readx; The news of the great change in Chang'an reached Youzhou three days later, and almost at the same time, Pei Min and more than 900 other ministers proposed that the world boycott Li Heng's letter also spread to Hebei. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Fan Yang Jie Du made the military office, noble ran all the way, turned around in a corridor, and almost collided with An Qingxu.

An Qingxu was so frightened that he hurriedly supported Gao Shang and said, "Sir, is there something urgent?" ”

"There is a happy event, a great happy event, your father is handsome?"

"In! He talked with Second Uncle Shi in the study. ”

"Then I'll go find him."

Gao Shang galloped away, and An Qingxu asked loudly behind him, "Sir, what is the happy event?" ”

"You'll find out soon."

The voice was far away, An Qingxu shook his head, and said to himself: "Every day he talks about happy events, every time he goes to Chang'an, he returns embarrassed, what other happy events will he have?" ”

．．．．．．． In the study, An Lushan is discussing with Shi Siming how to recruit Khitans and Turks to join the army, since Chang'an returned in embarrassment, An Lushan's heart of rebellion has been determined, he set himself up as the king of Yan, abandoned all the shackles, and began to recruit troops on a large scale, but the price of self-establishment as the king of Yan is also very large, after his ambition was revealed, the Han generals and Han soldiers in the Fan Yang army realized that An Lushan was going to rebel, they fled one after another, and more than 30,000 people fled in a few months, which was equal to the number of his newly recruited troops, but the fleeing were veterans, and the recruits were recruits, Combat effectiveness cannot be said in the same way.

And most of the recruits are ruffians and vagrants, but there are not many children of the real pure white families, these ruffians are in the army to make a living, or want to get the money for recruitment, the motives are not pure, when they get the money, many people will look for opportunities to slip away, they have no fixed place, and it is difficult to catch them, which makes An Lushan very sad, he began to realize that the Han army and Han generals are by no means reliable, he began to recruit troops to the Hu people around Hebei, Khitan, Xi, Turkic, etc., these people have no sense of loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, and rode horses and fought well, and if they promised to plunder the goods and women, they would be the best source of soldiers.

An Lushan made up his mind to recruit troops and horses from the Hu people on a large scale, and he handed over this matter to his henchman Shi Siming to complete, Shi Siming lived up to his high expectations, and in just over a month, he recruited more than 20,000 people from the Khitan ministry, and the results were brilliant, which made An Lushan rejoice.

At this time, they were discussing the recruitment of troops from the annexed Turks, who had been attached to the Tang Dynasty one after another since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang court adopted a policy of placing them in the frontier, on the one hand, to use these Turks to resist the invasion of the Central Plains by the northern nomads, and on the other hand, to keep them in their traditional nomadic way of life and provide the Tang Dynasty with a steady stream of horses.

But the disadvantages of this ethnic policy are also obvious, they have been in the frontier for a long time, it is difficult to sinicize, and there is almost no sense of identity and belonging to the central court, they have developed for a long time, and they have formed a strong force, when the Central Plains is strong, they may be honest, but once the Central Plains has a civil war or weakness, these frontier nationalities will inevitably attack the Central Plains in a big way, and the Anshi Rebellion and the Northern Hu Rebellion in the Central Plains at the end of the Tang Dynasty are rooted here.

"Da Shuai, I have dealt with these Turks for a long time, they only have Da Shuai in their hearts, and there is no court, if they are recruited as pawns, not only will they get a strong cavalry, but they are also absolutely loyal to Da Shuai, they will not be like those Han people, they have different hearts, but they may be more demanding, and they have to spend double the money and food to recruit a warrior."

An Lushan nodded, he and Shi Siming were both attached to the Hu people, of course they understood the truth, so he said: "It doesn't matter if you spend a little more money and food, the key is to recruit real warriors, who can attack the city and plunder the village for me, and capture the Tang Dynasty for me, I am willing to spend as much as I want, Siming, you might as well start with the tribe of Azali, their five thousand cavalry can all be ten, such an army does not come into their own hands, it's a pity, doesn't Azali have a daughter?" You go talk to him, I want to marry him. ”

At this time, there was the sound of running footsteps outside, and I only heard Gao Gao shouting: "Dashuai, there is a happy event!" ”

An Lushan smiled and said: "I'll talk about the recruitment later, let's hear about the happy event first?" ”

An Lushan has never believed in the Han people, but he only trusts Gao Shang as a strategist, although Gao Shang has given him a lot of ideas that have failed, but An Lushan thinks that it is not Gao Shang's fault, but the general trend, especially when he heard that Yan Zhuang did not die, but after doing things for Li Qing'an, he felt that Gao Shang was loyal to him.

At this time, Gao Shang walked into the house quickly, and said with the ecstasy in his heart: "Dashuai, the opportunity has come." ”

"Sir, don't get excited, say slowly, what's the happy event?"

An Lushan personally poured a cup of tea and served it to Gao Shang, Gao Shang ran out of breath, he took a sip of tea and said: "Dashuai, can you know the news of Chang'an?" ”

"Chang'an, what's the news from Chang'an?"

An Lushan has been thinking about recruiting troops for the past two days, and he doesn't care about Chang'an's intelligence, and after his Chang'an's intelligence department is destroyed again, it is difficult for him to get the news of Chang'an in the first place.

"Dashuai, the little emperor has died, and Li Heng has ascended the throne."

"What!" An Lushan was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What you said is true?" ”

"The news is exact, the books of Pei Min and others have been transmitted to Hebei."

An Lushan was stunned for a long time, and he suddenly slapped his head and smiled: "I understand, that person killed his son and grandson, hehe!" Sure enough, the means are ruthless, and I am ashamed of myself! Also What does Pei Min's biography mean? ”

"Dashuai, the happy event is here, Pei Min and more than 900 other ministers called on the prefectures and counties of the world to boycott Li Heng and not recognize his accession to the throne, Dashuai, your opportunity has come?"

Next to him, Shi Siming said with a smile: "Sir, can you make it clear, why Pei Min's biography is a happy event for the handsome?" ”

Seeing that they didn't understand, Gao Shang smiled and said: "Since Pei Min called on the world to boycott Li Heng, then the handsome can push the boat down the river and respond to the appeal, and at the same time, we will also set up a new emperor, called orthodoxy, so that the handsome will be famous in the world in the future." ”

An Lushan's pumpkin smiled like a trumpet flower on his face, and his mouth couldn't be closed, "You Han people have a lot of flowers and intestines, does Mr. want me to make Li Xuan, the king of Xiliang, the new emperor?" ”

When An Lushan's eldest son An Qingzong was assassinated, out of revenge, An Lushan ordered someone to slaughter Li Xuan, the king of Bian, and lied to the outside world that he died of illness.

Li Xuan was born to Wu Xianyi, Wu Xianyi is now in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the status is equivalent to the queen, and it is most appropriate to make him the emperor, An Lushan recognized the noble plan, and laughed: "This is indeed a great joy!" ”

．．．．．．．． Just three days after Li Heng ascended the throne, An Lushan officially announced that he accepted the letter of Pei Min and other important ministers, and did not recognize Li Heng as the emperor, at the same time, he asked the heavens for instructions, and got the instructions of the heavens to establish the monarch on the spot, on the tenth day of the third month, An Lushan established Li Xuan, the king of Xiliang in Youzhou, as the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan officially canonized An Lushan as the king of Yan, the Tang Dynasty Shangshu Ling and the right Xiangguo, plus Jiuxi, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, An Lushan ordered the officials of Hebei states and counties to come to worship the new emperor, but met with a cold reception, Only a dozen or so officials in the vicinity were forced to come to worship.

Despite this, An Lushan still regarded the emperor of Hebei as the orthodox, and in the name of the second Shangshu order since Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, he preached to the world, supported Pei Min and other ministers of Chang'an, and called on the princes of the world to crusade against the puppet emperor Li Heng.

．．．．．．．．．．． Unlike An Lushan, who took the opportunity to make waves, Chengdu remained silent about the major changes in Chang'an, as if this matter had nothing to do with Chengdu.

On this afternoon, in Nanming Palace, Li Longji was half-lying on the bed, he was as thin as a withered tree, and when the oil ran out and the lamp dried up, everyone could see that he couldn't survive for a few months.

But the more he reaches the end of his life, the more Li Longji values power, and only when he really closes his eyes, will he let go of power, of course, he has completely ignored political affairs, big and small, and the life and death of the people have nothing to do with him, he only cares about military power, and the son who inherited his throne.

In front of Li Longji, there is a handwritten letter written by Li Heng, the new emperor of Chang'an, Li Longji has read it no less than three times, in the letter, Li Heng is not arrogant because of his superiority, but bows to him as before, and is still a son's tone to his father, which makes Li Longji very satisfied, but although Li Heng ascended the throne as emperor according to his requirements, Li Longji is not in a hurry, he not only has to listen to his words, but also watch his deeds.

At this time, Yu Chaoen walked in quickly and handed a copy to Li Longji, "Your Majesty, this is news from Chang'an." ”

Li Longji lifted his spirits, took the letter, and sure enough, it was written by Li Heng, he opened the letter with difficulty, read it slowly, nodded with satisfaction, and smiled at Gao Lishi sitting next to him: "Gao Weng, this son of mine is still quite competitive, and he has completely abolished the law of land redemption carried out by the rebel grandson, and the land east of Chang'an will be returned to the owner, and he has not disappointed me." ”

Speaking of this, he heard that Gao Lishi had no voice, and couldn't help but turn around strangely and ask, "Are you listening to me?" ”

At this time, Gao Lishi was also obviously old, his beard was all white, and his walking became trembling, completely lacking his former ability and shrewdness, and when he heard Li Longji ask him, he smiled bitterly and said: "The old slave is worried that he will provoke a popular rebellion by doing this." ”

Gao Lishi's words made Li Longji not like to hear it, and his face sank and said: "What is this that provokes the people's rebellion, those lands that were originally the clan, only by returning them to the clan, can he get the support of the clan, otherwise how can I rest assured that I will hand over the throne to him, he is not like that stupid rebel grandson, who took his own family and destroyed the Great Wall, he can see this, which shows that he knows very well and goes with me." ”

After a pause, Li Longji said again: "Gao Weng, I remember that you tried your best to defend him back then, and persuaded me to protect him again and again, why do you have a prejudice against him now?" Is it because his means of seizing the throne are not very glamorous? ”

Gao Lishi knows Li Longji well, he knows that even if everyone is disgusted with Li Heng's methods, the old emperor in front of him will not be disgusted, not only will he not be disgusted, but he will also relish it, isn't this how he came to power back then? killed Princess Taiping, forced her father to abdicate, forced her eldest brother to abdicate, and in the twenty-fifth year of Tianbao, just because he heard the prince's words, he ruthlessly killed his three sons. ’

Even a person who is ruthless to his children and grandchildren, can he still be expected to be kind to the people of the world? said that he had seen people's hearts for a long time, and it was only at this time that Gao Lishi really saw through Li Hengqi, and he was really blind when he was dedicated to defending him.

Gao Lishi has lost all his thoughts, this kind of murderous disgust between father and son has reached the extreme, he didn't know what to say, only said lightly: "The old slave suggested that Your Majesty choose someone else, Li Heng can't get the support of hundreds of officials, I'm afraid his throne won't last long." ”

"Humph!" Li Longji snorted heavily and said: "That's because Li Qing'an provided shelter to those officials, otherwise who would dare not go to the court, Gao Weng, I think you are old and confused, if there is no strong person like Heng'er, my treasure of the Tang Dynasty would have been stolen by Li Qing'an." ”

Yu Chaoen next to him has been silent, he is Gao Lishi hated and jealous, no matter how hard he worked, Li Longji always regarded him as a slave, but he had another attitude towards Gao Lishi, at this time, he saw that Li Longji was dissatisfied with Gao Lishi, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, so he interjected: "Your Majesty, there is another news for the minion." ”

"Tell me, what's the news?" Li Longji's attention was attracted by him.

"Your Majesty, two days ago, I heard that An Lushan established King Xiliang as the emperor in Youzhou."

This news did come two days ago, but it was blocked by Gao Lishi, he didn't want Li Longji to know, he was afraid that when Li Longji heard the news, he would be so angry that he would lose his mind and take out his anger on the people in the palace, and now the palace maids and eunuchs have been killed by him No less than 100 people.

Sure enough, Li Longji was furious when he heard the news, and stared at Gao Lishi viciously: "Why don't you tell me this news, how long do you want to hide it?" ”

Gao Lishi glared at Yu Chaoen, this damn eunuch actually played against himself at this time, he quickly got up and said: "Your Majesty, the old slave is worried that Your Majesty's body will not be able to support it, so I didn't tell Your Majesty for the time being." ”

"Good! Even you want to hide it from me, you have become a habit of hiding it, you have been hiding it from me for more than 40 years, do you still want to hide it until I die? ”

"The old slave didn't mean that."

"I don't want to hear your explanation, and I don't want to see you again, you get me out, get out!"

Li Longji's forehead was swollen, and he had completely lost his mind, Gao Lishi sighed, this old emperor has been confused to this extent, can't he even see the simplest sowing discord? He shook his head, turned and walked away.

Li Longji was still angry, and continued: "Whoever dares to let him into the palace again, I will kill him." ”

Yu smiled at En's eyebrows and sneered: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

"Spread my will again, and order Gao Xianzhi to come to see me."

．．．．．．．． Jiannan Jiedu made Gao Xianzhi walk out of his mansion, got into a carriage, and the carriage galloped towards Nanming Palace, in the carriage, Gao Xianzhi seemed a little worried, he had learned the news of Chang'an, Li Longji's prince and grandson, for his own private power and profit, so that the Tang Dynasty went to sink step by step, which made Gao Xianzhi, who had witnessed the strength of the Tang Dynasty, feel very sad, but he was helpless, this helplessness is not only to feel powerless about the future of the Tang Dynasty, but also to feel his own experience.

Since last year, Li Longji has strengthened his control over the army, especially his Jiannan Army and Ge Shuhan's Lianghu Army, and not only has he re-sent eunuchs to supervise the army into the barracks, but Li Longji has also appointed Li Wan, the king of Rong, as the governor of Yizhou and the deputy envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, thus greatly weakening Gao Xianzhi's military power.

In the past few days, Gao Xianzhi was transferred back to Chengdu to report on his work, and Gao Xianzhi also understood in his heart that it was nominally a debriefing, but in fact, he was secretly setting him up, letting Li Wan, the king of Rong, take control of the military power, which made him feel melancholy.

At this time, the carriage suddenly slowed down, and I saw the voice of my daughter Wu Niang coming from outside the car, "Is my father in the car?" ”

Hearing her daughter's voice, Gao Xianzhi's heart was even heavier, her daughter was in her early twenties, and she was an old girl who was difficult to marry, but during this time she suddenly became fragrant again, and several people wanted to marry her, one was Cui Yuan, he wanted to marry Wu Niang as his daughter-in-law, his second son Cui Jin was the same age as Wu Niang, knowledgeable, kind-hearted, and the eight characters were also very consistent, he himself also liked the heroic Wu Niang, this was originally a very good marriage, even Gao Xianzhi suspected that Wu Niang had never married, It was because God had arranged this marriage for her a long time ago, but Wu Niang refused outright.

This time Gao Xianzhi was annoyed, he forced his daughter to marry the Cui family, and sent his daughter's wedding sticker to the Cui family, he was going to make the decision for his daughter, but the stubborn Wu Niang was wearing armor and full armor, riding to Cui Yuan's house to demonstrate, and an arrow shot at the main door of Cui Yuan's mansion, this arrow also shot the marriage of Gao and Cui's two families, that afternoon, Cui Yuan sent someone to send back Wu Niang's wedding sticker, even the woman who dared to shoot at the door of his Cui family, where did he dare to marry into the door.

A wave of unsettled, wave after wave, the news of Wu Niang's refusal to marry caused a sensation in Shujing Chengdu, even Li Longji heard about it, he was very interested in Wu Niang, it turned out that Gao Xianzhi also had a daughter who couldn't get married, which was just right to win over Gao Xianzhi.

How can Cui Yuan's second son be matched with Gao Xianzhi's only daughter, at least it should be a princess, Li Longji asked Wu Xianyi to be a matchmaker, and married Wu Niang to his twenty-fifth son Chen Wang Li Qi, if Gao Xianzhi agreed, then Gao Wu would be the dignified Princess Chen.

Originally, Li Longji was in a hurry to urge this matter, but at this time, the news of the drastic changes in Chang'an came, which attracted everyone's attention, and Gao Wu temporarily escaped this catastrophe.

But Gao Xianzhi understands that he can hide from the first day of junior high school, but he can't hide from the fifteenth, and in two days, Li Longji will definitely urge him to prepare for marriage, Gao Xianzhi sighed secretly, opened the curtain, and saw his daughter riding on a horse, and her face was reduced a lot, which made Gao Xianzhi feel distressed, and she knew that Li Longji also intervened, so how good it would be to marry the Cui family.

At this time, Gao Xianzhi suddenly found that his daughter was still carrying a burden on her horse, he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked, "Wu Niang, where are you going?" ”

Wu Niang's expression was gloomy, and she saluted her father and said, "Daddy, my daughter wants to go out for a walk?" ”

Gao Xianzhi understood that his daughter was going to run away from marriage, he sighed, okay, he didn't want his daughter to marry Li Longji's son, so he asked her, "Where do you want to go?" ”

"I don't know, either go to Chang'an, or go back to Qiuzi, I want to see the place where I lived when I was a child."

Gao Xianzhi's nose was sour, this stupid girl, after so many years, she still can't forget it.

His eyes turned red, and after a while, he took out a golden dagger from his arms, handed it to his daughter, and said, "Take this!" It's a long way to Anxi, and if you run out of money, you can also change some coils. ”

"Daddy, my daughter is coiled."

"You just take it, this is Daddy's intention, you take care of yourself all the way."

Speaking of this, Gao Xianzhi forced a smile and said: "If you encounter danger in Anxi, you can say that it is Gao Xianzhi's daughter, and my father is still a little famous in Anxi." ”

Wu Niang took the dagger, she suddenly covered her mouth, not let herself cry, tears rolled down, she turned the horse's head and ran into the distance, I heard her shout: "Daddy, my daughter is not filial, you should not have my daughter!" ”

Gao Xianzhi looked at his daughter with tears in his eyes, and he muttered in a low voice: "What a stupid girl, how can there be a reason for a father not to want a daughter, do you really think that your father doesn't know your mind?" ”

(To be continued)