The cunning An Lushan naturally knows the mystery!

An Lushan once said to Li Longji emotionally: "The minister is born and is too favored, and there is no different material available, so he is willing to die as His Majesty." (New Tang Dynasty Books. Rebel Ministers)

Sensational trilogy: reminiscing about childhood, growing up, and expressing determination.

I was originally a Hu person at the lowest level of society, and I have been living in dire straits. Although I am just an ordinary person, His Majesty does not dislike me, and I have been repeatedly promoted and reused, and I have nothing to repay Your Majesty.

It is estimated that even An Lushan will be moved by these emotional words, let alone Li Longji?

Once, Li Longji ordered An Lushan to meet with the crown prince Li Heng. An Lushan saw that the prince did not pay homage, and the people around him hurriedly reminded: "This is the crown prince today!" ”

An Lushan said casually: "I don't understand the court etiquette, what kind of official is the crown prince?" ‘

Li Longji smiled and said, "After I am 100 years old, I will pass the throne to the crown prince." ‘

An Lushan pretended to be casual and said: "Weichen is stupid, he only knows His Majesty but does not know the prince, he really deserves death!" ”

Why did An Lushan dare to say such a thing? Cunning by nature, he is actually engaged in a risky political speculation!

The crown prince will either become the new emperor or become a victim of the new emperor, because although the crown prince is the legal heir of the empire, not every prince has the opportunity to ascend the throne and become emperor.

The day the prince was deposed was also the time when he was killed, so one step forward is happiness, and one step back is killing! When you're close to your goal, it's often the most dangerous time!

This was especially true in the Tang Dynasty!

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the vast majority of crown princes have been unable to get rid of their fateful bad luck as if they were under a political curse.

Li Jiancheng, the first crown prince of the Tang Empire and the son of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, died under the butcher's knife of his younger brother, Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

Although the "Xuanwumen Change" brought a wise monarch to the Tang Empire, Tang Taizong, the adverse effects brought about by it have always lingered.

Li Shimin's crown prince Li Chengqian tried to follow his father's example to launch another "Xuanwumen Rebellion", but was finally imprisoned and died.

After investigation. Li Shimin found that the reason why Li Chengqian embarked on the road of no return to rebellion was because he felt more and more strongly the political threat from his younger brother, Li Tai, the king of Wei.

The most popular crown prince's successor, Li Tai, the king of Wei, was demoted to the rank of king of Donglai and ordered to leave the capital.

With the departure of two of the most competitive heirs to the throne. Li Zhi, the king of Jin, ascended to the crown prince under the push of his uncle eldest grandson Wuji.

This royal turmoil caused the exhausted Li Shimin's health to deteriorate, and he finally passed away prematurely.

King Li Zhi of Jin was fortunate to ascend the throne as Emperor Gaozong. But his good fortune did not bring to his sons.

Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian had four sons together.

The eldest son, Li Hongxian, was canonized as the crown prince, but Li Hong, who was in the prime of life, died suddenly, and there have been different opinions about the truth of his death.

The second son, Li Xian, was also canonized as the crown prince. With the deterioration of his relationship with his mother, Wu Zetian, Li Xian was deposed and died.

The cowardly third son Li Xian became the new crown prince, but the tragic fate of his two elder brothers made him like a frightened bird.

His father, Li Zhi, has been sick, but he can't die for a while. This provided a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity for Wu Zetian to seize the supreme power of the empire.

Li Xian was luckier than his brothers, because his father, Gaozong Li Zhi, was finally and irretrievably gone.

Li Xian finally ascended to the coveted emperor's throne, but his mother Wu Zetian quickly ousted him from power and put his youngest son Li Dan on the throne of the emperor, but Li Dan was nothing more than a political puppet in the hands of his mother.

When everything is ready. Wu Zetian once again ruthlessly ousted Li Dan from power, becoming the first and only female emperor in Chinese history.

Li Xian, who was deposed as the king of Luling, lived under the threat of death all the time until his mother, Wu Zetian, became terminally ill.

Prime Minister Zhang Cambodia, Right Yulin General Li Duozuo and others joined forces to launch the Shenlong Coup. After 22 years away from the emperor's throne, Li appeared to be reinstated, and immediately canonized his son Li Chongjun as the crown prince.

Li Chongjun, who was born as a concubine, was not born to Empress Wei. Whenever she sees Li Chongjun, who is now the crown prince, Empress Wei always thinks of her deceased son, so "anger rises from the heart, and evil grows to the guts".

Empress Wei and her daughter, Princess An Le, despised and bullied Li Chongjun in every way.

What a noble prince! It's just a gas bag for others to slaughter.

Li Chongjun, who couldn't bear it anymore, united with Li Duozuo, the general of the right Yulin, to launch a coup d'état, but was ultimately defeated and killed.

Princess An Le, who was doted on by Zhongzong Li Xian, actually had the strange idea of being the queen daughter. She teamed up with her mother, Empress Wei, to poison Li Xian, but their mother and daughter obviously lacked the ability to control the political situation.

Li Longji, the son of King Li Dan, joined forces with Princess Taiping to launch a coup d'état. Sent the greedy mother and daughter duo to the guillotine. Li Dan, the prime minister, was proclaimed the new emperor. Li Longji was made the crown prince for his great contribution to the coup, but the political strongman Princess Taiping was bent on replacing the crown prince.

Li Dan, who was in a dilemma, finally made an unexpected decision to pass the throne to the crown prince Li Longji and became the emperor himself.

Although Li Longji is the emperor. However, the existence of the Emperor Taishang and Princess Taiping made him feel powerless. Princess Taiping eventually died in this political struggle, and the Emperor Taishang eventually died shortly after. Li Longji only became the real emperor at this time.

Li Longji, who had tasted the hardships of the crown prince, did not treat his crown prince Li Ying with a tolerant heart from beginning to end.

Taizong Li Shimin only imprisoned the crown prince Li Chengqian, who had the established facts of rebellion, and Li Longji actually gave the crown prince Li Ying to death only by relying on some insufficient evidence.

From the day Lee Hyeong ascended to the throne of the crown prince. Prime Minister Li Linfu spared no effort to use every opportunity to try to oust him from power. This is because Li Linfu has clearly expressed his support for King Shou in the process of canonizing the crown prince, so once Li Heng succeeds smoothly. He will die without a place to bury!

In the first month of the fifth year of Tianbao (746 AD), the Longyou Jiedu envoy who had served as Zhongwangyou (this is an official position from the bottom of the five grades) was the envoy of the Longyou Jiedu, who was also the envoy of the Hexi Jiedu.

For gratitude. He specially returned to Beijing from the garrison to Chang'an, and presented Li Longji with the spoils of war he had captured from the Tibetans.

Li Longji, who was so happy with his achievements, always had kind words of encouragement to the envoys who went to Beijing to report on their work. And Li Longji's favor made Huangfu Weiming suddenly become fluttering.

The somewhat carried away Emperor Fu Weiming said a sentence of regret: "Weichen asks His Majesty to depose Li Linfu as prime minister!" Wei Jian is a minister worthy of entrusting him with a heavy responsibility."

The air in the hall suddenly froze. Li Longji stared at Huangfu Weiming for a long time.

This sentence made Huangfu Weiming pay a heavy price soon after.

One sentence can sometimes ruin a lifetime!

The undercurrent that had been surging suddenly became turbulent because of these words.

The old and spicy Li Linfu began to set out a political counterattack, but he was not in a hurry to make a move. Instead, let Yang Shenjin secretly spy on Huangfu Weiming's every move.

Li Linfu seems to be a wolf silently watching the whereabouts of his prey in the dark, and once the time comes, he will bite off the neck of his prey mercilessly!

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Tianbao (746 AD). On the night of the Lantern Festival, the wind is clear and the moon is clear. This enchanting night is destined to change the fate of countless people.

The Tang Dynasty implemented a nighttime curfew. Curfews are lifted only during major festivals such as the Lantern Festival.

The streets and alleys of Chang'an are filled with happy crowds, enjoying this peaceful and festive night to the fullest.

The crown prince Li Heng led his family and subordinates to join the celebratory crowd. Li Heng, who was immersed in the joy of the festival, would not have imagined that a conspiracy against him was about to be staged at this time.

Li Heng, who stopped to watch the lanterns, met his uncle Wei Jian on the lively street. The two hurriedly said goodbye after a few simple greetings, because Wei Jian was going on an important date.

Wei Jian, who was smiling, had not yet noticed that there was a pair of eerie and terrifying eyes behind him who were closely watching his every move.

Wei Jian hurried to Jinglongguan in Chongrenfang. Jinglongguan is located between Miyagi and Shengyebo (the residence of Li Longji's brothers). This is one of the few wonderful places in Chang'an City to "take a break from the noise".

The person Wei Jian wanted to see was the emperor who had entered Beijing to thank him. Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming have a common point of convergence, that is, the crown prince!

Huangfu Weiming used to be a subordinate official when Li Heng was still Zhongwang, and Wei Jian had a closer relationship with the crown prince, he was the elder brother of the crown princess Wei.

The secret meeting of two people with such special identities in such a secluded place will naturally cause infinite reverie!

Some historians believe that Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming, Pei Kuan, and Prime Minister Li Shizhi formed a powerful political group that opposed Li Linfu.

Wei Jian and Pei Kuan were in charge of finance, Huangfu Weiming held military power, and Li Shizhi was in the phase.

This view is debatable, and it is not so much that this is a formidable political bloc as a loose political coalition formed spontaneously by similar political views.

Li Linfu, who has an extremely keen sense of politics, quickly seized this rare political opportunity.

The accusing Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming of conspiring to support the crown prince's accession to the throne was presented in front of Li Longji.

One is a border general with heavy troops. One is a courtier with a heavy responsibility, and the other is the crown prince who is the heir. The terrible association caused by the connection of the three people made Li Longji gasp.

Li Longji quickly regained his sanity and calm, because he had already lost three sons due to his impulsiveness!

In the bloody palace coups, the forbidden army stationed in the capital has always played the role of the vanguard of the anxious, and there has never been a border guard!

Despite this, this incident touched Li Longji's most sensitive nerve, so he immediately ordered the relevant departments to investigate.

Being able to successfully file a case means that the success is half the battle, and the next thing to do is how to implicate the prince.

Yang Shenjin, the person who tried the case, Wang Ji in the Imperial History, and Cao Jiwen of Jingzhao Mansion were all Li Linfu's people. Therefore, Li Linfu is full of expectations for the outcome of the case!

The progress of the case was not smooth, because Yang Shenjin, who was at both ends of the first rat, did not want to completely stand on the opposite side of the crown prince Li Heng, because the political duel between Li Linfu and Li Heng was still unpredictable who would lose and who would win!

Li Longji was also vaguely aware of Li Linfu's bad motives, so he demanded that the case be closed immediately. Prevent the expansion of the Wei Jian case.

Wei Jian was demoted from the Shangshu of the Criminal Department to the Taishou of Jinyun County (now Lishui City, Zhejiang) on the charge of "making endless progress", and Huangfu Weiming was demoted from the envoy of Hexi and Longyou Jiedu to the Taishou of Banchuan County (now Zunyi City, Guizhou) on the charge of "dividing the monarch and ministers".

"Doing it endlessly" is unscrupulous means for the sake of promotion, and to put it bluntly, it is violating organizational discipline and wantonly running for office!

In order to be promoted, Wei Jian secretly instructed Huangfu Weiming to recommend himself in front of the emperor. And the emperor Wei Ming took advantage of the opportunity to meet the Son of Heaven in an attempt to drive a wedge between the emperor and the prime minister.

This is the main tone set by Li Longji for this case. He did so to free his son from this complicated case.

Li Shizhi, who had a close relationship with Wei Jian, took the initiative to request that he be removed from the post of prime minister. Li Linfu recommended the obedient Li Xilie to succeed him as the left minister, but Li Linfu was not satisfied. Because this case that shocked the government and the opposition did not achieve the expected goal of putting the crown prince Li Heng to death.

Regarding the vacancies left after the dismissal of Huangfu Weiming, Li Longji appointed Shuofang and Hedong Jiedu envoys Wang Zhongsi to concurrently serve as Hexi and Longyou Jiedu envoys. Wang Zhongsi also became the first and only person who concurrently served as the envoy of the Four Towns Festival before the Anshi Rebellion.

Wang Zhongsi and Li Heng are brothers. Everyone in the court knew about this. Li Longji did not have a grudge against his son at this time because of this case.

There was no danger of the prince Li Heng who was lucky to escape. But his political opponents would not give up.

Just when Li Linfu was at a loss because he had no excuse, Wei Jian's younger brothers gave him the opportunity to make waves that he couldn't ask for.

Seeing that his brother Wei Jian was demoted for no reason, Wei Lan and Wei Zhi naturally felt resentful, so they decided to fight for their brother.

They would never have imagined that this act of wanting to restore their brother's innocence would actually drag their family into the abyss of pain.

Wei Lan and Wei Zhi wrote to defend their brother and asked Li Heng to testify on his brother's behalf, because they naively believed that Li Longji could distrust his courtiers, but not his son.

The two people who were too immature politically did what Li Linfu wanted to do but never did!

Li Heng, who can no longer "stay alone", is finally involved. The cautious Li Heng was finally pushed into the fire pit by his wife's relatives!

This letter of injustice was undoubtedly a great challenge to the emperor's authority. The turmoil that had already subsided made waves again, and the situation became even more complicated because Li Heng was involved!

Wei Jian was demoted to Jiangxia again. Wellland and Wayge were relegated to Lingnan.

Facing Long Yan's angry father, the fear in Li Heng's heart reached the extreme, because the bloody lesson of the previous prince made him shudder.

In order to prove his innocence, Li Heng was determined to completely draw a line with the Wei family, so he wrote to his father to ask for a divorce from the crown princess Wei on the grounds of emotional discord. (To be continued......)