readx; The words on the letter cover are very messy, even an old martial artist like Guo Ziyi can see that Li Qing'an writes very poorly, and many seven or eight-year-old children also write better than him, Guo Ziyi couldn't help but sigh slightly, what's the use of this? Li Qing'an's means really let him understand, silently hiding in the shadows, taking advantage of the fact that he had not yet arrived, and the Hedong Army had begun to cross the river, and sent troops to take away the Hedong Army in one fell swoop, this opportunity was only one hour, and Li Qing'an accurately seized this hour, not a single cent was wasted, even including him writing this letter to stabilize himself, which made Guo Ziyi couldn't help but feel emotional, he once wrote to his old subordinate Li Guangbi to return to Shuofang, but Li Guangbi wrote back to tell him that he was willing to serve Li Qingan, At first, Guo Ziyi didn't understand, but now he understands that Li Qing'an's ability to seize the opportunity is beyond everyone's reach, not to mention that he controlled 40,000 people with only 2,000 cavalry, if he didn't arrange it in advance, it can only mean that his reputation is far from being comparable to himself, prestige! Guo Ziyi sighed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

'The old general wants to protect the heart of the Hedong Army, Qing'an admires it, and Qing'an also wants to emulate the old general's benevolence and righteousness, so that the Hedong Army can be used by the prince......."

Seeing this, Guo Ziyi knew that there was no need to look any further, he had great righteousness, Li Qingan had no great righteousness, they were all playing the brand of the princes, just to see who was louder.

"Pass my orders! The army retreated. ”

Guo Ziyi turned the horse's head, and he couldn't help but look back at Menshan County, he really wanted to talk to Li Qing'an, in the future!

．．．．．．．． Li Qing'an stood at the head of the city, watching Guo Ziyi's army drive away from a distance, he couldn't help but have a sense of admiration in his heart, he knew that Guo Ziyi gave up fighting for the Hedong Army with himself, not that he was afraid of himself, he was not afraid at all, as long as Menshan County was besieged for three or five days, the hungry Hedong Army would raise his hand to surrender, Guo Ziyi was unwilling to kill the Tang Army, but would rather give the Hedong Army to himself, this is the demeanor of a general, of course, there is a kind of human affection in this, Li Qingan also experienced Guo Ziyi's old and sophisticated side.

"This old cunning guy!" In addition to admiration, he couldn't help but scold Guo Ziyi lightly.

"You let me go, you bastards, do you know who I am? I am the dignified Tang Dynasty Right Xiangguo. ”

A burst of angry scolding suddenly came from behind him, Li Qing'an turned around, and saw several personal soldiers escorting a person forward, it was Yang Guozhong, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, he was wearing a shabby old peasant clothes, and there was unwashed soot on his face, and the person who captured him was tied with a bull rope, and his hands were cut behind his back, struggling desperately, looking quite embarrassed.

Yang Guozhong escaped from King Rong's military camp three days ago, in his opinion, King Rong has not been a person on the same road with him, and died with him, this is something that he Yang Guozhong will never do, so he thought about escaping back to Beijing, at first King Rong took care of him very strictly, he had no chance at all, but as King Rong took care of himself, his care was gradually relaxed, and finally gave Yang Guozhong a chance, hiding in a grain truck and escaping, he did not dare to go back to the capital directly, but hid in Menshan County, rented a hut, Just stayed like this, always thinking that after the situation calmed down, he calmly entered Beijing, but today 40,000 Hedong rushed into the county seat, collected grain everywhere, and snatched Yang Guozhong's coil to return to Beijing, he exposed his true identity in a fit of anger, and was arrested by the soldiers.

At this moment, Yang Guozhong realized that the person standing in front of him turned out to be his old opponent Li Qingan, Yang Guozhong quieted down suddenly, his mouth opened wide, and his expression was very surprised, "How could it be you?" ”

Li Qingan looked at Yang Guozhong and said with a slight smile: "If you go to the capital like this and walk on the street, I guarantee that no one will believe that you are the right Xiangguo." ”

He waved his hand, "Untie up!" ”

Several pro-soldiers let go of Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong relieved his body, and was about to scold his pro-soldiers angrily, but Li Qingan preemptively smiled and said: "The soldiers have never seen the world, and when they saw an old peasant in the countryside pretending to be Yang Xiangguo, they thought about playing hard, and then arrested and reported the news, Yang Xiangguo, this is protecting your reputation!" ”

"This ....." Yang Guozhong touched his face that was bruised and swollen, and he couldn't say a word.

"Someone! Bring a chair to sit down for Sangkook and pour a cup of tea. ”

After taking a sip of hot tea, Yang Guozhong finally recovered a little bit of Xiangguo's bearing from his panic, he sighed and said gloomily: "It is estimated that the saint can't survive this time, it's been almost twenty days, and he is still unconscious, hey!" Datang is in trouble. ”

"There is a prince in Datang, there will be no difficulty, but you Yang Xiangguo am afraid that it will be difficult."

Yang Guozhong's heart jumped, and Ai Ai said: "General, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Qingan smiled and diverted the topic: "I want to ask Yang Xiangguo, where do you want to go now?" Go back to the capital, or go to Hedong, Chengdu or Xiangyang? ”

Yang Guozhong was silent, bowed his head and said nothing, Li Qingan smiled faintly and said: "Yang Xiangguo, don't misunderstand, I'm not asking about your position, I want to send someone to escort you, so I want to know where you are going?" ”

Yang Guozhong was silent for a long time, and he sighed and said, "Then go back to Chang'an!" ”

．．．．．．． Fulu County, Li Heng opened Li Qing'an's letter to him expressionlessly, he was slightly dissatisfied with Guo Ziyi for letting go of the 40,000 Hedong Army so easily, but this dissatisfaction was suppressed in his heart, Li Heng is not a magnanimous person, he is unkind, extremely resentful, many years after Li Linfu's death in history, he is still angry, and resolutely does not pardon Li Linfu, even including Gao Lishi and his father, he also slowly settled the account later, including Li Qing'an, although Li Qing'an was once loyal to him, when he betrayed his relatives and left, Only Li Qingan was still loyal to him, but he couldn't remember any of this, he only remembered that Li Qingan had disobeyed his orders.

For example, now, Li Qing'an took away 40,000 Hedong troops with a horizontal sword, which made him extremely dissatisfied, Li Heng slowly opened the letter and read it briefly.

'Li Qing'an respects His Royal Highness King Qiyong, Guanzhong is empty, An Lushan wants to steal the temple, sends 100,000 troops to Tongguan, Qing'an worries about the prince, runs thousands of miles, refuses An Lushan in Tongguan, and now the Chang'an emperor is empty, and there are many peeps, Wangyong King will return to Chang'an as soon as possible, support the prince, and be expected by the people of the world. ’

Li Heng's face changed slightly, he didn't know about An Lushan's attack on Tongguan, he was also worried about the emptiness of Guanzhong, but he had a trace of luck, maybe Guanzhong was fine, in contrast, the matter of recruiting Ge Shuhan was much more important to him, but he didn't expect something to really happen in Guanzhong.

Li Heng's face changed several times, and finally he accepted the letter, pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Pass my order to General Guo, you can leave 20,000 troops to defend Shuofang, and the rest of the army will return to Chang'an immediately!" ”

．．．．．．． In May of the twelfth year of Tianbao, Yongwang Li Heng led an army of 100,000 to return to Chang'an, and came back together, as well as the Tang Emperor Li Longji, who had been unconscious for nearly 20 days, at this time, Yang Guozhong also returned to Chang'an with a cheeky face, his reason was very simple, he was coerced by King Rong, and it took a lot of hardships to escape, in order to impress the prince, he himself escaped from the process and the hardships he endured and wrote a 10,000-character recital, of course, at the end of the recital, he couldn't forget to incite the feelings: in order to support the prince on the throne, he was sent back to Chang'an even if he climbed.

Li Yu generously forgave him, and still suggested that he be the right minister, and rewarded him with a thousand pieces of silver to commend his loyalty, after all, the Yang Party is still the largest party in the imperial court, and it is not yet time to turn his face, Yang Guozhong's loyalty to him is enough to offset Zhang Yun's opposition to him.

In the East Palace, Li Yu almost didn't sleep all night, excitement and excitement made it difficult for him to sleep, and his father led an army of 100,000 to return, so that his ascension to the throne finally fell to the ground, and there were no more accidents.

He personally brought a cup of tea, knelt respectfully in front of his father, and gave him the tea with both hands, "Please drink tea from your father!" ”

Li Heng took the teacup, took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Is the emperor worried that his father will not hand over the military power to you?" ”

"The child didn't dare, he never had this worry."

"Hmmm! It's right that you don't have this worry, your father has gone through ups and downs, and he has already looked down on his career in power, if it weren't for you this time, his father would never have worked hard for most of the month. ”

"The child understands, and the child appreciates his father's care for the child."

Li Heng was quite satisfied with his son's attitude, and he took out a tiger talisman, which was the military talisman that mobilized the Guanzhong army, which had always been in the hands of Li Longji, and later fell into the hands of him Li Heng.

He put the tiger talisman on the table, and taught his son in a long voice: "I will officially return the talisman to you, but the army in your hand is still too small, and you must have at least 300,000 troops to protect your throne, except for your father, you can't trust anyone, remember?" ”

"The words of the father are remembered by the child."

"If you remember, then your father will work hard for another two years to recruit soldiers and horses for you, the reason why your father did this is because Li Qing'an's lesson in recruiting soldiers is there, everyone will have selfish intentions, and you still need fathers and sons to fight a war, I think you should also understand this truth."

Although Li Yu was a little reluctant, he was helpless, his father was well-intentioned, how could he open his mouth to refuse.

"I'm just worried about my father's health."

"My body is fine, this time in Qinggangling, I also personally led the troops to fight, to be honest, I want to be a festival envoy, haha!"

Li Yu could only agree: "Then it will be hard for my father." ”

Li Heng nodded, "Okay then!" Hello to yourself, I'll take my leave first. ”

After Li Heng finished speaking, he reluctantly glanced at the tiger talisman for the last time, got up and left.

Li Yu has been kneeling on the ground, waiting for his father to leave, he stood up, quickly took the tiger talisman on the table in his hand, he squinted, a little greedy carefully looked at this tiger talisman, military power, he now deeply understands the importance of military power, Guanzhong is empty, if there is no Li Qing'an, I am afraid that he has now become An Lushan's puppet, it is because he has no soldiers in his hands, he now understands why the emperor's grandfather must take back the military power of the major festivals, the main trunk is weak and the branches are strong, it is indeed a very serious problem.

At this time, Gao Lishi walked in, bowed and saluted: "Is His Royal Highness the Prince looking for an old slave?" ”

Gao Lishi is now very old, his back is a little hunched, full of silver hair, he has been living in the East Palace, but Li Yu rarely looks for him, on the one hand, of course, because he was the confidant of the emperor's grandfather, on the other hand, Li Yu does not advocate eunuchs to interfere in politics, he is looking for Li Mi to discuss anything, and he almost ignores Gao Lishi.

But today he needs Colliers, and he wants to hear Colliers' advice on his ascension to the throne.

"Ah Weng, you are the elder of this dynasty, and you have experienced the emperor's grandfather ascending the throne, so I want to ask Ah Weng for advice, and there are already ministers calling on me to ascend the throne, how should I deal with it?"

"His Royal Highness's accession to the throne is already expected, and the old slave has nothing to say, only three suggestions, please refer to Your Highness."

"Awn, please speak!" Li Yu sat down, but he didn't pay attention to Gao Lishi, standing there looking quite difficult.

Gao Lishi said slowly: "The first suggestion is that Your Highness should not be in a hurry to accept it, it must be postponed, but the Holy Lord postponed it three times before accepting the Emperor's abdication, His Royal Highness must do this gesture, as for how many times to postpone, it will be at His Royal Highness's discretion." ”

Li Yu nodded, this suggestion was very good, he could accept it, and asked again, "What about the second suggestion?" ”

"The second suggestion is that His Royal Highness should sit on the throne as soon as possible, try to adopt a compromise strategy with foreign vassals and princes, and do not easily provoke wars, otherwise His Royal Highness will do it before he sits firmly on the throne, which will easily make some ministers disagree, make the people of the world uneasy, and reduce the recognition of His Royal Highness by the people of the world."

This suggestion is the same as what Li Yu said, first endure to sit on the throne, and then slowly consider cutting the domain, Li Yu nodded and said, "What about the third suggestion?" ”

"The third suggestion of the old slave is that His Royal Highness's innovation should not be too hasty, many innovations will offend the interests of large groups, such as land annexation, if His Highness rashly takes the land to open the knife, it will inevitably offend the entire clan, which is quite unfavorable to His Highness, I suggest that His Highness should still take stability as the top, stabilize for a few years, and then slowly figure it out."

"I have my own consideration, so I don't need to think about it."

Li Yu does not agree with this very much, he has been in charge of the country for a year, and he is very aware of the reality of the Tang Dynasty, it has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible, the taxes are too heavy, and the people are not able to make a living, but the court has no money and food, in the final analysis, it is because the number of households paying taxes has been greatly reduced, and all kinds of military expenditures have increased sharply, one decreases and one increases, how can the imperial court's finances not be tight, the annual salaries of the Beijing officials have been owed for two years, and they don't want to find a way to solve the financial problem, what money does he take to recruit soldiers? Some time ago, 20,000 troops were recruited, but in the end Li Qingan made a wedding dress, Li Yu was really helpless, the court couldn't come up with the money at all, Li Qingan paid for the food, and of course the army had to be controlled by him.

Therefore, after Li Yu decided to ascend the throne, he should start by reforming taxes and improve the dilemma of insufficient taxes as soon as possible, as for land annexation, which is the root of all evils, Li Yu vowed to completely reverse the deterioration of land annexation within three years.

Seeing that Li Yu didn't seem to agree with his third point, Gao Lishi couldn't help but sigh secretly, and didn't want to say more, so he said: "Your Highness, the old slave is old, I'm afraid I can't wait for His Highness anymore, I beg Your Highness to agree with me to accompany the Holy Lord, in order to fulfill the last master and servant feelings." ”

"Yes, I'm ready."

Li Yu had no nostalgia for Gao Lishi, and he immediately approved Gao Lishi's request and allowed him to accompany Li Longji in a coma.

．．．．．．． As the imperial doctor confirmed that Li Longji had woken up and had no hope, more and more officials began to write to the political affairs hall to ask the prince to ascend the throne, and the call became higher and higher.

Yang Guozhong led the ministers to the East Palace to invite Li Yu to ascend the throne, but Li Yu politely refused the request of the ministers, and wept and said: "The emperor is still here, how can I dare to lead the world?" ”

When the news came, the ministers sighed, knelt down to the East Palace again, and asked Li Yu to ascend the throne, "The grandson is not accepted, how is the world becoming?" ’

Li Yu still refused, so three times, Li Yu still refused to take the throne, and finally when thousands of ministers cried and worshiped in the Taimiao, Li Yu finally relented, when the emperor guarded the couch for three days, he could accept the throne, three days later, Li Yu knelt down to worship the temple, received the Tang Sheji, officially ascended the throne in the Hanyuan Palace, changed the year name to the calendar, amnesty the world, respected the first emperor and concubine Yang as the empress dowager of Wen'an, please return to the Huaqing Palace to live for a long time, and at the same time canonized his concubine Shen as the queen, the second concubine Cui as the concubine, the eldest son is suitable for the crown prince, and the father Li Heng is the emperor, His grandfather Li Longji was the emperor of Taizu, and he gave Xingqing Palace as Li Longji's meditation palace and placed him in it to recuperate.

Li Yu was rewarded for meritorious deeds when he ascended the throne, and named Li Qing'an as the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and agreed to his request, and changed the 40,000 Hedong Army to Gan and Su Prefectures.

The rest of the ministers are unchanged, after consultation with the political hall, it was decided that the government hall was expanded to eleven people, the household servant Pei Min and the official servant Linghu Fei both entered the cabinet, and Li Qing'an's father-in-law Dugu Haoran was also reused, replacing Zhang Yun's brother Zhang Yan as Taichang Siqing, and Zhang Yan was reappointed as Honglu Siqing.

In terms of foreign vassals and princes, An Lushan was crowned as the Hedong Jiedu, and the rest of the officials remained unchanged, and Ge Shuhan was crowned as the hussar general, and the Kaifu Yi was the same as the three divisions, and the real seal was a thousand households, and his son was appointed as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Guo Ziyi was the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, the champion general, the prince and the young master, and Gao Xianzhi and the prince and the young master.

For the princes who led the army outside, Li Yu's edict only mentioned three people, Yongwang Li Luan, who was named the governor of Yangzhou and renamed the king of Wu; Shouwang Li Mao, named the governor of Jingzhou, changed the title of King Jing, and Li Xuan, the king of Ying, was named the governor of Yizhou, and changed the title of King Shu, which was a compromise by Li Yu.

Despite this, the three princes did not appreciate it, they neither thanked nor recognized Li Yu's accession to the throne, but maintained a kind of silence and confronted Li Yu with silence.

Since then, the Tang Dynasty has actually divided the world into six parts, Li Lan, the king of Wu in the southeast, and Li Mao, the king of Jing in the south; Li Jian, the king of Shu in the southwest, plus An Lushan and Li Qing'an, who had extremely high autonomy, plus the central court, formed the six major forces in the world.

The Tang Dynasty entered an era of unpeaceful feudal town separation.

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(To be continued)