readx; An Sishun's reply to the imperial court was not delivered to Chang'an for a long time, but his letter of request for help to An Lushan was urgent, and it was sent to Hebei four days later. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Like Li Qing'an's Anxi, An Lushan also commanded the Fanyang Jinglu branch camp field envoy, he not only mastered the military power, but also controlled the local financial power, which made him have huge financial and material resources to expand the army, in the year before last when he attacked the Khitan, he sent 60,000 troops, and returned defeated, and the 60,000 army lost more than half, but An Lushan used the financial resources in his hands to quickly replenish the troops.

Compared with Anxi, Hebei has a large population and strong financial resources, and An Lushan's resources are far stronger than Li Qing'an's, and his generals are full of talents, and the staff of famous men and scholars are like carp crossing the river, which makes An Lushan the first powerful domain of the Tang Dynasty.

Although An Lushan is strong, but he himself is very low-key, he likes to entertain guests, he always said to everyone at the banquet that Anxi has a vast territory and many troops, and Li Qing'an is the first strong domain in the Tang Dynasty, not only said at the banquet, but also sent people to Chang'an, Luoyang and other places to preach the strength of Anxi, in an attempt to turn everyone's attention to Anxi.

He knew that he was not as far as Li Qing'an's high emperor, Li Longji was difficult to control, and his Hebei was close to the Central Plains, and there were many local officials, and his slightest wind and grass would come to Li Longji's ears, so he was showing his loyalty to Li Longji everywhere, searching for rare treasures everywhere, and sending them to Yang Guifei and Li Longji. made Li Longji trust An Lushan, not only removed his eunuchs and supervised the army, but even the princes of various places were in charge, but An Lushan did not.

Although he won Li Longji's trust, but An Lushan did not sit back and relax, he was still secretly in full swing preparations, last year he ordered the center to burn the Chang'an armory, so that the Tang Dynasty accumulated 300,000 weapons accumulated for decades in one fell swoop, internally, he got the right to mint money, he wantonly minted inferior silver money, scraped the people's money, and sent people to the Bohai Sea to cook salt, a large number of illegal salt in the Central Plains, and learned from Li Qing'an's regiment to practice the implementation of the Lianbao system in Fanyang and Pinglu areas, and concentrated the people in the fortress, In peacetime, he trained a large number of reservists, and in this way, his secret power quickly expanded, nominally he only had 140,000 troops in two towns, but in fact, he was able to mobilize 200,000 troops.

Since the end of last year, the trend of cutting the feudal domain has inevitably blown Fan Yang, An Lushan is very nervous, he knows very well in his heart that his Fan Yang will be targeted by Li Longji sooner or later, Li Longji no matter how much he trusts him, he can't trust his son, Tang Jiangshan is surnamed Li, not surnamed An, in order to deal with the crisis, he ordered Liu Luogu, the liaison officer of Chang'an, to pay attention to the movements of the imperial court from time to time, and bribe the palace attendants to control Li Longji's every move.

Immediately after the outbreak of the invasion of the south of the Hui Dynasty, Li Longji took advantage of this incident to start the formal reduction of the feudal domain, An Lushan knew that the time was running out, and he could no longer care about the possibility of revealing his ambitions, so he immediately ordered the assembly of militia groups in Pinglu, which was called Spring Training, in fact, they were converted into regular troops.

That night, An Sishun's distress letter was delivered to An Lushan's Dongping County Palace.

Although An Lushan is shallow, his study is extremely precious, and he can't talk about any style, just pile up all kinds of precious things in the room, Wu Daozi, Yan Liben's paintings, Zhang Xu's cursive script, Li Bai, Wang Wei's poems, all kinds of authentic works are hung in the room at will, as for all kinds of Buddhist scriptures and Confucian classics are countless, piled up in three rooms.

But these celebrity calligraphy and paintings and books An Lushan has never been disdainful, his only interest is a sand table map, which is learned from Li Qing'an, three hundred craftsmen spent a year in Hebei, Hedong, Henan and Guanzhong mountains and rivers terrain, urban population, bridge garrisons, etc. with clay sculpture, very intuitive and realistic, this sand table is also An Lushan's most beloved thing, once a maid accidentally knocked over a cup of tea on the sand table, the result caused him to be furious, personally drew a sword to stab the maid to death, since then, No one is allowed to enter the room where he has placed the sand table.

The sand table is placed in a separate room, there are no windows in the room, and ten grapefruit-sized night pearls are hung in the four corners, illuminating the room as bright as day.

An Lushan stood quietly in front of the sand table, staring at the rich land in Guanzhong for a long time, or he didn't care about Guanzhong, he only closed the small point with the size of a needle, that was what he was really interested in.

An Lushan's ambition is not innate, six years ago in Tianbao, he was still thinking about what to keep his position as a festival envoy, but since he inadvertently saw the gorgeous and exquisite concubine, his heart has changed subtly, if he wants to get Yang Guifei, he can only replace Li Longji, although An Lushan thinks about Yang Guifei at night, but Tianbao ten years ago, he still only wants to support the army and become the veritable lord of Hebei.

He really had the ambition to seize the Tang Dynasty but after Li Linfu faded out of the Tang Dynasty power center due to illness, without the threat of Li Linfu, it was like a chain tied to An Lushan's neck was removed, and Yang Guozhong, who he had always looked down on, grasped the power of the Tang Dynasty.

Behind An Lushan, his advisor sat nobly on a bamboo couch, unhurriedly looking at An Sishun's distress letter, and taking a sip of tea from time to time with a steaming teacup.

Today's situation was already expected by Gao Shang, he knew that if Li Longji didn't move Ge Shuhan first, it would definitely be to deal with An Sishun, Ge Shuhan was anxious because he was close to Chang'an, but An Sishun was because he was the weakest among the several major knots, and it was the easiest place to cut the domain, just like a soft persimmon, so it was not surprising that Li Longji cleaned him up first.

It's just that Li Longji actually wants to cut the two major festival envoys of Ge Shuhan and An Sishun at the same time, which is indeed unexpected.

"Sir, do I think I will help or not?"

An Lushan finally spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, his anxious eyes showed that he was worried, An Sishun is his brother, they have always exchanged letters, and the friendship is unusual, at this time An Sishun wrote a letter to ask for help, although he didn't want to do much in his heart, but the affection made him unable to pull this face, and he was extremely embarrassed in his heart.

Gao Shang took another sip of tea and said with a smile: "I just want to ask Dashuai if he wants to help him?" ”

An Lushan shook his head, "To be honest, I don't want to help, now is not the time to turn against Li Longji, and it will do me no harm to help him now." ”

"That's right, since the big marshal also knows that there is no harm in everything, then why help it?"

Speaking of this, the noble expression became solemn, and said: "Dashuai, with all due respect, although you are like brothers, at this moment when your personal future and fate are at stake, not only can you not help him, but also kill your relatives in righteousness, show Li Longji that you support his attitude of deposing An Sishun, don't let the fire of cutting the feudal clan burn on your body, this is not to protect yourself, but Dashuai needs time to prepare, and you must not be a bird at this time." ”

An Lushan's eyes were still staring at the small point with the big needle tip in Guanzhong, and he sighed softly and said, "Mr. is right!" To tell you the truth, I have always dreamed of ascending to that throne and reigning in the world, but I wonder when my dream will become a reality? ”

"Don't be anxious, as long as you follow my words step by step, within three or five years, you will be able to ascend to the Ninety-Five Honor, but at the moment, the marshal must endure, not only to endure, but also to put it into action, I have five strategies, I hope the marshal can be implemented in accordance with it."

An Lushan also sat down and said, "Sir, please say, I will definitely follow it." ”

Gao Shang's favorite is An Lushan's point, obey his own words, as a strategist, can make his loyalty to the lord obey the plan, then his career is half successful, and then he will help the lord to a high position, he himself will gradually embark on the road of high-ranking officials, Gao Shang's ranking in An Lushan's staff was originally after Yan Zhuang, but after Yan Zhuang left, Gao Shang became the head of the staff, and he also got a little bit of news, Yan Zhuang may be a strategist in Li Qing'an, for this news, Gao Shang has been hiding An Lushan, not that he is afraid that Yan Zhuang will come back to compete with him, but that he is worried that An Lushan will suspect that he will also climb another high branch, thus reducing his trust in him.

Gao Shang stroked his goatee lightly, squinted his small eyes and said with a smile: "What I just said about writing to Li Longji and supporting him to remove An Sishun is the first strategy, I won't say more, and then talk about the second one, that is, to bribe Yang Guozhong." ”

"Yang Guozhong?" An Lushan interrupted the noble words and said disdainfully: "Is there any need for that fool to slap him?" I spent so much money on him before, what compensation did I get? Besides, the concubine has lost power, how long can he, the prime minister, be able to do it, not necessarily? ”

"Dashuai!" Gao Shang accentuated his tone and said: "Regardless of whether Yang Guozhong will fall in the future, at least he is still the right minister in front of him, and he has a great influence in the DPRK, and the matter of cutting the feudal domain will be completed within this year or two, Yang Guozhong will not go down during this period, isn't this what An Shuai cares about?" ”

An Lushan nodded reluctantly, and said: "That's right, then I'll deign to bribe him again, and when I come to power, I will let the Yang family spit it out with interest." ”

An Lushan's peerless appearance suddenly appeared in Yang Guifei's mind, he was stunned, and muttered: "And her, she also belongs to me." ”

Seeing that he seemed to be distracted, Gao Shang couldn't help coughing heavily, An Lushan woke up, and hurriedly laughed dryly: "Sir, please continue, what is the third strategy?" ”

"This third strategy is that the marshal should take the initiative to invite the prince to sit in Fanyang."

"This.... That's a bit too much, isn't it? ”

Although An Lushan obeyed Gao Shangyan's words, he was a little difficult to accept this strategy, his face changed, and he said with some displeasure: "Sir, other strategies are easy to say, let the prince come to take charge of Fan Yang, I might as well give away the military power, if others know, don't you laugh at me An Lushan is a fool?" ”

"Boss, please don't be impatient!"

Gao Shang smiled slightly: "Our purpose is to make others think that Da Shuai is stupid, so that they will not have the heart to be guarded." ”

"But... I still don't think it's appropriate. ”

"Let me ask Dashuai, if Li Longji really sends the prince to take charge of Fanyang, can Dashuai stop it?"

"This.... Probably not. ”

"That's right, whether to send the prince to Fan Yang or not, the decision is up to Li Longji, not the marshal, if he wants to send the prince to Fanyang, he doesn't need to ask the marshal, he will still send it, if he doesn't want to send the prince to Fanyang, even if the marshal kneels down and begs him, he won't send it."

An Lushan seemed to understand a little, and he hesitated and asked, "What Mr. means, I'm just making a gesture." ”

"That's right!" Gao Shang saw that An Lushan finally understood, and couldn't help but smile with relief: "In fact, everything the marshal is doing now is making a gesture, including supporting the removal of An Sishun, it is just a show of attitude, of course, Li Longji will not cut the military power of the marshal because of the marshal's posture is good, he will still cut the power, but what we are asking for is not this, what we want is time, let him consider cutting the power of the marshal at the latest, then we will achieve the goal, maybe it will not be done in the end, does the marshal understand?" ”

"I see, okay! I will adopt your third policy, and then I will ask the gentleman to say the fourth. ”

Gao Shang continued: "These four strategies are also the measures of the actual surname, that is, to put the son of the handsome man in Chang'an as a hostage, and ask for a princess for him, this is actually a temptation, as long as Li Longji agrees to recruit as a concubine, it means that he does not want to cut the power of the handsome for the time being, we still have leeway, if he refuses, it means that he is about to do something to the handsome, and we have to take urgent countermeasures." ”

"But what if he deliberately recruited my son as a colt in order to paralyze me?" An Lushan thought of another possibility.

"Of course there is such a possibility, but don't forget, the current Li Longji is no longer the Li Longji of a few years ago, judging from his repeated faint moves in the past few months, this possibility is not big, and as long as the big marshal insists on not entering Beijing, it is not so easy for him to move the big handsome."

An Lushan also smiled proudly: "He is not as good as before, if he takes that kind of medicine, he will die in a woman's stomach sooner or later, but he actually lasted for three years, which is beyond my expectations." ”

An Lushan took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I also accept the fourth one, sir, please talk about the fifth strategy." ”

Gao Shang saw that An Lushan's first four articles were all accepted, and he was extremely happy in his heart, so he smiled happily: "The key is the first four strategies, the fifth is just a supplement, the big marshal can send people to Chang'an to preach everywhere, Gao Xianzhi, Li Qing'an, in short, to make everyone believe that they all have the intention of rebellion, everyone is talking about gold, and everyone will gradually believe it, so that they are always on the cusp of public opinion, and we are low-key in the back to prepare for war, in short, we have only one purpose, that is, to gain time as much as possible." ”

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(To be continued)