Chapter 527: To Each His Own Mind

readx; Even Nan Jiyun himself couldn't have imagined that one of his actions to capture the imperial city would bring such unimaginable results, at the time of the fourth watch, a eunuch hurried under the leadership of Hu Peiyun, he brought an unbelievable news, Li Heng escaped from the Daming Palace at the first watch, together with several of his sons and the queen's palace concubines, at this time the Daming Palace was empty, Hu Peiyun also told Nan Jiyun at the same time that his subordinates found signs of a large-scale transfer of Jin Wuwei two hours ago, and it was very likely that he was out of the city, But Nan Jiyun was very cautious, he immediately sent someone to Wannian County to check the situation, and soon got the news, the workshops in Wannian County were still closed, but Jin Wuwei had no traces, and found a few veterans guarding the city, only then did he get the exact news, 20,000 Jin Wuwei all went out of the city at the first watch. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Nan Jiyun was surprised and delighted, he immediately made an emergency report to Li Qing'an, and ordered the Yulin Army of Changsun Quanxu to take over the palace city, close the palace gate, and not allow anyone to enter and exit at will, and at the same time ordered Qianniuwei to take over Wannian County, maintain order in Wannian County, and block the news that Li Heng had fled.

Yan Zhuang almost didn't sleep all night last night, he was also busy and exhausted these days, this time Li Qing'an's three moves in Chang'an: withdrawing the minister's family, occupying Tongguan, and occupying the imperial city, are all planned by Yan Zhuang's unified deployment, these three moves are not so simple, it includes a large number of details of the problem, such as the occupation of Tongguan, if it is not discovered by Li Heng's other troops, if it can occupy Tongguan by surprise, there are a lot of details that need to be implemented, Yan Zhuang also knows that these moves are Li Qingan's final finale, Whether or not you can successfully occupy Guanzhong depends on this.

His hard work finally paid off, and he successfully landed on all three moves, and he had just received news from Hu Peiyun that Li Heng had fled Chang'an, and although he was too tired to support, Yan Zhuang was still relieved and hurriedly came to find Nan Jiyun.

In the darkness of the night, Yan Zhuang rushed to the imperial city, and when he saw Nan Jiyun, he asked anxiously: "General Nan, how is Wannian County?" ā€

Nan Jiyun was just about to go to Wannian County to inspect the situation, and when he saw Yan Zhuang coming, he turned over and dismounted again, and said with a smile: "Hasn't Mr. rested yet?" ā€

"Hey! I couldn't help but ask about the situation. ā€

"Sir, rest assured, I have sent troops to take over Wannian County, and now the situation in Wannian County is quite calm, I think there should be no big problem."

Yan Zhuang shook his head, he looked at the white sky in the east, and said, "It may be calm now, but after dawn, Wannian County may be chaotic, and the general must be prepared." ā€

"I am ready to continue martial law, close the city gate and the square gate, and prohibit people from making trouble on the streets."

Yan Zhuang saw that Nan Jiyun didn't understand what he meant, he sighed secretly, and said slowly: "This is the reason why I came to find the general, the general can't be martial law, on the contrary, let go of the fang gate and the city gate, let all the people who want to go out of the city go out of the city, and let the officials who want to go to Chengdu go, this is also the meaning of the general." ā€

Yan Zhuang saw Nan Jiyun bowing his head and was silent, and continued: "When Li Longji fled south, it also caused chaos at the same time, do you see that the general ordered to intercept it?" At that time, so many important ministers and magnates escaped, only Pei Min and a group of backbone ministers who supported the general rose, and this time it was the same, only by letting the people who supported Li Heng go with him as much as possible, could the general's long-term strategy be realized, and the general hoped that Li Heng could replace Li Longji, so as to trigger infighting between them, give the general time to solve An Lushan, and General Nan must not miss the general's strategy. ā€

Nan Jiyun was just a soldier, and he only knew how to carry out Li Qing'an's orders to the letter, although Li Qing'an had not yet ordered Li Heng's supporters to be released from the city, but he was in trust in Yan Zhuang, so he finally accepted Yan Zhuang's advice, and then turned back and ordered: "Pass my order, the gate of the fang is wide open, the city gate is wide open, and no one can be prevented from leaving the city." ā€

ļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Ž When the people of Wannian County found that the army patrolling the streets was no longer holding a golden rod Jin Wuwei, but had become a Qianniu Wei with a silver long knife on his waist, almost everyone realized that the Tang Dynasty had changed, and all kinds of gossip spread rapidly in Chang'an, and many people expanded the incident that happened in the imperial city last night, saying that it was the Anxi army that captured the Daming Palace, and the saint and the queen were locked up in a small room!

But how can you explain the disappearance of all Jin Wuwei, obviously it was not annihilated by the Anxi army, not even a blood bead was left, it can only be explained that it ran away, Jin Wuwei ran away, what about the saint, will it also run away?

The attention of some well-intentioned people began to focus on Li Heng's body, and soon. The surging wave of escapes in Wannian County confirmed the speculation of these well-intentioned people, and the saint did run away. The streets and city gates were full of wagons of fugitive officials, carrying soft goods and their children, as well as charming wives and concubines, although Li Fuguo himself ran away at the fourth watch first, but he was also afraid that Li Heng would investigate him for not informing the hundred officials in the future, so he sent two powerful henchmen to inform these Li Heng's dead friends from door to door at dawn, but he was tactful, not saying that Li Heng ran first, but that the Anxi army attacked the Daming Palace, and the saint was forced to withdraw from the back door first. No matter what the reason is, the news of Li Heng's escape to the south exploded among his henchmen, and the entire Wannian County was in chaos, and Li Heng's henchmen such as Wang Heng, Li Li, Li Lin, and Da Xixun also knew that Li Qing'an would not tolerate them, just like the people who got on the thief ship, the ship boss changed ships, and they also had to change ships.

Wang Heng is the first minister to leave Chang'an with his belongings and dependents, he has long known that there will be today, as early as two months ago, he sent two sons with a part of the property to secretly go to Shu to buy a field of land, a month ago, he began to pack up the family property, and even the five acres of Yongye land in his name were quietly sold last month, so Wang Heng fled the fastest, more than 80 henchmen surrounded by five carriages, and left the city at dawn.

In the carriage, Wang Heng looked at the situation on the street through the curtain, at this time, his mood was very complicated, a few years ago, he also formed an alliance with Li Qing'an, which became his strategy in the court, and I don't know when, he gradually parted ways with Li Qing'an, and he became Li Qing'an's opponent.

'Right? The corners of Wang Hui's mouth showed a wry smile, he thought too highly of himself, where is he still worthy of being Li Qing'an's opponent now, not even Li Heng, Li Qing'an's opponent has only one person, and that is himself.

In fact, in the final analysis, it was because of Li Heng, wasn't Li Qingan also Li Heng's henchman at the beginning? It's just that he later set up a mountain, but he still looked at Li Heng's face to eat.

At this time, the six-year-old son beside Wang Heng asked in a crisp voice: "Daddy, why can't we stay in Chang'an?" ā€

Wang Heng lovingly stroked his son's little head, and said softly: "Although Chang'an is big, there is no place for Daddy, Daddy only has to go to Chengdu, you are still young now, and you will understand when you grow up." ā€

"The child understands, there are no bad people in Chengdu, Daddy, is that so?"

"That's right, let's hurry up."

Wang Heng immediately ordered: "Speed up, don't stop at all." ā€

The coachman picked up speed, and the five wagons sped away toward the Meridian Valley to the south.

ļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Ž In the evening, Li Qing'an's army arrived ten miles west of Yixian, at this time, he received news that Guo Ziyi also led an army of 60,000 to advance to Guanzhong, less than 100 miles away from his army, Li Qing'an immediately ordered the army to be stationed on the spot to maintain combat readiness.

At this time, a group of Guo Ziyi's cavalry rushed in, led by a general in his thirties, who was Guo Ziyi's confidant Li Guoliang, who was ordered by Guo Ziyi to explain the situation to Li Qingan.

This is also Guo Ziyi's first statement since Li Shi's death, since Li Shi's death, Guo Ziyi's army, which has 100,000 Shuo Fang troops, has been silent, he is not loyal to Li Heng, but he also does not participate in the crusade against the puppet dynasty cursed by the royalists, which really makes many ministers who support Li Shi feel dissatisfied with him, in fact, Li Heng only has 80,000 troops in Guanzhong, while Guo Ziyi has 100,000 troops, and 30,000 party mercenaries, the strength is far more than Li Heng, if he raises troops to come to Chang'an to ask for guilt, Then the situation in the Tang Dynasty will be a different scene, and he Guo Ziyi will control the Tang Dynasty politics, and it will not be Li Qingan's turn.

But Li Qingan knew that Guo Ziyi, the old fox, had other considerations, he was the only Zhongxing minister in the Tang Dynasty who could die well, and he was by no means a low-key person who could do it.

"I am Li Guoliang of Shuofangjun, and I came to ask to see His Royal Highness King Zhao on the order of my old general!"

Li Qing'an urged the horse to come out of the ranks, and asked Li Guoliang sharply: "How dare Shuo Fangjun enter Guanzhong without my permission, why didn't Guo Ziyi come to see me?" ā€

Li Guo's conscience was awe-inspiring, and he hurriedly arched his hand: "The Shuofang army is still on the front line of the Kite Gorge, and has not yet officially entered the customs, General Guo sent the last general to come, first, I hope that the general will agree to the Shuofang army to enter the customs, and secondly, I want to discuss with the general about building a mausoleum for the young emperor." ā€

It is just an excuse to build a mausoleum for the young emperor, Guo Ziyi obviously wants to participate in the support of the new emperor, or to supervise Li Qing'an, not to do anything that violates the people's ministers, these Li Qingan knows this, he also knows that Guo Ziyi has given himself concessions, he has never forced Chang'an, and to some extent he does not want to offend himself.

Li Qing'an sighed and said: "Hui Hui will not be trapped willingly, they will invade the Guannei Road at any time, the main force of the Shuofang army cannot enter the pass, please tell General Guo, my 100,000 Anxi army is enough to expel the puppet emperor, and there is no need for the Shuofang army to come to help in the battle, if General Guo Lao wants to build a mausoleum for the young emperor, then he only needs to bring 3,000 people to come, I can guarantee his safety." ā€

"Three thousand?"

Li Guoliang was a little puzzled: "General, is there a little less than 3,000 people?" ā€

Li Qing'an said coldly: "If the Shuofang army wants to fight with the Anxi army, yes, he can bring as many troops into the pass, and I, Li Qing'an, will accompany you!" ā€

Li Qing'an's unadorned threat made Li Guoliang's forehead sweat, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The last general understands, and the last general will immediately report back to the old general." ā€

Li Guoliang didn't dare to stay longer, and immediately went back to report to Guo Ziyi, Li Qingan looked at his back and walked away, couldn't help sneering, and ordered: "The army is stationed in Yixian County overnight!"

The order was passed down, and the army immediately quickened its pace, and at this time, Li Qingan said to his own soldiers: "Go to Wugong County quickly, and invite Pei Min, Zhang Yun, Cui Lian, Wei Tao, Zhang Hao, Lu Huan and other ministers to me." ā€

After a pause, he said to another pro-soldier: "Go to Qiyang County quickly and bring me the Yang brothers." ā€

ļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Žļ¼Ž The sky is getting dark, the sky is raining, 100,000 troops set up a company camp outside the city of Yixian, Li Qingan did not live in the county, but waited for Pei Min and others in the Chinese army tent in the camp, he stood in front of the tent curtain with his hands behind his back, staring at the dense rain in the dark night, it has been ten years, he has entered the Tang Dynasty for a full ten years, in the past ten years, he has gone step by step from a pawn in the fort to today, becoming the most powerful person in the Tang Dynasty, his words and deeds have to be carefully figured out and experienced by countless people, His every move will change the general trend of the world, which makes him taste the sweetness of power, and also makes him taste the loneliness of power, no one can communicate with him spiritually, including himself, even he doesn't know what his ultimate goal is?

Is it the world? But what about after winning the world? Maybe he has changed history, but who can guarantee that Datang will return to the original trajectory of history after a fork in the road? Who can guarantee that his descendants will do better than Li Longji's descendants?

Confused, for ten years, the prophet of history has been deeply puzzled by him, until today, he still can't find the lighthouse to guide him forward, maybe it is the fog of power that obscures his sight to find the lighthouse, Li Qingan sighed deeply, maybe twenty years later, when the strength of Datang pushes him out of the cycle of power, he can find another new way that will not make Datang return to the historical trajectory.

And now, he needs to step by step to the highest pinnacle of power: the world.

At this time, a pro-soldier who hesitated in front of the tent interrupted Li Qing'an's important train of thought.

"What's the matter?"

"Back to the general, there was a Taoist priest who asked to see him, and he said that he was the old man of the general."

"The Taoist priest?"

Li Qingan thought for a moment, and then said, "Take him to my big tent." ā€

He put away his thoughts for the time being, turned around and went back to the big tent, and in a moment, several personal soldiers led a tall Taoist priest into the big tent.

"Amitayus Buddha, the general has always been unharmed?"

The Taoist priest wears a bamboo crown, a tattered robe, and holds a whisk with only a few hairs left, at first glance he looks like a sloppy Taoist priest who came to the barracks to ask for food, but his expression is different, his unusually bright eyes have a look of expectation, he is Li Mi, who has been missing in the Huangzhuang tragedy for nearly a year.

"It turned out to be Mr. Li!"

Li Qingan laughed, "Sure enough, I guessed that Mr. became a monk." ā€

"The poor Tao has wisdom roots, and it has been my long-cherished wish for many years to become a monk."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Then why did you go back to Hongchen today?" It can't be a passing by accident! ā€

"Nope! No. ā€

Li Mi confessed, "I came to persuade the general, and I also came for the fate of the 50 million people in the Tang Dynasty." ā€

Li Qingan took a deep look at him and said lightly: "Sir, sit down and talk!" ā€

Li Qing'an invited Li Mi to sit down, and ordered his soldiers to serve tea to Li Mi, and he smiled slightly: "Where is Mr. becoming a monk this year." ā€

"Poor Dao is a monk in Hengshan, and recently traveled in the Central Plains, and when he heard that Tubo was defeated, Poor Dao rushed to see the general."

"It turns out that Li Daochang is in the Daomen, but his heart is in the court, which is rare."

Li Qing'an sneered lightly, although this Li Mi is a famous minister of Zhongxing in history and a master of governing the country, Li Qing'an is not interested in him, just like Li Bai, admiring his name, but not his people, in contrast, Li Qing'an admires Li Mi's nephew Zhang Zhihe, the down-to-earth young county magistrate who works for the benefit of the people in Anxi, and Liu Yan, who is also a historical minister, but diligently manages the finances in Anxi. He was not interested.

Li Mi heard Li Qing'an's sarcastic tone, and he smiled awkwardly: "Entering the Dao Gate doesn't mean you can't ask about the world's affairs, I don't want to be rich and noble, I just want to do a little bit for the people in the world." ā€

"The world is alive? Daochang Li's tone is very loud! ā€

"No, it's not that the tone of the poor road is big, but every decision of the general is related to the life of the world, if it is a trivial matter, why should I come to the general?"

Li Qingan smiled, this time he didn't sneer anymore, and said, "Keep talking." ā€

Li Mi suddenly stood up and gave Li Qing'an a deep salute: "I knew as early as Anxi that the general was aiming for the world, but I never mentioned it to Emperor Jingzong, and I also deeply agree with the general's move to limit the field and slaves in Anxi. ā€

"Keep talking!"

Li Qingan's face didn't have any expression, and he couldn't see what he was thinking? Li Mi couldn't help but sigh secretly, he found that Li Qing'an's city was deeper.

But at this point, he had to bite the bullet and continue: "I remember that the general once told me that the person the general admired most in his life was Cao Ying, Emperor Wu of Wei, but Cao Ying was named the King of Han and Wei during his lifetime, and he was also nicknamed 'King Wu of Han' after his death, and he did not dare to leave a 'Han' character in his life, and only after his son usurped the Han and ascended the throne was posthumously named Emperor Wu of Wei, why is this?" It's that he refuses to betray the name of usurpation, and it is true that the general is the Li Tang clan, but has the general thought about it, if the general ascends the throne, will the people of the world think that the Southern Tang Dynasty is orthodox or the general is orthodox? The general came in the name of Zhaoxue, the young emperor of Jingzong, but finally ascended the throne by himself, how did the general get this name? If the name is not right, the words will not be good, so I advise the general to endure the temporary desire for power, sweep the world first, and then set up a famous monument. ā€

Li Qing'an's face finally eased a little, but this little change in his face made Li Mi feel a trace of warmth in his heart, Li Qingan was not as unfathomable as he imagined.

"Sir, you don't have to tell me!" Li Qing'an looked at Li Yudao.

"No, the poor road also said that the poor road is for the people of the world, not selfish."

"Then I'll thank you, sir."

Li Qing'an bowed to Li Mi, turned around and ordered: "Come on, prepare five hundred taels of gold for Mr." ā€

He smiled at Li Mi again: "Although Ah Du is vulgar, he can build a Taoist temple for Mr., and Mr. Don't refuse!" ā€

Li Mi looked up to the sky and smiled, "Five hundred taels of gold, I can't take it!" ā€

He shook off the dust, and then walked away, and his clear singing voice could be heard in the distance: "What about the completion?" What about the people? is also Mu Zili, and the common people enjoy the ....... of peace"

Li Qingan smiled and shook his head, this bull-nosed old way also has merits.

At this time, a pro-soldier who had been waiting next to him said, "General, the Yang brothers have arrived. ā€

The Yang brothers are Yang Guozhong's two sons, Yang Xuan and Yang Xuan, the two brothers are Yang Guozhong's hostages secretly placed in Chang'an, and they have been living in Chang'an, because Li Heng ascended the throne, the two brothers were afraid of Li Heng's revenge, and ran to Qiyang County to hide.

The reason is very simple, if Yang Guozhong didn't give Li Li a little more credit, how could he let himself spare him.

(To be continued)