Luoyang Palace, the Temple of Vientiane.

An Lushan leaned on the dragon chair, squinting his eyes, his belly rising high and rising slightly, as if he was asleep.

The Vientiane Temple was once the center of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty, which implemented the two-capital system, turned the eastern capital of Luoyang, the "accompanying capital", into the de facto capital of the Tang Dynasty during the Wu Zetian period.

Perhaps, as a woman, Wu Zetian is powerless to face the palace pavilions left by Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong in the Daming Palace. Everything there is too dazzling, as if there are shadows of the Tang Dynasty Emperor everywhere.

So, Wu Zetian came to Luoyang.

The luxury and majesty of Luoyang Palace is not lost to Daming Palace, in fact, Luoyang Palace is almost a copy of Daming Palace.

However, after Wu Zetian arrived, he was still not satisfied. He ordered his ministers to build a large number of buildings, and completely transformed Luoyang Palace in terms of shape and scale.

Perhaps, Wu Zetian wants to take advantage of the magnificent momentum of Luoyang Palace to challenge the Daming Palace in Chang'an and overwhelm the foundation of the Li Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty.

Thus, the Temple of Vientiane came into being.

After three years of vertical arching, Wu Ze ignored the strong opposition of the ministers of the clan, and decided to demolish the luxurious Qianyuan Hall and build the Ming Hall on the foundation site of the Qianyuan Hall in Luoyang, the divine capital.

The so-called Ming Hall is the place where the imperial court issues decrees and worships heaven and earth, and governance and worship to heaven are the ultimate embodiment of state power.

Therefore, Mingtang is the political center of the country. According to the ancient system of the Zhou Dynasty, it should be built three miles away from the palace city, within seven miles, and in a remote place in the mountains. The position of the Ming Hall in the political life of the country is extremely prominent, but according to the Zhou Rites, the regulations of the Ming Hall can only be the scale of a small thatched tent, which reflects the Zhou Rites revered, the emperor and the people share weal and woe. Wu Zetian ignored these outdated concepts and customs, and ordered the construction of the Ming Hall in the Luoyang Palace on the grounds that the Ming Hall was too far away from the palace city, the sacrifice was inconvenient, and the people were tired from going back and forth.

The traditional Mingtang form is a simple building with five rooms, four gates, eight households, and four steps. However, the Ming Hall built by Wu Zetian was extremely luxurious and magnificent. The whole hall is divided into three floors, the ground floor is a square, and the east, south, west and north are respectively matched with four colors: blue, red, white and black, symbolizing the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter; The middle layer is a regular twelve-sided shape, which enshrines the portraits of the twelve beings, symbolizing the twelve hours. The upper layer is a twenty-four prism body, symbolizing the twenty-four solar terms; The roof is round, held by nine cloud dragons, and on the roof stands a golden phoenix with a height of more than a foot, the phoenix stands independent, and its front paws are stretched out, facing the end door. The whole building is 300 feet wide and 294 feet high, the weather is majestic, solemn and brilliant, "go to the capital for more than 100 miles, see it from afar".

This is no longer a bright hall, but a temple with thousands of weathers!

Therefore, Wu Zetian named it Vientiane Shrine.

At this point, the Vientiane Temple became the center of the Tang Dynasty, the brain of a vast empire.

Since Wu Zetian, the Tang Emperor has reigned over the world here, looking down on the four seas.

One after another, a letter of edict, issued from here, straight to the snow-capped mountains, grasslands, deserts, and seas thousands of miles away!

Wherever the Tang Dynasty's edict went, the Hu people gathered here from all directions and bowed to the feet of the Tang Emperor!

Whether it is the Tang Emperor or the people of the world, they all naturally firmly believe that the Vientiane Temple is the center of the universe! The ruler of the Temple of Vientiane is the ruler of the universe!

Today, An Lushan sits on the top of the Vientiane Temple, where the Emperor of Heaven once sit.

He tried to look down on the world like the woman who held the authority of the world.

Gao Shang once told him: As far as the Son of Heaven can see, he should be under the whole world!

However, to his disappointment, he did not see the snow-capped mountains, deserts and sea frontiers thousands of miles away, and all he saw was the palaces and pavilions as far as his eyes could see, as well as the civil and military generals prostrate under the main hall.

Even the scene in front of me is very vague.

An Lushan, who has been a horse all his life, seems to always contain endless power in his body, and his body is extremely fat, but this does not prevent him from galloping on the battlefield with a prancing horse whip.

However, since entering Luoyang, An Lushan suddenly felt a strange sense of aging.

His eyesight deteriorated rapidly, and his vision was often blurry. At the same time, there was often an irrepressible exhaustion in his body, which made him have to sit down in his chair and be groggy all day. His memory was also declining, and he couldn't even think of how many wives and sons he had!

Yan Zhuang said that this was because he was frightened by Yan Gaoqing in Changshan. As long as you recuperate with peace of mind, it won't take long for An Lushan to regain its former vigor and heroism.

This is also one of the reasons why Yan Zhuang persuaded An Lushan to ascend the throne and claim the emperor - if the emperor is happy, he can recover his health.

An Lushan was skeptical about this, because he clearly felt that his body was like a ball with a broken hole, and his physical strength and courage were constantly flowing out of his body from the breach.

Aging comes so fast that it's unexpected!

His Royal Highness, Wen Zuo Wu Right, lined up with his followers and the military generals of Wenchen who fought all the way from Fan Yang.

For such a sorting, An Lushan seemed extremely uncomfortable.

Left is above right, and literature is above martial arts, which is the rule of all Chinese dynasties.

For this rule, An Lushan always felt incredible.

In Fanyang, the status of Wenchen is much lower than that of military generals, and those illiterate Hu generals under An Lushan can shout at any literati, even if they are noble and solemn, even if they are noble and solemn, these confidants of An Lushan, even if they see a general, they must be polite and give three points. This is the so-called Fanyang order!

However, today, when An Lushan sat on the dragon chair of the Vientiane Temple, the order of Fan Yang was reversed.

The civil ministers headed by Gao Shang are listed on the left, and the military generals headed by Ashina Chengqing are listed on the right.

The hall was quiet, but An Lushan felt the uneasiness and restlessness brought by this sorting method from Ashina's Chengqing Tieqing's face.

Beside his ears, Ashina Chengqing's roar echoed: "The world is made with a knife and a shot, not a mouth!" ”

This voice reverberated in the painting pavilion and carved floor of the Vientiane Temple, and it could not be calmed down for a long time.

In the center of the main hall, there stood an old man in a purple official uniform.

The purple official uniform is the regulation of the Tang Dynasty, which is the court uniform of the ministers of the court above the third grade.

The old man's face was haggard and tired, but the purple official uniform was very smooth and neat, and it could be seen that it was a brand new official uniform.

"Humble Henan Yin Da Xi Xun to meet Dr. An!" The old man's voice was a little hoarse, but it was neither arrogant nor humble.

"Despicable? Whose lowly position are you? Ashina Chengqing burst into applause, and the people in the hall trembled.

Fan Yang's army broke through the eastern capital Luoyang, and An Lushan was already sitting on the throne of Vientiane Temple, which was the emperor's throne!

An Lushan has already fought against the Tang Dynasty, but Henan Yin Da Xixun, who was appointed by the Tang Dynasty, called himself a "lowly position" in front of An Lushan, and he still regarded himself as an official of the Tang Dynasty, obviously, did not take An Lushan's current status in his eyes.

An Lushan narrowed his eyes and leaned on the dragon chair, as if he hadn't heard Ashina Chengqing's roar.

After Fan Yang's army broke through Luoyang, Da Xixun was the highest-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty captured by Fan Yangjun. As Henan Yin, he is the top administrator of the three political centers of Chang'an, Luoyang and Taiyuan in the Tang Dynasty along with Jing Zhaoyin and Taiyuan Yin.

According to the unwritten rules, officials above the third rank cannot be taken prisoner alive, which damages the prestige of the imperial court!

And Da Xixun can't be a prisoner, everyone in the world knows that he is Yang Guozhong's cronies, and everyone in the capital knows that he has a very close relationship with Yang Guozhong! If he falls into the hands of An Lushan, he will die an extremely ugly death!

Therefore, the city of Luoyang was broken, and Da Xixun either died in battle or committed suicide.

However, he chose to be captured!

Moreover, he was "captured" only after he had been missing for twenty days.

Even Tang Ming Emperor Li Longji didn't expect that Da Xixun was not dead. When Luoyang City was broken, the imperial court had already issued an obituary for him.

At that time, the Chang'an Imperial Court did not get the news of Da Xixun's death, but Li Longji believed that Da Xixun would definitely die for the country, because he was favored by the emperor in his life!

However, twenty days after Luoyang City was broken, Da Xixun, who had not been heard from, appeared in Luoyang City in official uniforms.

His resurrection from the dead not only embarrassed the Tang Dynasty court in Chang'an, but also surprised An Lushan - he always thought that Da Xixun had died in the chaos.

Before Fan Yang's army besieged Luoyang, An Lushan had ordered to capture Da Xixun alive.

He wants to use Da Xixun's head to pay tribute to An Qingzong, who was killed by Emperor Tang Ming!

Da Xixun is not only Yang Guozhong's cronies, but also a high-ranking official of the imperial court, in An Lushan's opinion, only Da Xixun's head is worthy of his son!

Therefore, when Fan Yangjun entered the city, he dug three feet into the ground and did not find Da Xixun, which made An Lushan very angry, and the victory of capturing Luoyang became greatly overshadowed because of Da Xixun's leakage!

However, when Da Xixun stood in front of him, An Lushan did not feel gratified, on the contrary, he felt a sense of frustration - Da Xixun could disappear as he wanted, or he could appear as he wanted, which made An Lushan feel that Luoyang City and the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty were unfathomable, and it also made him feel that with an army of 180,000 in his hand, he was still uncertain!

A strong inferiority complex surged in An Lushan's heart.

As far as the Son of Heaven can see, it should be under the whole world!

However, he couldn't even see through the Luoyang City in front of him!

"Why didn't you die?" An Lushan owed his fat body, and talked about life and death in a calm tone that was almost cruel.

"You can't die if you are lowly!" Da Xixun's voice was as calm as An Lushan.

"You're afraid of death!" An Lushan opened his squinted eyes.

"Humble duty is not afraid of death!" Da Xixun is still as calm as ever.

"What a big talk!" An Lushan closed his eyes and waved his hand slightly.

"Come on, take Da Xixun to the river!" Ashina Chengqing burst into tears.

After the city of Luoyang was broken, the captured Tang officials were tied to the frozen river and sawed in half with a saw.