushan is pampered and arrogant, and he doesn't take a certain person in his eyes at all, it's really hateful!" But the saint believed in him, but he doubted me, so how could he go on like this? No, I have to let Yu Yao go to explore the sage's tone tonight. The concubine lady has been cold to a certain one recently, and I don't know what's going on. A woman's heart is indeed unfathomable. ”

People go to the palace and the main hall is sensen. Li Longji leaned back on the imperial couch, looking at the empty hall and had a headache. Gong E, who was in charge of the fan, and Xiao Huangmen, who served left and right, were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out.

After ascending the throne for decades, Li Longji has long been accustomed to being alone and cold in high places

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) and keep enough vigilance and vigilance against anyone around you. The reason why this is so is really because the dignity of the emperor is too tempting, attracting countless heroes and heroes to take risks and embark on this bloody and dangerous road of no return.

Back then, Taizong did not hesitate to kill his brother and force his father, and the blood was splashed on the Xuanwu Gate, and the Emperor of Heaven killed and put his beloved son under house arrest one after another, wasn't it all to compete for or keep the throne and power? Even the cowardly emperor Zhongzong, who was ridiculed by later generations, listened to the warlock's words and had an imperial atmosphere in Longqing Pond near the palace, and he was also tired of hugging, feasting courtiers, and boating plays. But how can the emperor's anger be suppressed by a few southern barbarian beasts, during the Tang Long period, there was a lot of turmoil, and after a lot of open and secret fighting, the emperor still fell into the family of the prime minister after all.

In order to sit on the throne of the king of God, Li Longji made a desperate gamble to punish Wei and Er Yuwu for the peace, and went through many difficulties, and almost buried his own life and his unborn son in the middle. Fortunately, his father learned the lessons of Gaozu, and his eldest brother Li Chengqi was worried that he would become the crown prince, and Li Longji ascended to the throne without blood. However, Li Longji knows very well that if his father and brother have the slightest hesitation, he will definitely not hesitate to repeat the changes of Xuanwumen.

Since Yuyu, Li Longji has found that it is difficult to seize the throne and it is even more difficult to hold the throne. Winning the throne is like climbing a mountain, there is only one road ahead, and you can chase it with your life; If you defend the throne of the emperor and defend the lonely city, the enemy is everywhere, and you may rush out of unexpected corners at any time, which is simply unguardable.

In order to defend the throne, Li Longji built a calyx Xianghui Building, showing brotherly harmony, but in fact, all the brothers who threatened the throne were placed under surveillance; In order to prevent his sons' desire for power from expanding, Li Longji built a large number of mansions to ensure that their every move could not escape the control of the Inner Servant Province.

In order to let the son of his beloved woman inherit the unification, Li Longji abolished the queen and punished the third son, but who expected that Concubine Wu Hui would have bad luck and died of illness at a critical juncture. The trend in the court immediately reversed, and the opposition to King Lishou as the crown prince became louder and louder, and Li Linfu tried his best to completely suppress the opposition.

Li Longji considered the arbitrariness of the cadres and directly issued an edict to appoint Li Mao as the crown prince, but Li Linfu's private relationship with Concubine Wu Hui and King Shou gradually surfaced, which made Li Longji vigilant. Li Linfu is already a very popular minister, once he joins forces with the East Palace, the consequences are unimaginable. In order to put an end to hidden dangers, Li Longji took advantage of the situation, accepted Gao Lishi's suggestion, and appointed the inconspicuous Zhongwang as the crown prince.

At the same time, in order to avoid the East Palace from sitting big, Li Longji secretly instructed Li Linfu to frantically attack the prince. And Li Linfu was too tightly tied to Shouwang Li Mao before, and for the sake of his family's life, it was impossible to cooperate with the East Palace. The right phase fought viciously with the East Palace, and Li Longji suddenly felt that the emperor's throne was as stable as a mountain.

Even so, in addition to relying on Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli as his right-hand men to monitor the court, Li Longji, who was not at ease, also grabbed An Lushan, who was from a humble background, as a loyal dog from the border town, gave him honors and lured him with huge profits, and ensured that he and his more than 100,000 elite soldiers were used for his own use to eliminate any possible threat.

But the merit of supporting the establishment is still too impressive, although there are many suppressions, but as Li Longji gets older, there are more and more civil and military generals gathered around the prince, and the wings of the East Palace Party are gradually increasing. If Wang Zhongsi, Huangfu Weiming, Wei Jian, Zhang Jun, Wang Zhengjian and others had the intention of launching a coup d'Γ©tat, more than 400,000 troops would have surrounded Chang'an in an instant.

The fidgeting Li Longji could not be sure whether the crown prince was or not

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) will follow the example of Emperor Taizong, but he does not need and will not bother to confirm. As far as the emperor is concerned, as long as the threat exists, he must try his best to remove it, and cannot hope that the other party will not launch it. When the situation was delicate, the right minister Li Linfu was keenly aware of the changes in the emperor's heart, and seized the opportunity to launch the Wei Jian case and the Du Youlin case one after another, and knocked down all the backbone of the Donggong Party, Huangfu Weiming and Wei Jian.

In order to cut off the crown prince's most powerful foreign aid Wang Zhonghei, Li Longji, who was familiar with the conduct of his adopted son, deliberately kept an eye on the stone fort and connived at Li Linfu to use the stone fort to exert pressure and frame. Wang Zhonghe, who was upright by nature and acted uprightly, unexpectedly fell into the trap that Li Linfu had already dug and was charged with "disobeying the king's orders and conspiring with the East Palace". With the charge, Li Longji was able to take advantage of the situation to deprive Wang Zhongji of his position and send him to prison.

Li Longji did not consider killing Wang Zhonghei and completely hollowing out the foundation of the crown prince. But at this time, the situation in the court had changed, the crown prince was weak, the right minister was strong, Li Longji was worried that Li Linfu would lose his control and once again agitate to set up Li Mao as the east palace, so he decided to spare Wang Zhonghei from death, as a weight to balance the two factions. The so-called Ge Shuhan's intercession in the palace is just a step for the emperor to change his course. As for whether Ge Shuhan is at the right time or has a glimpse of the emperor's heart, it is a trivial matter for the high Son of Heaven. Wang Zhengjian also escaped this catastrophe because he was not a descendant of the East Palace, and became the prince's few remaining border town assistants.

After some purging, the prince is weak but not falling, the right is strong but difficult to dominate, and the court situation is balanced again, Li Longji put his mind at ease, and sings and has fun with his new favorite Yang Yuhuan night and night. Who knew that within a few years of peaceful life, Li Linfu was getting old and decaying, and the king of Beiting was seeing the sudden rise of his army with his military exploits, and the prestige of the prince was gradually restored, and the small tricks in the dark gradually increased, and his actions became more and more ruthless and arrogant.

Realizing that Li Linfu alone could no longer suppress the power of the East Palace, Li Longji introduced Yang Guozhong into the court and tried to suppress the crown prince with the help of the joint efforts of Li and Yang; On the one hand, he continued to promote An Lushan, and used the northeast festival town to fight against the northwest border army, after all, most of the generals in the northwest towns were Wang Zhonghe's old department, and they were more inclined to the prince.

In order to win over the military morale of the northwest border town, after the Battle of Shibao, Li Longji once considered recalling Wang Zhonghe, who was demoted to the Taishou of Handong, with a false title, and used the relationship between father and son for many years to envelop him, so as to prevent the prince's sword from going sideways. The reason for such a plan is because Li Longji firmly believes that Wang Zhonghei has a good character and a pure heart, and his friendship with the prince is purely because of many years of old relationship, and he and the ambitious Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming and others are not all the way. This is also the root of Li Longji's willingness to let his son and horse go.

As soon as the thought came to mind, Wang Zhongsi died violently in Handong County. Li Longji naturally didn't believe that there was such a coincidence in the world, but he didn't bother to find out who did it. The living Wang Zhongsi can become a wonder soldier on the emperor's chessboard, while the dead Wang Zhongsi is like scattered colored clouds and broken glass, no matter how brilliant it was before, but in the end it will become a mass of waste, worthless. As for the relationship between father and son, it is nothing in front of the emperor's power, let alone just an adopted son.

Without Wang Zhonghe, the court struggle continued, but the trend gradually deviated from Li Longji's vision. He originally thought that the bloody Yang Guozhong and the scheming Li Linfu could cooperate sincerely and jointly attack the East Palace. Who knew that Yang Guozhong, who was anxious, in order to succeed the right minister as soon as possible, actually targeted Li Linfu, causing a scuffle.

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