Chapter 588: Start Something Else

readx; The next time, An Lushan held a pledge meeting of 300,000 troops outside Youzhou City, An Lushan publicly accused Li Heng of poisoning the first emperor and stealing the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and accused Li Qing'an of supporting the young emperor and having a heart of disobedience. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

An Lushan then proclaimed himself the generalissimo of the world, sent 200,000 troops, and the soldiers were divided into two routes, one was commanded by the general Shi Siming, and marched west to Hengzhou, and the other was led by the general Cai Xide, and went straight to Xiangzhou in the south, thus the rebellion of An Lushan officially kicked off.

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The pigeon letter sent by Yizhou arrived in Chang'an three days later, and the news of An Lushan's rebellion immediately spread throughout the government and the opposition, and at the request of Li Qing'an, the political hall held an emergency meeting overnight.

The meeting decided to urgently increase 800,000 stone of military rations and 2 million quintals of forage to Hedong, and agreed to Guo Ziyi's request to convert the 80,000 militia regiments in Hedong into a regular army, and support Guo Ziyi's army with 80,000 sets of armor, 100,000 weapons and 10,000 tents.

In addition, the political hall agreed to Zhang Yun's proposal to carry out a pro-army movement in Guanzhong, and each household bought a winter coat for the soldiers, setting off an upsurge of the whole people participating in the war.

Late at night, the meeting of the political hall ended, and the carriages of the various important ministers left the Daming Palace one after another, Li Qingan had just boarded the carriage, but he heard someone behind him laugh and say: "Your Highness, can you go with us for a while?" ”

Li Qingan turned around and saw that it was Zhang Hao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, so he nodded and smiled: "Zhang Shangshu get into my carriage!" ”

Zhang Hao stepped forward and said with a smile: "Then disturb Your Highness." ”

The two got into Li Qing'an's carriage, the convoy started slowly, and five hundred guards escorted Li Qing'an's carriage out of Danfeng Gate, while Zhang Hao's carriage and guards followed behind, accompanying them all the way.

In the carriage, the two sat opposite each other, and Zhang Hao asked with a smile: "Is Your Highness really going to Luoyang to supervise the war?" ”

Li Qing'an nodded, said: "Although An Lushan started his army a month in advance, it does not mean that his strategy has changed, if I guess correctly, An Lushan's offensive focus is still Henan Province, especially Zhengzhou, Huazhou and Bianzhou, if he can take Bianzhou, then he has a strategic advantage, to the south can enter the Central Plains, Jingxiang, to the east can occupy Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and to the west can threaten Luoyang, the Central Plains is large, if we lose the Central Plains, we will fall into a very passive state, I can not go to Luoyang." ”

"When did His Highness decide to go to Luoyang?"

"Two more days! I want to settle down at home the day after tomorrow, and I will set off for Luoyang the day after tomorrow. ”

Zhang Hao sighed and said, "Your Highness is leaving, and the imperial court will lose its backbone again." ”

Li Qing'an glanced at him, he knew that Zhang Hao must have something to do with him, so he smiled and said, "How come?" The imperial court has the support of the political affairs hall, and now the government affairs are running smoothly, the last time I went to Luoyang, isn't the political affairs hall also very good? ”

Zhang Hao smiled bitterly and said: "At this time, at that time, the last time His Highness went to Luoyang, the political hall was sincerely united, and major government decrees were successfully passed, but now.... His Royal Highness also saw it, whenever Zhang Xiangguo put forward a suggestion, Cui Xiangguo resolutely opposed it, and each had their own support, didn't His Highness really see it? ”

Li Qingan leaned against the wall of the car, of course he knew what Zhang Hao was talking about? There were already signs of split in the political affairs hall, Zhang Yun, Wei Tao, and Cui Ping had close contacts, while Pei Zunqing, Lu Huan and Wang Jin formed another alliance, which happened to be three against three, but Zhang Hao hated the gangs, and he refused to be drawn by the two factions at the same time, becoming a middleman of reading.

All this, Li Qingan knows very well, in fact, this is what he wants to see, although he is not yet an emperor, but he has already begun to use the emperor's technique, only by creating contradictions and confrontations in the political hall, can he control the Tang Dynasty politics, otherwise what is the point of him promoting Pei Zunqing?

But Li Qingan also knows that the decline and fall of the late Tang Dynasty in history is also related to party strife, so this kind of party strife cannot last, and this kind of atmosphere cannot be boosted.

In fact, even if Zhang Hao doesn't look for him, he has to talk to Zhang Hao once, he needs someone in the political hall to understand his thinking, especially when An Lushan rebelled, he needs to minimize the adverse effects of this kind of party struggle, and Zhang Hao is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate, he is upright, honest, capable, and dares to speak out.

"Zhang Shangshu, I can also see the situation you said, but now that An Lushan has rebelled, I need to maintain the stability of the imperial court, so I won't ask about this matter for the time being, but I can give you a thorough explanation, I plan to set up a privy council to deal with this kind of partisan dispute."

"Privy Council?"

Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand what Li Qingan meant by this privy council, "Your Highness, can you make it clearer?" ”

"Very simply, the so-called Privy Council is the assistant of the Political Council, composed of some important ministers who hold real power, they can observe the meetings of the Political Council, if the Political Council has been delayed for a long time on some major military decisions because of party disputes, then the Privy Council can implement it first, and then supplement the resolution of the Political Council."

Li Qing'an's words made Zhang Hao feel like he had fallen into an ice cave, and he suddenly understood that this so-called privy office was not another political hall? In other words, Li Qingan used it to empty the political hall.

For a long time, Zhang Hao didn't say a word, he had nothing to say, once the Privy Council was established, half of the power of the political hall would be divided, Li Qingan saw that he was dumbfounded, so he smiled again: "In fact, the Privy Council is just a wartime institution, when An Lushan's rebellion subsides, and when the Tang Dynasty is reunified, it will be dissolved and return to the political hall, Zhang Shangshu doesn't have to worry so much." ”

Perhaps it was the word 'temporary' that made Zhang Hao see a glimmer of hope again, and he hurriedly asked: "I don't know who are the candidates for the Privy Council in His Highness's mind?" ”

"I can tell you this, Yan Zhenqing, I am going to propose to promote him to the rank of the minister, although he does not have the phase of the Pingzhang matter under the Zhongshu Sect, but he has the power of the minister, and he has become one of the important ministers, and he can enter the privy council, this is one; Liu Yan, the head of the household department, judged Liu Yan in the branch of the Lang, has outstanding ability, and is in charge of financial power, he can also enter the privy council, which is two; Qizhou Taishou Cui Ning I am going to propose him as a squire of the criminal department, he has made great achievements in the local government, and the popularity is very high, he can also enter the privy council, this is three; The crown prince Pei Min was once Xiangguo, who has been in charge of the Zhongshu for many years and has rich experience, and I am ready to propose him to be the Zhongshu Shilang and enter the Privy Council, which is four; Finally, there is a Shangshu right Cheng Wang Wei, although his poetry is famous, but I fancy his reputation, and his ability is also obvious to all, so I am ready to propose him to be the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he is the fifth to enter the privy council, about the five people, what does Zhang Shangshu think? ”

Li Qingan nominated one, Zhang Hao praised one, Yan Zhenqing, Pei Min, Liu Yan, Cui Ning, and Wang Wei are all upright ministers, if Li Qingan can reuse them, then Datang Zhongxing is hopeful, Zhongxing is hopeful!

Zhang Hao's heart was agitated, and he suddenly clasped his palms together and pleaded with Li Qingan: "Your Highness, I am also willing to resign from the post of Zhongshumen, enter the privy council, and be in the company of the five of them, which is what I yearn for." ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "There are still loyal ministers like Zhang Shangshu in the political hall, but Zhang Shangshu, please rest assured, you will always be the pillar of the Tang Dynasty." ”

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Zhang Hao rode back, Li Qing'an's carriage continued to walk slowly on the empty street, he was in a good mood tonight, he thought about it for a long time, and finally found a way to solve the chaos of the political hall, and set up a privy office, which is actually an empty political hall.

The current political hall is still a balance between the family and the traditional forces, he took into account the interests of the big families such as Cui, Pei, Lu, and Wei, as well as the interests of the old forces like Zhang Yun, it can be said that this political hall is a product of compromise, these people are not the prime minister he Li Qing'an wants, what he wants is Yan Zhenqing, Pei Min, Liu Yan, Cui Ning, Wang Wei, Zhang Hao and other honest and honest people, these can bring the Tang Dynasty into a strong world.

He needs these people to enter the center of power as soon as possible, and An Lushan's rebellion is the best opportunity.

An Lushan still rebelled according to the inevitability of history, the history was Tianbao's fourteenth year rebellion, and now although it is two years late, he still rebelled.

It's just that history has deviated because of his arrival Li Qing'an, although the current Tang Dynasty is divided between the north and the south, it is by no means the mediocre and weak of Li Longji's era, with a strong person like him in charge of military and political power, is there still a situation where 'Yu Yangfeng agitated to break the neon clothes and feather dance'?

Li Qingan is full of confidence in himself.

'Breaking the Neon Clothes and Feather Dance', he suddenly thought of Yang Yuhuan, I don't know what kind of feeling she would feel when she heard the news of An Lushan's rebellion at this time?

Li Qingan's heart warmed up, and he immediately ordered: "The carriage turns around and goes to Xuanyangfang!" ”

The carriage turned around and sped away in the direction of Xuanyangfang.....

Since the last time Mingyue found out about Yang Yuhuan, although she finally promised Li Qingan that she could raise Yang Yuhuan outside, Li Qingan was always worried that Mingyue would not be so good at giving up, from ancient times to the present, no woman can tolerate her husband raising a housewife outside, Li Qingan knows his wife very well, she is tolerant, but her scheming is very deep, she may not really let go of Yang Yuhuan, so Li Qingan hid Yang Yuhuan in Xuanyangfang again, but he still didn't worry, he was ready to take Yang Yuhuan with him and settle him in Luoyang.

The carriage stopped in front of a deep house, which was surrounded by five hundred soldiers as usual, still guarded by female guards.

"See the general!"

A female guard leader dressed in tight black jumped from the wall and half-knelt to salute Li Qing'an.

"But what's the matter?"

"No, Mrs. Yang is fine."

"Remove all the guards! You don't need to be prepared tonight. ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the female guard waved, several black shadows evacuated from the roof tree one after another, Li Qingan calmed down, no matter what tonight, he was going to get the body and mind of this beauty, he stepped forward and knocked on the door, there was a sound of brisk footsteps in the courtyard, the door opened, Li Qingan couldn't help but be stunned......

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(To be continued)