The New Day of the second year of Tianbao is the first New Day after Li Longji decreed the change of the Yuan, and the dynasty is extremely solemn. However, outside of the history of the assassins in various states, there are very few festival envoys who come to the Hajj. Jiannan, Hexi, Longyou, these three sides and Tubo fierce battles are in full swing, Shuofang Jiedu Du Shiyi just last year with the envoys of the Turkic Khan from the east and west sides of the Hajj to Chang'an, while Youzhou Jiedu makes Pei Kuan is busy reconciling the contradictions between the generals and schools, Beiting Jiedu makes Li Yan and Anxi four towns Jiedu envoy Meng Lingcha is working to deal with the rebellion of the Turks Shimohe Dagan, and Hedong Jiedu makes Wang Zhongsi is reorganizing the army. Therefore, the only festival envoy who came to the court this time was An Lushan, the envoy of the Pinglu festival.

The Tang Dynasty has always been eclectic with generals, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there are often ministers in the envoys, and Pinglu is in addition to the Lingnan five provinces in addition to the envoys, the soldiers under its jurisdiction are few, so a mere An Lushan has not attracted too much attention from the courtiers, and even when Li Shizhi mentioned this person, he only contemptuously ridiculed Hu'er.

But Li Longji has a good impression of An Lushan, probably because after Zhang Shouqi sent the criminal An Lushan to the capital, he pardoned this person, or maybe An Lushan's fat face and clever words are too confusing, all in all, outside the Zhengdan Dynasty, he summoned An Lushan several times, and every time he was amused by this beard, he was extremely comfortable.

And An Lushan is extremely good at being a man, even if Li Shizhi looks down on him, he is still humble like a low-grade minister in the face of this prime minister, and he is even more respectful in front of Li Linfu. As for those palace officials, he also spared money to bribe generously, and the money spent on a trip to Beijing reached millions.

When he entered Beijing this time, he didn't worry about Pinglu, he left his righteous brother Ashina Lai Gan to sit in charge, and only brought Hou Xiyi with him, and subconsciously hoped that this money bag would bear some expenses for himself. Sure enough, when he entered Beijing a few days later, when he said that the money was spent too much, Hou Xiyi not only generously donated money, but even said that he could give him half of the profits after he returned, and begged him not to care about his recruitment of Xi people and Khitan fugitive households, and to reclaim the famine in the north of Yingzhou.

A subordinate who can spend money for his boss is trustworthy!

In fact, if it weren't for Hou Xiyi's family living in Pinglu, having a lot of prestige in the army, and having a deep relationship with Li Mingjun's Wu brothers, and trying to inquire about that trade route but not seeing many clues, An Lushan would not have had the idea of killing people and seizing property. But instead of rashly starting and shaking his foundation, it is not as good as Lele to share the benefits, which is also his purpose to control the generals and make people's hearts all towards him!

After fighting a battle that sounded extremely amazing, and after reporting his sincere prayers, Xiangrui, who pecked at the insects that infested the seedlings, saw that Li Longji really favored himself even more, An Lushan seized the rare opportunity to return to Beijing with only one festival of his own, and repeatedly entered the palace to offer great hospitality, and refused to leave for Pinglu after the Shangyuan Festival. Li Linfu couldn't wait for such a general to distract Li Longji's attention from Shuo Fang, so he didn't urge him to return at all, and Li Shizhi gradually couldn't help it.

Even if he took the rich gift of An Lushan, Li Shiyi, who thinks very highly of himself, wants to be a famous minister. Therefore, after the court meeting on this day, he went straight to ask the Son of Heaven and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, when Gai Jiayun made great achievements in the Western Regions, His Majesty was rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and he was promoted to the envoy of the right section of Hexi Long, but Gai Jiayun was complacent, and he stayed in the capital and did not take office for a long time, so that Pei Gong, the right prime minister of Shangshu, wrote a letter to take responsibility, and as a result, after Gai Jiayun took office in Helong, he was really arrogant and complacent, and soon lost Shibao City!" The lessons of the past are still there, and now An Lushan, as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, controls the key of Yingzhou, but he also loves the wealth of Chang'an and does not leave, which is really not the attitude that a town festival envoy should have! ”

Li Longji responded to this matter, but when An Lushan came back to see him, he said all the original words of Li Shizhi's reprimand, and then sighed: "Although you are brave and loyal, you are a border general after all, and it is not good to attract Zaifu to gossip, go back early." ”

However, Li Shizhi's suggestion, An Lushan Tong Guò Lieutenant has long been aware of it, and at this moment he smiled and said: "Although what Zuo Xiang said sounds very reasonable, Gai Jiayun is just a single husband, and the minister is not a person. Since the minister dared to stay in Chang'an for so long, it was because the minister had an absolutely trustworthy general to guard Yingzhou! The minister's righteous brother Ashina is shrewd and capable, the army is outstanding, and there is Li Mingjun, the deputy envoy of the Pinglu army who was given the name of His Majesty, these two people guard Yingzhou, but if the Xi people and the Khitan have an attack, they will definitely send troops to repel it, if the minister is in Chang'an, they lose the battle, then, the minister is willing to be punished by His Majesty! ”

Li Longji's heart was overjoyed when he said this, and he didn't mention the matter of letting An Lushan go back for a while. With the approval of the Son of Heaven, An Lushan continued to stay in Chang'an City with confidence, threw a lot of money down to make friends with the minister, and stayed until the end of the first month. With his fat face and humble attitude, coupled with his status as a holy favor, he is invincible.

And after Hou Xiyi arrived in Chang'an, except for secretly meeting with Chibi, he followed An Lushan to the west at other times, and never stole the limelight of the main general. On the day he left Beijing, he was rewarded by the Son of Heaven and said to Hou Xiyi: "Xiyi, you are one year younger than me, you might as well treat me as a brother in the future, as long as I am there for a day, I will never forget your benefits!" ”

"With the words handsome, I feel at ease!" Hou Xiyi smiled, thinking of the reality of coming to Chang'an, but he sneered in his heart.

This is the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, the Son of Heaven who reigns over the world, and the ministers who deal with the government and politics, and they are played with by a Hu'er in the palm of their hands, which is ridiculous!

As an envoy of Jiedu, An Lushan must open the way with his troops whenever he travels in Pinglu, and he will hug him from front to back, but in Chang'an City, he will never compete with those ministers and ministers. It wasn't until he left the city now that he set up a guard of honor. This is not for anything else, it is precisely to impress the officials and people of Chang'an City. In order to attract attention, he deliberately chose the widest Vermilion Bird Street in Chang'an City to go out of the city, but when he saw that the Mingde Gate was about to arrive, he suddenly only heard a commotion from the honor guard in front of him, and immediately frowned.

"Dashuai, it was Shuo Fang Jiedu who made Du Dashuai's wife return to Chang'an with her son, and they went into the city when we went out of the city, just right."

"It turned out that Mrs. Taiyuan County had returned to Chang'an." An Lushan's face was full of annoyance, and then he said happily, "Du Dashuai is my senior, come here, give way, and ask the lady of Taiyuan County and the two sons to pass first." ”

When he entered Chang'an, he met An Lushan on the way back to Pinglu, and Wang Rong couldn't help but feel a coincidence. She was about to order the guards in front of her to give way, but someone had already come back to report that An Lushan had let them go first. Hearing this, she pondered for a moment, and immediately called Du Guangyuan next to the car, and said in a deep voice: "Guangyuan, you go in person, and tell An Dashuai that he is the commander of Pinglu Jie, the general of the country, I can't wait for the women and children, so I should let him go first." Pinglu's safety and danger are all related to An Dashuai, and his trip must not be delayed, so he must not shirk. ”

If it were the past, Du Guangyuan would inevitably be unhappy. However, since Zhengdan returned to Lingzhou for more than half a month, he has finally grown a lot, and at this moment, he should turn his horse and leave. When he saw the Pinglu group in front of him, he found that the flag was waving, the soldiers were strong and strong, and he couldn't help but look forward to what Pinglu Jiedu would look like to An Lushan. But when he finally saw someone, he was shocked when he saw that the other party was a big fat man, and it was easy not to show it on his face. Although his father had the same official position as An Lushan, and even had a loose title, he still relayed his mother's words respectfully and politely.

"Mrs. Taiyuan is so polite, if I don't listen, it will seem that I am too disrespectful." An Lushan nodded at Du Guangyuan cordially, and said angrily, "If it weren't for a coincidence, I almost served under the command of Marshal Lingzun Du, and I can be regarded as having a lot of fate with the little general." When I first saw me today, I didn't have anything to give, and this Youyan horse was different from Shuofang horse, so I sent one to the little general! ”

After letting someone bring a horse, An Lushan shouted in a deep voice: "Pass the order, go out of the city immediately, and remember to say thank you when you pass the carriage and horse of the lady of Taiyuan County!" ”

Du Guangyuan didn't have time to excuse himself, so he saw An Lushan's group of people and horses quickly passing through guò, and when they passed by his mother's car, they really thanked him. So much so that when he rode back to his mother's car, after repeating the words that An Lushan had talked to him one by one, he couldn't help but whisper: "I didn't expect that the soldiers and horses of Pinglu were so well-trained. ”

"The border towns in the world are all in the midst of a long war, how can they be so bad?" Wang Rong said this in his mouth, but in his heart he was thinking about the middle-aged man who had just seen him and was only one horse behind An Lushan.

When she was in Yunzhou, Du Shiyi was familiar with both civil and military affairs, and it was clearly Hou Xiyi!

Soon after leaving Chang'an City and going to the official road, An Lushan signaled the soldiers and horses to pause, looked at Hou Xiyi beside him and said: "I remember that you are Du Dashuai's old department, how can you see Mrs. Taiyuan County but don't come forward to say hello." ”

"That was from the past." Hou Xiyi remained silent at all, and his face even showed a little resentment, "Du Dashuai once had the grace of knowing me, but he himself has been on the rise, one is the commander of Longyou, the other is the commander of Shuofang, how many good ends did the old department of Yunzhou have back then?" Walking, scattering, moving left, even Nan Jiyun, who was once transferred under Du Dashuai, crashed into Gai Jiayun's hands, and was actually demoted. Now that I've become a handsome, I don't want to talk about the past anymore. ”

Seeing Hou Xiyi's clear attitude, An Lushan couldn't help but be overjoyed. Hou Xiyi's career experience after being captured from Yunzhou has already been clearly investigated, and it is true that as he said, Du Shiyi should not have contributed. Therefore, he followed the pretend sigh, and then patted Hou Xiyi on the shoulder cordially.

"If you don't want to, forget it, I won't ignore my subordinates like Du Dashuai! Let's go, let's go back to Pinglu, although this Chang'an is rich and noble, but I can't stand it anymore if I pretend to be a grandson all day long! ”

Hou Xiyi wished that An Lushan would mention Du Shiyi less, even if not too many people heard it, he didn't want to say too much bad things about Du Shiyi behind his back. So, he took the opportunity to divert the topic and said: "Where is the big handsome who has really been pretending to be a grandson, when he entered the palace yesterday to resign, didn't he still sue some people in front of His Majesty?" ”

"Of course." An Lushan smiled slyly, but there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes, "Who let the right prime minister speak in person, and that guy doesn't take me seriously than the left minister?" can make some people suffer, and no one will treat my An Lushan as a dough to be kneaded! ”