Volume 2 Cangyan Black Clouds Chapter 152 Plum Blossoms Fall
After An Lushan raised his army, Emperor Li Longji of Tang Ming became suspicious and seriously doubted the loyalty of the ministers around him, so the children of the imperial family, especially his own sons, began to serve as generals in various places. Prior to this, Li Wan, the king of Rong, had been appointed as the generalissimo of the conquest to control the soldiers and horses of Tongguan. Ge Shuhan is actually Li Wan's deputy marshal.
However, Li Wan, the generalissimo, is only a name. Or, even if they have to exercise the duties and powers of a marshal, their power is only in the army, and they have no right to intervene in local affairs, including food and salary, which is a matter related to the life and death of the army, and can only be handled by the corresponding local officials. In fact, Li Wan, the son of the brother, does not know the soldiers, and the actual commander of the Tongguan soldiers and horses is still Ge Shuhan.
However, this time, the power granted by Emperor Tang Ming to Yongwang Li Xuan far exceeded that of King Rong!
Li Lan is also the envoy of the four festivals!
It sounds like the four knots make the reputation of the "generalissimo" domineering.
But in fact, Li Lan has all the military and political power in the four roads of Shannan East Road, Lingnan, Qianzhong, and Jiangnan West Road!
This means that Li Lan can levy the army, people, grain and grass, and pay taxes in his jurisdiction anytime and anywhere, and he can appoint army generals and local administrators in his jurisdiction by himself!
In other words, Li Lan has centralized power in his jurisdiction!
To put it more clearly, Li Lan is the king of a country!
And this "country" is almost equivalent to one-third of the actual controllable territory of Datang! Moreover, it is the richest and most densely populated country!
The four roads of Shannan East Road, Lingnan, Qianzhong, and Jiangnan West Road were the sources of food and taxes for the Tang Dynasty to support this war!
The only thing Li Lan has to do is just to show loyalty to Emperor Tang Ming!
And Li Lan just used Li Bai's matter to show his loyalty to Emperor Tang Ming!
As the envoy of the Four Realms and the Governor of Jingzhou, Li Lan can appoint any official he wants to appoint, even if it is a higher-ranking official, it is also a matter of his words.
The governor of the Governor's Mansion is just a seven-rank official, and whoever he wants to appoint, he just orders it directly.
However, Li Lan played to Emperor Tang Ming for such a small thing with sesame seeds.
Of course, there is some truth in Li Lan's rhetoric, Li Bai has a special identity, he was originally the imperial Hanlin of Emperor Tang Ming, Li Lan wants to use Li Bai, he should first ask his father for instructions.
It turns out that this trivial thing is not small at all!
Li Lan's instructions made Tang Minghuang Long's heart happy!
Even for the appointment of a seven-rank official, he had to ask his father for advice, and his loyalty naturally did not say!
Li Longji is naturally gracious.
This matter passed quickly, and in the political process of the Tang Dynasty, this was just a grain of sand, and not even a blister could be shaken.
When Yang Yuhuan heard about this, he only thought of "clouds want clothes, flowers want to look".
In fact, she really doesn't have a good impression of Li Taibai, who is drunk all day. Except, of course, those three "Qingping Tunes".
Today, she sat in the octagonal pavilion leaving the garden, and thought of Li Bai again, just because the blooming plum blossoms in front of her made her jealous!
The years are easy to grow old, and the youth is easy to pass away.
She suddenly found that "Yun Xiang Clothes and Flowers want to look" was no longer suitable for her!
The falling plum blossoms made her feel deeply inferior!
The falling plum blossoms, fluttering and sprinkling, flying all over the sky, that is the ultimate beauty!
That kind of beauty only exists for a moment, that is, the process of falling from the branches to the earth!
Yang Yuhuan suddenly had an ominous premonition!
The most beautiful moment of flowers is not when they bloom on the branches, but when they fall in the wind!
Could it be that the same is true for women?
An Lushan is preparing to ascend the throne in Luoyang and become emperor, and various news confirms that Da Xixun, the former waiter of the Tang Dynasty's Ministry of Rites, has prepared all the enthronement etiquette procedures for An Lushan, and the procedures are strictly in accordance with the Zhou etiquette, even more self-denial than Li Longji's accession to the throne!
Li Longji is not afraid of how luxurious An Lushan's enthronement ceremony is, what he is most afraid of is that An Lushan's enthronement ceremony is in line with Zhou etiquette!
A usurper will prove his legitimacy with rituals! At the same time, to confirm the illegality of the Tang Emperor!
This result was expected, however, when the news came, Li Longji's reaction was still so crazy - this dying old emperor was not psychologically prepared to face this reality, and his performance was completely like a lion attacked by a hyena, ashamed, indignant, and hoarse!
However, the lion's wrath is unjustified! The hyena did not sneak attack, he had already warned the lion to attack! The blame lies solely with the lion himself, who ignored the hyena's warnings!
What is even more absurd is that instead of sending the fire of his anger out on the hyena, the lion on his loyal companions!
Six of his attendants have already been executed by Li Longji's order! The crime is very grandiose - wrath of the saint!
The one who is truly angry with the Holy One is sitting thousands of miles away in the Temple of Vientiane, at ease, receiving the congratulations of his ministers!
Li Longji locked himself in the Zichen Palace, and he didn't see anyone! Including his prime minister Yang Guozhong, his favorite concubine Yang Yuhuan, and his wildflower Yang Yuyao!
For the Yang family, this is an extremely dangerous signal!
The people of the world have already put the blame for An Lushan's rebellion on Yang Guozhong.
At this time, what does it mean for Li Longji to alienate the Yang family!
Yang Guozhong was like an ant on a hot pot, entering the palace again and again to listen to Li Longji's rumors.
Of course, he got nothing!
Because, even Yang Yuhuan can't see the emperor.
Yang Yuhuan is reluctant to talk about politics, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't understand politics.
She knows very well that the Yang family is both prosperous and lossy.
Therefore, she tried her best, in order to see Li Longji, she even gave up her dignity as a concubine and went to Zichen Hall in person to see the emperor. What's more, she personally invited her third sister Yang Yuyao into the palace and acted as a broker for her rival in love! For Yang Yuhuan, this is a great humiliation, however, when people reach this point, no matter how great the humiliation is, they can only endure it!
However, Yang Yuhuan failed!
The emperor will not see anyone!
There are only two reasons why a man loses interest in women, one is aging, and the other is hatred!
These two, no matter which one accounts for a significant proportion, are a catastrophe for Yang Yuhuan!
That's the life of a family! That's countless people on the ground!
Since An Lushan raised his army, the call to kill Yang Guozhong to thank the world has been wave after wave. The reason why the emperor turned a deaf ear was just because Yang Yuhuan was by his side!
And now, Yang Yuhuan can't see the emperor!
For the first time in his life, Yang Yuhuan felt terrified!
It's a horror from the bones, lingering, chilling to the bone!
She suddenly realized that what she was about to lose was more than just an emperor!